Bhismadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications:
1. Not to become angry
2. Not to lie
3. To equally distribute wealth
4. To forgive
5. To beget children only by one’s legitimate wife
6. To be pure in mind and hygienic in body
7. Not to be inimical toward anyone
8. To be simple
9. To support servants or subordinates.
Bhismadeva also advices this:
To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.
To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.
By spiritual culture one is able
When Lord Ramachandra and Sita Devi were returning to Ayodhya after Their exile, Their flower airplane flew right above this place. In those days, the area used to look magnificent. There were seven rivers flowing through it and the landscape was vibrant with lush vegetation. As Sita was mesmerized by its beauty, she inquried from Lord Rama, "Oh, my Lord, in what form will You appear on Earth when you descend in Dvapara-yuga?"
Lord Rama immediately landed the plane. At that spot there was a large
INTEGRITY PUT TO TEST
It was Thursday; the most tiring day of my school timetable, with seven periods straight to be taken in continuation and then to take a substitution was like last straw to break the camel’s backbone.
I went through an ordeal to climb down three staircases with 30 steps each and then walking around 200 steps to junior building and again climbing up the second floor to reach fourth standard. Reaching the class in time was another challenge for a myopathic person like me .howe
3:18pm Thursday 4th November 2010
By Suruchi Sharma
A NEW brand of slaughter-free milk for Hindus will be brought to the masses following the official opening of a new £2.5million cow sanctuary in Letchmore Heath this weekend.
The sanctuary will be opened at Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hilfield Lane, by thirty saffron-robed priests who will be chanting 5000 year old Vedic mantras or prayers for the farm called New Gokul.
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.22
mat-prāptaye 'jeśa-surāsurādayas
tapyanta ugraḿ tapa aindriye dhiyaḥ
ṛte bhavat-pāda-parāyaṇān na māḿ
vindanty ahaḿ tvad-dhṛdayā yato 'jita
SYNONYMS
mat-prāptaye — to obtain my mercy; aja — Lord Brahmā; īśa — Lord Śiva; sura — the other demigods, headed by King Indra, Candra and Varuṇa; asura-ādayaḥ — aswell as the demons; tapyante — undergo; ugram — severe; tapaḥ — austerity; aindriye dhiyaḥ — whose minds are absorbed in thoughts of superior sense gra
Hare Krishna
NEVER BLASPHEME OR CRITICISE A DEVOTEE
Due to lack of knowledge people call devotees fanatic and blaspheme or criticize them. One who criticizes the devotee directly comes under the wrath of Lord. There are so many stories in our scriptures about this. I would like to narrate a small incident.
This incident took place in Bahrain . One of my Christian friend whose husband is a great devotee of Lord Krishna has been chanting the holy name of the Lord for the last 20 years. Life of big bu
Our Real Identity, Our Real Motivation
by Stephen Knapp
The second chapter of the Bhagavad-gita explains how we are not these bodies, but our true identity is that we are spiritual beings that exist in these temporary material forms, like a driver in a car. The soul cannot be burned, dried, withered, or harmed in any way. It is eternal. The soul does not die when the body dies, and only wears the body like an ephemeral suite of clothes. It is also full of bliss and knowledge, and we naturally feel
