Ashwina-Shukla Ekaadashi or PAASHAANKUSHAA (Paapa-ankushaa) EKAADASHI or PAKSHA-VARDHINI MAHAA-DVAADASHI
Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me.
The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna replied, Oh king, please listen as I explain the glories of this Ekadasi - Papankusha Ekadasi - which removes all sins. On this day one should worship the Dei
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We are taught that we should follow our guru and his instructions throughout our life. I also feel so. However, if our guru asks us to do something which seems to beKrishna conscious but is not, then what happens? Am I liable for that bad karmaor is the guru?
Your Servant
Ravi
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This is why Srila Prabhupada advises in the Nectar of Instruction that o
Question: How Do You Eat on the Airplane?
How do you manage your meals while travelling on the airplane? Even though they serve either vegetarian or non
vegetarian food, the utensils used to prepare the vegetarian food may also been
used to cut meat. So, do you carry your own meals, or how do you manage?
Deepak
Answer: Better than Anyone Else
Our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, instructed us not to take any food, even vegetarian food, cooked by
non-devotees. So we carefully follow his instructi
Introduction
Bhagavad-gita is a transcendental literature which one should read very carefully. 'Gita-sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman'. If one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all miseries and anxieties in this life, and one's next life will be spiritual. Visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya-sokadi-varjitah. (Gita-mahatmya 1)
Proclamation of the Lord
Apart from the aforementioned benefit there is also a further advantage:
gitadhyayana-silasya
pranayama-pa
OFFERING
TO RADHA RANI
Often we lament upon the loses suffered during our lifetime to such an extent that we star disregarding the life itself which is the most precious gift of the supreme. This occurs due our forgetful nature that we are the part and parcels of supreme personality of Godhead and are his eternal servant. We keep forgetting that happiness and misery appear and disappear as day comes after night and night comes after day.
