deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Different things that can or cannot be offered

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 15, 2010 at 10:00am

Different things that can or cannot be offered

Dill and Lilac

Mati (das) HKS (Siberia)

29-Apr-95

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I have one question regarding theas plants. I heard that one can't to use dill in cooking for Deity. And I also heard that one can't to use lilac-flowers in Deity worship. Is it properly?

Frozen and canned foods

Urmila (Devi Dasi) ACBSP

18-Apr-95

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Why do most ISKCON temples use canned and fr

THE SUPREME QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION!

Posted by Krishna Deva das on September 14, 2010 at 9:29pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.19.28-32

QUESTION:

Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, O chastiser of the enemies, please tell me how many types of disciplinary regulations and regular daily duties there are. Also, my Lord, tell me what is mental equilibrium, what is self-control, and what is the actual meaning of tolerance and steadfastness. What are charity, austerity and heroism, and how are reality and truth to he described? What is renunciation, and what is wealth? What is desirable, what is sacrif

Is this spark plug 500,000 yrs old? - Latest Ancient Discovery

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 14, 2010 at 10:25am

Evidence that Advanced Technology existed 500,000 yrs back!

While mineral hunting in the mountains of California near Olancha during the winter of 1961, Wallace Lane, Virginia Maxey and Mike Mikesell found a rock, among many others, that they thought was a geode - a good addition for their gem shop. Upon cutting it open, however, Mikesell found an object inside that seemed to be made of white porcelain. In the center was a shaft of shiny metal. Experts estimated that it should have taken about

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Cooking/Bhoga – Prasada Bread, Cooking by non initiates

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 14, 2010 at 10:00am

Cooking/Bhoga – Prasada

Bread

Kamsahanta (das) HKS (Copenhagen - DK)

16-Apr-95

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The cooks are sometimes substituting papadams for breads. Is that proper/acceptable ?

Krsna Ksetra (das) ACBSP

Date: 22-Apr-95 17:45 SST

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If you mean by "breads" capatis, papadams have a totally different "funtion" in a menu. I always understood that they would be served (if one were not serving everything a

Giriraj Swami Nectar

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 14, 2010 at 9:27am

Krsna Bamani dasi:

I was going to say one more thing. You already explained it. But in today's world, fanatical Muslims or fanatics in any religion--they may be chanting God's names, yet so much violence is going on. They may chant, for example, "Allah, Allah," yet engage in so much violent activity. They are "God's warriors," so to speak. So, you have explained that there are ways to chant God's names properly.

Giriraj Swami: Correct. One must avoid that offense of offending devotees, and

ISKCON

Posted by reeta tuteja on September 12, 2010 at 11:00pm

ISKCON

I...............INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS BY HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI SRILA PRABHUPADA

S..............SECRET OF HAPPINESS( CHANTING REGULARLY MAHAMANTRA)

K...............KRISHNA IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH (KRISHNA IS EVERYWHERE)

C...............CITIZENSHIP ( GOLOKA VRINDAVANA)

O...............OFFERING (MUST)

N................NAVADVIPA PARIKARMA MAYAPUR DHAM (SIMANTA DVIPA,GODRUMA DVIPA,MADHYA DVIPA,KOLA DVIPA,RITU DVIPA, JAHNA DVIPA, MODADRUMA DVIPA RUDRA DVIPA,

REAL GHEE IS AVAILABLE NOW ALSO IF YOU READY TO PAY

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 12, 2010 at 6:30pm

Hare Krishna PAMHO AGTSP

Dear vaishnavas we are group of devotees from Gujarat we have 150 indigenous pure breed cow. Who grazing only natural grass .

We are manufacturing ghee by Vedic method as following..

First we boil the milk on the cow dung cakes and wood stove. When it became cool

we add little curd in it. Next day morning it will be a complete curd. Now it is ready to churn.

This churning process is done with two people by wooden motor {MANTHANI} in mud pot. When churning process is completed

Who worships the brahmnas, the cows and Govinda, it is never defeated anywhere; by Srila prabhupada

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 12, 2010 at 4:30pm

From purport of SB.6.7.24

From the instructions of Lord Brahmä it is understood that everyone should very
faithfully worship the brähmaëas, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the
cows. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is go-brähmaëa-hitäya ca: He is always
very kind to cows and brähmaëas. Therefore one who worships Govinda must
satisfy Him by worshiping the brähmaëas and cows. If a government worships the
brähmaëas, the cows and Kåñëa, Govinda, it is never defeated anywhere;
otherwise it must

Contamination of Ghee

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 12, 2010 at 11:30am

Dear ghee enthusuiasts,

Hare Krishna!

Contamination of ghee is a world-wide phenomena. Queensland Butter Board ghee in the green can (QBB) used to be a reputable ghee here in Australia. In fact it was the first ghee ever produced here, back at the turn of the 20th century, when lack of refrigeration in remote farms in Queensland made butter storage problematic.

Apparently it has finally shut down it's operations here in Australia, but the name and label is used in Malaysia. There has bee

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-6 Sub= Clothes

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 12, 2010 at 10:00am

Clothes

Anadi (das) (Melbourne - AU)

19-Feb-95

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Can one use clothes (dhotis, chadars) which had been washed in a public laundromat in Deity worship?

Nrsimha Kavaca (das) IDS

30-May-95

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… all the 'pujaris' I know wash their own cloth by hand, or it is washed by another devotee, ie. their wife, in the case of grhasthas. Astarata prabhu, as well as Jananivasa and Pankajanghri prabhus in M

!! राधे राधे !!

Posted by Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi on September 11, 2010 at 11:01am

क्या बोले कान्हा की धडकन

किसको ढूंढें कान्हा निधिवन

कौन चुराए कान्हा का चितवन

कौन समाया कान्हा के मन

किसको पुकारे मुरली की धुन

दौड़े कान्हा किसकी आहट सुन

वृन्दावन में गूंजे किसकी रुनझुन

ब्रज की भूमि गाये किसके गुण

इन सबका है एक ही जवाब

राधे राधे!! राधे राधे !!

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Cleanliness

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 11, 2010 at 10:00am

Cleanliness

Subala dasa

26-Nov-96

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I have a question about cleanliness. I can be probably wrong, but I think I read it in Pancaratra Pradip, that after taking meal one has to brush teeth (and after brushing teeth one must take a bath) and that for pujaris it may not be all the time possible and in this caseone has to wash his mouth thoroughly (something like 16 times) and this replacenecessity to brush teeth and taking bath. And because pra

An Appeal From ISKCON Vrindavan Goshala

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 10, 2010 at 3:30pm

“So our Krishna consciousness movement is not a sentimental movement. It takes care of all-round social organization. It is not something like religious sentiment. Everything should be taken care of. Therefore we say cow protection cow protection.” (Srila Prabhupada - 25 Nov 75-London)

The ISKCON Vrindavan Goshala makes an urgent appeal to its worldwide community of devotees, the goshala which houses over 385 cows, bulls and calves are in urgent need of 30 acres of grazing land, winter and s

क्योंकि नजर थी आपकी गुरु कि आज्ञा पर

Posted by Bhagavat Chintan Das on September 10, 2010 at 3:00pm

क्योंकि नजर थी आपकी गुरु कि आज्ञा पर

- भगवत चिंतन दास

श्रील प्रभुपाद आपने गुरु कि आज्ञा ली थी सिरपर |

छोड दिया वृन्दावन आपने कृष्ण थे जहाँपर ||

ध्यान दिया आपने विदेश मे प्रचार करने पर |

लक्ष्य था आपका चैतन्य महाप्रभु का संदेश फ़ैलाने पर ||१||

क्योंकि नजर थी आपकी सिर्फ़ गुरु की आज्ञा पर || ध्रुo ||

प्रचार का प्रयास किया आपने खुद्के घरपर

भक्ति को किसीने नही लिया अपने सरपर II

सुमती मोरारजीने आपकी ही जिम्मेदारीपर I

चढ़ा दिया आपको प्रचार के लिए जलदुतपर ||२||

क्योंकि नजर थी आपकी सिर्फ़ गुरु की आज्ञा पर || ध्रुo

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Same type of body as the Lord

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:57am

Same type of body as the Lord

The living entity creates his own body by his personal desires, and the external energy of the Lord supplies him the exact form by which he can enjoy his desires to the fullest extent. The tiger wanted to enjoy the blood of another animal, and therefore, by the grace of the Lord, the material energy supplied him the body of the tiger with facilities for enjoying blood from another animal. Similarly, a living entity desiring to get the body of a demigod in a higher pl

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Second Birth Takes Us Into Eternal Existence

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:54am

Our first birth is from our mother and father. After coming out of our mother's womb we are taught how to engage nicely in eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. But if this is all that we are taught, we are no better than animals because these four activities are the constant engagement of those souls who are presently embodied in the animal kingdom. If we want to rise beyond the animal platform, we require a second birth for entering into the transcendental existence. This birth is given at

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Māyā will test us to see how firmly we are fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:52am

If one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the beginning there will be many disturbances caused by Māyā, the material energy of illusion. Māyā will test us to see how firmly we are fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because she is also an agent of Kṛṣṇa, she does not allow anyone the freedom to disturb Kṛṣṇa. Therefore she tests very rigidly to see whether we have taken to Kṛṣṇaconsciousness to disturb Kṛṣṇa or are actually serious. That is Māyā's business. So in the beginning there will be tests by Māy

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Become Krishna's Dog or Maya's Dog

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:52am

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.30-31

kṣut-parīto yathā dīnaḥ

sārameyo gṛhaḿ gṛham

caran vindati yad-diṣṭaḿ

daṇḍam odanam eva vā

tathā kāmāśayo jīva

uccāvaca-pathā bhraman

upary adho vā madhye vā

yāti diṣṭaḿ priyāpriyam

SYNONYMS

kṣut-parītaḥ — overcome by hunger; yathā — as; dīnaḥ — poor; sārameyaḥ — a dog; gṛham — from one house; gṛham — to another house; caran — wandering; vindati — receives; yat — whose; diṣṭam — according to destiny; daṇḍam — punishment; odanam — food; eva— certainly; v

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Natures check

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:51am

So to become actual human being, one has to undergo tapasya. Tapasa brahmacaryena, jnanena, samena, damena [SB 6.1.13]. This is the prescription, that if you want to become actually a human being, then you have to undergo tapasya, brahmacarya, sama, dama, titiksa [Bg. 18.42]. These things have to be practiced.Not that because I want sense gratification, therefore let me under the name of independence, let me become naked and have sex life on the street. That day is coming. It already has come to

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Ambarisa prabhu

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:50am

Ambarisa prabhu

A letter arrived from Ambarisa prabhu today. He presented Srila Prabhupada with a proposal regarding his donating funds to ISKCON. "I have been thinking about how would be the best way to dispense money, and have come up with an idea. If you approve, I will set this up immediately.

"I would open a savings account here in Boston, whose funds would solely be for your use. I would personally make regular deposits into this account, and also the restaurant would make deposits. I would

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deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Different things that can or cannot be offered

Different things that can or cannot be offered

Dill and Lilac

Mati (das) HKS (Siberia)

Frozen and canned foods

Urmila (Devi Dasi) ACBSP

THE SUPREME QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION!

Is this spark plug 500,000 yrs old? - Latest Ancient Discovery

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Cooking/Bhoga – Prasada Bread, Cooking by non initiates

Cooking/Bhoga – Prasada

Bread

Kamsahanta (das) HKS (Copenhagen - DK)

Krsna Ksetra (das) ACBSP

Giriraj Swami Nectar

ISKCON

REAL GHEE IS AVAILABLE NOW ALSO IF YOU READY TO PAY

Who worships the brahmnas, the cows and Govinda, it is never defeated anywhere; by Srila prabhupada

Contamination of Ghee

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-6 Sub= Clothes

Clothes

Anadi (das) (Melbourne - AU)

Nrsimha Kavaca (das) IDS

!! राधे राधे !!

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-5 Sub= Cleanliness

Cleanliness

Subala dasa

An Appeal From ISKCON Vrindavan Goshala

क्योंकि नजर थी आपकी गुरु कि आज्ञा पर

Same type of body as the Lord

Second Birth Takes Us Into Eternal Existence

Māyā will test us to see how firmly we are fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness

Become Krishna's Dog or Maya's Dog

Natures check

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Ambarisa prabhu

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