deity worship F.A.Q. Part 1

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 8, 2010 at 11:58pm

Arati

Different questions

(Bhakta) Peter (GBB) (Munich - D)

13-Jun-94

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1) There is mentioned in Pancaratra-Pradipa that a fan is offered only during warm weather. Does it mean that one should offer it according to temperature outside or to warm season in general?

2) If there is an additional offering of bhoga to be done after prescribe offering, should one perform dhupa-arati after the main offering or after the additional one?

3) Does dhupa-a

Amazing Hari Katha in Tamil by Visaka Hari

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on September 8, 2010 at 11:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2CuYfgQM3I&feature=related

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The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:57pm

The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Kṛṣṇa conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is ca

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A common controversy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:55pm

A common controversy.

Bhagavad-gita 7.7

TRANSLATION

O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.

PURPORT

There is a common controversy over whether the Supreme Absolute Truth is personal or impersonal. As far as Bhagavad-gītā is concerned, the Absolute Truth is the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and this is confirmed in every step. In this verse, in particular, it is stressed that the Absolute Truth is a person. That

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Beg Krishna for Pure Bhakti

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:54pm

Religion nowadays is accepted as a system of taking God as one's order-supplier, that I approach God to fulfill my material desires. Of course, it is God undoubtedly who is supplying us all of our material necessities. But this does not mean that we have to petition Him for this purpose. Does a child have to beg his parents every day to feed him? No, of course not. Because the parents love the child they will naturally feed him. No begging is required. What will satisfy the parents greatly is if

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Krsna Consciousness is a practical process ………………………

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:53pm

Unless you inquire submissively and hear attentively, you cannot preach the message of Godhead. Actually no one is guru except Krishna, everyone is disciple, everyone is servant and it is our service being disciple to teach others and take position of guru. So here we find, Lord Brahma humbling himself before Vishnu, “I do not know please philosophically explain, who I am, who are You? What is this material world? And what is happiness? Arjuna asked Krishna the same question, Sanatana Goswami as

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Can Science answer everything?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:52pm

SCIENCE – "TWO" SHORT TO ROPE THE UNIVERSE
-Damodara lila special

One of the important legends associated with Diwali is Damodara lila, a pastime in which mother Yashoda tried to tie Krishna with a rope. The rope turned out to be two fingers short. So she tied more rope, but, no matter how many ropes she tied together, the combined rope remained two fingers short.
This pastime signifies that no matter how much we try, we will always fall short in our attempts to understand God with our intelligence

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Absolute independence - Back to Godhead

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:51pm

We are not independent. Just like in the state, in your country, although you have observed the independence ceremony, but you are not independent. If you go... "Keep to the right," you go to the left, immediately your independence finished. You'll be punished. So this so-called independence is conditional. It is not absolute independence. If you want absolute independence then you have to go back home, back to Godhead. This is Krsna consciousness. We are hankering after independence, but so lon

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Subordinate independence

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:51pm

Freedom means you must have independence. But because you are not absolutely independent, so you suffer. The Absolute Independent is God, Krsna. Just like government. The government orders: let this crowd be shot. Let there be bullet shot. Hundreds of men die. But government is not responsible for such death. But if you kill one man, you'll be responsible. So your independence is subordinate independence. Similarly, all living entities, they have been given independence by God, but his independe

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada's tooth

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:49pm

Srila Prabhupada's tooth

August 15th, 1976

Srila Prabhupada rang his buzzer early this morning. I entered his room, offered my obeisances, looked up -- and got a shock. Srila Prabhupada was smiling -- revealing a gap where his tooth should have been.

With mixed dismay and surprise I asked, "Srila Prabhupada, what happened to your tooth?"

Without saying anything, Srila Prabhupada reached down and pulled open the drawer of his desk. The tooth was lying inside. During the night it had either fallen out

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 39

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:48pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 39
sa esa adyah purusah
kalpe kalpe srjaty ajah
atmatmany atmanatmanam
sa samyacchati pati ca

sah -- He; esah -- the very; adyah -- the original Personality of Godhead; purusah -- the Maha-Visnu incarnation, a plenary portion of Govinda, Lord Krsna; kalpe kalpe -- in each and every millennium; srjati -- creates; ajah -- the unborn; atma -- self; atmani -- upon the self; atmana -- by His own self; atmanam -- own self; sah -- He; samyacchati -- absorbs; pati -

Nectar - Distribute Books in All Circumstances

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 7, 2010 at 5:00pm

We were about to drive from Townsville, in North Queensland, to Brisbane, a distance of about 400 km. There is a big market in Townsville that I thought would be great for harinam and book distribution. But my wife felt a bit sick and wanted to leave right away so that we wouldn't get to our destination too late in the evening. I agreed with her proposal. So we set off with no plans to do books -- but Krsna had other plans.

I stopped in a side street to wash some fruit to eat on the way. There

Poetry

Posted by Bhagavat Chintan Das on September 6, 2010 at 7:46pm

Oh, My Master’s Lotus Feet Are Bittersweet

By Tamal Krishna Goswami

God’s greatest gift, service to my master,

Exorcist of the ghost of past desire,

Sweet purgative, bittersweet oil of castor.

I’ve found my master’s service does inspire

Desirelessness of all but pleasing him;

Without remorse, I watch life’s joys expire.

Let lust retire, that most acidic sin,

By guru’s grace, its misery alkalize

My soured life, rescued by his discipline.

I hide my sin in shame lest he recognize

My faults and condemn what I e

Jagannatha Rathayatra in Agra

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 6, 2010 at 7:12pm

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Lakshman (das) Vrindavan (IN): Sri Sri Jagannath in Agra!!! Astonishing
though, see it as a reality to believe it. The Lord will be visible to
the naked eyes at the New ISKCON Centre at Kamala Nagar in Agra.
Devotees eager to witness this grant consecration ceremony- a feast to
the eye, ear and tongue- may please join us.

Rathayatra

From : Sri Mano-Kameswar Mandir, Agra

To : Sanjay Place, Agra

Date : Friday, the 17 September 2010

Time : 1.00 PM

Organiser : International Society for Krishna Cons

HH Radha Govind Goswami Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila at ISKCON Vrindavan

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on September 6, 2010 at 11:00am

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Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila

(A summary of the katha spoken by HH Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj at the Krishna-Balaram Temple at ISKCON, Vrindavan)

On the holy occasion of Balaram-Jayanti to Janmashthami from 24 August 2010 to 2 September 2010, His Holiness Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj enlightened the devotees of the Krishna-Balaram Mandir and the Vrajavasis of Vrindavan with his nectarine Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila. Every day, large crowd thronged up to enjoy the sweetness of the kathamrt f

Krishna: History or Myth

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 6, 2010 at 12:25am

http://www.saraswatifilms.org/movies.php (34:25)

Krishna: History or Myth (A film by Saraswati Films Inc.)

A unique documentary which proves the existence of Krishna and shows the scientific proof of Mahabharata with exact year of Kurukshetra war.

Hare Krishna temple cleared just before explosion - BBC news

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 5, 2010 at 11:30pm

A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, according to fire crews.

A religious celebration was being held at the property in Thoresby Street when one of the occupants went to disconnect a gas cylinder being used for cooking.

Leicestershire Fire Service said the man noticed the valve was leaking and got everyone out with moments to spare.

It was a "miracle" no-one was killed, watch manager Bill Smith said.

'Saved lives'

He said "Mo

Devotees escape a gas blast in temple

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 5, 2010 at 9:30am

LONDON — A gas explosion ripped through a ISKCON Leicester temple in England on Friday destroying part of the building but leaving no one injured.

Rescuers combing the rubble for trapped devotees said everyone was accounted for. "The temple has been burnt, basically destroyed, but no one was hurt, that is the best news," said Varsana Devi-Dasi, a spokeswoman for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Temple officials said the explosion was caused by a gas leak at the temple. Gauran

VYAS PUJA MAHOTSAV of H H GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI

Posted by SALONI NAGPAL on September 5, 2010 at 9:30am

Please accept my humble obesiances..
Hare Krishna.
Dandavatpranams..
Dear Mata ji's & Prabhu ji's

This is to inform all you that today is a very special day "VYAS PUJA MAHOTSAV" of our beloved spiritual master

"HIS HOLINESS GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI"...A grand celebration in DELHI being held at "SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM"..
PROGRAMS:9 am to 2 pm...and for evening 4 pm to 9 pm...
Do come and be the part of this grand celebration and get the blessings of GURU MAHARAJ...

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ALL GLORIES

9th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat, New Vrindavan

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 5, 2010 at 6:30am

9th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat
October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2010
For Women, by Women
New Vrindaban, W.Va

Come experience early fall in the glorious Appalachian foothills in the
shelter of New Vrindaban Dhama.
Nourish your mind, body and soul in the spiritually enlivening
association of Vaishnavi’s from around the country as you spend the
weekend immersed in a retreat reflecting the mood and teachings of His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Included this year:
A full session ded

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deity worship F.A.Q. Part 1

Arati

Different questions

(Bhakta) Peter (GBB) (Munich - D)

Amazing Hari Katha in Tamil by Visaka Hari

The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

A common controversy

Beg Krishna for Pure Bhakti

Krsna Consciousness is a practical process ………………………

Can Science answer everything?

Absolute independence - Back to Godhead

Subordinate independence

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Srila Prabhupada's tooth

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 39

Nectar - Distribute Books in All Circumstances

Poetry

Jagannatha Rathayatra in Agra

HH Radha Govind Goswami Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila at ISKCON Vrindavan

Krishna: History or Myth

Hare Krishna temple cleared just before explosion - BBC news

A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, according to fire crews.

Devotees escape a gas blast in temple

VYAS PUJA MAHOTSAV of H H GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI

9th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat, New Vrindavan

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