The cause of the material creation is described here very lucidly. The first cause is daiva, or the destiny of the conditioned soul. The material creation exists for the conditioned soul who wanted to become a false lord for sense enjoyment. One cannot trace out the history of when the conditioned soul first desired to lord it over material nature, but in Vedic literature we always find that the material creation is meant for the sense enjoyment of the conditioned soul. There is a nice verse whi
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I worship Srila Prabhupada who, at a meeting of influential Hindus in Japan, suddenly shouted, "Stop him!" in the middle of their Mayavadi guru's speech.
I worship Srila Prabhupada who, at a Gita Sammelan, in livid anger challenged the nationally reputed swamis assembled there, "Why are you cheating people in the name of Bhagavad-gita?"
I worship
brahmovaca
vacam vahner mukham ksetram
chandasam sapta dhatavah
havya-kavyamrtannanam
jihva sarva-rasasya ca
brahma uvaca -- Lord Brahma said; vacam -- of the voice; vahneh -- of fire; mukham -- the mouth; ksetram -- the generating center; chandasam -- of the Vedic hymns, such as Gayatri; sapta -- seven; dhatavah -- skin and six other layers; havya-kavya -- offerings for the demigods and the forefathers; amrta -- food for human beings; annanam -- of all sor
Introduction
Every one of us is full of anxieties because of this material existence. Our very existence is in the atmosphere of nonexistence. Actually we are not meant to be threatened by nonexistence. Our existence is eternal. But somehow or other we are put into asat. Asat refers to that which does not exist.
A perfect human being - His qualities
Out of so many human beings who are suffering, there are a few who are actually inquiring about their position, as to what they are, why they are put i
Krishna is so high above us
we can see only a flash.
But there’s a pure devotee,
and he can see the Lord with
eyes of pure devotion. He
can see Krishna up close in Vraja
to play with Him.
He’s a rare soul, and out of millions
of liberated souls you might find one
who sees Krishna up close
and plays with Him. The
gopis can do it. They
run out of their houses
and run to the spot where
Krishna stands. And the
birds stand above Him in
the trees meditating on His
form like mystic yogis.
Most people are blind
and can’t
But the two frogs in the pit were unwilling to acce
IDENTITT CRISIS (HH MAHANIDHI SWAMI)
Hare Krishna.
I just want to add my own words of lament to the hundreds and thousands of
devotees mourning the sudden departure of HG Aindra Prabhu.
Through his kirtanas, Aindra Prabhu penetrated all spectrums of Vaisnava
society--male, female; young, old; strict, casual; Indian, Western; ISKCON,
non-ISKCON--the list goes on. Even those devotees who never met Aindra
Prabhu in person strongly feel his separation.
His legendary devotion to the chanting of the maha-mantra has inspired an
entire generation
All devotees of Vrindavan assembled at Krishna-Balaram Temple 8.45 AM
on 19 July 2010 for glorifying the cherishing memories of HG Aindra
Prabhu and it continued up to 1.30 PM. The disciples of Srila
Prabhupada and senior devotees in Vrindavan briefed the wonderful
activities of HG Aindra Prabhu and his contribution to sankirtans, and
a highlight of it is as follows:
HH Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami said, “Aindra Prabhu carried out the
instructions of Srila Prabhupada single-handedly with the kirtanas
I remember in New York - in the Brooklynn temple (the one that was bought
after the Manhattan building was sold). Aindra prabhu was so into kirtan. I
remember that many of the ladies would make fun of him because they didn't
appreciate his singing. He put together a beautiful altar which he attached
to the back of a flatbed truck. It became known as the Harinama truck. He
used to work on that project a lot, sometimes very late into the evening.
Once he said to me "Do you know what Romapada Maharaja to
The assembly of gods once met and decided to appoint a man to the position of Lord of Death, the official title being Lord Yama. They selected the most righteous man for this post. His duty was to take (escort) man at the proper time (upon death) to the celestial regions.
A man by the name of Amrita, living on earth, thought to himself that the one thing he feared most was death. He hit upon a bright idea that if he befriended the Lord of Death, then may be death can be kept at a distance. Amrit
Long, long ago, there was an assembly of great sages on the bank of the River Sarasvati who performed a
great sacrifice of the name Satrayajna. In such assemblies, the great sages present usually discuss Vedic subject matters and philosophical topics, and in this particular meeting the following question was raised: The three predominating deities of this material world, namely, Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu and Lord Siva, are directing all the affairs of this cosmos, but who among them is the Supreme
"This is all too negative," the whining compromiser will protest. "We have to be more positive.
bhurlokah kalpitah padbhyam
bhuvarloko 'sya nabhitah
svarlokah kalpito murdhna
iti va loka-kalpana
bhurlokah -- the entire planetary system from Patala to the earthly planetary system; kalpitah -- imagined; padbhyam -- situated on the legs; bhuvarlokah -- the Bhuvarloka planetary system; asya -- of the universal form of the Lord; nabhitah -- out of the navel abdomen; svarlokah -- the higher planetary system, beginning with the heavenly planets; kalpitah -
tat-katyam catalam klptam
urubhyam vitalam vibhoh
janubhyam sutalam suddham
janghabhyam tu talatalam
mahatalam tu gulphabhyam
prapadabhyam rasatalam
patalam pada-talata
iti lokamayah puman
tat -- in His; katyam -- waist; ca -- also; atalam -- the first planetary system below the earth; klptam -- situated; urubhyam -- on the thighs; vitalam -- the second planetary system below; vibhoh -- of the Lord; janubhyam -- on the ankles; sutalam -- the third planetar
By the blessings of Srila Prabhupad and all the Vaishnva's ISKCON Visakhapatnam Second Rathayatra festival turned out to be very successful with thousands of people attending the program.
The 33 ft high Ratham with a collapsible canopy was tastefully decorated with very beautiful flowers and balloons. There were five different kirtan mandalis apart from our local devotees singing kirtans. A.P. Chief Minister's Son-in -law,along with DIG Soumya Mishra and two other Business tycoon inaugurated the
At this stage of life, the physical instability of our existence becomes more apparent and the exit from our field of activity of our near and dear ones becomes accelerated. Already this year we have seen
Sriman Grahila Prabhu
Sriman Padmalocan Prabhu
and Srimati Amekhala dasi
complete their transits, and three days ago we just saw Sriman Vicitravirya Prabhu do likewise. We have to expect it, disease is part and parcel of material existence.
Yet sometimes even devotees become bewildered when a great
Horrible death
It is a very profound topic. I'm writing just some thoughts based on theSrimad Bhagavatam and Srila Prabhupada's teachings. The most importantprinciple in regards to your question is that the Lord is supremely independent. Sometimes he chooses to give an obviously auspicious death to adevotee and sometimes he chooses to give a so-called tragic death. In bothcases he is protecting the devotee, according to what is best for the devotee and for those around his devotee (i.e. mainly ot
