A very influential scholar.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 2:01pm

A very influential scholar.

Bhagavad-gita 10.11

TRANSLATION

Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.

PURPORT

When Lord Caitanya was in Benares promulgating the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, thousands of people were following Him.

Prakāśānanda, a very influential and learned scholar in Benares at that time, derided Lord Caitanya for being

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-3 Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 9, 2010 at 2:00pm

Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Chanting Gayatri

Yasoda Kumar (das) RSD (Perm - R)

29-Nov-96

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It is said that even if one is offering arati to the Lord he should stop it in case he sees that some saintly person, sadhu unexpectedly comes in his home. He should detain his service to receive
sadhu properly and then ask him for permission to complete his service to the
Deity. But if I'm for example chanting Gayatri and suddenly a senior person

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Transfer of Burden

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:58pm

Transfer of Burden

This is a good description of an attempt to transfer a burden from one place to another. When one gets tired of keeping a burden on his head, he will place it on his shoulder. This does not mean that he has become freed from the strains of carrying the burden. Similarly, human society in the name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind of trouble. In contemporary civilization we see that there are many automobiles manufactured to carry us swiftly f

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It can produce revolution.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:57pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.9-11
June 6, 1969, New Vrndavana
Lecture by Srila Prabhupada.

A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society. My Guru Maharaja, when he was selecting articles to be published in The Harmonist, if he sees simply that there is, several times the writer has written "Krsna," "Lord Caitanya," like that, he passe

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gopalji Deity

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:56pm

Gopalji Deity

Gopala Krsna explained that a new ordinance introduced under the auspices of Indira Gandhi now limits the height of any building in Bombay to only five floors. In order to complete the sixth floor on the towers, they had to work at night.

As he walked Gopala Krsna told Prabhupada that Sri Laksna Pandit, the sister-in-law of one of our western devotees and a famous actress and singer, was scheduled to sing bhajanas at our pandala tomorrow. He wondered if that was all right.

"Yes," Prab

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:55pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41
visuddham kevalam jnanam
pratyak samyag avasthitam
satyam purnam anady-antam
nirgunam nityam advayam
rse vidanti munayah
prasantatmendriyasayah
yada tad evasat-tarkais
tirodhiyeta viplutam

visuddham -- without any material tinge; kevalam -- pure and perfect; jnanam -- knowledge; pratyak -- all-pervading; samyak -- in fullness; avasthitam -- situated; satyam -- truth; purnam -- absolute; anadi -- without any beginning; antam -- and so also without any end;

Who is God?

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 9, 2010 at 9:26am

Who is God?

Question: Different religions claim their God to be the real God. Sometimes, certain people claim to be incarnations of God. Some consider God personal, others, impersonal. Who actually is God?

Answer: God has nowadays largely become an object of naļve sentiment and blind faith. However, knowledge of God is a precise and profound science. Based on that divine science, let’s address these questions one by one:

As science begins with definition of the object under study, let’s

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 2 SUB= Order of offering (arati)

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 9, 2010 at 8:30am

Order of offering (arati)Nrsimha Kavaca (das) IDS28-Jun-95------------------------------------------------------------Just a few quotes I was able to dig up. There are others, but it depends how much time you can give one topic.22nd March, 1968letter to Balai dasi,Yes, you may say the prayer to the Spiritual Master 3 times, and also the Namo Brahmanya . . . prayer 3 times, when offering Prasadam. That is very nice to say the mantra 3 times. Also, you may, after offering to the Spiritual Master,

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

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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

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Chanting Gayatri

Yasoda Kumar (das) RSD (Perm - R)

Transfer of Burden

It can produce revolution.

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gopalji Deity

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41

Who is God?

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 2 SUB= Order of offering (arati)

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

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