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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 12
jnanam yad apratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram
atma-prasada uta yatra gunesv asangah
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah
ko nirvrto hari-kathasu ratim na kuryat


jnanam -- knowledge; yat -- that which; a -- up to the limit of; pratinivrtta -- completely withdrawn; guna-urmi -- the waves of the material modes; cakram -- whirlpool; atma-prasadah -- self-satisfaction; uta -- moreover; yatra -- where there is; gunesu -- in the modes of nature; asangah -- no

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Helpful hand of God, Lord Krishna.

A man walking on a shanking bridge... . He prayed for help and saw God on the other side of
the bridge and asked God to come near, but God didn't come. Man got angry and with great
difficulty, he crossed to the other side & saw God holding the broken bridge !
Trust him....
Him ways are amazing.......!
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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.25

kṛpāvalokena hasad-
vadanenopalambhitān
tad-rociṣā pratihate
nimīlya munir akṣiṇī

SYNONYMS:
kṛpā-avalokena — glancing with mercy; hasat — smiling; vadanena — with faces; upalambhitān — appearing very much satisfied; tat — their; rociṣā — by the glaring effulgence; pratihate — being dazzled; nimīlya — closing; muniḥ — the sage; akṣiṇī — his eyes.

TRANSLATION:
Atri Muni was greatly pleased to see that the three devas were gracious towards him. His eyes were dazzled by the
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Story of Lord Krishna

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Naming Ceremony

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1. One day, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Gargamuni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Maharaja at his home.

2. Nanda duly received him and said, “You are versed in the Vedas. The science of astrology has been propounded by you. Please perform the naming ceremony of these two boys (Krsna and Balaram).”

3. Gargamuni said: My dear Nanda Maharaja, I am the
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Are You a Human Being...?

"People are being a human being, we should be concerned not to neglect this opportunity we have to fully develop our consciousness.

Why someone would take animal birth? Of course one thing would be thinking about the animal at the end of life. Other thing is to develop a consciousness which is more suited to the next birth being an animal birth, than a human being.

Like say somebody is drunk all the time, or something, that's just always in a stooper. They're not, they don't want to be very consci
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On Remembering Srila Prabhupada


I personally felt the presence of Prabhupada very strongly in the early days of our preaching mission in Bangladesh. There were but few devotees, and we were spread thin. I had to spend weeks and months without strong association. It was underground work. There were many difficulties. I had to call to Srila Prabhupada for help, and that was the only thing that helped me to keep going.

Once I was traveling alone in Bangladesh, undergoing many difficulties, compounded

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 11
etavan eva yajatam
iha nihsreyasodayah
bhagavaty acalo bhavo
yad bhagavata-sangatah


etavan -- all these different kinds of worshipers; eva -- certainly; yajatam -- while worshiping; iha -- in this life; nihsreyasa -- the highest benediction; udayah -- development; bhagavati -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; acalah -- unflinching; bhavah -- spontaneous attraction; yat -- which; bhagavata -- the pure devotee of the Lord; sangatah -- association.


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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 10
akamah sarva-kamo va
moksa-kama udara-dhih
tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param


akamah -- one who has transcended all material desires; sarva-kamah -- one who has the sum total of material desires; va -- either; moksa-kamah -- one who desires liberation; udara-dhih -- with broader intelligence; tivrena -- with great force; bhakti-yogena -- by devotional service to the Lord; yajeta -- should worship; purusam -- the Lord; param -- the supreme whole.


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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.3

prajāpatiḥ sa bhagavān
rucis tasyām ajījanat
mithunaḿ brahma-varcasvī
parameṇa samādhinā

SYNONYMS:
prajāpatiḥ — one who is entrusted with begetting children; saḥ — he; bhagavān — the most opulent; ruciḥ — the great sage Ruci; tasyām — in her; ajījanat — gave birth; mithunam — couple; brahma-varcasvī — spiritually very much powerful; parameṇa — with great strength; samādhinā — in trance.

TRANSLATION:
Ruci, who was very powerful in his brahminical qualifications and was appointed o
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Little Drops of Nectar: Ratha Yatra

This is the 1974 Ratha Yatra in Melbourne, Australia. Prabhupada walked and did little dance steps the whole route without riding in the Ratha Yatra cart. On the evening of this day when I was mas saging Srila Prabhupada’s legs he remarked to me, “You were dancing nicely today”. His own dancing inspired me to dance and here I am yielding his cane while he plays karatalas. He is wearing flashy silk clothes, a white cadar and varied col­ored hat and turtle neck. A Gaudiya-matha san nyasi once cor­

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Who controls our Indian media

Welcome to Media filter

If you are a little pragmatic person and you are a regular newspaper reader
and watch news in TV channels, it will not take long for you to realise that
something dispropotional when it comes to something concerned with Hindutva
related happenings. Be it recent pub attacks or attack on churches, you
cannot miss the a week long mayhem reported in the media. You can easily
make out that media are sitting hawks that prey out and demonize anything
concerning the right wing Hindutva
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Congregational Chanting.

In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of KRSNA. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is KRISHNA Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. SB.11.5.32

HARE KRISHNA MAY KRISHNA BLESS ALL OF US. SO THAT WE ALL CAN perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of KRSNA. (SRI CHAITANYA MAHA
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Story of Lord Krishna

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta

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1. One day, a year after Krsna's appearance, mother Yasoda was patting her son on her lap. But suddenly she felt the child to be heavier than a mountain peak, and she could no longer bear His weight.

2. Feeling the child to be as heavy as the entire universe, the astonished mother Yasoda put the child down on the ground.

3. While the child was sitting on the ground, a demon named Trnavarta, who was
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3 Questions

Hare Krishna to all Devotees

Please Accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Gurudev

All Glories to Srila Prabhupad

I got this story from my junk mail box and wanted to share with devotees to know their opinion.

Hari bol

Radha Raja.

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A King had asked three questions which a teen aged girl had answered to the satisfaction of the King and all others.

The que

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ALL IS WELL- IN THE HANDS OF GOD

My hands trembled and my mouth dried. as i heard my mother's voice faintly in the background. " Uma hanged herself". Today her body was found hanging in her bedroom from the overhead fan.The body was found by her younger brother who returned from school after giving his 10th std board exam papers. My mind was shaken. What a cruel twist of fate. A young energetic girl, very very responsible and competent to take over the family responsibilities of earning taking care of tthe house and also her li
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The Flight of Faith

Faith a word which makes u feel as warm in our hearts as ever. faith to me is as strong as a rock...as the famous saying goes faith can move mountains. really it can!! Have you a heard that story in bible when even the seas parted to give way to the people who had strong faith in the power of God. Faith is something which comes from deep within out hearts which is there in the seed form initially but is then watered by the refreshing water of our expereinces in life it grows bigger and stronger.
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Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)

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1. When will Vrndavana's queen Radha, Her eyes restless with love and Her limbs like waves in the flooding ocean of nectar, place Her merciful glance upon me?

2. O queen of Vrndavana, I take shelter of your lotus feet, which are flooded with nectar, which are cool and pleasing, and which, placed over Lord Krsna's heart, extinguish the blazing fire of desire that torments Him.

3. I pray that my heart
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The Glories of Go Mata


By circumambulating the cow , one attains the result of circumambulating the whole world . One should give cows in charity and protect her in all respects. A foolish person who beats or chastises a cow goes to hell . A person who gives some food and water to a cow attains the result of performing the horse sacrifice . There is no doubt about it . Rare are those who daily worship and serve the cow .
Brhat Parasara smrti , from the book Sacred Cow , trans. by Bhumipati das , Vrindavan Rasbihari Lal
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Importance of chanting

This chanting process is the only way of attaining full Krishna Consciousness in this age of kali yuga. Lord Chaitanya stressed upon this point, and we may take it from His authority that no other method will prove to be successful in this matter.

Simply engage yourself in Krishna's service. That will protect you from any attack of maya. Maya can takeKrishna's place in our heart as soon as there is a slackness on our part. Otherwise, if Krishna's seated always, maya has no opportunity to occupy t
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Clap Your Karmas Away!

"There is a verse in the Nectar of Devotion that says, when you chant and dance, when chanting Hare Krishna and you clap your hands, just liken when people clap their hands and the birds fly off, as many Karmas fly off from your account…your bad Karmas.

As while you're chanting and clapping your hands, as birds will fly off from the fields, so it's a good impetus….Haribol….Hare Krishna! (Everyone Clapping)"

HH Jayapataka Swami
Lecture: BG 8.6 October 10th, 2001



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