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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE ETERNAL OCCUPATION – SANATHANA DHARMA'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on August 2, 2010 at 12:17pm

Introduction - Aim of Human life

In this world men are not meant for quarreling like cats and dogs. Men must be intelligent to realize the importance of human life and refuse to act like ordinary animals. A human being should realize the aim of his life, and this direction is given in all Vedic literatures, and the essence is given in Bhagavad-gita.

Vedic literature is meant for human beings, not for animals. Animals can kill other living animals, and there is no question of sin on their part, but

Meditate on Sri Gurudeva as very dear to Sri Mukunda

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 2, 2010 at 12:00pm

Guru-varam mukunda-presthatve (smara):
Meditate on Sri Gurudeva as very dear to Sri Mukunda

Sri Gurudeva is known as mukunda-prestha or one who is very dear to Sri Mukunda, who bestows mukti or liberation from material bondage. Devotees should think, "Sri Krsna, who is an ocean of mercy, has sent His very dear associate as my gurudeva in order to deliver me." It is, therefore, fully appropriate to consider Sri Gurudeva as a priya sakhi of Srimati Radhika. According to the statement of the sastras,

What is a Spiritual Master?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 2, 2010 at 10:37am

On hearing the word guru, we tend to envision a caricature like image: a bizarre-looking old fellow with a long, stringy beard and flowing robes, meditating on distant, esoteric truths. Or we think of a cosmic con man cashing in on young seekers' spiritual gullibility.

But what really is a guru? What does he know that we don't? How does he enlighten us?

In a talk given in England in 1973, Srila Prabhupada provides some enlightening answers.

"om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilit

Ghosts Versus Hare Krsna!

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 2, 2010 at 10:29am

This is a true story that took place near Rome,
in March 2009

As soon as we entered the apartment we understood we were in for some excitement. We'd heard different stories of how this young woman had been terrorized by a ghost for the last nine years, of how just the other week she had been hospitalized due to a flying chair striking her in the head, and how she was now at the limit of her sanity. We'd been told of knives flying across the room, pictures leaping from the walls and levitating coff

The right time to connect with Iskcon.

Posted by suraj parkash sehgal on August 1, 2010 at 9:16pm

Hare krishna to all of the world. This is very crucial time when every person is suffring from sorrows.because of we does not remember the god. we does not thanks that God which he give us all the natural things. we does not beleive who gives us this life. It is very shamfull for us. which things we are using in this world that is given by that Jaggannath.

so we must attached with that Almighty Lord Jaggannatha. we Must serve for that Almighty Lord ...............

SRI VILAPA KUSUMANJALI

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 1, 2010 at 1:04pm

SRI VILAPA KUSUMANJALI
(Prayers to Sri Radha)

1. O queen, please rescue this unfortunate person, drowning in an ocean of pain. Place him on the strong
boat of your mercy and carry him to the wonderful realm of Your lotus feet.

2. O queen, with the medicine of the red lac from Your lotus feet, please bring back to life this person now dead from the bites of the black snake of not seeing You.

3. O queen, with the nectar of a moment's glance please restore the life of this gopi maidservant of Your lotu

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said to Sanatana Goswami:

Posted by ramchandra priya das on August 1, 2010 at 6:54am

(CC Madhya 20.127-136): Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said to Sanatana Goswami: "The following example may be given. Once a learned astrologer came to the house of a poor man and, seeing his distressed condition, questioned him. ""The astrologer asked, 'Why are you unhappy? Your father was very wealthy, but he did not disclose his wealth to you because he died elsewhere?' "Just as the words of the astrologer Sarvajna gave news of the poor man's treasure, Vedic li

WHAT IS THE REAL GHEE PART 1

Posted by _ghanshyam das on July 31, 2010 at 10:15pm

Ghee – An Ayurvedic Perspective:

The milk of cows is considered to possess the essence or sap of all plants and Ghee is the essence of milk... When we consider Ghee we are in the company of superlatives. In India, Ghee has been so highly regarded for so many things, for so long, that one is slightly embarrassed to enter into this crowded river of praise. This is what I have heard:

The ingestion of Ghee is like offering the finest of fuels into the fires of digestion-Agni. In accord with this, Ghee

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on July 31, 2010 at 5:13pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - toll-tax

Once, Sri Bhaguri Rsi was performing a sacrifice for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord. The cowherd boys and girls were bringing ingredients for the sacrifice from distant places. Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis were also bringing yoghurt, milk, butter and various kinds of milk-sweets, such as rabadi. Sri Krsna along with Subala, Madhumangala and other sakhas, obstructed their path and forcibly demanded toll-tax, and the sakhas and gopis began

July 30th - HG Durgama Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7.14 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 4:44pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.14

vidyā-tapo-vrata-dharān mukhataḥ sma viprān
brahmātma-tattvam avituḿ prathamaḿ tvam asrāk
tad brāhmaṇān parama sarva-vipatsu pāsi
pālaḥ paśūn iva vibho pragṛhīta-daṇḍaḥ

SYNONYMS:
vidyā — learning; tapaḥ — austerities; vrata — vows; dharān — the followers; mukhataḥ — from the mouth; sma — was; viprān — the brāhmaṇas; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; ātma-tattvam — self-realization; avitum — to disseminate; prathamam — first; tvam — you; asrāk — created; tat — therefore; brāhma

India's unique legacy

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 1:16pm

Question: Does the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra do any practical good for the world?

Certainly.

As most of us know, the fundamental problem in economics is to reconcile the unlimited desires of people with the limited resources of the world. All of us perpetually seek happiness by fulfilling our desires. Two conflicting forces within our hearts determine our desires: the centrifugal force that allures us to external objects, and the centripetal force that draws us inwards to the Lord within

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 31, 2010 at 12:47pm

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it'll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are sayingit'll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are somelikely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.

Reason one: Mayan calendar

The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were th

"DEATH IS NATURAL"

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 31, 2010 at 12:36pm

Prabhupada: You become... I am explaining. You become entangled. Now, as soon as you become entangled... Suppose you become a dog. Now you suffer.

Dr. Patel: But when the dog is there, he does not think he's suffering. He's just like that pig.

Prabhupada: That is illusion. That is called moha, moha. One is suffering. Everyone is suffering. Suppose a big man, a minister, or the prime minister, or the chief minister, he's also suffering. But he's thinking, "Now I am prime minister." That is illusion

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day : A Talk by Giriraj Swami

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on July 31, 2010 at 12:15pm

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day
A Talk by Giriraj Swami
July 31, 2002
Carpinteria, California

For Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's appearance day I thought to read one verse and
purport about him from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Ten, “The
Branches of the Caitanya Tree”:

TEXT 105

sri gopala bhatta eka sakha sarvottama
rupa-sanatana-sange yanra prema-alapana

TRANSLATION

Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the forty-seventh branch, was one of the great
and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in

HH Giriraj Swami's Reflections on Guru-Purnima

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 11:00am

Reflections on Guru-purnima

A Talk by Giriraj Swami

July 29, 2007

Dallas

"Today is Guru-purnima. Srila Prabhupada has explained that the system of honoring the spiritual master is current in all sections of Vedic followers. In the Mayavadi (impersonalist) sects, the disciples offer respect to the spiritual master every year on Guru-purnima. And in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, the disciples offer homage annually on the appearance day of the spiritual master; this occasion is called Vyasa-puja, be

8 Qualities of Lord Ramachandra

Posted by meenakshi chawla on July 30, 2010 at 8:52pm

8 qualities of Lord Ramachandra as mentioned by Sri Hanumanji.

1. Vishuddaanubhava-maatram - The Lord, whose pure form is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature, can be perceived by pure consciousness.
2. Ekam - one without a second.
3. Sva-tejasaa dhvasta-guna-vyavastham - by His own spiritual potency, vanquished the influence of the modes of material nature.
4. Pratyak - transcendental, not to be seen with material eyes.
5. Prashaantam - undisturbed by material agitation.
6. sudhiyopalambhan

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - All ashrams are needed

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 30, 2010 at 11:57am

All ashrams are needed

Srila Prabhupada returned by 7:30 a.m. and entered the ground floor of the house for a short morning program. The downstairs consists mainly of a hallway, guest bedroom, pantry, kitchen, a large living room with an adjoining dining area. The devotees have put Srila Prabhupada's vyasasana, which is usually kept upstairs, in the dining room and a simple Pancatattva altar faces it from the opposite end of the living room. The yatra here may be small but is certainly not poor.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 30, 2010 at 11:57am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8
apam viryasya sargasya
parjanyasya prajapateh
pumsah sisna upasthas tu
prajaty-ananda-nirvrteh

apam -- of water; viryasya -- of the semen; sargasya -- of the generative; parjanyasya -- of rains; prajapateh -- of the creator; pumsah -- of the Lord; sisnah -- the genitals; upasthah tu -- the place where the genitals are situated; prajati -- due to begetting; ananda -- pleasure; nirvrteh -- cause.

TRANSLATION
From the Lord's genitals originate water, semen, gen

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'HOW KRISHNA IS ACTING IN DIFFERENT POTENCIES'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on July 30, 2010 at 11:21am

Krishna - The complete whole

The complete whole, Personality of Godhead, Krishna has immense potencies (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]. This phenomenal world or material world in which we are placed is also complete in itself because the twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation, according to Sankhya philosophy, are completely adjusted to produce complete resources which are necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of thi

Yoga of Love

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 30, 2010 at 10:59am

Question: What is the relationship between yoga and bhakti?

Yoga, with its extraordinary health benefits, has achieved global acclaim today. The word 'yoga' comes from the root 'yug', which is similar to the English word 'yoke' and means to 'connect' or 'link. The Patanjali Yoga-Sutra, which is the foundational guidebook for yoga, explains that yoga in its completeness comprises eight stages and so is called ashtanga-yoga (ashta - eight, anga - limbs). What is popular as yoga today is actually ju

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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE ETERNAL OCCUPATION – SANATHANA DHARMA'

Meditate on Sri Gurudeva as very dear to Sri Mukunda

What is a Spiritual Master?

Ghosts Versus Hare Krsna!

The right time to connect with Iskcon.

SRI VILAPA KUSUMANJALI

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said to Sanatana Goswami:

WHAT IS THE REAL GHEE PART 1

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

July 30th - HG Durgama Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7.14 - from Mayapur

India's unique legacy

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

"DEATH IS NATURAL"

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day : A Talk by Giriraj Swami

HH Giriraj Swami's Reflections on Guru-Purnima

8 Qualities of Lord Ramachandra

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - All ashrams are needed

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'HOW KRISHNA IS ACTING IN DIFFERENT POTENCIES'

Yoga of Love

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