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
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shrive
Prabhupada: Jayatirtha, you can come here. If required, you will reply. What is that?
Jayatirtha: This is the article that Mrs. Wax has written, and it was published in Harper's. It's one of the big national magazines. It's about Gurukula.
Prabhupada: Oh.
Jayatirtha: It's nicely written.
Prabhupada: Oh.
Jayatirtha: It's called "Raise Your Hand if You're an Eternal Spi
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 9
rajya-kamo manun devan
nirrtim tv abhicaran yajet
kama-kamo yajet somam
akamah purusam param
rajya-kamah -- anyone desiring an empire or kingdom; manun -- the Manus, semi-incarnations of God; devan -- demigods; nirrtim -- demons; tu -- but; abhicaran -- desiring victory over the enemy; yajet -- should worship; kama-kamah -- one who desires sense gratification; yajet -- should worship; somam -- the demigod named Candra; akamah -- one who has no material des
On Remembering Srila Prabhupada
Myself and many others practically perceive how the relationship with the spiritual master is not based on physical presence. I joined ISKCON as a young kid in 1975, when it was already a big world-wide organization. There was no question of just walking up to Srila Prabhupada and talking to him, nor even of getting an appointment to see him. We could attend lectures and darsanas, but felt (and were) too insignificant to ask him a question, even in the public forum
PRABHUPADA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We take a newspaper and we read what the politician says, so many nonsense things. We waste our time. Srama eva hi kevalam. We should increase our taste for hearing and chanting about Visnu, Krishna."
Vrindavan, March 31, 1976
Mother Gopi Gita and Gopi Krishna got to few weeks ago brainstorming about doing a drama. They wanted to do something that incorporated all the different elements of our temple. This the Gurukula youth, Gurukula alumni, temple staff, and congregation. Spring break was coming up so they thought lets give it a shot. Gopi Krishna suggested Ramayana because it had not been done at the Dallas temple before.
However this was done without some serious challenges. Krishna likes His devotees working hard
