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Weapons of the Pandavas

Posted by Sanjeev Kumar Punj on August 5, 2009 at 5:42pm

At the end of Mahabharata, when the Pandavas returned victorious, they got together and travelled to the Himalayas, along a path that took them through many regions currently known to us as Himachal Pradesh.At one place they decided to leave their weapons and proceed higher up in the mountains to perform penance.The place where they left the weapons is known as Rampur Bushahr, established by Pradyumna,the son of Lord Krishna Himself, and is located 102KM from Simla. It can be easily reached by r

Angry Swami declares war on maya, especially Mayavada

Posted by Nitin on August 4, 2009 at 1:50pm

This post is a follow up of my three earlier posts titled "Mayavadi to become stool worm‏","I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏ " and "More face-kicking‏". All these posts contained quotes of Srila Prabhupada speaking very strongly against the mayavadis even to the point of kicking them on the face. The following text is an excerpt from the book "The Hare Krishna Explosion" by HG Hayagriva Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada was addressed as "Swamiji" in the earlier days of the movement.Excerpt:N

IMPORTANCE OF COW PROTECTION

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 4, 2009 at 11:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.1 -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1973
So similarly, vaisya. Vaisya, they should be trained in three things, productive -- krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [Bg. 18.44] -- krsi, agriculture; go-raksya, cow protection. Go-raksya. That is essential, agricultural and cow protection. And vanijyam. Vanijyam means trade. If there is excess milk product, if there is excess grain product, then you can sell to others. Nowadays the trade is that you take as much milk as

Srila prabhupada Letter

Posted by Brajaraj Kanai Das on August 3, 2009 at 5:23pm

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaIn his letter to Kiranamayi, 25th February, 1968.Devotional service is dependent on the mercy of Krishna and His devotees. Unless we surrender to the lotus feet of a pure devotee, it is not possible to come to the platform of pure devotional service. By his own efforts a bee cannot taste the honey within a bottle. The bottle must be opened by a superior. If the bee simply licks the outside of the bottle, thinking “Now I am tasting honey,” then

OH Gauranga!!!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on August 3, 2009 at 2:41pm

OH Gauranga!!!!Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When my heart will be freed,From the anarthas acquired,Since millions of lifetimes.Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When the heart free from maliceAnd material contaminations,Develops pure taste for the Holy Name…Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When the things of this world,Will cease to attract me,Which pull me away from your lotus feet.Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When I rejoice and celebrate,In the association of your devote

Srila Prabhupada quotes Srila Rupa Gosvami‏

Posted by Nitin on August 3, 2009 at 10:55am

Srila Rupa Gosvami, the great devotee acarya of the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-sampradaya, has sung a song about this lotus honey,comparing himself to the bee:"O my Lord Krsna, I beg to offer my prayers unto You. My mind is like the bee, and it is after some honey. Kindly, therefore, give my bee-mind a place at Your lotus feet, which are the resources for all transcendental honey. I know that even big demigods like Brahma do not see the rays of the nails of Your lotus feet, even though they are engaged in

More face-kicking‏

Posted by Nitin on August 3, 2009 at 10:30am

Srila Prabhupad said:... do not become so foolish and rascal, that any rascal comes and poses himself as God, incarnation of God... You kick on their face. Please consult the sastras whether his name, his father's name, his mother's name, his features of the body, his activities, are corroborating with the sastra.Then accept. Otherwise don't.>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.11-12 -- Los Angeles, September17, 1972

Your Lipstick: Made With Cow Brains

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 1, 2009 at 2:19pm

Here's the bad news: Cow brains may be an ingredient in your lipstick.The good news? The FDA is banning it.The Food and Drug Administration has told cosmetics makers they can no longer use brain and spinal cord tissue from older cattle in lipstick, hair sprays, and other products, reports The Associated Press. The fact that they were used at all will likely surprise millions of women who use these products daily. And that's not the only surprise: The new FDA regulations still allow use of these

I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏

Posted by Nitin on July 29, 2009 at 6:51pm

That is my business, to punish all these rascals. You see? I become very much angry, anyone says before me, "I am God, he is God, everyone..." I cannot control myself. (laughter) Yes. I am so obstinate enemy of theserascals. I want to kick them on their face, but it is incivility. It becomes... But I want to kick them. It will be my pleasure. Never mind I go to hell.Lecture, SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972

Two Solid Programs That Can Change the Whole World

Posted by Nitin on July 29, 2009 at 12:37pm

Book distribution and farms: these are our solid programs. They can change the whole world. The whole foundation of animal civilization can be destroyed. If I have hope for still living, I wanted to organize the farms, make it perfect. Simple living and high thinking.>>> Ref. VedaBase => TKG: August 9

O lord please help me..

Posted by Sita devi dasi on July 28, 2009 at 7:25pm

O lord of all the three worlds,**Kindly look upon this fallen soul**Sleeping in the lap of maya curled,**Enjoying this world whole and sole......****Your beauty unparalleled and beyond compare,**Steals the hearts of the purest pure.**Yet this fool has not time to spare,**To treat this disease which has no cure........****No cure except the chanting of the Holy Names**Is the only remedy so rare.**Yet I am busy playing games,**With Maya, neither fear nor care.......****O Lord, I beg you with all m

LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI

Posted by PRANSHU SHARMA on July 28, 2009 at 4:01pm

AS BHAKTIVINODA THAKUR IS SAYING THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET KRISHNA EXCEPT LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI .FROM : RADHIKA CARAN PADMABY : BHAKTIVINOD THAKURIF ONE WHO HAS FAILED TO WORSHIP WITH GREAT CARE SRIMATI RADHARANI"S LOTUS FEET WHICH ARE THE ABODE OF ALL AUSPICIOUSNESS .ONE WHO HAS NOT TAKEN SHELTER OF SRI VRINDAVAN DAM WHICH IS DECORATED WITH HER LOTUS FOOT PRINTS.WHO IN THIS LIFE HAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DEVOTEES WHOSE MOOD LIKE SRIMATI RADHIKA"S ARE VERY DEEP & GRAVE.WHOSE HEART"S &

Mayavadi to become stool worm‏

Posted by Nitin on July 27, 2009 at 6:34pm

Prabhupada continued talking about the Mayavadis, especially one in South India who has attracted many followers by displaying magic.At one point Acyutananda Swami said he heard one of his followers criticize us, saying that we were bookworms.Prabhupada immediately responded, making us all laugh, "And he is stool worm! He will become this in his next life for cheating so many people!">>> Ref. VedaBase => TD 1-7: Andhra Pradesh

The advent of Lord Kalki

Posted by Sanjeev Kumar Punj on July 25, 2009 at 6:00am

There have been so many impersonators from India lately, all pretending to be Kalki Avatar, some from south, some from north, all trying to gather disciples around them, and make money.According to the Srimad Bhagvatam, Lord Vishnu will re-incarnate as Lord Kalki, the tenth avataar, in a vollage called Sambhal.QUOTE :-"Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas [Kali-yuga and Satya-yuga], the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Vishnuyasha. At

Natural, Peaceful Life‏

Posted by Nitin on July 24, 2009 at 11:53am

I want the world to see by our example that life can be lived naturally,peacefully if one is self sufficient with land, some cows and chanting Hare Krishna.Letter to Jagadisa, 74-06-18

Life

Posted by Sita devi dasi on July 23, 2009 at 11:49am

LIFELife goes by slowly and graduallyLike a river flowing and sometimes dryTaking with it our hopes and fearsWhich are like pebbles which go by.By the current of the riverEverything is swept awaySimilarly our life goes aheadTaking everything in its sway.Life, life, life celebrate lifeThrough stress and strife.Look at the glass half fullRather than half empty and pitiful.Seeing things in the right perspective.Makes one be free from pain.Life teaches one gradually to becomePositive and always look

The Most Congenial Form of Intimacy

Posted by Nitin on July 23, 2009 at 10:46am

Krsna is the central pivot of living beings, and He is the all-attractiveliving entity or eternal form amongst all other living beings or eternalforms. Each and every living being has his eternal form in the spiritualexistence, and Krsna is the eternal attraction for all of them. Krsna is thecomplete whole, and everything else is His part and parcel. The relation isone of the servant and the served. It is transcendental and is completelydistinct from our experience in material existence. This re

How is Ghee Being Adulterated?

Posted by Nitin on July 22, 2009 at 1:08pm

By Maneka Gandhi for The Bihar Times [1] on 18 Jul 2009(Bihar, India) Some years ago it was discovered that owners of Vanaspathioils were putting cow and pig lard into the oil. There was a furor whichdied down after a few months and no one knows till today what happened tothe Jains who owned the enterprise ? but I have little doubt that they gotoff and a few bureaucrats and policemen are richer.Ghee (from Sanskrit gh?ta meaning “sprinkled”) is clarified butter, sacredto the gods. On June 13, a g

How Pariksit Maharaja Stopped Sinful Activities

Posted by Nitin on July 22, 2009 at 1:07pm

Pariksit Maharaja, as soon as he heard that Kali, these four principles ofKali has already entered, he immediately took his bows and arrows and…“Who is that rascal, he is drinking? Kill him.” That was king. “Kill him,that rascal.” So if one is killed because he was drinking, then others willbe very careful. That was king’s duty. “Anyone who has got illicit sex, killhim. Anyone who is drunkard, kill him. Anyone who is eating meat, kill him.No other consideration. Directly kill him.” Then all thes

Scientific Evidence Of Cow Urine

Posted by _ghanshyam das on July 22, 2009 at 7:30am

Scientific Evidence:

In ayurveda it is said:

gavyam pavitram ca rasayanam ca pathyam ca hrdyam balam buddhi syata
aayuh pradam rakt vikar hari tridosh hridrog vishapaham syata

Meaning: Cow urine panchgavya is great elixir, proper diet, pleasing to heart, giver of mental and physical strength, enhances longevity. It balances bile, mucous and airs. Remover of heart diseases and effect of poison.

For thousands of years, people in India have used cow urine and cow dung for different purposes in

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Weapons of the Pandavas

Angry Swami declares war on maya, especially Mayavada

IMPORTANCE OF COW PROTECTION

Srila prabhupada Letter

OH Gauranga!!!

Srila Prabhupada quotes Srila Rupa Gosvami‏

More face-kicking‏

Your Lipstick: Made With Cow Brains

I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏

Two Solid Programs That Can Change the Whole World

O lord please help me..

LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI

Mayavadi to become stool worm‏

The advent of Lord Kalki

Natural, Peaceful Life‏

Life

The Most Congenial Form of Intimacy

How is Ghee Being Adulterated?

How Pariksit Maharaja Stopped Sinful Activities

Scientific Evidence Of Cow Urine

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