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A Fruitful Sunday...

Posted by Eternal Muser on October 2, 2009 at 7:37pm

The day was last Sunday, the time, around 1.30 pm and the venue, Sri RadhaGopinath Temple, Chowpatty, Mumbai.About 500 plus Devotees sat gazing at His Holinesss Radhanath Maharaj as he described the virtues of an unassuming man sitting next to him. The Gentleman humbly acknowledged the same.We learnt that Mr Burwash Prabhu was a successful professional Tennis Player in his younger days before he became one of the most sought-after Business Management Experts in the field.But he is considered eve

JAI Narsingha Dev

Posted by RAHUL RAI on October 2, 2009 at 5:58pm

Material Attachment....Gate Way To Hell

Posted by kanaiyyadesh on October 1, 2009 at 12:37am

A man was being chased by a tiger in a forest. He kept on running as fast as he could and looked behind to see how far the tiger was. He stumbled and fell down in to a well. He was lucky to get hold of a creeper half way through. While holding tight to the creeper he looked down and saw a big python. In the meanwhile, the tiger came near the well and was waiting on top to finish him. Just above him was a bee hive. The shaking of the creeper disturbed the bee hive and as he looked up, a drop of h

HUMILITY

Posted by chathurdevi on September 30, 2009 at 6:00pm

"HUMILITY MEANS THAT ONE SHOULD NOT BE ANXIOUS TO HAVE SATISFACTION OF BEING HONOURED BY OTHERS".

नेऊन मला पाड विठ्ठला...तुझ्या पुण्य-पायांशी! O take me away and cast me, Vitthala…at Thy holy, auspicious Feet!

Posted by Eternal Muser on September 29, 2009 at 7:47pm

क्वचितच इच्छा का होते, तुझ्या दर्शनाची,प्रपंचात अडकलो आहे...आहे बंधलो वासनांशी!ह्या पापी माणसाची मागणी विठ्ठला, एकच तुझ्या पाशी,नेऊन मला पाड विठ्ठला...तुझ्या पुण्य-पायांशी!तुकाची अमृत-वाणीला, नेहमी दुर्लक्ष केले मी,नामः-स्मरण तुझे अरे विठ्ठला, का विसरतो मी?!माया-विषकन्याच्या गोड सहवासात धुंद राहतो मी,नेऊन मला पाड विठ्ठला...तुझ्या पुण्य-पायांशी!आषाढ महिन्यात निघती, पंढरी सर्व वारकरी,त्यांच्या टाळ-मृदंगाने कान माझे भरी.तरी ही जाण्याची इच्छा होत नाही मला कशी?नेऊन मला पाड विठ्ठला...तुझ्या पुण्य-पाया

The Complete Social Service

Posted by Chaitanya Charan Das on September 28, 2009 at 12:19pm

Suppose you are the friend of a billionaire. One day you see your friend's estranged son wandering like a vagabond on the streets, drunk, disheveled, diseased, distressed and starving. Somebody comes and offers him food. He hungrily gulps down the food and continues his aimless wandering. Then someone else comes and offers him new clothes. He happily wears the clothes, but remains lost and forsaken. Then someone else gives him free medicines, which give temporary physical relief, but no perman

Possibility Thinking

Posted by kanaiyyadesh on September 28, 2009 at 12:11pm

by Mahatma das and Akrura dasPlease visit the following link to download to hear the conversation betweenHG Mahatma das and HG Akrura Dashttp://www.tstrain.com/illuminations/Possibility_Thinking.mp3Possibility thinking means there is always more than one way ofapproaching a situation. Generally we have patterns of thinking which lockus into seeing situations in a narrow way or the same way over and overagain. But there is always more than one way to deal with a situation. Bybeing open to other w

Sacrifice

Posted by Sita devi dasi on September 28, 2009 at 7:28am

Sacrifice.....Oh Lord, please hear my plea,from material desires, make me free,fallen and degraded as i, you agreeno hope other than your mercyDrowning in this mateiral ocean,suffering without reason,tossing andturning in the wavesof attachment and maya's craze.Ego and Pride are my shelter,I worship anger and lust on the altar,of my heart and soul, which always falter.from the path of pleasing the Lord and masterOh guru maharaj, who have opened my eyesfrom the darkness of ignorance twice,it is j

Asta Sakhis...Param-Prestha Sakhis...

Posted by Vinayak Yadav on September 27, 2009 at 10:26pm

Asta SakhisThe sakhis are of five kinds: they are known as sakhis, nitya-sakhis, prana-sakhis priya-sakhis and parama-prestha-sakhis. Among them, some are equally affectionate towards Radha and Krsna, while some are crookedly affectionate towards Them. Kusumita, Vindhya, Kunda lata, and Dhanistha are known as sakhis. They are more affectionate towards Sri Krsna. Kasturi, Mani-manjari, etc., are nitya-sakhis, and they are more affectionate towards Sri Radhika. Therefore, they are counted among th

Dont get in Krsna's way

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on September 25, 2009 at 10:54am

Dear devoteesMe and my godbrother Yasodeva prabhu, the perfection of vaisnava dealings, were distributing in Parramata, Sydney ( Srila Prabhupada called this place pramada, because its full of crazies ).I was off like a rocket. There was a lot of charity workers on the street so I was walking from one end of Church street to the other trying so hard to be the doer. Even with all my expertise nothing was happening. On my own Icould hardly distribute even one book.So I thought, "I'm just going to

SIX FAULTS THAT DESTROY BHAKTI

Posted by kanaiyyadesh on September 24, 2009 at 8:28pm

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur1. AtyaharaOvereating or too much collectingIn his Sri Upadesamrta, Srila Rupa Gosvami has written the following :atyaharah prayasas caprajalpo niyamagrahahjana-sangas ca laulyam casadbhir bhaktir vinasyatiTRANSLATION Ones devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) atyahara, eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) prayasa, overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obta

Another George Harrison

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on September 23, 2009 at 8:10am

Russell Brand, a stand-up comedian and television presenter likes to say"Hare Krishna" upon his exit from a show or venue.Stand-up comedian and television presenter Russell Brand is often heardsaying "Hare Krishna" upon his exit from a show or venue. For example, onthe UK Big Brother show "Big Brother's Big Mouth", Brand ends every showwith the phrase "Hare Krishna." Brand has been a vegetarian since the age of14[12], and his abandonment of drugs and alcohol was done with the help ofthe Hare Kri

Funeral Realizations

Posted by Eternal Muser on September 20, 2009 at 8:37pm

The other day I had gone to attend the funeral of a friend’s father.As usual, I observed that except for really close friends and relatives, most of the visitors were interested in anything but the passing away of the concerned person. The majority had come there simply to observe social etiquette…and nothing else. The conversation though hushed, ranged from the current political situation to the stock market to even Bollywood! Even the ‘brahmana’ who was to perform the last rites was heartily p

Onion Free Upma

Posted by Sanjeev Kumar Punj on September 20, 2009 at 3:56pm

I had been avoiding consumption of onions and garlic long ago, since 1984 (onions , as I myself also found, tend to excite the mind, some substance in onions penetrates the blood-brain barrier, causing some "excitement" in the brain, which maybe liked by some, may not be liked by some, depending on their disposition). As a practicing Vaishnava, it is best to avoid Onions and Garlic.I love to eat Upma for breakfast, but after I gave up onions, I was at a loss to understand how to get to make Upma

Grab that moment and use it…it may make all the difference!

Posted by Eternal Muser on September 19, 2009 at 2:46pm

It was Sir Isaac Newton who observed that in Nature, every action causes an immediate and opposite reaction in response to the former. This became famously known as his Third Law of Motion.Little did he realize that this Law also applies to day-to-day situations in our lives!Our Prarabdh or Fate puts us in situations depending upon our past Karma. Once exposed to a particular situation or environmental stimulus, we react to it immediately and helplessly, without thinking, according to the impuls

LIBERATION

Posted by Sita devi dasi on September 18, 2009 at 1:48pm

What is this Liberation?Is it just freedom from pain?Freedom from the cycle of birth and deathsought after by holy menSince time immemorial we passthrough lifetiimes of misery,84 lakhs species without respite,going around in a giant wheel moving fast...The human birth is very rare,The topmost rung of the ladder,One step down goes to the lower species,And one step up leads to liberation.But for one who is surrendered,With devotion to the Supreme Lord,Liberation stands with folded hands,At his doo

My Experience with CBD Belapur Wing of the ISKCON Radha Gopinath Mandir Congregation

Posted by Sairajesh Parameswaran on September 16, 2009 at 11:27pm

Jai Jai sri guru gauranga gandharvika giridhari ki jaiSimply out of the world ...on the lap of the divine.I could see the spirit of Srila AC Prabhupada string the whole congregation just as the thread strings flowers offered to the Lord.The Devotees are simply intoxicated with the divine Ambrosia of Hari Nam.Contrary to other spiritual institutional congregations I could see that the devotees here were only in awe and reverence of Srila Prabhupada and absolutely passionate about the movement.The

Change of Heart

Posted by Giridhara Gopala Das on September 16, 2009 at 11:30am

As long as we are in the material world our mind will be showing alternatives for us to have sense gratification. To engage in un-deviated and un-motivated devotional service, we should be capable of saying no to these material impulses.At the initial stages of devotional service, we may say no to these impulses externally. But to say no these impulses whole heartedly, our desires has to be nullified or changed or in other words change of heart is required.By regular attendance in classes on the

The Value of Vaishnava Association (a short story from the Puranas)

Posted by Eternal Muser on September 15, 2009 at 3:25pm

Hare Krishna,I just thought I should share one of my favourite stories from the Puranas with you...

Once the great sage Narada was intrigued by a doubt. He was sure that Lord Vishnu would clear it for him. He proceeded to the Ocean of Milk and found his Lord reclining on the giant hooded serpent-bed Shankarshana, His beautiful consort, Lakshmi devi beside Him.Sage Narada made his obeisance to Lord Vishnu and put his question to Him.“Oh Lord, what is the value of Vaishnava Satsang, the Association

Dust of thy Lotus Feet is all I seek - O Vaishnava!

Posted by Sanjeev Kumar Punj on September 13, 2009 at 11:54pm

It is not an easy path, association makes it easier.In the days of the past, saints meditated for years to arrive at the conclusion that Lord Krishna is indeed the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Today we have the possibility to learn from those conclusions, and all we need to do is clean our heart, let in the light emanating from Krishna. We are always looking at bright objects (computer screens, mobile phone screens,headlights of cars, etc etc) but the soothing light of Krishna cannot be seen

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A Fruitful Sunday...

JAI Narsingha Dev

Material Attachment....Gate Way To Hell

HUMILITY

नेऊन मला पाड विठ्ठला...तुझ्या पुण्य-पायांशी! O take me away and cast me, Vitthala…at Thy holy, auspicious Feet!

The Complete Social Service

Possibility Thinking

Sacrifice

Asta Sakhis...Param-Prestha Sakhis...

Dont get in Krsna's way

SIX FAULTS THAT DESTROY BHAKTI

Another George Harrison

Funeral Realizations

Onion Free Upma

Grab that moment and use it…it may make all the difference!

LIBERATION

My Experience with CBD Belapur Wing of the ISKCON Radha Gopinath Mandir Congregation

Change of Heart

The Value of Vaishnava Association (a short story from the Puranas)

Dust of thy Lotus Feet is all I seek - O Vaishnava!

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