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This morning, I hurried to her, earlier than usual. I was worried sick. It had been four days and there seemed to be no change in her condition. I had not slept well the whole night. In fact, I had not slept well for the past several nights.

I checked her bed and my heart sank. Her drooping posture told me all.

I collapsed into a chair and looked at her in resignation.

I was not the kind who took interest in such things. But on that fateful day, at the floral exhibition, I happened to see her, and

ri SUta Goswami said, “Yudhishthira MahArAja said, Oh JanArdana, what is the name of the EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight (shukla paksha) of the extra, leap year month? How does one observe it properly? Please narrate all this to me.’

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, replied, ‘Oh PANDava, the meritorious EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight of the extra month of leap-year is called PadminI. It is very auspicious. The fortunate soul who observes it w

Consists of chapters 25-42 of Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata.

Chapter Verses Original Name

1 46 Arjuna-visada-yoga
2 72 Sankhya-yoga
3 43 Karma-yoga
4 42 Yajnakarma-vibhaga-yoga / Jnana-yoga
5 29 Sannyasa-yoga
6 47 Atmasamyama-yoga / Dhyana-yoga
7 30 Jnana-yoga / Vijnana-yoga
8 28 Taraka-brahma-yoga
9 34 Raja(vidya)-guhya-yoga
10 42 Vibhuti-yoga
11 55 Visvarupa-darsana-yoga
12 20 Bhakti-yoga
13 35 Ksetraksetrajna-vibhaga-yoga / Prakrti-purusa-viveka-yoga
14 27 Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga
15 20 Purusottama-yoga
16 24 D

(1) smaranam - One should not think of the opposite sex.

Memorize favorite passages or verses from the sastras.

(2) kirtanam - One should not talk of sex life (prajalpa)

Practice gravity, chant japa nicely

(3) kelih - Don't play or dally with the opposite sex

(4) preksanam - Don't look lustfully at the opposite sex.

Focus your eyes (or remember) on your favorite Deity form of the Lord.

(5) guhyabhasanam - Don't talk intimately with the opposite sex in a secluded place

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On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Misinterpretation can cause chaos. An example is Christianity, whose early adherents were vegetarians and believed in reincarnation. Later, these principles were rejected from mainstream Christianity, which has largely remained divorced from the true spirit of Christ ever since. It is incumbent, therefore, on the followers of Srila Prabhupada to carefully grasp the essence of his teachings and not speculate or deviate in any way. It is simple to understa

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 25
athabhidhehy anga mano-'nukulam
prabhasase bhagavata-pradhanah
yad aha vaiyasakir atma-vidya-
visarado nrpatim sadhu prstah

atha -- therefore; abhidhehi -- please explain; anga -- O Suta Gosvami; manah -- mind; anukulam -- favorable to our mentality; prabhasase -- you do speak; bhagavata -- the great devotee; pradhanah -- the chief; yat aha -- what he spoke; vaiyasakih -- Sukadeva Gosvami; atma-vidya -- transcendental knowledge; visaradah -- expert; nrpat

On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

ISKCON is non-different from Srila Prabhupada -- "my body," he said. Let us always remember how much Srila Prabhupada desired this movement to be successful. There have been, are, and will be discrepancies and difficulties within ISKCON, especially without Prabhupada to personally chastise us and keep us in order. We sometimes tend to forget exactly what Prabhupada wanted us to do, and sometimes life in ISKCON has been unnecessarily very difficult. But d

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 24
tad asma-saram hrdayam batedam
yad grhyamanair hari-nama-dheyaih
na vikriyetatha yada vikaro
netre jalam gatra-ruhesu harsah

tat -- that; asma-saram -- is steel-framed; hrdayam -- heart; bata idam -- certainly that; yat -- which; grhyamanaih -- in spite of chanting; hari-nama -- the holy name of the Lord; dheyaih -- by concentration of the mind; na -- does not; vikriyeta -- change; atha -- thus; yada -- when; vikarah -- reaction; netre -- in the eyes; jal