This short essay based on scientific research, is presented to help aspiring transcendentalists recognize the need to take rest early each night (latest by 10 pm) and to rise by 4 am each morning in order to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and attain the perfection of human life.Special thanks goes to Kirti Mataji for Internet researching the topic of sleep and providing the printed scientific reports and conclusions which form the basis of this article. After conducting hundreds of experimen
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My friends, if we look in the world today, we see that, what do we need most of all but… PEACE! We see that in Bosnia, we see in so many parts as Somalia. People all over the world are killing each other based on what? Some people blame it on religion, some people are blaming it on race.But the real thing that is actually responsible is a lack of higher spiritual consciousness. People are in bodily consciousness, they think they’re the body. If we are born in a particular family, or born in a pa
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At the Japa retreat with HH Giriraj Swami and Her Grace Mother Arcana Siddhi held in South Africa between the 11th to the 15th Dec 2009 each day culminated in the meditative kirtans with HG Madhava Prabhu. Madhava Prabhu is formerly from Mauritius and has been a devotee from his early childhood. His parents are also initiated long standing devotees in Mauritius. Madhava Prabhu mentioned on the first night that he was once told by HH Radhanath Swami that good japa leads to good kirtan. He asked t
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On November 15th, 2009, the streets of Hyderabad were painted with saffron color when thousands of devotees of Mother Cow took to the streets demanding a total ban on cow slaughter and a declaration that the cow be named as India’s national animal.The massive Vehicle Rally was headed by Bhakti Raghava Swami, who was recently appointed the Minister for ISKCON’s Varnashrama-based Rural Development Ministry in India.Speaking on the occasion to newspaper reporters just before the start of the rally,
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Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitalityAnd all the senses grow in strength.All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.Let there be no denial at all:Let there be no denial at least from me.May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me.Om ! Let there be Peace in me !Let there be Peace in my environment !Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !God Dattatre
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When we finally go to the spiritual world, it's transcendental, and then you have different levels of the spiritual world, where in the Vaikunta planets the devotees of the Lord worship Lord Narayana with awe and reverence and with great pomp, majesty and very formally.Then you go to Ayodhya where Sita, Rama, Lakshmana and Hanuman are there, where Sita-Rama are being worshipped. It is a little less formal, because Rama is playing the part of a king but is more approachable than Lord Narayana.The
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Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;May we work conjointly with great energy,May our study be vigorous and effective;May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).Om ! Let there be Peace in me !Let there be Peace in my environment !Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !Om. In Brahma Vartha (Land of Brahma), under a banyan tree called Maha Bandira, many sages including Sounaka had assembled to perform a Sathra fire sacrifice. They approached sag
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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,Please accept my humble obeisancesAll glories to Srila Prabhupada!Last night at 00H15 our dear Godsister, Mother Lalassamayi, left her bodyand apparently made it back home back to Godhead. Lalassamayi Mataji whohad joined Iskcon in 1983 at the age of sixty years, was spending her lastdays in her home near the Belgian Radhadesh community. Because of heradvanced age, physically things became more and more difficult untill twoweeks ago she made her last visit to the templ
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VII-i-1: Om. ‘Revered sir, teach me,’ thus saying Narada approached Sanatkumara. Sanatkumara said to him, ‘What you already know, declaring that to me, be my disciple. What is beyond that I shall tell you.’ Narada said:VII-i-2: ‘Revered sir, I know the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda and the Atharvanas the fourth, the Itihasa-Purana as the fifth, grammar, the rules for the worship of the ancestors, mathematics, the science of portents, the science of treasures, logic, the science of ethi
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IV-i-1: Om. There lived Janasruti Pautrayana who made gifts with respect, who gave liberally, and who had much food cooked (for others). He built rest-houses all round, thinking, ‘Everywhere people will eat of my food’.IV-i-2: Once at night, the swans flew along. Then one swan addressed another swan thus, ‘Ho, Ho, O Bhallaksa, Bhallaksa, the effulgence of Janasruti Pautrayana has spread like the heaven. Do not come in touch with it, lest it should scorch you.’IV-i-3: Bhallaksa replied to him, ‘l
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Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitalityAnd all the senses grow in strength.All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.Let there be no denial at all:Let there be no denial at least from me.May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me.Om ! Peace ! Peace ! Peace !I-i-1: One should meditate on the syllable Om; the Udgitha, for one sings the Udgitha, beginning with
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Even this mood of anger is there in the Personality of Godhead. He is angry when His pure devotee who are simply dedicated to preaching this message and delivering the fallen souls from their misery, are tortured is harassed and... in so many ways offended and mistreated. Then He becomes angry.Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised that vaisnava aparaad mata haathi.. that the MAD ELEPHANT offense is to offend the Vaisnava. Just like an elephant goes into the garden and uproots and those branches Read more…
Words of wisdom from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura1. We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend the kirtana of the devotees can succeed.2. Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage.3. Possession of objects not related to Krsna is our main malady.4. Let me not desire anything but the highest good for my worst enemies.5. As dalliance with the body in luxury increases, so wanes the spirit of service of the Lord.6. Those favored by
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How Do We Make Each Other More Krsna Conscioius? This question greets me each time I come to my Iskcon Desire-tree Network page. A similar question greets me on my Facebook page. I replied to that thus :"Whenever I come to my page there is a note in the comment box, "What's on your Mind?"Well Krsna of course! I've been working on my mind for 37 years and it's actually beginning to give up resiting. I think about Krsna. I talk about Krsna. I Eat, Sleep, (given up Mateing) and I Defend Krsna on a
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My friends, if we look in the world today, we see that, what do we need most of all but... PEACE! We see that in Bosnia, we see in so many parts as Somalia. People all over the world are killing each other based on what? Some people blame it on religion, some people are blaming it on race.But the real thing that is actually responsible is a lack of higher spiritual consciousness. People are in bodily consciousness, they think they're the body. If we are born in a particular family, or born in a
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Lord Jagannath didn't want to leave!Some brahmanas from a local village, felt that they could offer LordJagannath a better standard of worship and they wanted to worship Himin their village. Therefore one day they came and stole Lord Jagannath.While carrying the Lord accorss the fields they all suddenly felt the need toanswer natures call, so they put Lord Jagannath down and went to passwater. But upon returning they found that they could not lift Lord Jagannathanymore, so they went and brought
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THE SPEAKING TREETry, Try Again For A Fine BalanceRavi M GuptaOne of the greatest struggles of our lives is in achieving balance. We find ourselves being constantly torn between family, friends, workplace and our desires. According to the American Psychological Association, two-thirds of Americans are likely to seek help for stress. The National Institute of Mental Health says that one out of every four adult Americans suffers from adiagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Indian stress leve
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Here are few quotes from Bhagwata Gita KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:28"THOSE MEN OF VIRTOUS DEEDS WHOSE SINS HAVE COME TO AN END,WHO ARE FREED FROM DUALITY AND ILLUSION AND STEADFAST INVOWS,WORSHIP ME."KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:49"THE FOOLISH THINK OF ME,THE UNMANIFEST,AS HAVING COME TO MANIFESTATION,NOT REALIZING MY,IMMUTABLE AND PEERLESS NATURE."AND KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:3"AMONG THOUSANDS OF MEN, ONE PERSON STRIVES FOR PERFECTION;EVEN AMONG THOSE SUCESSFUL STRIVERS,ONLY ONE PERSON ATTAINS ME."
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Posted by Chitra Datta on December 23, 2009 at 11:22am
Pure Devotion Vs Mixed Devotion!"When Srila Prabhupada was sick, he said, 'Don't pray to Krishna that I should stay here, pray that if it pleases Krishna, if it is His desire that I stay, then please allow the spiritual master to be healthy.'The devotee has no demand on Krishna.. If Krishna wants something to happen, the devotee accepts that.Within Krishna's desires, if Krishna has different options, if it's all the same to Krishna, then the devotee may express that he likes this particular thin
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“Basically the problems that we are facing in the world today, when we look in the newspapers, we can sum it all up into one common denominator – IGNORANCE! The prejudice, misunderstanding, the lack of mercy, the lack of responsibility to ecology, to the world, the lack of honesty amongst leaders, lack of personal satisfaction, lack of love, are all due to Ignorance.So what is the anecdote for ignorance? KNOWLEDGE! Knowledge is the actual cure for ignorance. It’s like if you have darkness, what
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