What is inquisitiveness.........Inquisitiveness means an eagerness to advance in the process of hearing. When Maharaj Parikshit was inquiring from Sukhdev Goswami, there were also many other great rishis there & they were all inquisitive. The proof that they were inquisitive is that, they were sitting; they were listening, they were eager to hear. Whether you are asking the question or someone else is asking the question, if you are eager to hear, that is inquisitiveness. When Srila Prabhupada w
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THE INTERVIEW WITH GODI dreamed I had an interview with God.“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.“If you have the time” I said.God smiled. “My time is eternity.”“What questions do you have in mind for me?”“What surprises you most about humankind?”God answered...“That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up, and thenlong to be children again.”“That they lose their health to make money...and then lose their money to restore their health.”“That by thinking anxiously about the f
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Sri Sri Radha Gopijanavallabha –H.H. Radhanath Swami MaharajToday is the last day of our yatra. On the request ofdevotees we have come to this place. It is a veryunknown part of Vrindavana this particular temple. Itis not to be found in any of the parikrama books. Weonly are aware of these deities Sri Sri RadhaGopijanavallabha. The mercy They have personallybestowed upon myself.Yesterday devotees had a vote, by democratic process;conclusion was we come here today.We understand Krishna by the gra
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Answer by HH Romapada SwamiQuestion: Was it destined when I was born that I would one day become associated with ISKCON and do all these spiritual activities? If yes, then why do we preach? Won’t people destined to join ISKCON join it, and those not destined to join ISKCON not join it? If no, then does it mean that joining ISKCON is outside the influence of destiny?Answer: Bhakti is supreme, causeless and fully independent - no material cause can either induce or impede bhakti from appearing in
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If we are at all aware of how dependent we are on God–for the air webreathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the very ability to eatand drink and breathe, to think and feel and will, and to walk, talk, andsense–we will feel grateful and want to reciprocate God’s kindness. We willwant to do something for He (or She or They) who has done, and continues todo, so much for us.Often we take things for granted until we lose them. I use my right hand tochant on meditation beads, and one morning
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Kadamba Kanana SwamiWe are speaking about the happiness and the unhappiness in the material world and is there really ugliness ...because ultimately everything is resting on Krishna‘s divine energy and He is unlimitedly beautiful?So yes on the surface we are seeing happiness and distress. The eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita shows how all the heroes of the battlefield are being crunched with the teeth of the universal form like potato chips, it’s ghastly, it’s heavy!This is the ghastly feat
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Sprouts are full of nutrition and the best source of a balanced food. Sprouts are alkaline in nature and hence improve the health in many respects. They are helpful in complete purification of the body and also improves the disease fighting capacity of the body. Sprouts also increase the nutritiounal value of food.In order to maintain good health, 80% of the food should be alkaline and 20% should be acidic, which should necessarily include raw food and sprouts in good quantity. Sprouts are best
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The CEO of Thane Zilla Parishad, Mr H K Jawale visited our kitchen at Palghar. Thane ZP is the largest District in Maharashtra state, having 32 Talukas. ISKCON Food Relief Foundation has been implementing the Mid Day Meal project in the entire Palghar Taluka for the last three years.These are his remarks from the Guest Book.Today I have visited ISKCON Food Relief Foundation. This is an excellent community kitchen. ISKCON is doing an excellent work. The Shaley Poshan Aahar (Mid Day Meal) programm
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Designer Sunil Mehra feels it’s not he who creates outfits; it’s through Him that his creations happen. “Lord Krishna helps me design. So, whatever work I do happens through him,” he says. A devotee of Krishna first and a designer later, Sunil prefers to be called a bhakt. He set up Sunil’s Study by Janak in the city way back in 1997 to create a spiritual line of outfits for men. His collection includes a range of sherwanis, angarakhas, suits, robes and kurtas in natural fabrics like linen, cott
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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 !1. Om. Aruna
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An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning grandpa would read his Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him. One day the grandson asked, 'Grandpa! I try to read the Gita just like you but I don't understand it and what I do understand I forget. What good does reading the Gita do?' The grandfather quietly replied, 'Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.' The boy did as he was told but all the water leaked out before he go
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Posted by geeta kakkar on December 2, 2009 at 10:48am
Rasa Lila is divine sport (Kreeda) with the devotees for bringing about their union with the Lord through Prema or pure divine love. Rasa is the sweetest juice of Prema. It is the manifestation of divine love or higher emotion which takes the devotee to the magnanimous height of holy communion with the Lord.Lord Krishna’s Rasa Lila is the mystery of mysteries. It is the secret of secrets. It is not a matter for intellectual discussion. It is a holy matter for silent meditation for devotees. It s
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Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain FunctioningReading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioningby Brynne SissomThe physiological effects of reading Sanskrit aresimilar to those experienced during the TranscendentalMeditation® technique, according to research recentlycompleted by Dr. Fred Travis, director of theERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University ofManagement in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passagesfrom the Bhagavad-Gita in Sanskrit and in modernforeign lang
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Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 1, 2009 at 4:23pm
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami explains how much the Lord loves His devotee, what the Lord is willing to do for His devotee; how the Lord is intoxicated in ecstasy by the love of His devotees.When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was living in Puri during the last eighteen years of His lila, His bhava of separation from Krishna was growing more and more intense day by day.During the day He would perform nama-sankirtana with His devotees and during the night in the company of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Ram
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Om ! O Devas, may we hear with our ears what is auspicious;May we see with our eyes what is auspicious, O ye worthy of worship !May we enjoy the term of life allotted by the Devas,Praising them with our body and limbs steady !May the glorious Indra bless us !May the all-knowing Sun bless us !May Garuda, the thunderbolt for evil, bless us !May Brihaspati grant us well-being !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 !I-1-2
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Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 1, 2009 at 11:17am
Taken from Bhajan Kutir #269I resented the “four behind” calculation but made the best of it and tried to keep a good attitude. I’m actually so far behind in my lifetime that I can never make up all the rounds that I owe Krishna. You owe Him your life. You owe Him hundreds of rounds. You owe Him just one good mantra of Hare Krishna, said perfectly. You are not doing Him a favor. He’s doing you a favor by allowing you to chant Hare Krishna, and Prabhupada has been so lenient to make it a sixteen-
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In the Srimad Bhagvatam and Chaitanya Caritamrta, the Lord explains the various aspects of association of devotees in many slokas. One such sloka occurs in Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.25,sataam prasangaan mama virya samvidobhavanti hrd karna rasaayanaah kathaahtad joshanaad aashu apavarga vartmanishraddhaa ratir bhaktir anukramishyati"In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the
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Recently I came across an interesting story. A person once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an Archavigraha of Krishna. Suddenly he noticed a similar Archavigraha kept nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same Deity?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage." The gentleman examined the Deity and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "T
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This is a newsletter by Mahatma Prabhu, Srila Prabhupada's disciple on our state of Japa. Plese read it, it will help you to improve your chanting." Nish , nish, ram, ram, nish, nish, ram, ram." Prabhupada once imitated how we sometimeschant without focus, without concentration, without proper pronunciation – how we chantwhen we don't feel like chanting. You know the mood behind this chanting; "I have tochant but I'd rather be doing something else." And in our minds we are thinking, "I can'twait
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“Although the loving exchanges of devotees in conjugal love appear very similar to the loving affairs of the material world, it has nothing to do with material affairs like that.So, it is said that even great scholars get confused. Sometimes great scholars in India cannot understand these pastimes with the queens of Dvaraka, or with the Gopis – the erotic pastimes. They don’t realize that even the soul is the energy of Krishna. Therefore, Krishna is the only Purusha in the sense that He is the o
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