Dearest Srila Prabhupada,Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.My beloved spiritual master, today we gather in the holy dhama of SriVrindavan to observe your tiro-bhava mahotsava, your departure-dayfestival.The temple has been nicely decorated, the deities are dressed withbeautifulclothes and ornaments, and the atmosphere is electric with a festivemood.It is a scene of great joy, but within my heart there is little tocelebrate. Your departure was, and still is, t
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It is hard to have deep relations. The reason is that more you are controlling, more you become addicted and condition to controlling spirit. You want to control everything and everyone and you can’t have deep relationships as long as you are controlling. So there is little love for people who are extremely successful. It’s always been that way. The only way they can be is if you take a humble position and really accept people as your equals. So here is the promise, people are fighting, fighting
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Posted by Ashish Gupta on November 17, 2009 at 12:31pm
Gita Jayanti, also referred as Bhagawad Geetha Jayanthi, is the day when the Bhagvad Gita was rendered by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the Kurukshetra on the first day of the famous 18-day battle in the Mahabharata. Gita Jayanthi falls on the Ekadashi day of Shukla Paksha (the bright half) of the Margashirsha month (November-December) in traditional Hindi calendar. In 2009, the date of Gita Jayanti is November 28.The greatest quality of Bhagavad Gita is that it prompts you to think, it prompts you
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:37am
Atma UpanishadOm ! 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 ac
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:31am
[Sastha is the son of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu, who took the form of Mohini. He has two wives, Poorna and Pushkala. There are large number of temples dedicated to Sastha in the Thirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Many People believe that Ayyanar, the guardian God presiding outside many villages in Tamil Nadu is indeed a form of Sastha. In Kerala he is worshipped as Ayyappan, the son brought up by the King of Pandalam. However Ayyappa is unmarried and is a naishtika Brahmachari. I have taken t
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:23am
Raama Dwadasa Naama StotramTwelve Names of Lord RamaOm asya Sri Raama Dwadasa nama stotra maha mantrasya Eswararishihi Anushtup chandaha|Sri Raamachandra devatha|Sri Raamachandra preetyarthe Jape viniyogahaFor the great Mantra called twelve names of Rama, Lord Shiva is the sage,Meter is Anushtup, God is Lord Ramachandra and it is chanted to please Lord Ramachandra.Om Prathamam Sridharam vidyaadhDwiteeyam Raghu nayakamTruteeyam RamachandramchaChaturtham RavananthakamPanchamam LokaPoojyanchaShasht
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Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on November 16, 2009 at 11:20am
There is Nothing To SayShared by :Satsvarupa Dasa GoswamiThere is nothing to say, but I’m happyto be a devotee of Krishna.There’s nothing to say, but you shall betrue to the principles.We shall abide by the laws and chantthe names. We’ll walk down lanestogether, thinking the same thoughts:“Harinama is the best yajnafor this age.”There’s nothing to do except restand ride. Watch your behaviorand don’t tell secrets of yourscandalous behavior.There’s nothing to do but believe inthe truth of scriptur
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:18am
Most of the Hindu prayers are in verse. A form of verse called Dandakam, does not limit the number of words in a line. Still, it is also termed as Sanskrit Verse. Here is a very, very rare prayer Addressed to Lord Subrahmanya in prose. Similar to Dandakam, this entire prayer consists of only one Sanskrit sentence.]Purahara nandhana, Ripukula bhanjana, Dinakara koti roopa,Parihrutha loka thapa, Sikheendra vahana, Mahendra palana,Oh son of the lord who destroyed three cities, Oh destroyer of all e
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:13am
[Here is a prayer addressed to Dhana Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Goddess Parvathi asks Shiva as to how the poor, the timid and family men can become wealthy. He then teaches her this great prayer, addressed to Goddess Parvathi herself. This indicates that the Goddess Parvathi also can be worshipped as the giver of wealth.]Dhanadha Uvacha:Devi deva mupa gamya neelakandam mama priyam,Krupaya Parvathi praha Sankaram, Karunakaram. 1Dhanadha said:The goddess went near Lord with the blue neck, who
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:11am
Thulasi StotramBy Sage Pundareeka[This prayer is addressed to Thulasi (ocimum sanctum) called in English as the sacred Basil. She is also called Vrinda. This plant is considered to be an incarnation of the consort of Lord Vishnu. Devotees believe that if the leaves of Thulasi are offered to Lord Vishnu, he would bless us with all that we want. There are many mythological tales associated with Thulasi. There is more than one mythological version relating to the origin of the Thulasi plant. One is
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Posted by pratibha on November 16, 2009 at 11:05am
Lord Krishna appeared over five thousand years ago in Mathura, India to Devaki and Vasudeva in the jail cell of the tyrant Kamsa. The place of His birth is known as Sri Krishna Janmasthana. He appeared with His brother Balarama in response to the demigods' prayers for protection from the widespread influence of demonic administration on earth.Previously, the demigods and demons had been at war in the heavens. When the demons were defeated by the demigods, they decided to instead attack this plan
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Sivarama Swami Receives Hungarian Gold CrossPost a Comment Send to friend Printer-friendly version Download a PDF version of this page.By Govardhana Dasa on 7 Nov 2009Image: Kep FenyekMinister for Higher Education and Science, awarded Sivarama Swami with the Gold Cross at the event, saying it was in appreciation of his “charitable, humanitarian and value-creating work.”ISKCON guru and leader Sivarama Swami received the Gold Cross of the Hungarian Republic, the second highest award in the state,
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Jayadvaita SwamiWe have two kinds of needs, material and spiritual. I can't deny that I have basic material needs, like eating for example. 'Well I'm spiritually realised I don't eat anymore', um...No, you need eating, sleeping. Can't really do without it. Mating. Another basic human need. And defending, we need to defend ourselves from time to time. We need to have some security. The animals do these things: they sleep, they mate, they defend. Humans beings do these things, and they're necessar
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I was reading Radha-Damodara Vilasa by Vaiyasaki Prabhu last night and came across this wonderful recollection of Vishnujana Maharaj that mother Manmohini shares:"If you don't chant your sixteen rounds, it's like you've left the door open to your place. So when it's your turn for Maya to attack, when it's your turn to get bombarded by the modes of material nature, if you haven't closed your door properly, Maya will just walk right in and you'll be finished. And if you do chant your sixteen round
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Sravanam (hearing) is the first of the nine items of bhakti. Kirtanam(chanting) is the second. These two processes go hand in hand. One chants, one hears, both are rendering devotional service and thus adding capital to their spiritual bank account. In regards to hearing my Guru Maharaj often quotes the saying that goes, “God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason.” Meaning we should be at least twice as eager to hear than to speak. Of course this must be understood in the proper context.
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Promoting harmony: President of ISKCON local chapter Swami Satya Gopinathdas Prabhu releasing the poster of the Bhagavadgita contest in Rajahmundry on Thursday. —Rajahmundry: President of ISKCON’s local chapter and member of the regional governing body Swami Satya Gopinathdas Prabhu has announced that a State-level Bhagavadgita contest will be held for students in December.Addressing a press conference on Thursday, he said that the contest would be held in three phases for students from classes
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Posted by paras nagpal on November 14, 2009 at 2:29pm
"Chanting Japa should be done early in the morning with full concentration preferably during the Brahma Muhurta time. Concentrate fully on the sound vibration of the mantra, pronouncing each name distinctlyand gradually your speed in chanting will increase naturally. Do not worry so much about chanting fast,most important is the hearing."Srila Prabhupada 6/1/72
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Posted by paras nagpal on November 14, 2009 at 2:27pm
I was thinking about how our Japa directly affects our service....we chant to cleanse our minds of dirty things - material consciousness...and therefore prepare ourselves for service to Krsna.If our chanting is good quality and produces good consciousness...then we are able to better serve Krsna and remember Him always.
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Posted by paras nagpal on November 14, 2009 at 2:24pm
A devotee used this expression the other day to describe someone who is addicted to chanting the Hare Krsna mantra.It's a sign of advancement in Japa, when you are unable to stop chanting and feel as though you can continue all day....what a nice addiction to have! Unlike other unhealthy addictions in the material world, this addiction will solve all the problems of the plane
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