My Father-in-law was at first alarmed by the framed photo of Srila Saraswati Thakur adorning our living room wall captioned with His Divine Grace’s bold declaration that “…Western civilization must be crushed.” I explained that the whole world was contaminated by the ideology of extreme exploitation which has it’s heart inextricably intertwined with the roots of what History portrays as Western “civilization.” This idea of exploitation ruins any realm in which it exists like a malignant cancer
"jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole
kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole"
अध्याय तेरह – ब्रह्महत्या से पीड़ित राजा इन्द्र (6.13)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा : हे महादानी राजा परीक्षित! वृत्रासुर के वध से इन्द्र के अतिरिक्त तीनों लोकों के लोकपाल एवं समस्त निवासी तुरन्त ही प्रसन्न हुए और उनकी सब चिन्ताएँ जाती रहीं।
2 तत्पश्चात सभी देवता महान साधु पुरुष, पितर, भूत, असुर, देवताओं के अनुचर तथा ब्रह्मा, शिव तथा इन्द्र के अधीन देवगण अपने-अपने धामों को लौट गये। किन्तु विदा लेते समय वे इन्द्र से कुछ बोले नहीं।
3 महाराज परीक्षित ने श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी से पूछा – हे मुनि! इन
By Madhava Smullen
The Grihastha Vision Team is offering an online Q & A on “Creating Meaningful Relationships” from 5:00 to 7:00pm on Saturday February 13th, the day before Valentine’s Day. The session will be broadcast live on the Grihasta Vision Team Facebook and Youtube, and via Zoom.
The GVT, established in 2004, is a group of Vaishnava couples who have all been in healthy marriages for over twenty-five years. The team members, who work professionally as premarital educators, psychotherapi
“The supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. He is within everything, and yet He is outside of everything.”
The above quote is referenced from mantra five of the text Sri Isopanisad. How may we analyze this mantra?
There are three aspects of God (the Absolute) — brahman, paramatma, and bhagavan. The first aspect or feature a God is a depersonalize feature of the Absolute. It would be hard to explain this feature which is defined as an all-pervasive pres
अध्याय बारह – वृत्रासुर की यशस्वी मृत्यु (6.12)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: अपना शरीर छोड़ने की इच्छा से वृत्रासुर ने विजय की अपेक्षा युद्ध में अपनी मृत्यु को श्रेयस्कर समझा। हे राजा परीक्षित! उसने अत्यन्त बलपूर्वक अपना त्रिशूल उठाया और बड़े वेग से स्वर्ग के राजा पर उसी प्रकार से आक्रमण किया जिस प्रकार ब्रह्माण्ड के जलमग्न होने पर कैटभ ने श्रीभगवान पर बड़े ही बल से आक्रमण किया था।
2 तब असुरों में महान वीर वृत्रासुर ने कल्पान्त (प्रलय) की धधकती अग्नि की लपटों के समान तीखी नोकों वाले त्रिशूल को अत
Karnamrita, a man who is missed
A man who believed morals should persist
For him family was at the top of the list
A principal which in early days we’d resist
A true brahmin – devotee sincere
One who wanted things to be clear
As truth will always drive away fear
This loss – puts the cheek to the tear
He fought a fierce cancer combat
Now the body is a mere new stat
So many, you could shake a stick at
Resilient soul moves to a new flat
He was determined in helping the other
His was a vision for ea
By The Grihastha Vision Team
On February 9th, beloved Grihastha Vision Team member and premarital counselor Karnamrita Dasa passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Karnamrita Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. For fourteen years, he lived in various ISKCON temples around the world. In the beginning of his devotional service, he participated in street sankirtana and book distribution, and eventually became a head cook and pujari, specializing in emergency devotional service.
Af
Wow! So, one of our monks, a student of Bhakti Raghava Swami, Canadian monk extraordinaire, has accomplished something wonderful. At a length of 73 minutes, Krishna Chandra, broke the world record for reciting by heart the entire text, Bhagavad-Gita. There are 700 verses of wisdom that form the entire text; a poetic work of literary power.
Congratulations!
I would also like to express my thanks once again to Dwarkanatha for a daily brewing, steeping spices for a tea to combat the effect of the C
Direct devotional service is divided into five transcendental humors or flavors, and indirect devotional service is divided into seven transcendental humors.
Nectar of Devotion 34: Transcendental pleasure derived from devotional service can be divided into two groups: direct devotional service and indirect devotional service. Direct devotional service is divided into five transcendental humors or flavors, and indirect devotional service is divided into seven transcendental humors. Direct dev
By Karnamrita Das
I saw the grim reaper in my dream,
feeling no fear, I was curious to see him.
Coming near, he pointed his bony, pale hand toward me.
His other palm raised in blessing pose
where it was written, the number 65—my age!
Then with both hands, he pointed to the sky, and shrugged.
His sickle and dark robes then transformed.
He showed his true self, as a blissful, radiant sage.
Smiling enchantingly, he said, “People dress me with their fear,
thinking I have come to destroy them and tak
अध्याय ग्यारह – वृत्रासुर के दिव्य गुण (6.11)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन ! असुरों के प्रधान सेनानायक वृत्रासुर ने अपने सेनानायकों को धर्म के नियमों का उपदेश दिया, किन्तु वे कायर तथा भगोड़े सेनानायक भय से इतने विचलित हो चुके थे कि उन्होंने उसके वचनों को नहीं माना।
2-3 हे राजा परीक्षित! समयानुकूल अवसर का लाभ उठाकर देवताओं ने असुरों की सेना पर पीछे से आक्रमण कर दिया और असुर सैनिकों को ऐसे खदेड़ दिया, मानो उनकी सेना में कोई नायक ही न हो। अपने सैनिकों की दयनीय दशा को देखकर असुरश्रेष्ठ वृत्र
Pushpanjali to my Lord SriKrishna
My Lord SriKrishna sometimes,
I offer YOU fragrant flowers.
While at others, garland of verses.
I pray that YOUR entire creation,
Love YOU solely, serve,
and sing YOUR GLORIES.
My Lord SriKrishna
So Beloved and Beautiful.
Thank you, is too small a word
YOU are my lifeboat.
I breathe, because of YOU.
My Lord Sri Krishna
I see only YOU,
I Have only YOU.
I need only YOU.
I fall flat at YOUR lotus feet
With full of devotion
For I know , only YOU
will come to take me
with YOU, e
Jai Sriman SriNarayanaya.
( What is THIS COVID?. Our most beloved Lord Baby SriKrishna , with his little finger, the beautiful one who lifted the Sri Govardhana Giri, can crush it to crumbs. JaiSriRamKrishnaHari)
COVIDOLOGY
A All Alone.
B Building Immunity.
C Covaxin & Cooking.
D Distancing.
E Enjoy household chores.
F Family Time.
G Google Meet.
H Handwashing Hours.
I I am Responsible for my Family.
J Jack of all trades.
K Knowledge acquisition on
Jai Sriman SriNarayanaya
( THE MOST SUPERLATIVE CHOICE, IS TO LOVE AND LAY OUR LIFE, AT THE MOST DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRIKRISHNA . SRIRAMKRISHNAHARI)
THE CHOICE
Should I traverse
the frequent road?
Or move towards
the path not taken?
Where does success lie?
In the seen or the unseen?
The heard or the unheard?
Do we lose?
In our exercise of choices?
NEVER EVER!
Please listen to your heart.
Break every bastion.
To be a crowd?
Or to be a face in the crowd!
To walk touched by all?
Or to leave two foot pr
By Karnamrita das
PRAYERS FOR SURRENDER TO LET GO OF THE UNHELPFUL AND ACCEPT OUR CONTRIBUTION: I may die today. I may not be able to finish this piece of writing. I have an incurable condition which I was blessed to remember from my cancer diagnosis. I am a soul encased in a body that by identifying with gives me the view that I must suffer disease, old age, death, and rebirth. I have an ego that feels threatened by non-existence and sees others as competitors for what appear to be scarce resou
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By Siddhanta Das
He went out on Sankirtan book distribution, selling, giving away, Srila Prabhupada’s books for many years. In each book he sold he had a very personal encouraging letter printed out offering to correspond and answer any question, he would sign each letter and he had a substantial list of people he regularly diligently kept in correspondence with from each of these interactions. His personal touch inspired the people he met to share their life stories with him.
The story of Lord Brahma going to visit Krishna at Dvarka is one of my favorite stories for reminding me of my insignificance. I think of this story when I am confused with other Karnamritas. I get email for Karnamrita dasi the singer, and I get asked if I wrote the biography of Gaura-kishora das Babhaji, or other books. I am reminded of my dear friend Dr. Garuda who has to distinguish himself from another Garuda who is active on-line.
By Karnamrita dasa
So which Karnamrita am I? That is a grea
I have a number of choices as to which direction to take when I step out the door for my night walk, that is if I don’t have a specific destination, such as picking up a donation for the temple at Subuddhi’s residence. Yes, she simply calls me and I fetch it at a given time.
So, there I stood at our Roxborough door entrance. Which way to turn? Enie meenie miney mo! Well, I don’t take that mantra too seriously. What really guided me, intuitively, at least this evening, was Avenue Road south.
Why?
अध्याय दस – देवताओं तथा वृत्रासुर के मध्य युद्ध (6.10)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: इस प्रकार इन्द्र को आदेश देकर भगवान हरि, जो दृश्य जगत के कारण – स्वरूप हैं, देवताओं के देखते-देखते वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गये।
2 हे राजा परीक्षित! भगवान की आज्ञानुसार देवतागण अथर्वा के पुत्र दधीचि के पास पहुँचे। वे अत्यन्त उदार थे और जब देवताओं ने उनसे शरीर देने के लिए प्रार्थना की तो वे तुरन्त तैयार हो गये। किन्तु उनसे धार्मिक उपदेश सुनने के उद्देश्य से वे हँसे और विनोद में इस प्रकार बोले।
3 हे देवताओं मृत्यु के सम
