By Damodar das
Giriraj Swami read and spoke on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.7.23-25.
“Ravana wanted to steal the property of the Lord and enjoy it for himself. We, in our own ways, may have that same inclination—to be the proprietors, the enjoyers, and the controllers. The materialistic mind and false ego put us in competition with the Supreme Lord. And it is a great process to become free from the sense of false proprietorship.”
This episode, I'm going solo talking about boiling the milk. The basic concept here is the importance of taking care of devotees and training them.
Looking after the devotees we have rather than just going out and making new devotees.
Some of the key points I talk about:
8:32 What does boiling the milk mean?
9:03 Where does the expression come from?
9:54 What do we need to focus on?
11:44 “Better to remain as a guest?”
13:22 How should we speak when we preach?
13:55 Are your actions matching what you
Sri Rama Navami
Lord Rama is the avatar of the Supreme Lord who descended to this earth in Treta Yuga as the resplendent son of King Dasharatha and Mother Kausalya. In His 11,000 years as the Lord of the entire world, He enacted many loving pastimes with His devotees, reestablished the principles of Dharma, and annihilated many miscreants, who were the demoniac descendants of Sage Pulastya. Rama Navami is the auspicious day when the Lord appeared on this Earth. It blog is to help the devotees und
“Srimati Sitadevi is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord Ramacandra. Among chaste women she is supreme, and she is the daughter of King Janaka.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 9.201)
Srimati Sitadevi is an incarnation of the Lord’s pleasure potency and thus an expansion of Srimati Radharani. She is an example of perfect devotion to the Lord. In Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.55 it describes, “Mother Sita was very submissive, faithful, shy and chaste, always understanding the atti
By Radhanath Swami
I wish to offer my gratitude to everyone who has so kindly assembled today on this auspicious occasion of Dussehra. Today all over the world there are millions and millions of people celebrating this day. But like most spiritual occasions not so many know why? – It is a characteristic of kali yuga that even very sacred things are perceived very superficially. Often times religious festivals of all religions are more of an opportunity for some sort of social entertainment than
By Sri Nandanandana das (Stephen Knapp)
As of late, in the year 2007, the idea of whether Lord Rama exists or not has been called into question, by no less than some of the politicians in India. So it is a wonder how such persons can be accepted as leaders of the people of India who should be concerned with preserving and protecting the culture of the country. Obviously, they are neither concerned nor aware of the depths of information that can be found in support of the traditions for whi
By Madhavananda Dasa
“A brahmana sees through the sastras.
A king sees through his spies.
A cow sees through its nose. (to detect eatables)
And, an ordinary man sees through his eyes.”
Canakya Pandit
The above quote (also quoted at the beginning of Shyamasundar prabhu’s article) would very firmly establish that Sri Lanka IS the Lanka of Ramayana as there are innumerable shastric references to confirm this fact. I feel that the main premise for Syamasundara prabhu to not accept Sri Lanka as
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Lord Sri Ramacandra is a powerful incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an ideal king. He appeared in the Treta-yuga, more than two million years ago.
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By Giriraj Swami
“Although the sight of Lord Ramacandra is naturally blissful, when He is with His beloved Janaki, with Laksmana, and with His best servant Hanuman, His beauty increases manyfold, and whoever sees Him becomes immersed in the most exceptional ecstasy. This picture of Lord Ramacandra together with Sita, Laksmana, and Hanuman depicts the Supreme Lord in His especially compassionate mood.” (Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.4.259 commentary)
We pray for their loving, compassionate glance.
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“Lord Rāmacandra is the ideal king for maintaining and protecting the highest culture of humanity, known as brahmaṇya-dharma. The Lord is specifically the protector of the cows and the brāhmaṇas, and hence He enhances the prosperity of the world. Through the agency of Viśvāmitra He was rewarded by the administrative demigods with effective weapons to conquer the demons.” (SB 1.12.19, purport)
The building of the bridge to Lanka is a favorite part of the Ramayana. Not only because it was done mainly by an army of monkeys and other animals, but it was built around one central idea – when the name of Rama was written on the rocks they floated on the water.
My big take away from this is that mantra meditation, the recitation of the names of the Lord, will help us build the bridges to where we need to go to on our spiritual journey. And that our hearts, without Lord Rama, are hard and he
By H.H. Giriraj Swami
Sri Hanuman, a great devotee in the form of a monkey, prays, “Since Lord Sri Ramacandra is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, He is not attached to anything in this material world. He is the most beloved Supersoul of all self-realized souls, and He is their very intimate friend. He is full of all opulences. . . .
“One cannot establish a friendship with the Supreme Lord Ramacandra on the basis of material qualities such as one’s birth in an aristocratic family, one’
By Bhakti Chaitanya Swami
Bhakti Sharan Shanta Swami departed from this world on March 26th in Lithuania. He is one of the old devotees from the previous Soviet era, when this country was ruled from Russia, and has done vast amounts of service to ISKCON.
Here are a few words of appreciation for him by his spiritual master Bhakti Chaitanya Swami:
"I first met Maharaja in 1993 in Vilnius. He was a very serious devotee, and was always concerned to develop the preaching in Lithuania.
In those
Shri L.K. Advani (Former Deputy Prime of India) along with his daughter Smt. Pratibha Advani & Family visited ISKCON Delhi Temple, performed an Aarti to Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi, offered prayers to Srila Prabhupada and took darshan of the ‘Astounding Bhagavad-Gita’ one of the biggest religious books in the World.
By Hari Narayana Das
That morning, clouds hung over the Tugu Pahlawan Surabaya, the hero monument located in Surabaya. However, this did not necessarily dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of Surabaya people who were cramming in to take a closer look at the Surabaya Vaganza show which was a part of 726th Surabaya City Anniversary commemoration agenda, celebrated each year, on Sunday, 24th March 2019. The parade carried the theme Puspawarni, as a place to unite the diversity of people living in Su
By HH Sacinandana Swami
There is a reason why we are here in this world and why we often feel bewildered and afraid. It is because we have turned away from Krsna. Srila Jiva Gosvami gives an analogy: in Indian villages people used to gather in the evening and sometimes an entertainer would stand before a lantern and use his hands to project shadows on a wall while telling a story. Sometimes children and simple villagers would then become afraid because of seeing demons and witches on the wall.
