The Blind Well
Once a prince went to forest for hunting. Suddenly a tiger attacked him. Prince fell down from his horse. As his bow was not in his hand, he quickly ran to save his life. While running, his feet got stuck in a creeper and he fell into a dry blind well. As he was felling down, he managed to hold two tree branches, which were hanging into the well. He looked up and found that the tiger is waiting for him on the top of the well. As his eyes got accustomed to see in dark, he found two
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Letter to Aniruddha Das, June 16, 1968
"So the purport is that everything should be offered very cleanly and pure things should be given. If a preparation is cooked all together, then offer all together. But if it is prepared separately, then the milk, the sugar and the cereal should be offered separately. But if the milk, sugar and grains are all cooked together, that can be done. (Everything should be prepared very carefull
• Krishna and His name are non-different (Namo namino abhinatwa)
• The Lord's name has descended from Goloka (Goloker premadhana harinaam
sankitan)
• Invested with the Lord's spiritual potency
• Purifies the heart and mind
• The chanting process is simple, sublime, and all-auspicious; even a child can take
part
• Frees one from sinful reaction and material bondage;
• Chanting "Rama" gives the same result as chanting the 1000 names of Vishnu
• Chanting on
Question: How to Be Aloof from Aloofness? |
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Why are we trying to find happiness in the material world even if there isn't any? How can Krishna consciousness teach me how to remain aloof from aloofness? How can I control my mind in a manner that is favorable for Krishna consciousness? Can you point towards any verse in Bhagavad Gita directing towards this? |
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Answer: Engage Whole World in Krishna's Service |
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Because our nature is to always enjoy happiness we naturally try to find happiness in this mat |
In this material world everyone is looking for prestige, but no matter how much prestige they may accrue, they will still be completely humiliated by unavoidable death. And in due course of time all the reputations of even history's most prestigious heroes will vanish into oblivion. The pure devotees, on the other hand, are not seeking personal prestige. They simply desire to spread the name and fame of Lord Sri Krishna all over the world. But because Krishna desires that His pure devotees shoul
Srila Prabhupada flew to Auckland -- alone. Due to a mix-up in ticketing and a cancelled flight, Prabhupada's secretary, servant, and Sanskrit editor were temporarily stranded in Sydney. Krsna Tulasi and Jagattarini, who had both arrived in Auckland a few days before, had been busy making final arrangements for Srila Prabhupada's comfort which included the airport reception, transport to the temple, and cooking.
A small band of devotees held a kirtana before
kaccid dhareh saumya sutah sadrksa
aste 'grani rathinam sadhu sambah
asuta yam jambavati vratadhya
devam guham yo 'mbikaya dhrto 'gre
kaccit -- whether; hareh -- of the Personality of Godhead; saumya -- O grave one; sutah -- son; sadrksah -- similar; aste -- fares well; agranih -- foremost; rathinam -- of the warriors; sadhu -- well behaved; sambah -- Samba; asuta -- gave birth; yam -- whom; jambavati -- Jambavati, a queen of Lord Krsna's; vratadhya -- en
We should consider ourselves as the property of Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. This feeling will automatically subdue all desires for enjoyment of the material senses. Supreme Lord Sri Krishna is the embodiment of all transcendental mellows (rasas) so he is competent to accept the prayers of devotees of any of the different mellow.
Absolved of all kinds of material desires, whoever worships Supreme Lord Sri Krishna will surely get the opportunity to savor the highest order of the mellow of the transce
We are all HIJACKED !
Don’t most of us become fearful on hearing news about Flights being Hijacked by Terrorists ?
That’s because these terrorists are a bunch of Malicious People who are ‘Hell bent’ on not letting you reach your Intended Destination for which you boarded the flight , and who can cause you harm to any extent , even blowing the Aircraft Up , if their demands are not met .
Historically , The Only way such Hijack Attempts have been successfully thwarted are by quietly sneaking in S
Sankirtan forces us to be very humble. Sankirtan gives us the opportunity to free ourselves from the false ego that has been building within us. When you do not go out on sankirtan, a lot of fat gets built on the body in the form of false ego, and that false ego further enhances the opportunity to develop material desires. Therefore sankirtan means dumping out our false ego. It is so unfortunate that sometimes devotees say, “” I am fried from sankirtan. I can not go out. I can not do this. I can
Malawi Africa discovers Prabhupada's books-Part 2
One of the most amazing encounters was this family of five who came and started looking at all the books. They looked intelligent and aristocratic. Father, mother and three kids in their early teens. I was just meditating that if a family like this took interest it would be really good for our movement here as they seemed highly placed in society. Then while I was explaining to them about the books I saw all members of the family picking up and r
Although it is very difficult to achieve the state of a pure devotee, still our sole aim should be to attain it. All the material practices are quite attractive and appealing but they do not constitute pure devotion. Without achieving the state of self-realization, pure devotional service cannot be attained.All the scriptures and all our previous Spiritual Masters have encoded the pertinence of chanting, while giving up material acts, material knowledge, meditation, sacrifice, fasts and penance.
Dualities is mental concoction
In the world of duality -- that is to say, in the material world -- so-called goodness and badness are both the same. Therefore, in this world, to distinguish between good and bad, happiness and distress, is meaningless because they are both mental concoctions (manodharma). Because everything here is miserable and troublesome, to create an artificial situation and pretend it to be full of happiness is simply illusion. The liberated
kaccit sukham satvata-vrsni-bhoja-
dasarhakanam adhipah sa aste
yam abhyasincac chata-patra-netro
nrpasanasam parihrtya durat
kaccit -- whether; sukham -- is all well; satvata -- the Satvata race; vrsni -- the Vrsni dynasty; bhoja -- the Bhoja dynasty; dasarhakanam -- the Dasarha race; adhipah -- King Ugrasena; sah -- he; aste -- does exist; yam -- whom; abhyasincat -- installed; sata-patra-netrah -- Lord Sri Krsna; nrpa-asana-asam -- hope of the royal th
Prabhupada had often described the attempts of his young disciples to spread Krsna consciousness in the Western world as "an adventure". He had written: "The whole Vedic adventure is to draw one's attention entirely unto the lotus feet of the Lord without any diversion." Such adventures, however, would not always be easy, since (as he had written elsewhere) "All Western adventure is meant to keep people in darkness." And there was no denying that adventu
We don't like to think about it, but death is coming at any minute. This material world is a cosmic death row situated in one corner of the vast unlimited spiritual sky. Everyone here must die sooner or later. There are no survivors. Since we know that death is surely coming, we should do everything possible to be fully ready for it, so what when it comes, it will not defeat us. For those who die in material consciousness death is a defeat because they are dragged down into the animal or plant k
Saturday, 16 January, 2010 This morning I was woken up at seven o’clock by my friend Marina. All this week I have a very hard schedule, I went to sleep late at night and I could hardly get up in the morning. Marina wanted that I met her at the station. I had to get up, to take a bath, to find my car (I did not remember where I had parked it, because I was tired). Thereby I should collect my thoughts and to pluck up my courage.
At eight o’clock I was at the station, I met Marina and we were very h
