The best way is to hear yourself chanting the actual names, Hare Krsna mantra. This is the way to chant without losing attention. One’s mind should be fixed on the sound. As Prabhupada has written, the mouth should move. One should not slur Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. He should not fall asleep while chanting in his so-called bhajana. As Krsna advises Arjuna in practicing yoga, “Wherever the mind wanders due to its restless and flickering nature, you have to drag it back.” So this applies to our chan
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Krishna has descended in this age in his name. And all the power of all the incarnations is within the name, because Krishna is non-different from his names. We simply have to chant with proper consciousness and reciprocate with his love that has descended in his name. When Krishna physically appeared five thousand years ago, very few people recognized him. So many people considered that he was just a powerful person. Similarly, when Krishna appears in his name—without association of Krishna’s l
Question: Service to Man is Not Service to God? |
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Thank you for the great session on 8 April in Noida. But I did not like one opinion of yours. You said that it is all rubbish to think that by serving mankind we are serving God. Are you 100% sure? If you are, than what is your opinion about Mother Teresa? Her whole life was devoted to the service of mankind and she has been declared a saint. I would be very happy if you are able to satisfy me with a proper explanation. |
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Question: How to Get a Prestigious Post? |
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I want to take birth again in the human life in a prestigious post. What should I do? |
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Answer: Go Only For the Ultimate Prestigious Post |
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You should give up this foolish desire to take birth again in this material world for getting a prestigious post. The most prestigious post in this material world is the position of Lord Brahma, the lord of the universe. But even that post is miserable, as confirmed by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita, because Lor |
For the residents of the Sydney temple, Srila Prabhupada's arrival was a confused affair. An early telegram detailed Srila Prabhupada's proposed visit to Sydney, via Malaysia. Only arrival dates and times needed to be confirmed.
As it turned out, Srila Prabhupada had arrived in Malaysia a little later than planned, and to make things even more complicated, while in Kuala Lumpur there had been talk about a couple of devotees in Singapore wanting Srila Prab
vivaksor mukhato bhumno
vahnir vag vyahrtam tayoh
jale caitasya suciram
nirodhah samajayata
vivaksoh -- when there was a need to speak; mukhatah -- from the mouth; bhumnah -- of the Supreme; vahnih -- fire or the controlling deity of fire; vak -- vibration; vyahrtam -- speeches; tayoh -- by both; jale -- in the water; ca -- however; etasya -- of all these; suciram -- a very, very long time; nirodhah -- suspension; samajayata -- did continue.
ISKCON Utah Celebrates Holi In A Big Way
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Every year the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, USA puts on the biggest Holi celebration in the Western Hemisphere. In 2011 the Spanish Fork Police department estimated that over 40,000 people attended in the first day alone of the two-day festival, starting on the 27th of March. Organizers carefully rationed their stash of approximately 120,000 bags of colored powder.
Attendees come from a
Modern Day Mentality
Modern Day Mentality – Ignorance and Foolishness
- We have bigger houses, but no room for our parents.
- We build though houses, but live in broken homes (single parent families).
- We are quick to start a relationship, but also quick to end it (divorce).
- We have more conveniences, but still less time.
- We have more degrees, but less common sense.
- We have more knowledge, but less judgment.
- We are more expert at solving problems, but we create more problems,
- We have more medicine, but less h
some say you live in goloka...some say in vrindavana..
but i see you in my heart ...with your divine consort...
your effulgence like sapphire rays..your bright yellow clothes...your peacock feathered crown..your lotus like eyes..your bimba fruit lips..by seeing your beauty i imagine,that how could one get attracted to someone other than you...
your lotus feet are my only shelter...your sight is my only hope..prays your humble servant kamal,may i always remain merged in your thoughts.....
RAMANUJACARYA (1017-1137) was the principal acharya in the Sri sampradaya, one of
the four main lines of Vaisnava teachers and disciples. His Vedanta-sutra commentary -
Sri-bhasya establishes the doctrine known as Vasistadvaita, “qualified nondualism.”
A staunch proponent of the philosophy of pesonalism, he taught that although the
Supreme Lord and the individual souls are qualitatively one, there is still a difference
between them, for the Lord is infinite and the living entities are infinitesimal.
S
Association of devotees is to strive to hear from and to give pleasure to those who have the great treasure of love of God. Narottam Das Thakur in his prayers to the departed Vaisnavas, he prays in this way - he is beating his head against the rock in separation, longing for the association of those devotees who have, who had that great treasure of Prema Bhakti within their hearts, within their lives and who are distributing the contents of that treasure to the world. He is longing for such asso
You should smile more. Every day, every morning, look at the mirror and give a good smile to yourself. You know what happens when you smile? All the muscles in your face get relaxed. The nerves in your brain get relaxation,
Factors such as our good karma, Lord’s blessings and so on are fo
dasa-dasa-dasanudasah: "I am the servant of the servant of the servant
of Krsna [Cc. Madhya 13.80]." This is called parampara system. You
have to learn how to become servant of the servant of Krsna. The more
you become in the lower position -- servant, servant, servant,
servant, servant, hundreds times servant, servant -- then more you are
advanced. Here in this material world everyone is trying to be master
of the master. Just opposite. And
religious system, no. It is a science, the science of Krsna. Try to
understand the science of Krsna. We have got so many books to educate
people about this science, not that simply we are talking
sentimentally. Everything is scientific reason, philosophy. But the
simple method is so easy to perform that anyone can understand very
easily. What is that? Sarva-dharman parityajya... What Krsna says, you
accept.
Then you will unde
Question: Do I Have to Leave My Family? |
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I would now like to bring your attention to a question which creates confusion in my mind. If a person has some love for Krishna and always remembers Him, while apologizing for every sin and expressing gratitude for all that Krishna has given him, but alongside he is also trying to fulfill his responsibilities towards his parents and spouse--is it really necessary and justified that he leave everything except for Krishna? After all it was Krishna who arran |
mukhatas talu nirbhinnam
jihva tatropajayate
tato nana-raso jajne
jihvaya yo 'dhigamyate
mukhatah -- from the mouth; talu -- the palate; nirbhinnam -- being generated; jihva -- the tongue; tatra -- thereupon; upajayate -- becomes manifested; tatah -- thereupon; nana-rasah -- various tastes; jajne -- became manifested; jihvaya -- by the tongue; yah -- which; adhigamyate -- become relished.
pranenaksipata ksut trd
antara jayate vibhoh
pipasato jaksatas ca
pran mukham nirabhidyata
pranena -- by the living force; aksipata -- being agitated; ksut -- hunger; trt -- thirst; antara -- from within; jayate -- generates; vibhoh -- of the Supreme; pipasatah -- being desirous to quench the thirst; jaksatah -- being desirous to eat; ca -- and; prak -- at first; mukham -- the mouth; nirabhidyata -- was opened.