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Dear Gurudeva, |
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Answer: Krishna's Unlimited Causeless Mercy |
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It is simply a matter of understanding Lord Sri Krishna |
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My humble prayers to my Lord Naraimhadeva: -
O’ Nåsiàhadeva! Your form is very terrible with Your long and sharp teeth. You are very fearful to see with strong large nails and garlanded by flames. Destroy, destroy my obstacles! Kick out, kick out my fear! Scatter, scatter my enemies! Destroy, destroy my karma! Flash, flash! Kill, kill! Cut, cut! Ever fulfill, ever fulfill all my desires to serve You. Safeguard, safeguard me and all around me.
Although I was very wealthy, I am blind and without d
Question: Why the Supreme Personality? |
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Please advise why you refer to Lord Krishna as the “Supreme Personality” of Godhead. We could just say Lord Krishna or the Supreme Lord Krishna. So why is it that many ISKCON books and devotees refer to Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. |
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Answer: He's Not the Impersonal Oneness |
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This is to make it very clear that God is a person. He's not the impersonal oneness as the Mayavadis claim. |
LORD SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
krsna-varnam tvishakrishnam
sangopangastra-parshadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah
krsna-varnam — repeating the syllables krishna; tvisa — with a luster; akrsnam — not black (golden); sa-anga — along with associates; upa-anga — servitors; astra — weapons; parsadam — confidential companions; yajn
Sunday, March 3, 1968 Los Angeles
Letter to Yamuna
"We are not impersonalists, under the circumstances we have got varieties of perception in the matter of discharging devotional service. In Rupa Goswami's ``Siksamrta'' it is stated that advanced life in Krsna Consciousness means one should be always very much anxious to calculate whether every moment of his life has not been utilized in devotional service. This is called feeling of being afraid for misusing time.
One should be very careful to est
Instead of complaining about what’s wrong we should take positive, solution-oriented steps (however small) toward improving a situation. It means being more a part of the solution rather than a reminder or reinforcement of the problem.
While we’re working, it’s easy to fall into the trap of spending our time and energy taking note and complaining about the way things are, the economy, negative people, greed, lack of compassion, bureaucracy, and so
Time
We should not forget that however attached one may be to his body, to his possessions, to the extensions of his body, the
time factor will make sure that you get separated.
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.13),22.4.1996, New Delhi
time factor will make sure that you get separated.
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.13),22.4.1996, New Delhi
The holy name is the most valuable asset that you can possess!
- By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
dasamasya visuddhy-artham
navanam iha laksanam
varnayanti mahatmanah
srutenarthena canjasa
dasamasya -- of the summum bonum; visuddhi -- isolation; artham -- purpose; navanam -- of the other nine; iha -- in this Srimad-Bhagavatam; laksanam -- symptoms; varnayanti -- they describe; maha-atmanah -- the great sages; srutena -- by Vedic evidences; arthena -- by direct explanation; ca -- and; anjasa -- summarily.
 Today I read a nice quote from Srila Prabhupada....it reminded me of how important it is to remember that the Lord is present in His names 100% - therefore we need to always give 100% full respect to our chanting and to always depend fully on the Lord by this effort. The names of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent. So Lord Krsna's instruction to Arjuna to "remember Me" and Lord Caitanya's injunction to "always chant the names of Lord Krsna" are the same instruction. There is no difference, be |
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE !
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE !!
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Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 9th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4:12:33
Speaker: HH Prabodhanand Sarasvati Swami
iti vyavasitam tasya
vyavasaya surottamau
darsayam asatur devim
puro yanena gacchatim
TRANSLATION: The great associates of Vaikunthaloka, Nanda and Sunanda, could understand the mind of Dhruva Maharaja, and thus they showed him that his mother, Suniti, was going forward in another plane.
PURPORT: This incident proves that the siksa- or diksa-gur
Hare Krsna Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On the second day of the 2011 book distribution seminars in Mayapur,
Sadbhuja Prabhu, the president of the Leipzig (Germany) temple, spoke. He said that a scholar in Germany did a survey of religious movements around the world and found that every decade hundreds of movements begin and stop. One of the main prerequisites for a movement to last, he found, is that it has to inspire its members to do voluntary serv
Hare Krsna dear Prabhuji:
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Thanks a lot for your kind concern.
By Krsna's mercy all well.It was a nasty quake. Lasted few minutes.Though Tokyo is not as bad as Sendai/Miyagi.Miyagi/Sendai near the epicenter devastated.Tokyo shocks were about 6.
I just came to ground floor and was about to ride bicycle. I started waving like drunkard. Could not understand what is happening. Ran away from the building in the open area. Wife and younge
Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru-parampara ki jaya!
Meet four students of Bhaktivedanta College coming from all parts of the world. Hear them share their experiences of the college so far--some are sad of finishing their third year, others enjoying the prasad, kirtan, and devotee association--but all the same are happy with their studying and stay in the Radhadesh community.
Link:http://bhaktivedantacollege.com/index.php?p=news&id=337
Fourth Annual Global Daiva Varnasrama Convention held
ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry - India Mayapur
Date: 9th March 2011
Fourth Annual Global Daiva Varnasrama Convention was recently held here at Sridham Mayapur from 4th March to 7th March.
The event was inaugurated by His Holiness Lokanath Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami, His GraceSamba Das and His Grace Bharat Chandra Das by lighting the lamp.
His Holiness Lokanath Swami in his keynote address
Navadwip Mandal Parikrama- Day 3 10th March 2011
Today is the 3rd day of the Navadvip Mandala Parikrama. Our first group to be visited today was the International party in Naimisharanya. When we were about to go out from the Lotus Building through the exit of Caitanya exhibition Hall,we heard the beautiful greeting kirtan for Their Lordship Sri Panca Tattva'Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu doya kore moreeee....' was going on in the temple hall. Guru Maharaja told us to wheel him down towards the temple
That is not possible.
Because you have to attach to something. You cannot become unattached. That is not possible. So, in order to become attached to Krsna or to enter into the devotional service of the Lord, one has to become detached from this material affection. That is wanted. Ordinarily, they go to Krsna for maintaining the attachment with this material world. Just like, "O God, give us our daily bread." That means I have got attachment of this material world, and to live in this material The test of becoming a devotee
A Krsna conscious man cannot be bad. Therefore, if people are given chance to associate with this society, automatically he'll become good. Otherwise there is no need of opening so many centers all over the world. But the idea is that to give the chance of good association. Therefore, those who are members of this society, they should be ideal. Simply by their association people will become good, very good responsibility. And if they become bad themselves, there is
We are some weeks here in the holy land of Mayapur and tried to do extra effort for chanting japa. Along with chanting studied different scriptures dealing with chanting. We have also taken as a daily practice to chant some of the bhajans from Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Gitavali - Bhajan No. 3 starts as follows:
1) If your mind is always absorbed in chanting the glories of Lord Krsna with great care, then by that process of Sri-krsna-kirtana you will attain transcendental qualification.
2) You should
Whole world will leave home?
Student: If everybody gives up the material world and becomes devotees then how will this world be continuing? Maharaja: Thank you very much for asking this classic question.
It is very easy because the whole world will serve Krishna, because becoming a devotee of Krishna doesn’t mean that we spend the whole day praying and just ring bells in the temple and all are becoming pujaris like that - No, it doesn’t mean like that, that we light some incense and lamp. It doe
