Devotee (3): Srila Prabhupada, when we are preaching to Christian people or to Muslim people, is there advantage in being familiar with their scriptures or simply Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam?
Prabhupada: We are not preaching to Christian or Hindu or Muslim. We are preaching to human being. We do not see, "Here is a Christian. Here is a Muslim. Here is a Hindu. Here is a white man. Here is a black man." No. Every living being, his duty is tounderstand God. This is our preaching. This is our p
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"Our centres are like the oasis in a vast desert. In the desert there is no water, but occasionally if one is fortunate he may come in contact with an oasis and he is saved. Similarly in this material world we are drying up due to lack of spiritual knowledge. Our ISKCON centres are meant to give relief to the dried up conditioned souls who are searching after the nectar of joyful life."
Dr. Kapo
yogesvaraisvarya-gatir
linga-bhangas tu yoginam
vedopaveda-dharmanam
itihasa-puranayoh
yoga-isvara -- of the master of the mystic powers; aisvarya -- opulence; gatih -- advancement; linga -- astral body; bhangah -- detachment; tu -- but; yoginam -- of the mystics; veda -- transcendental knowledge; upaveda -- knowledge in pursuance of the Veda indirectly; dharmanam -- of the religiosities; itihasa -- history; puranayoh -- of the Puranas.
Parents Reaction to Children joining Iskcon
This mentality of Prajāpati Dakṣa still continues even today. When young boys join the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, their fathers and so-called guardians are very angry at the propounder of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement because they think that their sons have been unnecessarily induced to deprive themselves of the material enjoyments of eating, drinking and merrymaking. Karmīs, fruitive workers, think that one should fully enjoy his present life in
Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! Guru-parampara ki jaya!
Starting in January of 2011, Bhaktivedanta College will offer for the first
time a complete one-year VTE Bhakti Sastri course online at
www.bhakti-sastri.com
Study Prabhupada's books online, guided by experienced teachers, in a
virtual community of sincere devotees. The first module starts on January
17, 2011.
Four things you can expect:
--sadhu-sanga, a community of devotees encouraged to contr
K R I S H N A I N S U R A N C EE
Are you insured??? Well, I am sure; you will quote the names of various insurance companies like LIC, HDFC, ICICI, KOTAK, STANDARD CHART, BIRLA SUN LIFE, SBI, AVIVA, etc., etc.
How much Premium are you paying??? Well, starting from Rs.1000/- to a Lac. What is the Maturity Value??? Are you going to reap the benefit of your premiums paid??? Well, your family may reap the benefits, but at what cost and when??? – At the cost of your life and after your death. Wil
With whatever little knowledge I am acquiring by washing my feet with the waves, coming from the Ocean of ISKCON (under the guidance of my Councelor Shri Adbhuta Gauranga Das Prabhuji of Hyderabad), I am sharing with you:
How to Become Closer to Krishna???
1. Krishna’s first mercy on a person is to crush him & thus the wretched fellow has no one to turn but to him. – Vandanam.
2. To the maximum extent possible, try to see Krishna in everyone, everything & every place, therefore, u can be in inti
With whatever little knowledge I am acquiring by washing my feet with the waves, coming from the Ocean of ISKCON (under the guidance of my Councelor Shri Adbhuta Gauranga Das Prabhuji of Hyderabad), I am sharing with you, as "how to develop Eagerness of Sharing K.C. to others"
One of my security supervisor at Vijayawada, used to keep ?? (two question marks) batch on the shirt, (just like many put Sai Baba, Ayyappa, Murgan, etc.,).
I inquired him why he is putting ?? Batch.
He replied that First
I am attaching herewith a Photo taken from my cellphone. The scenario is a dirty / muddy / stagnated / rain water before my Office, in which Lotus are taking their shape into a Beautiful Flowers, worth Offering to the Feet of Lord. Inferences from the Photo:
1) This Material World is full of Contamination like the dirty / muddy, stagnated rain water. There are many Non-Devotees in this Material World, just like frogs, insects, fish, in that dirty / muddy / stagnated water. But a True, Pious V |
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HARE KRISHNA to all. please read beautiful song from above link. you will be surely very happy
harekrishna
Chavara International Center for Indian and Interreligious Studies (CICIIS) Sacramento organized a unique event on December 18, 2010, 6:30PM-9:00PM at St. Mary’s Parish, M Street Sacramento. Pastor and Director James Narithookil invited representatives of major religions to speak on the occasion of Interreligious Christmas Celebration 2010. The programme commenced with carol singing by the students of St, Mary's School, Sacramento.
Dr. Metwalli Amer, Founder of SALAM Islamic Center delivered h
Dear Purnacandra Goswami,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It was with great sorrow that I heard about your sudden departure from this world. Although we regularly hear about these things in sastra and are constantly preparing ourselves for such inevitable events, somehow when they actually happen we seem totally unprepared. And so it is that I can hardly believe you are no longer among us.
Your departure leaves a deep sadness in my heart. It is said that ti
H.H. Indradyumna Swami Maharaj : Past, Present and Future
Srila Prabhupada: “Yes. There is the Brighu Samhitaa astrological calculation. You can know your past life, present life and future life. That is the system, Brighu Samhitaa.”
Incident
Before leaving Vrindavan for the West, I told Sri Prahlada das that I wanted to take darsan of the famous Deity of Sri Nathji, in Rajasthan. The Deity was discovered on Govardhan Hill by a great devotee, Madhavendra Puri, more than 500 years ago, before the ad
"O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like theappearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed."
Parents Reaction to Children Joining Iskcon
Sometimes a saintly person is misunderstood by gṛhasthas, especially when he instructs their young sons to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Generally a gṛhastha thinks that unless one enters gṛhastha life he cannot properly enter the renounced order. If a young man immediately adopts the path of the renounced order in accordance with the instructions of Nārada or a member of his disciplic succession, his parents become very angry. This same phenomenon is occ
Parents Reaction to their Children joining Iskcon
The Haryaśvas, the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, were very well behaved, cultured sons, but unfortunately, because of the instructions of Nārada Muni, they deviated from the order of their father. When Dakṣa heard this news, which was brought to him by Nārada Muni, he began to lament. Although he was the father of such good sons, he had lost them all. Certainly this was lamentable.
PURPORT
The Haryaśvas, the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, were certainly well b
Practical philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita
Philosophical ways are practical and it is no use simply by indulging in speculation without any practical result just like to keep a cow without any milk. We must always seek a practical value from philosophy for the benefit of all. The mission with which you have started your service inspired me to help you as far as possible and I thought it fit to inform you that your mission can be well guided by the practical philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita. If you
Oh the austerity of fasting on Ekadasi - what to prepare???
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's standard for Ekadasi:
He used sesame seeds, mustard seeds, and peanuts - see Yamuna's Table Cookbook.
Vanila is a POD not a bean.
NOTES:
check the label of the white choc to see that there are no grains, cocoa, E 410, E 412, 410, 412 etc
check hing to make sure it is free from wheat and rice flour - get the pure resin hing and grate it to fine powder.
PIZZA POTATOES
Serves: 4
Some steamed brocc
Please do not be carried away by the mis given mind to conclude that the present life is all in all. You are eternal, and the present form of human life is a chance of realizing your eternal life. Do not spoil your life simply by serving the mis given mind and the uncontrolled senses. Please do not become your own enemy by your own self
- Srila Prabhpada
