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Ashwina-Shukla Ekaadashi or PAASHAANKUSHAA (Paapa-ankushaa) EKAADASHI or PAKSHA-VARDHINI MAHAA-DVAADASHI


Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me.

The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna replied, Oh king, please listen as I explain the glories of this Ekadasi - Papankusha Ekadasi - which removes all sins. On this day one should worship the Dei

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When Bad is Considered to be Good

Last night (14 October 2010) as we were enduring a hellish traffic jam to gradually make our way from Pune to Nigadi, where I was scheduled to give a lecture, we passed a movie theatre advertising a movie called "Crook--It's Good to be Bad." I could immediately understand that the world society has been transformed into a hell on earth because we are now thinking that it is good to be bad and bad to be good. We cannot expect a happy life in such a demoniac society. Formerly during the Vedic time
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color:maroon"">Question: If Guru's Order Is Not Krishna Conscious"Times New Roman""">

We are taught that we should follow our guru and his instructions throughout our life. I also feel so. However, if our guru asks us to do something which seems to beKrishna conscious but is not, then what happens? Am I liable for that bad karmaor is the guru?

Your Servant

Ravi

color:maroon"">Answer: Don't Accept Such A Guru "Times New Roman""">

This is why Srila Prabhupada advises in the Nectar of Instruction that o

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How Do You Eat on the Airplane?

Question: How Do You Eat on the Airplane?


How do you manage your meals while travelling on the airplane? Even though they serve either vegetarian or non
vegetarian food, the utensils used to prepare the vegetarian food may also been
used to cut meat. So, do you carry your own meals, or how do you manage?

Deepak


Answer: Better than Anyone Else


Our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, instructed us not to take any food, even vegetarian food, cooked by
non-devotees. So we carefully follow his instructi

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Crosswords are Gambling?

Prabhupada focussed once more on book distribution. He was eager for more association with Prabhavisnu and Prabhavisnu was eager for his. Prabhupada was pleased to hear that both the books and his disciples were being well received wherever they went. He advised Prabhavisnu how to stay fit for his service. "Keep your health nice, because Indian climate sometimes does not suit. Eat simple things. Fruits, vegetables. Don't be miser in the matter of ... But don't eat voracio
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Sankirtana revival in Radhadesh


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A new sankirtan initative has started in the Benelux, in a devotee friendly way. With no pressure and based on fun, the monthly festival of Sankirtan Saturday was created. It started on the weekend of Oct. 8th and 9th. Some factors were: language barriers (the books are in Dutch, French, and English) and devotees feeling scared to go. Ninety percent of them never have done sankirtana.

Posters flooded the castle walls of Radhadesh: Sankirtana Saturday.

On Friday morning, Partha-sarathi gave the Bha
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Story of Lord Krishna

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Gopis search for Krsna

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1. When Lord Krsna disappeared so suddenly, the gopis felt great sorrow at losing sight of Him, like a group of female elephants who have lost their mate.

2. As the cowherd women remembered Lord Krsna, their hearts were overwhelmed by His movements and loving smiles, His playful glances and enchanting talks, and by the many other pastimes He would enjoy with them. Thus absorbed in thoughts of Krsna, the Lo
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Introduction

Bhagavad-gita is a transcendental literature which one should read very carefully. 'Gita-sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman'. If one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all miseries and anxieties in this life, and one's next life will be spiritual. Visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya-sokadi-varjitah. (Gita-mahatmya 1)

Proclamation of the Lord

Apart from the aforementioned benefit there is also a further advantage:

gitadhyayana-silasya

pranayama-pa

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Whose achievement is better

Manihara continued reading: "...and of varying degrees of education and from many walks of life, students, teachers, scientists, servicemen, laborers, and professionals -- indeed numerous race, creeds and nationalities -- are attached towards it. The unifying characteristics that brings such diverse individuals to Krsna consciousness are high ethical standards and a sincere desire to understand spiritual truths. To make a pleasure -- loving and easygoing Western youth
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 23
asmat-prasada-sumukhah kalaya kalesa
iksvaku-vamsa avatirya guror nidese
tisthan vanam sa-dayitanuja avivesa
yasmin virudhya dasa-kandhara artim arcchat


asmat -- unto us, beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant; prasada -- causeless mercy; sumukhah -- so inclined; kalaya -- with His plenary extensions; kalesah -- the Lord of all potencies; iksvaku -- Maharaja Iksvaku, in the dynasty of the sun; vamse -- family; avatirya -- by descending in; gu
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----- OFFERING TO RADHA RANI -----

OFFERING

TO RADHA RANI



Often we lament upon the loses suffered during our lifetime to such an extent that we star disregarding the life itself which is the most precious gift of the supreme. This occurs due our forgetful nature that we are the part and parcels of supreme personality of Godhead and are his eternal servant. We keep forgetting that happiness and misery appear and disappear as day comes after night and night comes after day.

sukham aindriyakaṁ daityā
deha-yogena dehinām
sarvatra labhyate
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Story of Lord Krishna

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Krsna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance

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1. Sri Krsna is the supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.

2. The moon then rose, anointing the face of the western horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays, and thus dispelling the pain o
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Social Freedom brings Downfall

Social Freedom brings Downfall

One should, however, take serious note of this incident. The human being is a social animal, and his unrestricted mixing with the fair sex leads to downfall. Such social freedom of man and woman, especially among the younger section, is certainly a great stumbling block on the path of spiritual progress. Material bondage is due only to sexual bondage, and therefore unrestricted association of man and woman is surely a great impediment. Maitreya cited this example on
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Prescription for the whole world

Prabhupada then recalled with a smile how Gargamuni had obtained the mimeographs in New York to begin printing the first editions of Back to Godhead for his newly-formed ISKCON. "The first machine introduced by you, yes. Then other machines came. I did not know, but I was thinking that if some typist would hear my tapes and type -- I was thinking like that -- expert typist. Here, tape recorder, you hear something and then type. Like that. And this machine, automat
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Tulasi Dasa Ramayana

Jayapataka said that his ambition was to make the Gitar-gana so popular that it would be sung at every gathering. "When we can hear over the loudspeakers Gitar-gana being sung, then we will feel very happy. When the public begin to recite Gitar-gana at their functions, like they're doing this Tulasidasa Ramayana, if they start that in Bengal, Gitar-gana, then it will be a big success."

Prabhupada commented that the reason that Tulasidasa's Ramayana was popular was because ther

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If the holy name is chanted just once, though impurely so, or if the sound is simply heard, then the living entity regardless of his high or low caste is immediately liberated. This is the declaration of scripture. And furthermore, when the holy name is chanted in the clearing stage (namabhasa Ä the stage when impurities are swept from the heart of the chanter), then the highest goal is attained after some delay.

All other auspicious pious results including liberation can be quite easily achieved
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 22
ksatram ksayaya vidhinopabhrtam mahatma
brahma-dhrug ujjhita-patham narakarti-lipsu
uddhanty asav avanikantakam ugra-viryas
trih-sapta-krtva urudhara-parasvadhena


ksatram -- the royal order; ksayaya -- for the sake of diminishing; vidhina -- by destination; upabhrtam -- increased in proportion; mahatma -- the Lord in the form of the great sage Parasurama; brahma-dhruk -- the ultimate truth in Brahman; ujjhita-patham -- those who have given up the path of
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Interview of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta by
Mr. Willion Henri Jan Vandor Stok of Batavia
Q: -- Your Holiness, kindly enlighten me about the different aspects of human pursuits.

A: -- In India as in Europe we find people holding different views, but here we have attempted to classify them into three divisions. One class of people are seekers of fruits of their action. Another class wish to annihilate their individuality. And the third class want, in their true selves as absolute infintesimals, to be in t
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Importance of Gurudeva

Importance of Gurudeva

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bhayam dvitiyabhinivesatah syad
isad apetasya viparyayo ’smrtih
tan-mayayato budha abhajet tam
bhaktyaikayesam guru-devatatma
(srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.37)
Fear arises when a living entity misidentifies himself as the material body because of absorption in the external, illusory energy of the Lord, called maya. When the living entity thus turns away from the Supreme Lord, he also forgets his own constitutional position as a servant of the Lord. Therefore, an intelligent person sho
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Two Bulgarian Bhagavatam Sets


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We had a nice experience distributing books on Janmastami -- in Varna, a city in Bulgaria. Just for two hours, before cooking for the festival, we went on sankirtana, door to door.

In one office a lady just looked at the Srimad-Bhagavatam and said, "Wow, it is the Srimad-Bhagavatam. I love to read the Bhagavad-gita."

I offered her three volumes and explained that we have six more.

"Please, please bring them also."

I ran to the caravan and brought them. She was so HAPPY. She gave a nice donation, and
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