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What is the value of Deity Worship?–SP

“The neophyte Vaisnava devotees’ ringing the bell even once during worship of the Deity of the Supreme Lord is a MILLION TIMES MORE VALUABLE spiritually and otherwise, than the charitable fruitive workers building many hospitals, feeding thousands of the poor, or building homes, or even the empirical philosophers’ Vedic studies, meditation, austerities, and penances.”

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The above was quoted from a lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaj and found in the vedabase folio.
 
DEITY WORSHIP-THE MOST VALUABLE BENEDICTION GIVEN BY THE LORD TO NEOPHYTES
Lecture NY sept 18 1966
So in my childhood, when I was five or six years old, I requested my father that “Father, give me this Deity. I shall worship.” So father purchased for me little Krishna, Radha, and he gave me, and I was imitating. Whatever foodstuff I was getting, I was offering to Krishna and eating. In this way I got my life developed. And there was a temple in our neighbourhood.So I was seeing the Krishna deity. Oh, I was thinking…..I still remember. I was standing for hours together. 
SB 4.30.27 purport–Deity worship in the form of temple worship is the most valuable benediction given by the Lord to beginners. All neophytes must therefore engage in the worship of the Lord by keeping the arcā-vigraha (arcāvatāra) at home or in the temple.
SB 7.14.39-TRANSLATION–My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of Tretā-yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia.
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Without worshiping the arca-vigraha, the form or Deity of the Lord,
one cannot understand such literature as Bhagavad-gita and
Srimad-Bhagavatam.  
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So the temple worship is essential. So those who are against temple
worship, Deity worship, they are not very intelligent class of men,
foolish, mudha.  NoD 35 Neutral Love of God

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the fear problem gives us more trouble than the other ones

SB 1.11.3 purport…This sound of the Lord is identical with the Lord, as we have tried to explain by the nondual position of the Lord. The material existence of our present status is full of fear. Out of the four problems of material existence, namely the food problem, the shelter problem, the fear problem and the mating problem, the fear problem gives us more trouble than the others. We are always fearful due to our ignorance of the next problem. The whole material existence is full of problems, and thus the fear problem is always prominent. This is due to our association with the illusory energy of the Lord, known as māyā or external energy, yet all fear is vanished as soon as there is the sound of the Lord,represented by His holy name, as it was sounded by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the following sixteen  words:Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare  We can take advantage of these sounds and be free from all threatening problems of material existence.

SB 1.18.18 purport…The mental diseases of the present generation are more acute than bodily diseases
SB 2.1.17 purport…. Oṁkāra is the seed of all transcendental sound and it is only the transcendental sound which can bring about the desired change of the mind and the senses. Even a mentally deranged man can be cured by treatment of transcendental sound. In the Bhagavad-gītā, the praṇava (oṁkāra) has been accepted as the direct, literal representation of the Supreme AbsoluteTruth. One who is not able to chant directly the holy name of the Lord, as recommended above, can easily chant the praṇava (oṁkāra). This oṁkāra is a note of address, such as “O my Lord,” just as oṁ hari om means “O my Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” As we have explained before, the Lord’s holy name is identical with the Lord Himself. So also is oṁkāra. But persons who are unable to realize the transcendental personal form or name of the Lord on account of their imperfect senses (in other words, the neophytes) are trained to the practice of self-realization by this mechanical process of regulating the breathing function and simultaneously repeating the praṇava (oṁkāra) within the mind. 

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 Even a mentally deranged man can be cured by treatment of transcendental sound–SP

SB 1.18.18 purport…The mental diseases of the present generation are more acute than bodily diseases

SB 2.1.17 purport…. Oṁkāra is the seed of all transcendental sound and it is only the transcendental sound which can bring about the desired change of the mind and the senses. Even a mentally deranged man can be cured by treatment of transcendental sound. In the Bhagavad-gītā, the praṇava (oṁkāra) has been accepted as the direct, literal representation of the Supreme Absolute Truth. One who is not able to chant directly the holy name of the Lord, as recommended above, can easily chant the praṇava (oṁkāra). This oṁkāra is a note of address, such as “O my Lord,” just as oṁ hari om means “O my Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” As we have explained before, the Lord’s holy name is identical with the Lord Himself. So also is oṁkāra. But persons who are unable to realize the transcendental personal form or name of the Lord on account of their imperfect senses (in other words, the neophytes) are trained to the practice of self-realization by this mechanical process of regulating the breathing function and simultaneously repeating the praṇava (oṁkāra) within the mind. 

 

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How even one bad disciple can ruin an institution

SB 1.18.25-Purport—The Supreme Lord is so kind to His pure devotees that in proper time He calls such devotees up to Him and thus creates an auspicious circumstance for the devotee. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was a pure devotee of the Lord, and there was no reason for him to become extremely fatigued, hungry and thirsty because a devotee of the Lord never becomes perturbed by such bodily demands. But by the desire of the Lord, even such a devotee can become apparently fatigued and thirsty just to create a situation favorable for his renunciation of worldly activities. One has to give up all attachment for worldly relations before one is able to go back to Godhead, and thus when a devotee is too much absorbed in worldly affairs, the Lord creates a situation to cause indifference. The Supreme Lord never forgets His pure devotee, even though he may be engaged in so-called worldly affairs. Sometimes He creates an awkward situation, and the devotee becomes obliged to renounce all worldly affairs. The devotee can understand by the signal of the Lord, but others take it to be unfavorable and frustrating. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was to become the medium for the revelation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as his grandfather Arjuna was the medium for the Bhagavad-gītā. Had Arjuna not been taken up with an illusion of family affection by the will of the Lord, the Bhagavad-gītā would not have been spoken by the Lord Himself for the good of all concerned. Similarly, had Mahārāja Parīkṣit not been fatigued, hungry and thirsty at this time, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam would not have been spoken by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the prime authority of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So this is a prelude to the circumstances under which Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was spoken for the benefit of all concerned. The prelude, therefore, begins with the words “once upon a time.
SB 1.18.31 purport…By placing Arjuna and the Pāṇḍavas in frustration due to the intrigue of their cousin-brothers, the prelude of the Battle of Kurukṣetra was created by the Lord. This was to incarnate the sound representative of the Lord, Bhagavad-gītā. So by placing King Parīkṣit in an awkward position, the incarnation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was created by the will of the Lord. Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King endured much, even in the womb of his mother. He was never disturbed by the glaring heat of the brahmāstra released by Aśvatthāmā. The King’s distressed condition was certainly unprecedented. The devotees like Mahārāja Parīkṣit are powerful enough to forbear such distresses, by the will of the Lord, and they are never disturbed. The situation, in this case, was therefore all planned by the Lord.
 
SB 1.18.32 purport….
Due to Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s good government, even a boy of tender age, who was playing with other inexperienced boys, could become as powerful as a qualified brāhmaṇa. This boy was known as Śṛṅgi, and he achieved good training in brahmacarya by his father so that he could be as powerful as a brāhmaṇa, even at that age. But because the age of Kali was seeking an opportunity to spoil the cultural heritage of the four orders of life, the inexperienced boy gave a chance for the age of Kali to enter into the field of Vedic culture.Hatred of the lower orders of life began from this brāhmaṇa boy, under the influence of Kali, and thus cultural life began to dwindle day after day. The first victim of brahminical injustice was Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and thus the protection given by the King against the onslaught of Kali was slackened.
 

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The highest realization is–to save your self

Jan 9 1973 SP letter…
Understanding is one thing, and practical application of that understanding is another. But as devotees of Krsna, being engaged in the practical work of spreading Krsna consciousness, that is already the highest realization. That’s all right, that is our real mission, to deliver the world by preaching Krsna’s message to others, but even higher realization, the highest realization, is to save oneself.
May 17 1975 Perth
Paramahaṁsa: But even if we can’t stay here, we all have to die, our sons and their sons, if we do something now, then maybe they won’t have to suffer so much in the future.
Prabhupāda: So why you are thinking of your son’s future, your grandson’s… Why don’t you think of your future?
Paramahaṁsa: It makes me happy to think that they’ll be happy.
Prabhupāda: That is madness. That is madness.
Paramahaṁsa: If I get insurance policy then they will have some money after I go…
Prabhupāda: No, no, that is natural, that you think of future. But the foolishness is you don’t think of your future. That is foolishness. This is natural. Because every living entity is eternal, therefore he has future. But for himself he is thinking, “There is no life, next.” And he is thinking of the life which will come as his grandson or son, what will be their future. And he is blind about the own future. This is fourth-class man.Suppose some danger is coming. So shall I take care of you: “How you will be saved? How you will be saved?” How I will be saved—that is my first business. That he does not know. There have been many cases. There is all of a sudden fire. The man has left everything, and his baby was there. He was crying, “Oh, I have left my…” The natural tendency—”First of all save me.” Self preservation is the first law of nature. So why did he forget about his baby? Now, when he comes out, he is thinking about baby. This is natural, that he does not think about himself; he is thinking about future generation.
“What nonsense will come as my son or grandson?” Just see. This is fourth-class man.
Amogha: So he should first save himself, then think about how to save others.
Prabhupāda: Yes. First of all he must know what will actually saving. That he does not know.He is thinking of his country. Suppose next birth he becomes a cow and his countrymen will send him to the slaughterhouse. So what is the use of having your country? The same country, the national… The cow is also national, you are also national, but the law is the cow is to be sent to the slaughterhouse. Therefore they have been all described as mūḍhāḥ, rascals, only rascals. Except a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, all persons are rascals.Do you admit or not?
 Paramahaṁsa: Yes.
 

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Our Eternal Friend within our Heart

KB 2-31…Although You are constantly with the conditioned soul, only when he becomes purified by devotional service do You become revealed to him. Others, who are bewildered by fruitive activities, either by Vedic injunction or customary dealings, and who do not take to devotional service, become captivated by the external happiness of the bodily concept of life. You are not revealed to such persons. Rather, You remain far, far away from them. But for one who, being engaged in Your devotional service, has purified his heart by constant chanting of Your holy name, You become very easily understood as his eternal constant companion.
“It is said that Your Lordship, sitting in the heart of a devotee, gives him direction by which he can very quickly come back to home, back to You. This direct dictation by You reveals Your existence within the heart of the devotee. Only a devotee can immediately appreciate Your existence within his heart, whereas for a person who has only a bodily conception of life and is engaged in sense gratification You always remain covered by the curtain of yogamāyā. Such a person cannot realize that You are very near, sitting within his heart.
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not held accountable for bad thoughts in kali yuga-but can get liberation simply by thinking about Krsna

SB 1.18.7-Mahārāja Parīkṣit was a realist, like the bees who only accept the essence [of a flower]. He knew perfectly well that in this age of Kali, auspicious things produce good effects immediately, whereas inauspicious acts must be actually performed [to render effects]. So he was never envious of the personality of Kali.
PURPORT-The age of Kali is called the fallen age. In this fallen age, because the living beings are in an awkward position, the Supreme Lord has given some special facilities to them. So by the will of the Lord, a living being does not become a victim of a sinful act until the act is actually performed. In other ages, simply by thinking of performing a sinful act, one used to become a victim of the act. On the contrary, a living being in this age is awarded with the results of pious acts simply by thinking of them. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, being the most learned and experienced king by the grace of the Lord, was not unnecessarily envious of the personality of Kali because he did not intend to give him any chance to perform any sinful act. He protected his subjects from falling prey to the sinful acts of the age of Kali, and at the same time he gave full facility to the age of Kali by allotting him some particular places. At the end of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that even though all nefarious activities of the personality of Kali are present, there is a great advantage in the age of Kali. One can attain salvation simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord. Thus Mahārāja Parīkṣit made an organized effort to propagate the chanting of the Lord’s holy name, and thus he saved the citizens from the clutches of Kali. It is for this advantage only that great sages sometimes wish all good for the age of Kali. In the Vedas also it is said that by discourse on Lord Kṛṣṇa’s activities, one can get rid of all the disadvantages of the age of Kali. In the beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is also said that by the recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Supreme Lord becomes at once arrested within one’s heart. These are some of the great advantages of the age of Kali, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit took all the advantages and did not think any ill of the age of Kali, true to his Vaiṣṇavite cult.
NOD chapter 11–In the Nāradīya Purāṇa there is a statement of how this servitorship is transcendental. It is said there that a person who is constantly engaged in devotional service by his body, mind and words, or even a person who is not practically engaged but is simply desiring to be so, is considered to be liberated.
 
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Pictures below–San Francisco Ratha Yatra 1975- L-R…Revatinanda swami, Sudama Swami and Vishnujana Swami—that was probably the best ratha yatra-ever !!! Remember that picture of Srila Prabhupada standing up on the stage with arms outstretched and thousands of hippies all chanting along??? There was so much prasadam, that we, the devotees from seattle yatra took back with us back in our van a half filled (garbaga can sized) tub of gulab jamuns !!! Do think anybody back then worried about sugar shock?
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The Perfection Of Life

The Perfection Of Life
by Hasti Gopala dasa

This quote is from the purport of Srila Prabhupada’s sixth canto part three chapter 16, text thirty nine from his commentaries on the Srimad Bhagavatam, the 1975 edition. Page 128.
We will see just how merciful Srila Prabhupada is to the whole universe and how
Lord Caitanya cares about and loves all of us miserable living beings. They have the door wide open for us. We need not even knock, just dance forward with the
holy names on our tongues. Here it is.

“The perfection of life is to be uninterested in attachment to material enjoyment and interested in Krsna. If one comes to Krsna consciousness somehow or other, even for material gain, the result is that he will be liberated. Kamad dvesad bhayat snehat. Whether for the satisfaction of material desires, because of the influence of envy, because of fear, because of affection or because of any other reason, if one comes to Krsna  his life is successful. “

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

He lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him.

YS  Hasti Gopala Dasa

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Harming others

Harming others, by Haripada dasa

People believe that true happiness is in harming others, the more harm you do to others, the happier you are, as 99’99 percent of people, parents and educational institutions think today. They have no interest in people living without harming others, people do not know how to live without harming others. Now there is bullying, a student with no reason to harass him to make life impossible, and sometimes the child is so desperate that he commits suicide, I have heard that in Spain they are introducing meditation in schools, because they have seen that children so small and they are full of anxieties. Let’s not forget that we live in the world of envy, all the activities of people are based on envy, Srila Prabhupada always said that people eat meat because they are very envious of animals, and it also says in the books that nobody can get to be a devotee of God or Krishna, without practicing nonviolence and morality.
The message of the Vedic literature is that come out of the darkness and come to light, I remember that when I distributed the first canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, I showed the parents the painting that the activities of Kali yuga, animal killing, games of chance, illicit sex and drinking alcohol and getting high, and next to that darkness comes the light of godly life. Chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama , Hare Hare (the H is read as J de jota), devotional festivals, respect maha prasada, food offered to God or Krishna, etc., and I asked the parents you that you choose that life or the other for your children, and most stayed with the book. Srila Prabhupada says that the cause of all the chaos that we are living now is the lack of devotees of God or Krishna. The hypocritical people feel that they are good people, they go to the Churches, Temples and Mosques, but we see in practice that nobody knows neither loves God, and it is all pure deception. They have no interest in knowing and loving God.
The difference between a true devotee of God or Krishna and an ordinary person is that the devotee suffers when he sees others suffer. He leads a pure life and does not engage in sinful activities. He is always making arrangements to help people get out of the dark ignorance. But  an ordinary person is happy when he sees others suffering, from getting up until he goes to bed only he is doing sinful activities. The greatest suffering for that person is when he sees the devotees of God or Krishna happy chanting Hare Krishna and dancing full of devotional love. I share this message from the 7th chapter of the Nectar of devotion that says no pain to any living entity.
This is a comment found in The Mahābhārata: “A person who does not bother or cause pain in the mind of any living entity, who treats everyone as a loving father treats his children, whose heart is very pure, certainly he will very soon be favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ” In the so-called civilized society, there is sometimes agitation against cruelty to animals, but at the same time regular slaughterhouses are always maintained. The devotee of God or Krishna is not like that. A devotee of God or Krishna will never be able to support the killing of animals, nor will he cause pain to any living entity.
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More bytes of nectar from 3rd Canto SB

Bits of Nectar from first canto part 3
 
 
SB 1.13.2 purport-…Like Vidura, an inquisitive conditioned soul must approach a bona fide spiritual master like Maitreya and by intelligent inquiries must try to know everything about karma (fruitive activities), jñāna (philosophical research for the Supreme Truth) and yoga (the linking process of spiritual realization). One who is not seriously inclined to put questions before a spiritual master need not accommodate a show-bottle spiritual master, nor should a person who may be a spiritual master for others pose to be so if he is unable to engage his disciple ultimately in the transcendental loving service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Vidura was successful in approaching such a spiritual master like Maitreya, and he got the ultimate goal of life: bhakti unto Govinda. Thus there was nothing to be known further about spiritual progress
 
SB 1.13.3-4 purport...She [Gandhari]was the most beautiful girl of her time, and she was equally qualified by her womanly qualities, which endeared every member of the Kaurava court. But despite all her good qualities, she had the natural frailties of a woman, and she was envious of Kuntī when the latter gave birth to a male child. Both the queens were pregnant, but Kuntī first gave birth to a male child. Thus Gāndhārī became angry and gave a blow to her own abdomen. As a result, she gave birth to a lump of flesh only, but since she was a devotee of Vyāsadeva, by the instruction of Vyāsadeva the lump was divided into one hundred parts, and each part gradually developed to become a male child. Thus her ambition to become the mother of one hundred sons was fulfilled, and she began to nourish all the children according to her exalted position.
 
SB 1.13.4 purport...Draupadī: The most chaste daughter of Mahārāja Drupada and partly an incarnation of goddess Śacī, the wife of Indra.
 
SB 1.13.7 purport…
King Yudhiṣṭhira was expert in reception also, even in the case of his family members. Vidura was well received by all the family members by exchange of embraces and obeisances. After that, bathing and arrangements for a sumptuous dinner were made, and then he was given sufficient rest. After finishing his rest, he was offered a comfortable place to sit, and then the King began to talk about all happenings, both family and otherwise. That is the proper way to receive a beloved friend, or even an enemy. According to Indian moral codes, even an enemy received at home should be so well received that he will not feel any fearful situation. An enemy is always afraid of his enemy, but this should not be so when he is received at home by his enemy. This means that a person, when received at home, should be treated as a relative, so what to speak of a family member like Vidura, who was a well-wisher for all the members of the family. Thus Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja began to speak in the presence of all the other members.
 
SB 1.13.9 purport...This preparatory stage is called vānaprastha-āśrama, or retired life for traveling and visiting the holy places on the surface of the earth. In the holy places of India, like Vṛndāvana, Hardwar, Jagannātha Purī, and Prayāga, there are many great devotees, and there are still free kitchen houses for persons who desire to advance spiritually. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was inquisitive to learn whether Vidura maintained himself by the mercy of the free kitchen houses (chatras).
SB 1.13.10 purport...If anyone visits a holy place, he must search out the pure devotees residing in such holy places, take lessons from them, try to apply such instructions in practical life and thus gradually prepare oneself for the ultimate salvation, going back to Godhead. To go to some holy place of pilgrimage does not mean only to take a bath in the Ganges or Yamunā or to visit the temples situated in those places. One should also find representatives of Vidura who have no desire in life save and except to serve the Personality of Godhead. The Personality of Godhead is always with such pure devotees because of their unalloyed service, which is without any tinge of fruitive action or utopian speculation. They are in the actual service of the Lord, specifically by the process of hearing and chanting. 
 
SB 1.13.13 purport..According to Nīti-śāstra (civic laws) one should not speak an unpalatable truth to cause distress to others. Distress comes upon us in its own way by the laws of nature, so one should not aggravate it by propaganda. For a compassionate soul like Vidura, especially in his dealings with the beloved Pāṇḍavas, it was almost impossible to disclose an unpalatable piece of news like the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty. Therefore he purposely refrained from it.
 
SB 1.13.17-Insurmountable, eternal time imperceptibly overcomes those who are too much attached to family affairs and are always engrossed in their thought.
Purport…Because the living being is eternal, he can be happy only in the eternal abode of the kingdom of God (paravyoma), from which no one returns to this region of repeated birth and death, disease and old age.Therefore, any comfort of life or any material happiness which does not warrant an eternal life is but illusion for the eternal living being. One who understands this factually is learned, and such a learned person can sacrifice any amount of material happiness to achieve the desired goal known as brahma-sukham, or absolute happiness. Real transcendentalists are hungry for this happiness, and as a hungry man cannot be made happy by all comforts of life minus foodstuff, so the man hungry for eternal absolute happiness cannot be satisfied by any amount of material happiness.
SB 1.13.22-You have been blind from your very birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is shortened, and your intelligence is disturbed. Your teeth are loose, your liver is defective, and you are coughing up mucus.
PURPORT-The symptoms of old age, which had already developed in Dhṛtarāṣṭra, were all one after another pointed out to him as warning that death was nearing very quickly, and still he was foolishly carefree about his future. The signs pointed out by Vidura in the body of Dhṛtarāṣṭra were signs of apakṣaya, or dwindling of the material body before the last stroke of death. The body is born, it develops, stays, creates other bodies, dwindles and then vanishes. But foolish men want to make a permanent settlement of the perishable body and think that their estate, children, society, country, etc., will give them protection. With such foolish ideas, they become overtaken by such temporary engagements and forget altogether that they must give up this temporary body and take a new one, again to arrange for another term of society, friendship and love, again to perish ultimately. They forget their permanent identity and become foolishly active for impermanent occupations, forgetting altogether their prime duty. Saints and sages like Vidura approach such foolish men to awaken them to the real situation, but they take such sādhus and saints as parasites of society, and almost all of them refuse to hear the words of such sādhus and saints, although they welcome show-bottle sādhus and so-called saints who can satisfy their senses. Vidura was not a sādhu to satisfy the ill-gotten sentiment of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. He was correctly pointing out the real situation of life, and how one can save oneself from such catastrophies.
 
SB 1.13.23 purport…A sādhu should never flatter kings or rich men to live comfortably at their cost. A sādhu is to speak to the householders about the naked truth of life so that they may come to their senses about the precarious life in material existence. Dhṛtarāṣṭra is a typical example of an attached old man in household life. He had become a pauper in the true sense, yet he wanted to live comfortably in the house of the Pāṇḍavas, of whom Bhīma especially is mentioned because personally he killed two prominent sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, namely Duryodhana and Duḥśāsana. These two sons were very much dear to him for their notorious and nefarious activities, and Bhīma is particularly pointed out because he killed these two pet sons. Why was Dhṛtarāṣṭraliving there at the house of the Pāṇḍavas? Because he wanted to continue his life comfortably, even at the risk of all humiliation.
SB 1.13.24 purport…The system of varṇāśrama religion sets aside a part of one’s life completely for the purpose of self-realization and attainment of salvation in the human form of life. That is a routine division of life, but persons like Dhṛtarāṣṭra, even at their weary ripened age, want to stay home, even in a degraded condition of accepting charity from enemies. Vidura wanted to point this out and impressed upon him that it was better to die like his sons than accept such humiliating charity. Five thousand years ago there was one Dhṛtarāṣṭra, but at the present moment there are Dhṛtarāṣṭras in every home.
 

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Fundamental Articles

  • 8 proofs that Srila Prabhupada is a pure devotee of the Lord
  • Guru Business E-book
  • Srila Prabhupada never appointed acharyas

Study Guides

  • Bhagavad Gita Study Guide 0

Srila Prabhupada Siddhanta Book

  • Srila Prabhupada Siddhanta [scan]
  • Srila Prabhupada Siddhanta [pdf]
  • SPS Delivered To Srila Prabhupada at his room at Radha-Damodara Temple
  • Srila Prabhupada Siddhanta At The San Francisco Ratha Yatra
  • Vancouver Ratha Yatra 2005 Book Distribution of Srila Prabhupada Siddhanta

Krishna Consciousness Fundamental Documents

  • Srila Prabhupada's July 9th, 1977 Letter
  • Analysis of Srila Prabhupada's July 9th Letter
  • Constitution of Association
  • Direction of Management
  • Last Will and Testament

Atma (Soul)

  • The Soul and Karma
  • The soul and consciousness
  • The majority of souls are in the spiritual world
  • How the soul goes from one body to the next

Science and Darwinism

  • "Atheists–Blind Bluffers"
  • "Death Is God"
  • Philosophy Discussion About Darwin's Theory of Evolution
  • Stop Demonism
  • No One–Not Even Darwin–Can Be Independent

Varna-Asrama

  • Dasyu dharmabhih-as predicted-govt men will be plunderers of all in this age-SP
  • First Solve the economic problem-then social, religious, political all solved-SP
  • ON BECOMING SELF INDEPENDENT-SP
  • The Transcendental Appearance of Lord Vamana Dev-Varnashram also explained
  • Positive Alternative – Join us and live the good life!
  • Photo Essay-Your Morning Oatmeal-from field to bowl
  • The Immense Value of Growing Your Own Food
  • Transcendental Field Trip
  • Srila Prabhupada Speaks on Varnashrama
  • Srila Prabhupada on the importance of milk and grains
  • Lord Jaganatha's roses and garden
  • Varna-asrama: Duties of a Brahmana

Editorials

  • Proposal for Starting a Preaching Center
  • Where are the real temples of Srila Prabhupada?Iskcon?
  • Jagat Guru
  • Srila Prabhupada on Vapuh Vs Vani
  • OUR LIVING GURU
  • Church of "Arddha Kukkuti Nyaya"
  • Reply to Rocana dasa's speculation about chanting mantras and preaching in South India
  • An Open Invitation

By Mahesh Raja

  • Formalities
  • Eighty-eight miles
  • P R A S A D A M
  • The Prediction
  • Disciplic Succession
  • Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah
  • WHEN I Order
  • Diksa Given to Madhyama-adhikari is Not a Formality
  • WHO IS SRILA PRABHUPADA'S DISCIPLE?
  • Writing From The Transcendental Platform

By Damagosha dasa

  • One MOON-is what Prabhupada wants
  • 25 very potent warnings from Srila Prabhupada
  • Srila Prabhupada and the Deprogrammers
  • Belonging to Krsna's Family
  • Sunday Morning With Srila Prabhupada
  • Real Necessity
  • The total madness of Kali-yuga
  • The Immense Value of Growing Your Own Food
  • "That was my asset- His blessing!"
  • How Changes Take Place in Prabhupada's Hare Krishna Movement
  • Please Prabhu
  • Glories of Lord Nityananda Prabhu Avadhuta
  • Hare Krishna Society Washington State
  • For Your Viewing Pleasure

By Radha Krsna dasa

  • Some Obey Him
  • RITVIK SUMMARY Elementary, My Dear Watson
  • The Greenhorn Factor

By Narasimha dasa

  • Dark Energy and the Land of Light
  • Evolution of Cartoon Science
  • The Key to Transcendental Knowledge: Shushruma Dhiranam
  • Lessons From Kishkinda: All Things Must Pass
  • Transcending the Curse of Material Existence
  • Udupi Krishna Kshetra and Traditions of Vaisnava Culture
  • Avoiding Useless Debate and Misleading Association
  • Srimad-Bhagavatam Class (Topic: Attentive Chanting)
  • Transcending the Curse of Material Existence
  • Hear, Sing and Accept Prabhupada's Approved Editions
  • Evolution of Cartoon Science
  • The Curious Story of A1 Milk
  • Guru Evolution
  • Siksa-Diksa Reply
  • A Reply to Sri Rama das
  • HKS Ashland, Oregon
  • A Rebuttal of the GBC’s False Doctrine
  • Law Books for Mankind: The Final Authority

By Yasodanandana dasa

  • RE: Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites
  • Authority of the Acarya
  • "MYTHOLOGY REVIVAL?"
  • THE LILAMRTA REVIEW
  • THE TRADITION OF DEBATE
  • Gaudiya Vaisnava Biographies Time, Place and Circumstance

By Gauridas Pandit dasa

  • ~ The Golden Avatar ~
  • "Do Not Change My Words!"
  • No Response From The GBC

By Hasti Gopala dasa

  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 1
  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 2
  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 3
  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 4
  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 5
  • Notes From The Bhagavatam 6
  • Regarding Jayadvaita's Smoke and Mirrors
  • The ISKCON BTG public disinformation campaign continues
  • Where to Get Karma Free Food
  • Access Denied?

Book Changes and Book Distribution

  • "Just by reading my books they are initiated."
  • A Glimpse Into Some of the Changes to Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
  • A Question Of Authority
  • Alternative Book Distribution- You don’t have to go to the parking lots.
  • An Appeal to Jayadvaita Swami
  • Arsha Prayoga – Resistance To Change
  • BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy
  • Book Changes and BBT Oversight
  • Changes to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
  • Detecting Srila Prabhupada's Original Books
  • Hear, Sing and Accept Prabhupada's Approved Editions
  • Hear, Sing and Accept Prabhupada's Approved Editions
  • HIDDEN CO-AUTHORS
  • More On Book Changes
  • Never before released book changes list
  • Never before released book changes list
  • Oh, it is a very great mistake.
  • POTENCY OF KRISHNA BOOK
  • Rascals are concerned with the grammar
  • Scholars Review Srila Prabhupada's Books
  • Srila Prabhupada's desire to have the revised books be returned the original way (first edition)

Vapu/Vani

  • Sad-Guru Nama-hatta or "Guru-hatta" Hati-mata?
  • Sri Guru-tattva 101: (A Brief Primer)
  • VRINDAVANE BHAJANA
  • Srila Prabhupada on the importance of His books
  • Appreciating The Disciplic Succession
  • Transcendental television, exalted position of the pure devotee, the acarya
  • What I have given…
  • The Real Narayana Maharaja
  • Be Happy In Separation
  • Guru Evolution
  • Srila Prabhupada Used The Ritvik System
  • I am always ready to come back from Goloka Vrindaban
  • Ritvik Srila Prabhupada's Way
  • Srila Prabhupada Takes Us Back To Godhead
  • Śrīla Prabhupāda on “Prabhupāda said.”
  • Keeping the acarya in the center
  • Srila Prabhupada's Authorized System of Initiations
  • Who is that rascal?
  • The Position of Imitation Spiritual Masters
  • Importance of Initiations
  • Srila Prabhupada's System for Initiations part two
  • Srila Prabhupada's System for Initiations Part One
  • How The Parampara Is Lost
  • Inciting Hatred For Ritviks
  • Qualifications of the Bona Fide Guru
  • Srila Prabhupada's Ritvik System is authorized
  • How to Behave With the Acarya
  • GBC Suppressed The Truth
  • Srila Prabhupada on Vapu and Vani
  • Chakra Torpedoes Main GBC Evidence

Festivals/Events

  • Photos from the First Palmdale, CA Ratha-Yatra
  • Seattle Harinama 2009
  • Sri Gaura Purnima Mahotsava-​Sedro Woolley,Wa​. USA 2011
  • Sri Govardhana Puja festival report-Sedro woolley Wa USA

Acaryas-Pure Devotees

  • SRILA PRABHUPADA ON SADHANA BHAKTI

Srila Prabhupada's Srimad Bhagavatam Classes Summary

  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 1
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 2 P:I
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 2 Part II
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 3
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 4 P:I
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 4 P:II
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 5 P: I
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 5 P: II
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 5 P: III
  • Srila Prabhupada's SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 5 P: IV
  • Srila Prabhupada’s SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 6 P: I
  • Srila Prabhupada’s SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 6 P: II
  • Srila Prabhupada’s SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 6 P: III
  • Srila Prabhupada’s SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 7 P: I
  • Srila Prabhupada’s SB classes-summary file–VOLUME 7 P: II

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