Hare Krishna Society

Monday, April 14, 2014 (Los Angeles time)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 (Mayapur time)

Sri Balarama rasayatra

Books : KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead – 1970 Edition : Volume 1 : KB 1-21 / The Gopis Attracted by the Flute :

Kṛṣṇa was very pleased with the atmosphere of the forest where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed very jubilantly. While the birds, trees and branches were all looking very happy, Kṛṣṇa, tending the cows, accompanied by Śrī Balarāma and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. After hearing the vibration of the flute of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs in Vṛndāvana remembered Him and began to talk amongst themselves about how nicely Kṛṣṇa was playing His flute. When the gopīs were describing the sweet vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, they also remembered their pastimes with Him; thus their minds became disturbed, and they were unable to describe completely the beautiful vibrations. While discussing the transcendental vibration, they remembered also how Kṛṣṇa dressed, decorated with a peacock feather on His head, just like a dancing actor, and with blue flowers pushed over His ear. His garment glowed yellow-gold, and He was garlanded with a vaijayantī necklace. Dressed in such an attractive way, Kṛṣṇa filled up the holes of His flute with the nectar emanating from His lips. So they remembered Him, entering the forest of Vṛndāvana, which is always glorified by the footprints of Kṛṣṇa and His companions. Continue reading →

760210SB.MAY Lectures 232164/530501 Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mattah parataram nanyat. Nobody is greater in every respect. Not that “Krsna is shorter at least in this respect.” He is shorter in one respect, that He could not repay back the obligation He received from the gopis. He was only shorter to the gopis. That is His grace. He said that “I cannot repay you. It is impossible. Please be satisfied with your own service.” That is the gopis. So He was shorter always, especially before Radharani. He felt Himself shorter. Otherwise He is the Supreme. He is always the Supreme. Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya. So if you want to conquer over this unconquerable Krsna, then, according to the prayer of Brahma and appreciated by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, that sthane sthitah sruti-gatam tanu-van-manobhih: “You remain in your place, it doesn’t matter, but you become very humble. Don’t be puffed up.” Jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva. You should not think yourself that you are very advanced, “By my speculative knowledge I can understand God.” That is mistake. That is not possible. You have to give up first of all this attempt, that “I am very learned,” “I am very rich,”or “I am very this and that. Therefore for me to understandGod, it is nothing.” They think like that. Janmaisvarya-sruta-sribhih. Continue reading →

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Friday, April 4, 2014 Appearance day of Sripada Ramanuja acarya (Mayapur time)

Srila Prabhupada explains how Ramanuja acarya refutes the mayavadis

Murti of Sri Ramanuja in Sri Perumbudur

vāsudeva-saṅkarṣaṇa-pradyumnāniruddha

‘dvitīya catur-vyūha’ ei–turīya, viśuddha

SYNONYMS

vāsudeva—the expansion named Vāsudeva; saṅkarṣaṇa—the expansion named Saṅkarṣaṇa; pradyumna—the expansion named Pradyumna; aniruddha—the expansion named Aniruddha; dvitīya catuḥ–vyūha—the second quadruple expansion; ei—this; turīya—transcendental; viśuddha—free from all material contamination.

TRANSLATION

Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha constitute this second quadruple. They are purely transcendental.

PURPORT

Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has misleadingly explained the quadruple form (catur–vyūha) in his interpretation of the forty-second aphorism of Chapter Two of the second khaṇḍa of the Vedānta–sūtra (utpatty-asambhavāt). In verses 41 through 47 of this chapter of Śrī Caitanya–caritāmṛta, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī answers Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya’s misleading objections to the personal feature of the Absolute Truth.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is not like a material object that can be known by experimental knowledge or sense perception. In the Nārada-pañcarātra this fact has been explained by Nārāyaṇa Himself to Lord Śiva. But Śaṅkarācārya, the incarnation of Śiva, under the order of Nārāyaṇa, his master, had to mislead the monists, who favor ultimate extinction. In the conditioned stage of existence, all living entities have four basic defects, of which one is the cheating propensity. Śaṅkarācārya has carried this cheating propensity to the extreme to mislead the monists.

Actually, the quadruple forms explained in the Vedic literature cannot be understood by the speculation of a conditioned soul. The quadruple forms should therefore be accepted just as They are described. The authority of the Vedas is such that even if one does not understand something by his limited perception, he should accept the Vedic injunction and not create interpretations to suit his imperfect understanding. In his Śārīraka-bhāṣya, however, Śaṅkarācārya has increased the misunderstanding of the monists. Continue reading →

April 1, 2013. Adventures in New Jaipur, Prabhupadanuga Farm in Fiji

NEWS

Srila Prabhupada’s New Jaipur Vedic village project continues to progress a little each day. “Even drops of water will wear away stone.” (Chinese proverb) The 37 foot concrete bridge across our little river is complete- beyond it lies a large part of the farm where we hope to have flooded rice fields and a large garden area. The farm roads on the river’s east side are shaping up nicely with graveling and several culverts, and when dry weather allows, we will dress them and make final touchups. Another 18 foot concrete bridge has also been completed to replace the narrow wood timbers that made everyone nervous upon crossing. Gravel extracted from the river has been piled up on top and along the banks, available when needed for roads and construction.

The concrete block walls are done on the first two out of six cottages and the roof construction is ready to begin. It has been just about a year now since we first began clearing the cottage hillside, and finally we are getting an impression of what they will look like. They will be simple cottages, strong and open to breezes and views. They are available to qualified, approved applicants interested to participate in the New Jaipur Vedic village project, another humble contribution to the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and the previous acharyas. There is no price tag attached, but contributions according to one’s means will be accepted in furtherance of the farm and temple programs. We always tell locals that we are developing a non-commercial spiritual resort and retreat. Continue reading →

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Well here we are again–finding out yet another great reason to start growing your own food–It makes you feel better and you become smarter !! And here is the clinical evidence to prove it.

Below is an excerpt from this article about how beneficial it is to get out there in the DIRT and ingest the bacterium floating around.

And some recent research has added another missing piece to the puzzle: It’s in the dirt. Or to be a little more specific, a strain of bacterium in soil, Mycobacterium vaccae, has been found to trigger the release of seratonin, which in turn elevates mood and decreases anxiety. And on top of that, this little bacterium has been found to improve cognitive function and possibly even treat cancer and other diseases. Which means that contact with soil, through gardening or other means , is beneficial. How did this discovery come about?

https://www.healinglandscapes.org/blog/2011/01/its-in-the-dirt-bacteria-in-soil-makes-us-happier-smarter/ Continue reading →

760624SB.NV Lectures 231602/530501
So grhesu saktasya. Generally, people become too much attached
to family life. I sometimes say that in the Western countries the
young boys, they come to Krsna consciousness, their only one great
asset is they are not family-wise attached. That is very good
qualification. Someway or other, they have become. Therefore their
attachment to Krsna becoming staunch. In India they have got organized
family attachment. They are not interested. They are after money now.
That I have experienced. Yes.

So family attachment is the greatest impediment in the matter of
advancing in Krsna consciousness, but if the whole family is Krsna
conscious, that is very nice. Just like Bhaktivinoda Thakura. He was a
family man, but all of the, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, his wife, his
children–and the best children is our Guru Maharaja, best child… So
he has sung by his experience, ye dina grhe bhajana dekhi grhete
goloka bhaya. If family-wise, everyone is engaged in Krsna’s service,
that is very nice. That is not ordinary family. That attachment is not
ordinary attachment. But generally people are attached materially.
That is condemned here. ….

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

AND

to all those who favorably serve him !!

Below are two letters

1. this is a letter I just received from Jitarati who just sold out of the entire 100,000 of his

newly published pocked Bhagavad Gitas

2 The second article if from Madhudvisa and how he shows all the massive changes

that Jayadvaita has done to Prabhupadas original Macmillan Bhagavad gita.

Conclusion–Despite what the so called leaders in iskcon do or say, the general

mass of devotees WANT, without a doubt Prabhupadas original books !!!! And their

Money does their talking !!

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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Hare Krishna Damaghosa Prabhu,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Well they have banned it, even though all the ISKCON distributors want it.
It is one of the best selling books ever and has created a whole new army of distributors big and small outside of ISKCON.
KBI and BBT have asked me to stand down. Let’s see what I do. Continue reading →

Hare Krsna-Below are 4 quotes where Srila Prabhupada tells us how the pure devotee goes about

his business in the material word depending upon the Lord in the heart and no one else.

Damaghosa das

1.) 760620SB.TOR Lectures The human life is meant for visnu-aradhanam. That is therefore the varnasrama: brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. The aim is visnu-aradhanam. Visnu-aradhanam param. We are flattering so many people to get some benefit. Everyone has to flatter. Businessman has to flatter his customer; a servant has to flatter his master; and so on, so on, some friend, some minister to get some favor. But Lord Siva says, “So why don’t you flatter Visnu? Visnu-aradhanam param.” Tadiyanam aradhanam. This is the sastric injunction.

2.) 760322SB.MAY Lectures
We can ask favor from anyone, but we must know that nobody can favor us unless it is sanctioned by the Supreme Person. We must always know. Not that because one is very, in
a superior position, he can favor me. No, he cannot favor you unless it is sanctioned by the Supreme. Suppose we approach sometimes a rich man to favor us with some contribution, membership fees. But that rich man cannot favor us unless it is sanctioned by Krsna. Krsna is there within himself,(as supersoul) and if He says that “You give him this money,” the man will give us. So we shall not be sorry. Suppose we go somewhere and he did not favor us. We should not be sorry. We should know that Krsna did not dictate him. He is not so fortunate now; therefore Krsna did not dictate him. So there is nothing to be sorry. This should be our principle. Because without Krsna’s sanction…

3.)69-03-20.Ray Letter: Rayarama
…depending on Krishna, because after all, He is the ultimate Master of all situations. It is not the doctor, or the medicine, or the place, but it is ultimately Krishna Who is the Master to do every thing. With this viewpoint we shall go forward.

4.) 761102rc.vrn Conversations
Prabhupada: No, we don’t care for Indians and Europeans. We care for Krsna, that’s all. I didn’t care for anyone. I simply care for Krsna, that’s all. And my Guru Maharaja, that’s all. I went to your country, not supported by Indians and Europeans. I went on the order of my Guru Maharaja and under the shelter of Krsna’s protection, that’s all. . We want two favours. One from guru, one from Krsna. That’s all. We don’t want anyone’s favour.

Length of class(time)

751217mw.bom Conversations

Dr. Patel: Yes. It is very difficult to put question to you.

(Prabhupada laughs) You mow the opposition down very badly. (laughter)

Prabhupada: It is all Krsna’s…

Dr. Patel: I am a shameless man to give questions… (laughs)

Prabhupada: How long did I speak?

Harikesa: Hm, about forty-five minutes.

Prabhupada: That is my standard. (Hindi exchange)

In another place Srila Prabhupada mentions that SB and BG classes should be

around 30-45 minutes because devotees and people in general just

can’t concentrate.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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Sri Balarama Rasa Yatra April 15, 2014 (Mayapur time)‏

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Sripad Ramanujacarya avirbhava tithi (appearance day) 04.04.2014‏

VEDIC VILLAGE REVIEW #33

playing/working in dirt, makes you smarter !!‏

material attachment stops Krsna Seva

The dogs will bark but the Original BG- will march on !!‏

Vaisnavas– only flatter Lord Visnu‏

Prabhupadas standard for class time‏