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Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

To pursue material life means that one has given up the desire to go back to Godhead, by trying to make

for himself, thru plan making, a comfortable situation within this universe.

That said, here are a few things given by Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupada about how one should go about “living” within the three modes of material nature.

Damaghosa das

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SB 8.19.21 P The aim of the varnasrama divisions—-is to train
one to control the senses and be content with the bare necessities.
Here Lord Vamanadeva, says that without
contentment one could not be happy even if he possessed the property
of the entire world or the entire universe…. In modern civilization there is no
such education; everyone tries to possess more and more, and everyone
is dissatisfied and unhappy. The Krsna consciousness movement is
therefore establishing various farms, especially in America, to show
how to be happy and content with minimum necessities of life and to
save time for self-realization, which one can very easily achieve by
chanting the maha-mantra–Hare Krsna.. Continue reading →

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below are a few points about the basics of Krsna Consciousness.This means

we are originally servants, and to regain this mentality one must chant

Hare Krsna mantra. The problem arises when we add our “own” twist

to the tune….

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67-10-14.Bra Letter: Brahmananda
“Swami Kirtanananda has returned to the United States and is
causing quite a stir among the devotees. Following his suggestions, we
have stopped wearing robes and have cut off our flags. He said these
appurtanences are too strange-looking to outsiders and only make it
more difficult for them to consider chanting Hare Krishna. Swami
Kirtanananda has said we must avoid appearing to be Orientalists if we
are to have 108 centers in the US.” Continue reading →

Kuresh, the famous, intimate disciple of Srila
Ramanujacharya once asked his guru the meaning
of the well-known Bhagavad-gītā verse 18.66:
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvā sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender
unto me. I will deliver you from all sinful reactions.
Do not fear.”
Yudhisthir hears from Bhishmadev
Ramanuja replied to him, “A person who gives up
all independent desires and serves his guru absolutely
for an entire year can fully understand the meaning
of this verse, and no one else.” Continue reading →

KB 15 Killing of Dhenukasura
Krsna then spoke to His elder brother Balarama as follows: “My dear
brother, You are superior to all of us, and Your lotus feet are
worshiped by the demigods. Just see how these trees, full with fruits,
have bent down to worship Your lotus feet. It appears that they are
trying to get out of the darkness of being obliged to accept the form
of trees. Actually, the trees born in the land of Vrndavana are not
ordinary living entities. Having held the impersonal point of view in
their past lives, they are now put into this stationary condition of
life, but now they have the opportunity of seeing You in Vrndavana,
and they are praying for further advancement in spiritual life through
Your personal association. Generally the trees are living entities in
the mode of darkness. The impersonalist philosophers are in that
darkness, but they eradicate it by taking full advantage of Your
presence. Continue reading →

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below we have put three different things together.

1 Prabhupada explaining how spiritual life is easily done. Take the dust from a pure devotees lotus feet and then–all our anarthas will be finished !

2. Krsna is in everyones heart- and especially for the devotee we should not give Him trouble there

in the form of so many requests for Him to fulfill for our neediness. Instead we should accept Krsnas

plan, that will make both Krsna and us , happy.

3.Dont be allured by the machine civilization thinking that “I can make so much money in the city,

and that will make me happy” No. Get out of this soul killing civilization, grow your own food, save time

and chant Hare Krsna. This is Krsna’s and Srila Prabhupadas plan.

Bas……. Continue reading →

Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s birth

nārāyaṇī–caitanyera ucchiṣṭa-bhājana

tāṅra garbhe janmilā śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana

SYNONYMS

nārāyaṇī—of the name Nārāyaṇī; caitanyera—of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ucchiṣṭa-bhājana—eater of the remnants of food; tāṅra—of her; garbhe—in the womb; janmilā—took birth; śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana—Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura.

TRANSLATION

Nārāyaṇī eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born of her womb.

PURPORT

In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, a book written by Kavi-karṇapūra that describes all the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and who they previously were, there is the following statement regarding Nārāyaṇī:

ambikāyāḥ svasā yāsīn
nāmnā śrīla-kilimbikā
kṛṣṇocchiṣṭaṁ prabhuñjānā
seyaṁ nārāyaṇī matā

When Lord Kṛṣṇa was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambikā, who had a younger sister named Kilimbikā. During the time of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation, the same Kilimbikā used to eat the remnants of food left by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That Kilimbikā was Nārāyaṇī, who was a niece of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s. Later on, when she grew up and married, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born from her womb. A devotee of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is celebrated in terms of devotional service rendered to the Lord; thus we know Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura as the son of Nārāyaṇī. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura notes in this connection that there is no reference to his paternal ancestry because there is no need to understand it. Continue reading →

by George Smith

Is Rocana dasa another zonal acarya wannabe?

I rarely read anything that Rocana dasa writes anymore. Now and then I check the waters so to speak, to see if he is continuing to spiral downwards or hopefully checked his downward momentum by divesting himself of his offensive attitude and thirst for glory. As ever pilot knows however, its hard to come out of a tail spin as Rocanas latest painful cry posted on the Sampraday Sun on April 10^th,Deconstructing the Lilamrta – Part 55

BY: ROCANA DASA in which he tells us that all of the devotees who think that Srila Prabhupada is still alive are fools brings our attention to his statement:

Those devotees who like to adamantly state that Srila Prabhupada is ‘still alive’, and ISKCON should just go along as if that were the assumption, are fools. This is just one of innumerable circumstances where Srila Prabhupada stepped in and saved not only the money, but the movement. It was his ability to function in the real world and his perception about who was a devotee and who was basically a demon that saved the day, and was a great contributing factor in the amazing expansion of Krsna consciousness during that period, when Srila Prabhupada was directly overseeing of the movement. Of course, he is still with us in his vani legacy, but there is no replacing his actual physical presence with us to guide and solve problems, hands-on Continue reading →

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 →