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Below is a few statements by Prabhupada where he is trying to get us all to wake up and understand that “simple living high thinking” is not just some catchy slogan he invented. No.

Prabhupada wanted us to use our intelligence to figure out (obviously by hearing from him) the best way to live in this world AND by doing that, how our spiritual life becomes much easier. He made a statement once, to paraphrase…” your material life increase when one gives up the desire to go back to Godhead in this lifetime, by simply making arrangements to be comfortable here.”

Below we have some of his words of wisdom to this effect.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

SB 8.19.21 P The aim of the varnasrama divisions–brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya,
sudra, brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa–is to train
one to control the senses and be content with the bare necessities.
Here Lord Vamanadeva, as an ideal brahmacari, refuses Bali Maharaja’s
offer to give Him anything He might want. He says that without
contentment one could not be happy even if he possessed the property
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Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below in a few paragraphs, Srila Prabhupada nicely explains why devotees

who are sincere and serious must take to both deity worship and

Krsna Kirtan. Otherwise , without deity worship he says, the polluted

body and mind of the devotee cannot be purified.

Damaghosa das

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710213SB.GOR Lectures
Our, this temple worship, Deity worship, we are
following the principles of Deity worship because our acaryas
established temple, but main principle is chanting. Therefore,
whatever we are doing, we offering prasadam to the Lord, we are having
mangalarati, the main principle is chanting Hare Krsna mantra.

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Hare Krsna to all

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This year we celebrated the appearance day of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu at the Sila Puri Ashram

of Kanhaiya das . We offered arotik to the Deities, did Abhisek, held a class on the Teachings

of Lord Caitanya and Caitanya Bhagavat, and then everyone honored a massive Krsna Prasadam feast. And of course lots of Krsna Kirtan went on throughout as well.

There were around 100 different items offered today for the Lords pleasure.

Here are some photos of the event.

Many thanks to the entire family of Kanhaiya, Noble, Alisha Riya and Partha for helping to cook

and decorate the temple.For a busy family, this was a lot of work. It was very nicely done and everyone felt very blissful.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu !!

Damaghosa das

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Obeisances

All glories to Sri Guru And Sri Gauranga

Srila Prabhupada once said—-

SSR 5 Practicing Yoga in the Modern Age
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the
incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is
very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates.
Lord Caitanya is in the middle, accompanied by His principal
associates–Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivasa. One simply
has to keep this picture. One can keep it anywhere. It is not that one
has to come to us to see this picture. Anyone can have this picture in
his home, chant this Hare Krsna mantra, and thus worship Lord
Caitanya. That is the simple method. But who will capture this simple
method? Those who have good brains. Without much bother, if one simply
keeps a picture of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at home and chants Hare
Krsna, then one will realize God. Anyone can adopt this simple method.
There is no expenditure, there is no tax, nor is there any need to
build a very big church or temple. Anyone, anywhere, can sit down on
the road or beneath a tree and chant the Hare Krsna mantra and worship
God. Therefore it is a great opportunity.

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750521rc.mel Conversations
Prabhupada: Now, just like we are proposing here. I am not
proposing–Krsna says–that one must be peaceful. So how to become
peaceful? If his mind is always disturbed, how he can become peaceful?
Director: You’re quite right.
Prabhupada: So that is the secret of success. You want to make the
people peaceful, but you do not know how to make him peaceful. So
therefore you have to adopt this…
Director: Yes, a competitive society.
Prabhupada: We say that you chant Hare Krsna, eat here sumptuously,
live here comfortably, and you become peaceful. It is guaranteed. If
anyone, even a madman, agrees to these three principles, that let him
chant Hare Krsna mantra, take whatever nice foodstuff we prepare,
take, and live peacefully, he will be peaceful. Continue reading →

760307SB.MAY Lectures
Even the devotee or the servant of Krsna says something,
even it is wrong, Krsna upholds this. Kaunteya pratijanihi na me
bhaktah pranasyati. So even it is wrongly done, still, Krsna fulfills
because He thinks that “My servant has promised; it must be
fulfilled.” Therefore Prahlada Maharaja, in the previous verse he has
said, tava bhrtya-parsva. So to serve the servant of Krsna is better
than to serve directly Krsna, because if the servant of Krsna promises
something, if the servant of Krsna says, “I’ll take you to Krsnaloka,”
you must go there. ……

SB 4.21.31 P Lord Sri Krsna also says in Bhagavad-gita that simply by surrendering unto Him one is immediatelyrelieved of all sinful reactions. As Krsna takes away all the sinful

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

For those who want a very simple formula for how to approach and live ones life, here it is-2 things only…

The Srimad Bhagavatam, which is considered the ripened fruit of all Vedic literature states quite clearly..

SB 1.2.10 Life’s desires should never be directed toward sense gratification.
One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a
human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing
else should be the goal of one’s works.

►69-03-06.Ray Letter: Rayarama
Keep your health in good condition and work very hard for Krishna.

That is our motto of life.

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Bhagavan Sri Krsna

It is spring time outside now and everything is bursting out of mother earth. Krsna tells

us in His Bhagavad Gita that among seasons, He is flower bearing spring-and the pictures below

help us to appreciate that fact.

below is system cleansing springtime Rhubarb-This one plant purifies our bodies and flushes

out undesirable things acquired during winter time.

SB 7.7.22 P Within the earth are the fragrance of roses, the
taste of sweet fruit, and whatever else we want. As stated in
▼Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.10.4), sarva-kama-dugha mahi: the earth (mahi)
contains all our requirements. Thus the objects of sense perception
are all present in bhumi, or the earth. The gross material elements
and subtle material elements (mind, intelligence and ahankara, false
ego) constitute the total material energy.

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Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Up to now I have mostly been sending out the carrot-today is stick time

CHANT HARE KRSNA AND BE HAPPY !!

Damaghosa das

Sage Markandeya’s Predictions for Kali Yuga

The following translation of Mahabharata (Book 3, Vana Parva, Markandeya Samasya) is taken from the century old unabridged version by Kisari Mohan Ganguli. We have updated the English. –Ed.

King Yudhisthira said, “O foremost of all speakers, O Muni of Bhrigu’s race, that which we have heard from you about the destruction and re-birth of all things at the end of the yuga is wondrous indeed! I am filled with curiosity, however, in respect to what may happen in the Age of Kali. When morality and virtue will come to an end, what will remain? What will be the prowess of men in that age? What will they eat, and what will be their amusements? What will be the period of life at the end of the yuga? What also is the limit, having attained which the Krita Age will begin anew? Tell me all in detail, O Muni, for all that you are narrating is varied and delightful.”

Thus addressed, that foremost of munis Markandeya began his discourse again, delighting that tiger of the Vrishni race and the other sons of Pandu as well, saying, “Listen, O monarch, to all that has been seen and heard by me, and to all, O king of kings, that has been known to me by intuition from the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. O bull of the Bharata race, listen to me as I narrate the future history of the world during the sinful age.

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