SB 3.28.33—With devotion steeped in love and affection, the yogī should meditate within the core of his heart upon the laughter of Lord Viṣṇu. The laughter of Viṣṇu is so captivating that it can be easily meditated upon. When the Supreme Lord is laughing, one can see His small teeth, which resemble jasmine buds rendered […]
For those of you who dont know the history very well-this is but one interesting bit of it regarding how illusion or Maya comes into iskcon (or our own lives) and contaminates the devotees with deception. Long story short-Gaura Govinda swami (GGS) was a GBC supporter, and told the “story” that Prabhupada personally whispered in […]
Hare Krsna Below-5 short statements– 1. Unless one is humble, he or she cannot accept and follow a spiritual master 2. The value of accepting a Spiritual Master- cannot be calculated 3. If one does not find a bona-fide Spiritual Master then either Krsna is not pleased or you are not serious 4. Once one […]
Hare Krsna Below Srila Prabhupada mentions three things- 1.) Foolish work(Ugra Karma) makes one toil too hard-and without that-we still can daily eat only a few chapatis 2.) We work so hard (for that big/expensive house) but we all need is only 6 feet to lay down in at night. 3.) The tendency NOT to […]
“Just read from my books and try and explain the meaning in your own words.” (Srila Prabhupada letter, 73-01-26) “You must all study all of the books so that when the need arises you can repeat in your own words their purport.” (Srila Prabhupada letter, 72-01-06) “The process is that you […]
The following was spoken by Suta Goswami and taken from the Book Ekadasi compiled by Krsna Balaram Swami. (please forgive any typos) Benefits of observing Ekadasi: Arjuna the son of Prtha asked the Lord O Janardana what are the pious benefits of complete fasting, eating only supper, or eating but once at midday […]
Cows & Sattva Guna by Kurma Rupa dasa Cows Influence us to be Good Bhagavad-gita explains that material nature is composed of three modes ― goodness, passion and ignorance ― and that when the living entities, who are spiritual, come in contact with nature they become conditioned by these modes. Of these three, the mode […]
HARE KRSNA- EVERY MORNING THESE DAYS, DURING AND AFTER MONGOL AROTIK, THE DAIRY COWS ACROSS THE ROAD COME AND HEAR ME SING, RING THE BELLS,AND THEN I OFFER AROTIK TO THEM ALL. SOMETIMES THEY ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FENCE LOOKING THIS WAY, WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE. SOMETIMES I FEED THEM PURIS […]
For the third year in a row, we chanted down the main streets of our rural town which was seen by thousands of people. This time was quite different than the past years, in that Maya presented herself… Below are two youtube videos of our third year at the loggerodeo 4th july parade in Sedro […]
this was shot about a month ago. corn and beans this shot today July 2 2015-corn is about 4-5 feet high, beans getting to 5 feet now. There are over 300 corn plants here more than enough for fresh corn on the cob daily for two months and the rest we will dry for flour […]
