All glories to Srila Prabhupada’s Cane,
It came to deliver us from all the material pain, All glories to Srila Prabhupada’s Cane
Whenever we digress from our path of devotional Service,
And get lured away by Maya’s best bait,
May Srila Prabhupada’s Cane show It’s mercy,
Beat us hard to bring us back to Godhead’s lane, O Prabhupada’s Cane
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada the founder acharya for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
did not leave ISKCON a directive indicating the following. That after leaving his body those in charge of the BBT should cease publishing former editions of his books once the BBT had completed specifically revised editions. Nor did he indicate in any manner that his original pre 1978 books not be read sold or used for study by anyone. Absence of that specific directive leaves all of the original publishing programes in place, an a fortiori. Revision of an original book by Srila Prabhupada does not set legal precedent to cancel the continued publication of the original editions at any time.
Hare Krsna to all
Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Have you ever wondered about our senses, like our mind, our eyes, our ears, our nose, the sense of touch, and what we are supposed to do with them?
We all have heard that you should just chant Hare Krsna mantra, but what do we do with ourselves when we are “done” with our rounds? None of us is Hari das Thakur who can chant endlessly,and effortlessly, so we have to do things with our bodies the rest of the time.
That question and its answers has always bothered me somewhat. How does one remain with Krsna , under His Daivi prakrti, even while he or she is going about daily work? Especially if that work is not some Deity worship, or reading sastra, or doing something like Hari nama or book dist or just preaching to someone about Krsna?
For the majority of the devotees in this world, we have to work at some job to maintain ourself and families. So how do we go about this work and at the same time expect to make spiritual advancement?
These questions are answered below by our acaryas, namely Srila Prabhupada, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, Sri Narada Muni, Ambarish Maharaj and others.
Hare Krsna
Damaghosa das
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Here below, Srila Prabhupada right away smashes any conception any of us might have about
how wonderful we may be in this present body.
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According to Vedic civilization, you are actually untouchable. Now we have come to touch
you; therefore wash you must first. You are untouchable. In Indian
civilization, dog is untouchable, and that is your best friend.
THE BONA FIDE GURU IS CONNECTED TO KARUNA SAGARA-THE OCEAN OF MERCY
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Similarly, the mercy cloud, karunya, karuna,
ghanaghanatvam… So just like ordinary cloud is made possible by
evaporating water from the sea, similarly, Krsna has the sea of mercy,
karunayamaya, karuna-sagara. Krsna’s another name is Karuna-sagara. So
as the air evaporate or the heat evaporate from the sea, and the cloud
is formed in the sky, similarly, one who has connection or the power
to evaporate the mercy sea of Krsna, he can extinguish the samsara
davanala.(repeated birth and death) And that is guru. Guru is the cloud or he is the agent of
drying water from the ocean of mercy of Krsna and turn it into a mercy
cloud and pour water on the samsara davanala, and then it is
extinguished. Samsara davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya
karunya-ghanaghanatvam, praptasya kalyana.
Hare Krsna to all
Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada-the one who is guiding us thru the morass of the dregs of this kali yuga…
Damaghosa das
The first cauliflower of this season-may not seem like a big deal to those who go to
some store and buy them , but for those of us who are trying to eat only what
we grow, this IS a big deal. This particular plant (called needles cauliflower ) takes 220 days to produce the
cauliflower and basically over winters outside first in a cold frame, then around March
I put them inside the greenhouse where they can flourish.
Hare Krnsa to all
Pranams
All glories to Prabhupada
Below we give a few tidbits of the nectar contained with in this file of
SB classes given by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhudpada
Dear Prabhus,
My obeisances to all of you… the sincere followers of Maha Bhagavat Srila Prabhupada.
We are humbly sharing our activities yesterday at Stanley Park. We had some kirtan, small amount of prasadam distributed, book distribution with the flyers inserted in the book, and at the end we took prasadam.
Please continue to give us your blessing prabhus. Hare Krishna.
Please click the link below to view some of the photos:
Hare Krsna to all
Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Below is a short talk by Srila Prabhupada where he easily explains how Bhagavad gita is so often misunderstood, even by so called great scholars, or even devotees as well. He also gives the simple formula in three steps how to understand Bhagavad Gita.
Hare Krsna
Damaghosa das
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Prabhupada: Yes, actually without listening, so many big, big men,
they have committed mistake about Bhagavad-gita. Even Gandhi, he says
that “I do not believe that there was a person, Krsna, ever living.” Continue reading
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Nobody is free.Everyone is under the grip of material laws. Even if I think, “I am
free,” that is my foolishness. I will be forced to act. Even if I do
not want to become old man, I will be forced to become old man. And if
I, after this giving up this body, if I… Suppose nature is offering
me a dog’s body. If I say “No, no, I will not accept this,” no, you
will be forced to accept it. That is nature’s law. But you can save
yourself if you follow conscientiously. That is Krsna consciousness.
If you keep yourself in Krsna consciousness and act accordingly, then
you will be saved. Otherwise there is no saving. Continue reading
Obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Below is part one of two files which are summaries of Vol # 8 Srimad Bhagavatam classes given by His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. You will find a lot of nectar contained within and some of it is briefly given below:
1. Economic development is given by God to His bhaktas, just like milk automatically appears in a young mother’s breast. No separate endeavor required.
2. Your destiny cannot be changed one inch-unless you take to KC
3. Grhastha/mahatma test is how much one id detached from family business and instead how much I want to please Krsna.
4. There are mahatmas even amongst the birds and beasts Continue reading
