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Here are the latest updates for   "Planet ISKCON" - 64 new articles ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Gaura Purnima Harinama H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Friday 18 March 2011--We Do Not Exist Alone--and--If I Don't Become Self-Realized? ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Bhanu Swami ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Sharana-prada: He bestows ultimate shelter to His devotees. Gauranga is coming! {Part 7 of 11} Sutapa das, BV Manor, UK: In times of need... ISKCON News.com: World Food Supply Threatened by Japan Nuclear Radiation H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 252–Poem for March 17 Krishna-kripa das, Mayapura: Travel Journal#7.4: Tucson Sri Nandanandana dasa: Prophet Mohammed: Is He Really Predicted in the Vedas Sri Nandanandana dasa: El Profeta Mahoma: Se encuentra alguna Predicción en los Vedas H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): OLD FRIENDS Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: whatever Chaitanya Mahaprabhu desires will certainly be done David Haslam, UK: No room at the inn (so am I unwanted?) Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Money matters and management SB 7.13.32 ISKCON News.com: Japan Relief - Calling Volunteers ISKCON News.com: Vegetarians Barred From Adopting ISKCON News.com: 6 Other Calamities Blamed On Divine Retribution ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Sponsor an Arati During Gaura Purnima this Weekend! ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Hare Krishna in South Africa - A Little Documentary! Japa Group: Japa Retreat - Level 3 Q & A Dandavats.com: About 50 Nepalese hit by tsunami have taken shelter at ISKCON temple in Tokyo Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Fukushima 50 New Vrndavan, USA: Srila Prabhupada’s Vision For NV (in his own words) ISKCON News.com: President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’ Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Want to help in Japan? Well let's do it in a Krishna Conscious way... Mayapur Online: Ganga puja Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: In the News: About 50 Nepalese hit by tsunami have taken shelter at ISKCON temple in Tokyo Mayapur Online: Caitanya Lila Seminar by HH Jayapataka Swami H.H. Sivarama Swami: Varsana dd asks Dandavats.com: Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! HH Bhakti Marg Swami Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: In the News: Gainesville Meditation Guide: at the Hare Krishna House Dandavats.com: Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! HG Rajendranandana Prabhu Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: The last BD seminar in Mayapur H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Monday, March 14th, 2011 H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Sunday, March 13th, 2011 Book Distribution News: The last BD seminar in Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: A gift from Vancouver Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Gouranga TV: Leprechaun Song (You Are Soul) Japa Group: Krsna Is Present In His Name Dandavats.com: Japan Relief - Calling Volunteers Dandavats.com: ISKCON Organizes “ENVIRO 2011” Conference Dandavats.com: President of India inaugurates AISSQ 2011 organised by BhaktiVedanta Institute and Delhi Technological University Dandavats.com: Employment Opportunity With Krishna Culture Dandavats.com: The Bhaktivedanta College Foundational Course: A Three-Week Dive Into Bhakti-yoga Dandavats.com: ‘Self’ Emergency CHAD Plan! Dandavats.com: Iskcon Japan–Safe, Krishna’s Mercy For His Devotees Dandavats.com: Travel in Japan More Recent Articles Search Planet ISKCON Prior Mailing Archive ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Gaura Purnima Harinama This is your personal invitation from Gaurangadeva, on the occasion of His appearance day, to join His Sankirtan PARTY which promises to be grand. Lord Caitanya and His equally blissful associates unremorsefully broke the lock of the storehouse where Love of God had been secretly secured for innumerable years. They avidly drank the 'krsna-prema' elixir to Their full satisfaction after which They indiscriminatingly distributed it freely to the thus-made-very-fortunate residents of Kali Yuga. At Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir we are eager to try and perpetuate Their practice; are you? If yes, meet us this coming Sunday and we will induct you into that most glorious mission.   • Email to a friend • • H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Friday 18 March 2011--We Do Not Exist Alone--and--If I Don't Become Self-Realized? A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course(tm) Friday 18 March 2011 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger image.) Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world. Dedicated with love to ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and to you, our dear readers. Today's Thought: We Do Not Exist Alone Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA It's all too easy to be caught up in selfishness, thinking only about our own happiness and neglecting the happiness of others. But since we do not exist alone, such selfishness has never made anyone happy. Our existence depends on Krishna. Therefore any attempts to be happy separately from Krishna will always prove in the end to be a failure. We can only be truly happy when we reconnect ourselves with Krishna and share His mercy with everyone. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Answers According to the Vedic Version: Question: If I Don't Become Self-Realized? Your Thought of the Day is a great help to me. What happens if I do not become fully self-realized in this lifetime? I try to meditate but then after several days it is becomes hard to meditate My mind deviates from meditation. In the beginning I am able meditate for a week without a problem but after that I am not able to concentrate, and I am fall back into illusion. Please help me. How can I keep this fresh and look forward to meditating everyday? K.B. Answer: Follow This and Attain Supreme Perfection. If you want to be steady in meditation and become fully self-realized in this lifetime, you must sincerely and seriously take to the path of Krishna bhakti. In other words, you need to awaken the pure love for Lord Krishna that is sleeping within your heart. When you love someone, you will naturally effortlessly meditate on that person 24 hours a day no matter what you are doing. Simply to mechanically fix your mind on something becomes quickly dry and hackneyed and will be soon be given up. So, don't worry. You can easily become self-realized in this life. All you have to do is awaken your love for Krishna by carefully following the instructions given by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Transcendental Resources: Receive the Special Blessings of Krishna Now you too can render the greatest service to the suffering humanity and attract the all-auspicious blessings of Lord Sri Krishna upon yourself and your family by assisting our mission. Lectures and Kirtans in Audio and Video: Link to High Definition Videos Link to Over 1,000 Lecture Audios Lecture-Travel Schedule for 2011 http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/schedule Have Questions or Need Further Guidance? Check out the resources at: http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com or write Sankarshan Das Adhikari at: sda@backtohome.com Get your copy today of the world's greatest self-realization guide book, Bhagavad-gita As It Is available at: http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/store Know someone who could benefit from this? Forward it to them. 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The best use of bad bargain is to come to the mode of goodness (tatra sattvam nirmalatvat prakasakam anamayam...)   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana Sri Radha Ballabha is all smiles today. It must be from relishing Sri Radha's ever-increasing beauty by His side. Bhismadeva rightly describes Lord Krishna in the first canto of the Bhagavatam as such: "...prasanna-hasaruna-locanollasan-mukhambujo..." - He whose beautifully decorated lotus face, with eyes as red as the rising sun, is smiling... Here's the darsana of that All-Attractive Lord who steals the hearts of the Maha-bhagavatas... ...so why not let Him conquer ours too!   • Email to a friend • •   Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Sharana-prada: He bestows ultimate shelter to His devotees. Gauranga is coming! {Part 7 of 11} Here is verse 13 & 14 from the Sri Gauranga Ashtottara Shata Nama Stotram composed by Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. Here are 12 more of the 108 different names of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu describing His benevolent qualities along with another 12 different nectarean pictures. Gauranga! Gauranga!  We are getting close! Only 2 more days until Gaura Purnima and that means only 22 Names to go. Gauranga is coming! Gauranga is coming!    In today's second verse (the 14th verse of the stotram) Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is described as Sharana-prada, He bestows ultimate SHELTER to His devotees. What else can we ask for? SHELTER from the Golden Avatar, the Lord Himself. O' Mahaprabhu we hanker for your SHELTER. We are worthless but please, please, please be merciful onto us and consider us your devotees since we are begging for Your shelter. Gauranga bol! Gauranga bol! Gauranga! Gauranga! 13) chaitanya krishna-chaitanya danda-dhrig nyasta-dandakaha avadhuta-priyo nityananda-shad-bhuja-darshakaha Chaitanya--He is the living force of all creation Krishna-Chaitanya--He is the all-attractive living force Danda-dhrik--He carries the staff of the renounced order Nyasta-dandaka--He abandons the staff of the renounced order Avadhuta-priya--He is dear to the divine madman (Srila Nityananda Prabhu) Jai Nitai!!!! Nityananda-sad-bhuja-darshaka--He shows His six-armed form to Nityananda 14) mukunda-siddhi-do dino vasudevamrita-pradaha gadadhara-prana-natha arti-ha sharana-pradaha Mukunda-siddhi-da--He gives perfection to His devotee Mukunda Dina--He behaves with meek and humble mannerisms Vasudevamrita-prada--He gives nectar to this devotee Vasudeva Gadadhara-prana-natha--He is the Lord of the life of Gadadhara Pandita Arti-ha--He removes the distress of His devotees Sharana-prada--He bestows ultimate shelter to His devotees   • Email to a friend • •   Sutapa das, BV Manor, UK: In times of need... The devastating tsunami in Japan is yet another reminder of the unpredictable might of Mother Nature. Immediate estimates report nearly 2000 deaths and 300,000 homeless. Thousands of troops are also being mobilized in the area to minimize further chaos. We all react differently to such stories of suffering. Some try to shut it out and avoid thinking about it too much – out of sight, out of mind. Some will see it, but remain unmoved. After years of devastating news headlines, they become desensitized to such disasters. Some may watch the scenes and begin counting their lucky stars. Their personal issues are put into perspective and such news helps them develop the attitude of gratitude. Some will see the acute suffering of others and compare that to their own comfortable and cozy life. The subsequent feelings of guilt and shame impel them to offer help in some way, shape or form. Vedic scriptures, however, describe the true spiritualist as para-dukha-dukhi – one who feels others’ sufferings to be his own. Think about how naturally we act to mitigate our own pains and problems – an instinctive reaction that doesn’t require a second thought. The spiritualist acts just as naturally solve the problems of everyone around him. Natural disasters like the tsunami in Japan remind the spiritualist of the dire need for spiritual wisdom in the world. All maladies in the world can be traced back to a severe lack of genuine spirituality. Thus, to share wisdom with others is the very cornerstone of our spiritual movement. Our hope is that as many people as possible can understand and integrate these teachings into their daily life. It is not that we have a master-plan to expand our influence, usurp the upper echelons of society, and then manipulate and exploit economic and political positions for the purpose of world domination. We are simply interested in offering spiritual solutions to material problems - solutions which will actually make a difference. Thus, to work selflessly for the upliftment of others is the very hallmark of a spiritualist. We can find ourself by forgetting about ourself.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: World Food Supply Threatened by Japan Nuclear Radiation By Ethan A. Huff for Natural News on 17 Mar 2011 Fallout from the current meltdown occurring at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was hit by the 9.0+ mega earthquake and tsunami last Friday, could contaminate the world's food supply with toxic radiation, say experts.   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 252–Poem for March 17 www.sdgonline.org. A Writer of Pieces New format–I will begin with a poem written on the day of its printing. Then I will print random excerpts of books I have printed over the last 30 years. I hope this variety will be pleasing. Poem for March 17th If Krishna will be kind to lift us out of the muck although we don’t deserve it. He measures things exactly and you have to pay for it. But if you become a rightly- resolved devotee according to guru and sastra then He won’t consider you diminished if you commit abominable acts. If you are a fixed devotee He forgives you and by continuing to serve Him He moves the justice of the courtroom and accepts you utterly. This is the conclusion for those who sincerely promise not to commit sins again. They see the consequences of falldown and must be considered sadhus. But if they indulge in falldown again they won’t be considered a high devotee. Krishna is kind and gives the benefit of the doubt to those who worship Him and serve Him with all their might. To repent and regret and showing up at the military camp say, “Yo!” when their name’s called and push their shoulder to the wheel.   • Email to a friend • •   Krishna-kripa das, Mayapura: Travel Journal#7.4: Tucson Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 7, No. 4 By Krishna-kripa das (February 2011, part two) Tucson (Sent from Gainesville on March 17, 2011) [Note: My computer crashed, so I am skipping Volume 7, Numbers 2 and 3, the end of January and beginning of February 2011, until I recover the data, Krishna willing.] Where I Was and What I Did The end of February, I was in Tucson, where I would chant for three hours daily at a book table on the mall at University of Arizona. I would advertise my weekly Tuesday lectures near the campus on topics from Bhagavad-gita, as well as advertising Hare Krishna temple programs and Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet, and trying to interest students in buying Srila Prabhupada’s books. I also helped with programs for students at the temple and our participation in the the Tucson Peace Fair. I share notes from lectures, Hare Krishna videos, and books that were striking in some way. These include those by Srila Prabhupada, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Dasaratha Prabhu, Mother Sandamini, Jaya Kesava, Gangeya, and other local devotees. The videos were one on life of Srila Bhaktisiddhana Saravati Thakura, and remembrances of an early San Francisco Ratha-yatra. Tentative Itinerary Gainesville, FL: March 17–March 25 St. Augustine Ratha-yatra: March 26 Tallahassee, FL: March 27–April 3 (including Ratha-yatra on April 2) Gainesville, FL : April 4 Northeast USA: April 5–April 26 London, UK: April 27 Radhadesh: April 28–29 Amsterdam: April 30 Antwerp, Amsterdam, Cologne: May 1–11 Munich: May 12–14 (May 12: harinama with Sacinandana Swami, May 14: Ratha-yatra) Nrsimha Festival, Simhachalam, Germany, May 15–16 Belfast: May 17–31 UK: June Scandinavian Ratha-yatras: beginning of July Prague Ratha-yatra?: mid July Lithuanian Festival?: last week in July Poland Woodstock: August 1–6 Croatian Harinama Tour: rest of August The Kirtana Mela Festival (Leipzig): August 29–September 4 Ukraine Festival?: second week of September Boston Ratha-yatra and Prabhupada festival: September 17–18 Philadelphia Ratha-yatra: September 24 School Kids Visit Tucson Temple on Nityananda Tryaodasi Perhaps fifteen or so first graders visited the Tucson temple on the afternoon of Lord Nityananda’s appearance day. We taught them to chant the maha-mantra. Some did better than others, as distraction is a problem for kids that age. At Tucson temple they have so many extra instruments like tambourines, gongs, shakers, and karatalas that any kid who wanted to could play one. I taught the kids the swami step, a simple dance Srila Prabhupada taught the early devotees. I was surprised how quickly they caught on. Then we did some more elaborate dancing, including jumping up and down. Almost everyone was very enthusiastic to dance. It really made my day seeing all those kids smiling and dancing in the kirtana. It was my first day back in Tucson, and because of the festival schedule and the visit of the kids, I did not have time to chant at the campus. However, I was able chant with the kids and share with them the happiness of dancing for Krishna. And that was Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s mercy on me and on them. College Programs in Tucson My first lecture called “Real Happiness is Within” was advertised as being on the philosophy of yoga and meditation. Two girls who were best friends came from seeing the poster I left in the café where I was holding the lecture. Also a girl who offered to be an officer in our club from last semester came as well. The new girls applied themselves nicely to the chanting of japa and became more and more in enthusiastic in the kirtana as time went on. I encouraged them to chant daily for ten minutes, and one of them came by my book table and said she is chanting when she does her two-mile daily run for exercise. Professor Darlene Martin, the Asian religions teacher at Pima Community College who invited us to speak in her class last semester, brought her class to the temple for Bhagavad-gita class one Wednesday. We had kirtana before and after the class as usual, and a few of the students tried the chanting. One boy, with no previous experience chanted for the whole kirtana. Another student kept perfect time with a percussion instrument we let him play. In the talk, beyond explaining about the soul, God, and their relationship, I mentioned how although Hinduism is considered polytheistic, in Bhagavad-gita, the text that practically all Hindus accept, Krishna says that those who worship other gods, actually worship only Him, but in the wrong way, and therefore, in fact, monotheistic worship is recommended. Tucson Peace Fair The Tucson Peace Center organized a peace fair in Reid Park on Saturday, February 26. Bhakta James was in charge of the Hare Krishna participation in it. The local Hare Krishnas, along with visitors like myself and Jaya Kesava Prabhu, got to sing for 40 minutes on the stage. Not being selected to sing or speak, nor eager to play the instruments, I contributed by dancing. A few people from the crowd danced in front of the stage, some even chanted, an older man played his African djembe, and some people took pictures. While dancing, I noted those who participated, and after the performance I thanked them and gave them invitations to the temple and Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet. Before and after our time on the stage, I chanted on the path between the parking lot and the Peace Fair, talking with some people who passed by. Ananta Deva Prabhu accompanied me before our performance. Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet is popular in Tucson, and so the devotees have a good reputation. Some people passing me on their way out after the program said they had liked our chanting on the stage. One older man asked if he could sing with me, and after singing three mantras, he presented me with a peace button, saying I could keep it if I wore it, which I promised to do. The devotees distributed 200 free mini granola bars, and sold two trays of cake for $2 a piece. We learned that event is a great opportunity for prasadam distribution, and perhaps in future years we will increase. We also had invitations, and books and items from our gift shop for sale. Because my mother is a peace activist, I felt more at home in that crowd than in many places in the material world. I wish I had the chance to speak to the them, as I could have talked about how the holy name can free us of the selfish tendencies that lead to war, and that a simple act of peace anyone can perform is to become vegetarian. The karma for killing animals is so heavy that meat eaters can only dream of peace but never experience it. Insight from Lectures Srila Prabhupada: Up until five thousand years ago, the earth was ruled by many kings under one emperor whose capital city was Hastinapura. One of the grandsons of King Pariksit ruled Eastern Europe, Greece, and Rome. Now there are no brahmana, ksatriyas, or vaisyas, only sudras. Guided by sudras, no one can be happy. Giving up meat eating, intoxications, illicit sex, and gambling are the preliminary qualifications of a brahmana. Brahmanas are the head of the social body, ksatriyas are the arms, vaisyas are the belly, and sudras are the legs. If you have a body with just arms, belly, and legs, you have a dead body. Similarly, a society without brahmanas is a dead society. Seeing all as equal and being gentle are traits of the learned. Lord Caitanya does not say only chant Krishna’s name. If you have another name of God, you can chant it. Chant Hare Krishna and take as much prasadam [spiritual food] as possible. Simply by engaging the tongue in this way, your consciousness will become purified, and you will able to perceive Krishna. From a lecture on Bhagavad-gita 4.13: An animal is also a national, but they [the materialistic people] cannot see so broadly. By karma we create the next body. This is a great science. But there is no cultivation of this knowledge in the universities. Science cannot solve the real problems–birth, death, disease, and old age. If I take to this process of becoming free from birth, death, disease, and old age, my human life is successful. People are so attached to the material body, they are prepared to become animals, but they are not prepared to go back to Godhead. If we think this head is very expensive, always eating, let me cut it off, that is foolish. Similarly we cannot eliminate the brahmana class [the head of the social body]. A brahmana is one who knows God and teaches others how to know God. If there are no brahmanas, we have only an animal society. If you take up this Krishna consciousness, your nation will be first class in the world. Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami from his Qualities of Sri Krishna: “A good way to demonstrate forgiveness is to continue to give people Krishna consciousness despite their ingratitude. This is the preacher’s mood. Although there are so many reasons why we may want to reject the nondevotees, a devotee displays forgiveness by continuing to preach.” Dasaratha Prabhu: To go beyond birth and death, first we have to understand we are not the body. Krishna wanted Arjuna to understand two things: Krishna’s desire would be executed, and Arjuna’s job was to play his part. We are all eternal. A devotee is tolerant of his own suffering but not the suffering of others. Srila Prabhupada said, “The devotees first business is to stop violence.” In a class given in Alachua, Trivikrama Swami said that he was attracted by the philosophy, the complete dedication of the devotees, and the prasadam. Rewakening our dormant love of God is the goal of human life, but it is not even on the agenda of the president of the United Nations. If we did not have this restaurant (Govinda’s Natural Food Buffet in Tucson), no one would come here. Prasadam attracts people. Devotional service—how to engage everything in Krishna’s service, beginning with our own body and mind. Srila Prabhupada said that the residents of Vrndavana attained it after thousands of lives austerities, and after life in Vrndavana, they get to go back to Godhead, and thus they are happy. How to be happy in Krishna consciousness? Follow and don’t criticize devotees, or you will lose your taste. We are more blessed than the Vrajavasis because we have the opportunity to preach. Mother Sandamini dd: Perhaps the oldest Srila Prabhupada disciple, Vraja Vadhu dd, in San Diego, now 95 or 96, sometimes complains that all these young people are dying, while she is still dragging on [in an increasingly uncomfortable body]. From The Universal Teacher, a video about the life of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: At age seven, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura helped edit his father’s periodical, Sajjana Tosani, began the worship of a Kurma deity, and received harinama initiation from his father. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura defeated the Aryan Samaj’s mistaken idea that Lord Caitanya was not an incarnation of both Radha and Krishna. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura did not like his disciples living at Radha Kunda as that is for the highest level of devotees. He preferred they live at Govardhan instead. He said life is meant for service and sacrifice to Krishna. If we die while doing kirtana, our life is successful. Notes on San Francisco Ratha-yatra Memories video: There was almost a disaster because no one checked on the mechanism for raising and lowering the dome on the cart, thinking that Nara-narayana Prabhu must have handled it, until Srila Prabhupada asked about it. Then Srila Prabhupada commented that no one should be completely in charge of anything. There should always be a committee. Otherwise there might be some mistake. Brahmananda Prabhu and others did not want Srila Prabhupada to go on the Ratha-yatra because the Black Panthers had threatened to attack the devotees. Srila Prabhupada, however, was unafraid, and insisted on going. The devotees had to battle it out when the Black Panthers did attack. Srila Prabhupada said that for the pleasure of the deities there should always be an ecstatic dancer. Srila Prabhupada did not like the amplified kirtana in the cart but in front of the cart, as in India. Srila Prabhupada told the hipples that they had rejected their society because they were dissatisfied with it, but unless they took to Krishna consciousness, they would attain a worse position. Radhapada Prabhu: Fighting is everywhere in the material world, and so are lust and greed. This is because of the mixing of the modes of material nature. “Daiva netrena” means everything is watched by the eyes of the divine. Jaya Kesava Prabhu: For me, the Ninth Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam is so far out it is like the soap opera canto. So many people taking birth in various ways… Cursing and counter cursing as been going on since time immemorial. Vasistha said, “Since you disobeyed me, I curse you to die.” And King Nimi replied, “Because you are a self-interested guru, I curse you to die.” Just like someone says, “Your dress is ugly.” And the object of the criticism replies, “Your dress is even uglier.” It is a given that the material body is miserable. It is just a question of who we are going to accept the misery for. For the devotee, it is Krishna. The devotee does not worry because if Krishna sends him back to the material world to preach, he will not be affected by the material nature. The moment we forget Krishna, Maya attacks. We say that a devotee died and went back to Godhead, but a pure devotee is already back to Godhead in this life. Although Bhakti Tirtha Swami was becoming more emaciated each day, he was so absorbed in hearing and chanting about Krishna, he told Radhanatha Swami, “It does not get better than this.” Gangeya Prabhu: Studies show that consumers, although knowing all the facts and figures, still tend to buy according to their emotions. In Vedic culture, seeing the great power of the demigods, persons who were unaware of the supreme power of Krishna would take shelter of those demigods. During a lecture someone interrupted Srila Prabhupada challengingly, “What is the value of this chanting?” Srila Prabhupada replied, “It saves you from death.” There was a minister who retired after a long career. In his retirement, he did not even read the Bible. When asked, “Why not?” He replied, “I am retired.” Jai Nitai Prabhu: From a Sunday feast lecture: Whatever the other choice, a devotee wants to choose Krishna. If we hate the material, we remain trapped in duality. I became a vegetarian before becoming a devotee. Just to kill an animal because I liked the taste of its flesh seemed a bit extreme. How our intense desire for Krishna manifests is ultimately up to Krishna. When you die, you get a new body, just like when you crack up your car, you get a new car. Still no one cracks up their car to get a new one. Suppose you got a car from your parents. If you crack it up, they may get you another one, but what are the odds that they will get you a better car, especially if you purposely cracked up the first one. From a seminar on improving communication in communities: Share all relevant information with those we are leading, including thoughts, feelings, and intentions. Telling a person why we are asking them to do something makes for a better interaction. Give people all information needed to make an informed choice. Make sure the group of people agrees on important terms. The more decisions are cooperatively made, the more commitment will be there by the group members. Use decision making rules that generate the level of commitment needed. From a Bhagavatam class: The tendency of children still is to follow their parents, as it was in the Vedic culture, but now sometimes they excel them. There was one girl who was home schooled by her mom, in the cab of the truck she drove to make a living. The girl ended up graduating from Harvard. The advanced devotees see the paraphernalia surrounding them to be Krishna’s property to be engaged in Krishna’s service. It is not so much that we are trying to give up things, but rather we are trying to come to a point where we can take things or leave them according to Krishna’s desire. Comments by Radhapada Prabhu: The people who are always talking about what they gave to the temple are not really doing tyaga [renunciation]. You can engage in artificial renunciation by giving up something you are still attached to, but there is no such thing as artificial detachment. You are either detached, or you are not. Ananta Deva Prabhu: There was a women who had meditated regularly for ten years at Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas. One day she bumped her head on the ceiling, not realizing she had levitated during her meditation. She was so startled by the experience, she gave up meditation altogether. Geno Prabhu: One merchant possessing a valuable diamond, due to circumstance, had to share a hotel room with a thief. After they had slept for a few hours, the thief said, “I know you have a valuable diamond, but I could not find it in your pants, your shirt, or anywhere!” The merchant replied, “I knew you were eager to obtain my jewel ,so I hid it in a place you would never look—your own pocket.” ----- “The name of Krishna is purely spiritual. There is no knowledge as great as that of the name, and no practice of austerity or meditation, no result of spiritual activity, no form of renunciation, no act of sense control, no pious act, and no goal that can match it. The name is supreme liberation, the supreme destination, and the supreme peace. The name is eternal life itself. The name is supreme devotion and the supreme intelligence. The name is supreme love and the supreme remembrance. The name is the soul’s reason for existence. The name is the lord of the soul, the most worshipful object, and the supreme guru.” (Agni Purana, quoted in Nama Rahasya by Sacinandana Swami)   • Email to a friend • •   Sri Nandanandana dasa: Prophet Mohammed: Is He Really Predicted in the Vedas  The Bhavishya Purana has a reference regarding someone named Mahamada, which some people are very eager to make the claim that it means Prophet Mohammed, thus saying that the Prophet is predicted in the Vedic literature. But before we come to that conclusion, with additional research, let us take a closer look to see what the full reference to Mahamada really says. It is explained in the Bhavishya Purana (Parva 3, Khand 3, Adhya 3, verses 5-6) that “An illiterate mleccha [foreigner] teacher will appear, Mahamada is his name, and he will give religion to his fifth-class companions.” This does not describe much in regard to his life, but it does mention someone by the name of Mahamada, and what he was expected to do, which was to give his own form of religion to the lower classes of his region. Some people suggest this person to be Prophet Mohammed, and are, thus, most willing to accept that Prophet Mohammed was predicted in the Bhavishya Purana. Some Muslims then suggest that if he was predicted in this way by a Vedic text, then Hindus should all accept Mohammed and become Muslims. However, on the other hand, it would seem odd that Muslims would accept a Vedic text to try to convince Hindus to become Muslims. But if we look at the full translation of this story, they may not want to jump to the conclusion that this story represents Prophet Mohammed.   So here is the Roman transliteration of the Sanskrit in the Bhavishya Purana, however accurate it may be (Prati Sarga: Part III, 3.3.5-27). mahamadh ithi khayat, shishya-sakha-samniviyath 5 ……. mahadev marusthal nivasinam. mahadevthe snanya-pya punch-gavua samnivithya tripurarsur-nashav bahu-maya pravathiney 7 malech-dharma shav shudhaya sat-chit-anandaya swarupye, thva ma hei kinkare vidhii sharanaghatham 8 suta uvacha: ithi shurthiya sthav deva shabadh-mah nupaya tam, gath-vaya bhojraj-ney mahakhaleshwar-sthale 9 malech-shu dhushita bhumi-vahika nam-vishritha arya dharma hi nav-vathra vahike desh-darunya 10 vamu-vatra maha-mayi yo-sav dagdho myaa pura tripuro bali-daithyane proshith punaragath 11 ayoni sa varo math prasava daithyo-vrudhan mahamadh ithi khayath , paishacha-kruthi thathpar 12 nagathvaya thvya bhup paisachae desh-vartake math prasadhayane bhupal tav shudhii prajayathe 13 thi shruthva nupshav svadesha-napu maragmath mahamadh toi sdhav sindhu-thir mupaye-yav 14 uchav bhupati premane mahamadh-virshad tva deva maharaja das-tva magath 15 mamo-chit sabhu jiya-dhatha tatpashya bho nup ithi shruthya ththa hata para vismaya-magath16 malechdhano mathi-shasi-tatsaya bhupasaya darutho17 tucha tva kalidas-sthu rusha praah mahamadham maya-thei nirmithi dhutharya nush-mohan-hethvei 18 hanishyami-duravara vahik purusha-dhamum ityak va sa jidh shrimanava-raja-tathpar 19 japthya dush-sah-trayach tah-sahansh juhav sa bhasm mutva sa mayavi malech-dev-tva-magath 20 maybhithashtu tachya-shyaa desh vahii-kamayuuah guhitva svaguro-bhasm madaheen tva-magatham 21 swapiit tav bhu-ghyot-thro-shrumadh-tathpara madaheen puro jath thosha trith sayam smurthaum 22 rathri sa dev-roop-shav bahu-maya-virshad paisacha deha-marathaya bhojraj hi so trivith 23 arya-dharmo hei to raja-sarvoutham smurth ishapraya karinayami paishacha dharma darunbhu 24 linga-chedri shikhaheen shamshu dhaari sa dhushak yukhalapi sarva bhakshi bhavishyat jano maum 25 vina kaul cha pashav-thosha bhakshava matha maum muslanav sanskar kushariv bhavishyat 26 tasman-musal-vanto hi jathiyo dharma dhushika ithi pishacha-dharma mya kruth 27   To set the scene, in this section of the Bhavishya Purana, Shri Suta Gosvami first explained that previously, in the dynasty of King Shalivahana, there were ten kings who went to the heavenly planets after ruling for over 500 years. [This gives these kings roughly 50 years of rule for each one.] Then gradually the morality declined on the planet. At that time, Bhojaraja was the tenth of the kings on the earth [who would have ruled about 450 years after King Shalivahana]. When he saw that the moral law of conduct was declining, he went to conquer all the directions of his country with ten-thousand soldiers commanded by Kalidasa. He crossed the river Sindhu [modern Indus River] going northward and conquered over the gandharas [the area of Afghanistan], mlecchas [present-day region of Turkey], shakas, Kashmiris [Kashmir and present-day Pakistan], naravas, and sathas. Crossing the Sindhu, he conquered the mlecchas in Gandhar and the shaths in Kashmir. King Bhoj grabbed their treasure and then punished them. Then, as verses 7-8 relate, the Aryan King Bhojaraja, who had already left India for the lands across the Sindhu River and to the west, meets Mahamada [some say this is Mohammed], the preceptor of the mleccha-dharma [religion of the mlecchas], who had arrived with his followers. Thereafter, however, the King went to worship the image of Lord Mahadev, the great god Shiva, situated in the marusthal, desert. King Bhoj bathed the image of Shiva with Ganges water and worshiped him in his mind with panchagavya (the five purificatory elements from the cow, consisting of milk, ghee, yogurt, cow dung, and cow urine), along with sandalwood paste, etc., and offered him, the image of Shiva, sincere prayers and devotion. King Bhoj prayed to Lord Mahadev, “O Girijanath who stays in the marusthal (land of deserts), I offer my prayers to you. You have forced maya [the illusory energy] to destroy Tripurasur [the demon Tripura]; but the mlecchas are now worshiping you. You are pure and sat-chit-anand swaroop [eternal knowledge and bliss]. I am your sevak [servant]. I have come under your protection.” Verses 10-27 relates next that Suta Goswami explained: After hearing the king’s prayers and being pleased with him, Lord Shiva said: “Let the King go to Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain) in the land of Vahika, which is now contaminated by mlecchas. O King, the land where you are standing, that is popular by the name of Bahik, has been polluted by the mlecchas. In that terrible country there no longer exists Dharma. There was a mystic demon named Tripura (Tripurasura), whom I have already burnt to ashes once before, he has come again by the order of Bali. He has no origin but he achieved a benediction from me. His name is Mahamada and his deeds are like that of a ghost. Therefore, O king, you should not go to this land of the evil ghost. By my mercy your intelligence will be purified.” [This would seem to indicate that this Mahamada was an incarnation of the demon Tripura.] So hearing this, the king came back to his country and Mahamada came with them, but only to the bank of the river Sindhu. He was expert in expanding illusion, so he said to the king very pleasingly, “O great king, your god has become my servant. Just see, as he eats my remnants, so I will show you.” The king became surprised when he saw this happening before them. Then in anger Kalidasa, the king’s commander, rebuked Mahamada, “O rascal, you have created an illusion to bewilder the king, I will kill you, you are the lowest…” Then the king left that area. Later, in the form of a ghostly presence, the expert illusionist Mahamada appeared at night in front of King Bhojaraja and said: “O King, your religion is of course known as the best religion among all. Still, by the order of the Lord, I am going to establish a terrible and demoniac religion and enforce a strong creed over the meat-eaters [mlecchas]. My followers will be known by their cut [circumcised] genitals, they will have no shikha [tuft of hair on their head, like Brahmanas], but will have a beard, make noise loudly, and eat all kinds of animals except swine without observing any rituals. They will perform purificatory acts with the musala, and thus be called musalman, and not purify their things with kusha grass [one of the Vedic customs]. Thus, I will be the originator of this adharmic [opposed to Vedic or Aryan Dharma] and demoniac religion of the meat-eating nations.” After having heard all this, the Bhavishya Purana goes on to relate that King Bhojaraja returned to his land and palace, and that ghost of the man also went back to his own place. It is lastly described how the intelligent king, Bhojaraja, established the language of Sanskrit amongst the three varnas – the Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas — and for the Shudras he established prakrita-bhasha, the ordinary language spoken by common men. After ruling his kingdom for another 50 years, he went to the heavenly planets. The moral laws established by him were honored even by the demigods. The arya-varta, the pious land is situated between Vindhyachala and Himachala, or the mountains known as Vindhya and Himalaya. The Aryans reside there, but the varna-sankaras reside on the lower part of Vindhya. The musalman people were kept on the other [northwestern] side of the river Sindhu. * * * Thus, from the interpretations of the present editions of the Bhavishya Purana that are available, it seems to say there was someone named Mahamada that King Bhojaraja met in the desert, who was supposedly a reappearance of the Tripura demon, who would start his own religion for those mlecchas who are unable to follow the spiritual codes of the deeper aspects of spiritual culture, or Vedic Dharma, and who would also spread adharma, or that religion that would be opposed to Vedic Dharma. Plus, Mahamada knew and accepted the depth of the Vedic spiritual path and admitted to its superiority. But is Mahamada really Prophet Mohammed? Let me assure everyone that this section is not a commentary on Prophet Mohammed, and is only an explanation of what is said in the Bhavishya Purana. But since some people accept this to be a prediction, we need to take a closer look at it. So, the first few lines of this translation does seem to hold a possibility of referring to the Prophet. But after that, it could be questionable whether a person would really want to accept this story to be about Prophet Mohammed or not. Historically, however, we know that Prophet Mohammed was born between 570-580 CE, became interested in religion at age 40, preached in Mecca for 10 years, and then went to Medina in 621 CE at age 51 when he finally established a following. He started engaging in armed conflict in 624 CE, gained possession of Mecca in 630, and died in 632 CE at age 62. So, he would have had to have met King Bhojaraja only after he had a following, between the years of 621 and 632. That is an extremely narrow eleven-year window of time. However, herein it also says that Mahamada went with King Bhojaraja to the Sindhu River, but there is never any historical record that Prophet Mohammed personally went to that area, which establishes another doubt of whether this could have been the Prophet. Furthermore, even though it is described how King Bhojaraja conquered over the gandharas [the area of Afghanistan], mlecchas [present-day region of Turkey], shakas, Kashmiris [Kashmir and present-day Pakistan], naravas, and sathas, it never mentions that he went into the area of central Saudi Arabia where he would have had to go in order to meet the Prophet at the particular time when the Prophet had a following. Plus, if King Bhojaraja was the tenth king after Shalivahana, who was supposed to have existed about the time of Jesus Christ, according to the evidence provided in the previous section, that would mean that this king lived about 450 to 500 CE. This is too early to allow for a possibility to have met the Prophet. However, there are a few King Bhojaraja’s that are recorded in history. The one in the Bhavishya Purana is noted as intelligent, and who “established the language of Sanskrit amongst the three varnas – the Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas — and for the Shudras he established prakrita-bhasha, the ordinary language spoken by common men.” The King Bhojaraja who was known for being a Sanskrit scholar is credited with being the author of two books, the Saraswatikanthabharana, and the Shringaraprakasha. Of these, the first is a compendious volume in five chapters, dealing with the merits and defects of poetry, figures of speech, language, etc. However, this scholar King Bhojaraja is said to have lived from 1018 to 1054 CE. This is way too late to have enabled him to personally have met the Prophet. Therefore, at least with the present information that is available, we are left to conclude that, though King Bhojaraja may have indeed met a person named Mahamada, the meeting between the king and Prophet Mohammed as an accurate historical event is extremely unlikely. Thus, in this description from the Bhavishya Purana, Mahamada is not the Prophet. Beyond this point of view, is this a later interpolation? Who can say? Or is this is a prophecy in an allegorical form? That would be left to one’s own opinions or sentiments. *  *  * Was Prophet Muhammad in the Vedas?  Starting With the Rig-Veda In this article we will take a look at some of the verses in the Vedas that some people, such as Dr. Zakir Naik, say that Mohammed is mentioned or foretold in them. This is a summary based on the research by Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari and others, and shows that these verses in fact do not speak of Prophet Mohammed, but are used in a way that is based on mistranslations to justify that idea. First of all, the Rig-Veda is globally recognized and accepted as the oldest book created by man and hence if it could be shown that there is mentioning of Prophet Mohammed in that text, it will be immensely helpful to paint the Arabian Prophet as a divine personality. Not only that, it will be helpful to deceive the Hindus and convert them to Islam. So, it does not become difficult to understand what has inspired Dr Zakir Naik and others to discover the mentioning of Mohammed in the Rig-Veda and in other Vedic texts. But as his investigation culminated into a failure, he had no other way but to apply stupid arguments to befool the kafirs and infidels but to twist the meanings and translations into something different, all the while acting most scholarly and convincing. First of all, we should see what the Rig-Veda actually says about Prophet Muhammad. It should also be mentioned at the outset that two Sanskrit words śaṃsata and narāśaṃsa play the central role in these arguments of such people as Zakir Naik. According to him, the word śaṃsata stands for an individual who praises. In Arabic, such an individual is called Ahammad, the other name of Prophet Muhammad. Therefore, wherever he could find the word śaṃsata, he took it as the mentioning of their Prophet.   According to him, the second word narāśaṃsa means an individual who is to be praised or who is praiseworthy. The Arabic word Muhammad means a man who is praiseworthy. So, wherever he could have found the word narāśaṃsa in any Sanskrit texts, he took it to be a mentioning of Muhammad. In fact, both the Sanskrit words śaṃsata and narāśaṃsa stand for a deity or God, who is praiseworthy. According to Sāyana, the most reputed commentator of the Vedas, the word narāśaṃsa means a deity or a respectable entity (not a man) that deserves to be praised by man. However, we should have a closer look to see what Zakir Naik has to say. According to him, the verses (1/13/3), (1/18/9), (1/106/4), (1/142/3), (2/3/2), (5/5/2), (7/2/2), (10/64/3) and (10/182/2) of the Rig-Veda contain the word narāśaṃsa, and hence mention Muhammad, and the verse (8/1/1) of the Rig-Veda contains the word śaṃsata (Ahmmad), or the other name of Muhammad. So here he begins with another blatant lie and says that the word śaṃsata stands for a man who praises, the Arabic equivalent of Ahammad and hence mentions Muhammad. The said verse (8/1/1) of the Rig-Veda reads: Mā cidanyadvi śaṃsata sakhāyo mā riṣṇyata l Indramitstot ā vṛṣaṇaṃ sacā sute muhurukthā ca śaṃsata ll (8/1/1) “Glorify naught besides, O friends; so shall no sorrow trouble you. Praise only mighty Indra when the juice is shed, and say your lauds repeatedly.” (Translation: R T H Griffith; The Hymns of the Ṛgveda, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi; 1995, p-388). So the word śaṃsata (praiseworthy) in the above verse refers to deity Indra, and not a man who praises (Ahammad) as claimed by Dr Zakir Naik. We shall now see what the verses containing the word narāśaṃsa say. In Rig-Veda, a verse is refered as (x/y/z), where x stands for Mandala, y stands for Sukta and z stands for the Verse or Ṛk. The verse (1/13/3) of Rig-Veda, as mentioned above, belongs to 13th Sukta of the 1st Mandala. It should also be noted here that every Sukta of the Rig-Veda is dedicated to a deity. The presiding deity of the 13th Sukta of the 1st Mandala is Agni (the God of Fire). The verse says: Narāśaṃsamiha priyamasminajña upahvaye l Madhujihvat haviṣkṛtam ll (1/13/3) “Dear Narāśaṃsa, sweet of tongue, the giver of oblations, I invoke to this our sacrifice.” (tr: ibid, p-7) As Agni is the deity of the entire 13th Sukta, there is no doubt that the word narāśaṃsa (praiseworthy to man) in the verse refers to Agni. One should also note that the word narāśaṃsa does not signify a man who is praiseworthy, as some people claim. The verse (1/18/9) of the Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃsaṃ sudhṛṣṭamamapaśyam saprathastam l Divo na sadmakhasam ll (1/18/9) “I have seen Narāśaṃsa, him most resolute, most widely famed, as ‘twere the Household Priest of heaven.” (tr: ibid, p-11) The 18th Sukta, to which the verse belongs, is dedicated to Brahmaṇaspati, the Priest of heaven and hence the word narāśaṃsa (praiseworthy to man) in this verse refers to Brahmaṇaspati, the Priest of heaven. The verse (1/106/4) of the Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃsaṃ vajinṃ vajayinniha kṣayadvīraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ summairī mahe l Rathaṃ na durgādvasava sudānavo viśvasmānno ahaṃso niṣpipartana ll (1/106/4) “To mighty Narāśaṃsa, strengthening his might, to Pūṣaṇa, ruler over men, we pray with hymns. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.” (tr: ibid, p-69) The 106th Sukta of 1st Mandala, to which the verse belongs, is dedicated to the Viśvadevas, and hence the word narāśaṃsa (praiseworthy to man) in this verse refers to the Viśvadevas, again not to Mohammed. The verse (1/142/3) of the Rig-Veda says: śuci pāvako adbhuto madhvā yajñaṃ mimikṣati l narāśaṃsasthrirā divo devo deveṣu yajñiyaḥ ll (1/142/3) “He wondrous, sanctifying, bright, sprinkles the sacrifice with mead, thrice, Narāśaṃsa from the heavens, a God amid Gods adorable.” (tr: ibid, p-98) The 142nd Sukta, to which the verse belongs, is dedicated to the deity Āprī, and hence the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to Āprī. Most of the scholars agree that Āprī is the other name of Agni and hence the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to Agni, the god of fire. The verse (2/3/2) of the Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃsaḥ prati dhāmānyañjan tisro div prati mahṇā svarciḥ l Ghṛtapruṣā manasā havyamundanmūrdhanyajñasya sanamaktu devān ll (2/3/2) “May Narāśaṃsa lighting up the chambers, bright in his majesty through threefold heaven, steeping the gift with oil diffusing purpose, bedew the Gods at chiefest time of worship.” (tr: ibid, p- 132) Like the earlier one, 142nd Sukta of 1st Mandal, this present 3rd Sukta of 2nd Mandala, is dedicated to the deity Āprī or Agni and hence the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to Agni the Fire God. The Verse (5/5/2) of Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃsaḥ suṣūdatīmṃ yajñamadābhyaḥ l Kavirhi madhūhastāḥ ll (5/5/2) “He, Narāśaṃsa, ne’er beguiled, inspireth this sacrifice; for sage is he, with sweets in hand.” (tr: ibid, p- 240) This 5th Sukta of 5th Mandala is also dedicated to Āprī or Agni and hence the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to Agni the Fire God. The verse (7/2/2) of Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃsasya mahimānameṣamupa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ l Ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyandhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā ll (7/2/2) “With sacrifice to these we men will honor the majesty of holy Narāśaṃsa – to these the pure, most wise, the thought-inspires, Gods who enjoy both sorts of our oblations.” (tr: ibid, p- 334) Again this 2nd Sukta of 7th Mandala is dedicated to Āprī or Agni, and hence the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to Agni the Fire God. The verse (10/64/3) of the Rig-Veda says: Narā vā śaṃsaṃ pūṣṇamagohyamagni deveddhamabhyarcase girā l Sūryāmāsā candramasā yamaṃ divi tritaṃ vātamuṣasamaktumaśvinā ll (10/64/3) “To Narāśaṃsa and Pūṣaṇ I sing forth, unconcealable Agni kindled by the Gods. To Sun and Moon, two Moons, to Yama in the heaven, to Trita, Vāta, Dawn, Night and Aśvins Twain.” (tr: ibid, p- 578) This 64th Sukta of 10th Mandala is dedicated to the Viśvadevas, and the word narāśaṃsa in this verse refers to the Viśvadevas. The verse (10/182/2) of Rig-Veda says: Narāśaṃso na avatu prayāje śaṃ no astvanuyajo habeṣu l Kṣipadaśtimapa durmati hannathā karadyajamānāya śam ṣoḥ ll (10/182/2). “May Narāśaṃsa aid us at Prayāja; blest be out Anuyāja at invokings. May he repel the curse, and chase ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort.” (tr: ibid, p- 650) The 182nd Sukta of 10th Mandala, to which the above verse belongs, is dedicated to Vṛhaspati, and hence the word narāśaṃsa refers to Vṛhaspati, the Priest of the Gods. Another verse (1/53/9) of the Rig-Veda says, Tvametāñjanarājño dvirdaśābandhunā suśravasopajagmaṣaḥ l ṣaṣtiṃ sahasrā navatiṃ nava śruto ni cakreṇa rathyā duṣpadā vṛṇak ll (1/53/9) “With all-outstripping chariot-wheel, O Indra, thou far-famed, hast overthrown the twice ten Kings of men, with sixty thousand nine-and-ninety followers, who came in arms to fight with friendless Suśravas.” (tr: ibid, p-36) To narrate the incident, Sayana, the renowned commentator of the Rig-Veda, says that twenty kings with a force, 60,099 strong, attacked the King Suśrava (Prajapati) and Indra alone defeated them and frustrated their ambition (the Vayu-Purana also narrates the incident). Most of the scholars agree that the Rig-Veda was composed more than 5000 years BCE, and hence the incident narrated in the verse (1/53/9) took place more than 7000 years ago. And Muhammad conquered Mecca in 630 AD. But Zakir Naik has proceeded to link the incident with Muhammad’s capturing Mecca, which any sane man, except a Muslim, would feel shy to undertake. To give his mischief a shape, he has, firstly replaced the word Suśrava with Suśrama and says that the word Suśrama stands for one who praises, and hence equivalent to Ahammad in Arabic, the other name of Muhammad. And he claims that the verse narrates Muhammad’s conquering Mecca, as the then population of the city was about 60,000 and Muhammad had invaded Mecca with 20 of his closest followers. It is not difficult for the reader to discover the absurdity of this claim and the deceit involved with making it. The verse (8/6/10) of the Rig-Veda says, Ahamiddhi pituṣpari medhamṛtasya jagrabha l Ahaṃ sūrya ivājrani ll (8/6/10) “I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law: I was born like unto the Sun.” (Tr: ibid, p- 396). In this verse the word ahamiddhi stands for “I have received.” But as the word spells like Ahammad, the other name of Muhammad, Zakir Naik claims that the verse mentions Muhammad, which shows how he is prone to error on account of his Islamic bias. Thus we have studied all the verses of the Rig-Veda which, according to Naik, mention Muhammad. It has been said above that the Sanskrit word narāśaṃsa stands for a deity or God who is praiseworthy to man, but not a man who is praiseworthy to other men, which is what Naik claims. So, according to this kind of childish logic, whenever someone uses the word “praiseworthy,” it should be taken granted that he mentions Prophet Muhammad. But that is far from the truth. However, the intellectual level of those who try to use these techniques of mistranslations are revealed when they try to do the same thing with the word narāśaṃsa in other Vedas, like Atharva-Veda and Yajur-Veda and is again projecting them to be mentioning Prophet Muhammad. Though it is sheer wastage of time to deal with the utterances of such insane people as this, we may discuss these matters more thoroughly in the future. In the meantime, many are those who are realizing the confusing and inaccurate conclusions such as these and are losing confidence in such people who depend on this kind of tactic, as they also become an embarrassment to the religion they represent. Debunking the Atharva-Veda Connection Atharva-Veda, HYMN CXXVII   A hymn in praise of the good Government of King Kaurama 1 Listen to this, ye men, a laud of glorious bounty shall be sung. Thousands sixty, and ninety we, O Kaurama, among the Rusamas have received. 2 Camels twice-ten that draw the car, with females by their side, he gave.   Fain would the chariot’s top bow down escaping from the stroke of heaven. 3 A hundred chains of gold, ten wreaths, upon thee Rishi he bestowed,   And thrice-a-hundred mettled steeds, ten-times-a-thousand cows he gave. 4 Glut thee, O Singer, glut thee like a bird on a ripe-fruited tree.   Thy lips and tongue move swiftly like the sharp blades of a pair of shears. 5 Quickly and willingly like kine forth come the singers and their hymns:   Their little maidens are at home, at home they wait upon the cows. 6 O Singer, bring thou forth the hymn that findeth cattle, findeth wealth. p. 364   Even as an archer aims his shaft address this prayer unto the Gods. 7 List to Pariksit’s eulogy, the sovran whom all people love,   The King who ruleth over all, excelling mortals as a God. 8 ‘Mounting his throne, Pariksit, best of all, hath given us peace and rest,’   Saith a Kauravya to his wife as he is ordering his house. 9 ‘Which shall I set before thee, curds, gruel of milk, or barley-brew?’   Thus the wife asks her husband in the realm which King Pariksit rules. 10 Up as it were to heavenly light springs the ripe corn above the cleft.   Happily thrive the people in the land where King Pariksit reigns. 11 Indra hath waked the bard and said, Rise, wander singing here and there.   Praise me, the strong: each pious man will give thee riches in return, 12 Here, cows! increase and multiply, here ye, O horses, here, O men.   Here, with a thousand rich rewards, doth Pūshan also seat him-self. 13 O Indra, let these cows be safe, their master free from injury.   Let not the hostile-hearted or the robber have control of them. 14 Oft and again we glorify the hero with our hymn of praise, with prayer, with our auspicious prayer.   Take pleasure in the songs we sing: let evil never fall on us. This hymn is merely a praise of King Kaurama (probably of Rajasthani origin). Some people, like Zakir Naik, have tried to twist this to mean that the first 13 verses tell the story of Mohammed! “Kaurama” actually means “born of a noble family” and has nothing to do with referring to Mohammed. It is closely related with the term Kaurava. And “Kuntapa” merely means the internal organs in the belly and has no alternate meaning as “safe journey” or as such. Sanskrit words aren’t as multi-layered as Arab words. All the verses in the Atharva-Veda from 126-133 are considered Kuntapa, but only one mentions a desert. The Sama-Veda Connection Some people (and you can guess who) think that the Sama-Veda, Book II, Hymn 6, verse 8, refers to Mohammed. The verse - 1. Indra whose jaws are strong hath drunk of worshipping Sudaksha’s draught, The Soma juice with barley brew. 2. O Lord of ample wealth, these songs of praise have called aloud to thee, Like milch-kine lowing to their calves! 3. Then straight they recognized the mystic name of the creative Steer, There in the mansion of the Moon. 4. When Indra, strongest hero, brought the streams, the mighty waters down, Pushan was standing by his side. 5. The Cow, the streaming mother of the liberal Maruts, pours her milk, Harnessed to draw their chariots on. 6. Come, Lord of rapturous joys, to our libation with thy bay steeds, come With bay steeds to the flowing juice 7. Presented strengthening gifts have sent Indra away at sacrifice, With night, unto the cleansing bath. 8. I from my Father have received deep knowledge of eternal Law: I was born like unto the Sun. 9. With Indra splendid feasts be ours, rich in all strengthening things, wherewith, Wealthy in food, we may rejoice 10. Soma and Pushan, kind to him who travels to the Gods, provide Dwellings all happy and secure. So some people say that verse eight says “Ahmed acquired from his Lord the knowledge of eternal law. I received light from him just as from the sun.” Then they associate the word as Ahmed to be Mohammed. But let us understand the verse accurately. In these verses, Indra is strengthened with Soma sacrifice and the Priests cry out for Indra’s arrival. The priests recognize the name of the creative Seer – the personification Soma, there in the mansion of the moon – which in Vedic symbolism, resembles a drop of Soma. Next, Indra’s legendary battle with Viritra the dragon who holds back the waters of the Earth is reflected and it is seen how Indra brings the streams towards Earth with Pushan by his side. The description of a cow pouring forth her milk is also given and is thought akin to Indra’s action. Then, the priests once again call to Indra as the lord of joy to give his strengthening gifts to Soma and Indra doing so, fades away. The Priests partake in the Soma and receive knowledge of the eternal law – the law that governs nature (no Law in the ‘Jurisdiction’ sense) and share a feeling of warmth as if they were born unto the Sun. Once again, the Soma is praised for its strengthening qualities. Soma the personification and Pushan thus travel to the Gods. Soma is a non-intoxicant juice from a certain vine that is burnt in Vedic rituals and the leftover remnants are eaten. This is not done anymore because nobody knows what the Soma plant is (presumed extinct). The Soma plant is renown for its strengthening properties and is drunk before war. Indra is a deity especially fond of Soma. So the conclusion for this verse from the Sama-Veda is that there is no place for any “Ahmed” in this verse either storywise or literarywise. Adding “Ahmed” here is saying the grammatically incorrect (the Veda is gramatically perfect) – “Ahmed have received.” And besides, it is akin to saying Mohammed himself did the ritual to Indra’s glory, and partook in the leftovers and knew the Sharia – which is once again akin to idolatry for Muslims. The phrase “I from my father” seems second most likely (it refers to the Priests receiving knowledge from “Soma” about the Eternal Law) but the most likely seems to be Aham + Atha. It would translate the sentence to – “I now have received the eternal law.” *  *  *             We could go on like this, and other people have, and compare additional verses from the Vedas to show how by mistranslations, people have tried to place references to Prophet Mohammed in them, thus misleading the public into thinking that the Vedic literature was advocating and giving credence or even prophecies to the Prophet Mohammed, but no such honest references can be found therein. It is another trick, the type of which is becoming increasingly common in order to persuade people to drop out of the Dharmic spiritual path and to convert to something else.             Such trickery is only successful with those who are under-educated in the Vedic philosophy, and are used by those who still lack genuine spiritual depth that can itself attract people. When that is missing, then they have to resort to all kinds of deceit and trickery, or worse, such as types of violence and attacks, to show the superiority of their religion. This is a pathetic technique but seems to be the last resort of those religions who especially want to gain popularity without showing a truly deep and sacred and enlightening spiritual path that is meant solely for the upliftment of the individual and society in general, rather than control through dogma and peer pressure and status from a growing congregation.      • Email to a friend • • Sri Nandanandana dasa:  El Profeta Mahoma: ¿Hay alguna predicción en los Vedas? El Bhavishya Purana tiene una referencia con respecto a un ser llamado Mahamada, que alguna gente es muy impaciente hacer la demanda que significa al profeta Mahoma, así el decir de que predicen al profeta en la literatura védica. Pero antes de que llegamos a esa conclusión, con la investigación adicional, nos dejamos tomar una mirada más atenta para ver lo que dice la referencia completa a Mahamada realmente.  Se explica en el Bhavishya Purana (Parva 3, Khand 3, Adhya 3, versos 5-6) que “un profesor mleccha [el extranjero] aparecerá, Mahamada es su nombre, y él dará la religión a sus compañeros de la quinto-clase.” Esto no describe mucho en vista de su vida, pero menciona alguien por el nombre de Mahamada, y qué lo se esperaba que hiciera, que debía dar su propia forma de religión a las clases más bajas de su región. Alguna gente sugiere a esta persona para ser profeta Mahoma, y está, así, la más dispuesta a aceptar que predijeron al profeta Mahoma en el Bhavishya Purana. Algunos musulmanes entonces sugieren que si un texto védico de esta manera lo predijo, después Hindus si todos aceptan a Mahoma y hacen musulmanes. Sin embargo, por una parte, parecería impar que los musulmanes aceptarían un texto védico para intentar convencer Hindus para hacer musulmanes. Pero si miramos la traducción completa de esta historia, pueden no querer saltar a la conclusión que esta historia representa al profeta Mahoma.  Tan aquí está la transcripción romana del sánscrito en el Bhavishya Purana, no obstante es exacto puede ser (Prati Sarga: Parte III, 3.3.5-27).  mahamadh ithi khayat, shishya-sakha-samniviyath 5  ……. mahadev marusthal nivasinam.  mahadevthe snanya-pya punch-gavua samnivithya tripurarsur-nashav bahu-maya pravathiney 7  malech-dharma shav shudhaya sat-chit-anandaya swarupye,  thva ma hei kinkare vidhii sharanaghatham 8  suta uvacha: ithi shurthiya sthav deva shabadh-mah nupaya tam,  gath-vaya bhojraj-ney mahakhaleshwar-sthale 9  malech-shu dhushita bhumi-vahika nam-vishritha  arya dharma hi nav-vathra vahike desh-darunya 10  vamu-vatra maha-mayi yo-sav dagdho myaa pura  tripuro bali-daithyane proshith punaragath 11  ayoni sa varo math prasava daithyo-vrudhan  mahamadh ithi khayath , paishacha-kruthi thathpar 12  nagathvaya thvya bhup paisachae desh-vartake  math prasadhayane bhupal tav shudhii prajayathe 13 thi shruthva nupshav svadesha-napu maragmath  mahamadh toi sdhav sindhu-thir mupaye-yav 14  uchav bhupati premane mahamadh-virshad  tva deva maharaja das-tva magath 15  mamo-chit sabhu jiya-dhatha tatpashya bho nup  ithi shruthya ththa hata para vismaya-magath16 malechdhano mathi-shasi-tatsaya bhupasaya darutho17  tucha tva kalidas-sthu rusha praah mahamadham  maya-thei nirmithi dhutharya nush-mohan-hethvei 18  hanishyami-duravara vahik purusha-dhamum  ityak va sa jidh shrimanava-raja-tathpar 19  japthya dush-sah-trayach tah-sahansh juhav sa  bhasm mutva sa mayavi malech-dev-tva-magath 20  maybhithashtu tachya-shyaa desh vahii-kamayuuah  guhitva svaguro-bhasm madaheen tva-magatham 21  swapiit tav bhu-ghyot-thro-shrumadh-tathpara  madaheen puro jath thosha trith sayam smurthaum 22 rathri sa dev-roop-shav bahu-maya-virshad  paisacha deha-marathaya bhojraj hi so trivith 23  arya-dharmo hei to raja-sarvoutham smurth  ishapraya karinayami paishacha dharma darunbhu 24  linga-chedri shikhaheen shamshu dhaari sa dhushak  yukhalapi sarva bhakshi bhavishyat jano maum 25  vina kaul cha pashav-thosha bhakshava matha maum  muslanav sanskar kushariv bhavishyat 26  tasman-musal-vanto hi jathiyo dharma dhushika  ithi pishacha-dharma mya kruth 27 Para fijar la escena, en esta sección del Bhavishya Purana, Shri Suta Gosvami primero explicó que previamente, en la dinastía de rey Shalivahana, había diez reyes que fueron a los planetas divinos después de gobernar por más de 500 años. [Esto da a estos reyes áspero 50 años de regla para cada uno.] Entonces la moralidad disminuyó gradualmente en el planeta. En aquel momento, Bhojaraja era el décimo de los reyes en la tierra [quién habrían gobernado cerca de 450 años después de rey Shalivahana]. Cuando él vio que la ley moral de la conducta disminuía, él fue a conquistar todas las direcciones de su país con los soldados de los diez milésimos ordenados por Kalidasa. Él cruzó el río Sindhu [río Indo moderno] que iba hacia el norte y conquistado sobre los gandharas [el área de Afganistán], los mlecchas [región actual de Turquía], los shakas, los Kashmiris [Cachemira y Paquistán actual], los naravas, y los sathas. Cruzando el Sindhu, él conquistó los mlecchas en Gandhar y los shaths en Cachemira. Rey Bhoj asió su tesoro y después los castigó.  Entonces, como versos 7-8 se relaciona, el rey Aryan Bhojaraja, que tenía salió ya de la India para las tierras a través del río de Sindhu y al oeste, resuelve Mahamada [algunos dicen que éste es Mahoma], el preceptor del mleccha-dharma [religión de los mlecchas], que había llegado con sus seguidores. Después de eso, sin embargo, el rey fue a adorar la imagen de señor Mahadev, gran dios Shiva, situado en el marusthal, desierto. Rey Bhoj bañó la imagen de Shiva con agua de Ganges y lo adoraba en su mente con el panchagavya (los cinco elementos purificadores de la vaca, consistiendo en la leche, la mantequilla de búfalo, el yogur, el estiércol de la vaca, y la orina de la vaca), junto con la goma del sándalo, el etc., y ofreció lo, la imagen de Shiva, rezos sinceros y la dedicación. Rey Bhoj rogó a señor Mahadev, “O Girijanath que permanece en el marusthal (tierra de desiertos), yo le ofrece mis rezos. Usted ha forzado el maya [la energía ilusoria] a destruir Tripurasur [el demonio Tripura]; pero los mlecchas ahora le están adorando. Usted es swaroop puro y del sentar-chit-anand [conocimiento y dicha eternos]. Soy su sevak [criado]. He venido bajo su protección.”  Los versos 10-27 se relacionan después que Suta Goswami explicó: Después de oír los rezos del rey y estando satisfecho con él, señor Shiva dijo: “Deje al rey ir a Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain) en la tierra de Vahika, que ahora es contaminado por mlecchas. Los mlecchas ha contaminado al rey de O, la tierra en donde usted se está colocando, que es popular por el nombre de Bahik. En ese país terrible existe no más Dharma. Había un demonio místico nombrado Tripura (Tripurasura), antes de el cual he quemado ya a las cenizas una vez, él ha venido otra vez por la orden de Bali. Él no tiene ningún origen sino que él alcanzó una bendición de mí. Su nombre es Mahamada y sus hechos son como el de un fantasma. Por lo tanto, rey de O, usted no debe ir a esta tierra del fantasma malvado. Por mi misericordia su inteligencia será purificada.” [Esto parecería indicar que este Mahamada era una encarnación del demonio Tripura.] Tan oyendo esto, el rey volvió a su país y Mahamada vino con ellos, pero solamente al banco del río Sindhu. Él era experto en la ilusión de extensión, así que él dijo al rey muy agradablemente, “el gran rey de O, su dios ha hecho mi criado. Apenas vea, como él come mis remanente, así que le demostraré.”  El rey se sorprendió cuando él vio esto el suceder antes de ellos. Entonces en la cólera Kalidasa, el comandante del rey, Mahamada reprendido, “bribón de O, usted ha creado una ilusión para desconcertar al rey, yo le matará, usted es el más bajo…” Entonces el rey dejado eso área.  Más adelante, bajo la forma de presencia fantasmal, el ilusionista experto Mahamada apareció en la noche delante de rey Bhojaraja y dijo: Conocen al “rey de O, su religión por supuesto como la mejor religión entre todos. No obstante, por la orden del señor, voy a establecer una religión terrible y demoníaca y a hacer cumplir un credo fuerte sobre los carne-comedores [mlecchas]. Mis seguidores serán sabidos por sus órganos genitales del corte [circuncidado], ellos no tendrán ningún shikha [penacho del pelo en su cabeza, como Brahmanas], pero tendrán una barba, hicieron ruido en alta voz, y comieron todas las clases de animales excepto los cerdos sin la observación de ningunos rituales. Realizarán actos purificadores con el musala, y así se llamen musalman, y no purificarán sus cosas con la hierba del kusha [una de las aduanas védicas]. Así, seré el autor de esta religión adharmic [opuesto a Dharma védico o Aryan] y demoníaca de las naciones carnívoras.” Después oyendo todo el esto, el Bhavishya Purana se enciende relacionarse que rey Bhojaraja volvió a su tierra y palacio, y que el fantasma del hombre también volvió a su propio lugar.  Se describe pasado cómo el rey inteligente, Bhojaraja, estableció la lengua de sánscrito entre los tres varnas - el Brahmanas, el Kshatriyas y el Vaisyas - y para el Shudras él estableció prakrita-bhasha, la lengua ordinaria hablada por los hombres comunes. Después de gobernar su reino por otros 50 años, él fue a los planetas divinos. Las leyes morales establecidas por él fueron honradas incluso por los semidioses. El arya-varta, la tierra piadosa se sitúa entre Vindhyachala e Himachala, o las montañas conocidas como Vindhya e Himalaya. Los Aryans residen allí, pero la Varna-sankaras reside en la parte más inferior de Vindhya. Guardaron a la gente musalman en el otro lado [del noroeste] del río Sindhu.  * * *  Así, de las interpretaciones de las actuales ediciones del Bhavishya Purana que están disponibles, parece decir que había alguien Mahamada nombrado que rey Bhojaraja resolvió en el desierto, que era supuesto una reaparición del demonio de Tripura, que comenzaría su propia religión para esos mlecchas que no pueden seguir los códigos espirituales de los aspectos más profundos de la cultura espiritual, o de Dharma védico, y que también separarían adharma, o que la religión que sería opuesta a Dharma védico. El más, Mahamada sabía y aceptó la profundidad de la trayectoria espiritual védica y admitida a su superioridad. ¿Pero es Mahamada realmente profeta Mahoma?  Déjeme asegurar cada uno que esta sección no es un comentario en el profeta Mahoma, y es solamente una explicación de qué se dice en el Bhavishya Purana. Pero puesto que alguna gente acepta esto para ser una predicción, necesitamos tomar una mirada más atenta en ella.  Así pues, las primeras líneas de esta traducción parecen llevar a cabo una posibilidad de referir al profeta. Pero después de eso, podría ser cuestionable si una persona querría realmente aceptar esta historia para estar sobre el profeta Mahoma o no.  Históricamente, sin embargo, sabemos que el profeta Mahoma nació entre el CE 570-580, hicimos interesados en la religión en la edad 40, predicada en La Meca por 10 años, y después fuimos a Medina en el CE 621 en la edad 51 cuando él finalmente estableció un siguiente. Él comenzó a enganchar a conflicto armado en el CE 624, ganó la posesión de La Meca en 630, y murió en el CE 632 en la edad 62. Así pues, él habría tenido que haber encontrado a rey Bhojaraja solamente después que él tenía un siguiente, entre los años de 621 y 632. Eso es una ventana de once años extremadamente estrecha del tiempo.  Sin embargo, adjunto también dice que Mahamada fue con rey Bhojaraja al río de Sindhu, pero nunca hay cualquier expediente histórico que el profeta Mahoma fue personalmente a esa área, de la cual establece otra duda si éste habría podido ser el profeta. Además, aunque se describe cómo rey Bhojaraja conquistado sobre los gandharas [el área de Afganistán], los mlecchas [región actual de Turquía], los shakas, los Kashmiris [Cachemira y Paquistán actual], los naravas, y los sathas, él nunca las menciones que él entró el área de la Arabia Saudita central en donde él habría tenido que ir para encontrar al profeta en el tiempo particular en que el profeta tenía un siguiente.  Más, si rey Bhojaraja fuera el décimo rey después de Shalivahana, que fue supuesto para haber existido sobre la época del Jesucristo, según la evidencia proporcionada en la sección anterior, que significaría que vivió este rey el cerca de CE 450 a 500. Esto es demasiado temprano permitir para que una posibilidad encuentre al profeta. Sin embargo, hay alguno rey Bhojaraja que se registra en historia. El que está en el Bhavishya Purana se observa como inteligente, y quién “establecieron la lengua de sánscrito entre los tres varnas - el Brahmanas, el Kshatriyas y el Vaisyas - y para el Shudras él estableció prakrita-bhasha, la lengua ordinaria hablada por los hombres comunes.” Acreditan el rey Bhojaraja que era conocido para ser un erudito sánscrito con ser el autor de dos libros, el Saraswatikanthabharana, y el Shringaraprakasha. De éstos, el primer es un volumen compendioso en cinco capítulos, ocupándose de los méritos y de los defectos de la poesía, de figuras del discurso, de la lengua, del etc. Sin embargo, dicen este rey Bhojaraja del erudito para haber vivido a partir el CE la 1018 a 1054. Esto es demasiado atrasado haber permitidole haber encontrado personalmente al profeta.  Por lo tanto, por lo menos con la actual información que está disponible, nos dejan para concluir que, aunque rey Bhojaraja pudo haber encontrado de hecho a una persona nombrada Mahamada, la reunión entre el rey y profeta Mahoma pues un acontecimiento histórico exacto es extremadamente inverosímil. Así, en esta descripción del Bhavishya Purana, Mahamada no es el profeta. ¿Más allá de este punto de vista, es esto una interpolación posterior? ¿Quién puede decir? ¿O está esto es una profecía en una forma alegórica? Eso sería dejada a lo suyo opiniones o sentimientos. ¿Está el profeta Mahoma en los Vedas?  Comenzar con el Rig-Veda  En este artículo hecharemos una ojeada algunos de los versos en el Vedas que alguna gente, tal como Dr. Zakir Naik, dice que mencionan o están previsto Mahoma en ellos. Esto es un resumen basado en la investigación por el Dr. Radhasyam Brahmachari y otros, y demuestra que estos versos de hecho no hablan del profeta Mahoma, pero se utiliza en una manera que se base en malas traducciones para justificar esa idea.  En primer lugar, el Rig Veda global se reconoce y se acepta pues el libro más viejo creado por el hombre y por lo tanto si podría ser demostrado que hay el mencionar del profeta Mahoma en ese texto, él será inmenso provechoso pintar al profeta árabe como personalidad divina. No sólo eso, será provechoso engañar el Hindus y convertirlos al Islam. Así pues, no llega a ser difícil entender qué ha inspirado al Dr. Zakir Naik y otros para descubrir mencionar de Mahoma en el Rig Veda y en otros textos védicos. Pero como su investigación culminó en una falta, él no tenía ninguna otra manera pero aplicar discusiones estúpidas al befool los kafirs y los infieles sino torcer los significados y las traducciones en algo diferente, todo el rato actuando el más de estudiante y convincentemente.  En primer lugar, debemos ver lo que dice el Rig Veda realmente sobre el profeta Mahoma. Debe también ser mencionado al principio que el śaṃsata sánscrito y el narāśaṃsa de dos palabras desempeñan el papel fundamental en estas discusiones de la gente tal como Zakir Naik. Según él, el śaṃsata de la palabra representa un individuo que elogie. En árabe, llaman tal individuo Ahammad, el otro nombre del profeta Mahoma. Por lo tanto, dondequiera que él podría encontrar el śaṃsata de la palabra, él lo tomó como mencionar de su profeta.  Según él, el segundo narāśaṃsa de la palabra significa a un individuo que deba ser elogiado o que sea loable. La palabra árabe Mahoma significa a un hombre que sea loable. Así pues, dondequiera que él habría podido encontrar el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en cualquier texto sánscrito, él lo tomó para ser el mencionar de Mahoma.  De hecho,  tanto las palabras sánscritas śaṃsata y narāśaṃsa representan una deidad o dios, que son loables. Según Sāyana, el comentarista más reputado del Vedas, el narāśaṃsa de la palabra significa una deidad o una entidad respetable (no hombre) que merezca ser elogiada por el hombre.  Sin embargo, debemos tener una mirada más atenta para ver lo que tiene que decir Zakir Naik. Según él, los versos (1/13/3), (1/18/9), (1/106/4), (1/142/3), (2/3/2), (5/5/2), (7/2/2), (10/64/3) y (10/182/2) del Rig Veda contenga el narāśaṃsa de la palabra, y por lo tanto mencione Mahoma, y el verso (8/1/1) del Rig Veda contiene el śaṃsata de la palabra (Ahmmad), o el otro nombre de Mahoma. Tan aquí él comienza con otra mentira evidente y dice que el śaṃsata de la palabra representa un hombre que elogie, el equivalente árabe de Ahammad y por lo tanto menciona a Mahoma. El verso dicho (8/1/1) del Rig Veda lee:  Mā cidanyadvi śaṃsata sakhāyo mā riṣṇyata l  Indramitstot ā vṛṣaṇaṃ sacā sute muhurukthā ca śaṃsata ll (8/1/1) “Glorifique la nada además, los amigos de O; tan ningún apuro del dolor usted. Elogie solamente a Indra poderoso cuando se vierte el jugo, y diga sus alabanzas en varias ocasiones.” (Traducción: R T H Griffith; Los himnos del Ṛgveda, editores de Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi; 1995, p-388). El śaṃsata de la palabra (loable) en el verso antedicho refiere tan a Indra de la deidad, y no a un hombre que elogie (Ahammad) según lo demandado por el Dr. Zakir Naik.  Ahora veremos lo que dicen los versos que contienen el narāśaṃsa de la palabra. En Rig Veda, se refiere un verso como (x/y/z), donde x representa mandala, los soportes de y para Sukta y z representa el verso o el Ṛk. El verso (1/13/3) del Rig Veda, según lo mencionado anteriormente, pertenece a décimotercero Sukta de la 1º mandala. Debe también ser observado aquí que cada Sukta del Rig Veda está dedicado a una deidad. La deidad de presidencia del décimotercero Sukta de la 1º mandala es Agni (dios del fuego). El verso dice:  Narāśaṃsamiha priyamasminajña upahvaye l  Madhujihvat haviṣkṛtam ll (1/13/3) “Estimado Narāśaṃsa, dulce de la lengüeta, el donante de oblaciones, invoco a este nuestro sacrificio.” (tr: ibid, p-7)  Pues Agni es la deidad al que le está dedicado el décimotercero Sukta entero, no hay duda que la palabra narāśaṃsa (loable al hombre) en el verso se refiere a Agni. Uno debe también observar que la palabra narāśaṃsa no significa a un hombre que sea loable, como cierta eruditos dicen.  El verso (1/18/9) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃsaṃ sudhṛṣṭamamapaśyam saprathastam l  Divo na sadmakhasam ll (1/18/9) “He visto Narāśaṃsa, él más resuelto, lo más extensamente posible famoso, como twere del `el sacerdote del hogar del cielo.” (tr: ibid, p-11)  El décimo octavo Sukta, a el cual el verso pertenece, se dedica a Brahmaṇaspati, el sacerdote del cielo y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra (loable al hombre) en este verso refiere a Brahmaṇaspati, el sacerdote del cielo.  El verso (1/106/4) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃsaṃ vajinṃ vajayinniha kṣayadvīraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ summairī mahe l  Rathaṃ na durgādvasava sudānavo viśvasmānno ahaṃso niṣpipartana ll (1/106/4) “A Narāśaṃsa poderoso, la consolidación el suyo pudo, a Pūṣaṇa, regla sobre hombres, nosotros ruega con los himnos. Incluso durante un carro de un barranco difícil, Vasus generoso, nos rescata de toda la señal de socorro.” (tr: ibid, p-69)  El 106º Sukta del 1º mandala, a el cual el verso pertenece, se dedica al Viśvadevas, y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra (loable al hombre) en este verso refiere al Viśvadevas, otra vez no a Mahoma. El verso (1/142/3) del Rig Veda dice:  śuci pāvako adbhuto madhvā yajñaṃ mimikṣati l  narāśaṃsasthrirā divo devo deveṣu yajñiyaḥ ll (1/142/3) “Él maravilloso, el santificar, brillante, asperja el sacrificio con la aguamiel, tres veces, Narāśaṃsa de los cielos, dios en medio de dioses adorables.” (tr: ibid, p-98)  El 142º Sukta, a el cual el verso pertenece, se dedica a la deidad Āprī, y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere a Āprī. La mayor parte de los eruditos convienen que Āprī es el otro nombre de Agni y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere a Agni, dios del fuego.  El verso (2/3/2) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃsaḥ prati dhāmānyañjan tisro div prati mahṇā svarciḥ l  Ghṛtapruṣā manasā havyamundanmūrdhanyajñasya sanamaktu devān ll (2/3/2) La “iluminación de mayo Narāśaṃsa encima de los compartimientos, brillantes en su majestad con el cielo triple, empapando el regalo con el aceite que difunde propósito, bedew a dioses en la época más chiefest de la adoración.” (tr: ibid, p 132)  Como el anterior, 142º Sukta de 1º Mandal, este actual 3º Sukta de la 2º mandala, se dedica a la deidad Āprī o Agni y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere a Agni dios del fuego.  El verso (5/5/2) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃsaḥ suṣūdatīmṃ yajñamadābhyaḥ l  Kavirhi madhūhastāḥ ll (5/5/2) “Él, Narāśaṃsa, ne'er seducido, inspireth este sacrificio; para el sabio está él, con los dulces a disposición.” (tr: ibid, p 240)  Este 5º Sukta de la 5º mandala también se dedica a Āprī o Agni y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere a Agni dios del fuego.  El verso (7/2/2) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃsasya mahimānameṣamupa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ l  Ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyandhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā ll (7/2/2) “Con sacrificio a éstos los hombres honraremos la majestad de Narāśaṃsa santo - a éstos el puro, el más sabio, pensamiento-inspira, dioses que disfruten de ambas clases de nuestras oblaciones.” (tr: ibid, p 334)  Este 2º Sukta de la 7º mandala se dedica otra vez a Āprī o a Agni, y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere a Agni dios del fuego.  El verso (10/64/3) del Rig Veda dice:  Narā vā śaṃsaṃ pūṣṇamagohyamagni deveddhamabhyarcase girā l  Sūryāmāsā candramasā yamaṃ divi tritaṃ vātamuṣasamaktumaśvinā ll (10/64/3) “A Narāśaṃsa y a Pūṣaṇ que canto adelante, Agni inocultable encendido por dioses. Un Sol y una luna, dos lunas, a Yama en el cielo, a Trita, a Vāta, al amanecer, a la noche y a los Gemelos Aśvins.” (tr: ibid, p 578)  Este 64º Sukta de la 10º mandala se dedica al Viśvadevas, y el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en este verso refiere al Viśvadevas.  El verso (10/182/2) del Rig Veda dice:  Narāśaṃso na avatu prayāje śaṃ no astvanuyajo habeṣu l  Kṣipadaśtimapa durmati hannathā karadyajamānāya śam ṣoḥ ll (10/182/2). “Que pueda Narāśaṃsa ayudarnos en Prayāja; blest esté hacia fuera Anuyāja en los invokings. Puede él rechazar la maldición, y persigue la enfermo-sensación, y da la paz y la conforta, al sacrificante.” (tr: ibid, p 650)  El 182º Sukta de la 10º mandala, a el cual el verso antedicho pertenece, se dedica a Vṛhaspati, y por lo tanto el narāśaṃsa de la palabra refiere a Vṛhaspati, el sacerdote de dioses.  Otro verso (1/53/9) del Rig Veda dice,  Tvametāñjanarājño dvirdaśābandhunā suśravasopajagmaṣaḥ l  ṣaṣtiṃ sahasrā navatiṃ nava śruto ni cakreṇa rathyā duṣpadā vṛṇak ll (1/53/9) “Con la carro-rueda todo-que deja atrás, Oh, Indra, mil far-famed, el hast derrocado los dos veces diez reyes de hombres, con sesenta mil noventa seguidores (60.099), que vinieron en brazos luchar con Suśravas sin amigos.” (tr: ibid, p-36)  Para narrar el incidente, Sayana, el comentarista renombrado del Rig Veda, dice que veinte reyes con una fuerza, 60.099 fuertes, atacaron al rey Suśrava (Prajapati) e Indra solamente los derrotaron y frustraron su ambición (el Vayu-Purana también narra el incidente).  La mayor parte de los eruditos convienen que el Rig Veda fue compuesto más de 5000 años de BCE, y por lo tanto el incidente narró en el verso (1/53/9) ocurrió hace más de 7000 años. Y Mahoma conquistó La Meca en el Año 630 AD. Pero Zakir Naik tiene procedió a ligar el incidente a La Meca de captura de Mahoma, que cualquier hombre sano, a menos que un musulmán, sentiría tímido para emprender. Para dar a su travesura una forma, él tiene, en primer lugar substituido la palabra Suśrava por Suśrama y dice que la palabra Suśrama representa uno quién elogia, y por lo tanto el equivalente a Ahammad en árabe, el otro nombre de Mahoma. Y él demanda que el verso narra La Meca conquistadora de Mahoma, como era la población de entonces de la ciudad cerca de 60.000 y Mahoma habían invadido La Meca con 20 de sus seguidores más cercanos. No es difícil que el lector descubra la absurdidad de esta demanda y del engaño implicado con la fabricación de él.  El verso (8/6/10) del Rig Veda dice,  Ahamiddhi pituṣpari medhamṛtasya jagrabha l  Ahaṃ sūrya ivājrani ll (8/6/10) “De mi padre he recibido el conocimiento profundo de la ley santa: Nací como a el Sun.” (Tr: ibid, p 396).  En este verso el ahamiddhi de la palabra representa “mí ha recibido.” Pero como la palabra deletrea como Ahammad, el otro nombre de Mahoma, Zakir Naik demanda que el verso menciona a Mahoma, que demuestra cómo él es error propenso a causa de su diagonal islámico.  Así hemos estudiado todos los versos del Rig Veda que, según Naik, mención Mahoma. Se ha dicho arriba que el narāśaṃsa sánscrito de la palabra representa una deidad o dios que sea loable servir, pero no un hombre que sea loable a otros hombres, que es lo que demanda Naik. Así pues, según esta clase de lógica infantil, siempre que alguien utilice la palabra “loable,” debe ser tomado dado que él menciona al profeta Mahoma. Pero eso está lejos de la verdad.  Sin embargo, el nivel intelectual de los que intenten utilizar estas técnicas de malas traducciones se revela cuando intentan hacer la misma cosa con el narāśaṃsa de la palabra en el otro Vedas, como Atharva-Veda y Yajur-Veda y los está proyectando otra vez para mencionar al profeta Mahoma. Aunque es despilfarro escarpado de la hora de ocuparse de las elocuciones de la gente insana tal como esto, podemos discutir estas materias más a fondo en el futuro. Mientras tanto, muchos son los que están realizando las conclusiones confusas e inexactas tales como éstos y están perdiendo confianza en tal gente que dependa de esta clase de táctica, mientras que también se convierten en una vergulenza a la religión representan. Debunking la conexión de Atharva-Veda Atharva-Veda, HIMNO CXXVII Un himno en la alabanza del buen gobierno de rey Kaurama 1 escucha esto, hombres de YE, una alabanza de la generosidad gloriosa será cantada. Los millares sesenta, y noventa, O Kaurama, entre el Rusamas hemos recibido.  2 camellos twice-ten que dibujan el coche, con las hembras por su lado, él dieron. El carro superior arquearía Fain abajo el escape del movimiento del cielo.  3 cientos cadenas de oro, diez guirnaldas, sobre el thee Rishi él concedió, Y corceles mettled thrice-a-hundred, vacas de los diez-tiempos-uno-mil que él dio. El thee de  4 superabundancias, cantante de O, thee de la superabundancia tiene gusto de un pájaro en un árbol maduro-fructífero. Thy labios y lengüeta se mueven rápidamente como las láminas agudas de un par de esquileos.  5 rápidamente y dispuesto como kine adelante vienen los cantantes y sus himnos: Sus pequeñas doncellas están en el país, en el país ellas esperan sobre las vacas. El cantante de  6 O, trae a mil adelante el himno que ganado del findeth, abundancia del findeth. p. 364 Incluso durante un archer apunta su dirección del eje este rezo a dioses. Lista  7 al elogio de Pariksit, el sovran que toda la gente ama, El rey que ruleth sobre todos, sobresaliendo a mortals como dios. ` 8 que monta su trono, Pariksit, el mejor de todos, el hath dado nos paz y resto, ' Saith un Kauravya a su esposa como él está pidiendo su casa. ¿ 9 que yo fijar antes de thee, de cuajadas, de gachas de la leche, o de cebada-brew? ' Así la esposa pregunta a su marido en el reino qué rey Pariksit gobierna.  10 para arriba como si fuera encender divinamente los resortes el maíz maduro sobre la hendidura. Prospera feliz la gente en la tierra en donde reina rey Pariksit. El hath de Indra  11 despertó al bardo y dijo, se levanta, vaga cantando aquí y allí. Elogíeme, el fuerte: cada hombre piadoso dará riquezas del thee a cambio, ¡ 12 aquí, vacas! aumente y multipliqúese, aquí YE, caballos de O, aquí, los hombres de O. Aquí, con mil recompensas de los ricos, el doth Pūshan también se asienta. Indra de  13 O, dejó estas vacas ser seguras, su amo libre de lesión. Dejado no el hostil-hearted o el ladrón tenga control de ellas.  14 glorificamos algunas veces y otra vez al héroe con nuestro himno de la alabanza, con rezo, con nuestro rezo propicio. Placer de la toma en las canciones que cantamos: nunca deje el mal caer en nosotros.  Este himno es simplemente una alabanza de rey Kaurama (probablemente del origen de Rajasthani). ¡Alguna gente, como Zakir Naik, ha intentado torcer esto para significar que los primeros 13 versos cuentan la historia de Mahoma! “Kaurama” significa “llevado de una familia noble” y no tiene realmente nada hacer con referir a Mahoma. Es estrechamente vinculado con el término Kaurava. Y “Kuntapa” significa simplemente los órganos internos en el vientre y no tiene ningún significado alterno como “viaje seguro” o como tal. Las palabras sánscritas no son tan de varias capas como palabras árabes. Todos los versos en el Atharva-Veda a partir de la 126-133 se consideran Kuntapa, pero solamente uno menciona un desierto. La conexión de Sama-Veda Alguna gente (y usted puede conjeturar quién) piensan que el Sama-Veda, libro II, himno 6, verso 8, refiere a Mahoma.  El verso -  1. Indra cuyas quijadas son el hath fuerte bebido de adorar el bosquejo de Sudaksha, El jugo del Soma con brew de la cebada.  2. El señor de O de la abundancia amplia, estas canciones de la alabanza ha llamado en voz alta al thee, ¡Como lowing lechero-kine a sus becerros!  3. Entonces derecho reconocieron el nombre místico del buey creativo, Allí en la mansión de la luna.  4. Cuando Indra, el héroe más fuerte, trajo las corrientes, el poderoso mitiga, Pushan hacía una pausa su lado.  5. La vaca, la madre el fluir del liberal Maruts, vierte su leche, Enjaezado para dibujar sus carros encendido.  6. Venido, el señor de alegrías entusiastas, a nuestra libación con thy corceles de la bahía, viene Con corceles de la bahía al jugo que fluye  7. Presentado la consolidación de los regalos han enviado a Indra en el sacrificio, Con noche, a el baño de limpiamiento.  8. I de mi padre ha recibido conocimiento profundo de la ley eterna: Nací como a el Sun.  9. Con banquetes espléndidos de Indra sea los nuestros, rico en todas las cosas de la consolidación, wherewith, Rico en alimento, podemos disfrutar  10. El Soma y Pushan, buenos con él que viaje a dioses, proporcionan Viviendas todo felices y seguras.  Tan alguna gente dice que el verso ocho dice que “Ahmed adquirió de su señor el conocimiento de la ley eterna. Acabo de recibir la luz de él como del sol.” Entonces asocian la palabra como Ahmed para ser Mahoma. Pero déjenos entienden el verso exactamente.  En estos versos, consolidan a Indra con sacrificio del Soma y los sacerdotes gritan para la llegada de Indra. Los sacerdotes reconocen el nombre del adivino creativo - el Soma de la personificación, allí en la mansión de la luna - que en simbolismo védico, se asemeja a una gota del Soma. Después, la batalla legendaria de Indra con Viritra que se refleje el dragón que retenga las aguas de la tierra y él se considera cómo Indra trae las corrientes hacia la tierra con Pushan por su lado. La descripción de una vaca que vierte adelante su leche también se da y es relacionada pensado con la acción de Indra. Entonces, los sacerdotes llaman de nuevo a Indra como el señor de la alegría para dar sus regalos de la consolidación al Soma e Indra que hace así pues, se descolora lejos. Los sacerdotes participan en el Soma y reciben el conocimiento de la ley eterna - la ley que gobierna la naturaleza (ninguna ley en el sentido de Jurisdiction del `) y comparten una sensación del calor como si nacieran a el Sun. De nuevo, el Soma se elogia por sus calidades de la consolidación. El Soma la personificación y el Pushan viaja así a dioses.  El Soma es un jugo del no-producto tóxico de cierta vid que se queme en rituales védicos y se comen los remanente de sobra. Esto no se hace más porque nadie sabe cuál es la planta del Soma (extinto presumida). La planta del Soma es renombre para sus características de la consolidación y se bebe antes de guerra. Indra es una deidad especialmente encariñada con el Soma.  La conclusión para este verso del Sama-Veda es tan que no hay lugar para ningún “Ahmed” en este storywise o literarywise del verso. El adición de “Ahmed” aquí es decir (el Veda es gramatical perfecto) - al “Ahmed gramatical incorrecto ha recibido.” Y además, es relacionado con decir a Mahoma mismo hizo el ritual a la gloria de Indra, y participó en las sobras y conocía el Sharia - que es de nuevo relacionado con la idolatría para los musulmanes. La frase “que de mi padre” parezco segundo probable (él refiere a los sacerdotes que reciben conocimiento del “Soma” sobre la ley eterna) pero el más probable parece ser Aham + Atha. Traduciría la oración - “ahora he recibido la ley eterna.”  * * *  Podríamos encendernos como esto, y la otra gente tiene, y comparar versos adicionales del Vedas para demostrar cómo por malas traducciones, la gente ha intentado poner referencias al profeta Mahoma en ellas, así el engaño del público en el pensamiento de que la literatura védica era de sostén y de donante de crédito o aún de profecías al profeta Mahoma, solamente de ningunas tales referencias honestas se puede encontrar en esto. Es otro truco, el tipo cuyo está llegando a ser cada vez más común para persuadir a gente de caer de la trayectoria espiritual de Dharmic y de convertir al algo más.  Tal mañosidad es solamente acertada con las que sean under-educated en la filosofía védica, y es utilizada por las que todavía carezcan la profundidad espiritual genuina que puede sí mismo atraer a gente. Cuando eso falta, después tienen que recurrir a todas las clases de engaño y de mañosidad, o peor, por ejemplo tipos de violencia y de ataques, demostrar la superioridad de su religión. Esto es una técnica patética pero parece ser el último recurso de esas religiones que quieran especialmente ganar renombre sin demostrar un verdaderamente profundo y sagrado y la trayectoria espiritual de la aclaración que se significa solamente para el upliftment del individuo y de la sociedad generalmente algo que control con dogma y la presión social y estado de una congregación cada vez mayor.   H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): OLD FRIENDS www.sdgonline.org. From The Week Before Gaura Purnima (1994) “The investigating committeeman had arrived and would see him in an hour. ‘Okay, let me take rest and put my Prabhupada murti to rest,’ the same sannyasi said. He hurried into bed, sleep, dreams, but forgot, woke up later just in time but feeling rushed for The Meeting. “The committeeman adjusted his toggles and said, ‘I was just on a flight from India.’ “The sannyasi adjusted his eyesights and tried easing a little the tight belt of his kaupina, which pushed him at his waist. “‘Eh?’ “ ‘Well, your name came up. We investigated certain devotees who are in a kind of sub-cult of too much inclination towards raganuga, which you know can lead to sahajjiya. Even in Srila Prabhupada’s time he squelched a so-called gopi-bhava club. You know all this.’ “‘Yes.’ “‘Then we got ahold of a diary you kept, a long one.’ “‘Nobody ever deigned to read it before.  I guess it’s poetic justice that I finally got readers.’ “‘Well, we just read the good parts. I mean those relevant to our investigations.’ “‘Oh, you didn’t read about me in Mayapura and potholes in Calcutta and Ganges, poetry, boys in a pond, the scene where rickshaws and camels came in a traffic jam and and my general personal yearning to improve as Srila Prabhupada’s boy, the time I stopped alone in the empty former GBC hall in Mayapura and felt the presence of old scenes and faces like ghosts and then got up and left it in favor of the present, diminished real self, and went to Srila Prabhupada’s grass kutir and saw him looking back from out of the painting where he’s dressing you down and simultaneously compassionate, your best friend?’ “‘No, we didn’t read all that. We saw your confession that you were reading Rupa and Raghunatha Goswamis’ intimate work where gopi manjari was featured, and you dared to aspire to be Radha-dasya. Frankly, it’s an open-and-shut case. We’ve got the goods on you and the others who met and discussed this sometimes on the Radha-kunda bank, and even when we thought you were downtown shopping, you were at dana-nivartana kund and other esoteric, celebrated places of intimate pastimes of Krishna and the gopis.’ “‘So what did you decide at your meeting?’ “‘We passed a resolution that you should quit it.’ “‘And . . . that’s all?’ “‘We slapped the wrists of those present, and yours too by mentioning your name.’ “‘Let me say it’s true. I was doing all that, but for me, this news and resolutions comes as anticlimactic.’ “Then our sannyasi said, ‘I did that excess you have mentioned and trod the rasika path. But on visiting India this year I heard my master’s call. He said, “Come back to me.” I was in his samadhi mandira and residence rooms, requesting him to speak. “Come back and read my books alone, you don’t need any others, come back real soon and read the basics. They’re actually the way for you to qualify to hear and enter true Goloka dhama.” “‘Yes, I felt him drawing me,’ said the sannyasi. ‘And I was glad to hear, and with no pain of withdrawal I left off abruptly my chase to reach that raganuga by cramming it now and deferring my master’s own books. So I admit to what you say, but I have already desisted before your meetings and decree . . .’” “The committeeman said that there would be some follow-up and they would notify him. ‘There is always some possible new development or decision. You can’t resolve it ever or completely close a chapter in this sort of thing.’ “I’ll transcribe this interview,’–the committeeman surprised by showing a tiny microphone and recorder—‘and submit it to the larger body, and it will be judged by another committee who will tell you whether there will be any more action in your case.’ “‘Okay. But you can put me on the record as ‘off the raganuga binge.’ “‘As you say.’ The committeeman wasn’t giving our man any real hearty assurances. Left a little menace in the air. “Sannyasi’s Poem on the Run: “Sorry (I say this in jest) I didn’t give more blood or enter a dogfight in the meeting. Rest assured I am worried about such things, but I am also trying to keep aloof and I’m sure dear reader, that’s what you want from me– that I don’t over-fear but keep flying above the water and present to you real stuff. Hare Krishna. I am afraid, but not.” From Begging for the Nectar of the Holy Name (1992) “(This evening I lectured on the holy name. I am trying to prepare myself for my own attack on inattentive chanting. I am not a hypocrite, but it’s just so ironic that I, a poor chanter, always find myself speaking about trying to chant with love and taste.) “Tonight’s class was lively. I told jokes and gave examples. The audience was interested. Some of the devotees were obviously deeply concerned about their own japa. One man asked about continuous chanting. He said there are two scriptural statements that seem to be in contradiction: a sastra which states that one can chant for many lifetimes and not get love of God, and the Padma Purana statement that the cure for offensive chanting is to chant continuously. (C.c. Adi 8.16) I responded by saying that even though our chanting is offensive, we can still chant, but we must try to improve. We can pray, ‘My dear Lord, I’ve read the statement that offensive chanting cannot bring about love of God, but I myself cannot improve my pramada. So I am chanting continuously and hope that You will give me Your mercy. Only by Your mercy can  love of God descend. “M. asked me how we can better take care and have more dedication to our whole devotional life so that the bhakti will carry over into the two or three hours spent in japa. I praised the world of bhakti. Srila Prabhupada has given us a society of devotees, prasadam, Deity worship, melodic kirtana, etc. in which we can worship the holy name. Prabhupada did not give us the same austere conditions accepted by the yogis in the Himalayas as they sat in mountain caves and chanted mantras. Yes, there is an austere element to it—we have to face the stark fact that we have no desire to chant. At least for some time we will have to chant without taste while serving honestly in Prabhupada’s mission.” From Prabhupada Meditations, Volume II “When Prabhupada visited Dallas the first time, it was very hot, and he said it was like Bengal. He did not wear a kurta but just his sannyasa top-piece with a dhoti. He sat outside in the evening in a rocking chair. The devotees had built a garden there, trying to emulate the Los Angeles garden. It had grass, sod, a water fountain that ran electrically, varieties of flowers, a bamboo fence—and it had all been created in twenty-four hours. What had been an oily patch of cement suddenly became a walled-in garden with a fountain, not exactly like Los Angeles, but not bad. It was bliss for the devotees to make their utmost effort to accommodate Prabhupada, even though they knew they were unschooled in doing so. It humbled them to know that it was highly unusual for Prabhupada to visit there. “There are many wonderful and stormy pastimes of Prabhupada’s first visit, especially regarding his installation of Radha-Kalachandji. Some of those things are painful for me to remember now, but other moments come to mind. “When Prabhupada first walked into his quarters in Dallas, he went to the window and looked into the backyard. Adjoining the temple parking lot was a house which at that time was used by Mohanananda, the headmaster. Prabhupada asked, “Who lives there?” “‘That’s where Mohanananda lives,’ I replied. Prabhupada gave a little laugh and said, ‘Headmaster.’ I don’t know exactly what he was thinking, but it seemed he was chuckling to himself that the headmaster had managed to get himself a house. It was a renunciate’s chuckle. And Prabhupada quickly added, ‘Yes, why not? He’s a grhastha, so he should have a house and be comfortable.’ “When Prabhupada came to Dallas the second time, the devotees had small Radha-Krishna Deities, little Radha-Kalachandji, and we asked Prabhupada if we could install Them on the altar. He said, ‘You already have a Deity, Radha-Kalachandji, so there is no question of installing any other Deities. “‘Then, Prabhupada,’ I said, ‘we shouldn’t put these Deities on the altar?’ “‘Yes,’ he said, ‘you may put Them on the altar, but don’t install Them. There’s only one installed Deity, Radha-Kalachandji.’ That was an interesting piece of education, and it helped us to understand the Deity worship. So while Prabhupada was there the devotees took the opportunity to put the little Radha-Krishna Deities on the altar, and they also placed, for the first time, Deities of Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra on a separate altar. Since Prabhupada said there was to be no installation ceremony, They were all placed for the very first time on the altar during the normal time when the Deities are dressed before ‘greeting the Deities.’ “Prabhupada entered the temple room to greet the Deities and he stood in front. The temple hall was very long, and down its entire length about a hundred children were lined up. Many of the children were as young as four or five years old, and they were not very reverent in Prabhupada’s presence. They had heard many times that Prabhupada was very special and that you are supposed to respect him and bow down before him, but their senses and minds were too wild to understand it. Although the adults knew how to put on a good appearance in Prabhupada’s presence, the children continued their usual fighting and throwing things up in the air just a few feet in front of His Divine Grace. The teachers tried their best to control the situation and Prabhupada did not seem disturbed by it. “When the altar curtains began to open, Prabhupada faced the Deities. Suddenly, a cheer came out from all the children—”YEEEA!” Prabhupada turned with pleasure and looked at the enthusiastic mob of tots who had made the big roar. For the children it was a sensation—a new Radha-Krishna! And new Jagannatha! “YEEEA!” Prabhupada wanted spontaneous bhakti in his disciples, and there it was.”   • Email to a friend • •   Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: whatever Chaitanya Mahaprabhu desires will certainly be done although the atmosphere is surcharged with opposing elements in this age of Kali, if we simply have faith in the words of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, "As many towns and villages as there are all over the world, My name will be known," certainly we will come out successful because Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself and whatever He desires will certainly be done. So, as parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can become instrumental in carrying out the plan of the Lord and be benefited and be beneficial to all others by the progressive march Back to Godhead. So do not feel discouraged but carry on with perseverance and Krishna will help you. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Kirtanananda, 24 November, 1970   • Email to a friend • •   David Haslam, UK: No room at the inn (so am I unwanted?) So the office floor calls again following the news that there is no way that they can accommodate me at the manor due to an administration oversight only coming to light as I phoned to make arrangements to assist in the morning transfers for the pujari department. In many ways I am saddened as it [...]   • Email to a friend • •   Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Money matters and management SB 7.13.32 As far as our Kåñëa consciousness movement is concerned, we are getting money naturally, by the grace of God, by selling our literature. This literature is not sold for our sense gratification; to spread the Krishna consciousness movement we need so many things, and Krishna is therefore supplying us the requisite money to advance this mission. The mission of Kåñëa is to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world, and for this purpose we naturally must have sufficient money. Therefore, according to the advice of Srila Rüpa Gosvämi Prabhupäda, we should not give up attachment to money that can spread the Krishna consciousness movement...Money that can help in spreading the Krishna consciousness movement is not a part of the material world, and we should not give it up, thinking that it is material...Money is undoubtedly coming in great quantities, but we should not be attached to this money for sense gratification; every cent should be spent for spreading the Kåñëa consciousness movement, not for sense gratification. There is danger for a preacher when he receives great quantities of money, for as soon as he spends even a single cent of the collection for his personal sense gratification, he becomes a fallen victim. The preachers of the Krishna consciousness movement should be extremely careful not to misuse the immense quantities of money needed to spread this movement.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Japan Relief - Calling Volunteers By Priyavrata Das for ISKCON News on 16 Mar 2011 The colossal 8.9-magnitude “superquake” that erupted just off Japan was 8000 times more powerful than the one that recently hit Christchurch in New Zealand. Food For Life Global is calling volunteers to join the relief mission in Japan.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Vegetarians Barred From Adopting By AFP for abc.net.au on 11 Mar 2011 A vegetarian couple on the Greek island of Crete have been barred from adopting a child because of doubts about their diet, a local social welfare official said.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: 6 Other Calamities Blamed On Divine Retribution By Dan Gilgoff for CNN.com on 16 Mar 2011 Age-old questions about divine punishment are back. Again. Blaming human sinfulness for natural and man-made disasters is nothing new. “This kind of thinking is actually typical rather than atypical in world history,” says Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion professor.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Sponsor an Arati During Gaura Purnima this Weekend! The Toronto Hare Krishna temple is gearing up for grand celebrations this weekend as we get ready to celebrate Gaura-Purnima on the evening of Saturday, March 19th! Gaura Purnima celebrates the appearance anniversary of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It is observed annually by Krishna devotees all over the world — especially in the area of Mayapur, India, the place where He appeared in the year 1486. As a special treat, devotees have a chance to sponsor one of the aratis (offerings, accompanied by chanting) during this Saturday's program. The two main aratis will be at 6pm and 8pm and you are welcome to sponsor one of the three altars during one of the aratis! For more information, or to sponsor one of the aratis, please click here to fill out our form and we will be in touch with you!   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Hare Krishna in South Africa - A Little Documentary! This video has been on YouTube for quite some time, but we're sure some of our blog readers have not seen it before. Check out this neat documentary made about ISKCON in South Africa!   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: Japa Retreat - Level 3 Q & A This is a very interesting and enlivening question and answer session with Sacinandana Swami.   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: About 50 Nepalese hit by tsunami have taken shelter at ISKCON temple in Tokyo By Dhwani Pathak Dave “We did not have enough blankets to keep them warm so we borrowed them from some Gujarati families who readily gave them.” Not only this, the Gujarati families also got together at the Govinda restaurant of ISKCON to prepare food for the refugees. Biryani and khakhras were made for them as there was shortage of food   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 March 17: "My Dear Jayadvaita, so far changing the wording of verse or purport of 12:12 discussed before, it may remain as it is." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 March 17: "All of you just make a very rigid plan for opening hundreds of centers in every nook and corner of the European countries. Surely the people will feel very happy as soon as they come in touch with our movement. Execute this responsibility and Krishna will be very happy upon you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 March 17: "Roy Ramananda has given open instruction that it does not matter what is the social or ecclesiastical order, if one is fully Krishna Conscious, he can act as Acarya. So follow this instruction and show the world how man and woman can be united for the service of the Lord." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 March 17: "Today I lectured and held Sankirtana in the local YMCA and they all danced and sang with us and the scene was very pleasing. So I am very much hopeful that this movement can be spread all over the whole world simply by the performance of Kirtana and a little lecture on the principles of Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1966 March 17: "Ekadasi. Received letter from Salvation Army Finance Secretary. At once went to see him. The result is favourable by the Grace of the Lord. In the evening two ladies and one gentleman came to see me. There was some discussions." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 March 17: "In San Francisco State College I delivered a lecture and the students enjoyed the atmosphere very much. They stood around me after the meeting was over. One girl questioned why I am against meat eating, and she was very satisfactorily replied." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 March 17: "That Narayana comes in the form of daridra to receive our service is against our philosophy. Daridra is daridra and Narayana is Narayana. Narayana demands service directly not through daridra. There is no need of rendering service to the daridras in order to reach Krsna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 March 17: "It will be a great pleasure for me if you can come and live with me for some time. You are 79 years old and I am also 78. I wish that in the fag end of life if you and I together can preach Krsna Consciousness all over the world, people will be benefited and all problems of the world will be solved. That is my conviction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Fukushima 50 I am sure most people are aware of the potential nuclear meltdowns in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. Yesterday 50 engineers were entering the plant to try avert the catastrophe. Regardless of outcome, I salute the bravery and self sacrifice of those 50 engineers who most certainly had to know it was potentially a suicide mission, sacrificing themselves for the many. Dandavats to the Fukushima 50. “Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the ksatriyas.” Bhagavad Gita 18.43 Filed under: News, Ramblings or Whatever   • Email to a friend • •   New Vrndavan, USA: Srila Prabhupada’s Vision For NV (in his own words) Srila Prabhupada’s Vision For New Vrindaban (in his own words): (Compiled by Chaitanya Mangala dasa) 1. Cow Protection. 2. Sustainable Agriculture. 3. Simple Village Life. 4. A Place of Pilgrimage in the West. 5. A Place of Higher Learning. 6. Above All, a Place for People to Develop Their Love for Krishna. 1. Cow Protection: “Krishna by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows and that should be the main business of New Vrindaban.” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “Therefore the special feature of New Vrindaban will be cow protection, and by doing so, we shall not be loser.” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “Therefore, my special request is that you should try to maintain as many cows as possible in your New Vrindaban.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 24 June, 1969 “Agriculture and protecting cows, this is the main business of the residents of Vrindavan, and above all simply loving Krsna.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 27 July, 1973 2. Sustainable Agriculture: “The whole idea of New Vrindaban is that men who are living there should produce their own food, of which milk is the principal thing.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 31 July, 1969 “So these duties are there in New Vrindaban, and we shall have to live there self independently, simply by raising cows, grains, fruits, and flowers.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 12 January, 1969 3. Simple Village Life: “Yukta Vairagya, means that we should simply accept the bare necessities of our material part of life, and try to save time for spiritual advancement. This should be the motto of New Vrindaban,” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high thinking.” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “New Vrindaban does not require to be modernized because Krishna’s Vrindaban is transcendental village.” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “Go on acquiring the surrounding lands and in this way we will establish a local self governing village and show all the world a practical example of spiritual life as Krishna Himself exhibited in Vrindaban.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 27 July, 1973 4. A Place of Pilgrimage in the West: “I understand the spot is very beautiful, and the hills may be renamed as New Govardhana. And if there are lakes, they can be renamed as Syamakunda and Radhakunda.” Letter to Hayagriva — 14 June, 1968 “New Vrindaban should be taken up very seriously because actually I want to develop a replica of Old Vrindaban. I have got ambition to construct there 7 temples as follows: 1. Radha Madan Mohan, 2. Radha Govinda, 3. Radha Gopinatha, 4. Radha Damodara, 5. Radha Raman, 6. Radha Gokulananda, 7. Radha Syamasundara.” Letter to Hayagriva — 18 November, 1968 “So you have now taken charge of the sunrise of New Vrindaban. Our program is there for constructing seven temples.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 12 January, 1969 “Now I am hopeful that our New Vrindaban will be an exact replica of Vrindaban in India.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 18 February, 1970 “Therefore, I may once more request you to try your best to construct New Vrindaban an exact duplicate of Vrindaban, and that will give me the highest pleasure.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 18 February, 1970 5. A Place of Higher Learning: “One Rupanuga Vidyapitha—that is a school for educating brahmanas and Vaisnavas.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 12 January, 1969 “You remark that in New Vrindaban the capacity is lacking for taking care of the children. If you can organize a higher level school of theology under your care, I shall very much appreciate it.” Letter to Rupanuga — 24 July, 1969 “Another important thing is our theistic school in New Vrindaban.” Letter to Hayagriva — 9 March, 1970 “Regarding using New Vrindaban land for building for the older Gurukula boys it is a very good idea.” Letter to Bali-mardana — 13 April, 1974 6. Above All, a Place for People to Develop Their Love for Krishna. “Agriculture and protecting cows, this is the main business of the residents of Vrindavan, and above all simply loving Krsna. Letter to Kirtanananda — 27 July, 1973 “The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krsna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.” Letter to Kirtanananda — 27 July, 1973   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’ By Sheshadeva Das for ISKCON News on 13 Mar 2011 “Education without values is like a flower without fragrance”, said Pratibha Patil, President of India, while inaugurating the 6th All India Students’ Conference on ‘Science and Spiritual Quest’ at New Delhi`s Vigyan Bhawan. The three-day conference was organized by the Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata in association with the Delhi Technological University.   • Email to a friend • •   Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Want to help in Japan? Well let's do it in a Krishna Conscious way... If you have been following the series of posts on the  Sri Gauranga Ashtottara Shata Nama Stotram, the post from day before yesterday excuded Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as Nihsima-karuna for compassion and in yesterday's post one of the names of Gauranga was Arti-priya, He is dear to those who are suffering.  We are representatives of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabu's Sankirtan movement and thus we must embrace this compassionate spirit.  Srila Prabhupada also left us instructions on humanitarian relief and just like we try to save suffering souls through book distribution, serving Prasadam is an extension of this mandate. Food for Life has called out for volunteers. Please see: http://www.ffl.org/2011/calling-for-volunteers-for-japan-relief/ Obviously many of us do not have the capability to step in this way, however on the same link or simply at www.ffl.org there are ways to contribute Laxmi which will include a tax reciept. So when we see these heart wrenchind disasters play out, there are Krishna Conscious ways to assist. Other organizations also assist but funds go to administration by karmis as well as purchase of foodstuffs which will in all likely hood include animal products such as beef.  Our prayers go out the the suffering people of Japan, the local devotees who still face ongoing concern with the new nuclear threat as well as the selfless FFL volunteers that will make their way to this zone and represent Srila Prabupada and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's sankirtan movement.  Haribol!     • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Ganga puja A spectacular Ganga Arthi and puja took place much to the delight and ecstasy of devotees.The beautiful murti of Ganga devi, decorated with a fragrant rajani and rose garland, with white complexion, just like her beautiful whitish waters, holding a pot and lotus in her hands and sitting on the makara fish has been brought accompanied by sweet kirtan, to the shores of Ganga river, which was blessed with the lotus feet of Gauranga Mahaprabhu and his devotees. read more   • Email to a friend • •   Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: In the News: About 50 Nepalese hit by tsunami have taken shelter at ISKCON temple in Tokyo Pictures sent by ISKCON Tokyo. Govinda's was used to prepare prasadam for those taking shelter. Indians in Japan give out message of brotherhood About 50 Nepalese hit by tsunami have taken shelter at ISKCON temple in Tokyo; Gujarati and Rajasthani families provide food, blankets to keep them warm by Dhwani Pathak Dave Indians in Tokyo continue holding out hope for the victims of quake and tsunami and spreading the message of brotherhood. ISKCON temple, has given shelter to 40 Nepalese who had to leave Sendai airport area after the nature’s fury hit the region. See the rest of tha article at: http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2011031720110317031426302c1d7607a/Indians-in-Japan-give-out-message-of-brotherhood.html   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Caitanya Lila Seminar by HH Jayapataka Swami From 15th onwards till 19th March- Gaura Purnima festival day, HH Jayapataka Swami will be giving Caitanya Lila classes. He started on the first day with Srivas Thakura and on 16th, spoke about Gadadhara Pandita. Today being Santipur festival day, he will focus on glories of Sri Advaita Acarya. On 18th and 19th, Maharaj will speak on Sri Nityananda prabhu and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu tattva. Transcription of day1 Seminar and Video. read more   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Sivarama Swami: Varsana dd asks “Srila Prabupada says (in relation to the attached quote): ‘Members of ISKCON may retain their own respective religious faiths …’ We see this widespread amongst devotees from an Indian/Hindu background but rarely so from devotees from other faith backgrounds. Why?” “ISKCON (the International Society of Krishna Consciousness) is a non-lucrative organization whose purpose is to promote the well-being of human society by drawing its attention to God. We are a non-sectarian society, and our members include people from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, as well as Hindu faiths. The aim of ISKCON is not to found a new religious sect but to invoke the living entity’s dormant love of God, and thus provide the human society of all faiths with a common platform of clear theistic knowledge and practice. Members of ISKCON may retain their own respective religious faiths, as ISKCON is meant to establish a clear, practical common formulation of the common ideal of all theists, and to defeat the unnecessary dogmatic wrangling that now divides and invalidates the theistic camp. This common ideal of theism is to develop love of God.” — Letter to Roland Michener, Governor-General of Canada. 24 August 1968.   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! HH Bhakti Marg Swami By Bhakti Marg Swami Persons who are peaceful, equipoised, cleansed and purified, and who know the art of pleasing all other living entities, keep friendship only with devotees of the Lord; they alone can very easily achieve the perfection of going back home, back to Godhead   • Email to a friend • •   Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: In the News: Gainesville Meditation Guide: at the Hare Krishna House A nice article about the devotees ongoing preaching efforts at UF. by Robert Imfeld, Avenue Contributing Writer Every day, the Hare Krishnas chant a melodic meditation and serve food to students in UF’s Plaza of the Americas. A decent number of students usually line up — especially on Spaghetti Wednesdays — but no one seems to know much about the people who serve the vegetarian-friendly fare. An hour and a half before the sun rises, the Hare Krishnas gather for meditation, called japa, in the temple of the Krishna House, just off campus on Northwest 14th Street. They recite their mantra with the help of Japa Mala beads, a strand of beads — not unlike the rosary — that helps devotees keep track of their chanting. Each strand has 108 beads, one for each time they chant to Krishna, and they do it 16 times. That means every morning, they recite the mantra 1,728 times. They believe the god Krishna and his name are one and the same. “When you chant Hare Krishna, you’re actually associating with God through his name,” said Caitanya, a devotee who’s been chanting for 19 years. They also serve Krishna through cooking and cleaning. They devote themselves so stringently because they believe the material energies of the world cover the spiritual soul, effectively blocking them from being one with Krishna. They have their sights set on a higher plane. “If you want to really feel free in the material world, you refrain from activities that bind you to the material world,” Caitanya said. They use the material energy in his service to prevent becoming entangled in the material life. The van they use, for example, is used to serve Krishna food to other people instead of being used as, say, a way to get to a party. And because the food is served with love and devotion, it’s karma-free, as the side of the van reads. Even if you don’t wish to wake at 4 a.m. to chant, Caitanya said non-devotees can still reap the benefits of the Krishna beliefs. “We just encourage people to chant the holy name and take Krishna lunch,” she said. “By doing that, the purification of the heart happens, and then, automatically, everything else that doesn’t help them in their spiritual life melts away.” Article can be found at: http://www.alligator.org/the_avenue/features/article_31302bc8-5037-11e0-afe8-001cc4c03286.html   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! HG Rajendranandana Prabhu By Rajendranandana dasa We are all swimming upstream. Everybody else in this world is going down, down, down. If they don't take up Krishna consciousness, take advantage of the opportunity Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement Srila Prabhupada said that one will not get another opportunity for millions of kalpas   • Email to a friend • •   Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: The last BD seminar in Mayapur Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On the third and last day of the 2011 book distribution seminars in Mayapur. Kavichandra Swami said, "There's never enough book distribution. Sometimes devotees say, 'We've distributed so many books, so where are the devotees who are supposed to come from book distribution?' But we're distributing for the pleasure of the spiritual master and the previous acaryas, and that is all we really need to do. If there is a result -- if devotees come from book distribution -- then wonderful, but if there is no apparent result, then it is still wonderful because we are following the order of the spiritual master. If we please Srila Prabhupada, then our life is perfect. And he wants us to distribute books. We don't know what the long-term effect will be. We hear so many stories of a person having a book for twenty years or more and then he or someone else reads it and becomes a devotee. "We want these books to be distributed in every town and village all over the world. Not everyone can go out individually, but as Vaisesika Prabhu has been encouraging devotees to do all over the world, if you have a Monthly Sankirtan Festival where a lot of people do a little bit, it becomes a lot and many more books can be distributed. "When we go out we meet so many nice people. Sometimes people are actually looking for the Bhagavad-gita, but mostly people are happy to meet devotees and take books from them. Everyone is looking for Krsna. He's the reservoir of all pleasure. "The Bhagavad-gita teaches people about what to do and what not to do. The demons don't know what to do and what not to do; they're not clean -- their minds are filthy dirty, so the activities they think of are unclean. But by reading Prabhupada's books they get purified. "Prabhupada said that even if they just touch a book they get purified. I remember distributing books in the Chicago airport, one of the busiest in the world. Most of the people we would approach wouldn't take a book. In fact, very few would. We would hand them the books and try to get them to take them and give a donation, but they would almost always hand them back. But we became very enlivened by remembering Prabhupada's statement, since so many people were touching the books every day. So we would try to get more people to touch the books, without worrying whether they took them or not. But we found that more people would take the books because they touched them; they had come in touch with Krsna. "There was a lady devotee named Radha Kunda Dasi who was distributing outside the Vrndavana temple. She met a man who taught the Bhagavad-gita. He purchased Prabhupada's 'Bhagavad-gita As It Is' from her, and then after some time he came back to tell her, 'I'm a professor. I've been teaching the Bhagavad-gita for many years, but I did not understand it until I read this Bhagavad-gita by Srila Prabhupada.'" I was the next speaker and started by asking the devotees attending the seminar a question: "Does anyone know the theme of this Mayapur Festival?" No one answered, so I let them know. "It is the Festival of Loving Exchanges. Book distribution is also a festival (the best experiences I've had in this life have been on book distribution), and when we meet people we are giving them an opportunity to experience the best loving exchange they have ever had, because we are giving them Krsna. These books give direction on how to experience real love. They are guides on how to love. The nondevotees don't know that love exists only on the spiritual platform, between the pure soul and Krsna and other pure souls. So we should try to help people experience real love. It's described that love is compared to gold and lust to iron. Both are metals, but gold is very valuable and beautiful and iron is inexpensive and unattractive. "We have to dedicate our lives to something, so why not dedicate it to helping others understand their spiritual nature and the nature of Krsna? There is so much speculation about God throughout the world, but here we have God (Krsna) as He is, the most beautiful, the wisest, the most knowledgeable, etc. "We don't know who will become a devotee from the books we distribute. I was once at a festival in Canada and a devotee came up to me and said, 'Vijaya, I want to thank you.' "I said, 'You're welcome. Now, what are you thanking me for?' "He said, 'Twenty years ago you gave a book to a friend of mine in the Miami Airport [I used to distribute books there], and he wasn't interested so he gave it to me. I read it, and now I have been a devotee for the past twenty years.' "A similar thing happened about a year later. I was at a temple in the USA and a devotee came up to me and thanked me for making his wife a devotee fifteen years earlier. They are both here in Mayapur now. It is such a nice feeling, to know that you were an instrument in helping someone else become a devotee. "When I joined in Miami my sankirtan leader, Raghunatha Puri Prabhu, once told me, 'Our determination to distribute Prabhupada's books should be so strong that even if everyone in the movement leaves Krsna consciousness we should get the books printed and go out and distribute them.' When I heard that I was thinking, 'Wow, that is determination.' "Once a devotee asked Prabhupada, 'Prabhupada, what if a devotee doesn't have determination?' Prabhupada said, 'Then he is an animal.' There are some devotees in our movement who have been distributing books for over four decades. That is determination. Sometimes devotees ask me, 'How have you been distributing books for so long?' I tell them, 'I can't think of anything better to do. Give me something better to do and I'll do it.' "Book distribution is so nice. It changes peoples lives. Just recently in Southern California I was distributing at a university and one student came to the table and I spoke to him and distributed a book to him. He was so enthusiastic that from the time I spoke to him he stopped eating meat, and now he's living in the Denver temple. Prabhupada gave the example of a spark touching dry grass, a hard surface, and water. If the spark hits water it goes out immediately; this is compared to the mode of ignorance. If a spark falls on a hard surface it gradually goes out; this is compared to the mode of passion. But if a spark touches very dry grass, then immediately a fire will ignite. So this person was like that: immediately he was enthusiastic. So I got his e-mail and phone number and kept in touch with him. Prabhus, we have to keep in touch with the people we find who are into what we have. Otherwise we won't be able to bring them closer to the lotus feet of Prabhupada and Krsna. Or if they do come, it will take longer. Thank you very much, Hare Krsna   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 Ahmedabad, India I read, " Despite ill health, Prabhupada (our guru) took a walk. Surrounded by about twenty-five disciples, he walked slowly. Although he was a small figure surrounded by tall sanyassis (renunciants) , the Kumbha-mela pilgrims were able to easily recognize his preeminent position, and they would break through the ranks of devotees and offer dandavats (respects) before him. When Prabhupada saw people approaching, he would stop walking and let them touch his feet, despite the objections of his disciples. He was already sick, and he had explained in his books that a devotee can become ill if sinful people touch his feet. Still, he did not object. "Srila Prabhupada was scheduled to stay at the Mela through January 21, but his disciples pressed him to go to a place more suitable for his health. Rarely had any of them seen him so sick, and they worried. "But my only ambition," said Prabhupada, "is that so many people can become enlightened." There are interesting messages found in this passage to share with with you since there is mention of a divine monk walking. Our troupe preformed well at the Town Hall due to great promotions- newspapers and TV9. Eight hundred people came to watch the life of Bharat dramatized. 6KM   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 To the Public Ahmedabad, India Yasomatinandan had built a handsome-looking temple at the edge of Ghandi Nagar Road. It's a little bit cluttered on the inside for my taste. Sorry, Yaso! People do come throughout the day. And in the evening fifty or so people come to hear a reading of the life and teachings of Chaitanya. I get inspired from Chaitanya- his travel on foot, his kirtan, his whole approach to life. I think of his times, five centuries ago. It must have been heaven with no super highwayd. One of the few things that might be reflective of his era is the dust and dogs. Yes, I'm afraid I have to report on dogs again. Abhay, a young man who tends cows back in Mayapura, trekked with me down a side road until we reached a cul-de-sac. Dogs are to be ignored and they're fine. They just always make their presence known, if you know what I mean. We managed today to have a good long rehearsal for tomorrow's performance at the Town Hall. Newspapers are promoting the event including the states largest journal. It was a necessity to have a kirtan with our troupe to the outside public. They were entertained by out multi-cultural group and the seven straight flips that Abhay threw in the centre of our party. Card players moved over for our kirtan. It was a full day, a day well spent in Krishna's service. 8 KM   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Monday, March 14th, 2011 A Different Place Ahmedabad, India It was 21 years since I came to this city. In 1990 the ISKCON temple was at the edge of town. According to Yasomatinandan, the general co-ordinator for the temple, there are now shoppnig malls in every direction, at each side of the building. The location of our centre is now in the heart of this bustling place in Gujarat. Gujarat is that state in India which has the most affinity towards Krishna. I am greeted at the airport with a kirtan, a group of devotees chanting. It's hospitality from here on- warmth shown over top of the heat. It's 40 degrees Celsius. Yes, dualities are realities. A high point of the day was the stroll with Travis. We championed an incredible 1.5 kilometres when our cab driver needed a break for chai (tea). A low point was when he drove over a dog. It wasn't the drivers fault. He was the most careful driver I ever had the pleasure to travel with. The dog did live according to Travis. I just didn't have the guts to look back. I had missed the party of actors. They arrived after a two day train ride from Kolkata to Ahmedabad, the east to west coast ride. They endured the trip. I had instructed them to keep conducting kirtans on the train. And that's what they did. It's a formula for anyone on a tedious train ride or for anyone who's grounded. My grand total for today on foot is a humble 2 kilometres. 2 KM   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Sunday, March 13th, 2011 Last Day in Mayapura Mayapura, India The class today was delivered by Yours Truly. Verse 4.12.37 from the book, Bhagavatam, discusses saint Dhruva's qualification for attaining freedom from the world. Dhruva was a fiery little boy at age 5. He wanted to prove himself as a warrior by obtaining land opulence that would exceed the glory of heaven. After meeting his guru, Narada, and chanting with sincerity the mantra given to him, Dhruva realized what a pie-in-the-sky idea that was. In the process of purification he became alleviated of all vices, but continued to struggle with anger. That eventually dissolved as well and qualified him. The verse highlights virtues such as "Shantah" (peacefulness), "sama-drishah" (equipoised), "suddah" (being clean), "annuranjanah" (being pleasing to all living entities) and "acyuta-priya bandhavah" (being a friend to the devotional). Dhruva was said to have acquired these attributes- attributes that we could all aspire to achieve. With my last day in Mayapura I took a mental stock of the people here who are carriers of these qualities such as Maha Sringha with his hospitality. His home became the venue for an initiation of two people, Arjuna from Delhi is named Yamal Arjuna, and Katie from Canada is now Bhumi. I also express gratitude to Daru Brahman for the fabulous food and chikoo shakes and to Shyamasundar who got me through the more tedious times of long rehearsals and meetings with his expertise at massage. I certainly didn't walk enough while here to warrant the regular massage he provided. These are kind people, real devotionally-powered individuals. And there are more. When you wear the saffron robes and in particular the sanyasa dhoti, pilgrims here offer special respect. Some people even dismount their bicycles lie them down and offer dandavats (lay out flat). It appears overly respectful at times, all done with good intent, of course. Bless their hearts. 5 KM   • Email to a friend • •   Book Distribution News: The last BD seminar in Mayapur Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On the third and last day of the 2011 book distribution seminars in Mayapur. Kavichandra Swami said, "There's never enough book distribution. Sometimes devotees say, 'We've distributed so many books, so where are the devotees who are supposed to come from book distribution?' But we're distributing for the pleasure of the spiritual master and the previous acaryas, and that is all we really need to do. If there is a result -- if devotees come from book distribution -- then wonderful, but if there is no apparent result, then it is still wonderful because we are following the order of the spiritual master. If we please Srila Prabhupada, then our life is perfect. And he wants us to distribute books. We don't know what the long-term effect will be. We hear so many stories of a person having a book for twenty years or more and then he or someone else reads it and becomes a devotee. "We want these books to be distributed in every town and village all over the world. Not everyone can go out individually, but as Vaisesika Prabhu has been encouraging devotees to do all over the world, if you have a Monthly Sankirtan Festival where a lot of people do a little bit, it becomes a lot and many more books can be distributed. "When we go out we meet so many nice people. Sometimes people are actually looking for the Bhagavad-gita, but mostly people are happy to meet devotees and take books from them. Everyone is looking for Krsna. He's the reservoir of all pleasure. "The Bhagavad-gita teaches people about what to do and what not to do. The demons don't know what to do and what not to do; they're not clean -- their minds are filthy dirty, so the activities they think of are unclean. But by reading Prabhupada's books they get purified. "Prabhupada said that even if they just touch a book they get purified. I remember distributing books in the Chicago airport, one of the busiest in the world. Most of the people we would approach wouldn't take a book. In fact, very few would. We would hand them the books and try to get them to take them and give a donation, but they would almost always hand them back. But we became very enlivened by remembering Prabhupada's statement, since so many people were touching the books every day. So we would try to get more people to touch the books, without worrying whether they took them or not. But we found that more people would take the books because they touched them; they had come in touch with Krsna. "There was a lady devotee named Radha Kunda Dasi who was distributing outside the Vrndavana temple. She met a man who taught the Bhagavad-gita. He purchased Prabhupada's 'Bhagavad-gita As It Is' from her, and then after some time he came back to tell her, 'I'm a professor. I've been teaching the Bhagavad-gita for many years, but I did not understand it until I read this Bhagavad-gita by Srila Prabhupada.'" I was the next speaker and started by asking the devotees attending the seminar a question: "Does anyone know the theme of this Mayapur Festival?" No one answered, so I let them know. "It is the Festival of Loving Exchanges. Book distribution is also a festival (the best experiences I've had in this life have been on book distribution), and when we meet people we are giving them an opportunity to experience the best loving exchange they have ever had, because we are giving them Krsna. These books give direction on how to experience real love. They are guides on how to love. The nondevotees don't know that love exists only on the spiritual platform, between the pure soul and Krsna and other pure souls. So we should try to help people experience real love. It's described that love is compared to gold and lust to iron. Both are metals, but gold is very valuable and beautiful and iron is inexpensive and unattractive. "We have to dedicate our lives to something, so why not dedicate it to helping others understand their spiritual nature and the nature of Krsna? There is so much speculation about God throughout the world, but here we have God (Krsna) as He is, the most beautiful, the wisest, the most knowledgeable, etc. "We don't know who will become a devotee from the books we distribute. I was once at a festival in Canada and a devotee came up to me and said, 'Vijaya, I want to thank you.' "I said, 'You're welcome. Now, what are you thanking me for?' "He said, 'Twenty years ago you gave a book to a friend of mine in the Miami Airport [I used to distribute books there], and he wasn't interested so he gave it to me. I read it, and now I have been a devotee for the past twenty years.' "A similar thing happened about a year later. I was at a temple in the USA and a devotee came up to me and thanked me for making his wife a devotee fifteen years earlier. They are both here in Mayapur now. It is such a nice feeling, to know that you were an instrument in helping someone else become a devotee. "When I joined in Miami my sankirtan leader, Raghunatha Puri Prabhu, once told me, 'Our determination to distribute Prabhupada's books should be so strong that even if everyone in the movement leaves Krsna consciousness we should get the books printed and go out and distribute them.' When I heard that I was thinking, 'Wow, that is determination.' "Once a devotee asked Prabhupada, 'Prabhupada, what if a devotee doesn't have determination?' Prabhupada said, 'Then he is an animal.' There are some devotees in our movement who have been distributing books for over four decades. That is determination. Sometimes devotees ask me, 'How have you been distributing books for so long?' I tell them, 'I can't think of anything better to do. Give me something better to do and I'll do it.' "Book distribution is so nice. It changes peoples lives. Just recently in Southern California I was distributing at a university and one student came to the table and I spoke to him and distributed a book to him. He was so enthusiastic that from the time I spoke to him he stopped eating meat, and now he's living in the Denver temple. Prabhupada gave the example of a spark touching dry grass, a hard surface, and water. If the spark hits water it goes out immediately; this is compared to the mode of ignorance. If a spark falls on a hard surface it gradually goes out; this is compared to the mode of passion. But if a spark touches very dry grass, then immediately a fire will ignite. So this person was like that: immediately he was enthusiastic. So I got his e-mail and phone number and kept in touch with him. Prabhus, we have to keep in touch with the people we find who are into what we have. Otherwise we won't be able to bring them closer to the lotus feet of Prabhupada and Krsna. Or if they do come, it will take longer. Thank you very much, Hare Krsna   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 10th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.34] Speaker: HG Jagajivan Prabhu TRANSLATION: While Dhruva Maharaja was passing through space, he gradually saw all the planets of the solar system, and on the path he saw all the demigods in their airplanes showering flowers upon him like rain. read more   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 9th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.33] Speaker: HH Prabhodananda Sarasvati Swami iti vyavasitam tasya vyavasaya surottamau darsayam asatur devim puro yanena gacchatim TRANSLATION: The great associates of Vaikunthaloka, Nanda and Sunanda, could understand the mind of Dhruva Maharaja, and thus they showed him that his mother, Suniti, was going forward in another plane. read more   • Email to a friend • •   Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: A gift from Vancouver I met two amazing people near Bay and Bloor. He looked at the Bhagavad gita and said 'Yes, I have been to the Krishna temple' I was thrilled and introduced myself and asked him what took him there. He said he was looking for meditation and deeper truths. As he already had the Gita, I offered him Isopanishad which he appreciated. I gave his friend a perfection of yoga and she too leaned over and started to look at Iso- I showed them how the mantras are sung and he just offered me a donation without my asking. She started now inquiring about transcendental meditation and told me how she was practicing it in Iran years ago and lost touch. I offered her the Bhagavad gita and told her this is book on transcendental meditation. She was inquiring re Maharishi yogi repeatedly but as soon as I opened Bhagavad gita, it opened at the chapter of 'transcendental knowledge' and she took to it. She requested me to walk with her to the bank so she can give laxmi. While she was withdrawing money I got a few minutes to talk with the guy and he immediately confided that a few years ago in BC Vancouver, on a cold night he had met a sankirtan devotee who was distributing books and gave him a Gita. At that time he thought either this guy is crazy or the book means a lot to him, so I should take it. At that time he didn't have much laxmi but he did read the Gita and came to our temple. I told him how we look for peace and its so hard to get. Next he confided that his girlfriend just broke up with him two weeks ago and it was due to stress. He started asking how he can help her and we discussed it. Ultimately when both of them had got their books I showed them how to chant Gauranga. That one meeting with a sankirtan devotee had got them here today-lets hope their wanderings are over and they can come and study Gita with us.   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 8th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.32] Speaker: HH Danavir Goswami sa ca svarlokam aroksyan sunitim jananim dhruvah anvasmarad agam hitva dinam yasye tri-vistapam TRANSLATION: Dhruva was seated in the transcendental airplane, which was just about to start, when he remembered his poor mother, Suniti. He thought to himself, "How shall I go alone to the Vaikuntha planet and leave behind my poor mother?" read more   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 7th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.30] Speaker: HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami tadottanapadah putro dadarsantakam agatam mrtyor murdhni padam dattva arurohadbhutam grham read more   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 6th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.29] Speaker: HH Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami parityabhyarcya dhisnyagryam parsadav abhivandya ca iyesa tad adhisthatum bibhrad rupam hiranmayam read more   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 5th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead [SB 4.12.28] Speaker: HH Bhaktivaibhava Swami maitreya uvaca nisamya vaikuntha-niyojya-mukhyayor madhu-cyutam vacam urukrama-priyah krtabhisekah krta-nitya-mangalo munin pranamyasisam abhyavadayat read more   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Srimad Bhagavatam Class- Live from Mayapur Date: March 4th, 2011 Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes back to Godhead [SB 4.12.26-27] Speaker: HH Prahladananda Swami anasthitam te pitrbhir anyair apy anga karhicit atistha jagatam vandyam tad visnoh paramam padam read more   • Email to a friend • •   Gouranga TV: Leprechaun Song (You Are Soul) Leprechaun Song (You Are Soul)   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: Krsna Is Present In His Name Today I read a nice quote from Srila Prabhupada....it reminded me of how important it is to remember that the Lord is present in His names 100% - therefore we need to always give 100% full respect to our chanting and to always depend fully on the Lord by this effort. The names of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent. So Lord Krsna's instruction to Arjuna to "remember Me" and Lord Caitanya's injunction to "always chant the names of Lord Krsna" are the same instruction. There is no difference, because Krsna and Krsna's name are nondifferent. In the absolute status there is no difference between reference and referent. Therefore we have to practice remembering the Lord always, twenty-four hours a day, by chanting His names and molding our life's activities in such a way that we can remember Him always. Srila Prabhupada - Bhagavad Gita Introduction   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Japan Relief - Calling Volunteers By Priyavrata Das I am therefore calling on devotees with prior experience in the Tsunami relief and other disasters to step forward now. At this time, our focus will be on identifying some team leaders and then gathering the resources we need to set up and serve prasadam. Food for Life Global's web site FFL.ORG will continue to be the communication centre for the effort   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: ISKCON Organizes “ENVIRO 2011” Conference By Gopal Gauraguru Das The Bhaktivedanta Academy, the educational wing of ISKCON Coimbatore organized “ENVIRO 2011” – a Conference on Youth and Environment at GRD auditorium, PSG College of Arts & Science as a pioneering effort in bringing the attention of youth and people in general to one of the most critical issue we face today - the rapid changes in climate and its consequences   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: President of India inaugurates AISSQ 2011 organised by BhaktiVedanta Institute and Delhi Technological University By Sesha Das Education without values is like a flower without fragrance. Education should impart values to the youth that makes them sensitive to fellow human beings, and the environs around them and can prepare them to become responsible citizens.   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Employment Opportunity With Krishna Culture Krishna Culture: Krishna Culture (krishnaculture. com) is a well established online and retail store operating out of Houston, Texas. We are located about a mile away from the beautiful new ISKCON Houston temple. We have a full-time position available in our shipping department for a competent and physically strong individual   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: The Bhaktivedanta College Foundational Course: A Three-Week Dive Into Bhakti-yoga Bhaktivedanta College: A group of twelve students took the Introductory Course to Bhakti-yoga that took place from February first through the nineteenth. For those three weeks, the courses were aimed at watering the bhakti seed lying dormant in all the students, and at weeding the fields in which it grows   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: ‘Self’ Emergency CHAD Plan! Deepak Chandani: We all recognize that the frequency of catasrophes the living entities are facing in this world are increasing.When a disaster strikes,all our hard earned wealth, dreams and loving realtionships are washed off within few moments   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Iskcon Japan–Safe, Krishna’s Mercy For His Devotees Das Jagjeevan and Sudevi Dasi: A team of devotee from ISKCON Wellington spent two weeks distributing prasadam to people affected by the earthquake in Christchurch and so I can understand and appreciate what those affected in Japan must be going through   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Travel in Japan Jagadvira das: With all this negative news about the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan we have decided to head south to Okinawa Island. We are just asking if any devotees can help us with some small contribution for our travel expenses - even $5 or $10 would be a great help as we are without sufficient funds   • Email to a friend • • More Recent Articles H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Thursday 17 March 2011--How to Get Out of the Dream?--and--Why the Supreme Personality? ISKCON Melbourne, AU: St Kilda Festival 2012 Atma Yoga, Brisbane, AU: New Friday Evening Nidra Yoga Class Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes : VEGAN / Zucchini Muffins & Sugar Cookies ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Devamrita Swami

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