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- H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Wednesday 6 July 2011--Jesus Christ Teaches the Bhagavad-gita Principle--and--Meaning of Not Being Materialistic
- Vraja Kishor, JP: Attn please, Krishna Devotees: the only important thing in the world is…
- ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gopavrndesa Dasa
- Japa Group: Why Do We Chant?
- Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Lecture - Giriraj Swami - CC Adi-lila 5.204-223 - Glories of Lord Nityananda
- Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: A little happiness in America
- Dandavats.com: Ratha Yatra In Bangkok
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H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Wednesday 6 July 2011--Jesus Christ Teaches the Bhagavad-gita Principle--and--Meaning of Not Being Materialistic
A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Wednesday 6 July 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: Jesus Christ Teaches Bhagavad-gita Principle Uploaded from Melbourne, Australia A Christian does not have to abandon Christianity to become Krishna conscious because Krishna consciousness is the perfection of Christianity. Christ expresses that perfection in Luke 22:42 when he prays, Father, not my will, but thy will be done. So if we can lay aside what we want to do and simply do what God wants us to do, we become perfect in spiritual life. This is exactly the same teaching that Krishna gives in the Bhagavad-gita when He tells Arjuna to abandon all other considerations and simply do what Krishna wants him to do. Christ was a perfect Vaisnava, a pure devotee of the Lord. He taught the principles of bhakti in a very elementary way suited to those to whom he was teaching. The way of Jesus is the only way: the way of complete, total surrender unto the will of God as taught by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Explaining the Perfection of Christianity Hoppers Crossing, Australia--4 July 2011 http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Spring/Mel_Vijay_Hm_Prg.JPG Answers According to the Vedic Version: Question: Meaning of Not Being Materialistic Gurudeva, It is said that one should not be materialistic. Does it mean we should not strive for better pay and position? Regards, P.K. Answer: Strive to Get Ahead for Krishna Not being materialistic means that all of your strivings should be offered to Krishna. In other words, you should strive for better pay and position so that you can give more financial support to the Krishna consciousness movement, not for increasing your sense gratification. 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. Searchable archives of all of course material: http://www.sda-archives.com Receive Thought for the Day as an RSS feed:http://www.backtohome.com/rss.htm Unsubscribe or change your email address Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Daily_Thought Sankarshan Das Adhikari on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SDASITE Thought for the Day on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ultimate.Self.Realization Copyright 2005-2011 by Ultimate Self Realization.Com Distribution of this material is encouraged. Simply we request you to acknowledge where it is coming from with a link to our sign up page: http://www.backtohome.com Our records indicate that at requested to be enrolled to receive e-mails from the Ultimate Self Realization Course at: This request was made on: From the following IP address:
•Vraja Kishor, JP: Attn please, Krishna Devotees: the only important thing in the world is…
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Constantly we wonder why we are not making all that much progress towards divine ecstacy and divine love. 99 times out of 100 it is because we don’t have a clear understanding of the correct path to spiritual progress. The path of Bhakti is exceedingly SIMPLE. This is it:
Sriman Mahaprabhu used to live in Jagannath Puri as a very strict sanyassi. Each year his old friends from his home town, Navadvip Mayapur, used to visit him for several months during the time surrounding the Ratha-Yatra celebration. It was always difficult to leave at the end of that time. They would spend a long time in goodbyes. Without fail many devotees would ask, “We are housholders, we are not strict like you. How can we attain Krsna?”
Three years in a row the Bengali devotees asked this to Mahaprabhu while saying goodbye. Three years in a row Mahaprabhu gave the same answer, with a slight variation each time on the followup question.
The answer always was: NAMA-SANKIRTANA.
Sankirtana is not japa, it is sankirtana. It means music, singing, and other people if possible. This is the MOST important, most powerful practice. Nothing else, no other spiritual practice even comes CLOSE.
However the Nama, (Krsna’s name) takes offenses and withholds himself from the heart of the offender. Therefore Mahaprabhu always said, “Nama-Sankirtana & Vaishnava Seva.”
The most serious offense to Krsna-nama is Vaishnava-ninda – ill feelings and expressions towards a Vaishnava. Therefore Mahaprabhu advised that along with Nama-Sankirtan one must also do Vaishnava seva (service to Vaishnavas, helping them, assisting them, etc.) – as a proactive measure to counteract and avoid offending them.
Each year the Bengali devotees asked a followup question – “OK, but who is a Vaishnava?”
The first year Mahaprabhu said, “If I hear someone say ‘Krsna’, I take that person to be a Vaishnava.” The import here is that ANYONE who even very casually chants Krsna-nama is to be served, assisted, loved, etc. This will allow us to open our hearts and receive the power of Krsna-Nama-Sankirtana.
The second year, answering the same question, Mahaprabhu said, “An even better Vaishnava is one who carefully cultivates the chanting of Krsna’s name.” Serving and respecting such persons will even more powerfully open our hearts to the unlimited prema-power inside Krsna-Nama-Sankirtana.
The third year, again answering the same question, Mahaprabhu said, “The best Vaishnava is one whose presence inspires others to chant Krsna-nama.” To serve and honor these persons is the most powerful and important way to make our hearts fully receptive to the prema-dhana (treasure of divine love) within the Krsna-Nama-Sankirtana.
Besides this, there is nothing important.
It doesn’t matter if you live in or out of a temple, as a renunciate or a sense gratifier, elevated or fallen, a sinner or a saint. There is no question of being “fallen” or not fallen. Nothing matters. What matters ONLY is that we become more and more greedy and starving to find each and every opportunity to dive into Krsna-Nama-Sankirtan with full abandon, loss of self-consciousness, and respectful enthusiasm while constantly offering all respect and services towards those who do and inspire Krsna-Nama-Sankirtana and NEVER EVER allowing ourselves to entertain any malice towards ANY such person.
•ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gopavrndesa Dasa
Srimad Bhagavatam 12.12.4-7 : Every word and letter of the Srimad Bhagavatam presents the Absolute Truth.
•Japa Group: Why Do We Chant?
Hopefully it will be the last....and if it's not, then we need to change something and chant in a way that we feel the Lord and his spiritual energy.
Let's put mechanical chanting behind us, let us pronounce each word very carefully and let us hear the words very carefully - after all the Lord has descended as the sound vibration of the Hare Krsna mantra. Let us chant with devotion by following the basic instructions given to us by Srila Prabhupada.
•Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Lecture - Giriraj Swami - CC Adi-lila 5.204-223 - Glories of Lord Nityananda
Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila, Chapter 5, Texts 204-223 given by Giriraj Swami about the Glories of Lord Nityananda.
Dallas, TX
2011-03-13
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•Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: A little happiness in America
there is no happiness in this material world, but if there is little happiness, that is in America.
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•Dandavats.com: Ratha Yatra In Bangkok
By Kavicandra Swami
This year we had the biggest crowd ever with about 1,200 devotees chanting and dancing for the 5 hour route through the city. We had many devotees engaged in book distribution and they sold 1,000 small books, 400 medium books and 126 Bhagavad Gitas
