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Here are the latest updates for   "Planet ISKCON" - 52 new articles H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Friday 6 May 2011--The Absolute Necessity of Initiation--and--Composition of Bodies in Spiritual World Dandavats.com: TOVP Donation list & Akshaya Tritiya: The Day of Giving Dandavats.com: Sponsorship details of Nrisimhadev App. day festival! Dandavats.com: Sri Sri Jagannath-Baladev-Subhadra Come To Live In Newly Donated Iskcon Centre In Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India Dandavats.com: VIDEO: Initiation of B. College students by Kadamba Kanana Swami ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darshana H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly New Vrindavan, USA: Long-range Community Vision & Planning H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Territorial Dogs H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Direction Of Desire H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 11.36 Machine Gun Japa H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 I Don’t Sew Garlands! H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9.25 Sunday Feast- Demon’s Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Overview H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Krishna’s Not At Fault H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Merry Go Round Japa Group: Most Important Is To Always Chant H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: I remember David Haslam, UK: Standardizing Training of New Devotees ISKCON News.com: Opening: North American Child Protection Office Director Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Review : The Jackson’s Store H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Backyard Ant ISKCON News.com: Akshaya Tritiya: The Day of Giving ISKCON News.com: New Prabhupada-book in Zulu ISKCON News.com: 2011 GBC Resolutions and Zonal Assignments ISKCON News.com: Prison Yoga Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Trend Alert! : Traditional Woods + Modern Nickel ISKCON News.com: Bhakti Tirtha Swami eBooks Have Arrived New Vrndavan, USA: May Newsletter H.H. Sivarama Swami: Tarit Krsna asks Akrura das, Gita Coaching: SIMPLE TEMPLE H.H. Devamrita Swami: When the Green Mango of Lifelong Practice Ripens Dandavats.com: Govindas (Dublin) Reviews: The banoffee pie and cheesecake are delicious! Akrura das, Gita Coaching: T-E-A-M Dandavats.com: WSN March 2011 - World Sankirtan Newsletter Mayapur Online: Juhlan Yatra 2011 - Preview ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: Unnecessary Necessities Bhakta Chris, New York, USA: The Humble Musings Of The Manhattan Monk 5/5/11 Japa Group: New Improved Facebook Japa Group Gouranga TV: Harinama with Jayadev prabhu (Barnaul 2011) More Recent Articles Search Planet ISKCON Prior Mailing Archive H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Friday 6 May 2011--The Absolute Necessity of Initiation--and--Composition of Bodies in Spiritual World A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course(tm) Friday 6 May 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: The Absolute Necessity of Initiation Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA Initiation means a solid commitment to follow the process of Krishna consciousness according to the authorized directions given in the Vedic literatures. In accordance with Vedic injunctions, it is a commitment to follow the bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession from Lord Sri Krishna. But can't God be approached directly without going through a spiritual master? We can surely approach Him directly through prayer and scriptural study. But as soon as we do that we discover that He is ordering us to become the devotee of His devotee in order to become His devotee. This is stated by Lord Krishna in the Adi Purana as follows: ye me bhakta-janh prtha na me bhakt ca te janh mad-bhaktnm ca ye bhakts te me bhakta-tam math My dear Arjuna, those who are My direct devotees are actually not My devotees, but those who are the devotees of My devotee are factually My devotees. Initiation is the most enlivening experience of being born again into your eternal transcendental existence. Our first birth is from our mother and father, but even animals get such a birth. To actually become a human being requires getting a second birth through the process of initiation. In this sublime rejuvenation of the immortal soul, the spiritual master becomes our eternal father and the Vedas become our mother. I was accepted as a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami on 12 August 1971. This moment of my initiation was the turning point in my eternal existence that has restored me to who I actually am, the eternal servant of Krishna. If you would like to regain your actual identity, you also require to be initiated by the bona fide spiritual master coming in an unbroken line of disciplic succession from Lord Sri Krishna. Qualify yourself now for becoming initiated by chanting at least 16 rounds every day of the Hare Krishna mahamantra on japa beads, as well as strictly avoiding illicit sex, intoxication, meat eating, and gambling. Getting initiated will be the wisest decision you ever made in the vast sojourn of your eternal existence. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Two Spiritual Daughters Receive Pranam Mantra In Preparation for Initiation Kaunas, Lithuania--1 May 2011 http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Spring/Pranam.Mantra.JPG Answers According to the Vedic Version: Question: Composition of Bodies in Spiritual World My Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances to you First of all thanks a lot for guiding me in the right path. I have a question, kindly guide me. I understand that those living entities who reside on the sun planet have bodies made of fire. My question is: In spiritual world, what is the type of body possessed by the soul? Your humble servant S.K. Answer: Eternity, Knowledge, and Bliss Just as one cannot enter the fire unless he has a body made of fire, one cannot enter into Krishna's abode of eternity, knowledge, and bliss unless he has a spiritual body composed of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. This means that when a soul goes back to Godhead he regains his original body composed of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. 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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Nitai Karuna (das) TKG (Mayapur - IN): Dear Devotee of Lord Narasimhadeva, Please accept the blessing of Lord Narasimhadeva.,You may get devotional benefit by sponsoring any of the following items for the pleasure of the Lord   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Śrī Śrī Jagannath-Baladev-Subhadra Come To Live In Newly Donated Iskcon Centre In Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India Dīna Anukampana Dās: On the auscpicious day of Akṣaya Tṛtīya (Friday 6th May 2011), with the kind blessings of HH Śrīla Jayapataka Swāmī Mahārāj and HH Śrīla Rādhānāth Swāmī Mahārāj, Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Jagannāth-Baladev-Subhadra will be installed in a new ISKCON centre in the town of Tenali, Andhra Pradesh   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: VIDEO: Initiation of B. College students by Kadamba Kanana Swami Bhaktivedanta College: An inspiring event took place on April 30th, as the Radhadesh community witnessed five college students receive initiated from Kadamba Kanana Swami. He spoke of the importance of the vows and performed the fire sacrifice   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darshana "O Lord Krishna, You are my eternal companion. Forgetting You, I have suffered the kicks of maya birth after birth. If today the chance to meet You occurs again, then I will surely be able to rejoin You." (Prayer to the Lotus Feet of Krishna by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) By taking darshan of Lord Caitanya, we are reminded again about our eternal relationship with Krishna and His associates. Let us pray to always be aware of His everpresent and unconditional love for each one of His devotees.   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly BG 15.10: The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature. But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this. BG 15.10: Les sots ne sauraient concevoir comment l'être vivant quitte le corps, ou de quelle sorte de corps, sous l'empire des trois gunas, il doit jouir. Mais tout cela, celui dont les yeux sont initiés à la connaissance peut le voir. BG 15.10: Los necios no pueden entender cómo una entidad viviente puede abandonar su cuerpo, ni pueden entender de qué clase de cuerpo disfruta bajo el hechizo de las modalidades de la naturaleza. Pero aquel cuyos ojos están adiestrados en lo referente al conocimiento, puede ver todo eso. BG 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly 2005-01-08 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly 2005-01-08 Melbourne. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.10 Sunday Feast- Why Walk To Hell When You Can Fly   • Email to a friend • •   New Vrindavan, USA: Long-range Community Vision & Planning On March 27 and 28, New Vrindaban Community hosted a series of management meetings. Many of the attendees reported that the meetings were very positive and a feeling of moving forward from the past. One of the main topics of discussion during the meetings was the long-range planning for New Vrindaban.   The result of the discussions is the formation of the Community Vision and Planning Team. Three devotees, Soma dasa (Chairman), Dayavira dasa, and Gaura Shakti dasa have agreed to serve on the Community Vision and Planning Team. The team received two mandates at the management meetings.     • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Territorial Dogs H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Territorial Dogs BG 15.5: Those who are free from false prestige, illusion and false association, who understand the eternal, who are done with material lust, who are freed from the dualities of happiness and distress, and who, unbewildered, know how to surrender unto the Supreme Person attain to that eternal kingdom. BG 15.5: L'homme libre d'illusion, d'orgueil et de rapports faux, l'homme qui comprend l'éternel, qui triomphe de la concupiscence et de la dualité des joies et des peines, et qui connaît la voie de l'abandon à la Personne Suprême, celui-là atteint cet éternel Royaume. BG 15.5: Aquellos que están libres del prestigio falso, de la ilusión y de la falsa compañía, que entienden lo eterno, que han terminado con la lujuria material, que están libres de las dualidades de la felicidad y la tristeza, y que, sin ninguna confusión, saben cómo entregarse a la Persona Suprema, llegan a ese reino eterno. BG 15.05 Territorial Dogs 2003-04-13 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 15.5 Territorial Dogs 2003-04-13 Antwerp "Bad quality audio" H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Territorial Dogs   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble BG 15.5: Those who are free from false prestige, illusion and false association, who understand the eternal, who are done with material lust, who are freed from the dualities of happiness and distress, and who, unbewildered, know how to surrender unto the Supreme Person attain to that eternal kingdom. BG 15.5: L'homme libre d'illusion, d'orgueil et de rapports faux, l'homme qui comprend l'éternel, qui triomphe de la concupiscence et de la dualité des joies et des peines, et qui connaît la voie de l'abandon à la Personne Suprême, celui-là atteint cet éternel Royaume. BG 15.5: Aquellos que están libres del prestigio falso, de la ilusión y de la falsa compañía, que entienden lo eterno, que han terminado con la lujuria material, que están libres de las dualidades de la felicidad y la tristeza, y que, sin ninguna confusión, saben cómo entregarse a la Persona Suprema, llegan a ese reino eterno. BG 15.05 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble 2005-01-09 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 15.5 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble 2005-01-09 Melbourne "your are not that body" H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 15.5 Sunday Feast- Frog Fumble   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature BG 14.19: When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than these modes of nature and he knows the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to all these modes, he attains My spiritual nature. BG 14.19: Quand on voit, dans tout acte, que rien n'échappe aux trois gunas, mais que Moi, le Seigneur Suprême, les transcende, alors on peut connaître Ma nature spirituelle. BG 14.19: Cuando alguien ve como es debido que, aparte de estas modalidades de la naturaleza, en todas las actividades no hay ningún otro ejecutor que esté actuando, y conoce al Señor Supremo, quien es trascendental a todas esas modalidades, esa persona llega a Mi naturaleza espiritual. BG 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature 1995-05-16 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature 1995-05-16 Radhadesh. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Transcending The Modes Of Material Nature   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Direction Of Desire H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Direction Of Desire BG 14.19: When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than these modes of nature and he knows the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to all these modes, he attains My spiritual nature. BG 14.19: Quand on voit, dans tout acte, que rien n'échappe aux trois gunas, mais que Moi, le Seigneur Suprême, les transcende, alors on peut connaître Ma nature spirituelle. BG 14.19: Cuando alguien ve como es debido que, aparte de estas modalidades de la naturaleza, en todas las actividades no hay ningún otro ejecutor que esté actuando, y conoce al Señor Supremo, quien es trascendental a todas esas modalidades, esa persona llega a Mi naturaleza espiritual. BG 14.19 Direction Of Desire 2005-01 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 14.19 Direction Of Desire 2005-01 New Govardhana Australia. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 14.19 Direction Of Desire   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero BG 13.26: Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death. BG 13.26: Puis on rencontre ceux qui, bien que peu versés dans le savoir spirituel, s'engagent dans l'adoration du Seigneur Suprême parce qu'ils ont entendu parler de Lui. Prêtant volontiers l'oreille aux dires d'autorités, eux aussi triomphent du cycle des morts et des renaissances. BG 13.26: Además, existen aquellos que, aunque no están versados en el conocimiento espiritual, comienzan a adorar a la Persona Suprema al oír a otros hablar de Él. Debido a su tendencia a oír a las autoridades, ellos también trascienden la senda del nacimiento y la muerte. BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero 2007-11-25 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero 2007-11-25 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- The Loss Of A Movie Hero   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine BG 13.26: Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death. BG 13.26: Puis on rencontre ceux qui, bien que peu versés dans le savoir spirituel, s'engagent dans l'adoration du Seigneur Suprême parce qu'ils ont entendu parler de Lui. Prêtant volontiers l'oreille aux dires d'autorités, eux aussi triomphent du cycle des morts et des renaissances. BG 13.26: Además, existen aquellos que, aunque no están versados en el conocimiento espiritual, comienzan a adorar a la Persona Suprema al oír a otros hablar de Él. Debido a su tendencia a oír a las autoridades, ellos también trascienden la senda del nacimiento y la muerte. BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine 2005-07-10 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine 2005-07-10 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.26 Sunday Feast- Plastic Flowers In The Latrine   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest BG 13.22: The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species. BG 13.22: Ainsi, l'être distinct emprunte, au sein de la nature matérielle, diverses manières d'exister, et y prend jouissance des trois gunas: cela, parce qu'il touche à cette nature. Il connaît alors souffrances et plaisirs, en diverses formes de vie. BG 13.22: La entidad viviente que se halla en el seno de la naturaleza material sigue así los caminos de la vida, disfrutando de las tres modalidades de la naturaleza. Ello se debe a su contacto con esa naturaleza material. De ese modo se encuentra con el bien y el mal entre las diversas especies. BG 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest 1995-05-18 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest 1995-05-18 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 13.22 What Is Our Self Interest   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 11.36 Machine Gun Japa H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 11.36 Machine Gun Japa BG 11.36: Arjuna said: O master of the senses, the world becomes joyful upon hearing Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You. Although the perfected beings offer You their respectful homage, the demons are afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is rightly done. BG 11.36: Arjuna dit: Au son de Ton Nom, ô Hṛṣīkeśa, l'univers s'emplit de joie, et ainsi, tous s'attachent à Toi. Les êtres accomplis Te rendent leur hommage respectueux, mais les êtres démoniaques, saisis d'épouvante, s'enfuient de toutes parts. C'est justement et à bon droit qu'il en est ainsi. BG 11.36: Arjuna dijo: ¡Oh, Hṛṣīkeśa, amo de los sentidos!, el mundo se regocija al oír Tu nombre, y con ello todos se apegan a Ti. Aunque los seres perfectos te ofrecen su respetuoso homenaje, los demonios tienen miedo y huyen en todas las direcciones. Todo eso es como debe ser. BG 11.36 Machine Gun Japa 2004-10-25 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 11.36 Machine Gun Japa 2004-10-25 Houston H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 11.36 Machine Gun Japa   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts BG 10.11: To show them special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance. BG 10.11: Vivant dans leur coeur, et plein pour eux de compassion, Je dissipe, du flambeau lumineux de la connaissance, les ténèbres nées de l'ignorance. BG 10.11: Para otorgarles una misericordia especial, Yo, morando en sus corazones, destruyo con la deslumbrante lámpara del conocimiento la oscuridad que nace de la ignorancia. BG 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts 1993-01-28 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts 1993-01-28 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.11 The Weeds Of Our Hearts   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease BG 10.10: To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me. BG 10.10: Ceux qui toujours Me servent et M'adorent avec amour et dévotion, Je leur donne l'intelligence par quoi ils pourront venir à Moi. BG 10.10: A aquellos que están constantemente consagrados a servirme con amor, Yo les doy la inteligencia mediante la cual pueden venir a Mí. BG 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease 2005-12-04 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease 2005-12-04 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Sunday Feast- A World Of Dis-Ease   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna BG 10.10: To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me. BG 10.10: Ceux qui toujours Me servent et M'adorent avec amour et dévotion, Je leur donne l'intelligence par quoi ils pourront venir à Moi. BG 10.10: A aquellos que están constantemente consagrados a servirme con amor, Yo les doy la inteligencia mediante la cual pueden venir a Mí. BG 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna 1993-01-26 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna 1993-01-26 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 Just Think Of Krsna   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 I Don’t Sew Garlands! H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 I Don’t Sew Garlands! BG 10.10: To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me. BG 10.10: Ceux qui toujours Me servent et M'adorent avec amour et dévotion, Je leur donne l'intelligence par quoi ils pourront venir à Moi. BG 10.10: A aquellos que están constantemente consagrados a servirme con amor, Yo les doy la inteligencia mediante la cual pueden venir a Mí. BG 10.10 I Don't Sew Garlands! 2003-02-04 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 10.10 I Don't Sew Garlands! 2003-02-04 Perth H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 10.10 I Don’t Sew Garlands!   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9.25 Sunday Feast- Demon’s Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9.25 Sunday Feast- Demon’s Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership BG 9.25: Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me. BG 9.25: Ceux qui vouent leur culte aux devas renaîtront parmi les devas, parmi les spectres et autres esprits ceux qui vivent dans leur culte, parmi les ancêtres les adorateurs des ancêtres; de même, c'est auprès de Moi que vivront Mes dévots. BG 9.25: Aquellos que adoran a los semidioses, nacerán entre los semidioses; aquellos que adoran a los antepasados, irán a los antepasados; aquellos que adoran a los fantasmas y espíritus, nacerán entre esos seres; y aquellos que Me adoran a Mí, vivirán conmigo. BG 09.25 Sunday Feast- Demon's Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership 2000-04-09 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Sunday Feast- Demon's Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership 2000-04-09 Amsterdam. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9.25 Sunday Feast- Demon’s Dream Vs. Vaikuntha Membership   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Overview H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Overview BG 9.1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence. BG 9.2: This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed. BG 9.3: Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world. BG 9.1: Le Seigneur Suprême dit: Parce que jamais tu ne Me jalouses, Mon cher Arjuna, Je vais te révéler la sagesse la plus secrète, par quoi tu seras affranchi des souffrances de l'existence matérielle. BG 9.2: Ce savoir est roi entre toutes les sciences; il est le secret d'entre les secrets, la connaissance la plus pure, et parce qu'il nous fait directement réaliser notre identité véritable, représente la perfection de la vie spirituelle. Il est impérissable, et d'application joyeuse. BG 9.3: Les hommes qui, sur la voie du service de dévotion, sont privés de foi, ô vainqueur des ennemis, ne peuvent M'atteindre; ils reviennent naître et mourir en ce monde. BG 9.1: La Suprema Personalidad de Dios dijo: Mi querido Arjuna, como tú nunca Me envidias, te he de impartir ese conocimiento y esa comprensión que son de lo más confidenciales, con lo cual te verás liberado de los sufrimientos de la existencia material. BG 9.2: Este conocimiento es el rey de la educación y el más secreto de todos los secretos. Es el conocimiento más puro de todos, y como brinda una percepción directa del ser mediante la iluminación, es la perfección de la religión. Además, es eterno, y se practica con alegría. BG 9.3: Aquellos que no son fieles en este servicio devocional no pueden alcanzarme, ¡oh, conquistador de los enemigos! Por lo tanto, ellos regresan al sendero del nacimiento y la muerte de este mundo material. BG 09 Entire Chap 9 Overview 1998-02-10 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 9 Entire Chap 9 Overview 1998-02-10 Perth H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Overview   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Krishna’s Not At Fault H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Krishna’s Not At Fault BG 9.1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence. BG 9.2: This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed. BG 9.3: Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world. BG 9.1: Le Seigneur Suprême dit: Parce que jamais tu ne Me jalouses, Mon cher Arjuna, Je vais te révéler la sagesse la plus secrète, par quoi tu seras affranchi des souffrances de l'existence matérielle. BG 9.2: Ce savoir est roi entre toutes les sciences; il est le secret d'entre les secrets, la connaissance la plus pure, et parce qu'il nous fait directement réaliser notre identité véritable, représente la perfection de la vie spirituelle. Il est impérissable, et d'application joyeuse. BG 9.3: Les hommes qui, sur la voie du service de dévotion, sont privés de foi, ô vainqueur des ennemis, ne peuvent M'atteindre; ils reviennent naître et mourir en ce monde. BG 9.1: La Suprema Personalidad de Dios dijo: Mi querido Arjuna, como tú nunca Me envidias, te he de impartir ese conocimiento y esa comprensión que son de lo más confidenciales, con lo cual te verás liberado de los sufrimientos de la existencia material. BG 9.2: Este conocimiento es el rey de la educación y el más secreto de todos los secretos. Es el conocimiento más puro de todos, y como brinda una percepción directa del ser mediante la iluminación, es la perfección de la religión. Además, es eterno, y se practica con alegría. BG 9.3: Aquellos que no son fieles en este servicio devocional no pueden alcanzarme, ¡oh, conquistador de los enemigos! Por lo tanto, ellos regresan al sendero del nacimiento y la muerte de este mundo material. BG 09 Entire Chap 9 Krishna's Not At Fault 2005-11-13 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 9 Entire Chap 9 Krishna's Not At Fault 2005-11-13 Dallas. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 9 Entire Chap 9 Krishna’s Not At Fault   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas BG 7.28: Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination. BG 7.28: Mais les hommes libres de ces dualités, fruits de l'illusion, les hommes qui, dans leurs vies passées comme dans cette vie, furent vertueux, les hommes en qui le péché a pris fin, ceux-là Me servent avec détermination. BG 7.28: Las personas que han actuado piadosamente en esta vida y en vidas anteriores, y cuyas acciones pecaminosas se han erradicado por completo, se libran de la dualidad de la ilusión y se ocupan en Mi servicio con determinación. BG 07.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas 2004-10 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 7.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas 2004-10 Houston H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.28 Gradual Elevation Through The Vedas   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Merry Go Round H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Merry Go Round BG 7.26: O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows. BG 7.26: Parce que Je suis Dieu, la Personne Suprême, ô Arjuna, Je sais tout du passé, du présent et de l'avenir. Je connais aussi tous les êtres; mais Moi, nul ne Me connaît. BG 7.26: ¡Oh, Arjuna!, en Mi carácter de Suprema Personalidad de Dios, Yo sé todo lo que ha ocurrido en el pasado, todo lo que está ocurriendo en el presente y todas las cosas que aún están por ocurrir. Además, Yo conozco a todas las entidades vivientes; pero a Mí nadie Me conoce. BG 07.26 Merry Go Round 2004-04 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 7.26 Merry Go Round 2004-04 Radhadesh. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Merry Go Round   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: Most Important Is To Always Chant Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead. Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 4.71   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 A Mouse In Our Temple Toronto, Ontario A church mouse had made his presence at the cozy lounge corner of our temple room. He was small and cute but staggering about, I don't know why. It was slightly embarrassing, you see, because a school teacher came a moment early as students were just trailing in. The teacher adored him until he was caught in a cup by one of our brahmacari monks and released in the park near the Prabhupada tree. We were compelled to wonder what good fortune the little critter has gone through being inside a temple, hearing mantra meditation and perhaps having the luck to nibble on some crumbs of sanctified food, prasadam? The other question arose, "What kind of pious or devotional activities did this little guy perform to bring on this auspiciousness or good fortune, being in a sacred space?" It was saint Bhaktivinod who expresses in one of his songs that he didn't mind being in a bug's body so long as he would be born in the home of holy activity. There would be so much merit and benefit in that. It happened that where the mouse did his little dance, at the cozy lounge corner of the temple room, that two groups of students from Thomas Merton Secondary School sat to hear from our humble self about the Absolute. Prodded on by the teachers to offer some advice to the grade Eleven pupils, I was inspired to say, "I know some of you are checking out the options of enticement out there. There's parties and other forms of experimentation but as long as you maintain a spiritual base you will always be protected and be fortunate. 6 KM   • Email to a friend • •   Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: I remember Two ladies were trying to cross the street at Avenue and Bloor when I waved and tried to stop them. As I reached out to them with a perfection of yoga and bhakti yoga each, one of them looked at the Bhagavad gita in my hand and exclaimed that she was looking for it as her friend had mentioned about it to her. So I opened the Bhagavad gita and started to show them. As I showed the picture of reincarnation the other lady started to say that she knew this picture, she had been seeing it from her childhood days. She told me she didn’t know what it means but since she was little, her mom in Russia used to show her this picture. Then as I turned the pages she saw the picture of Krishna and Arjuna on the chariot and she started to say she knew that one too – it was like her memories were flashing in front of her eyes. I could see pretty clearly the effect of association of Srila Prabhupada’s books. They both ended up taking two books each and gave their emails with nice donations. I am wondering how through the change of bodies from childhood, to youth to middle age one remembers a picture that they don’t even know the meaning of – surely there is some special power there.   • Email to a friend • •   David Haslam, UK: Standardizing Training of New Devotees Catching up on the web posting’s it was interesting to read about the efforts in making thing’s much clearer on initiation and what should be known and understood by each individual before this step is taken. However I am always a little concerned about how this would be implemented and if it could open up [...]   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Opening: North American Child Protection Office Director By Tamohara Das for ISKCON News on 5 May 2011 The North American GBC and Executive Committee are looking for a Director for a North American Child Protection Office (CPO).   • Email to a friend • •   Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Review : The Jackson’s Store Downtown Alachua isn’t much of a downtown, however we’ve got a few cute antique shops lining Main Street. My absolute favorite shop is The Jackson’s Store. Last week my husband headed out of town to Cayo Costa, camping with los ninos. Left with a messy house and a 4 month old baby, inspired by Leela Cyd’s yummy table cloths, I put the baby in the pouchie and headed downtown to check out the vintage table cloth selection. For the record, I bought two. This is one of my table cloths I purchased for $12. Since time was not an issue, I hung out in Mr. Jackson’s shop, checking over every little used gem. He is an old man with a Mennonite beard and a mid-western drawl but jeepers, he’s got an eye for the good stuff. Mr. Jackson is retired from his day job and opened this shop 3 years ago–right around the time my family rolled into town–as a second start in life. He quit the cigarettes and stays real busy scouting junk and using his picker skills. He and his wife work real hard to bring new life into their finds, scrubbing dirt and droppings, sanding rust off things and refinishing and painting to get items ready to sell. He also has a brother who makes custom tables from reclaimed barn wood. The list prices are fair, reflecting the elbow grease that goes into readying items for resale and, of course, negotiable. I love the white buffet with mirror resting atop it (sold separately) as well as the refurbished chicken house. He does sell some stuff on consignment (the table linens I bought, for example). Mr. Jackson’s tastes may be a bit more urbane than the average Alachuan’s, but he does sell to designers outside the area. When I was in the shop, a woman called from Boston about a piece for sale on the floor. The Jackson’s Store 14706 Main Street Alachua, FL 32615 (386) 518-6515 Store Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 11-5 print   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 The Word "Splendour".... Hmmm! Toronto, Ontario In reading a passage from the Gita, a purport Chapter 15.12 makes use of the word 'splendour' in a most appropriate way. When describing the sun as splendourous, it fits. When describing the moon, well, to use a secular saying, 'I'll drink to that'. However, the Doubting Thomas in me surfaced when the word 'splendour was applied to electricity. The demon that I am rejected this choice of word used by my own beloved guru. The power of electricity would seem to be appropiate. That terminology or description would get my current going, but 'splendour'? No way, Jose! When my dear visiting godbrother, Partha, described this phrase and expressed it in the context of of the Creator being the world's electrical source, then the light bulb inside suddenly lit up. Of course, that's it. When you plug it all into the socket of the Absolute it all takes on a different meaning. Out with the mundane thinking and on with transcendental vision. In further deliberation on this topic I expressed to Partha one of the reasons for my passion for walking. "It brings you to the point of appreciating the word 'splendour'." When you get out you feel air, the sun, rain, snow. You see the sky, the stars, trees, grass, rivers flowing, etc. It's a confirmation of the might and beauty in our midst, the wonder and the splendour. When walking in the out-of-doors, everything starts to make sense. 6 KM   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Backyard Ant H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Backyard Ant BG 7.26: O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows. BG 7.26: Parce que Je suis Dieu, la Personne Suprême, ô Arjuna, Je sais tout du passé, du présent et de l'avenir. Je connais aussi tous les êtres; mais Moi, nul ne Me connaît. BG 7.26: ¡Oh, Arjuna!, en Mi carácter de Suprema Personalidad de Dios, Yo sé todo lo que ha ocurrido en el pasado, todo lo que está ocurriendo en el presente y todas las cosas que aún están por ocurrir. Además, Yo conozco a todas las entidades vivientes; pero a Mí nadie Me conoce. BG 07.26 Backyard Ant 1998-01-28 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 7.26 Backyard Ant 1998-01-28 Perth. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 7.26 Backyard Ant   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Akshaya Tritiya: The Day of Giving By Vraja Vilasa Das for ISKCON News on 5 May 2011 Akshaya Tritiya is considered the most auspicious day in the vedic calendar. Whatever services are offered to the supreme lord Krishna or his devotees on this day receives manifold eternal benefits.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: New Prabhupada-book in Zulu By Tattvavit Das for ISKCON News on 5 May 2011 Recently, in South Africa, the new Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) division there managed to print a book in Zulu, and the book was launched on a main stage during the Durban Ratha Yatra festival. Copies were given to enthusiastic, Zulu-speaking children onstage.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: 2011 GBC Resolutions and Zonal Assignments By Ananda Tirtha Das for Dandavats.com on 5 May 2011 Between February 20 and March 3, 2011, in Mayapur Dham, India, ISKCON`s governing body commission held its annual meeting. They have recently published the minutes and the resolutions.     • Email to a friend • • ISKCON News.com: Prison Yoga By Fred de Sam Lazaro for Religion News Service on 5 May 2011 With its high walls, gates, and rituals, the Bhopal central jail looks forbidding, almost medieval. However, inside is a world of routine and order. The inmates have earned the distinction not for being tough, but for being calm. In the prison’s main hall, some 150 men are led in the deep breathing yoga exercises.   • Email to a friend • •   Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Trend Alert! : Traditional Woods + Modern Nickel   Walnut, rift sawn oak, knotty alder and antique chestnut–these woods all have a tactile depth too rich to ignore. Why go white when you can surround yourself with the soothing, dramatic grains of warm wood neutrals? Be it the clean silhouette of modern furniture, the distressed edges of American antiques or the refined turned legs of 18th century reproductions, fine wood furniture and cabinetry has proven its staying power. Why not update the look by adding hardware in nickel? Sure, I may sound like a freaking infomercial, but at least this is not an advertorial! Because if this were an advertorial, I would need to be getting paying myself for this post. And I assure you, no one is making any money off this blog. But let’s not digress. Nickel and walnut. Nickel and quartersawn oak. Nickel and antiqued salvage wood. I’m telling you, it is a look that is going to hit big time, especially as the white kitchen craze wanes. Keep reading… print   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Bhakti Tirtha Swami eBooks Have Arrived By Hari Nama Press on 5 May 2011 The vast majority of Hari-Nama Press books written by Bhakti Tirtha Swami are now available in eBook format for online purchase and instant download.   • Email to a friend • •   New Vrndavan, USA: May Newsletter ITEM 1 - Upcoming  Devotee Care meeting on Thursday  May 5. The meeting is held in the Prasadam Room and starts at 5:30 with refreshments. Ends at 7.  Devotee Care meetings will be on the First Thursday of every month. Everyone is welcome. ITEM 2 – Youth Activities  Tulsiananda, Sita, Visakhy, Usa, etc. Bhajan every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. ITEM 3 – Tamohara Prabhu / Mantrini d to give Child Protection seminar after the  FOI  weekend. Will be on  either Monday or Tues, May 9th or 10th at 6 pm.  Please keep your schedules open. ITEM 4 – Minutes by M. Sukhavaha of Devotee Care meeting from April Devotee Care Meeting - April 1, 2011  Attendance: 16 devotees, including Jaya Krsna Pr and Malati devi ***SAFETY -  Three topics were discussed: 1.       First Aid Kits -“ where to be found Most devotees are replenishing themselves Malati devi will email Suk the extensive list of what needs to be included. Send announcement out and on website asking for any first aid items  under the list. Papaya based meat tenderizer or baking soda for bee stings Epipens injection for bee stings Fresh lemon juice for bee stings Print out list of what is to be included in each kit with a chart at the top. Whatever is removed can be noted and checked on the checklist. First Aid Kits can be found in various places: The Gift Shop in the Front Lobby, Arya Siddhanta Pr grey house, Palace upstairs, Palace gift shop, Temple kitchen, Gopa’s store They will be replenished by the owner. 2. All Purpose Fire Extinguishers Gerald spoke about the price for new extinguishers between $89 and $100 Suk to email Gaura Shakti and ask him to look for these at auctions and EBay Gerald will find out how many - approx 50 3. First Aid training – Gerald will put out a list and have email sent from Jaya Murari Pr to see who is interested to get first aid training for $25. Red Cross will come out and give a 2 year certificate for a 4 hour training session. Put out a message on Jaya Murari that people can donate First Aid Materials – list and can also donate Fire Extinguishers. Also put out a message on the Website that people can donate these items. ***((Video Cameras for security)) Gopish is checking into this – Administration ***Hands on Help - Emergency Phone Tree - Contacts Buddy System – who can give you assistance in an emergency Vidya devi 845-5416 Jaya Sri – 845-2638 work 845- Rides to Doctor or emergency Room. Gopa -“ 843-9808 / cell 280-2363 Madri – 843-0122 Atma – 845-6945 Emergency babysitting - Sita / Vishakha, Usa ***Child Protection Team Govinda Priya 845-3710, Harinama 845-6695, Atma 845-6945 (training involved). ***Jamuna: Women’s Club: 845-3875 a. Women’s Empowerment Group (self-expression) - 6 week commitment Experimental  Facility for people to go deeper – Set the Intention the first week. (Sadhana, Relationships, Gratitude, Appreciation, Expression, Support b. Women’s Monthly Fun Day – Summer outside activities -in  winter more crafts art classes, herb classes, cooking classes to learn and heal First Meeting was  on Monday April 4th at Jamuna’s house c. Health and Well Being -  Exercise, Yoga, Nature Walks ***Sukhavaha – Ongoing seminars and practice groups include. Compassionate Communication. ***Admission of new residents Includes anyone visiting over 10 days. No one has authority to invite others to stay. The Administration to get the Application, do the background check (do you have any felonies) and call the 3 personal references on the sheet and do an interview (or team to do interview??). - Devotee Team of 3  to possibly review new applicants  coming to stay on Temple grounds. Jaya Devi on Team - Give a recommendation to the Administration Board.   ITEM 5 – The Final Word -  Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O’ son of Kunti, as an offering to Me.  Gita 9:27 And PS: If there are sufficient items I will put out newsletter  for the 1st and 15th of each  month. The more we use the newsletter, the less  Jaya Murari prabhu will need to do in sending out so many announcements.  So if you have any items or announcements  send them by the 12th and the 28th of May to story108@juno.com –      ys, Sankirtana d. May Newsletter   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Sivarama Swami: Tarit Krsna asks H.H. Sivarama Swami: Tarit Krsna asks If one wants to get married, how should one select a wife?” Answer: Carefully. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Tarit Krsna asks   • Email to a friend • •   Akrura das, Gita Coaching: SIMPLE TEMPLE Here you can download the ebook Simple Steps For The Simple Temple, that describes a caring devotional community at ISKCON Mumbai - Radha Gopinath Mandir: http://www.sendspace.com/file/wyw4rr   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Devamrita Swami: When the Green Mango of Lifelong Practice Ripens Notas de Devamrita Swami Proper parents never discuss intimate adult affairs in the presence of their children. When the children grow, attaining maturity, the story of life and love in this world becomes revealed. Demonstrating the care and discretion of a qualified guru, Svarupa Damodara Goswami, to answer Raghunatha das Goswami's question, ushered him to a quiet, private place.  As the personal secretary of Lord Caitanya, Svarupa Damodara Goswami enforced the standard: Krishna's amorous pastimes are never meant for mass broadcast. Untrained ears will easily mistake the transcendental for the mundane and vice versus. Moreover, though among the select few of Mahaprabhu's most confidential associates, Svarupa Damodara Goswami vividly exemplified the tremendous humility characterizing one who actually knows Krishna's madhurya-lila.  "Neither I nor such inner associates of Lord Caitanya as Ramananda Rai and Gadadhara Pandit fully understand Krishna's perfect and pure intimate exchanges, of which Lord Caitanya Himself is the form," he began his address to Raghunatha das Goswami.  "If, however, that same Lord Caitanya will take charge of the tip of my tongue and He Himself reveals the most confidential truth about Himself, then by His own mercy, you will be able to enter into the mystery and experience the unchecked bliss that a genuine comprehension awards a genuine hearer."   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Govindas (Dublin) Reviews: The banoffee pie and cheesecake are delicious! Sanjay: I've been to Govindas on several occasions. And there are many reasons I keep on going back. 1. NOWHERE in Dublin offers such good value-for-money meals. 2. nowhere else in Dublin offers vegetarian meals that are reasonably priced. 3. The banoffee pie and cheesecake are delicious! 4. The service is excellent   • Email to a friend • •   Akrura das, Gita Coaching: T-E-A-M Together Everyone Achieves More   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: WSN March 2011 - World Sankirtan Newsletter By Vijaya das Srila Prabhupada said spreading Krsna consciousness means we are declaring war on the illusory energy. Well, many of the warriors in our sankirtan bases around the world had good results in March. Mayapur Dham did 138,601 book points, over six times more than the number two temple in the world, Tirupati, which did 20,948 points   • Email to a friend • •   Mayapur Online: Juhlan Yatra 2011 - Preview “Imagine a lake surrounded by flowering shrubs, illuminated by thousand of twinkling colored lights and with cooling water fountains shooting colorful droplets of water in the air, that gently cascade with a splashing sound, that accompanies the sweet kirtan, that permeates the entire atmosphere. In the center of the lake there is a pavilion which is covered with creeping flower vines, and within that grove there is an astonishing effulgent crystal Jhulan. read more   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Bhakti Rasamrita Swami SB 12.6.13-28 -  Pastimes of King Janamejaya's snake sacrifice as narrated in Srimad Bhagavatam and Mahabharata.   • Email to a friend • •   Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: Unnecessary Necessities By Bhakti Raghava Swami for ISKCON News on 23 Apr 2011 Bhakti Raghava Swami Hedonism, the path of unrestricted sense enjoyment, of ‘eat, drink and be merry’ and ‘beg, borrow or steal’, as advocated thousands of years ago by the Indian atheist philosopher Charbak, has now become a fashion in the Western countries. Teachers and students alike openly, proudly and, may I add, “foolishly” propound this distorted philosophy, which leads to all kinds of immorality and degradation in society. While more and more people indulge in all kinds of sense gratification, with obesity becoming a national concern in both North America and China, an ever increasing number of people on the planet cannot even meet their basic necessities of life. According to 2010 census, 1 out of 7 persons on the planet suffer from malnutrition, or in hard figures, 925 million people out of the estimated global population of 6.5 billion, 13.6%, cannot meet their basic needs of life, with hundreds of thousands dying every year due to such an impoverished condition. [http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm] Contrary to popular belief, however, meeting one’s basic needs in life is no guarantee to happiness; nor is increasing one’s needs beyond the basic necessities of life automatically leading to increased happiness. Ironically, the opposite is true: to increase sense enjoyment is to increase ones entanglement in this material world and to increase sense gratification, disregarding the established laws of nature, directly increases one’s suffering. One of the most illuminating purports on the topic of “basic needs” written by India’s foremost spiritual visionary, Srila Prabhupada, gives us a clear insight as to what the Vedic standard of life is meant to be. “Basic needs” for most people refer to those things in life needed to keep their body healthy and stout so that they can live without undue encumbrances. Living within a world of relativity, the poverty line drawn for one country often differs drastically from that of another. In the USA for example, statistics showed in year 2009 that close to 15% of the population were living below the poverty line. Yes, the claim is that in America, “the land of plenty”, such a high percentage of its population live below the poverty line. At a closer look, however, what the figures reveal is that close to 15% of the population were earning less than $ 20,000 a year with the American poverty level for 2011 now set at $ 22,350 for a family of four.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States] Clearly, what is basic for one country is seen as overindulgence for another. The Vedic culture, however, adds an important dimension to meeting one’s “basic needs”. “Basic needs” are meant to encompass not only the needs of the body but indeed those of the soul. Of the two, those of the soul are considered more important. The Vedic injunction is “jivasya tattva jijnasa”. “Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one's works.” [SB 1.2.10] Let us thus properly utilize this human form of life to inquire about the absolute truth and thus become truly happy. Actual civilization begins with “atma-jnana”, knowledge of the soul. Every single human being, including all embodied living entities in lower species of life, is burdened by the four same bodily necessities of life: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. According to the Vedic way of life, these four basic necessities of life can best be achieved by living within an agrarian based environment where life is simpler and our basic necessities can more easily be met. Have you ever wondered why historically the majority of the world’s population have lived in Asian countries and why this fact remains so even today? There are injunctions in the ancient Vedas whereby one is recommended to live only in such places where mango trees and papaya trees grow naturally. One should live in places where one can find natural pure waters, where one can easily grow one’s own food, where one can peacefully tend cows and associate with saintly persons, brahmanas, all governed and protected by a good responsible king. The Vedic culture thus stresses in many practical ways this most important principle of “simplicity” or “simple life”, a concept almost forgotten in today’s ever increasing complex way of living. Srila Prabhupada thus explains the flaws of modern society, a society which has deviated in a major way from these simple concepts of life: “The basic principle of economic development is centered on land and cows. The necessities of human society are food grains, fruits, milk, minerals, clothing, wood, etc. One requires all these items to fulfill the material needs of the body. Certainly one does not require flesh and fish or iron tools and machinery. During the regime of Maharaja Yudhisthira, all over the world there were regulated rainfalls. Rainfalls are not in the control of the human being. The heavenly King Indra deva is the controller of rains, and he is the servant of the Lord. When the Lord is obeyed by the king and the people under the king's administration, there are regulated rains from the horizon, and these rains are the causes of all varieties of production on the land. Not only do regulated rains help ample production of grains and fruits, but when they combine with astronomical influences there is ample production of valuable stones and pearls. Grains and vegetables can sumptuously feed a man and animals, and a fatty cow delivers enough milk to supply a man sumptuously with vigour and vitality. If there is enough milk, enough grains, enough fruit, enough cotton, enough silk and enough jewels, then why do the people need cinemas, houses of prostitution, slaughterhouses, etc.? What is the need of an artificial luxurious life of cinema, cars, radio, flesh and hotels? Has this civilization produced anything but quarrelling individually and nationally? Has this civilization enhanced the cause of equality and fraternity by sending thousands of men into a hellish factory and the war fields at the whims of a particular man? [SB 1.10.4] Meeting the basic needs of life is meant to be a simple affair which should not be much time consuming. But it is only possible when we keep in mind the spiritual dimension of life. The real basic needs of life are those of the spirit self. The basic need for every living being is to reconnect with the Lord in love and devotion, only then will he be happy. That we have forgotten in today’s misguided society. We falsely run after the illusory temporary material comforts of life falsely thinking we will be happy. It is for this reason that the Vedic culture advocates that we minimize our bodily demands to nourish our spiritual needs. It is for this reason that we find statements advocating a total disinterest in working towards economic development which further entangles the living entity in this world. And it is for this reason that we find such astounding statements that the Vedic way of life advocates that one actually earns less and remains happy with whatever Krishna easily provides. Only then we will experience real lasting happiness in both this world and the next. “Everyone requires possessions such as food grains, clothing, money and other things necessary for the maintenance of the body, but one should not collect more than necessary for his actual basic needs. If this natural principle is followed, there will be no difficulty in maintaining the body. [NOI, Verse 2, Purport] “This is the picture of ideal family life. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Ramananda Raya about the goal of life, Ramananda Raya described it in different ways, according to the recommendations of the revealed scriptures, and finally Sri Ramananda Raya explained that one may stay in his own position, whether as a brahmana, a sudra, a sannyasi or whatever, but one must try to inquire about life's goal (athato brahma jijnasa). This is the proper utilization of the human form of life. When one misuses the gift of the human form by unnecessarily indulging in the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending and does not try to get out of the clutches of maya, which subjects one to repeated birth, death, old age and disease, one is again punished by being forced to descend to the lower species and undergo evolution according to the laws of nature. Prakriti kriyamanani gunai karami sarvasaha [Bg. 3.27]. Being completely under the grip of material nature, the living entity must evolve again from the lower species to the higher species until he at last returns to human life and gets the chance to be freed from the material clutches. A wise man, however, learns from the sastras and guru that we living entities are all eternal but are put into troublesome conditions because of associating with different modes under the laws of material nature. He therefore concludes that in the human form of life he should not endeavour for unnecessary necessities, but should live a very simple life, just maintaining body and soul together. Certainly one requires some means of livelihood, and according to one's varna and asrama this means of livelihood is prescribed in the sastras. One should be satisfied with this. Therefore, instead of hankering for more and more money, a sincere devotee of the Lord tries to invent some ways to earn his livelihood, and when he does so Krishna helps him. Earning one's livelihood, therefore, is not a problem. The real problem is how to get free from the bondage of birth, death and old age. Attaining this freedom, and not inventing unnecessary necessities, is the basic principle of Vedic civilization. One should be satisfied with whatever means of life comes automatically. The modern materialistic civilization is just the opposite of the ideal civilization. Every day the so-called leaders of modern society invent something contributing to a cumbersome way of life that implicates people more and more in the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease.” [SB 7.14.5] To facilitate meeting our basic material needs as well as to help meet our spiritual needs, in his wisdom, Lord Krishna, the creator of this material world, has devised a simple yet very scientific social system called varnasrama dharma. When properly understood and applied, the varnasrama way of life, which is centered on land, cows and Krishna, automatically helps individuals and society alike to advance and prosper. Daiva varnasrama dharma is that same varnasrama dharma which emphasizes the need to focus all our activities on the divine and thus spiritualize our lives to become happy both in this life and the next. The article originally appeared as a regular column in, THE EIGHT PETALS, an e-newsletter in support of Varnasrama dharma. The author can be reached at: bhakti.raghava.swami@pamho.net. For more information contact: vrindavanlila.brs@gmail.com Related Stories: To Be Equally and Politically Incorrect New Mayapur Office Sets Prototype for Global Varnashrama Mission Only Universal Truth Can Change Our World Varnasrama College Course Starts Vrindavan The True Arya Digg Reddit Facebook Google Read more: http://news.iskcon.com/node/3586/2011-04-23/unnecessary_necessities#ixzz1KXSTz3pX   • Email to a friend • •   Bhakta Chris, New York, USA: The Humble Musings Of The Manhattan Monk 5/5/11 How is it that we can become empowered through the most awful, difficult situations? My life experience certainly does not give me any practical clarity, but from the examples of others we see that when the veils are lifted, when one has to sink or swim, we grow in inconceivable ways to our limited consciousness when we persevere and refuse to drown wrapped in the vines of our false nature. A mood of deep prayer must permeate our lives to allow us to develop the instinct to swim (although we may have to sink a bit a few times over in order to get the picture). Most importantly, the association of the saints around will always prevent us from fully drowning, if we genuinely feel the need for their presence, and cling to it with all of our meager might. *** I have to pray for the most unique blessings, because look at my situation: agitated mind, slumbering soul, swimming upstream in a monastery at the locus point of Manhattan Island. But what relish in this courageous life, a life that finally has given me a deep and central meaning, which is slowly giving substance to these expressions and to my creative spirit. I move slowly but surely beyond that complacency which yields no fruits with any juice, sweet or bitter. In this irrational, difficult, paradoxical struggle of a life I finally find the real way forward. *** It's not so much the substance we crave as the craving itself which is the obstacle. It's something indeed to notice the same endorphin rush, the same nervous anxiety for the relief I hold dear, even if it's not of the same gross devious nature as before. Still, the boulder lies in the path my worn feet tries to walk. No better chance to actually practice the detached mind when you get what you need, rather than getting what you want. No better chance to actually practice the detached mind when Krsna deals you the trick material hand, when He liberated you of the unnecessary and the rotten. Admittance of our weakness is not an excuse to act out that weakness. Instead it should be a compulsion to take greater care in whom we associate with and with what situations we place ourselves into. *** What mystery lays there in Your presence so close to me, that I cannot even hear or understand, yet my heart, with even the slightest sense of You, tastes a yearning beyond all that is unreal, a magnetism that frees me from who I am not.   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: New Improved Facebook Japa Group Dear Facebook Japa Group members, Facebook is upgrading all old groups to a new format and unfortunately it could mean "The Japa Group" will be archived and all the members are lost. I have decided to create a new group simply called "Japa Group" and I am gradually adding all the current members from the old "The Japa Group". 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