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LIVE AND LET LIVE, BE HAPPY, ENJOY WHAT YOU DO, AND DO WHAT YOU ENJOY - WITHOUT HURTING ANYONE, AT ALL TIMES.

LIFE, LOVE AND LIGHT

“Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.”

“Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one's physical body without work.”

B.G. Chapter 3, Verse 5,8.
If you want to give the ultimate pleasure to your parents so that they can become unlimitedly proud of you, you need to fully surrender yourself unto Lord Krishna. Because He is the root of the entire existence, when you please Him you give the highest pleasure to all living entities everywhere. Of course, in the beginning they may not recognize this and they may even object to your Krishna consciousness. But when all is said and done they will be thanking Krishna forever for sending them a son who is a true putra, a son who can deliver his parents back to home, back to Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari


Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. Serve your wife, children, father, and mother, and treat them as if they are very dear to you, but know in your heart that they do not belong to you.

- Ramakrishna

PRABHUPADA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

"When there is suffering given by Krishna, a devotee does not take seriously suffering. A. devotee thinks, "It is the favor of Krishna that he has put me into suffering." They never see suffering as suffering. It is favor of Krishna. That is devotee's vision. It is exactly like a son who knows his father well. If the father slaps, the son never protests. He knows that "It is good for me." Similarly, a devotee is never disturbed when there is suffering given by Krishna."


Bombay, May 2, 1974

In India we have one thousand names of God; one whole scripture is devoted just only to the names.
Nothing else is written in that scripture: Vishnu Sahasranam -- One Thousand Names of God.
Just names are counted from one to one thousand.
The most beautiful name that I love is Hari;
Hari means the ultimate thief.

Just two days ago I was giving sannyas to a beautiful sannyasin.
I have given her the name Haridasi --
surrendered to the ultimate thief And when I told her that,
"Your heart is stolen,"
for a moment she was transported into another world.
Her hand suddenly went on her heart and I said,
"It is not there!"
And she understood the point immediately.
She lost few heartbeats; tears of joy came to her eyes.
She could not speak a single word; her voice was choked.
It is bound to happen when your heart is gone!
I go on doing things in my own way. And with you, I am not worried.
You are on fire, your heart is stolen long before.
And I am pushing you,
and I am absolutely certain that the thing that you are all here for
is going to happen to you.

OSHO

Love should be a passion. It should be passionate, alive, vital. Only then you attract somebody to fall towards you. If you become a boring phenomenon, a boredom. All around you, you carry such dirt of boredom, that anybody who comes across you will feel that it is a misfortune.

Be loving, vital, unafraid -- and move. Life has much to give to you if you are unafraid. And love has to give you more than life can give, because love is the very center of this life, and from that very center you can pass to the other shore.

I call these three steps: life, love and light. Life is already there. Love you have to attain. You can miss it because it is not given; one has to create. Life is a given phenomenon; you are already alive. There stops natural evolution. Love you have to find. Of course there are dangers, hazards, but they all make it beautiful.

You have to find love. And when you find love, only then you can find light. Then the prayer arises. In fact, deeply in love, the persons, the lovers, by and by start moving unconsciously towards prayer. Because the highest moments of love are the lowest moments of prayer. Just near the boundary is prayer.

It has happened to many lovers. But lovers are very rare that while they are deep in love, suddenly they have started praying. Just sitting by each other's side in silence, holding each other's hand, or lying together on a beach, suddenly they have felt an urge, an urge to move beyond.

So don't pay much attention to fear, because that is dangerous. If you pay much attention to fear you are feeding it, and it will grow. Turn your back to the fear and move towards love.

OSHO

If you remain alert and aware that this is how life is -- days and nights come and go, suffering and happiness -- you just witness. There is no clinging to happiness, no hankering for happiness, and no escape from suffering. You remain in yourself -- centered, rooted. This is what bliss is.

So remember, bliss is not something opposite to suffering. Don't think that when you become blissful there will be no suffering -- nonsense. Suffering is part of life. It ceases only when you are not. When you completely disappear from the body, suffering ceases. When there is no birth, suffering ceases. But then you are lost in the totality, then you are no more -- just a drop has fallen into the ocean and is no more.

While you are, suffering will continue. It is part of life. But you can become aware: then suffering happens somewhere around you, but it never happens to you. But then happiness also never happens to you. Don't think that happiness will go on happening to you and suffering will not happen -- both will not happen to you. They will just happen around, just on the periphery, and you will be centered in yourself. You will see them happening, you will enjoy them happening, but they will happen around you; they will not happen to you.

This becomes possible if you don't choose. That's why I said this is delicate, subtle. Because of the paradoxical life, you choose happiness and you fall in suffering. You try to escape from suffering, and more and more suffering is invited. So you can take it as an ultimate law: whatsoever you choose, the opposite will be your fate. say it as an ultimate law: whatsoever you choose, the opposite will be your fate.

So whatsoever is your fate, remember, you have chosen it by choosing the opposite. If you are suffering, you have chosen your suffering by choosing happiness. Don't choose happiness and suffering disappears. Don't choose at all. Then nothing can happen to you, and everything is a flux except you. That has to be understood very deeply.

Only you are the constant factor in existence, nothing else. Only you are the eternity, nothing else. Your awareness is never a flux. Suffering comes, you witness it. Then happiness comes, you witness it. Then nothing comes, you witness it. Only one thing remains constant -- witnessing -- and witnessing is you.

OSHO
The moment we become attached to anything, misery arises. Attachment is against life, hence it creates misery. Attachment means that we will hinder any possibility of change. Life is change, constant change, and the moment we start hindering change we start pushing the river. Then we are becoming enemies of life -- and the natural outcome is misery; we are automatically punished. To remain unattached is the secret of remaining blissful forever and forever.

Enjoy, live, love. But when things change, let them change; when things move, don't stop their movement. Always remain with the changing flux of existence, never be against it, and then nobody can create misery for you.

Then whatsoever is, brings bliss, because you never expect it to be otherwise. Whatsoever is, is welcome. Whatsoever is gone you say good-bye to; you feel thankful that it has been there, and you feel thankful that now it is no more there, so space is created for something new to happen. Then life remains an adventure, unhindered, unattached. It remains the flow of a river. And then the ocean is not far away -- it comes closer and closer every moment.

The whole secret of sannyas is to live life in totality, but without any attachment. It is a difficult phenomenon. There are people who can live life but they cannot remain unattached. Then there are people who can remain unattached but they cannot live life. These are simple things. That's why in the past there were worldly and other-worldly people. The worldly lives life and becomes attached and suffers. The monk escapes from life; afraid of becoming attached, he stops living life. He remains unattached but there is nothing to remain attached to, there is no life.
My sannyasin has to create a new phenomenon in the world.'

He will be in the market-place and yet not of it. He will live everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary with joy, with celebration, with gusto, yet he will remain unattached. When it goes he will not cling to it, he will let it go. He will be able to welcome and he will be able, in the same way, to say good-bye. That is the highest pinnacle that is possible to human consciousness. Only such a person is liberated.

OSHO

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The Evolution of Consciousness

Dr. Singh. Srila Prabhupada, I came across a statement in the Bhagavad-gita to the effect that all 8,400,000 species of living entities are created simultaneously. Is that correct?

Srila Prabhupada. Yes.

Dr. Singh. Does that mean that there are some living entities who come directly to the human species without undergoing the evolutionary process?

Srila Prabhupada. Yes. Living beings move from one bodily form to another. The forms already exist. The living entity simply transfers himself, just as a man transfers himself from one apartment to another. One apartment is first class, another is second class and another is third class. Suppose a person comes from a lower-class apartment to a first-class apartment. The person is the same, but now, according to his capacity for payment, or karma,[13] he is able to occupy a higher-class apartment. Real evolution does not mean physical development, but development of consciousness. Do you follow?

Dr. Singh. I think so. Do you mean that if one falls to one of the lower stages of life, he must evolve step by step up to the higher stages?

Srila Prabhupada. Yes. As you get more money you can move to a better apartment. The apartment already exists, however. It is not that the lower-class apartment becomes the higher-class apartment. That is Darwin's nonsensical theory. He would say that the apartment has become high class. Modern scientists think that life has come from matter. They say that millions and millions of years ago there was simply matter, but no life. We do not accept that. Of the two energies -- life and matter -- life, or spirit, is the original, superior energy, and matter is the resultant inferior energy.

Dr. Singh. Do they exist simultaneously?

Srila Prabhupada. Yes, but spirit is independent, and matter is dependent. For example, I can live even without my hands or legs. If they were amputated, I could survive. Therefore I am not dependent on my hands and legs; my hands and legs are dependent on me, the spirit soul within my body.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => The Evolution of Consciousness

"...Krsna did not need any friends to play with Him, nor did He desire a single wife. We take on a wife because we have some desire to fulfill, but Krsna is complete in Himself (purnam). A poor man may desire to have a thousand dollars in the bank, but a rich man who has millions has no such desire. If Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, why should He have desires? Rather, He fulfills the desires of others. Man proposes and God disposes. If Krsna had any desire, He would be imperfect, for He would be lacking something. Therefore He says that He has no desire to fulfill. As Yogesvara, or as master of all yogis, whatever He wills is immediately realized. There is no question of desire. He becomes a husband or lover or friend just to fulfill the desires of His devotees. If we accept Krsna as friend, master, son or lover, we will never be frustrated. Every living entity has a specific relationship with Krsna, but at present this relationship is covered. As we advance in Krsna consciousness, it will be revealed...."

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Why Worship God When We Should Be Serving Man?

Why Worship God When We Should Be Serving Man?

Respected Sir,

As I know and as the world accepts that service to man is service to God I am getting doubt and thoughts will come in my mind frequently that why we are doing the abhishekam (bathing of the temple deities) with the milk, rice, honey, yogurt, water, etc.? If the same items can be given to the poor who are waiting for food, this would be very good, according to my understanding. But in this world it is not happening, even in the templ… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on January 9, 2010 at 12:55pm

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Peek into the 10th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam

Peek into the 10th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam

Krishna is possessed of an unlimited intellect (84.22)

Krishna is inaccessible to sensuous knowledge (16.46).

Krishna is the Lord of the infinity of worlds (69.17).

Krishna wields the power of creating the unlimited (87.28).

Krishna carries the impress of limitless power (87.14).

Krishna is possessed of inconceivable potency (10 .29).

Krishna is unborn (59.28, 74.21).

Krishna solves all heterogeneous views (74.24).

Krishna is vanquished by e… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on December 30, 2009 at 12:24am

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This story from purana describe about creation of the holy mridanga .

This story from purana describe about creation of the holy mridanga .


Tripurasura(wicked demon) performed severe austerities to please lord Shiva. After appearence lord Shiva , Tripurasura wanted a benediction of three airplanes, Those can be controled only by him, can travell any where, air-conditioned. seats should be arranged as per capacity of traveller. should never be mechanical b...reak down,should be made of gold, copper, and silver, and equipped with all kinds of weapons.

After attai… Continue

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Eight Instructions of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Eight Instructions of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Sri Siksastakam

The Eight Instructions of
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

From: “Teachings of Lord Chaitanya”
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Original version 1968
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Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared 500 years ago in Navadvip, West-Bengal and is considered the most recent incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna.
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He left us only eight verses,
called Siksastakam, in which
His mission and precepts are revealed.
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L… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on December 14, 2009 at 11:41am

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Why Krishna Created Meat Eating Animals?

Question: Why Krishna Created Meat Eating Animals?
Gurudeva, I am doing my management studies and there are many of my class mates who have shown interest in Krishna consciousness as they have many times seen me chanting and talking about Krishna's pastimes. They have asked me many questions of which I know the answers, but I am not that qualified to make them understand. I know you are in that position to answer them perfectly. The questions are:

1. If eating meat is not advisable by Krishna,… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on December 8, 2009 at 12:48pm

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The Glories of Chapter One of the Bhagavad Gita

The Glories of Chapter One of the
Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Parvati said "My dear husband, You know all the transcendental truths, and by your mercy I have heard the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna. Oh Lord, now I long to hear from You the glories of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, which was spoken by Lord Krishna, and by hearing which, one's devotion to Lord Krishna increases"

Lord Shiva replied "That person, Whose body is the color of a dark rain cloud, whose… Continue

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Why Choose Krishna Consciousness if Everything is Predestined?

Why Choose Krishna Consciousness if Everything is Predestined?
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Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my dandavats.

We often hear from elders and seniors that everything in our lives is destined. If it is true, then is our liberation also destined? And if that is so, why do we have make the conscious choice to take up the practice of Krishna consciousness?

Your servant,

Ankit


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Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 29, 2009 at 12:06pm

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THE GIFT

By Sri Gopala Dasa Adhikari


In his Viveka-cudamani, Sri Sankaracarya says,

durlabham trayamevaitat devanugraha-hetukam
manusyatvam mumuksutvam mahapurusa-samsrayahah

"These three are difficult to obtain in this world, and depend on the mercy of
God – the human birth, the desire for salvation, and the company of
great-souls." (Viveka-cudamani 3)

The jivatma, having come to this material world accepts many different bodies
in its journey – tree, bug, bird, animal, human, demigod, etc. Being b… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 28, 2009 at 11:51am

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How I Can Know the Krishna is the Supreme God?

Question: How I Can Know the Krishna is the Supreme God?


Gurudeva, I read in a world's religion book about Hinduism that there are many gods and that Krishna was Vishnu's expansion after Lion-Nrisimgadeva. But the Vaisnavas say that Krishna is the Absolute God, and everything has been born from Him. Also, the book says that in the Vedas there is no word about Krishna, that Krishna is only mentioned in the Bhagavat gita, which the books say is only a legend. So how can I know what's the truth?… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 27, 2009 at 3:21pm

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Mother of the World

Mother of the World

Sita Devi “Shrimati Sitadevi is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord Ramachandra. Among chaste women she is supreme, and she is the daughter of King Janaka.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 9.201)

Maharaja Dashratha, the king of Ayodhya many thousands of years ago, was on the precipice of installing his eldest son, Lord Rama, as the new king, when at the last moment he changed his mind. Dashratha instead decided to hand over the crown to Rama’s younger brothe… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 27, 2009 at 3:15pm

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THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE

The supreme perfection of existence is to offer everything back to where it came from. In other words, we become perfectly fulfilled when we fully reconnect with our origin. Since through an objective study of reality we can definitively conclude that Krishna is the origin of all existence, offering everything to Him is the ultimate experience. In this world everyone wants to try to enjoy in as many varieties of ways as possible. They try this, they try that. But nothing fully satisfies them, no… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 26, 2009 at 6:08pm

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Lord Dattatreya

As a Yoga-Avatar, Lord Dattatreya teaches us to perform all our duties skillfully and diligently. Yoga does not require outside aids, nor does it demand great physical effort. All we have to do is change our outlook and transform our attitude to life. This "change" consist of giving up the idea or feeling of "doership", "enjoyership" and the resultant anxiety (and attachment ) for the fruits of our actions. By performing all our duties with this changed outlook, our mind will be freed from agita… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 24, 2009 at 12:08pm

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What is our relationship with Krishna ?

What is our relationship with Krishna ?

We have father, mother, brothers, sisters, spouse and children. We have a relationship with each one of them. But, what is our relationship with Krishna ?

Krishna who is ever looking out with deep yearning, 'would not this 'jiva' turn his attention towards me' says, "All these - your father, mother, brother, sister, wife, children - are outside. But, I am within you."

Since man does not pay heed to this, Krishna decides to come out and stay in Temples (… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 19, 2009 at 3:08pm

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THE ART OF CHANTING

Each-mantra-of-each-round:

* You have to chant and hear each mantra. Right here and now.
* Focus on this bead you are now holding between your fingers, this mantra that is now being uttered from your lips and now entering into the ear.
* And then move onto the next mantra, which you must focus on in the same way… and the next… and the next.
* This may work for 10 or 15 mantras, maybe even 30, and the mind will become diverted again. Then you have to pull the mind back and set to it again.
* Con… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 17, 2009 at 4:15pm

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COME TO ME

Beyond the heaven is my abode
come to me. come to me.
Don't stop, come to me.
If you get stuck in the heaven,
you will return back from there to hell.
Don't stop in the heaven, come to me, come to me.

My abode is beyond heaven, far away from here.
Come to me, come to me
All the charming faces, boys and girls, eyes and noses,
hairs and dresses, cookies and sweets and chocolates,
pass them on.
Smiling and dancing, come to me, come to me.

My abode is beyond the heaven.
come to me.
Joyfully move i… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 16, 2009 at 2:55pm

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KRISHNA'S SERVICE

Everything is meant for Krsna’s service ……………………..Nectarean Mellows



Whatever facilities Krsna may give you, you have a home, Parikshit Maharaj had a palace, you may have your automobile, a car and a driver, Parikshit Maharaj has his horses and elephants and chariots and chariot drivers, it is the same principle, in Kali Yuga horses become automobiles out means of conveyance but we should understand what this is for. Parikshit Maharaj understood that every one of his horses is Krsna’s servant… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 11, 2009 at 6:24pm

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Servants of the Lord

“There are principles to regulate attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their objects. One should not come under the control of such attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization.”

B. G. Chapter 3, Verse 34.

“The servants of the Lord are actually the servants of society. ... They are interested in imparting knowledge of the relationship of the living being with the Supreme Lord, the activities in that transcendental relationship, and… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 10, 2009 at 11:55am

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It's Time to Upgrade Your TV Set

Why waste time sitting at the feet of the "one-eyed guru" TV set, when you can instead upgrade to the mystic television within your heart and see a 24 hours daily live broadcast of the pastimes of the Supreme Lord that are happening right now in the spiritual world? This is a simple matter of common sense. Who would want to waste their time with programming which shackles its viewers to the cycle of birth and death, when instead one can watch programming which bestows eternal unlimited knowledge… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 9, 2009 at 11:31am

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Getting the Eyes to See God

Getting the Eyes to See God

Student. For the last one hundred fifty years, one of the major problems of Western theologians has been the relationship between reason and faith. They have been seeking to understand faith through reason, but they have been unable to find the relationship between the reasoning abilities and faith. Some of them have faith in God, but their reason tells them there is no God. For instance, they would say that when we offer prasada to the Lord, it is only faith to thin… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 8, 2009 at 11:07am

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The Hare Krishna Mantra is Everywhere in the Vedas

The Hare Krishna Mantra is Everywhere in the Vedas

God Himself in His most munificent incarnation as Lord Caitanya chanted the Hare Krishna Mantra. The great Vaisnava acharyas such as Rupa Goswami chanted Hare Krishna. And the Hare Krishna mantra is declared in the Kali Santarana Upanisad to be the best of all mantras for delivering us from this material world. I do not understand why you need more evidence than this? Actually since the Hare Krishna mahamantra is an incarnation of Krishna in th… Continue

Posted by Harish Rajpal on November 8, 2009 at 9:06am

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We Are All Hindus Now

We Are All Hindus Now By Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEK Published Aug 15, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Aug 31, 2009 http://www.newsweek.com/id/212155 America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is…

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Transcendentalists

Some who claim to be transcendentalists claim that the perfection of consciousness is to make your mind completely, totally free from any thoughts. They try to merge themselves into a state of perfec…

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THE HIGHER TASTE

Why is it that in spite of knowing what is the ultimate reality that so many aspiring transcendentalists fall by the wayside overcome by material desires? This phenomenon is observed by Krishna in th…

Started by Harish Rajpal Jul. 28, 2009.

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SEVA

Instead of asking what Krishna can do for us, we should be asking what we can do for Krishna. This is the secret of success in spiritual life. Even though millions of people believe in God, it is ind…

Started by Harish Rajpal Jul. 10, 2009.

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WORKOUT

"Japa is a workout. It’s like working on a punching bag, exercising your faculties and getting good exercise in the holy names. You move through them quickly and try to remember to pray, but you don’…

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ATTACHMENT

Attachment, affection, interest... these will create prejudice, partiality, and illusion. They hide the truth and dull the intelligence. Attachment is a disease, as far as the path of enquiry is conc…

Started by Harish Rajpal May. 24, 2009.

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Chanting the Divine Name

What is the reason for using this technique of Chanting the Divine Name? No dhyana or yoga will bear fruit as we possess no such power to perform these. We may, out of conceit boast of performing dh…

Started by Harish Rajpal May. 22, 2009.

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Spiritual Body

"The soul already has a spiritual body, which the material body covers. My material body grows upon me-my spiritual body-but my material body is unnatural. The real body is spiritual. I am accepting…

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Eyes of Knowledge

Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supre…

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Vision of God

To have the vision of God, one should become the master, for the Master alone can have access to the treasure-chest. You have to master the senses and all other faculties. One should not be the serva…

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How Is It Our Own Free Will?

How Is It Our Own Free Will? Dear Gurudeva, As I have understood we, the souls, are part and parcel of Krishna. Though we are one with him we are still distinct. If all souls emanate from Krishna a…

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Buddhi

The body is a chariot. The charioteer is the principle of Buddhi (intellect). The senses are the horses. The reins that regulate and restrain the horses is the Manas (mind). When the mind wavers and…

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How to Balance Bhakti with Worldly Duties?

How to Balance Bhakti with Worldly Duties? You are really a wonderful devotee as you take care of your worldly duties as well as bhakti path. I face much trouble in doing so. I face troubles in worl…

Started by Harish Rajpal May. 7, 2009.

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THE POWER OF LOVE

Love God and you see God in every creature. Another way is to start with those around you, and then widen the circle of love till it envelops all creation. Let the mind dwell ever on God; let it see…

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Omnipresent Inspiration

The unconditional acceptance you receive from the people in your environment can open your eyes to new worlds of knowledge today. Just as you have likely often turned to these individuals for guidanc…

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DETACHMENT

It is only by the cultivation of detachment, by denying the senses the thrills they thirst for, and by diving into the depths of one's being with the firm belief that there is an immense inner realm…

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All Nature is God

The scriptures (Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) declare, "All Nature is God" and "The Lord is in all beings". When learning about the sublime secrets of the trees, appreciate the Creator and strive to…

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DUTIES

Man's foremost duty is to make right use of the time through the bodily vesture given to him. Man is bound by actions in this phenomenal world. While the Divine is all-pervasive, man fails to recogni…

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PRABHUPADA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

"According to sastra anyone who wears tilaka, sikha and kunti over and above the Vaisnava dress or Vaisnava sannyasi must be accepted especially while chanting Hare Krishna mantra with bead bags. When Jagannatha has expanded His jurisdiction over the whole world why the so-called servants of Jagannatha should not allow them to see the Lord of the Universe?"


Take advantage of this rare opportunity of this human form of life. There are 8,400,000 different species of life through which we are rotating lifetime after lifetime. So getting a human body is not an every day affair. This most auspicious opportunity only comes after many millions of lifetimes in the lower species. Anyone who does not utilize their human life for self-realization is making the greatest mistake. When this happens it is the greatest tragedy, and unfortunately today this neglect of the human form has become the standard behavior for the entire human society. What can be done? We must first ourselves become solidly situated in Krishna consciousness and then do the highest welfare activity of spreading to everyone else all over the world.

Chant:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare


"Bhagavad-gita says that you can directly transmigrate to any species of life you like, according to your efforts. Sometimes I travel to America, sometimes to Australia and sometimes to Africa. The countries already exist. I am simply traveling through them. It is not that because I have come to America, I have created or become America. And there are many countries I have not yet seen. Does that mean they do not exist? The scientists who support Darwin are nonsensical. Bhagavad-gita clearly says that all the species exist simultaneously, and that you can go to whichever species you like. You can even go up to the kingdom of God, if you so desire. All this is declared in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krishna."


Los Angeles, May 11,1973

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Created by Harish Rajpal Dec 23, 2009 at 12:27pm. Last updated by Harish Rajpal Dec. 23, 2009.

VAIKUNTA

For those who have earnestly taken refuge in The Feet of Lord Sri Krishna as their life boat The very Feet that is tender as a fresh leaf and The goal of the likes of Brahma and Shiva - The ocean of Samsaara is reduced to a mere foot print of a calf. Lo! Vaikunta, the highest realm, becomes their abode and The world, filled with miseries, ceases to exist! ---- Srimad Bhagavatam 10:14:58 Continue

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THE POWER OF CHANTING

The Personality of Godhead, who appears in the mind of the devotee by attentive devotion and meditation and by chanting of the holy name, releases the devotee from the bondage of fruitive activities at the time of his quitting the material body. Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 1 Chapter 9 Verse 23 Krishna ...says in Bhagavad Gita that if we remember Him at the time of quitting this body He will take us back to our original spiritual home. Continue

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CONNECT

A devotee is never lonely because he always associates with Krishna, Guru, and Vaisnavas. Even if he is not in physical contact them, he does not feel lonely because he can directly experience them within his heart 24 hours daily. How is he able to connect with them so solidly that he does not alone? This is accomplished through loving service. In other words, pure loving service totally obliterates loneliness. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Continue

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VAIRAGYA

Vairagya or dispassion is associated with viveka or the power of discrimination. When we were small children, we wanted to have cotton candy or lollipops and toys. As we grew up, these desires dropped by themselves. We became dispassionate about toys but got attached to something else. In course of time, desires drop effortlessly. When we move ahead with awareness then our attachments drop even faster, and with love.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Continue

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Blasting Off With the Holy Names

Adharam madhuram, vadanam madhuram, nayanam madhuram, hasitam madhuram, hridayam madhuram, gamanam madhuram, madhuradhipaterakhilam madhuram !

Sweet are thine lips, Krishna,
So are thine sweet cherubic face,
Sweet are thine jet black eyes, Krishna
So is thine soulful laugh,
Sweet is thine loving heart, Krishna... Read more
So is thine beautiful gait,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,
Everything about Thee is sweet.

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No matter how we look at it this material world is a losing proposition unless we utilize it as a launching pad to the spiritual sky. If we take it in this way, it becomes the most auspicious situation. All we have to do is fully situate ourselves on the rocket of the Lord's unlimitedly sweet holy names and go for the ultimate ride back to the transcendental timeless dimension of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. The countdown is going on right now as we prepare for blast off. If you'd like to achieve the supreme destination hop on board right now without any hesitation and you will be in for the greatest experience of your entire eternal existence. Chant these names now in great ecstasy with all the feeling and intensity that you can muster:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

If you will now continue chanting them as much as possible for the remainder of your life on this material plane, you will definitely experience the difference at the time of death.

Haribol

"In this material world, we are trying to be happy in society, friendship and love. But the happiness we are getting, that is compared with a drop of water in the desert. Our heart desires real pleasure, transcendental bliss. We are hankering after Krishna. That is our inner desire. We are trying to get eternal happiness."

"Every disciple should always remain busy in some work for Krishna. We shall not allow to remain vacant our mind, and if the mind is always filled up with Krishna Consciousness activities, there is no chance of Maya to sit on the mind and force us to act under her spell."


 
 

THE SPIRITUAL SKY

There is another reality that is more compatible to us than what we experience now, and that reality is the unlimited Spiritual Sky.

The material world is a pale reflection of the Spiritual world, it is NOT heaven which some religions say is the ultimate destination.

Heaven is still in the material world and when you go there after using up all of your good karma you must come back to the earthly planets.

Even though you can stay there for millions of years and all your senses work better and you can have better sex life you cannot get to the Spiritual world easily because there you are more into sense gratification than here on earth.

The Spiritual Sky is 75% of Krishna's creation and the material world is 25%, the Spiritual world is eternal and time does not exist there, The material world is temporary and time destroys everything here.

In the Spiritual Sky there are no stars because everything is self illuminating, in the material world if turn off the lights at night you can't see a thing and most people are afraid of the dark.

In the Spiritual world there is no birth, old age, disease, war, or death, In the material world there is birth, old age, diseases, wars, and death all around us.

The Spiritual Sky is known as Vaikuntha or without anxieties, while the material world is called Kuntha or with anxieties. The living entities are like fish out of water here in material consciousness and some of them don't even realize that this place is a horror show for them.

So the choice is clear you can stay here and be a hero, fighting against material hardships or you can become a surrendered Krishna devotee and go back home, Back to Godhead.

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JAPA

Japa is the quiet prayer. You say it loud enough so you can hear it, but it’s mostly for yourself. Radha and Krishna can hear you. They’re close by, so you don’t have to shout. But They’re listening carefully, so you pronounce with great care. Put your heart into it. Hear me, Lord. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Over and over, the thirty-two syllables are repeated.

From Bhajana Kutir #78

Empty and calm and devoid of self
Is the nature of all things.
No individual being
In reality exists.

There is no end or beginning,
Nor any middle course.
All is an illusion,
As in a vision or a dream.

All beings in the world
Are beyond the realm of words.
Their ultimate nature, pure and true,
Is like the infinity of space.

-Prajnaparamita

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It is only when the mind is completely under control that man can grasp his real identity. Then all troubles and travails, doubts and dilemmas, come to an end. Man then overcomes sorrow, delusion and anxiety. He is established in the holy calmness of Shanti (peace). Spiritual life is not a matter of meaningless talk. It is an experience of pure Ananda (bliss).

- Baba

All cravings and impulses rise up with overpowering strength like waves from the sea, roar in fury, and then subside in to calm waters. They do not confer peace. Wisdom lies in forgetting these waves and directing one's attention to the calm depths within. You can attain Shanti (peace) only if you dive in to the deep and undisturbed depths of the sea within, not by swimming around on the surface.

- Baba

THE MANTHAN OF MANTRAS

Fire is not seen until one firestick rubs
Against another, though fire is still there,
Hidden in the firestick. So does the Lord
Remain hidden in the body until
He is revealed through the mystic mantram.

Let your body be the lower firestick;
Let the mantram be the upper. Rub them
Against each other in meditation
And realize the Lord.

-Shvetashvatara Upanishad

The Nature of True Devotees

Devotion to God is attained by associating with those who serve both Him and His devotees. They have made service to God the very essence of their life. They have made the narrations of the names, appearance, attributes and sports of God the mainstay of their existence and they are always engaged in discoursing about them.

Not only is there a great difference between how the common man deliberates upon God and how the devotee deliberates upon Him, but the very natures of these two kinds of deliberation are quite opposite. Among the common people, many are inclined to worship God, whom they know to be the giver of mundane and celestial pleasure and happiness. Those who are more intelligent however that is, those who outwardly present themselves as renunciants but remain the topmost enjoyers at heart pretend to worship God with the purpose of becoming equal to God, who is the Supreme Enjoyer, and merging in Him.

Those situated midway between these two classes worship God with the intention of acquiring the eight modes of supernatural power, such as the power to become smaller than an atom and the power to become weightless, in order to fulfil their own desires. Although they pretentiously show themselves to be:worshippers of God, they never admit the eternality of God's names, appearance and so forth. They regard the Supreme Master of all to be governed by karma. These so-called worshippers do not serve God with the particular aim of serving and pleasing Him. On the contrary, they make the Lord serve them.

The nature of true devotees is different from theirs. They do not expect, nor do they regard as necessary, the attainment of pleasure for the body and home in this world or in the next. Nor do they regard as important the attainment of emancipation, which is so highly praised as the ultimate attainment for man. True devotees serve God by their very nature, by every thought and by every sentiment of their heart. This strong propensity in them does not yield to any obstruction but runs with impetuosity, forcibly removing all the obstacles before it. It is just like the swift and turbulent current of the river Ganga, which rapidly runs towards the sea inundating all high and low resistance, undergoing no disaster and never abating, at any point, to take rest.

The devotees are ever engaged in the service of God. No tendency towards anything else, no other thought or deed besides that service, finds any opportunity to cast its shadow over the souls of those bhakti-yogis, who are incessantly communing with God and are entirely dedicated to Him. Out of pure love, the devoted servitors of God are ever engaged in offering service to Him and to His devotees. They have no vitality to devote to their bodies; to those who are related to their bodies like their wives or sons; to their home; to all those who are related to these; to domestic beasts and birds; or to their occupation, class and so forth.

Having fallen in love with the Lord of their life, who is the very life of their lives and the life of all, they have surrendered themselves to Him, with all their energy. Such devotees, dedicating their very selves to God, have made Him alone the quintessence of all their ambitions. And He, too, having been arrested by their devotion, has made them His essential companions, even though He Himself is the most essential Being for all.

by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada

Adapted from The Gaudiya Volume 25, Number 5
Posted by the Rays of The Harmonist team

There is nothing more blissful than being a devotee of Krishna. Even Krishna Himself, who is the supreme enjoyer, realizes upon seeing the ecstatic bhakti mood of Srimati Radharani that she is tasting more nectar by being His devotee that He is by being the supreme enjoyer. Therefore not to be outdone, Krishna becomes His own devotee. Krishna becomes Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to experience the supreme bliss of being a Hare Krishna devotee.

So if you want really want to enjoy, if you want to taste the topmost bliss at every minute all you have to do is become a devotee of Krishna so you can relish the supreme Hare Krishna bliss at every minute. This is the pleasure that even God Himself hankers after. So who could be better situated than a devotee of the supreme person?


Sankarshan Das Adhikar

NECTAR OF CHARITY

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna is expert, When a devotee worships Him, He doesn't reward that devotee with material desires.

The devotee may still be foolish enough to desire material rewards for his service, but Sri Krishna says, " Since I am very intelligent, why should I give this fool material prosperity?

Instead I shall induce him to take the nectar of the shelter of My lotus feet and make him forget illusory material enjoyment." (Cc. Madhya 22.39)

One afternoon the cowherd boys were hungry because they had not eaten breakfast. They immediately approached Sri Krishna and Balarama and said,

" Dear Krishna and Balarama, You are both all-powerful; You can kill many, many demons, but today we are much afflicted with hunger, and this is disturbing us.

Please arrange for something that will mitigate our hunger." Requested in this way by Their friends, Lord Sri Krishna and Balarama immediately showed compassion on certain wives of brahmanas who were performing sacrifices.

These wives were great devotees of the Lord, and Sri Krishna took this opportunity to bless them. He said, " My dear friends, please go to the house of the brahmanas nearby.

They are now engaged in performing Vedic sacrifice known as angirasa, for they desire elevation to heavenly planets. All of you please go to them."

Then Sri Krishna warned His friends, " These brahmanas are not Vaisnavas. They cannot even chant Our names, Krishna and Balarama.

They are very busy in chanting the Vedic hymns, although the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find Me.

But because they are not attracted by the names of Krishna and Balarama, you had better not ask them for anything in My name. Better ask for some charity in the name of Balarama.

" Being thus ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the boys went to the brahmanas and began to ask for some charity...

FRUITS OF SURRENDER

As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.

PURPORT
Everyone is searching for Kṛṣṇa in the different aspects of His manifestations. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is partially realized in His impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence and as the all-pervading Supersoul dwelling within everything, including the particles of atoms. But Kṛṣṇa is fully realized only by His pure devotees. Consequently, Kṛṣṇa is the object of everyone's realization, and thus anyone and everyone is satisfied according to one's desire to have Him. In the transcendental world also, Kṛṣṇa reciprocates with His pure devotees in the transcendental attitude, just as the devotee wants Him. One devotee may want Kṛṣṇa as supreme master, another as his personal friend, another as his son, and still another as his lover. Kṛṣṇa rewards all the devotees equally, according to their different intensities of love for Him. In the material world, the same reciprocations of feelings are there, and they are equally exchanged by the Lord with the different types of worshipers. The pure devotees both here and in the transcendental abode associate with Him in person and are able to render personal service to the Lord and thus derive transcendental bliss in His loving service. As for those who are impersonalists and who want to commit spiritual suicide by annihilating the individual existence of the living entity, Kṛṣṇa helps also by absorbing them into His effulgence. Such impersonalists do not agree to accept the eternal, blissful Personality of Godhead; consequently they cannot relish the bliss of transcendental personal service to the Lord, having extinguished their individuality. Some of them, who are not firmly situated even in the impersonal existence, return to this material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to act on the material planets. For those who are fruitive workers, the Lord awards the desired results of their prescribed duties, as the yajñeśvara; and those who are yogīs seeking mystic powers are awarded such powers. In other words, everyone is dependent for success upon His mercy alone, and all kinds of spiritual processes are but different degrees of success on the same path. Unless, therefore, one comes to the highest perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all attempts remain imperfect, as is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.3.10):

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā
mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
yajeta puruṣaḿ param

"Whether one is without desire [the condition of the devotees], or is desirous of all fruitive results, or is after liberation, one should with all efforts try to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead for complete perfection, culminating in Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

Bhagavad Gita As It Is 4.11
 

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