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Hrishikesh Nath

Oct 19

Guru Gauranga Dasa

My own first initiation was by aerogramme signed by Srila Prabhupada on Dec. 10, 1971 and mailed to Geneva, Switzerland from Delhi, India on Dec. 14. I received brahmana initiation without a fire sacrifice. I was married without a yajna.

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Vikas Gupta

Oct 13

Hare Krishna Guruji,

This is Vikas. I am writing to you after a long time. I got associated with you in 2009 through an email from your newsletter. At that time I used to receive email from this email id - madhudvisa@gmail.com. I have emailed my queries on the same email.

I am writing to to seek your guidance regarding an important matter.

I am planning to take sannayasa and live as a sannyasi. I am a 33 year old
bachelor with no family responsibilities. I looking for a spiritual guru
so that I can st... more

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Oct 13

Madhudvisa dasa

Oct 6

Photo albums are back!!!
The photo albums have not been working for some time, Hrishikesh Nath let me know, so now they appear to be working again. So if anyone has any problems with them or anything else on the site please let me know.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

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Oct 4

Reena Menon

Oct 3

Srila Prabhupada:

So in considering all angles of vision, this Aśvatthāmā was not a brāhmaṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa personally advised him, mā enaṁ pārtha arhasi trātum: "Don't excuse him. Kill him, this brahma-bandhu. He has done wrong, now he deserves to be killed." It is clearly said. So does it mean that Kṛṣṇa is advising brahma-hatyā? No. Kṛṣṇa cannot do that. He is the teacher, world teacher. How He can advise somebody, especially His friend Arjuna? Bhakto 'si priyo 'si me (BG 4.3). Can... more

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Hrishikesh Nath Hare Krishna Mataji,
Can you please elaborate who is a Brahma Bandhu?
- Oct 4
Reena Menon Aśvatthāmā was also formerly called the brahma-bandhu, or the friend of a brāhmaṇa. Being a friend of a brāhmaṇa does not mean that one is a brāhmaṇa by qualification. A friend or son of a brāhmaṇa, when fully qualified, can be called a brāhmaṇa and not otherwise. Since Aśvatthāmā's decision is immature, he is purposely called herein the son of a brāhmaṇa. Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
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Reena Menon Brahma-bandhu means a person who is born of a brahmana father but whose activities are not up to the standard of the brahmanas. Such a person is not a brahmana but a brahma-bandhu.
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Reena Menon

Oct 3

In the words of Caitanya Mahāprabhu:
kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha
ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha

“Forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy (māyā) gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence. (Cc. Madhya 20.117) When one forgets his relationship with Kṛṣṇa, he acts in a very foolish way, and māyā gives him one misery after another. It is also stated:
māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa... moreIn the words of Caitanya Mahāprabhu:
kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha
ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha

“Forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy (māyā) gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence. (Cc. Madhya 20.117) When one forgets his relationship with Kṛṣṇa, he acts in a very foolish way, and māyā gives him one misery after another. It is also stated:
māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa jñāna
jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa

“The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas.” (Cc. Madhya 20.122)

The Vedic literatures—the Vedānta, Upaniṣads, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and many others—should be utilized if we wish to become free from the contamination of tamo-guṇa and rajo-guṇa. The whole world is revolving due to kāma and lobha. Kāma means “lusty desire,” and lobha means “greed.” people cannot have enough sex or money, and because of this, their hearts are filled with contaminations, which have to be cleansed by hearing, repeating and chanting. Human life is meant to get rid of anarthas, unwanted things, but where is the university or college where this science of purification is taught? The only institution is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness society. Kṛṣṇa is within the heart, and the contaminations are also there, but Kṛṣṇa will help us cleanse them. Naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā (Bhāg. 1.2.18). We must regularly hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa; these are the two processes recommended by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting three hundred thousand holy names a day, but we have fixed the number at sixteen rounds. Nonetheless, we are so unfortunate and fallen that we cannot even perform them. We should not waste our time reading and talking nonsense, but should engage in the study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Our time is very valuable, and we should not waste it. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita has said: āyuṣaḥ kṣaṇa eko ’pi na labhyaḥ svarṇa-koṭibhiḥ. We may live for a hundred years, but not one moment of these hundred years can be returned, not even if we are prepared to pay millions of dollars. We cannot add a moment, nor can we get a moment back. If time is money, we should just consider how much money we have lost. However, time is even more precious because it cannot be regained. Therefore not a single moment should be lost. Human life should be utilized only for chanting and reading Vedic literatures. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is publishing many books so that people can utilize their time properly by reading them and make their lives successful. Not only should we read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, but we should also serve the person bhāgavata, one whose life is nothing but Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā [SB 1.2.18]. By this process we can attain the stage of bhagavad-bhakti, but first we must get rid of all these anarthas, unwanted things. Presently we are wasting our time thinking, “This is my country. This is my nation. This is my body and my family,” and so on. Nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā. We can vanquish all these false conceptions when we come to the platform of sattva-guṇa. Then we will not be disturbed by tamo-guṇa or rajo-guṇa, nor by kāma or lobha (lust and greed). This is the vasudeva platform. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.

[Excerpt from the "Teachings of Lord Kapila" Ch.9; Text 16-Purport by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedntaswami Prabhupada reproduced herein by this menial servant.] less

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Suraj Chavan

Oct 1

I need help!!

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Joe Milosch

Sep 26

Hare Krishna! I'm a vanaprastha, looking for a group of elderly Krishna Conscious people who live in a rural monastic setting. I'm 68, and never go to doctors. I have been diligently reading the Srimad Bhagavatam( about half way thru), and came to a clarification of my position in this world. I thought I was a sannyasa, but I'm actually a vanaprastha. I have baggage.
To quote the SB: " Everyone should therefore seek the shelter of the Supreme Soul, the
source of all living entities. No one should waste his ... moreHare Krishna! I'm a vanaprastha, looking for a group of elderly Krishna Conscious people who live in a rural monastic setting. I'm 68, and never go to doctors. I have been diligently reading the Srimad Bhagavatam( about half way thru), and came to a clarification of my position in this world. I thought I was a sannyasa, but I'm actually a vanaprastha. I have baggage.
To quote the SB: " Everyone should therefore seek the shelter of the Supreme Soul, the
source of all living entities. No one should waste his time in the so-called
happiness of materialistic household life. In the Vedic civilization, this
type of crippled life is allowed only until one's fiftieth year, when one
must give up family life and enter either the order of vanaprastha (inde
pendent retired life for cultivation of spiritual knowledge) or sannyasa
(the renounced order, in which one completely takes shelter of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead)"
So, I am engaged in an independent retired life for the cultivation of spiritual knowledge. My current place is pretty good, I have electricity, internet access, a place to garden, and no car. I go to town maybe 4 times a year. The only people around are not Krishna Conscious, and the so-called Christian conscious people are meat-eaters, drunks, and rat-racers.

I won't bore you you with any more details.
I can help with the bills, help maintain 1 common truck, and do electrical work. I prefer to be alone more than being in a group. I take care of myself.
So.... anyone know of such a rural monastic order or a remote farm family who would accept another member in a separate cabin?
I don't need to leave where I'm currently at, but as I look around, and as inevitable death draws closer and closer, I would prefer to be living near, and helping believers in Krishna. My money and time is wasted here with the non-believers.

I always wanted to live on a sustainable ox-powered farm, which was Prabhupada's dream. I absolutely hate cars, to the point where I curse drivers as they pollute my air with fumes, so car-lovers need not respond. Excess car use has destroyed this world, polluting it and causing wars for oil, and a persistent rat-race.

I don't know where else to post my request, so please advise me if there is a better
forum. If anyone is interested, email zzmiloschxx@gmail.com. Thanks You, Hare Krishna. less

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Sashi Sadhaki

Sep 17

Hare Krishna! AGTSP! I have a question. A few years ago there was a DVD set called "Memories of Aindra" honouring Aindra Prabhu. I am having a hard finding it anywhere on the internet. Does anyone here know anything about this? Any info will be helpful. Thank you in advance...

Hrishikesh Nath You can contact Vanshika Mataji. She knows about Aindra Prabhu. Just drop a message in Krishnaconnect, she may reply.
That's all I can help you.
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Hrishikesh Nath And there are many videos on YouTube. You can watch them.
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Sashi Sadhaki Thank you! Yes, YouTube is a treasure trove for info about Aindra Prabhu. That's where i found out about the DVD set. I will contact Vashika Mataji. Hare Krishna!
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hemant choudhary → Priyanshi Porwal:

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radhe radhe priyanshi

hemant choudhary

Sep 16

hello jai radhaashtmi

Hrishikesh Nath Happy Radhashtami!
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Roger Rodpush

Sep 12

BACK TO PRABHUPADA Issue 59, Vol 3, 2018. E – Magazine.
Accepting & Rejecting Srila Prabhupada’s Authority.
The Magazine of the Real Hare Krishna Movement.
“Defeating Tyranny in the Realm of Thought”
https://rodpush.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/back-to-prabhupada-issue-59-vol-3-2018-e-magazine-accepting-rejecting-srila-prabhupadas-authority-the-magazine-of-the-real-hare-krishna-movement-defeating-tyranny-in-the-realm/ ... more

BACK TO PRABHUPADA Issue 59, Vol 3, 2018. E – Magazine. Accepting & Rejecting Srila Prabhupada’s Authority. The Magazine of the Real Hare Krishna Movement. “Defeating Tyranny in the Realm of Thought” – rodpush – Iskcon

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Reena Menon

Aug 29

BUT STILL HE NEVER GIVES UP THE EXALTED POSITION HE HAS ACQUIRED

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: What you have said is correct. The glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is praised in eloquent, transcendental verses by such exalted personalities as Brahmā, are very pleasing to great devotees and liberated persons. One who is attached to the nectarean honey of the Lord’s lotus feet, and whose mind is always absorbed in His glories, may sometimes be checked by some impediment, but he still never g... more

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Madhudvisa dasa

Aug 20

Yesterday I read Srila Prabhupada's Easy Journey to Other Planets again and found it is truly even more wonderful than I ever imagined. An amazing book. So please read it.

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