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Hare Krishna!
As I'm fasting Nirjala Ekadasi without water today I feel very thirsty but then I get a thought that today I'm feeling very thirsty but someday because of this I will be drinking the real blissful spiritual water in the Krishnaloka. And... more

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Madhudvisa dasa Well done. I will try to do it next year. I did ordinary Ekadasi fast only, no grains... Of course main thing about Ekadasi is not so much the fasting but the increase in devotional service. We have to remember the point of fasting. The point of fasting... more
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Aman Pandey Hare Krishna Hrishikesh Prabhu. There is no failure if you were able to chant Hare Krishna and read Srila Prabhupada's books enough as suggested by Madhudvisa Prabhu in above comment.
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Aman Pandey Hare Krishna Prabhu
Dandavat Pranam
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you very much Prabhu. I will remember all your advices Prabhu. Yesterday I was thinking of breaking the fast yesrerday as I was struggling to read Srila Prabhupada's books and... more
- Thu at 8:49 PM
Hrishikesh Nath Hare Krishna Madudvisa Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada

I read Srila Prabhupada's books yesterday but I think by doing Nirjala Ekadasi I was weak yesterday. I will remember your advice. If I find myself too... more
- Thu at 11:51 PM
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Hrishikesh Nath
Hare Krishna Aman Prabhu.
Yes you are right. The main goal is to increase our devotional service on this day.

P.S. It was 1AM midnight sorry. It was a typing mistake.
- Thu at 11:52 PM

Tue at 11:37 PM ·

Hare Krishna!
Dandavat Pranam to all the devotees.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

This is first article on my blog Krishna Dhama.

I hope to be able to write/share more and more valuable articles on this blog by Srila Prabhupada's grace.

Krsna Recovers the Son of His Teacher

When Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that Vasudeva and Devakī were remaining standing in a reverential attitude, He immediately expanded His influence of yogamāyā so that they could treat Him and Balarāma…

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Hare Krishna. Sorry for the problems with KrishnaConnect on the last few days.

Hopefully now things are working properly again. So please try posting and let me know if you experience any problems or errors so we can fix them.

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May 31

68-11-19 Letter: Rayarama

Regarding propaganda against animal slaughter in BTG. Please do not print any picture showing how a cow is being murdered in our BTG. This will pollute the whole atmosphere. We are not meant for moving anyone’s sentiment... more68-11-19 Letter: Rayarama

Regarding propaganda against animal slaughter in BTG. Please do not print any picture showing how a cow is being murdered in our BTG. This will pollute the whole atmosphere. We are not meant for moving anyone’s sentiment against animal slaughter, we are neither Buddhists or Jains, whose main propaganda is against animal slaughter. Even the so-called vegetarians who do not take Krishna prasadam are as much sinful as the non-vegetarians. Our propaganda is different, to make people Krishna Conscious, which automatically makes them sympathetic against any kind of animal slaughter. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, one living entity subsists on the life of other living entities, either vegetarian or non-vegetarian. But we are neither of them. We are not vegetarian nor non-vegetarian. We are transcendental. We are concerned with Krishna Prasadam. Try to popularize Krishna Prasadam as you have already done. People will naturally become vegetarian without any ghastly propaganda. The pictures of a mahajana or similar pictures for propagating the Bhagavata conclusion should be our objective. Other pictures, there are so many subject matters, just like we follow 4 principles, say for example, illicit sex life, we can publish so many pictures of illicit sex life, but that will not advance our cause. Similarly we may make propaganda against animal slaughter, but that will not advance our real cause. KC is based on pure understanding, not by any sentimental provocation. People must be intelligent enough to catch up this KC movement without being carried away by any sentimental wave. We should always remember that we do not belong to any group like the karmis, jnanis, or yogis. We belong to pure devotional service group, following the footprints of great mahajanas. Our purpose should be that we are in one side and all others they are on the other side. We deprecate everyone, even one who is against animal slaughter. In the Caitanya-caritamrta, it is clearly said that there are two classes of activities. Pious and impious. We do not favor any one of them. Neither we favor any philosophical speculation, we simply stick to Krishna, and wish to render loving transcendental service unto Him. That should be our main objective, and the policy of BTG must be pursued on this line of action. I hope you will understand me rightly. Everyone who is not a KC person is a butcher. Even the so-called pious man, who is not in KC, he is also a butcher. Because he is killing his own self. So in our view, everyone is butcher, and everyone is thief also, because he is enjoying Krishna’s property. So how we can discriminate who is honest and dishonest and butcher and not butcher? Our only test is how one is taking to KC: Even a so-called butcher comes we welcome to chant Hare Krishna.

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May 27

sa itthaṁ bhakti-yogena
tapo-yuktena pārthivaḥ
sva-dharmeṇa hariṁ prīṇan
sarvān kāmān śanair jahau

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saḥ—he (Ambarīṣa Mahārāja); ittham—in this way; bhakti-yogena—by performing transcendental loving... more

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May 26

Hare Krishna to all. I have been accused of being crazy and lazy by Sarnaduti Brahma, Aman Pandey and Madhudvisa dasa. Everyone or anyone that has or still has on this site is or was crazy and lazy but Sarnaduti Brahma and Aman Pandey a little bit accuse... more

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May 26

Hare Krishna to all. I posted one comment. I do not know what happened. One of the things was regarding why has Madhudvisa dasa has not opened a temple, or at least one temple where everyone can be trained. and also about the world giving me nothing but... more

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May 21

May 20

labhante brahma-nirvanam
rsayah ksina-kalmasah
chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

SYNONYMS
labhante—achieve; brahma-nirvanam—liberation in the Supreme; rsayah—those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah—who are devoid of all sins;... morelabhante brahma-nirvanam
rsayah ksina-kalmasah
chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

SYNONYMS
labhante—achieve; brahma-nirvanam—liberation in the Supreme; rsayah—those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah—who are devoid of all sins; chinna—torn off; dvaidhah—duality; yata-atmanah—engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhuta—in all living entities; hite—in welfare work; ratah—engaged.

TRANSLATION
One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is free from all sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme.

PURPORT
Only a person who is fully in Krsna consciousness can be said to be engaged in welfare work for all living entities. When a person is actually in the knowledge that Krsna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A Krsna conscious person has no doubt about the supremacy of Krsna. He has no doubt because he is completely freed from all sins. This is the state of divine love.

A person engaged only in ministering to the physical welfare of human society cannot factually help anyone. Temporary relief of the external body and the mind is not satisfactory. The real cause of one's difficulties in the hard struggle for life may be found in one's forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When a man is fully conscious of his relationship with Krsna, he is actually a liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.

(Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Chapter 5: Karma-yoga - Action in Krsna Consciousness - Text 25 - Translation and Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

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Jaya Shri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda
Shri Advaita Gadadhara Shrivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda

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May 17

REMAIN FULLY SURRENDERED TO KRSNA-HE WILL GIVE YOU PROTECTION.

Yogeśvara: Śrīla Prabhupāda? How are we to determine how much of our endeavor should be for our own personal progress?
Prabhupāda: There is no personal endeavor. There is no personal... more

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May 15

SO-CALLED GURUS ARE SO-CALLED GURUS. THEY ARE NOT GURUS.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: What about the so-called gurus that take a little bit here and a little bit there?
Prabhupāda: So-called gurus, they are so-called gurus. They are not gurus. That is... more

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May 12

Hare Krishna.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are sometimes impelled to act in sin even if we donot want to. We know that Paramatma directs all our activities. But it is to be known that sinful activities are not directed by the Lord. It is due to... more

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May 9

UNDERSTANDING OUR SITUATION
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His Divine Grace
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Jagad Guru Prabhupada

"Before acquiring material designations [identification and attachment with thetemporary physical realm], the living entity [soul] is... moreUNDERSTANDING OUR SITUATION
by
His Divine Grace
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Jagad Guru Prabhupada

"Before acquiring material designations [identification and attachment with thetemporary physical realm], the living entity [soul] is supremely pure. Even though he is not engaged in serving the Supreme Lord, he remains situated in the neutral position of santa-rasa [awe of God] due to his marginal [dependent] nature. Though the living entity born from the marginal potency does not at that time exhibit a taste for serving the Lord due to a lack of knowledge of self-realization, his direct propensity of serving the Supreme Lord nevertheless remains within him in a dormant state.
Though the indirect propensity of material [selfish or self-centered] enjoyment, which is contrary to the service of the Lord, is not found in him at that time, indifference to the service of Hari [God] and the seed of material enjoyment, which follows that state of indifference, are nevertheless present within him.
The living entity, who belongs to the marginal potency, cannot remain indifferent forever by subduing both devotional and non-devotional propensities. He therefore contemplates unconstitutional [unnatural or imaginary] activities from his marginal position. As a sleeping person dreams that he is active in the physical world without actually being involved in activities, when the dormant indifferent living entity of the marginal potency exhibits even a little apathy to the service of the Supreme Lord and situates himself in a neutral, unchanging condition for even a little time, he is infected by impersonalism [idea of impersonal one-ness or liberation lacking diversity].
That is why the conditioned [unenlightened] soul desires to merge in the impersonal Brahman [so-called salvation or nirvana], thus exhibiting his mind's fickle nature. But due to neglecting the eternal service of the Lord and thereby developing the quality of aversion to the Lord, he cannot remain fixed in that position. In this way, aversion to the Lord breaks his concentration of mind and establishes him as the master of this world of [false or temporary] enjoyment.
Maya, the external energy of the Supreme Lord, then induces the marginal living entity to enjoy this world through her covering and throwing potencies [forgetfulness and ignorance], and thus shows the living entity the reality of being averse to the Lord's service. In this world of duality, however, living entities who are covered and thrown under the control of the external energy naturally become envious. This enviousness further creates pride, illusion, greed, anger, and lust, and induces the living entities to dance frantically in aversion to the Lord."

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Apr 28

kasturi says:
November 29, 2011 at 8:50 am
Hare Krishna Prabhuji
PAMHO AGTSP

how can one understand the spiritual subject matter by following four regulative principles i.,e how this regulative principles helps us to understand spiritual subject... more

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Apr 27

acakṣur andhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas
tathā janasyāviduṣo ’budho guruḥ
tvam arka-dṛk sarva-dṛśāṁ samīkṣaṇo
vṛto gurur naḥ sva-gatiṁ bubhutsatām

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acakṣuḥ—one who does not have his power of sight;... moreacakṣur andhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas
tathā janasyāviduṣo ’budho guruḥ
tvam arka-dṛk sarva-dṛśāṁ samīkṣaṇo
vṛto gurur naḥ sva-gatiṁ bubhutsatām

SYNONYMS
acakṣuḥ—one who does not have his power of sight; andhasya—for such a blind person; yathā—as; agraṇīḥ—the leader, who goes first; kṛtaḥ—accepted; tathā—similarly; janasya—such a person; aviduṣaḥ—who has no knowledge of the goal of life; abudhaḥ—a foolish rascal; guruḥ—the spiritual master; tvam—Your Lordship; arka-dṛk—appear like the sun; sarva-dṛśām—of all sources of knowledge; samīkṣaṇaḥ—the complete seer; vṛtaḥ—accepted; guruḥ—the spiritual master; naḥ—our; sva-gatim—one who knows his real self-interest; bubhutsatām—such an enlightened person.

TRANSLATION
As a blind man, being unable to see, accepts another blind man as his leader, people who do not know the goal of life accept someone as a guru who is a rascal and a fool. But we are interested in self-realization. Therefore we accept You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as our spiritual master, for You are able to see in all directions and are omniscient like the sun.

PURPORT
The conditioned soul, being wrapped in ignorance and therefore not knowing the goal of life, accepts a guru who can juggle words and make some display of magic that is wonderful to a fool. Sometimes a foolish person accepts someone as a guru because he can manufacture a small quantity of gold by mystic yogic power. Because such a disciple has a poor fund of knowledge, he cannot judge whether the manufacture of gold is the criterion for a guru. Why should one not accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, from whom unlimited numbers of gold mines come into being? Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate [Bg. 10.8]. All the gold mines are created by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, why should one accept a magician who can manufacture only a small portion of gold? Such gurus are accepted by those who are blind, not knowing the goal of life. Mahārāja Satyavrata, however, knew the goal of life. He knew the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore he accepted the Lord as his guru. Either the Supreme Lord or His representative can become guru. The Lord says, mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: [Bg. 7.14] “One can get relief from the clutches of māyā as soon as he surrenders unto Me.” Therefore it is the guru’s business to instruct his disciple to surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he wants relief from the material clutches. This is the symptom of the guru. This same principle was instructed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. In other words, one is advised not to accept a guru who does not follow the path of instruction given by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 8: "Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations" - Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation - Translation and Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

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Jaya Shri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda
Shri Advaita Gadadhara Shrivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda

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Apr 24

Chant your daily 16 rounds using this tool at https://youtu.be/Xx7slwRK2r8 /> This is a revised Video. The change is the slide show that plays
while Prabhupad is chanting the 16 rounds.
the photos are the deities of ISKCON temples, all beautifully... more

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Apr 6

I recommend the documentary “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It” from 2017, now available from Amazon. It’s well made and gives a nice presentation on Srila Prabhupada and the Krishna Consciousness movement.

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Mar 24

Jai Shree Krishna!

Narayan Narayan!

Few days back i came across an article " Is Ayurveda Totally Vegetarian"

I read the entire article and got to know that though many of us takes ayurveda treatment thinking being vegetarian and also... more

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Mar 21

Jai Shree Krishna!

Narayan Narayan!

Today due to curiosity, i searched "24 Avtars of Lord Shree Krishna".

I got the searched result "24 Avtars of Lord Vishnu" and out of 24 Lord Shree krishna is a 22nd Avtar of Lord... more

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Hrishikesh Nath Hare Krishna Prabhu!
Thanks for the question.

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the combined incarnation of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani. He is the selfsame Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared in the guise of a devotee.These 24 incarnations are... more
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Hrishikesh Nath tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ(BG 4.34)~

"Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The... more
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Sarnaduti Brahma Hare Krishna Prabhu!

Also, please see https://prabhupadabooks.com/cc/adi/22 and, in fact, the entire Chapter at https://prabhupadabooks.com/cc/adi/2-1 for several important scriptural references regarding Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance and... more
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Mar 21

Jai Shree Krishna!

Narayan Narayan!

Can we take homeopathic treatment in some ailments. As homeo medicines contains alcohol.

Kindly update. If any friends or members wish so.

Narayan Narayan!

Jai Shree Krishna!

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Sarnaduti Brahma Hare Krishna Prabhu!

We cannot consume any product that has alcohol or any other intoxicants in it. As far as treatment is concerned, the main treatment is that one always chant the holy names of Krishna. This will help one to identify oneself as a... more
- Mar 21
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Hrishikesh Nath No we cannot take. There are so many other counter medicines. Go for Ayurveda. I personally rely on Ayurveda. If only there is no other option I take Allophathic medicines selectively avoiding intoxicants.
Taking Carnamrita and Chanting Hare Krsna is the... more
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KP P Jai Shree Krishna Prabhu! Thanks for updating me. Jai Shree Krishna!
- Mar 21
KP P Jai Shree Krishna Prabhu! Will you provide me in details from where to purchase Carnamrita and where to see the details of Carnamrita. Jai Shree Krishna!
- Mar 22
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KP P Jai Shree Krishna Prabhu! Ok. I mistaken Charnamrita with some medicinal herb. You are right. If Charnamrita is there then there is no requirement of other medicines. Jai Shree Krishna!
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