KRISHNA (11)

"... in the absence of a suitable king to curb irreligious tendencies, educating the people systematically in the teaching of Srimad-Bhagavatam will clear up the hazy atmosphere of corruption, bribery, blackmail, etc." – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.7.27 (1972 edition, original and unedited).

prema dhana vina vyartha daridra-jivana
dasa kari vetan more deha prema dhana

Life without Love is useless and poor they say,
Appoint me in Thy service, Oh Lord with Love as my pay.

  

 "Similarly, we must find out the essential part of a living being which is always companion with him. That part of constant companion of the living being is his eternal quality, and the eternal part of the living being's quality is his eternal religion."

 

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Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa does not say that you have to become like this, like that, like that, then you can serve Him. Does not say. Just like this cow. Just see. What does it know? Is an animal. You see? But the calf knows to brush his head and tongue like this, in love. Just see. It is doing, and Kṛṣṇa accepting, "Yes." That is expert.
First of all find out what is easily done by you. Don't take anything which is not easily done by you. You find out what is your occupation, what you can very nicely and easily perform, and do it for Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Is that clear? Expert? This is expert. Expert does not mean that I do not know how to drive motorcar, and I will have to imitate somebody, "Oh, I shall become driver." Why?
If you do not know driving, why should you attempt driving? Whatever you know, you just try it, that business, and try to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. If you know driving, that's all right. But don't take... My Guru Mahārāja explained that you haven't got to learn anyt
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            BY: TAMOHARADASA V. (acbsp), MSc.

 

If we observe the real situation of the world around us, we can gain insight into what is the best direction for people to go; science or spiritual knowledge. A system of thought that correlates or explains more of what we can observe around us would, by Occam’s razor alone, have to be taken as more correct or true. And we also take it as a given that by following our own essential natures and thus a system of thought most akin to that nature, we will be most satisfied and happy.

  

At a basic physical level, gravity and the other forces of nature have no meaning except in realationship to things other than themselves. The law of Gravity, for example, must have an object, such as a planet, upon which to act. So the basic laws have their existence only in relation to there being an “other” to interact with.

 

Even at a molecular level, we observe that molecules have a built-in capacity to interact with each other systematically, such as

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"When Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sannyāsa, His wife, Viṣṇupriyādevī, although only sixteen years old, also took the vow of austerity due to her husband’s leaving home. She chanted her beads, and after finishing one round, she collected one grain of rice. In this way, as many rounds as she chanted, she would receive the same number of rice grains and then cook them and so take prasāda. This is called austerity. Even today in India, widows or women whose husbands have taken sannyāsa follow the principles of austerity, even though they live with their children." [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9468736686?profile=originalSrimati Vishnupriya Devi

The appearance day of Vishnu-Priya devi dasi

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Today is also the birth day of Visnu-Priya devi – the wife –the power-the energy-of Sri Caitanya Mhaprabhu. She is one of the manifestations of Srimati Radhika, She is specially a manifestation of Satyabhama, and she is Bhagvan’s Bhu sakti. “ She had great love and affection for Sacinadana Gaurah
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Devotional Street Art

Haribol and dandavats

 

below is something i wrote for a streetart group i started a couple of years ago on flickr

 

Look at the beautiful street art that has come to this group from around the world.Some might think this is a Hindu or Indian streetart group...
I ask, how can it be? the art we are seeing is from many country's
+ cultures and that can be seen in the different style's of painting...
Who will put stress on what color our skin is? or what country we happen to be born in! We are not this body, this bag of bones.we are the soul the
consciousness...like the driver of the car..eventually we have to trade for a knew one...
The subject and topic of the streetart in this group, represents this understanding of spirit and matter....and people know this, all around the world...coz the writings on the wall..

 

Here's a link to the collection of "Devotional stree art"

best to view by clicking "slideshow" (top right of screen)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/998998@N23/pool/

while the slideshow is pl

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Animal Farm in Review, by B. Radha Govinda Swami

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9468735871?profile=originalHare Krsna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my fallen obeisances.
Please note the following which can be found here
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my bolding for emphasis)

"At the time of his departure from this mortal world in 1977, Srila Prabhupada requested Jayapataka Swami to take up the responsibility of being an initiating spiritual master...Since then Jayapataka Swami has been executing these responsibilities."

Hmmm: Now it's been turned (twisted) into "Srila Prabhupada requested..."

Though it may be understood as "a mundane book," (re)reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm," may be considered by some devotees. Though a very short book, George Orwell through the allegory gives a very good description of what's happened within today's ISKCON; how Srila Prabhupada's intended ISKCON has become its present-day deviated transformation consisting from the changes in the philosophy and its practices, to ISKCON's GBC "evernew" - or, "everfresh," the "fresh" meaning "nasty" - laws, the beating a
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