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Krsna has got accountant.

Srila Prabhupada says, ''But suppose we fall down. There is nothing inauspicity, because whatever you have done sincerely, that is recorded in Krsna's book. Krsna has got accountant. [laughter]''.....
Prabhupada: So one thing is guaranteed. If you engage in Krsna consciousness, and suppose you do not become perfectly mature, some way or other you fall down... We should not fall down. Because if we have got enthusiasm and patience, we shall not fall down. But suppose we fall down. There is nothing inauspicity, because whatever you have done sincerely, that is recorded in the book, in the Krsna's book. Krsna has got accountant. [laughter] He keeps nice account of the activities of His devotees. That's a fact. Just like the nondevotees' accounts are kept by Yamaraja for punishment, similarly, devotees' accounts are kept by Krsna, personally. Unless He keeps account, how He says, "I respond to the devotee to the proportionate surrender"? The real business is surrender to Krsna. If we surr
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The spirit soul has free will, being made in the image of Govinda in a percentage of qualities. At some point, expressing our unlimited potentials, some of us wish to play games, to exercise our free will, like teenagers moving out of the house, or like skaters emboldened to skate even on what appears thin ice, or hearty souls adventuring into the forest in a new territory...
and so may temporarily venture away from the realm of Vaikuntha or Goloka.
It is not all negative! It is not necessarily "envious". It is a positive expression of Krsna's love, such that He allows us our freedom to choose, even if sometimes we choose something bold or temporary. It's a POSITIVE CHOICE, not a "fall down", nor some envious horror story, that leads to the jiva's adventures in independence and material temporary existence. The consequences may be horrid, however, when we misuse this independence. Actually, we are not independent, it is an illusion for our own sake.
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- taken from some sycophant at Dandavata.scam

O Brahma, whatever appears to be of any value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality...

Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) – Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation – SB 2.9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version

SB 2.9.34

rte ’rtham yat pratiyeta
na pratiyeta catmani
tad vidyad atmano mayam
yathabhaso yatha tamah

Synonyms: rte — without; artham — value; yat — that which; pratiyeta — appears to be; na — not; pratiyeta — appears to be; ca — and; atmani — in relation to Me; tat — that; vidyat — you must know; atmanah — My; mayam — illusory energy; yatha — just as; abhasah — the reflection; yatha — as; tamah — the darkness.

Translation: O Brahma, whatever appears to be of any value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality. Know it as My illusory energy, that reflection which appears to be in darkness.

Purport:

In the previous verse it has already been concluded that in any stage of the cosmic manifestation — its appearance, its s

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A Heart Touching Pastime Of Srila Prabhupada.
Sripada Hrdayananda Babaji Maharaja was born in Radha Kunda and has been a pujari for 78 years. He lives next to the Radha Damodara Temple. At the beginning of the interview, upon being asked if he knew Srila Prabhupada, Babaji Maharaja began to cry, "Never have I seen anyone do sadhana like he did. I have lived all my life in Vraja and I have never seen anyone like him. Prabhupada did many arduous things, he worked very hard there at the Radha Damodara Temple. At that time it was austere, undeveloped, and very muddy and dirty with no facilities.”
"Many years later, when I heard that it was actually he who had been chosen by Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra around the world, I was not surprised.”
Prabhupada spread this Krishna consciousness by the mercy of Rupa Goswami. Prabhupada used to pray to Rupa Goswami, "You please give me your mercy." And then he got that mercy. I know t
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Lord Shiva has a very unique and significant position in the cosmic manifestation. In fact Lord Shiva is the most powerful, second only to Lord Vishnu. Shiva is an expansion of Lord Krishna. Revealed scriptures explain that Krishna has 64 qualities. Lord Brahma posses 78% of these qualities and Lord Shiva possesses 84% of these qualities. Since living entities are also like Brahma so they also possess 78% of these qualities but in lesser extent. None of them possess all 100%.
Srila Prabhupada explains, “The living being can never possess attributes like Shiva, Vishnu or Lord Krishna. A living being can become godly by developing the seventy-eight-percent transcendental attributes in fullness, but he can never become a God like Shiva, Vishnu or Krishna. He can become a Brahma in due course: - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28 purport
Lord Shiva has connection with the material nature but Lord Vishnu (or Lord Krishna) is transcendental to material nature.The position of Lord
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I continue to encounter who cannot accept that ISKCON has been infiltrated by persons of ill-intent. Well, how about if one our Acharyas - Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - says it? This quote in my book is taken from the Sajana Tosani of 1915, where he writes how the devotees of Lord Chaitanya were infiltrated ***for the purpose of creating confusion among them - and causing pure bhakti to vanish***:

After the time of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, those faithful to Him kept apart from non-devotees, to avoid contamination. Seeing this, the personality of Kali sent his representatives in disguise to pollute the Vaishnava sampradaya. Posing as Vaishnavas, they spread their wicked doctrines, and appeared so intelligent and devoted that only pure devotees could detect their real identity. Most devotees – not only the most neophyte – were enchanted by their tricks. In this way Kali's agents expertly introduced karma,

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“A devotee in Mādhurya-rasa has five characteristics in all:

1 - she is steadfast in her attachment to Śrī Kṛṣṇa (like a Śānta-devotee);

2 - extreme Sevā (of the Dāsa-devotee);

3 - the unhesitating (frank) behavior of the Sakhā;

4 - caring and protecting attitude of the Vātsalya-devotee;

5 - over and above, she serves Śrī Kṛṣṇa by offering her body.

Just as the five elements (sky, air, fire, water and earth) have the qualities of the previous
elements, and ultimately the earth has all the five characteristics, similarly the Mādhurya-devotee
has a beautiful conglomeration of all the qualities of the devotees in other Rasas.

Therefore this Rasa has much more relish and it tastes extraordinarily wonderful !!!”

(Rādhā Kuṇḍa Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja)

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Marina Lata True, and this has made the relationship guru-disciple very impersonal. Iskcon is like the lover who you find in your bed whenever you trying to be with your partner, always in between the relationship with guru, so much so that initiation in Iskcon is de facto a rtivik initiation. There is a last page to sign in the documentation for first initiation and that is about being loyal all life to the GBC = Iskcon.

Tom Garden i was refused my rightful sannyasa as i would not sign allegiance to the murderous jews who call themselves the gbc but in reality are usurping thieving demons.

Baladeva Das >>>>True, and this has made the relationship guru-disciple very impersonal<<<< Agreed. I would say also that impersonalism is present in any relationship, as the dysfunctionality and the alienation ( the disease) is present at any level.

Tom Garden Baladeva Das My exact thoughts! I pointed out the poisoning to one devotee with Ph.D. yesterday, and he did not want to see the video, said,

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Who is more important ? Jesus, or the rabbis that run the Jewish organizations after he was crucified? They rejected Jesus, made the Rabbis the center, and so they remain. Now that Srila Prabhupada has been proven poisoned and martyred, WHO is given more importance in ITSACON CO.? Srila Prabhupada, or the JEWS/GBC?

IsKcon has largely become a JEWISH SYNAGOGUE.

- thanks to Munkunda Prabhu for this flow of thoughts

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Every living being, out of many, many billions and trillions of living beings, has a particular relationship with the Lord eternally

"…Bhagavad-gītā is best understood by a person who has qualities similar to Arjuna's.

That is to say he must be a devotee in a direct relationship with the Lord.

As soon as one becomes a devotee of the Lord, he also has a direct relationship with the Lord.

That is a very elaborate subject matter, but briefly it can be stated that a devotee is in a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in one of five different ways:

1. One may be a devotee in a passive state;
2. One may be a devotee in an active state;
3. One may be a devotee as a friend;
4. One may be a devotee as a parent;
5. One may be a devotee as a conjugal lover.

Arjuna was in a relationship with the Lord as friend.

Of course there is a gulf of difference between this friendship and the friendship found in the material world.

This is transcendental friendship

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Devotee: Srila Prabhupada, why has it taken so long for a pure devotee to come to the West? Has the West been so sinful that no pure devotee has come before Your Divine Grace?
Prabhupada: Don’t be sorry. At that time, you were so sinful that you could not receive a pure devotee.
Devotee: Yes. Once in a lecture a lady asked you why hadn’t you come sooner, and you just said, “Well, you weren’t ready for me.”
Prabhupada: Yes, “Because you were not ready.” Yes, I told. Yes. Now the Western boys, the descendant of the Western people, they are fortunate; therefore they receive Kṛṣṇa. Kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya 19.151). It is Kṛṣṇa’s desire that “These people are suffering so much; let some devotees come here.” So you are all devotees. You have come to join together.

(Srila Prabhupada Morning Walk, Los Angeles, December 7, 1973)

Devotee: If someone is actually sincere, can he be cheated, or will he always get a bona fide guru?
Prabhupada: No, if he is sincere, he’ll get.
Devotee: Bona

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Lord Shiva has a very unique and significant position in the cosmic manifestation. In fact Lord Shiva is the most powerful, second only to Lord Vishnu. Shiva is an expansion of Lord Krishna. Revealed scriptures explain that Krishna has 64 qualities. Lord Brahma posses 78% of these qualities and Lord Shiva possesses 84% of these qualities. Since living entities are also like Brahma so they also possess 78% of these qualities but in lesser extent. None of them possess all 100%.

Srila Prabhupada explains, “The living being can never possess attributes like Shiva, Vishnu or Lord Krishna. A living being can become godly by developing the seventy-eight-percent transcendental attributes in fullness, but he can never become a God like Shiva, Vishnu or Krishna. He can become a Brahma in due course: - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28 purport”

Lord Shiva has connection with the material nature but Lord Vishnu (or Lord Krishna) is transcendental to material nature.The position of Lord Shiva is very beauti

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Courtesy Ines Naradic, ie Naradakunda devi dasi; Meaning of Perfect

Prabhupada: Yes. Acarya is explained, bhakti-samsanah: “One who’s preaching the cult of devotional service, he’s acarya.” Then why should you find any discrepancy?
Jayadvaita: Because we see … For instance, sometimes the acarya may seem to forget something or not to know something, so from our point of view, if someone has forgotten, that is an imperfection.
Prabhupada: Then you do not understand. Acarya is not God, omniscient. He is servant of God. His business is to preach bhakti cult. That is acarya.
Jayadvaita: And that is the perfection.
Prabhupada: That is the perfection. Hare Krsna.
Jayadvaita: So we have a misunderstanding about what perfection is?
Prabhupada: Yes. Perfection is here, how he is preaching bhakti cult. That’s all.
Satsvarupa: Prabhupada, in one purport in the Bhagavad-gita, you write that a disciple of a bona fide spiritual master is supposed to know everything.
Prabhupada: Yes, if he follows th

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tvisa varnam tvisa krsnam, sangopangastra parshadam, yagyai sankirtana prayair yajanti he sumedhasah; He has come as Sri Caitanya the Golden One. What is the answer to charges of impropriety on the part of Krsna? ; Sri Krsna Caitanya, Who left his young wife for sannyasa in love of Krsna. His involvements with young women in dead of night ?;  JEERO.

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A materialist will be bewildered at this, that such a seemingly lusty affair, Sri  Krishna and Associates, Rasa-lila etc. is worshipped by celibates of the highest standards of purity... how is this?  But it demonstrates that mundane sex desire has nothing at all to do with Bhakti yoga.

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The Lord Vishwambhara Deva, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, His marriage is nothing material nor mundane nor irreligious, yet He has made this sacrifice for us, in order to demonstrate the principle of renunciation as key in service to Sri Krsna .

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The chanting of Hare Krsna is our main business; that is real initiation. And as you are all following my instruction in the matter the initiator is already there. Now the next initiation will be performed as a ceremony officially, of course that ceremony has value because the Name, holy name, will be delivered to the student from the disciplic succession, it has got value, but in spite of that, as you are going on chanting, please go on with this business sincerely and Krsna willing, I may be coming to you very soon. I have already written to Jayananda about this, so don't he impatient. Pray to Krsna that I may meet you very soon." (SPL to Tamala Krsna, 19th August, 1968)
Photo: The chanting of Hare Krsna is our main business; that is real initiation. And as you are all following my instruction in the matter the initiator is already there. Now the next initiation will be performed as a ceremony officially, of course that ceremony has value because the Name, holy name, will be delivered to the student from the disciplic succession, it has got value, but in spite of that, as you are going on chanting, please go on with this business sincerely and Krsna willing, I may be coming to you very soon. I have already written to Jayananda about this, so don't he impatient. Pray to Krsna that I may meet you very soon." (SPL to Tamala Krsna, 19th August, 1968)
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