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24 Mar 2015
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Pañcamī, G, 06:26, Kṛttikā

+Śrī Rāmānujācārya ~ Appearance

CALL TO CIVIL WAR!!

"Our only strength is chanting Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. So if we stick to the principle of chanting Hare Krishna Mantra, following the rules and regulations, that will give us strength to work on both sides - namely to enlighten people in Krishna Consciousness and cut down the bad government full of atheistic people." SP Letter to Madhudvisa Maharaja 15 September, 1971

verse 11 of Sri Isopanisad explains; “Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.”

Hare Krishna my friend.

My sincere apologies for being rather inactive  - but I've come on here and had a look at the post/video on Krishnacore. The link below might be of interest - I talk with Vraja Kishore (Vic Dicara) and Ray Cappo via email - and I'm looking to eventually write a book on the movement. I would sincerely love your thoughts. 

Hope all well with you....... the site is lovely!

Hare Krishna,

Mike Dines

https://www.academia.edu/2639046/The_Sacralization_of_Straightedge_Punk_Nada_Brahma_and_the_Divine_Embodiment_of_Krishnacore

There once was an elderly couple living in the mountains. They were of simple means, yet were extremely devoted and pious. The man would sit every morning at the small temple in their home and read passages from the Bhagavad Gita. The couple’s grandson, who was completely enamored with his grandfather, lived with them. The young boy would emulate everything his grandfather did.

One day, the boy came, sat down in his grandfather’s lap, and said, “Grandfather, I see you read the Bhagavad Gita every morning and I see the way your eyes fill with tears. I have heard you tell so many people that the Gita has changed your life. So, I have also started to try to read the Gita, but I do not understand it. If I do understand a small passage of it, in just a few short hours I have already forgotten what I read.” The old man simply said, “Do not worry, my child, if you understand it or not. Just keep reading it.” So, the boy did as he was instructed. However, a few weeks later he again came, sat on

Once there was a saint who lived in the Himalayan forests. He lived in an
ashram deep in a beautiful jungle where he spent his time in meditation
and looking after the ashram.

Once a traveler came upon the saint and the ashram while trekking through
the Himalayas. The young man started talking to the saint about the
spiritual life. The young tourist asked him, “What did you do before you
became enlightened?”
The saint replied, “I used to chop wood and carry water from the well.”
The man then asked, “What do you do now that you have become enlightened?”
The answer was simple. The saint replied, “I chop wood and carry
water from the well.”

The young man was puzzled. He said, “There seems to be no difference
then. What was the point in going through all those years of sadhana in
order to attain enlightenment if you still spend your days doing chores
and menial tasks?”

The Master replied, “The difference is in me. The difference is not in my
acts, it is in me. Because I have changed, all my a

Aindra Prabhu was born in Virginia, U.S.A in 1953 in an artistic family. His father played bluegrass music, his mother the harp, his brother the bass, and he himself took to the guitar—as well as other instruments and crafts. He happened to meet the devotees in Washington D. C. in the summer of 1973 while they were out on street sankirtana. Aindra Prabhu eagerly joined in, followed them back to the temple, and moved in more or less right away. A few months later, on Nityananda Trayodasi, he was initiated into the Gaudiya-sampradaya and given the name Aindra Dasa by Srila Prabhupada.

In retrospect, one can easily conclude that Aindra Prabhu was steadiness personified.He first began Deity service in Washington D. C. in 1974, continued that service on the Radha-Damodara Traveling Sankirtana Party, then in New York City until 1986, and since then in Vrindavan. Indeed, he left his body while preparing to cook for his Deities in July 2010, and he surrendered his last breath at the lotus fee

Bhagavad Gita As It Is Original 1972 by Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna! Chapter 11 TEXT 08

But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give to you divine eyes by which you can behold My mystic opulence.

Srila Prabhupada PURPORT ;

A pure devotee does not like to see Krsna in any form except His form with two hands; a devotee must see His universal form by His grace, not with the mind but with spiritual eyes. To see the universal form of Krsna, Arjuna is told not to change his mind but his vision. The universal form of Krsna is not very important; that will be clear in the verses. Yet because Arjuna wanted to see it, the Lord gives him the particular vision required to see that universal form.

Devotees who are correctly situated in a transcendental relationship with Krsna are attracted by loving features, not by a godless display of opulences. The playmates of Krsna, the friends of Krsna and the parents of Krsna never want Krsna to show His opulences. They are so immers

Our site member and friend Dr. Arnold Smith has accepted Srila Prabhupada officially as his teacher in a formal capacity, and has asked for recommendation for diksha, that readily approved by the onsite TP's and admin. sanga. Jaya, Haribol! ~(>,' )

The good doctor is author of a University text on Moral development, teaches classes in Vedic literature, and is currently managing a course here on Bhagavada Gita As It Is. His scholastic acumen is a feather-in-the-cap for Iskcon, so nicely representing Srila Prabhupada's path of pure bhakti to Sri Sri Radha Krsna, in service of Sri Sri Gour Nitai! We the site members are fortunate to have such nice association.

Dr. Smith has also been granted the Bhakti Sastri degree, as may other senior devotees who inquire. Brahminical gayatri etc will be given also, in order to enhance our Godbrothers' preaching power.

Arnold Smith Prabhu will be given a spiritual Name shortly. Site Vaisnava devotees are invited to accept him as one of our family m

BY THE MERCY OF A VAISNAVA ONE CAN PRAY

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura has said, "I am such fellow. I am not completely pure. I am most impure. Therefore I face so many impediments, so many obstacles in my bhajana. Please, this is my great fear, I cannot chant. I cannot do bhajan, but You are so merciful, I take shelter of Your lotus feet now. No other shelter is there. Please eradicate all these problems, impediments, obstacles from my path of bhajan. Then I can chant the Holy Name and become happy, joyful and blissful."

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura is praying for us. Feeling one with us, He prays. You cannot understand this thing. You are such a fool. Their heart bleeds for us. Such sadhus, mahajanas, Their hearts beat for us seeing our suffering. So They pray for us. Yes. This is prayer you have to offer. So by Their mercy we will be able to achieve that success. Only by sadhus mercy, vaisnavas mercy,guru-krpa that success will be possible. Without their mercy how can you offer such a

Sri Govinda Ghosh, an intimate associate of Lord Caitanya, was known for his sweet kirtans at the annual Jagannatha Puri Ratha- yatra festival. Lord Caitanya would at once begin to dance whenever Govinda Ghosh would sing. Govinda Ghosh and his brothers Vasudeva and Madhava are eternal associates of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Prabhu.

He made his home in Agradvipa, Vasudeva in Tamluk, and Madhava Ghosh in Dain Hat. Govinda Ghosh Thakur’s house is not far from Agradvipa in Kashipura Vishnutala. Some are of the opinion that Vaishnavatala was his birthplace. Govinda Ghosh participated in Mahaprabhu’s lilas in Srivasa Angan, in the nagara-sankirtan to the Kazi’s house, and in the house of Raghava Pandit. During the Rathayatra festival, he was the lead singer in the fourth kirtan group, accompanied by his two brothers, Chota Hari Das, Vishnu Das and Raghava Pandit. Vakresvara Pandit joined this group as the principal dancer.

On Mahaprabhu’s direction, Govinda revealed the Gopinath deit

·KINDLY READ AND COMMENT ON SITE POSTS? THANKS SO MUCH! PAMHO.

Srila Prabhupada...."The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is also an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa in the form of the holy name (nāma-rūpe). Every one of us who is actually afraid of the asuric rulers and politicians must welcome this incarnation of Kṛṣṇa: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Then we will surely be protected from the harassment of asuric rulers. At the present moment these rulers are so powerful that by hook or by crook they capture the highest posts in government and harass countless numbers of people on the plea of national security or some emergency. Then again, one asura defeats another asura, but the public continues to suffer. Therefore the entire world is in a precarious condition, and the only hope is this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared when Prahlāda was excessively harassed by his asuric father. Because of such asuric fathers—that is, the ruling politicians—it is very difficult to press forward the Hare Kṛṣṇa m