Dr. Arnold Smith
"When a Vaisnava sees mismanagement in the government, he feels great compassion in his heart and tries his best to purify the situation by spreading the Hare Krsna movement "
--Srimad-Bhagavaam, 6.2.4, Srila Prabhupada purport
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Pessimistic or animal? Added by George Pye on February 17, 2015 at 11:13
Srila Prabhupada: "Yes, unless one is pessimistic of this material world, he is animal. A man knows what are the sufferings of this material world: adhyatmic, adhibautic, adhidaivic. There are so many suffering pertaining to the mind, sufferings offered by other living beings, and sufferings imposed forcibly by the laws of nature. So the world is full of suffering, but under the spell of maya, illusion, we accept this suffering condition as progress. But ultimately whatever we do, the death is there. All the resultant action of our activities, they are taken away and we are put to death. So under these circumstances there is no happiness within this material world. I have fully arranged for my happiness, and any moment, just after arrangement, we are kicked out; we have to accept death. So where is happiness here? The intelligent man is always pessimistic, that "First of all let us become secure," that we are t
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Siva Ratri worship of Lord Siva. Devotees may bathe a Siva-linga in water and panca-gavya (five substances from the cow) and offer Krsna-prasada to Lord Siva. Fasting is optional for Vaisnavas.
Every lunar month on the 13th or 14th day of the dark half of the moon phase there is a Shivaratri but in the Vedic month of Phalgun (February-March) there is a Maha Shivaratri. The ceremony takes place mainly at night, which is observed in the honour of Lord Shiva, who was married to Parvati (Mother Durga) on this day.
Devotees of Lord Shiva generally observe a strict fast on this day and some go to the extent of a nirjal fast i.e. they do not even have a sip of water.
They stay awake the entire night. The Shiva lingam is worshipped throughout the night by washing it every three hours with milk, yogurt, ghee, honey and so forth, whilst chanting of the mantra “Om namah shivaya”, continues. Offering of bael leaves are made to the Lingam. Bael leaves are very sacred (as Tulsi to Lord Vishnu and dhar
Madhavendra Puri couldn't move at the end of his life. So doing all humble services, Ishvara Puri even cleaned up his stool and urine. Ishvara Puri helped his guru to remember Shri Krishna by always chanting Hare Krishna and telling Radha-Krishna's pastimes. Pleasing Madhavendra Puri by these menial acts, Ishvara Puri received the treasure of Krishna-prema from his spiritual master. (In the image: Madhavendra Puri).
Shri Isvara Puri again showed exemplary humility, the
Sri Vrindavan Das courtesy;
Statement of Purpose: The Transcendental Spoken Sound
September 9, 1935
by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada
To the Readers:
The Harmonist (journal) preaches the religion of prema or transcendental love for Sri Krishna.
Love God with All Thy Heart and with All Thy Soul
Transcendental love is very different from all forms of love with which we are familiar in the world. The only object of transcendental love is Sri Krishna. Sri Krishna can never be the object of the so called love of our mundane estate.
The Biblical dictum, "Love God with all thy heart and with all thy soul," is not an invitation for the practice of earthly love towards God. How, indeed, can it be possible to love man without loving God.
As a matter of fact we cannot really love anybody unless we love God. But we cannot also love any other entity exactly in the same way as we love Sri Krishna. The one process is
categorically different from the other. The word "m
Hare Krsna Kuladri Das,
All glories to His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my fallen obeisances.
I received (towards the bottom) through another devotee what you emailed in regards to Kayla prabhu's murder at the hands of ISIS demons.
I received (towards the bottom) through another devotee what you emailed in regards to Kayla prabhu's murder at the hands of ISIS demons.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Art Villa <kuladridas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Subject: FW: ISIS victim Krishna Devotee
To: naleadergroup@googlegroups.com
From: Art Villa <kuladridas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Subject: FW: ISIS victim Krishna Devotee
To: naleadergroup@googlegroups.com
The recent death of an American hostage who was killed, Kayla Mueller, was a practicing devotee.
Ys Kuladri das
Ernest Hemmingway wrote the following: "The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed."
Kayla prabhu from what little was sent by other devotees to me, due to her compassion for other people in situations of suffering, was obviously possessed of these qu
“The ones who have no other respite, are steeped in sense gratification, are inimical by nature, without spiritual knowledge and material detachment and without any control over sexual desire and devoid of any righteous conduct – they can easily attain a state only by chanting the Holy Names – such that even the sum total of all-righteous people cannot reach.” – (Padma Purân)
This is the appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who was the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura powerfully spread the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the early twentieth century. He preached strongly against the deep-rooted influences of caste-ism and impersonalism. Meeting with scholars, educators, and other leaders and writing over 108 essays and books, he strove to present Krishna consciousness as a science to be highly esteemed. He established 64 temples, known as Gaudiya Maths, inside and outside of India.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
He preached convincingly against casteism and philosophical deviations from Gaudiya Vaisnavism. He tried to unite the four Vaisnava sampradayas by publishing their teachings. Srila Sarasvati Thakura earned the title Nrisimha Guru for his fearless and powerful delivery of the Vaisnava siddhanta. Mayavadis would cross the street to avoid confronting the "lion guru." Besides being a courageous preacher, he was ornamented with all divine qualities and full of ecstatic love of God. He established 64 Gaudiya Math temples in India and centers in
Purushottama dasa was Stoka Krishna, the cowherd boy in Krishna lila. (In the image: Stoka Krishna).
Purushottama dasa was Stoka Krishna, the cowherd boy in Krishna lila.
From the time he was a small boy, Purushottama dasa Thakura was dedicated to constantly meditating on the lotus feet of Shri Nityananda Prabhu.
CC Adi 11.38: The twenty-third and twenty-fourth prominent Devotees of Nityananda Prabhu were Sadashiva Kaviraja and his son Purushottama dasa, who was the tenth gopala.
CC Adi 11.39: From birth, Purushottama dasa was merged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, and he always engaged in childish play with Lord Krishna.
CC Adi 11.40: Shri Kanu Thakura, a very respectable gentleman, was the son of Purushottama dasa Thakura. He was such a great Devotee that Lord Krishna always lived in his body.
C.B. Antya 5 Text 742: External consciousness
His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj appeared on the 2nd of September in the Gaurabda year 443 (1929 A.D.) in Orissa, India. Both his parents were devotees of Krishna and Jagannath, as were their ancestors up to the time of Sri Syamananda Prabhu. His mother’s family were the famous kirtaniyas of Gadai Giri. Thus most of His Divine Grace’s child- and boyhood was spent in Gadai Giri, in the company of his uncles and maternal grandfather, having kirtan and worshiping their ancient family deity, Sri Gopal Jiu. He was never attached to play, but rather spent his time reading Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrta and singing Hare Krishna.
In April 1974, on Ramnavami, the day of the holy appearance of Lord Ramachandra, His Divine Grace left his family to search for Sri Guru. He was now 45 years old but had since childhood had the desire to accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa, and preach the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He was already acquainted with man
Montreal Temple, 1975
Prabhu, did you ever see or hear about the magazine I use to publish in the 1980's?
It was a humble attempt to put Srila Prabhupada back in the centre of ISKCON while cultivating better relationships among the devotees. By Krsna's grace, it was a worldwide success with five 64-page issues published over a couple of years' time, reaching all ISKCON temples, leaders, thousands of devotees and friends. (There was still some hope left for reviving the original ISKCON spirit back then.) But after collecting and spending more than $10,000 on printing and distributing The Vaisnava Journal, I had to let it go. Later on, I continued with (more or less) the same objective via The Prabhupada Connection website. But, for some reason or other, I always have to stop -- either poor health or no money usually comes along to sabotage my efforts.
Anyway, thanks so much for listening and following along
Srila Prabhupada;
"The nature of the material world is that so much fighting goes on between nation and nation, person and person, community and community. Despite so many legal codes, people fight with one another. The United Nations was created to stop fighting between nations. But what is the United Nations? I have already explained many times: It is an assembly of barking dogs. That’s all. “United” Nations—they will never unite. They will go there and bark. Many times we have seen nations show their enviousness there.
In the Bhagavad-gita (5.29) Krishna says sarva-loka-maheshvaram: “I am the proprietor of all planets.” But we are claiming, “This is my country,” “This is India, my country,” “This is my Pakistan,” “This is my America,” “This is my Russia”—and fighting. One group claims proprietorship of some land, and another group says, “This is not yours. It is ours.”
Despite the United Nations, such fighting still goes on. Why? Ananta-duhkham ca na veda mudhah: People create
In the Bhagavad-gita (5.29) Krishna says sarva-loka-maheshvaram: “I am the proprietor of all planets.” But we are claiming, “This is my country,” “This is India, my country,” “This is my Pakistan,” “This is my America,” “This is my Russia”—and fighting. One group claims proprietorship of some land, and another group says, “This is not yours. It is ours.”
Despite the United Nations, such fighting still goes on. Why? Ananta-duhkham ca na veda mudhah: People create
Srila Prabhupada Evening Darsana February 15, 1977, Mayapura) Don't be disappointed. Kṛṣṇa will act through His movement and kill them, these demons. How it will be done, that you cannot know now, but it will be done. Let us remain true soldiers. That's all. And if it is a fight, suppose we die in the fight. The fight means with vow, with determination either to gain victory or die. Because it is fight against māyā, why we shall be afraid of being killed? Where there is fight, one must know that "Either I am going to be killed or gain victory." Jīvo vā māro vā. Those who are devotees, either they live or they die—the same thing. While they live they are serving Kṛṣṇa; when they die they will serve Kṛṣṇa. Jīvo vā māro vā. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti (BG 4.9). He goes to Kṛṣṇa. (laughs) So what is the loss? We are working for Kṛṣṇa, and if we die we go to Kṛṣṇa. So what is the loss? Same business.
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