Devotee murdered by ISIS new world odor

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 11, 2015 at 16:08

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.

---------- 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

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

they can easily attain a pure state only by chanting the Holy Names

Posted by Welcome on February 9, 2015 at 17:30

“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)

the greatest sin is that if someone trusts you and takes shelter of you and then you betray them and cause them harm

Posted by Welcome on February 9, 2015 at 17:30

Hridayananda Go: One time Prabhupada was sitting taking massage, and then right in front of Prabhupada these two little kittens were wrestling and they actually rolled right onto Prabhupada’s lap. So among the various zealous misconceptions that plagued us in our early days, one that we had is that animals were so contaminated that it’s horrible to even touch them. I was appalled that these two kittens…they were cute, but they just rolled right onto Prabhupada’s lap and I was thinking, “Oh, my God, an animal touched Prabhupada.” But to my surprise, Prabhupada just started petting them. And Prabhupada said two things. He said, “Look, even here there is love.” What I immediately understood from that was that our original love for Krishna is so strong that even in the body of an animal or a cat, it still manifests in some way. Then Prabhupada said, “If I put my head in your lap and you cut my throat, that is the greatest sin.” He said the greatest sin is that if someone trusts you and tak

Bhaktisiddhanta Appearance Day

Posted by 16l4753m0mvau on February 9, 2015 at 1:21

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.

Guru is always with disciple... HDG Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharajah

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 8, 2015 at 12:00

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Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 8, 2015 at 10:36

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Appearance

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 8, 2015 at 6:30

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the guru of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, appeared in Sri Ksetra Dhama.(Jagannatha Puri) on 6 February 1874 as the son of Srila Sacidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura. In his childhood he quickly mastered the Vedas, memorized the Bhdgavad-gita, and relished his father's philosophical works. He became known as "The Living Encyclopedia" for his vast knowledge.

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

Srila Purushottama Dasa Thakur Disappearance

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 8, 2015 at 6:15

Purushottama dasa was Stoka Krishna, the cowherd boy in Krishna lila. (In the image: Stoka Krishna).

Purushottama Dasa was the son of Sadashiva Kaviraja, a great Devotee of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

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

Srila Gour Govinda Swami Disappearance

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 8, 2015 at 6:06

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

Padmapani Prabhu; a letter

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 7, 2015 at 9:34

Montreal Temple, 1975

Prabhu, did you ever see or hear about the magazine I use to publish in the 1980's?

http://www.prabhupadaconnect.com/The_Vaisnava_Journal.html

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

But what is the United Nations?

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 5, 2015 at 12:30

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

We are working for Kṛṣṇa, and if we die we go to Kṛṣṇa. So what is the loss? Same business.

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 5, 2015 at 3:30

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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Sri Krishna Madhura Utsava

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 3, 2015 at 16:30

There are various festivities where Lord Krishna's rasa lila is celebrated – this festival being just one of them. The purnima or full moon of Damodara month is the second full moon of the autumn season, and rasa lila is again celebrated.

This second rasa yatra is celebrated more in Bengal, whereas the first one is celebrated more in Vrindavana. On this day one should perform full worship of Radha and Krishna with many flowers, and place them in a rasa mandapa surrounded by the gopis.

Sri Krishna Vasant Rasa is similar excepting that it is in the Spring (Vasant), at this time everyone dresses in yellow. On this full moon night the devotees usually leave out pots of sweet rice payasam for the Lord to enjoy during His rasas.

- See more at: http://harekrishnacalendar.com/vaishnava-calendar/sri-krishna-madhura-utsava-2015/#sthash.CAdtKr9F.dpuf

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Appearance

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 3, 2015 at 16:30

Narottama Dasa Thakura

Shrila Narottama Dasa Thakura

Appearing as the son of a king, Shri Narottama Dasa Thakura (Shri Thakura Mahasaya) showed all the bodily symptoms of a mahapurusha (an exalted divine person). He had long arms, a deep navel, golden-complexioh, beautiful eyes shaped like the lotus petals. In school, he was a sruti dhara (able to memorize whatever he hears) Although he quickly mastered Sanskrit and the Vedas, he hankered to serve Krishna. He was a lifelong brahmachari. By the mercy of the Holy Name Gaura-Nitai, Narottama became detached, left his opulent family, and ran to Vrindavana. He took diksha from Shri Lokanatha Goswami and siksha in Gaudiya philosophy from Shri Jiva Goswami.

When he arrived in Navadwipa-dhama all the Devotees asked him about the health and activities of the Goswamis in Vrindavana. They were eager to hear the news from Vrindavana. After visiting all of Gauranga's pastime places in Gaura Mandala, Narottama Dasa did the sam

A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator who meditates only for the sake of making a living

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 2, 2015 at 9:30

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"Instead of becoming a pseudo transcendentalist for the sake of wanton living and sense enjoyment, it is far better to remain in one's own business and execute the purpose of life, which is to get free from material bondage and enter into the kingdom of God. The prime svārtha-gati, or goal of self-interest, is to reach Viṣṇu. The whole institution of varṇa and āśrama is designed to help us reach this goal of life.

A householder can also reach this destination by regulated service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. For self-realization, one can live a controlled life, as prescribed in the śāstras, and continue carrying out his business without attachment, and in that way make progress. A sincere person who follows this method is far better situated than the false pretender who adopts show-bottle spiritualism to cheat the innocent public. A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator who meditates only for the sake

service to Lord Viṣṇu is itself liberation

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 2, 2015 at 9:30

The Padma Purāṇa has stated:

na karma-bandhanaṁ janma
vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca vidyate
viṣṇur anucaratvaṁ hi
mokṣam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ

“Vaiṣṇavas are not bound by fruitive activities or forced to take birth, because learned persons have firmly declared that service to Lord Viṣṇu is itself liberation.”

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- verse courtesy Sri Vrindavan Dasa Prabhu

Nityananda Trayodasi

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on February 1, 2015 at 11:00

Nityananda Prabhu

Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His Devotees. (In the image: Shri Nityananda Prabhu, ISKCON Chennai, Tamil Nadu).

Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His Devotees. He is the Lord's active principle in both creation and lila.

He is the second body of the Lord, manifesting as Balaram to Shri Krishna, Lak

Nityananda Prabhu

Posted by Welcome on February 1, 2015 at 9:00

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Nityananda Prabhu

Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His Devotees. He is the Lord's active principle in both creation and lila. He is the second body of the Lord, manifesting as Balaram to Shri Krishna, Lakshman to Shri Ram and Nityananda Prabhu to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. All other forms and expansions of the Lord emanate from this second body.

Nityananda Prabhu is thus the source of Sankarshan, all the Vishu's, and Ananta Shesha. As Vishnu tattva He and Advaita Acharya are worshipped in the same category as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In the manifested earthly lila, Nityananda Prabhu is senior to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by more than a dec

Bhagavad-Gita Study Group Discussions ; 1

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on February 1, 2015 at 6:00

Chapter 1-Text 1

Please read the first text of chapter one along with the purport in your copy of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, and then read the following. Afterwards, each participant should offer a thought or comment on this passage. As you do so, please consider these study questions:

What is the significance of the battleground at Kuruksetra?
What is the real meaning behind Dhrtarastra’s blindness?
Is Dhrtarastra aware of the presence of Krsna, and does he know how the battle will end?

dhrtarastra uvaca
dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre
samaveta yuyutsavah
mamakah pandavas caiva
kim akurvata sanjaya

In this opening text, the blind king, Dhrtarastra, asks his secretary Sanjaya to describe the scene below. As one learns through the Mahabharata, the sons of Kuru and the sons of Pandu are assembled to fight at Kuruksetra.

Kuruksetra had been a

Varaha Dvadasi

Posted by Shri Nrsngha Dasa on January 31, 2015 at 9:00

Varahadeva is the boar incarnation Sri Krsna. He assumed the form of a boar to lift the drowning planet earth from the Garbhodaka Ocean with His tusks. The demon Hiryanyaksa had thrown the planet earth into this ocean, but the Lord stabbed the demon with His tusks and saved the earth.

After describing the appearance of the white Boar Incarnation that had appeared during the Svayambhuva devastation, Maitreya next described the red Boar Incarnation that had appeared during the Chakshusha devastation. Maitreya related these pastimes to Vidura in the same manner in which he had heard them long ago when Lord Brahma had narrated them to the demigods.

Once upon a time, at sunset, Kashyapa, the son of Marichi, was offering oblations to Lord Vishnu into the sacrificial fire. At this time, his wife, Diti, approached him due to being greatly afflicted by sex desire. Without trying to attract him gradually by her bodily expressions, the beautiful Diti frankly begged her husband, "O learned one, Cupi

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But what is the United Nations?

We are working for Kṛṣṇa, and if we die we go to Kṛṣṇa. So what is the loss? Same business.

Sri Krishna Madhura Utsava

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Appearance

A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator who meditates only for the sake of making a living

service to Lord Viṣṇu is itself liberation

Nityananda Trayodasi

Nityananda Prabhu

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