pamho Tamohara prabhu agtACBSP,

It's nice to have the strong desire to glorify the pure devotees of the lord by bringing more natural born devotees who forgot that our small service to SRILA PRABHUPADA is our perfection of life.  We have got not doubts about that, SRILA PRABHUPADA also used to says that the mercy of SRI KRSNA come especially for the living entities who got the human form of life.

We know from the sastra that our first form of life it's the human form of life, then by the degradation of the guna sanga-sya, one need to renew the own karma and the middle planets like the earth planet is for this. People who forgot that to be devotee means to be conscious that all forms of life are coming from ADVAITA ACYUTAM ANADIM ANANTAM RUPAM, whatever we do in krsna consciousness it's a training for almost everyone. 

May be we can't see the result of our spiritual activities immediately but through the factor time everything gets clear by keeping serving SRILA PRABHUPADA who is a

 “As Sat-yuga is the best of yugas (ages), as the Vedas are the best among scriptures, as Ganga is best of rivers, so Kartik is the best of months, the most dear to Lord Krishna.” (Skanda Purana)

 

 

In the Padma Purana it is said, “The Lord may offer liberation or material happiness to a devotee, but after some devotional service has been executed, particularly in Mathura during the month of Karttika, the devotees want only to attain pure devotional service unto the Lord.”

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THE GLORIES OF KARTIKA

Here we find the rules and regulations for observing Kartik plus additional explanation of Damodarastakam Prayer which should be sung and deeply meditated upon everyday during Radhika's holy month, as well as other useful information that will help us to be absorbed in the mellows of love for Sri Damodar.

 

Purports and Translation by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

sarvatha saranapatti kartikadi-vrata, 'catuh-sasti anga' ei parama-mahattva

SYNONYMS sarva

ISKCON was founded to wage war on Maya

Srila Prabhupada often referred to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness as his declaration of war on maya. The focus of his mission is clearly outlined in the pranama prayers we regularly sing to glorify him:

"We offer our respects unto you, the student of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly teaching the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the purpose of delivering the Western World from impersonalism and voidism. "

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta further clarified the extraordinary difference between even the simplest things done as a service to Krishna and the most visible grandiose forms of non-devotional welfare work:

"The thousands of karmies who have opened innumerable hospitals, old age homes, centers for the poor, and schools and the thousands of jnanis who have undergone meditation and several austerities, are insignificant compared to

Offer a Lamp in Karthik(Damodar):The Holiest Month... starts from 29th oct to 28th nov 2012

Kartik (Damodar)...The Holiest Month... starts from 29th oct to 28th nov 2012
Kartik (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda.

Everybody should follow following practices in Kartik (Damodar) month:

1. Daily offer a ghee lamp to Krishna and sing the Damodarastakam, meditating on meaning.

2. One should always remember Supreme Lord Hari. Devotees should try to do more Harinam Chanting. Do extra rounds and more kirtana.

3. Hear Srimad Bhagavatam, daily in association of exalted Vaisnavas, if possible. All other d

Uttama-Bhakti

by Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja

The original form of Bhagavan descended during this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to deliver all of the living entities. Srila Rupa Gosvami, who is priya-svarupa, the very embodiment of everything dear to Him, and who is foremost among those who established the deepest wishes of His heart, has revealed the symptoms of uttama-bhakti, the utmost culmination of devotional service to Krsna:

anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmadyanavrtam
anukulyena krsnanusilanam bhaktir-uttama

Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.11)

anya-abhilasita – prone to selfish, ulterior desires; sunyam – devoid; jnana – knowledge; karma – fruitive work; adi – and so on; anavrtam – not eclipsed; anukulyena – through genuine kindness to Him; krsna – Krsna; anu – perpetual; silanam – ardent endeavour; bhaktir-uttama – the utmost culmination of bhakti (devotional service to Krsna).

Perpetual, ardent endeavour meant exclusiv

"So we have no experience below zero degrees. But in Europe, America, there is places. In Russia also, below fifty degrees. But they do not stop their business. They know that "Winter season has come. It will go away again." So devotees, even they are in distressed condition, they know, "It has come due to my bad activities in the past. It will go away. Let me suffer and finish it." Just like if you become, all of a sudden, infected with some disease. So what? You'll go mad? No. You know that "I have infected this disease. Let me suffer a few days. It will go away. That's all." This is the mentality of the devotees. They are not disturbed. And if he's not disturbed, then he's fit for becoming liberated."

(Room Conversation -- September 18, 1973, Bombay)

Sankirtan Stories, Part 2

BY: MANIDHARA DAS (ACBSP)

Oct 22, 2012 — COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (SUN) —

THE RAINY DAY

I still remember that small town in the middle of Germany where we parked our car. The town was indeed very small and on top of that we had already days and days of rain pouring down on our water soaked books and bodies.

Getting sick, I chanted in the hotel my rounds in a dizzy type of condition, trying to get my feverish mind under control. Finally arriving in the middle of the town I watched the devotees getting out of the car, with great roar and determination once again ready to push Srila Prabhupada's books into the laps of the stubborn and obstinate (German :-) conditioned souls. I decided to stay back for little while, hoping that the fever will somewhat be reduced during the day. But after a few minutes sitting in an empty cold van, I could see the first karmis passing by the condensated water covered windows of the car I was imprisoned in. The sight became untolerable.

Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me."

The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna replied, "Oh king, please listen as I explain the glories of this Ekadasi - Papankusha Ekadasi - which removes all sins. On this day one should worship the Deity of Padmanabha, the lotus naveled Lord Vishnu, according to the rules of archana viddhi (regulations). By so doing, one achieves whatever heavenly pleasures one may want in this world, and at last attains liberation from this world thereafter. Simply by offering one's humbly obeisances unto Lord Vishnu, the rider of Garuda, one can achieve the same merit as is gained by performing great penances for a long time restr

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Hari Krishna said;

 There is interconnectivity and no coincidences; beggars the idea of free will while conditioned in material existence. This sounds orchestrated, karma is apparently well-lawed; karma is perfect almost unescapable justice. But to express pure free will, there must be freedom, at least to some degree!

As above, so below. There is orchestrated meaning and thus a symphony of  inter-connectedness observable here, though often there is discordance as everyone wants to lead the orchestra, and then there is a perfect symphony in the self-realized mode of v

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The Sacred Lotus

The lotus regularly appears as a symbol of purity, peace ...  enlightenment is symbolised by the life cycle of the sacred lotus plant, because it begins its life humbly in the mud of ponds, but soon grows and sends stems and flowers well above the surface of the water (up to 50cm), thus showing the path of spiritual enfoldment...

"...Long ago, at the end of the aeons, the whole universe had been engulfed in an ocean, and Creation was all but lost. The god Vishnu, preserver of life, whose abode is the primordial waters, was asleep in this timeless darkness, dreaming of worlds to come. As his dreams unfolded, a lotus flower emerged from his navel and revealed within its many folds the cosmic egg, in which Brahma the creator, was asleep.

As Brahma stirred, Creation began to unfold again, and new worlds, new gods, and new life appeared. In India today, the lotus is still considered to be the cradle of the universe, and many Indian deities are portrayed sitting

“There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much, or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.” (Bhagavad-gita 6.16)

If we want to become Krishna conscious we have to live a regulated life. We can not eat too much or too little or sleep too much or too little.  Too much eating means eating more than is required to keep the body and soul together.

There is no need for humans to eat animals because there is a good supply of grains, vegetables, fruits and milk available. Such simple foods are considered to be in the mode of goodness according to theBhagavad-gita. Animal food is for those in the mode of ignorance therefore those who eat animal food and engage in other sinful activities like drinking alcohol and smoking will suffer sinful reactions because of eating only polluted things.

Anyone who eats for his own sense pleasure, or cooks for himself, not offering his food to Krishna, eats only sin. One who eats sin and eats more than is a

Lord Vishnu (Krishna) Saligrama - Saligrama is also Known as Saligramam sila,Saligramamam,Saligram,Salagram or Saligrama. Saligrama is  Lord vishnu himself found only in stone form(murthy form in kaligandaki river in nepal),this page includes the details info ,collection of saligrams.

Introducation 

Saligrama is Supreme Avatar of Lord Vishnu in Form of Holy Stone named as Saligrama.All Sacred Saligrama Stone is Found only in Gandaki River,Nepal.While Worshipping Saligrama,Tulasi leaves is offered to Saligrama(lord vishnu),Tulasi devi is offered as Signifying Goddess Lakshmi.

In Hindu Devotee house mostly Nepal and India,Tulasi vivaha or Literally known as  'Tulasi Marriage Ceremony' is Celibrated  with Saligramam is conducted- sort of Kalyanotsavam for Saligrmam and Tulasi.

The Sacred Gandaki river where Saligramam stone is Fou

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