Now, life after death, in the Bhagavad-gītā it is very easily explained that just like a child has next life, boyhood. The boy has next life as youthhood. The youthhood has next life, the old age. So why not the old age next life?

If we are passing through so many stages of life from birth or from the womb of the mother, then what is the reason that one does not believe there is no life after death? Can you say, any one of you? What is the reason?

You remember your boyhood body; I remember my youthhood body. So that body is no longer existing, but I am existing. I remember my childhood body. My babyhood body also, I remember, particularly.

When I was about six months old, I still remember very vividly, I was lying down on the lap of my eldest sister, and she was knitting. I remember still. Yes, six months. I remember when I was only about one year old, there was a great saṅkīrtana in our house and I also joined the dancing party. And I was seeing up to their knees, very small. So I rememb

 
Harinama Initiation by His Divine Grace into chanting Hare Krsna; listen with right ear...

Thank you very much!

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The idea is, with this Janmastami coming up soon, for each site member to post one or three of their very favorite pictures of Krishna, the ones they love the most. A tough task!  But try to find  some for our mutual enjoyments Hare Krsna!

Among all the beautiful gopis Srimati Radharani is the best. She is the topmost devotee of Lord Krishna. Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess and the queen of Vrindavana. Her name means that She is the most excellent worshiper of Lord Krishna.She has many famous friends, headed by Lalita and Vishakha. Her father is Vrishbhanu and Her mother is Kirtida Devi, who is also known by the name, Ratnagarbha Devi. Radharani's elder brother is Sridama and her younger sister is Ananga-manjari. Jatila-devi is Radharani's mother-in-law and Abhimanyu is Radharani's so-called husband. Kutila-devi is Radharani's sister-in-law. Srimati Radharani's worshipable deity is the sun-god.

Srimati Radharani is expert in all the fine arts and Her transcendental form is like an ocean of nectar. Her splendid bodily luster is like the yellow pigment gorocana, molten gold, or stationary lightning. She wears wonderfully beautiful blue garments and She is decorated with various pearls and flowers.he is very beaut

Lord Balarama

Lord Nityānanda Prabhu's
Āvirbhāva Appearance Day Lecture
—
Bhuvaneśvara, February 2, 1977

Prabhupāda: So today, the appearance day of Nityānanda Prabhu... Nityānanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva.
vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta haila sei,
balarāma haila nitāi
"Who was formerly the son of Nanda Mahārāja, He has appeared as the son of Śacīdevi." Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mother's name was Śacīdevi. So Kṛṣṇa... Kṛṣṇa is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Balarāma is Nityānanda Prabhu. Now...
vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta haila sei,
balarāma haila nitāi

 
So Balarāma... In the Vedic literature it is said, nāyam ātmā bala-hinena labhyaḥ; na bahunā śrutena. So bala means strength. Sometimes some rascal philosophers, they take it that bala means bodily strength. They propagate this philosophy that "Unless you are bodily stout and strong, you cannot achieve spiritual salvation. You must be very strong and stout and eat meat and fight, and then you'll get next spiritual birth" No. This bala

In Breadmaker container put; 1 cup water, warm if possible

add; 2 Tblspns Brown sugar, and 3 of organic white sugar

1 Tblspn Olive oil, and 2 of ghee

and 1 3/5's teaspoons active dry yeast.

Mix /sift and add together ; 1 teaspoon salt, plus 1 and 1/2 cups of white flour, plus 1 cup of whole wheat flour, plus 1/2 of Rye flour, plus 3 Tblspns of wheat germ, plus 1/2 teaspoon of tumeric, yes, tumeric!

2/3 cups of washed raisins,  and or other mixed chopped dry fruits and nuts etc

Set Breadmaker to dough cycle for 15 minutes, as this is a heavy dough and the extra kneading makes a big difference, one more rise of the yeast, as it turns out, helps!  - So after 15 minutes in the regular dough cycle, then unplug the breadmaker machine, and restart in  the large loaf cycle. At this time, ie start of the second cycle, add the raisins.

For a lighter loaf, less well done, take it out 15 minutes before the baking cycle is completed.

Allow two rounds minimum time for it to cool before slicing. Offe

Depend on Krishna, because after all, He is the ultimate Master of all situations. It is not the doctor, or the medicine, or the place, but it is ultimately Krishna who is the Master to do everything.

Today, 15th March, now it is 7:35, gone, as soon as it is 7:36, you cannot bring back that 15th March, evening, 7:35, again. Even if you pay millions of dollars, “Please come back again,” no, finished.

Chanakya Pandita says, “ Time is so valuable, that if you pay millions of golden coins, you cannot get back even a moment.” What is lost is lost for good. “If you such valuable time spoil for nothing, without any profit, just imagine how much you are losing, how greatly you are loser.”

"With every rising and setting of the sun, a day passes and is lost.

Then why do you remain idle, and not serve the Lord of your Heart ?" 

  -  Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura

J.A.

from Sri Markandeya Purana, comprised of the dialogue between the sage Jaimini and the sage Markandeya.

The Brahmin said, 'O son! Describe in detail about hell.' Sumati said, 'O father! Yamadoots carry and lynch those people who eat inedible things, who deceive and dishonour their friends, who indulge in illicit relationships, who desert their wife, and who destroy public properties like gardens, water sources, etc. Yamadoots tie the hands and legs of such people and throw them into the fire. On their way to hell, such people are bitten by crows, storks, wolves, vultures, etc.

They stay in the inferno for a thousand years. Then they are shifted to another hell named Tama, which is always shrouded in darkness. Sinners who kill the cows and their brothers are thrown into this hell. They panic due to darkness and extreme cold. They get nothing to eat and drink. Moreover, chilling winds aggravates their miseries by making their bones stiff. These sinners then drink their own blood and e

Should One Accept Disciples?

BY: SUN STAFF

HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur

Jul 24, 2012 — CANADA (SUN) — By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada, originally published in the Harmonist (renumbered here).

Question 1: Is it necessary to be in the association of saintly persons (sadhu-sanga) at all times?

Answer: We must be in sadhu-sanga at every moment. I am weak. Without sadhu-sanga I cannot possibly save myself. If I remain far away from sadhu-sanga, then I will fall pray to the ill-mentality that "I am the master." If we do not live in accordance with the instructions of the sadhu or the guru, then we will be plunged into great calamity. The moment we are without shelter, maya will capture us. Consequently, we will roam here and there in this material world as a servant of maya.

 

Question 2: How is one delivered from the cycle of material existence (samsara)?

Answer: Without the mercy of Bhagavan, no one can ever be delivered from material bondage. We are

The ISKCON and Gaudiya Math Parampara

Saraswati Prabhupada Parampara I

A brief look into the history and essential meaning of the ISKCON
and Gaudiya Math parampara.

by Swami B. G. Narasingha
(Jagat Guru Dasa)

(The following article has been written to counteract the accusation that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada and his disciples and grand disciples are not in the Parampara of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura. This accusation has recently appeared on the internet and therefore our response is being posted on VNN. For the most part the western community of devotees are unaware of the early histories surrounding the preaching movement of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, and the types of opposition which they encountered. We hope this article will better acquaint the devotees with the facts and also send a message to the anti-party that we are not so uninformed as they would like to think - nor are we likely to depart from the siddhanta of Sarasw

Bali Mahäräja’s Surrender
Lecture no. 2
 

                              HDG Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharajah Thakura

Srimad-Bhägavatam 8.18.21-28
19.9.92
in Bhubaneswar, India

Bali Mahäräja’s Surrender, no 2
TEXT 21
taà narmadäyäs taöa uttare baler
ya åtvijas te bhågukaccha-saàjïake
pravartayanto bhågavaù kratüttamaà
vyacakñatäräd uditaà yathä ravim
While engaged in performing the sacrifice in the field known as Bhågukaccha, on the northern bank of the Narmadä River, the brahminical priests, the descendants of Bhågu, saw Vämanadeva to be like the sun rising nearby.

TEXT 22
te åtvijo yajamänaù sadasyä
hata-tviño vämana-tejasä nåpa
süryaù kiläyäty uta vä vibhävasuù
sanat-kumäro ’tha didåkñayä kratoù
O King, because of Vämanadeva’s bright effulgence, the priests, along with Bali Mahäräja and all the members of the assembly, were robbed of their splendor. Thus they began to ask one another whether the sun-god himself, Sanat-kumära or the fire-god had personally come to see the sacri

Chapter Two

The Purusha and Guna Avataras

 Text 1

athavatarah kathyante

   krishno yeshu ca pushkalah

   atha-now; avatarah-incarnations; kathyante-are described; krishnah-Krishna; yesu-among whom; ca-also; puskalah-the best.

     Now the Lord's incarnations, among which Shri Krishna is the best, will be described.

Texts 2 and 3

purvokta visva-karyartham

   apurva iva cet svayam

dvarantarena vavihsyur

   avataras tada smritah

tac ca dvaram tadekatma-

   rupas tad-bhakta eva ca

seshasayy-adiko yadvad

   vasudevadiko 'pi ca

   purva-previously; uktah-described; visva-karya-artham-to execute His mission in the material world; apurvah-unprecedented; iva-as it were; cet-if; svayam-personally-dvara-antarene-by the agency of another; va-or; avihsyuh-appear; avatarah-incarnations; tada-then; smrtah-are remembered; tat-therefore; ca-also; dvaram-agency; tad-eka-atma-rupah-His tadekatma-rupa; tat-bhaktah-His devotees; eva-certainly; ca-also; sesasayi-Sesasayi Vishnu; adika

Shri Laghu Bhagavatamrita
By Shrila Rupa Goswami
Translated by Kushakratha dasa

Part One

Shri Krishnamrita

The Nectar of Shri Krishna

Chapter One

Svayam-rupa-vilasa-svamsavesa-prakasa-
lakshana-bhagavat-tattva-nirupana

The Svayam-rupa, Vilasa, Svamsa,
and Avesa Forms of the Lord

Text 1

om namah shri-krishnaya

namas tasmai bhagavate

   krishnayakuntha-medhase

yo dhatte sarva-bhutanam

   abhavayoshatih kalah

   om-om; namah-I offer respectful obeisances; shri-krishnaya-to Shri Krishna; namah-I offer respectful obeisances; tasmai-to Him; bhagavate-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krishnaya-Shri Krishna; akuntha-medhase-all-knwing; yah-who; dhatte-places; sarva-of all; bhutanam-living entities; abhavaya-for the liberation; usatih kalah-His innerable incarnations.

   I offer my respectful obeisances to Shri Krishna, who is glorified in the following verses of Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.87.46 and 11.5.32):

   "I offer my respectful obeisances to Shri Krishna, the