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Seed of Devotional Service

(One day it will grow so big that it will penetrate the walls of this universe. It will go to the spiritual world and gradually go to the Goloka Vṛndāvana, and catch up the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, and then produce its fruits, and you will enjoy by eating the fruits) 🙏💖
 
"Just like you get some nice seed of rose flower. So if you sow it on the ground, just becoming a nice gardener, and pour water, then it gradually grows. So we have to take the bhakti-latā-bīja (seed of devotional service) from the bona fide spiritual master and sow it within the heart, taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā bhaktir anukramiṣyati (SB 3.25.25), and pour water. Just like simply sowing the seed is not your business is finished. You have to sow . . . you have to pour water. So what is that pouring water?
 
mālī hañā sei bīja kare āropana
śravaṇa-kīrtana-jāle karaye secana
(CC Madhya 19.152)
 
This is the watering: hearing about Kṛṣṇa, chanting about Kṛṣṇa. So you take the bhakti-latā-bīja from the spiritual master—t
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May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'With ourlips we should be chanting, with our ears we should be hearing and with our heart we should be crying out for the Lord like a baby does for its mother.'PRABHUPADA DESCRIBES WHAT IS CONSIDERED A TEMPLE:
Letter to Gargamuni -- Bombay 4 November, 1970
Wherever Hare Krishna Mantra is chanted, some words are spoken from one of our books, and prasadam is distributed, that is considered a temple. We have no need of any large buildings or palaces. We are simple.
Source: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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His chivalrous pleasure

"However, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead may become the so-called enemy of the living being, this is His chivalrous pleasure. For example, the Lord fought with Bhishma, and when Bhishma pierced the Lord's body on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, this was a kind of humor or relationship, of which there are twelve. When the conditioned soul tries to reach the Lord by hurling an arrow at Him, the Lord takes pleasure, and the living entity gains the profit of going back home, back to Godhead." - Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.42

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Alex Jones, the leader in conspiracy reality for many years now, yesterday expressed appreciation for Tulsi Gabbard, Hindus, and had Dharma Pravartaka Acarya Prabhu on to speak for an hour on his show, seen by millions, and highly praised everything he had to say. We are winning now !! The Vedic knowledge is Supreme. Now that Jones et al are praising us, our knowledge will gradually assume ascendance, and our history of the globalist poisoners will be fully revealed, and they will be thrown down! Our online seva is starting to yield sweet fruits!

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"Pious means there is no reaction of sinful life. It is all squared up. That you can do at any moment. Kṛṣṇa takes charge. Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi (BG 18.66). He can do that. He can nullify the destiny. Karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājām. Everyone is bound up by the laws of karmaYas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma-bandhānurūpa-phala-bhājanam ātanoti. Everyone, beginning from that small microbe, indragopa, and up to the king of heaven—his name is also Indra—so from this Indra to that Indra, all different types of living entities, they are suffering, not enjoying; suffering the resultant action of their past sinful life. This is material existence."
 
(Prabhupada Lecture, October 27, 1975, Nairobi)
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Krsna in the forest

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(So creator was there in the beginning, and then the created material world was in existence or is in existence. Therefore God is not one of these created things) 
"So creator was there in the beginning, and then the created material world was in existence or is in existence. Therefore God is not one of these created things. He is beyond created. He is transcendental. If we accept God is also one of the created beings, that is our mistake, because if God created this material world, He was existing before the creation. Therefore He is not one of the product of this creation. Therefore He is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. His body is eternal, full of bliss and full of knowledge. Creator means He must have full knowledge. How God creates this material world?
That is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: janmādy asya yataḥ anvayāt itarataś ca artheṣu abhijñaḥ svarāṭ (SB 1.1.1). This creator is well conversant direct
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VRINDA DEVI PLEADED: PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ME OUT OF VRINDAVAN
Once when Rupa Goswami was living in Vrindavan, he had a vision in which Vrinda devi appeared to him and revealed that She in Her deity form was hidden in Brahma Kunda.
So Srila Rupa Goswami excavated Shri Brahma Kunda and there found this beautiful deity of Vrinda devi. She was originally installed by Vajranabh, Krishna’s great-grandson, approximately 5,000 years ago. This is the most ancient, prominent deity of Vrinda devi in the entire world.
Srila Rupa Goswami installed Vrinda devi in his Radha Govinda temple in Vrindavan and there he personally worshipped Her.
Later on when Aurangazeb attacked Vrindavan to destroy the temples and deities, the King of Jaipur decided to bring all the prominent deities of Vrindavan to Jaipur for protection.
So on bullock carts he brought the deities of Shri Shri Radha Madanmohan, Radha Govinda, Radha Gopinath and Radha Govindaji along with Shrimati Vr
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Prabhupāda: This is our position. Gradually they will show Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. In India also, although India's... They will want to crush down this movement. So this will be up to Him. Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa's movement, the same thing. And Kṛṣṇa was attempted to be killed by Kaṁsa class of men and his company, the demons. So it will be there; it is already there. Don't be disappointed, because that is the meaning that it is successful. Kṛṣṇa's favor is there, because Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's movement is not different, identical. So as Kṛṣṇa was attempted to be killed, many, many years before He appeared... At eighth child, if the mother produces child yearly, still ten years, eight years before His birth, the mother was to be attempted to be killed. So there may be attempt like that. And Lord Jesus Christ was killed. So they may kill me also.
Siddha-svarūpa: I don't think that is possible.
Prabhupāda: No, I mean to say, I am not so important man. But it is the, this is the way of the law.
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Jaya Radha-Gopinath !

Jaya Radhe-Govinda !10845697081?profile=RESIZE_710x

In Goloka, near Govardhana, during the eternal-seeming rasa dancing, amidst jewel-garnished sepulchres and swings and sitting places of cushions and flowers, a great festival is going on! The different sets of gopis and manjaris play fantastic much-loved music to please all. Fruit laden wish-filling desire trees and campakas and bael and fig and neem and banyon trees decorate the flower-laden park-like scene. Everyone is serving and enjoying loving service.
The sets of dancing are truly out of this world! There are many styles, sometimes solos, sometimes many dance and play instruments in concert. Sometimes the dancers touch the back of their own heads with their own feet, the break dancing is so amazing. Sometimes it is beautiful and sweet, sometimes wild and ecstatic!
Mrdangas, lyres, tambouras, esarajas, vinas, karatalas, flutes; so many wonderful instruments and players and expressers of divine love and happiness and enchantment show their mature skills ! Some
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That is called māyā.

 (The whole world is moving, accepting this body as the self. Dehātma-buddhi. But I am not this body. That's a fact. So it is illusion) 🙏💖
Viṣṇujana: "So then a man who is not . . . does not have a purified consciousness has no way of knowing what is good or bad."
Prabhupāda: "No. He is illusioned. Māyā. That is called māyā. He is accepting something bad as good. Just like one is accepting this body as self. The whole world is moving, accepting this body as the self. Dehātma-buddhi. But I am not this body. That's a fact. So it is illusion."
(Prabhupada Lecture, October 9, 1968, Seattle)
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Bhakta Corey Singleton
Your relationship with GOD has nothing to do with organized religion therefore shake off the shackles that bind you.
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Srila Prabhupada Thakur says, ''Your Muhammadism, Christianism, Hinduisim, Buddhism, this is skin disease.''............
Prabhupada: This dogmatism, fanaticism -- "Oh, why I shall chant Hare Krsna? I am Christian," "I am Jews" -- this is fanaticism. If you find actually ecstasy by chanting Hare Krsna, why should you not? "No. I am Jew," "I am Christian," "I am Muhammadan." Well, it is transcendental vibration from the spiritual platform. Your Muhammadism, Christianism, Hinduisim, Buddhism, this is skin disease. Because you have got some particular body at particular circumstances, therefore you claim like that. But actually we are all spirit soul, and this sound vibration is from the spirit soul. It will appeal to everyone. See the effect. Then don't be fanatist. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Govardhana Puja Lecture – November 14, 1966, New York

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Clifford Kirk

A beautiful coming from the heart is a Sadhu,:
THE HIGHEST PRAYER - "I AM YOURS; UTILIZE ME"
Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāja
"The prayer to the highest degree that we find is: 'I want Your connection. You may utilize me. You may think me to be Yours, and keeping me in Your connection, utilize me according to Your sweet will. I have no particular claim nor aspiration that I must attain this or that, but only I want to be Your faithful servant, and so You please utilize me in any way You like. Only that inseparable connection with You I want. Your connection I want: Your sincere connection, and You know best what connection that is. I do not know what is what, but You know what is best. Only consider me as Your own and utilize me.'"

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Regarding your question: ‘What does it mean, we are all originally Krsna conscious entities? We are always with Krsna. Where is Krsna not present? So how can you say that we were before? You are always with Krsna and when we forget this fact we are far, far away from Him. In the Isopanisad it is clearly stated that: tad dire tad vantike. ‘He is very far away, but He is very near as well.’ (Isopanisad, Mantra Five). So this forgetfulness is our fall-down. It can take place at any moment, and we can counteract this forgetfulness immediately by rising to the platform of Krsna consciousness.”
(SPL to Upendra, 13th July, 1970)
“We are all originally situated on the platform of Krsna consciousnessin our eternal personal relationship of love of Krsna. But due to forgetfulness we become familiar with the material world or maya. As soon as one chants the Hare Krsna mantra with sincerity and without offense (you know there are ten kinds of offense to the holy name which we are to avoid ver
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Question: What type of living entity is Mäyädevi?............
Prabhupäda: She is Vaisnavi. She is a great devotee of Krsna. But she has accepted a thankless task: to punish. The policeman is a sincere government servant, but he has accepted a task, nobody likes him. [laughs] If some policeman comes here, immediately you shall feel disturbed. But he is the sincere servant of government. That is the position of Mäyä. Her business is to punish these rascals who have come to enjoy here. But she is a sincere servant of God.
Question: Is this like a post?
Prabhupäda: Yes. It is a post, thankless post. Nobody thanks, everyone derides. But she is a great devotee. She tolerates and punishes. That's all. [Bg 7.14].
[This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.]
She only wants to see that "You become Krsna conscious, I leave you," that's all. Police business is that
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  "Outside devotees, the devotees who are outside Vṛndāvana, they are studying the inhabitants of the Vṛndāvana, how great they are. But the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, they don't care to know how great is Krishna. That is the difference. So our business is simply to love Krishna. The more you love Krishna, the more you become perfect. It is not that it is necessary to understand Krishna, how He has created. The things are mentioned there. Krishna is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gīta so much. Don't bother very much to know Krishna. That is not possible. Simply increase your unalloyed love for Krishna. That is perfection of life."

Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Los Angeles, April 23, 1973
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(We make such, I mean to say, shareholder. But shareholder for other's property. Everything belongs to God. Not only this world—there are many millions and millions of planets) 

"So by offering everything to Kṛṣṇa, nobody is loser. You must always remember . . . they are gainer, the best gainer. Because after all, everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Why should we foolishly say: "It is mine. It is mine"? Ahaṁ mameti (SB 5.5,8) Janasya moho 'yam. This is called illusion. Nothing belongs to me, but I think that, "This is mine, this is mine, this is mine." The whole world is going on like that.

Ahaṁ mameti. "We are Americans," "We are Indians," "This belongs to me," "That belongs to you." We make such, I mean to say, shareholder. But shareholder for other's property. Everything belongs to God. Not only this world—there are many millions and millions of planets. Sarva-loka-maheśvaram. Loka means planet. Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-loka-maheśvaram. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka . . . (
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Oral Roberts U. / John Denver concert, 1975, Tulsa.
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Football Tackle Attempt ...

The five of us Winnipeg brahmacaries had been touring USA in a Ford cube van, passing out Back to Godhead and Krsna books, collecting what we could. Jitarati, Padmapani, Bhudeva, Tamohara dasa, and Dharmaprana prabhus were there. By going to cities where John Denver concerts were held, one was sure to collect some Iskcon Food Relief donations. We were in Tulsa that evening, plain clothes and wigs, cans in hand, and ran our marathon, collected some laxmi

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As I walked across the parking lot, opposite side of the buildings from the others, I spotted two bulky University police pointing at me, then running towards me as if they had intent. I kinda laughed at this, then there they were upon me. I tried to step neatly aside as one basically attempted a football tackle, took me to the pavement. They looked mad and sheepish, but seeing I was not fighting them or resisting, they declared I had

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Sravanam, kirtanam, Vishnu smaranam

 
 
Simply, if you simply think of Kṛṣṇa, you become advanced. Man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ (BG 18.65). Yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā (BG 6.47). There is no expenditure, no loss. The gain is great. Simply if you think of Kṛṣṇa: man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ. Where is the difficulty? But we are so rascal that we do not take advice of Kṛṣṇa. We manufacture our own ways; the suffering goes on."
(Prabhupada Lecture, September 20, 1976, Vrindavana)
 

Sravanam kirtanam leads to Vishnu smaranam

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Hare Krishna dear devotees,

Its summer time, the ideal time to get around churning some butter. Let us try to churn the following benediction given by Lord Narasimha to Prahlada maharaj on hearing their pastime.

य एतत्कीर्तयेन्मह्यं त्वया गीतमिदं नरः

त्वां च मां च स्मरन्काले कर्मबन्

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