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His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
So as soon as you approach the Deity or the name, you should know fully well that Krsna is present. Krsna is… Therefore we should worship the Deity with great attention, as much as Krsna is present. And similarly, we should worship the holy name with great attention. We should not be inattentive.
Suppose Krsna personally comes, personally He is here. Suppose personally, as you think of personally, personally comes. If you do not become respectful, is that all right? No. You should be very much respectful. Even a respectable person, ordinary person, a big man or a rich man or a king comes, we become so much respectful. And what about Krsna when He’s present as arcā-mūrti or as the holy name? These are the realization point of view: Krsna, His name, His form, His quality, His pastimes. When you hear about Kṛṣṇa, that is also Kṛṣṇa. Actually, when you are reading Krsna book, Krsna is fighting with demons, that is also His past
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Rupa Goswami has written this song “Nikhila Sruti Mauli Radha”. The official name of this song is Volume 6 Namastakam. This song is taken from the book Stavamala. In this song, Rupa Goswami has described the glories of the Holy Name, which is non-different than Lord Krishna himself.

 

(1)

nikhila-sruti-mauli-ratna-mala-

dyuti-nirajita-pada-pankajanta

ayi mukta-kulair upasyamanam

paritas tvam hari-nama samsrayami

 

(2)

jaya namadheya muni-vrnda-geya he

jana-ranjanaya param aksarakrte

tvam anadarad api manag udiritam

nikhilogra-tapa-patalim vilumpasi

 

(3)

yad-abhaso 'py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvanta-vibhavo

drsam tattvandhanam api disati bhakti-pranayinim

janas tasyodattam jagati bhagavan-nama-tarane

krti te nirvaktum ka iha mahimanam prabhavati

 

(4)

yad-brahma-saksat-krti-nisthayapi

vinasam ayati vina na bhogaih

apaiti nama sphuranena tat te

prarabdha-karmeti virauti vedah

 

(5)

aghadamana-yasodanandanau nandasuno

kamalanayana-gopicandra-vrndavanendrah

pranatakaruna-krsnav ity aneka-s

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TO HELP US STOP OFFENDING

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In the book Nāma-kaumudī it is recommended that if one is an offender at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, he should submit to that Vaiṣṇava and be excused; similarly, if one is an offender in chanting the holy name, he should submit to the holy name and thus be freed from his offenses. In this connection there is the following statement, spoken by Dakṣa to Lord Śiva: “I did not know the glories of your personality, and therefore I committed an offense at your lotus feet in the open assembly. You are so kind, however, that you did not accept my offense. Instead, when I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me and be satisfied with your own exalted qualities.”

One should be very humble and meek to offer one’s desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such as ayi mukta-kulair upāsya mānam and nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād [SB 10.1.4]. One should chant such prayers to become free from off

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Year-14, Issue 7 • 27 August 2021

Rays of The Harmonist

Dedicated to nitya-līlā praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda
Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Inspired by and under the guidance of nitya-līlā praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda
Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja

 

Should One Accept Disciples? 
by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

Question 1: Is it necessary to be in the association of saintly persons (sādhu-saṅga) at all times? 
 
Answer: We must be in sādhu-saṅga at every moment. I am weak. Without sādhu-saṅga I cannot possibly save myself. If I remain far away from sādhu-saṅga, 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 sādhu or the guru, then we will be plunged into great calamity. The moment we are without shelter, māyā will capture us. Consequently, we will roam here and there in this material wo

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9468808273?profile=original"Prabhupāda is trapped on the roof!"
Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma, November 27th, 1976
Hari Śauri: Today is exactly a year since I joined Prabhupāda's party, and today, I made my greatest blunder.
In the morning, as usual, Prabhupāda went upstairs right after his breakfast to take his nap in the sunshine.
I escorted him through his rooftop room onto the back portion of the roof and left him lying comfortably on a mattress.
On previous visits to Vṛndāvana I have always remained on the roof with him, ready to serve whenever he awoke.
This summer, however, the devotees fitted a new bell system for Prabhupāda to summon his servants even when he is on the roof.
By pressing a button attached to his desk inside the upper room, Prabhupāda can sound a bell both upstairs and downstairs.
So, thinking there was little point to staying upstairs while Prabhupāda was sleeping, I decided to go back down.
If Prabhupāda needed me he could simply ring the bell; I would hear it and respond immediately.
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Bhavananda Das and the Poison Issue (by Nityananda das)

CHAPTER 74: 

BHAVANANDA DAS


INTRODUCTION


Bhavananda das developed the Mayapur project in cooperation with Jayapataka Swami from the very early 1970’s. He accomplished great strides forward in establishing the Hare Krishna movement in West Bengal, and was both a GBC member and a sannyasi. However, there is evidence that he was involved in poisoning Srila Prabhupada along with others such as Tamal in 1977. 


With the demise of Tamal, Bhavananda remains as a living and prime suspect in the poisoning of Srila Prabhupada. In this chapter we will combine material related to his being a poison suspect with material which shows him to be an unqualified leader, so not to have two separate chapters.


BHAVANANDA WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH TAMAL


In 1981 Tamal told his disciples in a lecture that Bhavananda was his favorite of all the ISKCON gurus.  Bhavananda and Tamal "best friends" would often spend time together in Vrindaban, Mayapur, Australia, and
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According to Srila Prabhupada: ′′ At the present moment, this world is being administered by the raksas. The raksasas are human eaters who abort their own children (p. 41 Raja-Vidhya), ′′ and ′′ Currently, especially on this planet earth, the influence of Lord Brahma has decreased considerably, and the representatives of Hiranyakasipu - the Raksas and demons - have taken over. Therefore, there is no protection of bramanic culture and cows, which are the basic prerequisites for all types of good fortune. This era is very dangerous because society is being administered by demons and Raksasas ".
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.3.13 
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Srila Prabhupada: "Ritvik. Yes".
Padmagarbha Das compiled;
"One should not become a spiritual master unless he has attained the platform of uttama-adhikari [the highest stage of spiritual realization] " (The Nectar of Instruction, text 5, purport)
"There is no possibility that a first-class devotee will fall down, even though he may mix with non-devotees to preach. Conviction and faith gradually increase to make one an uttama-adhikari, a first-class devotee." (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 22.71, purport]
"When one has attained the topmost position of maha-bhagavata, he is to be accepted as a guru and worshipped exactly like Hari, the Personality of Godhead. ONLY such a person is eligible to occupy the post of a guru." (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 24.330, purport)
"It is to be understood that the conditioned soul is tightly tied by the ropes of illusion. [...] Because the bound cannot help the bound, the rescuer must be liberated. Therefore, only Lord Krishna, or His b
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FOOLISH PERSONS BECOME ENVIOUS AND TRY TO MINIMIZE AN ADVANCED DEVOTEE'S ACTIVITIES. THAT IS NOT VAISNAVISM. A VAISNAVA SHOULD APPRECIATE THE SERVICE RENDERED TO THE LORD BY OTHER VAISNAVAS.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam » Canto 7 » Chapter 1 » Text 9:
(Sri Sukadeva Gosvami to King Pariksit):
jyotir-ādir ivābhāti
saṅghātān na vivicyate
vidanty ātmānam ātma-sthaṁ
mathitvā kavayo ’ntataḥ
SYNONYMS
jyotiḥ—fire; ādiḥ—and other elements; iva—just as; ābhāti—appear; saṅghātāt—from the bodies of demigods and others; na—not; vivicyate—are distinguished; vidanti—perceive; ātmānam—the Supersoul; ātma-stham—situated in the heart; mathitvā—by discerning; kavayaḥ—expert thinkers; antataḥ—within.
TRANSLATION
The all-pervading Personality of Godhead exists within the heart of every living being, and an expert thinker can perceive how He is present there to a large or small extent. Just as one can understand the supply of fire in wood, the water in a waterpo
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from Yasodanandan  Prabhu et al; 
Srila Prabhupada speaks - "If I have written one book, my words are my meaning.
Why you should give meaning? I shall kick on your face."
Prabhupāda: Majority or minority, it doesn't matter. But why you should take Bhagavad-gītā to establish your rascal theories? That means you are cheating.
Hare Krishna, here are a few quotes from Srila Prabhupada's instructions that clearly explain the following:
a.) What is speculation?
b.) How is the Gita misinterpreted?
c.) How should the Gita be preached?
d.) Mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu
e.) Criticism of making compromise in philosophy for personal gain
f.) Offense of disobedience to the order of Guru
g.) Srila Prabhupada's explanation to why he presented the Bhagavad Gita "As It Is"
h.) Importance of reading the Gita "As It Is" with the guidance of a bona fide Guru
i.) Getting association with Krsna by reading Bhagavad Gita
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Paramahaṁsa: My question is: A pure devotee, when he comments Bhagavad-gītā, som
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      Srila Gour Govinda Swami Thakura, 1978


We set out from Bhubaneswara early, taking bicycle rickshaw to the bus station. While waiting to board, Gour Govinda Swami explained to me the qualities of certain round white sweet balls which I had noted, displayed behind glass cases there. "These are a specialty of Bhubaneswara", he explained, "They cook sugar with cardamon, camphor, ghee, and black pepper, until it is well done and very hard. Very tasty, very sweet !"  He smiled with an exclamation. Maharajah did not eat many sweets, or very rarely, neither did we have them about the ashrama much, and we had no taste for sweets shopping that early . 

When I moved into the ashrama from Canada, after a while, I started to purchase ocasional  white-cardboard boxes of milk-sweets, in town.  It was too much to ask to live so frugally, essentially, and not spend any money on at least some occasional milk products, I thought to myself. For  a Western devotee, though used to Iskcon austerity,

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"Similarly this Krishna Consciousness Movement is a treatment for reviving the memory that we all belong to Krishna's family. So we are trying to establish a replica of Krishna's family in this material world wherein there is no material activities. To avoid the material activities means to follow the four regulative principles and to engage ourselves constantly in Krishna Consciousness activities and to have the association of pure devotees. We should not give indulgence to our senses more than what is required just to keep body and soul together. We should not engage ourselves in very difficult tasks, and we should not talk anything more than what is necessary for spreading Krishna Consciousness. We should follow the regulative principles, regard being had to situation, circumstances and objectives. We should not be greedy and we should not mix with persons not interested in Krishna. In this way, we can make steady progress and maintain our membership in Krishna's family. Thus, at th
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Utilize Every Moment to Attain True Well-being 
by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

Śrī Bhagavān has said: “A truly intelligent person should shun evil company but seek the association of holy saints who, with their instructions, gnaw away the knot of our mind’s worldly attachments” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 11.26.26). This means that for our true well-being we should always accept the guidance of the true guru and not be misled by pseudo gurus. The guru never accepts preya-panthā, the path to pleasure, for he is a follower of śreya-panthā, the path to true well-being. And he instructs his disciples and others to walk along this real path as his own true guru instructed him. 

If a disciple asks the guru for permission to drink alcohol, the guru is sure to disapprove and never grant it. When the guru does not indulge the disciple in his prayer for the cravings of his mind, he might dismiss the guru. Such disciples accept only those gurus who are read

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Graphene Oxide in All Vaccines Makes the Vaccinated Walking Time Bombs

Graphene oxide in all vaccines makes the vaccinated walking time bombs CLAIRE EDWARDS

In a new video, La Quinta Columna reveal that graphene oxide (GO) has been found in saline solution, and they deduce that the use of GO is much, much more widespread and started much earlier than just the “Covid” vaccines.[i]  Babies have been found to be magnetic, and people who have not taken the “Covid” jab or been PCR tested or worn masks are also exhibiting magnetism, so it has to be coming from elsewhere. They deduce that the GO has been used in all vaccines, including tetanus, meningitis, children’s vaccines, etc., for some years.

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La Quinta Columna says that GO was also in the 2018 flu vaccine, and that could account for why people exhibit magnetism despite not having had the “Covid” vaccine.  This could also account for the high number of “flu” deaths after the 2018 flu vaccine campaign.

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Srila Prabhupada, prophet

*Govinda Dasi*
*June 25 at 8:32 AM*
This morning I was remembering something so very clearly. It was in *1968,* and on this particular day, *Srila Prabhupada* was looking very pensive, thoughtful, as if he were *watching a movie of the future.*
Often he would comment on *events in this world,* though we were never connected by *tv or internet—only an occasional newspaper* that would come our way.
But *Srila Prabhupada* would look around and seem to *know what was going on in the world as mystic seers do,* since those *siddhis were always available to him.*
I was always totally unaware of anything that was going on in the outside world, since I considered his room to be *MY world,* and *HE was all the people.*
I was young, *only twenty,* and nothing in the world of current affairs had ever interested me. In high school and college, only Thoreau’s *“Walden Pond”* sparked my interest.
On this day, I went in and sat down quietly in front of his trun
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