tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113391652024-03-12T23:47:41.684-07:00THE HARE KRISHNA BLOGhttp://www.harekrishnablog.blogspot.com
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"The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a movement aiming at the spiritual<br> reorientation of mankind through the simple process of chanting the holy names of God."<br>- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-21638496840136653222017-03-17T04:00:00.000-07:002017-03-17T04:00:18.974-07:00Body Death: Goodness, Passion, Ignorance
There is yoga, and there is yogamāyā. Yogamāyā
means forgetfulness. First of all we have to understand what is the
soul. At the present moment, people are in such darkness that they do
not even understand the soul. Therefore Bhagavad-gītā first of all teaches what the soul is:
dehino ’smin yathā dehekaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarātathā dehāntara-prāptirdhīras tatra na muhyatiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-84804059018592545902017-03-10T04:00:00.000-08:002017-03-10T11:28:36.067-08:00President Richard Nixon Died and So Will YOU!
We should not think that the only apprehended culprit is President Nixon and that we are safe. There is a Bengali proverb: "Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is being burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, 'Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe.' It does not know that when it dries out, it will be thrown into the fire too." We may laugh Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-30188018353640061902017-03-06T08:17:00.000-08:002017-03-06T08:18:15.464-08:00Greed: Nothing Is Yours
"dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma
buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya
buddhau śaraṇam anviccha,
śaraṇam anviccha
kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ."
(Bhagavad-Gita 2.49)
Buddhi. By intelligence, by intelligence you take shelter of the Supreme Lord. Don't be miser and be hankering after the result of your work and enjoy for yourself. No, sacrifice. Sacrifice means you sacrificeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-56096582796056844682015-08-08T10:26:00.001-07:002015-08-08T10:30:00.239-07:00The Post of Responsiblity
Human Duty
Why is a man given a better chance to live than swine or other animals? Why is a highly posted government officer given better facilities for a comfortable life than an ordinary clerk? The answer is very simple: the important officer has to discharge duties of a more responsible nature than those of an ordinary clerk. Similarly, the human being has to discharge higher duties than Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-80488122395086730002014-05-06T22:49:00.002-07:002014-05-06T22:49:18.951-07:00Working Hard Day & Night And Missing The Point
Bill Sauer: I think you put it better than I did. We do not destroy matter, we transmute it to energy, that's exactly correct. And it is the..., and in fire you are again transmuting material chemical energy into light. And when our light source goes out...
Dr. Sharma: And it surprising, I'm a scientist, I publish papers, now it is all coming together. It is after a long searchUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-9523620216974405472013-08-30T12:51:00.002-07:002013-08-30T12:51:26.260-07:00I'm God, You're God, But Who Is The Supreme God?
Everyone wants to become God, imitator. Imitation. Therefore they say, "Why Kṛṣṇa shall be alone God? I am God."
You are God. That's all right. But you are not the Supreme God. Why you forget that? You may be a God at home of your wife, but when you go to your office, you are not god; your master is god. He directs you to do something; you have to do it.
So we may claim that "EveryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-14971316130205972262013-07-16T06:21:00.002-07:002013-07-16T06:21:25.720-07:00Cleansing of The Consciousness
Everyone always desires to possess something. It is said here that desire and greed are the products of false identification of oneself with the body. When one becomes free from this contamination, his mind and consciousness also become freed and attain their original state. Mind, consciousness and the living entity exist. Whenever we speak of the living entity, this includes the mind and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-20244931337850398202013-07-06T09:26:00.001-07:002013-07-06T09:26:46.737-07:00Why am I Suffering & What Is The Remedy?
We have suffered from the beginning of our birth. As a baby, the human being is tightly placed in the abdomen of the mother in an airtight bag for nine months. He cannot even move, there are insects biting him, and he cannot protest. After the child comes out, the suffering continues. The mother undoubtedly takes much care, but still the child cries because he is suffering. There are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-38695870764580999562013-01-25T00:25:00.000-08:002013-01-25T00:28:52.377-08:00This human life form: what is it meant for?
Continued from: "One who has taken birth, he must die."
"... Prabhupāda: Śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ. Now we have got to hear so many things. Now what we are doing in this world, in big Delhi city? In the morning we get a bunch of paper to hear about so many advertisements, so many political struggle, and so many things, all useless waste of time. But in our country it is how many pages Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-28540399764415273572013-01-23T22:38:00.000-08:002013-01-24T09:39:55.052-08:00One who has taken birth, he must die.
Translation: "Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, your question is glorious because it is very beneficial to all kinds of people. To hear the answer to this question is the prime subject matter for hearing, and it is approved by all transcendentalists."
Prabhupāda: So Śukadeva Gosvāmī arrived at the point of death of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was cursed by a brāhmaṇa boy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-3081920293771391802013-01-15T09:10:00.001-08:002013-01-15T09:50:31.046-08:00Man's Constitution & Divisions of Society
Prabhupāda: If this finger does not satisfy my body... Suppose I want to scratch here, a finger is doing it. If it cannot do it, that means it is diseased. So anyone who is not satisfying Kṛṣṇa, he is diseased condition. That is material life. Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam [Bg. 13.9]. Material life means full of misery. And when misery comes? When one is diseased.
DrUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-36921067305570917872012-10-07T09:03:00.002-07:002012-10-07T09:14:01.992-07:00Alexander The Great; Known in India as "The Pulinda" Tribe
kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ
ye 'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ
śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
SYNONYMS
kirāta—a province of old Bhārata; hūṇa—part of Germany and Russia; āndhra—a province of southern India;pulinda—the Greeks; pulkaśāḥ—another province; ābhīra—part of old Sind; śumbhāḥ—another province;yavanāḥ—the Turks; khasa-ādayaḥ—the Mongolian Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-83112554963028806192012-10-06T21:18:00.001-07:002012-10-06T21:19:25.520-07:00The Machine That Receives This Vibration
So, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, it is nothing of this material world. This Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, it is also not any vibration of this material world. There is a verse by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, golokera prema-dhana hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. This hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana is vibration from the spiritual world.
Just like you receive some message, vibration of the material world, from Europe,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-41231215622614444522012-10-04T20:41:00.001-07:002012-10-04T20:43:23.975-07:00The Secret To Understanding Bhagavad-gita
". . .we belong to the Brahma-sampradāya, Madhvācārya-sampradāya. Gauḍīya..., Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's spiritual master was Īśvara Purī. Īśvara Purī's spiritual master was Mādhavendra Purī. And Mādhavendra Purī belonged to the Madhvācārya-sampradāya. Therefore we present ourself belonging to the Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya. Similarly... From Brahmā, there is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-18216077943700515202012-09-24T17:08:00.002-07:002012-09-24T17:10:29.176-07:00No Labels (really)
Prabhupāda: Yes, designation means falsely identifying that I am this body. Now the soul is in this body. Next time the soul is in another body. So according to the body we are having designations. As soon as we get American body, I think myself American. Next life, if I get a body of a dog, then I think myself dog, designate. According to the body I create my designations. But one has to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-89606944522342068412012-09-14T10:11:00.002-07:002012-09-14T10:31:00.198-07:00Interpretations of Bhagavad-gita (PART FOUR)
(Part Four of an essay by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Click here for PART ONE)
This param bhāvam or transcendental nature of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is unknowable to the unlucky four classes of men as aforesaid. Some of them who are influenced by asurabhāva or demoniac nature especially consider that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is no better than an ordinary Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-89359782452146805782012-09-14T10:05:00.001-07:002012-09-14T10:26:54.419-07:00Interpretations of Bhagavad-gita (PART THREE)
(Prt. 3 of an essay entitled "Interpertations of Bhagavad-gita by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, CLICK HERE FOR PART ONE), you may also Click here for part FOUR)
So, these ordinary men who are influenced by the three modes of Nature can work out a plan of their sensual pleasure, but it is not possible for them to give authentic interpretations of Bhagavad-gītā as it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-4019703763989642752012-09-14T09:55:00.001-07:002012-09-14T10:34:25.506-07:00Interpretations of Bhagavad-gita (PART TWO)
(Part Two of "Interpertations of Bhagavad-gita" by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, click here for part one, you may also click here for Part Three)
A transcendental source of knowledge which was coming down in a chain of disciplic succession for millions of years before the battle of Kurukṣetra must have been studied by various scholars of the period, but still, we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-66729738892615212902012-09-14T09:30:00.003-07:002012-09-14T10:16:21.506-07:00Interpretations of Bhagavad-gita (PART ONE)
An Essay By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (circa 1948)
It has become a luxurious fashion of the day, along with the progress of material civilization, that everyone can make his interpretation of the great Indian philosophy called the Bhagavad-gītā. This concise form of Vedic knowledge, known as the Gītopaniṣad, is acknowledged by all sections of transcendental scholars, inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-36815763136131393732012-09-05T09:07:00.000-07:002012-09-05T09:11:56.543-07:00
Man is the Architect of His Own Fortune
By: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Shrila Prabhupada
[This has been proofread against the original handwritten manuscript with corrections made for Folio.—Ed]
Man is the architect of his own fortune.
Man is the architect of his own fortune. That is an old well known English maxim and the good fortune that the manUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-69405915971104541232012-07-13T06:08:00.000-07:002012-07-13T06:12:49.504-07:00Life Forms & Rules of Nature
Devotee: Do you know? A scientific explanation of water?
Bali-mardana: H-2-O. Hydrogen, two molecules of hydrogen, one molecule of oxygen.
Prabhupāda: So in anywhere there is water, that formula is applicable?
Bali-mardana: Yes.
Prabhupāda: So, within the dob (coconut) there is water.
Bali-mardana: Yes.
Prabhupāda: So who supplied the chemicals?
Bali-mardana: Within the dob (coconut)?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-6417513029459576422012-02-24T14:23:00.001-08:002012-02-24T14:26:36.664-08:00The Militarization of Modern Civilization
The man having forgotten himself as the son of Godhead, has forsaken his real constitutional nature. He has misidentified himself with everything non-godly and therefore manipulates a material existence conducted by the mind and the six instrumental senses. He is concerned only with his material coverings of gross body and the subtle mind but cannot see either himself or his so-called numerous Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-43322585167447553102012-02-12T22:33:00.000-08:002012-02-12T22:33:37.659-08:00Where Is The Soul?
Now, we can see in our front, there is a tree standing for many years, and he has to stand in scorching heat, torrents of rain, pinching cold. He cannot move an inch. And if we think seriously, "Suppose if I would have been put into that condition, that 'Stand up here for five hundred or five thousand years. You cannot move an inch, and you bear all the sufferings, scorching heat, storm,' " Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-67935578928910482412012-02-01T11:14:00.000-08:002012-02-01T11:14:06.496-08:00Our Aims & Objects Are One & The Same
It's Krishna's mission to awaken man's original consciousness. At the present moment we have got designated consciousness. I am thinking "I am Indian," you are thinking Englishman, another is thinking American. But actually we are neither American nor Indian nor any that sort of designation. We are part and parcel of God. That is our real identification. If we come to that consciousness, then Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11339165.post-20054091045624304012012-01-27T08:34:00.000-08:002012-01-27T08:36:05.728-08:00The Sex Change of King Sudyumna
SANSKRIT: tata ūrdhvaṁ vanaṁ tad vai, puruṣā varjayanti hi, sā cānucara-saṁyuktā, vicacāra vanād vanam
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
"Since that time, no male had entered that forest. But now King Sudyumna, having been transformed into a female, began to walk with his associates from one forest to another"
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gītā (2.22) it is said:
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0