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H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Tuesday 20 September 2011--Take This Key and Open the Door--and--Why Mind Goes Back to Bodily Concepts?A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Tuesday 20 September 2011 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger image.) Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world. Dedicated with love to ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and to you, our dear readers. For Transcendental Association Connect With Other Members of this Course. Join this Conference: http://groups.google.com/group/sda_students Today's Thought: Take This Key and Open the Door Uploaded from Timisoara, Romania There is no reason for you to languish any more suffering here in the cycle of birth and death. Awaken now and enter into your eternal spiritual identity as a servant of God. Come now through the science of bhakti or devotion to that wondrous dimension beyond time and space where life is eternal, full of unlimited knowledge, and full of unfathomed bliss. Don't cheat yourself by remaining under illusion. Take this key and open the door to your liberation. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Opening the Door to Unfathomed Bliss Lecture in Timisoara, Romania--18 September 2011 http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Timisoara_SF_Lecture.JPG Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: Why Mind Goes Back to Bodily Concepts? Why does the mind keep going back to bodily concepts even after realization of the truth? Raghavendra Answer: You Are NotGetting a Higher Taste. If your mind keeps going back to bodily concepts, this means that you are not getting a higher taste. In other words, your realization of the truth is not mature. To get that higher taste, to become mature in your realization you first of all must have faith in the self-realization process, the process of Krishna consciousness. Then you must associate with pure devotees and take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master by initiation. In this way by giving up your bad habits and becoming solidly fixed in Krishna consciousness you will experience a very sweet taste that you will fully liberate you from all bodily concepts and attractions. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Transcendental Resources: Receive the Special Blessings of Krishna Now you too can render the greatest service to the suffering humanity and attract the all-auspicious blessings of Lord Sri Krishna upon yourself and your family by assisting our mission. Lectures and Kirtans in Audio and Video: Link to High Definition Videos Link to Over 1,000 Lecture Audios Lecture-Travel Schedule for 2011 http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/schedule Have Questions or Need Further Guidance? Check out the resources at: http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com or write Sankarshan Das Adhikari at: sda@backtohome.com Get your copy today of the world's greatest self-realization guide book, Bhagavad-gita As It Is available at:http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/store Know someone who could benefit from this? Forward it to them. Searchable archives of all of course material: http://www.sda-archives.com Receive Thought for the Day as an RSS feed: http://www.backtohome.com/rss.htm Unsubscribe or change your email address Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Daily_Thought Thought for the Day on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ultimate.Self.Realization Copyright 2005-2011 by Ultimate Self Realization.Com Distribution of this material is encouraged. Simply we request you to acknowledge where it is coming from with a link to our sign up page: http://www.backtohome.com Our records indicate that at requested to be enrolled to receive e-mails from the Ultimate Self Realization Course at: This request was made on: From the following IP address:  • Email to a friend •  •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: FOLK News For Our Diwali Festival SeasonThe Diwali festival season is fast approaching. Your FOLK news magazines should arrive in your mailboxes this week. • Email to a friend • •
H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 437 — Poem for September 194:35 A.M. Poem for September 19 In the fifth chapter of C.c. Adi-lila the essential nature and glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu are described. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarama is His second body. They are two-in-one in the same identity. They differ only in form. Lord [...] 437 — Poem for September 19 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Prabhupada Meditations, Volume II "Just as we maintain our aging bodies by exercise and rest, so the memories have to be exercised. One has to be humble and accept even little memories as worthwhile. We should seek any occasion to talk about Prabhupada in a natural way. We must also be humble to recognize [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 436 — Poem for September 184:31 A.M. Poem for September 18 "Desiring to know the glories of Radharani's love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when She realizes the sweetness of His love, that Supreme Lord Hari endowed with Her emotions appeared from the womb of Srimati Saci-devi as [...] 436 — Poem for September 18 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Memory in the Service of Krishna The Best Religion "'The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.' (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.6) "Before I had been initiated by Srila Prabhupada, [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 435 — Poem for September 174:39 A.M. Poem for September 17 Seeing His own beauty, Krishna began to consider: "My sweetness is wonderful, infinite and full. No one in the three worlds can find its limit. Only Radharani by the understanding of Her love, tastes all the nectar of My sweetness." "If I deliberate on a way to taste My [...] 435 — Poem for September 17 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Remembering Srila Prabhupada: A Free Verse Rendition of the Life and Teachings of His Divine Grace A,C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada "Swamiji's Departure "It was too soon for him to leave them, but Krishna had arranged it. So his followers were resigned. "'Either I will die there or I have work to do, to make [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 434 — Poem for September 164:39 A.M. Poem for September 16 The confidential reasons for Lord Caitanya's appearance are three. They all exist in the parakiya-rasa of conjugal love. In their topmost form they reside in Radharani who is the hladini sakti or the pleasure potency of the Lord. In the fifth of the first fourteen verses of Cc., Svarupa [...] 434 — Poem for September 16 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom My Dear Lord Krishna, A Book of Prayers Vol. 1 "I am writing to You in the afternoon. I just had lunch with my friends, and there was lively conversation. Now we are alone. I look to You in my mind and heart. I find You there. You are a quiet, abiding presence. I [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 433 — Poem for September 154:24 A.M. Poem for September 15 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, after displaying His pastimes in Vraja, thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain personally the transcendental mellows of service between Himself and His pure devotees. The foremost occupational duty in the Age of Kali [...] 433 — Poem for September 15 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Niti-Sastras: Sayings of Canakya and Hitopadesa as Quoted by Srila Prabhupada TRANSLATION: "A wise man will renounce wealth and his very existence in the service of the Supreme. It is better to renounce things for the sake of the eternal when faced with the ultimate destruction of the body and everything related to it. [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 432 — Poem for September 144:29 A.M. Poem for September 14 Chapter Two of Adi-lila describes the third verse of the first fourteen, an auspicious vibration that describes the Absolute Truth: "What the Upanisads describe as the impersonal Brahman is but the effulgence of the body of Lord Krishna as the Supersoul which is but His localized plenary portion. Lord [...] 432 — Poem for September 14 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Spiritualized Dictionary "vow "'Noun, from the French, votum; see vote. 1. A solemn promise or pledge, especially made to God or to a god, dedicating oneself to an act, service or way of life. 2. A solemn promise of love and fidelity [marriage vows]. 3. A solemn affirmation or assertion to praise, to promise [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 431 — Poem for September 134:29 A.M. Poem for September 13 "I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are like the sun and the moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauda to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and wonderfully bestow benediction upon all." Sri Krishna and Balarama the Personalities of Godhead, who [...] 431 — Poem for September 13 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom In Praise of the Mahajanas and Other Poems (1983) A Devotee's Twilight Walk with His Mind "Color schemes in the evening here are starkly gray and white, snowfall in twilight. Two rabbits slowly move aside as I hear the panicky wingbeats of a large bird afraid of me. Creatures in the cold, how can [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 430 — Poem for September 12Poem for September 12 In the first chapter of Adi-lila, Srila Prabhupada writes that his edition of Cc. is presented for the study of sincere scholars who are really seeking the Absolute Truth. It is not the arrogant scholarship of a mental speculator but a sincere effort to serve the order of a superior authority [...] 430 — Poem for September 12 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Reading Reform "'So far our activities in Krishna consciousness are concerned, every one of us should read this book very attentively because all conclusive statements in the kingdom of bhakti are contained in this transcendental, valuable book. It is the essence of all Vedic scriptures enlightening about Krishna consciousness. If anyone will read this [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 429 — Poem for September 11Poem for September 11 In his "concluding words" Srila Prabhupada announces that he has finished the English translation of Cc. under the order of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, "my beloved eternal spiritual master, guide and friend." Although Srila Bhaktisiddhanta passed away in 1936, our Srila Prabhupada still considers him to be always present within by his [...] 429 — Poem for September 11 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Shack Notes: Moments While at a Writing Retreat "Find your drum and beat it. Learn to play pleasingly in the company of devotees. Study with the masters. And when you get a deep taste for it, consider yourself fortunate. Then play it day and night. "The scriptures give us the example of the arrowsmith. [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 428 — Poem for September 10Poem for September 10 For twelve years Lord Caitanya remained in that state every day and night. With His two friends He tasted the meaning of those verses, which consisted of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of Krishna consciousness. The author says he could not understand the deep meaning of Lord Caitanya. "After [...] 428 — Poem for September 10 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom The Qualities of Sri Krishna "50. The Supreme Controller "This is one of the qualities that a jiva can possess in part. If he attempts to possess it in full, he becomes pitiful. Srila Prabhupada used to say that we are all isvaras, controllers, to some extent. The president of the United States is [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 427 — Poem for September 9Separation from Krishna awoke various mellows of distress, lamentation and humility. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke like a madman. "My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a moment a great millennium. Tears flow from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I see the entire world as void." Pouring incessant tears, [...] 427 — Poem for September 9 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 426—Poem for September 8Poem for September 8 In great humility, considering Himself a conditioned soul, Lord Caitanya again expressed His desire to be an eternal servant to the Lord. "O My Lord, O Krishna, Son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, but because of My own fruitive acts I have fallen in this ocean of nescience. [...] 426—Poem for September 8 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom The Wild Garden "Ireland "Krishna is coming home from pasturing the cows. His pastimes are eternal. He's coming home at dusk. This is a lila for all of Vraja's devotees. The gopis watch him discreetly from the porches and roofs. They embrace Him with their eyes. He is the perfection of handsomeness, the vision [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 425 — Poem for September 7Poem for September 7 Lord Caitanya continued: "O Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya please hear from Me the symptoms of how one should chant the maha-mantra to easily awaken one's dormant love of Krishna. One who thinks himself lower than the grass, more tolerant than a tree and who is prepared to give all respects [...] 425 — Poem for September 7 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Life with the Perfect Master "On several occasions I was present when Tamal Krishna spoke to Prabhupada about the plans to preach in America. 'Without preaching,' said Prabhupada, 'ISKCON will become rubbish. The management will be at our finger's end if the devotees simply follow the rules, chanting and taking prasadam. Preaching is first. [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 424 — Poem for September 6Poem for September 6 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed nights in the company of Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya relishing the Siksastakam prayers: "Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material [...] 424 — Poem for September 6 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Obstacles on the Path of Devotional Service "According to Srimad Bhagavatam, all obstacles could be overcome by one who regularly chants and hears the message of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: "'Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of repeated birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 423 — Poem for September 5Poem for September 5 On a full moon night, Lord Caitanya and His followers went to a garden. A mild breeze was blowing, carrying the fragrant aroma of flowers. As He wandered around every tree and creeper, He came beneath an asoka tree and suddenly saw Lord Krishna. When He saw Lord Krishna, Lord Caitanya [...] 423 — Poem for September 5 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected WritingsFrom Japa Walks, Japa Talks "There was a gusty wind overnight. A few times it sounded so loud, I thought that a car was coming close and that the wind had even pushed open the window. I wondered how it would affect my walk. At ten minutes to five I pulled up the shade on [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 422—Poem for September 4Poem for September 4 Feeling separation from Krishna, Lord Caitanya was so distraught that in great anxiety He stood up and began rubbing His face against the walls of the Gambhira. Blood oozed from the many injuries on His mouth, but due to ecstatic emotions, the Lord did not know it. He made a particular [...] 422—Poem for September 4 is a post from: EVERY DAY • Email to a friend • •Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group
 • Email to a friend • •Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Sanction for drinking wineAtreya Rsi: Could it be, Srila Prabhupada, that this sanction of wine drinking be from God? Could that sanction come from God? Do we think that is possible? Prabhupada: We don't find there is sanction by God to drink. But under certain circumstances, beverages, different types of beverages allowed, not for intoxication but for keeping health. That is different thing. Just like in the moon planet, it is mentioned they drink soma-rasa. Soma-rasa is a kind of beverage made from extract of herbs. So because it is very cold there, so they drink that, but not for intoxication. People drink for intoxication. Just like in medicine, so many drugs are used. Even opium is used. Yes. Morphia is used. But they are not used ordinarily. For a specific purpose. Even snake poison is used, but that does not mean snake poison should be used perpetually. So for benefit of the body under particular circumstances something may be recommended, but that is not for general use or for intoxication. That is condemned. Just like animal killing is sometimes prescribed in the yajna. The purpose is different. But that does not mean unrestricted animal killing in the slaughterhouse should go on, no. That is sinful. So if we violate the laws perpetually, then how we can consider as belonging to a certain group of religious system? There must be principles. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation with Richard Webster, chairman, Societa Filosofica Italiana -- May 24, 1974, Rome • Email to a friend • •Krishna Dharma dasa, UK: The beast risesIn the aftermath of last month's riots opinions were divided as to their cause. "Existing criminals on the rampage," pronounced Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke, while, in a display of party disunity, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith declared the problem to be "selfish bankers and MP's ignoring the plight of the poor." Whatever the cause, the riots certainly made for some shocking footage with the police apparently losing control of our streets. Fires blazed everywhere, shop fronts were kicked in and cars turned over as marauding gangs realised that no one was going to stop them. Personal violence was also meted out with a number of brutal incidents being reported. I felt a deep sense of sadness at seeing all this, but I was not particularly surprised. Vedic knowledge points out that a man lacking spiritual practise will descend to the level of brute beasts in his behaviour, and our society now could hardly be described as an emblem of spirituality. This may seem a harsh assessment, but the Vedas define the distinction between man and animal as a quest for religious meaning and truth. Sensual gratification is common to all species but only humans can practise religion. Such genuine practise, according to the Srimad Bhagavatam, imbues a person with "all the qualities of the gods," while its absence results in one losing all gentility and becoming a danger to everyone including himself. Given the right set of circumstances, such as we saw recently, this tendency rapidly rises to the surface. Iain Duncan-Smith's suggestion that selfishness lay at the root of the riots was right. It was the ugly face of selfishness run amok as people grabbed whatever they could while the going was good. Obviously it was also rampant criminality, as Mr Clarke pointed out, but in the Vedic analysis anyone not God conscious is not only bestial, but also a criminal to a greater or lesser degree, stealing the Lord's property. Animals take whatever they want as and when they can, and a person with no spiritual guidelines must act in the same way. The only restriction will be one's personal capability, or the constraints of law, which as we have just seen do not always work. Naked came we to the world, states the Bible, and naked we shall depart. Whatever we think we own was here before us and will remain after we are gone. We falsely claim ownership for a brief period of time before everything is snatched away by death. Really it belongs to its creator and maintainer, and that is Krishna or God. Spiritual practise aims to awaken this perception and its consequent gentle behaviour of using all things in divine service while taking for ourselves only our necessities. Ever increasing consumerism and the all out pursuit of wealth stand in stark opposition to this godly paradigm, but does our present society direct people toward anything else? Who are our heroes and role models, for example? Film stars, musicians and football players, for the most part, all of them flaunting huge amounts of disposable income and quite often a converse degree of morality. Saints and sages hardly get a look in, with religion generally making the media only when it is time to decry the fanatics. And what do our schools offer in the way of spirituality? You're lucky if you get an act of collective worship these days, while RI lessons merely examine religion from the viewpoint of objective academic interest. God is a dirty word in science lessons, and let's face it scientists are the new priests of our modern age. Hardly surprising then that we are seeing godless behaviour breaking out all over. Especially when we add to the mix the fact that society is producing an underclass of people for whom hope and opportunity are words in a dictionary they probably don't even own. Two and a half million are now unemployed; nearly half of them young people, with many coming from families where no one has a job or any realistic hope of getting one. But like everyone else they have been instilled with consumer society's ideal of having everything now, and are continually tantalised by an all powerful marketing machine. Without spiritual practise we are all victims of the same desires; all of us becoming thieves of God's property to satisfy a greed that knows no satiation. Okay, some of us have enough control to not rush out and snatch what we want when the opportunity presents itself, but as long as we remain fixated on material enjoyment who knows what we might be capable of doing if the going gets tough enough? Even those at the top of the heap have shown themselves to be quite capable of snatching what they want, as the recent banker's bonuses and MP's expenses debacles demonstrated. Unless we find some way of injecting spirituality into society soon we can surely expect the madness to continue, from top to bottom. • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Southall Ratha YatraParasuram das: Southall is a suburb of London. It has a huge Asian community and is often compared to Bombay. They even accept Rupees as payment in some places (pubs, restaurants) • Email to a friend • •Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Srila Prabhupada has arrived!!! Today marks the arrival of Srila Prabhupada to the shore of America to save the fallen souls. 46 years ago Srila Prabhupada, aboard the now famous Jaladuta ship arrived in Boston and then onto New York. They say "the rest is history" but in fact the impact of this historical moment is still being felt and history continues to be made. From this landing Srila Prabhupada went on to grow a worldwide movement of devotees, temples, restaurants and spiritual centres touching millions of people on every continent around the globe. Srila Prabhupada in establishing this worldwide movement and writing and translating so many timeless books continues to touch countless souls and in the coming years this movement will expand more and more to fulfil Srila Prabhupada's wishes and allow for the golden age of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's sankirtan movement. Of course this requires the service of all of Srila Prabhupada's servants to cooperatively carry out his instructions and missions. In many lectures I have spoken about the struggle that Srila Prabhupada faced to save us fallen souls. This included heart attacks and sea sickness on the Jaladuta. Thus, I have chose the below note written by Srila Prabhupada indicating the struggle he faced. Srila Prabhupada's diary falls silent for 6 days and on the 7th day there is a note “Passed over a great crisis on the struggle for life and death.” We cannot forget this struggle Srila Prabhupada went through and to serve him we must struggle through tests and obstacles we may face.  The diary entries from Srila Prabhupada aboard the Jaladuta as he arrives in America... THURSDAY 16 Today is the 35th day of our journey and yesterday night at about 10/30 p.m. we have turned one wheel towards north eastern corner from the Bermuda latitude towards Boston port. In the morning the atmosphere was fairly cleared and the ship was plying very smoothly. The first officer told me that they never had such experience of the At lantic ocean and he ascribed the good luck to me. I said yes it is all Lord Krishna's Grace because due to my severe type of sea−sickness, He has Himself taken charge of the ship. In expansion the Lord is rowing the oars. We shall certainly reach to America port safely. The whole day was clear sun−shine but at 4 p.m. the sky all of a sudden became foggy. The sun became dim covered by foggy weather. The horizon is still visible. Let us see what is still ahead. The ship is stopped completely at about 6 p.m. on account of dense fog. Be Lord Krishna pleased to get out this fog. By the Grace of Lord Krishna the fog was cleared after 2−3 hours and the ship started. The whole night was non−disturbing and today on the 36th day of our journey we reached safely at Boston Port at 5/30 a.m. 17 FRIDAY We are now on the dockyard of Boston and at 10 a.m. the custom officers and others came on the ship. They have now issued the admittance permission after due checking etc. I saw the Boston Town with captain It is very nice and I shall describe it in a separate note. 36th day from starting from Calcutta Port To−day we are expected to reach Boston Port U.S.A. in the morning ACB −−/9/65 We stayed the whole day &night at Boston till 4.p.m. next day 18 SATURDAY To−day is the 37th day of our journey &at 4 p.m. we left Boston Port for New York. In the morning I had telephonic talks with Gopal P. Agarwal in Butler and he said that his man will receive me at New York &dispatch me to Butler by Bus or train as convenient. I tried to contact Dr. Misra but he was not available both yesterday and to−day. I do not know if he is coming to receive me. To−day I met two American nice gentlemen Mr. Gardiner &Fryer. We passed a beautiful canal and crossed underneath two overbridges. But at midnight there was considerable fog disturbance and the ship moved very slowly. The fog persisted till we reached late at New York Port at 12/30 on 19/9/65. SUNDAY 19 Today is the 38th day of our journey and we reached New York Port at 12/30 p.m. about three hours later than the scheduled time.  Let's be forever grateful to Srila Prabhupada for making the journey across the ocean to save us fallen souls from this material ocean. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 September 19: "Lord Caitanya accepted Jagai and Madhai on condition they would not commit further sinful activities. So all our students should be careful in the matter of violating the four principles and at the same time must carry on the chanting process rigidly."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 September 19: "He cannot go because he has rendered already some service to Krishna. So Krishna is not going to leave him at any cost. Please offer my blessings to him, and treat him very well. So far Mrigendra das is concerned, he will also come back; don't worry."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1955 September 19: "My dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, So why for the matter of saving some papers we shall not print the full number? In my opinion we should print more than 1000 copies every month and distribute them in large scale. I think you will reconsider the matter and let me know your further opinion."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 September 19: "To the Prime Minister of Mauritius: I thank you very much for your kind invitation to visit your country. I am arriving at Port Louis on the afternoon of the 30th and I look forward to meeting with Your Excellency."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1965 September 19 : "Today is the 38th day of our journey. We reached New York Port at 12:30 pm, three hours later than the scheduled time."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 September 19 : "In England there is very good prospect for pushing on Krishna Consciousness. I am trying to make some arrangement with Mr. John Lennon to have the facility for of his garden house. Here we can accommodate many devotees."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 September 19 : "Hundreds of people join our Sankirtana Party daily in downtown Calcutta, and I am confident that this great mission will be successful if only we continue to push on without any personal motivation."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 September 19: "Your duty is to carry out my orders. Anyone who surrenders to Krishna wholeheartedly and engages in His service cannot say later on, I resign. Once surrendered, it cannot be withdrawn."  • Email to a friend • •Bhakti Lata, Alachua, USA: The Beauty of FragilityToday I have felt like spun glass that keeps getting cracked. My body feels frail because I'm getting sick, my computer is probably headed to the grave, schoolwork is crashing into my life in an avalanche, and I'm tired and woozy and disoriented. My Eyes So Soft You know, one of those fragile days. Krishna Lunch is a program I like to go to on school days - I get to sing kirtan and then be with devotees in the chaotic whirl of school. And of course, the prasadam. But today I didn't want to go - I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just wanted to be my spun glass little self and silently get through the day. You know, survive. But the desire for good food drove me to Krishna Lunch anyway. Man, does prasadam work wonders. After I ate, it was all quiet so I decided to sing, if just for a little while. The melody that came to me, unbidden, quieted my heart. I closed my eyes and forgot I was on campus, forgot I was getting sick, forgot about my computer, forgot about schoolwork, forgot about everything. All that existed was the gentle sun shining on my face and the holy name. When I finished singing, I said to Anthony, "You know, this is a special melody," "How so?" he replied. "There is a song that one sings when someone leaves this world, it's a song of separation and grief. I sang this maha-mantra kirtan in the melody of that song." "Oh really? I didn't know you could sing Hare Krishna when someone died," a girl commented. "Oh yes, you can sing and chant Hare Krishna at any time, in any place. It is the most beautiful thing one could do. And when I was singing this kirtan just now, I was meditating that we are all destined to die. So how do I utilize this moment and every moment? To not waste away my life? I just want to chant. I just want God." I write this only a half an hour later in the library, wondering why I've taken time to narrate this simple experience. Maybe because when I am closest to my frustration with the world is when I feel closest to my realization that I need God. I need God. That is the beauty of fragility. Don't surrender your loneliness So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice So tender, My need of God Absolutely Clear. - Hafiz Subscribe  • Email to a friend • •Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: “Sanctuary” by Meir RibalowIt begins with We lurch into life, We take a look around and Whatever we discover, Nature The sun teaches us to waltz The moon guards our The stars, scattered like The bear nuzzling for honey, Souls harbor demons, shadows Risk is natural, stability Our passions are who we Symmetry is not harmony. Give and take. Joined, The mind can make an apple The magician asked God It’s all natural magic: One man’s oatmeal is If we can speak, we can We choose our paths, seek Filed under: Poetry         • Email to a friend • •Matsyavatara das (ACBSP), Italy: DEATH. A stage of life (part 1/2) By Matsyavatara dasa (Marco Ferrini)
No matter what our descendant roots are, noble or of humble origin, rich or poor, old or young, illuminated or not, we are all destined to die. We know that it is inevitable, but we deceive ourselves by thinking that others will die before us, that we will be the last to go. Death always seams far away. Isn't it a misleading way of thinking? Isn't it an illusion, a dream? This makes us negligent and we shouldn't believe it. We should be courageous and prepare ourselves, because sooner or later death will knock at our door. (Yamamoto Tsunetomo, samurai monk of ending 1600) Death is most likely the most complex, painful and captivating phenomenon with which man has always had to deal with; generally it irrupts very strongly in the story of an individual, of a family unit and society reality, often leaving behind desperation, emptiness, and mental derangement. Intelligent people of every era, though living in health, have come across this problem with genuine spirit of research, looking for the comprehension of the events that obligatorily move to a different level from the one merely pertinent to the sensorial perception. The thought of death is located deep in the human soul and strongly affects the entire course of life and the character, mostly operating at a deep conscience level. The objective of this analysis is the reinterpretation of the phenomenon, reinterpretation that takes the abandoning of those preconceptions structured in our mind since the green age, and connected to apparent realities and to the destructive image that the idea of death carries with itself. To face this arcane and dramatic argument in the over-rational perspective, lightly expressed and surely unusual for the western culture, we need to take an "inner journey" , to the roots of our deepest and concealed experiences. The rational mind can capture and encode the physical reality, but not all the reality is reconductible to this level. How can the rational function explain in a full and satisfactory way the "intra-psychic" dynamics? How can it answer the existential questions on the imperceptible nature of oneself and explain the mystery of life? In front of death or of a disconcerting medical report even the most solid rationality will vacillate showing all its limits. The sages of the Veda, mind and life scientists who belong to a millenary tradition, indicate how the human being complexity must be studied in its entire bio-psychic-spiritual reality. The classic Indian works explain that barriers between the physical, psychic-energetic and spiritual-metaphysic do not exist; the same human life is a combination of these three interactive dimensions of reality. Man does not only have a physical body but also a psychic body, which represents one of the fundamental bases for the development of the personality. But physical and psychic do not complete the picture of a human being: the physical body and the mental structure are two tools utilized from the purusha, the spiritual self, the subject that perceives, thinks and acts using in fact the body and the mind. Only those that are fully conscious of their self can influence deeply and with determination their physical and psychic bodies, activating inner resources that allows the rediscovering of the auto-healing path. What unifies the physical world and the psychical world, that makes them interactive and gives them a meaning is the self, the vital spark, the witness, the one that sees, that hears, that understands; all the rest are tools. We need to underline that every living being is eternal, therefore the living entity does not have a beginning (anadi) or an end (ananta). The Veda knowledge teaches that we do not die with the body but at the moment of the spiritual journey out of the body we are moved elsewhere aboard of the psychic structure. From this perspective we can transcend the mistaken contraposition of the binomial life-death, rediscovering the living being's dimension in which death, being a life phase, is not in opposition with life, but with birth. Similarly, the "asleep" state of consciousness, the one without dreams, is not in opposition with the "wake" state of consciousness. If we made life coincide exclusively with the wake experience, then we can say that sleep has nothing to do with life, but we know very well that it is not true at all. Without sleep there could not be the wake state: during sleep the neurons healthily interact, all the cells easily surrender their wasted products and regenerate.  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, September 16th, 2010Through Rain and Wind  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, September 15th, 2011Walking on the Rock (Nfld.)  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama Swami: Sunday evening bhajan at New Vraja-dhamaH.H. Sivarama Swami: Sunday evening bhajan at New Vraja-dhamaSeptember 19th, 201159:52 Sunday evening bhajan at New Vraja-dhama http://www.sivaramaswami.com/en/2011/09/19/sunday-evening-bhajan-at-new-vraja-dhama/ • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama Swami: Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA and its meaning to usH.H. Sivarama Swami: Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA and its meaning to usSeptember 19th, 201119:55 H.H. Sivarama Swami: Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA and its meaning to us http://www.sivaramaswami.com/en/2011/09/19/remembering-srila-prabhupadas-arrival-in-the-usa-and-its-meaning-to-us/
• Email to a friend • •Japa Group: Praying For Service
Today I was praying to be able to develop strong desire to chant at any time of the day. When we chant, we are asking for service and this is the most important treasure a devotee can have -the precious service to the Lotus feet of Radha and Krsna. Here is a verse praying for service from Sri Sanatkumar Samhita.
I wish you a wonderful week of chanting. your servant, Aruna devi  • Email to a friend • •Mukunda Charan das, SA: Sudarshan (Enlightenment)Jananivas Prabhu, Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9.5.7, Sri Mayapur Dhama, 4 April 2002 ‘Without illumination, nothing can be seen’. The sun, the moon and fire are ‘illuminating principles’. Discrimination is coming from Sudarshan. Sudarshan is ‘The Lord’s effulgence personified’. Krishna contacts the material energy in the form of Siva, who is visuddha sattva. How is Krishna the seed-giving father of all living entities? He is the father of all living entities in the form of lord Siva. Siva impregnates Parvati ‘on a universal scale’. There are three creators. Behind the union of Siva and Parvati is Visnu’s desire. Mother and father are the cause of the child, but behind that is the desire to have a child. ‘The whole spiritual world is illuminated with this natural knowledge and religious principles’. This is the principle of “light” – om ajnana timirandhasya. ‘The whole process of Krishna Consciousness is illuminating’. ‘Love of Krishna is already in the heart. It’s already there. Only covered. Come out of the darkness and step into the light’. There is nothing before sunrise. When the sun rises, however, you can see yourself. ‘Illumination reveals everything, namely our consititutional position, our relationship with Krishna’. ‘Our endeavour is to remove the ignorance. That’s all’. We do not have to endeavour separately, like in the yoga process. We simply have to serve and love Krishna. Illumination brings us to the point of faith; and more illumination takes us further (sambhanda, abhideya and prayojana). Srila Prabhupada’s definition of sama darsana: ‘I see everyone having an equal opportunity to serve Krishna’. He makes the unqualified equal to persons who have this knowledge. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur defined sama darsana as ‘seeing every living entity as a manifestation of his guru‘. The living entities are seen as being able to carry out his guru’s work. When the Cosmic Manifestation ends, the processes of yoga, jnana etc. cease to exist. Only bhakti yoga exists eternally in the spiritual world. ‘Everyone is liberated. Only you don’t understand that. Why? Because of ignorance. Why is ignorance there? Because you are attached to it’. ‘This Krishna Consciousness Movement is eternal. The activities go on eternally. So we can become part of that also when we realize what’s going on here’. ‘Someone said these sunflowers follow the sun as it moves in the day’ Filed under: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam Tagged: cosmic manifestation, illumination, ISKCON Mayapur, jananivas prabhu, krishna consciousness movement, lord krishna, lord siva, postaweek2011, srila prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam, sudarsan, sudarshan         • Email to a friend • •Australian News: Universal prayers for peace with Carmella. After this nothing will be the same
“Her unique personal style weaves the sacred Indian traditions of sound yoga with other cultural explorations of sacred music and song which awakens the heart, uplifts the spirit and opens the channels of inspiration.” Come join us for another evening of bliss! Cost: , pre-booked Bookings & Enquiries yoga@qiyoga.net (02) 9976 6880 www.qiyoga.net For more about Carmella www.carmellavoice.com  Print Facebook Twitter Google Bookmarks StumbleUpon Yahoo! Buzz del.icio.us Digg Live MySpace PDF • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Darshan
• Email to a friend • •Gouranga TV: Radhanath Swami and Sacinandana Swami – Program in Germany – August 5, 2011Radhanath Swami and Sacinandana Swami – Program in Germany – August 5, 2011 • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: URGENT - 2 brahmachari pujaris wanted for the UKRavinol Chambers: When: As soon as possible Where: ISKCON Birmingham, UK How long: Full time for 2 years contract (after 2 years contract reviewed) Duties: Deity services including worshiping, dressing, cooking, cleaning, offering, special religious services including congregational support, pastoral care and kirtan. Expenses paid: Flights to UK and home after 2 years paid All living expenses covered while in the UK and serving at the temple • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It was with great sadness that we heard of the tragic passing away of His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu. He was a leading disciple of Srila Prabhupada who served him faithfully since joining ISKCON in the early 1970's. Whatever service he did in Srila Prabhupada's movement he gave his whole heart to, although he is best known for his translating and commenting on different Vedic scriptures following in the footsteps of his Guru Maharaja • Email to a friend • •More Recent Articles
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