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Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Bhajan - Kalindi dasi - High School Program The Dallas youth were invited to perform at a high school as part of a senior project showcasing performances from various cultures. Kalindi dasi leads the singing along with Gopinath and Sri Rupa playing mrdanga and Radha Kunda and Gopi Gita singing backup and playing kartals. All the students end up dancing in the end to a rip roaring kirtan. Dallas, TX Download: 2011-02-12 - Kalindi - High School bhajan program.mp3  • Email to a friend •  •Spiritual Scientist: Is vegetarianism necessary for spiritual advancement?Q. Is giving up meat-eating necessary for making spiritual advancement? Q. When the highest heads of several religions eat meat, aren't those who claim the necessity of vegetarianism indirectly claiming to be more advanced than the heads of other religions? Answer: Yes and no; YES - to the first question, NO - to the second. All the theistic wisdom-traditions concur that all of us, irrespective of our religious denominations, are spiritually sick. Just as getting cured entails abiding by the medical prescriptions and proscriptions, making spiritual advancement entails abiding by two kinds of scriptural injunctions: 1. Affirmative injunctions that prescribe activities which promote the development of pure love for God, which is the essential, universal goal taught by all the great theistic wisdom-traditions of the world. 2. Regulative injunctions that proscribe or minimize activities which obstruct the development of that love. Abstaining from meat is one such regulative injunction. We can understand the importance of this principle if we contemplate the implication of love. If a child loves the parent, an essential way that love becomes evident is by the love shown to one's brothers and sisters. Similarly, if we love the Supreme Parent, an essential way that love becomes evident is by the love shown to our brothers and sisters in God's family – including our nonhuman brethren, for they are also God's creatures and, moreover, they, unlike us humans, can't speak for their rights. That's why the Vedic wisdom-tradition enjoins those aspiring for authentic, pure love for Godto abstain from meat. Vegetarianism is recommended as the desired ideal even in major non-Vedic traditions like Christianity, as is intuited at first brush from the commandment "Thou shall not kill" and is confirmed by well-researched books like the encyclopedic volume "Animals on the Agenda: Questions About Animals for Theology and Ethics" editedby Rev. Andrew Linzey& Dorothy Yamamoto. Consequently, thousands of such God-seekers have discontinued the unfortunate self-delusion inherent in claiming to love God while causing pain and death to God's mute creatures just for the sake of one'staste buds.
Those who stick to meat can still advance spiritually to the extent that they adhere to the affirmative injunctions for spiritual advancement. Those who adhere to both the affirmative and regulative injunctions experience spiritual advancement in its full acceleration. When they urge their fellow God-seekers to switch to a vegetarian diet, they do so not due to a feeling of spiritually superiority, but with a desire to share the warming of heart in love to all of God's creatures – and thereby God – that they have experienced due to not partaking ofa diet tainted by blood. Why let one's taste buds stall or slow the tasting of divine love? Why continue a past misdirection mistake when compassion, scripture and experience all concur to redirectus? • Email to a friend • •Akrura das, Gita Coaching: THEY ARE MEANT FOR ENJOYMENTBy Srila Prabhupada The Vedanta-sutra says, "The living entities orGod, they are meant for enjoyment.'' ANANDAMAYO 'BHYASAT (Vedanta-sutra1.1.12). By nature anandamaya. So "Why I am put into this miserablecondition?'' This is the questions by intelligent human being. And if heremains satisfied with the miseries of this material life, then he's no betterthan the cats and dogs.  • Email to a friend • •Kurma dasa, AU: Jobs Well Done
"I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5c deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it..." (From the 2005 Stanford Commencement speech) • Email to a friend • •Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Earth Balance NYC Trip! My Winning Dish: Tamarind Peanut Rice Noodle Salad
Remember when Earth Balance crowned my recipe the winner of its Spring to Life Contest? Well, last week the husband and I collected the grand prize. A trip to New York City!  De-planing @ LaGuardia Intl Airport
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• Email to a friend • •Australian News: Melbourne rocks the city with Kadamba Kanana Swami THE VIDEO
Once again Russell Prabhu from Melbourne Yatra captures the glory of Harinam Sankirtan in another wonderful video. You will feel like you are there, you will dance and clap and run down the street looking for the Harinam. Kadamba Kanana Swami unentangles the material modes of nature and they dance with the devotees. This Harinam measured on the Richter Scale and a Tsunami warning was issued by local authorities.
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Lord Jagannatha was seated along with His brother Balarama and sister Subhadra on His gorgeously decorated cart, which was painstakingly transported from Los Angeles once again in record time by His Grace Ratnabhusana, who has been single-handedly designing, building, disassembling, transporting, re-assembling and decorating Lord Jagannatha's carts for various Rathayatra festivals since the 1980's • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Occupy Wall St prasadam distHema Malini dd: I'm writing because I want to post to see if there was any kind prasadam distribution being done in New York or the other cities where occupations are being performed. I am coordinating something for the protests in Houston, and wanted to see if anyone else was • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Live Srimad Bhagavat KathaSriji Devi Dasi: Please get Live telecast of Srimad Bhagavat Katha taking place in Sri Vrindavan Dham by Sri Srimad Radha Govinda Goswami Maharaja. Link : http://www.iskconvrindavan.com/krishnalive.html Topic : Putana Uddhar Lila. Timings : (IST) 8.00am to 9.30 am. • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Online College Administrative Coordinator neededArya & Chandranana: Rupanuga Vedic College is looking for someone to fill the position of administrative coordinator for its online academic division (distance learning). Training is available, however experience is also desirable • Email to a friend • •ISKCON News.com: Steve Jobs and the Krishna Connection
• Email to a friend • •ISKCON Brampton, Canada: Upcoming EventsSrila Prabhupada Lilamrita Workshop at ISKCON Brampton on Sunday, Oct 9th @ 1:45pm Everyone is invited to celebrate THANKSGIVING DAY at ISKCON BRAMPTON. We're taking this opportunity to thank all the devotees who are / have supported ISKCON BRAMPTON to help Srila Prabhupada further Lord Chaitanya's mission on this planet. Kartik Month - Month of Damodar starting October 11th 2011 We have a special schedule planned for the month that we would share at the temple this Sunday and again at the Thanksgiving program. Kartik (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya (He is always favorably inclined to the devotees). Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna's pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda. Govardhana Puja @ ISKCON Brampton on October 27th 2011 Details of the program would be announced soon. The day after Deepawali is celebrated as Govadhan Puja when Mount Govardhan, near Mathura, is worshipped. Pious people keep awake the whole night and cook fifty-six (or 108) different types of food for the bhog (the offering of food) to Krishna. This ceremony is called ankut which means a mountain of food. Various types of food – cereals, pulses, fruit, vegetables, chutneys, pickles, and salads – are offered to the Deity and then distributed as prasada to devotees. This festival is in commemoration of the lifting of Mount Govardhan by Krishna. Classical Odissi Dance Classes at Iskcon Brampton Odissi is one of the oldest classical dance forms of India, This elegant, graceful dance form emanated from the temple of Lord Jagannath in Puri, and is steeped in devotion. We are happy to announce that Enakshi Das Sinha, the founder and artisitic director of the Mrudanga Dance Academy, will be holding Odissi dance classes at ISKCON Brampton. Classes are for 6 years and up. To register, please contact Enakshi at 519-736-8895 or dasenakshi@hotmail.com Classes begin mid October. For more information on Enakshi Sinha and her Dance Academy, please visit www.mrudanga.com  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Devamrita Swami: Happy Lamentation: Our Loss, His GainThe wealthier part of the world is mourning the loss of its version of a demigod. The embodiment of consumer-electronics wizardry, free-market entreprenuerism, and the American dream, Steve Jobs has left his body. For the past three weeks, however, I've been reacting to the loss of someone incalculably greater, who has both graced and benefited the Earth far beyond any mundane impact. The last morning of the Ukraine festival, after a late-night mega-kirtan, the stunning news broke. HH Niranjana Swami asked me, "Have you heard the latest—brace yourself." I was ready to hear that New York City had disappeared into the sea, the communist party had staged a coup, reasserting itself—something like that. But not this: "Gopipararanadhana has departed." Meeting in 1973, as new devotees at the New York temple, we also shared years at the BBT in Los Angeles, during its legendary years when the book-production staff valiantly strove to keep pace with Srila Prabhupada's otherworldly literary output. Gopiparanadhana Prabhu evolved into the mainstay of the Sanskrit department, while I emerged to manage the English side and the overall production process. I laud Steve Jobs for his, at prestigious venues, declaring that during his poor student years, he relied upon the weekly Hare Krishna Sunday feast for sustenance. He would eat enough to carry him through until the next Sunday. And his Apple technological wonders do function admirably, for aiding Krishna's service. Yet, even his consummate feat, the iPad—delighting consumerists everywhere and helping traveling swamis carry a library of easily read Vaishnava literature— cannot slightly compare to what Gopiparanandhana Prabhu has bestowed upon the world. Teamed with HH Jayadvaita Swami and HH Kesava Bharati Goswami, Gopiparanadhana Prabhu gave us Sanatana Goswami's Brhad-bhagavatamrita—the finest rendition of Vaisnava classics since Prabhupada's own. The three-volume set literally reeks of spiritual authenticity, fidelity, and precision. The gold standard for now and the future, the Brhad-bhagavatamrita is not to be missed by anyone who has thoroughly read Prabhupada's books first. As for Steve Jobs destination, his weekly Sunday feast attendance, during his years of student poverty, combined with his later public testimony of how Krishna food saved him seem to guarantee a human form of life again, and a chance to increase his connection with Krishna's devotees. But Gopiparanadhana Prabhu is now a resident of Krishna's private abode, having left this world while in between preaching trips, on a brief visit to his home, at the base of Govardhana Hill. We will miss him intensely, but there is not the slightest reason to lament for his outcome. Indeed, we celebrate his unsurpassable fortune. • Email to a friend • •Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Today is Papankusha Ekadasi Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me." The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna replied, "Oh king, please listen as I explain the glories of this Ekadasi - Papankusha Ekadasi - which removes all sins. On this day one should worship the Deity of Padmanabha, the lotus naveled Lord Vishnu, according to the rules of archana viddhi. By so doing, one achieves whatever heavenly pleasures one may want in this world, and at last attains liberation from this world thereafter. Simply by offering one's humbly obeisances unto Lord Vishnu, the rider of Garuda, one can achieve the same merit as is gained by performing great penances for a long time restraining and controlling the senses. Although a person might have committed unlimited and abominable sins, he can still escape hellish punishment just by paying his obeisances to Lord Sri Hari, the taker away of all sin." "The merits gained by going on pilgrimage to the Holy Tirthas of this earthly planet can also be achieved simply by chanting the Holy names of Lord Vishnu. Whosoever chants these sacred names - such as Rama, Vishnu, Janardana or Krishna - especially on Ekadasi, never sees Yamaraj, the king of death's punishing abode. Nor does such a devotee who fasts on Papankusha Ekadasi, which is very dear to Me, see that plutonic abode." "Both the Vaishnava who criticises Lord Shiva and the Shaivite who criticises Me certainly go to hell. The merit obtained by performing one hundred horse sacrifices and one hundred Rajasurya sacrifices is not even equal to one sixteenth of the merit a devotee is able to attain by fasting on Ekadasi. There is no higher merit one can achieve than that attained by fasting on Ekadasi. Indeed, nothing in all the three worlds is as pleasing or as able to purify one of accumulated sin as Ekadasi, the day of the lotus-naveled Lord, Padmanabha. "O king, until a person observes a fast on the day of Lord Padmanabha named Papankusha Ekadasi, he remains sinful, and the reactions of his past sinful activities never leave him like a chaste wife. There is no merit in all the three worlds that can match the merit that one gains by observing a fast on this Ekadasi. Whosoever observes it faithfully never has to see death personified, Lord Yamaraj. One who desires liberation, elevation to the heavens, good health, beautiful women, wealth, and food grains should simply fast on this Pashunkusha Ekadasi. O king, neither the Ganges, Gaya, Kashi, nor Pushkara, nor even the Holy site of Kurukshetra, can grant as much auspicious merit as this Papankusha Ekadasi. "O Maharaj Yudhishthira, protector of the earth, after observing ekadasi during the daytime, the devotee should remain awake through the night, absorbed in hearing, chanting and serving the lord - for by so doing he easily attains to the Supreme abode of Lord Vishnu. Not only that, but ten generations of ancestors on his mother's side, ten generations on his father's side, and ten generations on his wife's side are all liberated by a single observance of a fast on this Ekadasi. All these ancestors attain their original, four armed transcendental Vaikuntha forms. Wearing yellow garments and beautiful garlands, they ride to the spiritual realm on the back of GaruDa, the renown great enemy of the snakes. This is the benediction My devotee earns simply by observing one Papankusha Ekadasi properly. "O best of kings, whether one is a child, a youth, or in old age, fasting on Papankusha Ekadasi frees him from all sins and makes him immune to suffering a hellish rebirth. Whosoever observes a fast on the Papankusha Ekadasi becomes free of all his sins and returns to the spiritual abode of Lord Sri Hari. Whosoever donates gold, sesame seeds, fertile land, cows, grain, drinking water, an umbrella, or a pair of shoes on this most auspicious of Holy days will never have to visit the abode of Yamaraj, who always punishes the sinners. But if a resident of earth fails to perform spiritual deeds, especially the observance of a fast on days such as Ekadasi, his breathing is said to be no better, or of as much use as the breathing/puffing of a blacksmith's bellows. "O best of the kings, especially on this Papankusha Ekadasi, even the poor should first bathe and then give some charity according to their means, and perform other auspicious activities in accordance with their ability. "Whosoever performs sacrifices and benefits the people, or builds public ponds, resting places, gardens, or houses does not suffer the punishments of Yamaraj. Indeed, one should understand that a person much have performed such pious activities as these in the past life if he is long lived, wealthy, of high birth, or free from all diseases. But a person who observes Papankusha Ekadasi goes to the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Sri Krishna then concluded, "Thus, Oh saintly Yudhishthira, I have narrated to you the glories of the auspicious PApankusha Ekadasi." Thus ends the narration of the glories of the Papankusha Ekadasi, or Ashwina-shukla Ekadasi, from the Brahma-vaivarta Purana. • Email to a friend • •ISKCON News.com: The Biggest Conspiracy
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It may be dancing but it isn’t bhakti yoga dancing unless one foot crosses over the other. Filed under: News, Ramblings or Whatever         • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1967 October 7: "I have not heard for a long time from you but I am always thinking of you and your good husband. I hope you are all doing well. I am now almost cured & I wish to return as soon as possible. Please remain in Krishna consciousness fully and you will always be happy."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 October 7: "One should first give protection to the soul, then he should take care of his particular type of faith, then material things, like this body, and anything in relation with this body, or wealth. If you can protect the soul from being fallen a victim of this material existence that is the greater service."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1970 October 7: "You have left and it is like a thunderbolt for me. How is that? Have you also been contaminated? Please tell me frankly. Come to India and live with me and start a press here. I await your reply with great anxiety."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 October 7: "The best thing is to find out for yourself who you think is the right person in the matter of science of God. So if a man loves God more than anything else, he is the perfect man. I wish that you may follow this principle and be happy."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 October 7: "Actually there is no problem. Krsna has provided everything sufficiently. Only blind leaders in the name of swamis, yogis, politicians and philanthropists are misguiding the whole world and entangling everyone more and more in problems."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 October 7: "I am glad you are taking the recommendation seriously. Yes, it is a serious matter. Not that I take Spiritual Master as a pet and do whatever I want. No, one must follow the order of the Spiritual Master with life and soul."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 October 7: "Just like Srimati Kunti devi, she prayed to Krishna. That is Krishna consciousness. Not that when there is difficulty I shall forget Krishna. Whatever the material condition may be, we should just cling to Krishna's lotus feet."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 October 7: "Now you finish your old birth with the fire of Krishna consciousness. Worship Krishna with love. If you love Krishna, you will worship Him very nicely. And if you get Krishna, then what more can you want? That is the qualification for Deity worship."  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON News.com: India's 'Green and Clean' Village
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Kirtan nights at Govinda Valley every Tuesday!! PrintFacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usDiggLiveMySpacePDF • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama Swami: Reflections on Steve Jobs’ demise
• Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: The funny side…Hari das: iphone... ipad... ipod... ipaid • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, October 6th 2011Identifying the Wrong In Us  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, October 5th, 2011A Clumsy Great Day  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Desire Tree: Vaishnava Calender - Unmilani Mahadvadasi: Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=JVy4BNtHE_Q:4ePofiea53U:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div> • Email to a friend • •Akrura das, Gita Coaching: OPPORTUNITIES FOUND IN PROBLEMSIn my programs, I often teach a principle of "turning problems into opportunities". This is also one of the coaching skills. Once you start to see your problems as opportunities, everything changes. Instead of seeing life full of problems, you see a life full of opportunities. You put yourself in a strong position - mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna thought that fighting is a problem, and gave many reasons to support that view. But Krsna said no, it is an opportunity, a rare opportunity. So we find this principle in the Gita. Now, how do you do that - practically? How do you turn problems into opportunities? It is quite simple, but if you are intelligent, the effect can be quite amazing. You first write down the problem, as clearly and as concisely as you can. Then, ask yourself this question: WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR? And then write down at least 20 answers, or opportunities. Every problem is an opportunity for something. Here are several opportunities found in most problems: - You can learn how to see problems differently and how to solve problems more effectively. - You can learn something new. You learn what works and what does not work. You learn about yourself, e.g., how you react to challenging situations. You learn about other people: what they think, how they behave, etc. - You can examine your assumptions, paradigms, mindsets, and perceptions. - You can take shelter of Krsna more sincerely by praying for guidance. - You can look at the Bhagavad-gita for ideas and solutions. - You can ask people who care for advice. - You can see the issue from the spiritual point of view - through the eyes of the sastra (scriptures). - You can take love as a basis for solving the problem, instead of fear or anger. - You can ask yourself: Where is Krsna in all this? - You can ask yourself: How should I deal with this so Krsna is pleased the most? - You can ask yourself: What would a pure devotee do in this situation? It is also an opportunity to learn creative problem solving. There are many resources for that. So instead of being a victim or a weakling when you face a problem, become a victor and a vira (hero, warrior, champion). Problems are not meant to crush you or destroy you. They are meant to help you learn more and become stronger. Use them to grow and develop and become more serious and sincere about attaining the ultimate goal of life.  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Kadamba Kanana SwamiSrimad Bhagavatam 1.3.11 - Krsna's mercy is causeless and He descends and exhibits Himself in in many incarnations just as the light of one candle being communicated to other candles (dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya...). • Email to a friend • •Gouranga TV: Lecture – Nityananda Prabhu – SB 9.10.3 – Rama NavamiLecture – Nityananda Prabhu – SB 9.10.3 – Rama Navami • Email to a friend • •Gaura-shakti Kirtan, Toronto, CA: "An Evening of Bhakti" takes place on Saturday, October 22, 11!  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Kadamba Kanana Swami's Visit
• Email to a friend • •H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Friday 7 October 2011--Immersion in Krishna Consciousness--and--How to Accept Far-Fetched Concepts?A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Friday 7 October 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 Help Popularize Our Message By Liking Today's Thought on Facebook: Today's Thought: Immersion in Krishna Consciousness Uploaded from Riga, Latvia The more we become immersed in Krishna consciousness, the more we become liberated from the miseries of material existence. Therefore those who are intelligent immerse themselves in Krishna consciousness as deeply and intensely as possible on a regular daily basis. By such daily immersion ones makes serious advancement on the path of Krishna bhakti and quickly attains the platform of self realization. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Ecstatic Immersion in Krishna Consciousness ISKCON Temple--Riga, Latvia--5 October 2011 http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Riga_Lect3.JPG http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Riga_Lect2.JPG http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Riga_Lect1.JPG Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: How to Accept Far-Fetched Concepts? Dear Guruji, Can you please tell me more about the transcendental awakening you had? I want to be transcendentally awakened too. I remain a skeptic because my mind is limited. I cannot conceive of things beyond this universe. Then also, these things like hell seem a bit far-fetched. Evolution through 8,400,000 species also seem far-fetched. How to accept such theories which haven't been tested and experienced? For such reasons, I might leave this e-course With thanks Aryan Answer: By Perfecting Your Imperfect Senses Transcendental awakening means to realize that you are not your body, that you are instead an eternal spiritual being. This realization is attained by purifying your senses, beginning with the tongue, by chanting the holy names of God and tasting the remnants of foodstuffs which have been offered to the Supreme Lord. When one becomes awakened that which previously may have seemed outrageously far-fetched becomes logical and comprehensible. As I have previously described, the logical conclusion of skepticism is to be absolutely skeptical of everything including skepticism itself. In other words, the serious skeptic will eventually reach the point of rejecting skepticism. If one puts his blind faith in skepticism, he is not a true skeptic. He is only a semi-skeptic. One who is total in his skepticism must necessarily also reject skepticism at which time he has nowhere to go philosophically except to that Absolute Truth which lies beyond the purview of his imperfect material senses. Transmigration through 8,400,000 species is not as far-fetched as it may seem. Every day we see people who are hankering to be like the other species. Some people like to swim in the ocean in imitation of the fish. Some people like to sky dive in imitation of the birds. I even saw one man who put branches all over himself in imitation of the trees. I have seen an old man walking his dog, how his facial features were starting to resemble the facial features of his dog. So, that people could be attracted to another species and get such a body in their next lifetime is not so inconceivable. Just as a caterpillar can get a change of body into a butterfly, according to our consciousness at the time of death we acquire another body either as a human being or in another of the 8,400,000 species. You say that transmigration through the 8,400,000 species has not been experienced. But yet we are all experiencing this. And we will continue experiencing this until we revive our original enlightened consciousness, our Krishna consciousness. There are so many things that we cannot directly perceive, but yet we accept as real on the basis of higher authority. The electron is an example. Have you ever seen an electron? But we it accept it is as real on the basis of higher authority. Just as you accept so many things that are inconceivable by you as facts on the authority of the empirical scientists, we accept things that are inconceivable by us on the authority of the Vedic scientists. The empirical scientists utilize various instruments such as microscopes and telescopes to draw their conclusions. The Vedic scientists use the instrument of their enlightened consciousness to draw their conclusions. The difference between the conclusions of the Vedic scientists and the empirical scientists is that the empirical scientists are constantly changing their conclusions to adjust for errors in their previous conclusions, while the perfect conclusions of the Vedic scientists have remained unchanged for thousands and millions of years. For example, many years ago at the University of Florida I attended a scientific seminar conducted by a leading PHD in which he told us about the black holes in outer space. At the end of his presentation he asked if there were any questions. I asked him if what he told us was a theory or a fact. He said, I think it is a fact. Then I asked him, We have seen that throughout the history of modern science a theory comes into popularity for some time and is then eventually replaced by another theory. So how do we know that your theory will not be replaced by another theory? He answered me, I hope it is because then we will be making progress. Such is the state of empirical science. They will never reach a final conclusion. They are simply groping in the dark with their imperfect senses, while the Vedic sages who have perfected their senses through the self realization system have consistently throughout the ages given us the same unchanging knowledge. Even though we hope you will stay, you are welcome to stay or leave our course as you like. If you would rather accept the ever-changing conclusions of men with imperfect senses, that is your prerogative. We would rather stick with those scientists who have perfected their senses and thus have unchanging conclusions. 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The BBT Party distributed a total of 2620 books and 1923.5 book points. This is a record score for this year both for books and points. A combination of distributing books and meals via the Sastra Dana & Anna Dana programme at schools and especially for students is probably the way to distribute books in big numbers for a yatra like Malaysia where there is no dedicated travelling book distribution party.
These Sastra Dana books scores have practically kept ISKCON Malaysia on the run as in previous years. It seems our congregational preaching department of ISKCON Malaysia will have to also include book distribution seminars to inspire more congregation members to distribute books. We have done a couple of leadership seminars which have won the hearts of our ISKCON Malaysia leaders. Many such leadership seminars will follow and we encourage more participants in the coming sessions. For now with 3 months left it will be nice for all leaders to take to heart Srila Prabhupada's instruction to distribute his books.
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