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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 October 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture)

We cannot be on automatic pilot; we must capture Krsna by making a special sacrifice! Then, when we have captured Krsna, we see that one cannot keep Krsna also. Mother Yasoda captured Krsna and Krsna was not only bound by Mother Yasoda’s ropes but Krsna was bound by Mother Yasoda’s love.

When Krsna was eleven years old, then Akrura came and Akrura took Krsna away from Vrndavana. From that day on, the residents lived in separation. From that day on, all the residents of Vrndavana, no matter what they did, they could not capture Krsna because it is not automatic.

Krsna was driving them mad… Mad in separation! Mad in their attachment to him! So, one has to earn Krsna’s favour again and again. This is an important point! Therefore, again and again, we are trying. But still, Krsna is such that whatever service is rendered to him, he will never forget. So, if we render this service in the month of Kartik, Krsna will not forget…

Dear Friends, here is the fourth in the series of my Kartik pieces. This one is about the principle of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava,’ or inviting guests and hosting them in your home.

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“In the Vedanta Sutras, the Absolute Truth is defined as janmady asya yatah — that from which everything emanates. And Srimad-Bhagavatam begins with the same line: janmady asya yatah. So, what is that from which everything emanates? This is a very important question, because according to our origin, we can understand the purpose of our existence. Srimad-Bhagavatam explains in detail that that from which everything emanates is a person, who is conscious of everything directly and indirectly, who is independent, and who imparted the Vedic knowledge in the heart of Brahma, the original living being and the secondary creator of the universe. And that person is identified as Krishna, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead.”

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On October 6^th, Jayapataka Maharaja was admitted at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in Delhi.  Maharaja was admitted due to fluid retention in his body because of a weak liver. ILBS is one of the best institutes in the world to deal with liver related complications. The Director of the hospital, Professor Sarin, is a world-renowned liver specialist and is personally treating Maharaja.

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Srila Prabhupada sits on his Vyasasana at the Bahulaban temple in New Vrindaban, June 1976.

Prabhupada: So everyone is getting milk? How much?

Kirtanananda: As much as they want.

Prabhupada: As much as they want, then jaundice (laughter). Too much is not good. They may take minimum half pound per head [daily].

Kirtanananda: Minimum.

Prabhupada: Minimum. And maximum one pound. Not more than that. But “Because there is enough, let us eat,” no. That is not good. But children must get at least one pound milk. If they drink more milk they become stout and strong.

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Why do ISKCON's books and preachers talk more about sex than about Krishna?

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami,June 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, Lecture )

Friendship ultimately means commitment. To make a commitment to another person, not just giving a gift, but to make a commitment that, “Yes, I accept you. Yes, I am interested in your benefit.”

These things have to be there, “I’m open to hear you. I’m open to respect you.”

Friendship requires all these things, “I take you seriously.”

So many things are there in friendship!

On one day of the Mayapur GBCom meeting, the leaders met with department managers and divisional heads. There are over thirty departments in Mayapur and some of them have more than 60 devotees doing service in various capacities.