From a multi-billionaire to pauper in the street, everyone is seeking the wealth of love. The gaudy gizmos, exotic holidays, luxury cars, sports bikes, late night dance parties, Valentine ‘s day, thousands of friend lists on Facebook, millions of followers on Twitter and 70 mm celluloid screens, may titillate or stimulate the senses and mind, but in the real reel of our life it cannot quench the thirst of love in our heart. This thirst can be better apprehended by the analog of the gardener. As when the gardener waters the root of the tree, then as the natural by-product twigs, branches are nourished and ultimately we get the reward of fruit. Similarly only when we being part and parcel (soul) of Supreme God(Supersoul), offer our loving propensity in our primary and original relationship with Krishna (Supreme God) with all our heart, then as the natural by-product, we love our brother, neighbor, spouse, boss, country, humanity, dog, cat and so on . Continue reading "The Great Apostle of ‘love of God’
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On the 20th of February 2017, HH Subhag Swami Maharaj and a group of fifty enthusiastic devotees travelled to Govinda Ghosh’s residence in Agradwip. Govinda Ghosh was a close associate of Mahaprabhu as were his two brothers: Madhava and Vasudeva. The official Navadvip Mandala parikrama starts on the 28th of February, thus Maharaj decided to get us mentally prepared. The Ekadasi after Gour Purnima is the disappearance day of Sri Govinda Ghosh. On this occasion, thousands and thousands of pilgrims travel to Agradwip and visit the samadhi mandir of Govinda Ghosh and his beloved deities; Radha Gopinath. At this sacred place, Maharaj narrated two sweet pastimes of Govinda Ghosh. Continue reading "Radha Gopinath of Govinda Ghosh
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Our bass guitarist Naam Bhakti Devi Dasi (Namrata Sobti) had an inclination towards Krishna and by chance she once went to the ISKCON temple in Chandigarh. Gradually, she developed a lot of faith in Srila Prabhupada's teachings and started telling the same to rest of the band members. So, one by one each one of us started going to the temple. The band leader Nirdosh Sobti (now Nav Kishore Nimai Das) was the ‘toughest nut to crack’, so it took a bit of time for him to join others. Other band members knew that if he would build up faith in Krishna Consciousness then he would contribute a lot in the sphere of sankirtan music as he was the only one in the band who was gifted with loads of talent and was teaching other members the basics of music at the same time. He was one the best guitar players in entire North India at that time and later went to become of the best lead guitarist in India. Continue reading "Madhavas- The devotional Rock Band
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 November 2012)

Tamal Krsna Maharaj used to keep this picture in his house in Vrindavan. Prabhupada is so blissful in this picture that Tamal Krsna Maharaj was taken aback by the power of that happiness. Devotional service is susukham kartum avyayam (Bhagavad-gita 9.2), is joyfully performed. And then the rain of flowers showered by the devotees is a symptom of love and respect. That loving exchange is the basis of Lord Caitanya’s sankirtan movement. Prabhupada gave so many wonderful gifts of devotional service and the devotees took up that devotional service with so much sincerity…

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Srila Prabhupada: Because we are in ignorance, maya, at any time we may forget Krsna. Therefore we must always engage in Krsna consciousness so that we shall not forget Him. That is indicated by Kuntidevi by the words sravana-smaranarhani. The word sravana means “hearing,” smarana means “remembering,” and arhana means “worshiping the Deity of Krsna.” One should always engage oneself in hearing about, remembering, and worshiping Krsna. All the centers of the Krsna consciousness movement are opened only for this purpose – to facilitate chanting, dancing, and worshiping so that we shall not forget Krsna. Sada tad-bhava-bhavitah: [Bg. 8.6] if we always think of Krsna, there is a chance that we shall remember Krsna at the end of life (ante narayana-smrtih [SB 2.1.6]). >>> Ref. VedaBase => TQK 18: Liberation from Ignorance and Suffering
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The year 2016 was a very marvelous year for the TOVP as all the works planned were completed. The superstructure has been fully completed with many major works. In 2017 we look forward to commence the prime internal and external detailing work such as blue tiles and ribs on the domes. We will see the Kailash completed and even the Chakras will be installed! We would like to thank Ambarish Prabhu, the fund raising team, the construction team and all the devotees that are participating in bringing this extraordinary offering to Srila Prabhupada and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to life. Let's keep on working together to please Srila Prabhupada! Haribol Continue reading "TOVP Update 2017
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I am a member of the Governing Body Commission for the Hare Krishna movement and I wanted to share the Code of Honour which is printed and placed on our seats during meeting times. It’s good and can apply to other organizations. There are ten points. Continue reading "GBC Code of Honour
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 September 2009, Pretoria, South Africa, Lecture)

Through saintly persons we ourselves get courage and determination. Alone we don’t get it. Therefore in spiritual life, when alone one doesn’t go very far. One must follow in the footsteps of the Mahajans, the great souls…

Harinama in London, Saturday night 18/02/2017 (videos)
One can see enlightenment among the elderly at pilgrimage sites in India, especially in Vrndavana. There one sees many old people visiting temples with intense devotion early in the morning. Hundreds of old people walk the circumambulation (parikrama) paths despite physical debilities. Some are bent nearly double! Someone might criticize that these people are not being provided with the Western medical treatment that could add a few years to their lives or ease their pain. But the sincere babajis and widows of Vrndavana who somehow make their way every morning to see Krsna in the temples and who call out “Jaya Radhe!” are actually fortunate and most intelligent. They are taking the krsna-rasayana, the elixir that will grant them eternal life in Krsna’s spiritual abode. The Vedic sastras recommend that one drink this elixir from the beginning of life, but even if one neglects to do so earlier, one should by all means drink it during the waning days of life and thus cure the disease of repeated birth and death. From the commentary to Mukunda-mala, mantra 37 The commentary to Mukunda-mala was started by Srila Prabhupada and completed by SDG
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"That place, time and condition one must resort to which are favorable for mental concentration. He should resort to that place only, seize that hour only, place himself in that condition only, see those comforts only, which are favorable to securing serenity of mind. For by time, place, etc., there is no peculiarity said to be wrought in meditation, but all inquiry about time, place, etc is meant for making the mind serene.’’ Continue reading "Chanting 16 rounds Hare Krishna must give result if properly executed
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Rangoli designs in Krishna-Balaram Mandir, Vrindavana.
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Srila Prabhupada: There is no such thing to become master. It is useless. You cannot become master. Ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate [Bg. 3.27]. You cannot become master. Jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. Either man or woman, everyone is servant of Krsna. We have to be trained up in that platform, how to become the best servant, not only servant directly, but servants, of the servant. This is called parampara servant. My spiritual master is the servant of his spiritual master, and I am also servant of my spiritual master. Similarly, we think “servant of the servant.” There is no question of becoming… This is material disease [Cc. Madhya 13.80]. krsna bhuliya jiva bhoga vancha kare pasate maya tare japatiya dhare As soon as we become puffed up – “Now I shall become master. I shall be simply giving order. I shall not follow anyone” – that is maya. That disease is going on beginning from Brahma down to the ant. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.24 – Mayapur, March 2, 1976
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Today on the day 19 Feb 2017 our newly wed couples Dr Rajendra Tamrakar and his beloved wife Dr Siprala Tamrakar, and Mr Roshan Tamrakar his beloved wife Ms Ranjita Tamrakar have made a kind donation to the Food For Life Nepal, midday meal program.
Mr Roshan Tamrakar and his better half-Ms Ranjita Tamrakar had visited one of the school and personally feed the children where FFLN is serving the children with mid-day meal. After serving the meal they offered their best wishes to FFLN.
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HH Badrinarayan Swami has been a member of ISKCON since 1970. He began associating with members of the Hare Krishna movement while still at school and joined the Laguna Beach (California) temple in his eighteenth year. A year later, he took initiation from Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles. Again at an early age, Badrinarayan Swami became a temple president—first at Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1973 to 1977, and then in San Diego from 1978 to 1995. His commitment to the GBC is lengthy, spanning twenty-four years, and he genuinely appreciates his peers as wonderful, kind, intelligent, powerful and humble members of that body, who take on the weight of service and responsibility for the whole society. Remarkably, Badrinarayan Swami has maintained his home base at ISKCON San Diego for the last three decades, which has added to the stability and continuity of the community. Continue reading "From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir – Srimad Bhagavatam class, February 20, 2017
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HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago. He has accepted renounced order of life- sannyasa, and preaches the message of true devotion by traveling all over the United States of America, Canada, the Caribbean, India, and many other parts of the world. He is also serving the movement for years as a Governing Body Commissioner (GBC) of ISKCON in the North America region. HH Romapada Swami very strongly believes in educating everyone in the process of devotional service. He frequently makes presentations and delivers seminar lectures across the world, in many famous educational institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Harvad University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Penn State University, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, BITS-Pilani, and at many renowned corporate offices such as Microsoft, Lucent Technologies, just to name a few. Continue reading "From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir – Srimad Bhagavatam class, February 18, 2017
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The word vanaprastha is composed of the words vana, meaning “forest” and prastha, meaning “to go,” so a vanaprastha is “One has gone to the forest.” Vanaprastha is an asrama in the Vedic varnasrama system. An asrama can be both a physical and mental place and refers to “a place where one cultivates spiritual life, where culture of the spiritual is foremost.” The vanaprastha order is complete retirement from householder life, a time when one prepares oneself for going back to Godhead. It requires shedding one’s material attachments to become free of the repetition of birth and death (samsara). Every man and woman should be trained for this purpose. Continue reading "The Vanaprastha-asrama and its practical application
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QUESTION: I heard people saying that the eater absorbs the consciousness of the cook. Is that true?

First of all, what is described as “consciousness” here is really referring to the “mind.”

Yes, of course, the mind is influenced by everything it experiences – so eating food cooked by a greedy person will make your mind more greedy. And yes, of course, the mind influences everything it creates – so a greedy person puts some “greed germs” into the food he or she cooks.

But can we please be a little bit realistic and practical here for a second?

Getting OCD about who has cooked what is like standing next to a roaring jet engine and complaining that the person next to you has their iPod headpones turned up too loud. Our minds are always agitated and unsettled by huge and powerful influences. We cannot notice the effect of eating food cooked by a person who has a certain frame of mind.

Except we can all notice the most powerful mental state: love. If someone loves you very much, the way they cook and serve you the food has a very obviously delicious taste to it, much beyond the sugar, salt and spices. So, when food is cooked by really sincere bhaktas there is something noticable about its taste and how it delights our minds in a sublime way.

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Q: Does the maha-mantra by itself unfold Jnana or would you have to get some Jnana to chant the mantra effectively?

If you have no impediments, then the mantra alone will allow you to directly experience the full reality: Krishna loving Rādhā in Vṛndāvana.

However, if you are like the rest of us, you have impediments that need to be worked out, so you will need sādhana (“practice” – a method of getting rid of impediments). 

If you have a very deep, accurate conception of who and what you, Krishna, and everything else is, then your sādhana will quickly get rid of your impediments and thus allow you to directly experience the full reality via the mantra.

However, if you are like the rest of us, you have a lot of misconceptions about yourself, the world, and Krishna – so your sādhana will not be very useful. That means you need sambandha-jñāna – study of śāstra with guru to get rid of these misconceptions.

So, you simply cannot tell a person “just chant.”

They will lose faith in the whole thing, because nothing really substantial will happen. They will not experience Krishna loving Rādhā in Vrindāvana by “just chanting” for millions of years. They have to take up sādhana-bhakti, and to do that they need correct understanding of what the world even is. So, the best thing to do is to teach people śāstra and help them understand what the world is, and what they are, and what God is. Then they can chant effectively.

Q: Do I need to take the mantra (presumably Diksha) and conception of the mantra (presumably Siksa) from the same person or can I do so from different personnel?

You can get dīkṣā and śikṣā from different persons, so long as you have admiration for both, and so long as there is not conflict of meaning or practice between the two. In other words, if the śikṣā-giver teaches you about the mantra in a way that the dīkṣā-giver disagrees with, you’ll run into problems.

Q: Can I take a second mantra from a different guru than the one who gave the first? I took the Maha Mantra Diksha from Iskcon, which is called Hari Naam Diksha. The next step is Brahaman Diksha where you are given sacred thread and Gayatri Mantra to chant along with Maha Mantra. Do I also need to get this from an Iskcon guru?

The mahāmantra does not need dīkṣā. Anyone can chant the mahāmantra effectively, so long as they have no impediments in their conceptions. “Mahāmantra dīkṣā” is a modern term for a convention followed in ISKCON and, I think, other Gaḍīya Maṭh branches. 

Anyone can chant Hare Krishna. But practically everyone has impediments, so dīkṣā and śikṣā are a practical necessity.

Dīkṣā concerns the Krishna-mantras like “kṛṣṇāya govindāya…” and “kāmadevāya vidmahe…” Contemplation of these Krishna Mantras are part of the sādhana to remove impediments to fully experiencing the mahāmantra.

“Threads” and savitrī gāyatrī  are not part of Vaiṣṇava dīkṣā. Yes, all Gauḍīya Maṭha branches, including ISKCON, give a thread and savitrī gāyatrī during dīkṣā. Again, this is their own unique convention. It is a holdover from about a century ago, when their Ācārya wanted to radically illustrate his point that Vaiṣṇavas are better than brahmanas and can do anything brahmaṇas can do. The thread and savitrī gāyatrī are not an essential part of Vaiṣṇava dīkṣā. Outside of Gauḍīya Maṭha, no other Vaiṣṇava’s include these in dīkṣā.

Q: You have said, “Only the person who has the full realization is fully qualified to propogate the parampara. Others are less qualified. Some are unqualified entirely.” So, who would decide this qualification of a person or does it become self evident from the speech, behaviour and action of the person? As I understand that no body decided for Suka or Suta but it was self evident and by the Divine arrangement relishable Bhagavatam unfolded for us.

You perceive it directly. “By contacting this person, I experience Krishna so much more clearly and directly.” 

Sūta and Śuka are perfect examples. All the sages perceived the qualities of Śuka and therefore made him the guru for Parīkṣit. Same for Sūta; Śaunaka and the Naimiśāraṇya sages made him their guru because they percieved the qualities of his realization.

Don’t accept someone as a guru because other people do, or people other people say “this guy is a guru.”

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Bhāgavata defines reality as jñāna.¹

Most people think jñāna means “knowledge.” OK, fine, but what is knowledge, anyway?

Prathamam pramāṇam pratyakṣaḥ – Knowledge is experience.

Knowledge is not stuff in a book. Those are words, which are a part of gaining knowledge; a part of the educational process, śabda.

You know something when you experience it firsthand. There are other ways of coming to knowledge, such as anumāna (rationale) and śabda (education). But these just lead us to pratyakṣa (experience). Experience is what knowledge really is. You only really know something when you have experienced it firsthand.

Firsthand experience doesn’t necessarily mean perfect knowledge, because our tools for experiencing are flawed. Rationale (anumāna) and education (śabda) help to alleviate those flaws.

Reality is Jñāna

Let’s come back to Bhāgavata’s definition of reality: “reality is jñāna.”

Jñāna is experience. Reality is what you experience.

We experience guṇa (qualities). Specifially we jīvas experience the guṇa of prakṛti (qualities of “matter”). We experience redness, coldness, warmth, loudness, sweetness, smoothness, and so on… kindness, harshness, enmity, friendship, and so on… These objects are inseparable components of experience.

Experience involves the experiencer and experienced. The three things — experience, the experienced, and the experiencer — cannot be separated without causing the whole triplicate to disappear from existence.

This is why Bhāgavata specifically defines reality as advaya jñāna – “unseconded experience” (very difficult term to translate) – the advaya (“non-dual”) part of the phrase indicates that the experiencer and experienced are distinct facets of a single entity: experience.

Redness has no reality unless it is experienced by an experiencer.

An experiencer cannot experience redness without the agency of experience (“consciousness”).

Experience cannot act upon redness without an experiencer (“conscious agent”).

The Vedas

So, we hear that “knowledge is beginningless” or “The Veda (knowledge-source) is Beginningless.” Now you can figure out what that means. The knower (experiencer) and the known (reality) are two eternal manifestations of knowledge (consciousness).

The effort to “gain” knowledge is actually an effor to clarify our consciousness, remove impediments (“anartha”) from our consciousness so that our perception of reality can be direct and fully clear. The Veda and the sādhana of its study are techniques to accomplish that.

So by śabda (education from the Veda) and anumana (the sādhana of deliberation upon and practice of that education) our pratyakṣa (experience) of tattva (reality) will become immediate, firsthand, direct and perfectly clear. Then, according to the same verse of Bhāgavata, we will experience reality to one of three extents: brahman, paramātmā, or bhagavān. (A subject for another post…)

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1 “tattvam-yaj jñānam-advayam”

प्रतिष्ठः सूकरविष्ठा

pratiṣṭhaḥ sūkara-viṣṭhā

“Ego is Pig Shit”

The roots of our ego are in our homes, homeland, upbringing, culture and religion. Tell anyone that their culture or religion has some good point, and they will think you are wise. Tell anyone that their culture or religion is not so refined or evolved, they will call you a racist, etc. etc.

We love our pig shit.

Don’t insult my pig shit.

Objectively speaking, Vedic culture (with its music, dance, poetry, grammar, sciences, and most importantly, its concept of consciousness, divinity, happiness, and love) is far, far, far more evolved and sophisticated than any other culture ever was or will be. The shattered remenants of it survive in disjointed shards in its old stronghold, India. Even these shattered remenants can often put other cultures to shame.

Tell this to an Indian, they will say you are wise.

Tell it to a Westerner, they will think you are biased.

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It’s amazing to observe the invisible hand of time, taking you closer and closer to your next life destination without you even realising it. Every Monday, I think back and wonder where the weekend went. When I hit Friday, I look back and wonder where the week went. Before you know it, your entire life has finished. If one lives a life of week days and weekends doing mundane chores, it’s surely fruitless. One must remember everyday that time + material nature is in full control of our day-to-day existence. They make us do stuff and we think we are the doers. To make each day an investment, look for opportunities to pray, worship, remember and serve God. Only in this case, can one not feel guilty of losing time through their fingers.

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Logic vs Scripture.
Question: In CC Adi 17.167 Caitanya Mahaprabhu criticizes Islam as being illogical to Chand Kazi “There are many mistakes and illusions in your scriptures. Their compilers, not knowing the essence of knowledge, gave orders that were against reason and argument.” But in prior verse i.e. 166, he states ” Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow" which is even more illogical and unjust punishment by any standard of Christian scriptures, which is an eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth. So based on Mahaprabhu’s judgement on Islam, we should reject Srimad Bhagavatam due to its descriptions of illogical/unjust punishments in the 5th Canto
Romapada Swami: Yes, the punishment outlined in the 5th Canto SB is very severe, just as the act of killing one’s mother is very severe. Commensurate with a transgression is the reaction; this is the meaning of ‘eye for an eye’.
From a moral point, because we drink cow’s milk from childhood the cow is considered our mother. According to Vedic civilization, there are seven mothers and cow is one of them. Just as no civilized person would injure or kill their mother, the Vedas teach that to take milk from the cow and then kill her is the same as killing one’s mother. Similarly, the bull is considered like the father because the bull traditionally helps in the tilling of the fields, and thus is to be respected.
According to Vedic civilization the cow is to be given special protection. Cow is very important animal. Not only one gets from its milk so many nutritious food but it is also said to help in developing the finer tissues of the brain by which one can understand the higher values of life. Cow’s milk is in the category of goodness, and even great sages and saintly persons would subsist only on cow’s milk. Not only do we derive nutrition, but in fact it is said that religious principles are derived from the cow.
The human form of life bears with it great opportunity and corresponding facility – self-realization – as well as great responsibility. If we misuse this facility instead to bring harm to others, a great reaction awaits us.
Srila Prabhupada addresses the concern you raise regarding Cc Adi 17.167 in the purport of Cc Adi 17.168: “In our practical preaching work we meet many Christians who talk about statements of the Bible. When we question whether God is limited or unlimited, Christian priests say that God is unlimited. But when we question why the unlimited God should have only one son and not unlimited sons, they are unable to answer. Similarly, from a scientific point of view, the answers of the Old Testament, New Testament and Koran to many questions have changed. But a sastra cannot change at a person’s whim. All sastras must be free from the four defects of human nature. The statements of sastras must be correct for all time”.

God: The Evidence; The God Delusion; God: The Failed Hypothesis; The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Apparently, writing about God is the latest rage among scientists, both theistic and atheistic. Many of these authors have also been invited to speak to college crowds, and they are causing quite a stir. But is this really the best way to approach the question of God’s existence? Continue reading "The Science of Knowing God
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To say that most politicians are incompetent, and in many cases downright dishonest, isn’t very controversial. We’ve all read about their blunders, their tricks, and their schemes. So the aim of this article is not to give proof of their failure to bring about world peace and prosperity; it is rather to show that the root cause of their incompetence is selfish materialism, and that the remedy is the re- spiritualization of society through the worldwide propagation of Krishna consciousness. Continue reading "What’s Wrong with Our Politicians – Three Examples of Perfect Leadership
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The sad irony is how little we actually have to do with our choices. The Bhagavad-gita gives an eyeopening account of the many voices behind the "I" that makes a choice and the powers that influence them. You're walking down the street when the smell of freshly baked bread tantalizes your nostrils. You can almost picture the crusty outside and the soft, warm center drizzled with butter. The first voice is so quick its almost imperceptible,"That smells so good." A second voice goes, "I'm hungry. I need to eat." You even feel your mouth watering. "Now," a third voice pipes up, "breakfast was only an hour ago. What about that low-carb diet you resolved to follow for the new year?" The second voice responds, urgent and more forceful, "Forget it. I want it and I want it now. Just one piece wouldn't hurt."Half an hour later you are exiting with a couple of loaves and a bag full of other "baddies" that you never knew you needed. Was this your freedom to choose? Well, Yes. But which part of you? The first voice belongs to our senses which act as receptacles for impulses that the world throws us. Continue reading "Principles of Freedom
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Perhaps casually, perhaps loosely, perhaps as a habit, perhaps everyday, we say 2 words – Thank you – words that can be so life changing. In most cases, our utterance of thanks happens when we have received something we want. But to be thankful to a person or a situation, when it’s completely unfavourable to one’s life is a difficult thing to do. In such situations, we often blame others, or our fate or worse, God. The ancient scriptures of the East requires that every human being understand that we get what we deserve. It’s only a reaction that has manifested due to a past action. The action could be from this lifetime or a previous one. The devotees of Lord Krishna however, accept any challenging situation as a blessing from Him. They do not distinguish between what is good, bad or ugly. This comes from their heart’s full acceptance that they have somehow or another secured an opportunity to remember and worship the Lord. Everything else is just a temporary distraction. If the whole world thought this way, will there ever be hatred, crime, war and anxiety?

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