The holy command of Shri Guru has been that we shall serve Godhead in association with one another. By the word ‘we’ he did not mean any one individual. There are many persons who are very selfish, indeed. They say, ‘I alone shall serve. It is incumbent on me alone. No one else has any claim to join me in my service of Godhead.’
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Dear Vaisnavas, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Below you can find posted Euro GBC minutes from the Mayapur meeting held on 5th of March 2008. Hoping this meets you in the best of health
Srila Prabhupada speaks about how devotees should stress devotion and not musical talent. Also the story from Padma Purana which describes a little-known reason why Sita was rejected by Lord Ramachandra during her pregnancy.
One perspective derived from the Srimad Bhagavatam is that whether God speaks from clouds, a mountain, or a burning bush, or whether he descends as an avatar, these are all sporting activities in the sense of freely chosen and undertaken for enjoyment without the prospect of negative consequences.
Urmila Devi Dasi: People often look for relief in imagination and entertainment—books, art, movies, theater, music, television, computer games. And they often try to enhance the entertainment with chemical intoxication, from mild to menacing.
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The continuation of a collection of teachings from Srila Prabhupada about the relative positions of these two important aspects of the Krishna consciousness movement. Also Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja recounts a philosophical story about a mysterious grain of wheat.
Bir Krishna Swami: In kirtana, we need to give our attention to the holy names regardless of the musical quality of the kirtana. For example, it used to really bother me when the person chanting could not keep a tune, or was a bad singer, or couldn’t keep a beat.
Though Hiranyakashipu looked like a moth entering a fire when he attacked Lord Nrisimha, he ridiculously thought he would be able to defeat the Lord just as he had conquered all his other enemies. Long before, when his brother had been slain, this same Hiranyakashipu had angrily rushed to the Lord’s residence with a trident. The Lord had then disappeared and entered Hiranyakashipu’s nostril. Unable to find the Him, Hiranyakashipu had considered that God was dead.
Sundararupa dasa: This compre - hensive examination of the problematic correlation between aesthetic and ethical values progresses from the most general perspectives of philosophy and religion to culminate within the specific context of the Gaudiya Vaisnava religious tradition.
When the Hare Krishna movement appeared in the West to teach about a life in accordance with the lows of God and therefore protection of the cow and vegetarian diet it was derided and considered religious fanaticism. Now things have changed!
The Sunday Times: The scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God and is convinced that miracles are real.