The Cell Phone Blues
"Excuse me, sir." "Yes? Sorry, I just got a call." Cell phones! Everyone has one, even ten-year-olds. It's unbelieveable. Sometimes there are two or three people walking along our sacred sankirtan spots, each one talking on a phone. It is a great offense to interrupt such a person, so we usually just let them pass. When I am speaking to someone and the phone rings, I want to grab the thing and throw it about a...
The Friend of everyone
This verse describes the qualifications for devotees or persons highly elevated in spiritual consciousness. Devotees are always equal to everyone, seeing no distinction between lower and higher classes. pasitah sama-darinah [Bg. 5.18]. They look upon everyone as a spirit soul who is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Thus they are competent to search for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Understanding that the Supreme...
The 108th aniversary of Prabhupada’s appearence
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! While in Vrndavana, Lokanath Maharaja invited me into his room to talk about the 108th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's appearance day, which is being observed this year until Gaurapurnima 2005 . As many of you know, he is the minister of Padayatra and the person who headed up the very successful 1996 centennial celebration. He plans on again...
“Our life will be successful” sent by Bhakti Vikasa Swami
As recommended by Srila Rupa Gosvami, tasmat kenapy upayena manah krsne nivesayet (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.4) [SB 7.1.32]. Somehow or other, whether one thinks of Krsna as an ordinary human child, as the source of the Brahman effulgence, as the origin of Paramatma, or as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should concentrate one's full attention upon the lotus feet of Krsna. That is also the instruction of Bhagavad-gita...
Lord Ramacandra’s favor
TRANSLATION Sukadeva Goswami replied: After accepting the throne of the government by the fervent request of His younger brother Bharata, Lord Ramacandra ordered His younger brothers to go out and conquer the entire world, while He personally remained in the capital to give audience to all the citizens and residents of the palace and supervise the governmental affairs with His other assistants. PURPORT The Supreme Personality of...
“Everyone is doing his best”
The GBC member means they will see that in every temple these books are very thoroughly being read and discussed and understood and applied in practical life. That is wanted, not to see the vouchers only, “How many books you have sold, and how many books are in the stock?” That is secondary. You may keep vouchers… If one is engaged in KŠa’s service, there is no need of vouchers. That is… Everyone...
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