Happiness is a state of heart

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Happiness is a state of heart. If you have a peaceful mind ... even if your body is causing you some pain - you deal with it, but you are happy because you have a peaceful mind. But if you don't have a peaceful mind, even if your body is perfect, you are miserable.

So the subtler the happiness, the more powerful it is in affecting our state of consciousness. And the subtle-most form of happiness - which is the essence of happiness - is to connect to the eternal PEACE, the eternal LOVE, the eternal BLISS of the soul. ....

We are all looking for pleasure, we are all looking for happiness, but the only real happiness that can satisfy the heart is within ourselves. And what is that happiness? If we understand theoretically, and gradually through spiritual practice, we get experience, realisation, revelation, that WE ARE ETERNAL, then all the different transformations and changes that happen on the surface of life - we deal with it, but it's not really all that important. It can't faze us. ...

... this ecstatic love - for Krishna, for the All-Attractive Lord - is within the heart of every living being - it's our nature. ... When we have this understanding, then the stress that comes upon us helps us to go deeper instead of being frustrated by what's happening externally. - HHRNS

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60 quotes from HH Radhanath Swami - an offering for his 60th birthday.

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60 quotes from HH Radhanath Swami - an offering for his 60th birthday.

from ys NBdd JAYA GURUDEVA!

1. YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY: OUR DESTINY IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
2. Every situation is a friendly situation.
3. FOR NO REASON SHOULD WE STOP OUR PROGRESS IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
4. Don't waste time.
5. TOMORROW NEVER COMES: THE ONLY TIME TO BECOME KC IS NOW.
6. Essential to read Srila Prabhupada's books daily.
7. IF YOU WANT EXCUSES, MAYA WILL GIVE YOU 100s AND 1000s OF EXCUSES.
8. The only thing to fear is forgetfulness of Krishna.
9. WHATEVER WE ASSOCIATE WITH, WE BECOME THAT.
10. Association of devotees is the most valuable thing in all creation.
11. Krishna Consciousness will not wait - it is an emergency.
12. Make people fortunate.
13. By Lord Caitanya's mercy, we could overcome all obstacles, within & without.
14. Every human being is meant to do good for others.
15. REAL COMPASSION IS FOR THE SOUL.

16. You cannot give happiness to another unless you are happy.
17. This world is a place of disappointment.
18. Only the ocean of devotion can satisfy the heart.
19. Do not hear idle gossip.
20. What you look for, you find.
21. KRISHNA IS THE ONLY SHELTER.
22. Always acknowledge the good in every devotee.
23. Along with the instruction comes the power to follow it.
24. KRISHNA KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US.
25. Envy of a devotee can turn all of your good qualities bad.
26. A Vaisnava forgives before you offend him.
27. A preacher cannot live without preaching.
28. KRISHNA NEVER FORGETS A SERVICE DONE.
29. A grateful heart is a humble heart.
30. If you surrender to Krishna, you are never the loser.

31. Changing yourself is the beginning of changing the world.
32. If you are humble, there is no question of offences.
33. If a devotee is happy, that devotee can do anything, practically.
34. Only when we become fearless are we free from suffering & anxiety.
35. The mercy of Krishna & the Vaisnavas is all we have to sustain our lives.
36. Devotional service is such a sacred privilege - it is so rare.
37. There is no failure for one who pleases Krishna.
38. Become instruments of God's mercy to this world.
39. The reason we are weak is our lack of desire.
40. Nothing is impossible for one who receives the mercy of guru & Gauranga.
41. REAL COMPASSION MEANS TO RECONNECT PEOPLE WITH KRISHNA.
42. If you are not serving Krishna, you are serving Maya.
43. Any moment used in Krishna's service has unlimited eternal value.
44. Human life is meant for responsibility.

45. IMPEDIMENTS & FAILURES MAKE US STRONG, IF WE DON'T GIVE UP.
46. IF ONE PLEASES GURU, THEN ONE PLEASES KRISHNA.
47. The dust of the feet of the devotees is in the form of the instructions that they give.
48. ONE MUST MAKE THE ORDER OF HIS SPIRITUAL MASTER HIS LIFE & SOUL.
49. A devotee is ready, willing, to do anything.
50. The association of devotees is the most precious valuable thing in all of creation.
51. We came to this movement to become pure devotees.
52. USE YOUR GOOD INTELLIGENCE.
53. Be kind and a good example.
54. Every human being is meant to do good for others.
55. Mercy means to receive something that you do not deserve.
56. Without forgiveness there can be no unity.
57. We can't wait for other people to do the will of God.
58. PLEASE ALWAYS REMAIN GRATEFUL.
59. Never think oneself better than anyone.
60. What Srila Prabhupada has given us is perfect, pure, unchanging & eternal.

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Good one!

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From: Dhruva Maharaja Dasa

Hare Krsna everyone,

This email is being sent from the Moodle Educational Software database at Krishna.com to those interested in our eCourses. If you no longer want to receive these notices, please reply with "delete" in the Subject for this software doesn't have facility for unsubscribe for users. I will then manually delete your name from the database.

On the other hand, if you are interested in studying Srila Prabhupada's books with us I want to share some of my realizations after designing our upcoming one month Sri Isopanisad eCourse. We've spend the last several months studying the book, and therefore became quite familiar with it:

Sri Isopanisad is a conceptual text, rather than a description of the Lord's pastimes. Reading it is meant to change one's view of life; to teach us how to spiritualize our every endeavor rather than speculating and guessing how attain God consciousness. Here's an analogy to help clarify:

In mathematics one must first learn whole numbers, 0-9, then how to add and subtract, and then one may gradually progress to more complex methods of using numbers. If one hasn't even correctly learned how to add, then while adding a simple list of numbers one may add the first two or three additions wrong, and thus his or her entire calculation will come to an incorrect total....what to speak of more complex calculations.

Similarly, the first concepts on the Vedic path must be learned properly to actually develop love of God. If one doesn't understand these basic foundational concepts properly, then one's "total" or sentiments toward the Lord will be defective and incorrect (technically called sahajiya or rasabhasa) - just as the total in our mathematic analogy would be incorrect.

Sri Isopanisad establishes a very solid foundation of understanding the Lord and our relationship with Him. In Sanskrit this is called sambandha-jnana - knowledge of the relationship. Another analogy is when two people meet, they don't fall in love immediately...it takes time. By doing things and going places together, learning about one another's nature, gradually they begin to appreciate the attractive qualities in one another and affection slowly and naturally blossoms and matures.

The curriculum we developed in our eCourses includes many tasks; reading, writing, answering questions, participating in forums, interacting live, etc., and the more one becomes absorbed in these tasks the more one will benefit and elevate one's consciousness. Understanding Srila Prabhupada's commentaries on various books reveals their true, inner meaning and leads one to this love of God. Srila Prabhupada is a member of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, stemming from Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore his commentaries strictly follow this authorized scientific method of developing our love for the Lord.

Our next Sri Isopanisad eCourse will run from Jan. 17 - Feb. 14, and we'd like invite to you to participate. Whether you've been looking for a place to better understand the Hare Krsna movement, or an environment to take your learning from from Srila Prabhupada to the next level, this is a great opportunity. For more information please visit:

http://www.krishna.com/sri-isopanisad-ecourse

Or to enroll:

http://elearning.krishna.com/courses/

If you have any questions, please send me an email.

Yours in the service of studying Srila Prabhupada's books,
Dhruva Maharaja dasa
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"O my Lord, as powerful as fire, O omnipotent one, now I offer You all obeisances, falling on the ground at Your feet. O my Lord, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in the past, please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will be no hindrance to my progress." (Sri Iso Mantra 18)

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My Treasure!

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My Treasure!

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Dinesh

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EXPECTING THE LORD'S MERCY

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EXPECTING THE LORD'S MERCY

via Gita Coaching by akrura@gmail.com on 12/31/10

In the Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, verse 8, it is said,

"My dear Lord, any person who is constantly awaiting Your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon him, and who goes on suffering the resultant actions of his past misdeeds, offering You respectful obeisances from the core of his heart, is surely eligible to become liberated, for it has become his rightful claim."

This statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam should be the guide of all devotees.

A devotee should not expect immediate relief from the reactions of his past misdeeds. No conditioned soul is free from such reactionary experiences, because material existence means continued suffering or enjoying of past activities.

If one has finished his material activities then there is no more birth. This is possible only when one begins Krsna conscious activities, because such activities do not produce reaction.

Therefore, as soon as one becomes perfect in Krsna conscious activities, he is not going to take birth again in this material world.

A devotee who is not perfectly freed from the resultant actions should therefore continue to act in Krsna consciousness seriously, even though there may be so many impediments.

When such impediments arise he should simply think of Krsna and expect His mercy. That is the only solace. If the devotee passes his days in that spirit, it is certain that he is going to be promoted to the abode of the Lord.

By such activities, he earns his claim to enter into the kingdom of God. The exact word used in this verse is daya-bhak. Daya-bhak refers to a son's becoming the lawful inheritor of the property of the father.

In a similar way, a pure devotee who is prepared to undergo all kinds of tribulations in executing Krsna conscious duties becomes lawfully qualified to enter into the transcendental abode.

- Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 10