The 5 levels of ego

The Mahat Tattva -The Total cosmic material/matter comes from Maha Vishnu in the beginning of creation of this material cosmos. Just as a person comes in contact with a fragrance of the flower without even physical contact, the Supreme Lord impregnates the Mahat by His mere glance and Universes are created. Garbhodakasayi Vishnu enters as the soul of each material universe and maintains it. Ksirodakasayi Vishnu enters into each atom and pervades the Universe. He becomes the smallest in size that He enters even into the smallest individual soul to maintain them.

This is the origin of Universe according to the Vedic scriptures. Not big bang theory which speculates that the hot gases becoming cold after million yearand suddenly all wonderful universes and people are there. These are childish thoughts from so called scientists.

Intelligent people can ask a question like where did the hot gases initially come from? There is no starting point for these bluffers to begin with. We are fooled right from our school days in text books with these speculations.

Best Regards,
Dinesh

Matter comes from spirit - life comes from life not from void

The cycle of sacrifice

My Dear Spiritual Children, Siksa Disciples, well-wishers and other devotees who are helping me and are being helped by me,

Please accept my best wishes and blessings. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 

I have been wanting to send out a letter to all of you every month, but somehow this has always been delayed. As such, some months have gone by. I will try to catch up.

This year we went on safari to North Bengal, Assam and Tripura. Then we went back to Mayapur for Ram Navami festival after which some devotees observed my Vyasa-Puja. Then I went to the Indian National Meetings, ICC, Advisory Council and Bureau.

From the start of this Gaurabda or our Gaudiya Vaisnava new year, we have been looking ahead at next year's Gaura Purnima Festival 2014 in Sri Mayapur. We are scheduled to have the ILS or ISKCON Leadership Sanga at the beginning of the 2014 festival. We then have the Sankirtan Mela. As usual every five years, there is a Maha Abhiseka of Panchatattva Deities and that is also set for 2014. Thereafter, there is our Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, but 2014 is special because it would be the 25th year anniversary of the Parikrama. I am thinking of several special additions for the parikrama. One is visiting a new place. Others are surprises! All this culminates at the Gaura Purnima of 2014, after which, for the safari goers, we intend to visit Bangladesh, which is always very ecstatic because the Bangladesh people always receive the devotees with great enthusiasm. To accomplish all this we have to make many preparations and so from the beginning of this Gaurabda we are busy preparing Sri Mayapur for the influx of new devotees.There are some special plans
ahead. 

I would like to see all you devotees, but it is not possible for me to travel all of the places I used to. I can only visit some places. We intend to plan that in the future, devotees would be able to see me either in Mayapur, or in the different continents. The preoccupation I now have is how all of you can go back to Godhead in this lifetime. If I can get you all back to Srila Prabhupada, then I am sure you will all reach the spiritual world. Disciples of other gurus, if I can help them to get back to Srila Prabhupada, I am sure you will all reach the spiritual world. There are two factors. One is to maintain spiritual life by chanting, by following regulative principles and by doing sadhana bhakti. The second is to gradually increase and improve our devotional service. It means each devotee has to be very responsible to perform their Krsna Consciousness in a very regulated and progressive way. I hope that you will all be chanting and increasing your devotional service in a responsible way. Those who are grihasthas, should along with their spouses engage in devotional service and see that their children also become Krsna Conscious. Those who are brahmacaris, vanaprasthas or sannyasis should think how they can utilize every thought, every word and every deed in Krsna's service. 

I am keeping this short. My best wishes to all of you. 

Your well wisher always,
Jayapataka Swami

Message from Srila Gurumaharaj

Prasadam Breakfast&Lunch - Bread sandwich (Cheese, bell pepper, cucumber, salted butter, peanut butter), water melons, Orange juice

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Krishna is banging the big bang theory!!!

No matter how hard we try to keep our youthfulness and beauty, eventually it will be stolen by the time factor. 

Even though this is a fact everyone of us want to be eternally happy and youthful because it is the innate nature of the soul. 

But because matter is temporary, it is basically a big incompatibility for us, souls to base everything based on our bodily needs and wants. 

This is the primary reason for our disappointments in life and not God. We think God has to serve our desires when we worship Him. 

But it is we who have to fulfill the desires of God for our own Good and happiness.

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The lost beauty

Prasadam - Rice, Dhal, Potato fry

The body is made up of between 55 and 75 percent water. Muscle retains more water than fat, therefore, the leaner the body, the higher the percentage of water. Water is essential to regulate body temperature, provide lubrication for joints, help blood flow, regulate blood pressure, keep body systems functioning properly and keepskin elastic. Nearly every cell in our body requires water for proper function. Water is also necessary for digestion and the removal of toxins. Water keeps the liver and kidneys functioning well. Inadequate hydration can also cause sluggishness and headache due to a decreased flow of blood to the brain.

If you are trying to lose weight, water is useful to help you feel fuller, metabolize stored fat, and prevent water retention. Although preventing water retention by drinking more does not seem to make sense, it is actually true. When you do not drink enough water, your body goes into 'survival mode', retaining water to stay off dehydration. This causes water weight gain, as well as health problems.

Most people who do not drink enough water on a daily basis have a diminished ability to feel thirst. By the time thirst is felt, the body is already dehydrated. Once you begin drinking water daily, you will notice feeling thirst more often. The body requires at least six to eight, 8 ounce glasses of water a day. A good formula to know how much water is needed is to divide your weight in half, and figure that number in ounces of water. For example, for someone who weighs 140 pounds, 70 ounces of water would be required daily.

The Health Benefits of Drinking Water

Steps to becoming brave

Many gurus

Many gurus

The path of progress

Changing ashram

Very sorrowful news.

  

Hare Krsna,

PAMHO.

All Glories To Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabupada. Pls kindly pray for the Moscow devotees.

Moscow ISKCON Temple now Ordered Closed
by Court Order

BY: MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT

 

Jul 14, 2013 — MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SUN) — Moscow ISKCON Temple now ordered closed in ten days by Moscow City Government's final court decision.

After many so many past close calls and demands for closure, with many previous demands for closure delayed, the final decision was made by the Moscow government, city officials and the courts, ordering the ISKCON Moscow temple closed in a brief ten's days time. An impossible feat.

 

 

The Moscow devotees are ordered to immediately vacate the original Moscow land given to them by the Moscow government to build their temple. It was a gift to them, but was revoked/canceled by them). Now, four days ago, the final court decision has brought this drama to a sad end for ISKCON Moscow. The ISKCON Moscow temple must leave its current, formally donated location.

 

 

This has come as a complete unexpected surprise to the Moscow ISKCON devotees, who were not at all given enough time to move from there by officials. There are many temporary structures and Temple altar/kitchens there. Moving is a costly and time consuming task, which will take many weeks to do. Ten days is not enough time warning time given to ISKCON Moscow. This is tragic, inconsiderate and awful.

Suddenly, an unannounced government official came to the temple to deliver the final irrevocable court decision to end Moscow ISKCON Temple's right to exist there. It is an extreme order for them to vacate the temple within the next ten days time, or to face certain extreme actions from the city officials against them.

 

 

To make matters even worse and insulting for the Russian devotees, Moscow ISKCON will now sadly face a 7 million ruble fine, and also bulldozers to knock down the temple building and its brahamacari ashrams and temple offices. There is also a huge, expensive pandal adjacent to the temple, a professional tent used year round for many visiting gurus and seniors devotees as well as important huge festivals, now also in danger of being destroyed by the city officials.

 

 

This comes at the same time when, in just a short time, the biggest festival of the Moscow Russian Yatra is to be held: Sri Krsna Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada's Appearance day programs will be crippled severely, as there will be no place now to hold it.

 

 

The ten day ultimatum to vacate the temple and move out is an impossible deadline, as more time will be needed to dissemble the massive tent and buildings, what to speak of relocating the presiding Deities, Sri Sri Dayal Nitai Sachi Suta, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Dieties Who will be rendered homeless soon by this heavy action, suddenly and ruthlessly enforced by the Moscow City government officials.

 

 

At this time, I ask ALL ISKCON Temples and devotees to search their hearts and souls and understand how serious this is, and how Srila Prabhupada would have expected actions and help from our entire ISKCON Society for Moscow ISKCON. Please understand the very great need now of coming forward and helping Srila Prabhupada's Russian devotees in their time of grave danger and need. It's a sincere call to rescue the ISKCON Moscow Temple project.

This is an URGENT appeal to all GBC members, and I humbly ask all ISKCON Temples, all over the world to come forward with help for Moscow ISKCON in this grave crisis situation.

 

 

Thank You

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to the Russian devotees

 

 

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Moscow Temple Ordered to Close

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