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ISKCON Time Bomb-Part-1

Sun rises everyday in d east,it is d source of energy4all living
beings.Not even 1 day it rises from d west.Not by chance,this nature
functions.Our stomach digests all food,heart pumps blood thru out d
body."Mayadyaksena prakrti.. this material nature works under My
Supervision"-Krsna in BhagavadGita :)

A Deer&Doe in a BeautifulGarden enjoying grass in d melody of bees
buzzing around.Deers r FondOfMusic.D foolish animal fails2c d Tiger on
one side which is ready2pounce while hunter on d other side pointing
arrows2shot.
Simile#
Deer-A family man
Bees' Buzz-Pleasing child's talk
Hunter-Time
Tiger-Death
*SB

When a man finds money on road,3 things he can do
1.Put it in his pocket
2.Leave it as it stays
3.Find its owner&hand over.
Both 1&2 r fools.3 is d intelligent.
1-Materialist(ExploitsNature2satisfy his own senses)
2-Impersonalist(Deny his own existence&d SupremeLord's)
3-Devotee(Tries2pls d Lord's Senses)

Happiness&Distress is a perception by senses&mind.1must
learn2tolerate&remain steady@both.Women cook@kitchen even during
summer.2d degree 1gets attached2a particular thing in this world,2that
degree 1gets disappointed&get Fear&anger when losing it,becoz this
world is temporary&FullOfMiseries-BhagavadGita.

Just fix ur mind upon Me(TheSupremePersonalityOfGodhead)&engage all ur
Intelligence in Me.Thus u will live in Me always,without a
doubt-LordSriKrsnaBG12.8

Without being Self-Controlled, without being Disciplined and without
being fully Obedient,no one can become Successful in following the
instructions of the Spiritual Master,and without doing so,no one is
able to go back to Godhead(Spiritual World/Abode of God)-Srimad
Bhagavatam,1.5.24.

Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged
in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by
Me to be d most perfect-Lord Sri Krsna in Bhagavad-Gita#12.2

1 who knows that MyBirth,MyActivities r transcendental/divine will not
take birth again in this world upon leaving their present
body-LordSriKrsna.BhagavadGita

God is 1
So He's giving food2every1.
d birds
d beasts
d elephants
d Hindus
d Muslims
d Christians
He is protecting every1&equal2every1. But if u bcome His devotee,He
takes special care of u.He gives special protection2His pure
devotees(those with no personal/ulterior motives)-Bhagavad Gita As It
Is # 9.29

Religion means d law given by God.Just like d law given by d state,by
govt,u've2accept it. There's no question that d govt is muhammedian
govt/christian govt/hindu govt.Law given by govt,u must accept,u cant
deny.So God is neither HinduGod,nor MuslimGod,nor ChristianGod.God is
God.His laws r equal2all-BG

V act according2our mind&d resultant action is there
immediately.Nature's law,God's law,is there.It's not God's creation
that somebody is suffering from some painful condition&somebody is
enjoying.No,v infect ourselves with some contamination becoz this
material world is full of contamination.u must remain very
cautious.Otherwise you'll have2suffer-His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In his conversations in Mayapur,19th March,1976

The Lord accepts the least qualification of the living entity and
awards him the highest reward. That is the standard of His character.
Therefore, who but the Lord can be the ultimate shelter???
Srimad Bhagavatham#3.2.23

D occupational activities,a man performs according2his own position r
only so much useless labor if they do not provide attraction4d message
of d Personality of Godhead-SB#1.2.8

4my own pleasure,I never Fear2commit any sin.Im devoid of pity&Im full
of selfishness.Im Sorry@other's happiness.Im an inveterate liar.Indeed
I delight in others' miseries-Amara Jivana,Bhakti Vinoda Thakur.
"Having awakened faith in My narrations,being disgusted with all
material activities,knowing that all sense enjoyment leads2misery,but
still being unable2renounce sense enjoyment,My devotee shud remain
happy&worship Me with faith&conviction.Even tho sometimes he is
engaged in sense enjoyment,My devotee knows it gives miserable
results&he sincerely,repents such activities-SB#11.20.27-28

Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged
in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by
Me to be most perfect.
(Lord Sri Krsna - Bhagavad gita 12.2)

For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me,I am never
lost, nor is he ever lost to Me-(Lord Sri Krsna - Bhagavad-Gita 6.30)

Ignorance is no xcuse.LawsOfNature r so strict that no 1 can escape d
reactions of their actions.A BurningFire is impartial2child/adult.Just
as a calf find his mother even in d midst of 1000s of cows,d reactions
of actions hit d doer without fail.Moment by moment,v r sowing seeds
by our thots,words,deeds.

--
Yours
Dinesh

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Prabhupada's Appearance Day (part 2)

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami ,Croatia Sep 2010)

So again we see how Prabhupada is glorious and we also see that Prabhupada is also made of mercy and that he was not a self made man, a self made acharya – he was also made of mercy of others, that the mercy of Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur made a huge part in his life and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati Thakur became the lord of his life.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada was everything to him, whatever his spiritual master said, that was important. And when we are reading about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and how he did things then we see how Prabhupada also did.


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Like for example Prabhupada used to say my spiritual master used to like diorama exhibitions by making dolls of various personalities, Krishna's pastimes and depicting the pastimes in that way, and Prabhupada asked several of his devotees to make such kind of dioramas…
… in the early days in Mayapur there was a sign to make such diorama exhibitions and Prabhupada wanted in Mayapur a wonderful exhibition, he wanted an exhibition of all the preaching of the world and show what was going on. Srila Prabhupada was exactly following in the footsteps of his spiritual master because it was actually Srila Bhakti Siddhananta Sarasvati Thakur who organised this theistic exhibition – which was a huge thing in Calcutta….big field near the Victoria memorial.
And there Srila Bhakti Siddhanta..for example he had one acre land, that's a huge area of land- he had a map made of concrete in 3 D, a relief map, and this map was showing, the whole path that Lord Chaitanya went to south india in all the holy places and it was also showing all the temple s of the Gaudiya Matha in all of India. And people could walk into this map which was coloured and very beautiful, they could see little temples in all these holy places, and they could also see many dioramas depicting different aspects of the philosophy. Prabhupada used the same tool of preaching from his spiritual master.
His false ego did not get in the way, that is the one thing that we see in Srila Prabhupada, abscence of false ego – when he first went to preach in Ameriaca one person tried to understood what he had to say, - this newcomer described it:
'Here I saw this elderly Indian gentleman, he looked scholarly with his glasses, book…he had this big book that he was reading from like a really old looking Indian book and he looked very scholarly and he was very serious about what he was saying, and it was difficult to understand because he had such a heavy Bengali accent, but he was definitely really trying, really trying to communicate something and therefore I really wanted to hear what he had to say because I thought.. "it might be important" the fact that he had took so much trouble and was so serious about communicating his message, so I listened very carefully. And as I began to listen , I began to understand him better and I realised here is someone with no pretence, there is no show, he is not trying to impress anybody…this person is not trying to impress anybody – he is simply trying to give the truth'
and that was the point that struck that person. He later on became a leading devotee in Prabhupada's movement. And that was a very good observation, a very interesting observation, which I always remember - that Prabhupada didn't try to impress anybody. That means he didn't have any false ego – that is what false ego is to impress somebody:
Look at me- false ego – to add something to what we are, we all try and make an impression and we are very concerened with the impression that we make – any maybe if we are not making the good impression we are all disturbed... or if someone says something that damages our reputation – big thing!
'Oh how can you say this about me!"
So it is so nice that Srila Prabhupada had no desire to impress anyone…but he could impress people for Krishna! Oh yes! Oh yes he could, he could! He could also dress in silks, he could also say that the spiritual master should be offered the best – and when they picked him up in a Rolls Royce and the press jumped on it … They asked him 'Oh so you came in a Rolls Royce'
And Prabhupada said: 'Yes the spiritual master should be offered the best, in fact an ordinary Rolls Royce will not do, it should be a golden Rolls Royce!'
So you can imagine the press! They were making notes!! They sure were:
"Swami wants Golden Rolls Royce" … big headlines!
Absoluteley , so Prabhupada was ready, ready too impress but still Prabhupada had this unique aloof mentality of not caring about public opinion!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami ,Croatia Sep 2010)

Prabhupada's Appearance Day (part 2)-2 impress others means, 2 use our false ego

Travelling at Neck Braking Speed

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (Hina) on 9/8/10

We cannot say that the four regulative principles in themselves constitutes bhakti or constitutes devotional service to Krsna. They are preliminary activities. The preliminary activities of renunciation and austerity. But we rise above and when we become attracted to Krsna, and absorbed in devotional service, and naturally the regulative principles will be followed. It says that a pure devotee naturally will not engage in sinful activities. Although, he is not consciously thinking I should not engage in these things because they're sinful. It has nothing to do with pleasing Krsna. Then his entire life is absorbed in pleasing Krsna. Pleasing Krsna in this way. Pleasing Krsna in that way.

Like the tortoise - the limbs are inside the shield and only come out if you serve Krsna. Then there is no question of any sinful activity or material activity. It has no meaning. What is the meaning of something that is not transcendental? What is the meaning?

In this way, the only thing that has meaning is the service to Krsna, and everything else is totally empty! And leads to lying- no progress. Prabuphada also mentions that how he was in New York he was imitating the sounds of the cars: "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh they are. " Travelling at neck braking speed but they are not making any progress. They're not going anywhere.

So the whole world is moving around so fast but not going anywhere. Not really going anywhere - just staying in the material energy – just staying in the cage, going around - but not going anywhere. And Prabhupada says; "But then we take the cage. We have a bird in the cage. We take the cage: We put it out in the field : We open the door : And the bird goes out and straight back into the cage! Because he doesn't want to".
So Prabhupada says; "That's also us." We have the opportunity to engage in devotional service, but we don't really want it because we know this cage – and it's a comfortable cage. And there's nice things to eat and so many things, and different levels where you can sit – it's a good cage! So we like to stay in our cage – in our material activities. That interferes with our devotional service. That in a way blocks our absorption in pure devotional service to some extent.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami August 2010)

Travelling at Neck Braking Speed

Why did Krishna let such a thing happen?  This is really shaking my faith. How can Krishna put his devotees in such precarious condition when He says that he protects his devotees?  Why does he put his devotees in such trouble in the first place?

That Krishna has so kindly agreed to take us back to His eternal kingdom does not give us license to be negligent of the inherent dangers of this material world. No. We must always exercise due caution  as long as we remain in this dangerous place.

This is a good lesson for us to be more cautious about LP (propane) gas. According to the National Fire Incident Reporting System, there are about 2,500  propane fires and explosions annually in the US, killing about 20 people and injuring about 330 others.

We should take it as Krishna's special blessing that no one was killed or seriously injured.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Why Krishna Puts Devotees in Trouble?