Electricity or Humanity?

Posted by dinesh

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/13/6639937-unregulated-coal-mining-in-ladrymbai-india-presents-environmental-challenges

In order for us to get the comfort of electricity at home,there are
thousands of people including children working so hard in the coal
mines. For money,those working in coal mines risk their life&health.
The dust in the mines get inside their lungs and cause serious
respiratory complications.

Also coal is a natural resource which will not Last longer for the
increasing power demands of the cities.

Actually we have not increased the standard of living but only
degraded further.One lives comfortably by exploiting the other.This is
sinful. If we could promote agriculture,everyone will be happy and can
lead a simple peaceful life.

When there's no oil,everything gets stranded. No job, No food,
Nothing. The current education does not provide knowledge to
understand agriculture&to grow our own food which should have been a
mandatory part of the syllabus.

Our life subsist on foodgrains and is a simple fact for anyone to
understand. Food grains depend on rain and rain is produced by
Yagya-Sacrifices to Lord Vishnu.

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Dinesh

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City is hell! All is well to dwell in farm communities!

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The politicians dont let people think themselves. They make people
think what they want them to think. In this way the foolish people
loose their mind,body,intelligence energy in various unwanted
activities in the name of job.When commuting to the office,I see How
horrible,life in the city has become.
Simply suffering day in and day out,thinking that one fine day when I
become rich,I'll be the most happiest person.Everyone is thinking I
will die,if I dont get to work in the office or factory. Our lives are
dependent on food grains. And food grains are produced by rains. If we
grow our own food,life is all simple and more leisure and a pleasure
in the path of self-realization.
By creating different identities of groups of different sentiments
without proper religious principles, people are turned to athiestic
demons devoid of God consciousness.
Better late than never. We can save our lifetime by living in harmony
with nature in the farm communities. And I am looking forward to
actively involve in such projects in the near future. It may look like
we are heading in a different direction in the agri-based
civilization,when the whole world goes in one direction which is
simply to make money and enjoy that by drinking, illicit-sex, eating,
having fun in the sun &other so called recreation.
This oil-based civilisation is going to collapse sooner or later and
Srila Prabhupada confirmed this in his writings.

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Yours
Dinesh

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KKSblog.com - The Mercy of the Lord Part 3

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The Mercy of the Lord Part 3

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005)

The other way to get the dust is by following in the Footsteps of the Lord.
Lord Krishna is also acting as the spiritual master of the three worlds;
Lord Krishna is acting as the Supreme Teacher; Again and again, Lord
Krishna is teaching transcendental knowledge in various ways!

In one way we see a description of Lord Krishna when he lives in Dwarika,
of how he performs his daily activities. He rises early in the morning, at
the first crowing of the rooster. He is right up, although embraced by his
queen. He is not caring and just gets up and takes His bath – I do not
remember the full sequence, but He gives cows in charity to the brahmanas;
He engages in morning meditation in Krishna's case He meditates on Himself
because He is the Supreme Lord, and is meditating on the Supreme Lord. So
one should not think that we should meditate on ourselves, it means that we
should meditate on the Supreme Lord – and Krishna is doing some.

So Krishna in His meditation on the Supreme Lord is showing by example,
what our daily activities should be. So by following in the Footsteps of
the Personality, one also gets the dust of His Lotus Feet. So following in
this process has been indicated and followed by Krishna Himself. Krishna
accepted a bone fide spiritual master. Krishna always worshiped the
brahmanas.

We see that when Sudāmā came, Krishna immediately stepped down from the
throne, and put Sudāmā on there, and worshiped him to get him the laxmi. In
this way, we see how Krishna sets many standards! And by following these
standards very carefully, we also get the dust of the Lotus Feet of
Krishna! This is another way! So this is very important that we somehow or
other go for it!

If we approach Krishna in a humble way – not in an argumentative way but
in a submissive way in a way of listening to the transcendental
instructions that Krishna gave, then we can very quickly understand that
devotional service to Him is everything!

'bahūnāṁ janmanām ante

jñānavān māṁ prapadyate

vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti

sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ' (B.G. 7.19)

Otherwise it may take many many births before we can actually understand
that devotional service is the goal of life!

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Who is freed from all sins?

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.10.03]

TEXT 3:
yo mam ajam anadim ca
vetti loka-mahesvaram
asammudhah sa martyeshu
sarva-papaih pramucyate

TRANSLATION:
He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds—he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.

PURPORT:
As stated in the Seventh Chapter (7.3), manushyanam sahasreshu kascid yatati siddhaye: those who are trying to elevate themselves to the platform of spiritual realization are not ordinary men; they are superior to millions and millions of ordinary men who have no knowledge of spiritual realization. But out of those actually trying to understand their spiritual situation, one who can come to the understanding that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the proprietor of everything, the unborn, is the most successful spiritually realized person. In that stage only, when one has fully understood Krishna's supreme position, can one be free completely from all sinful reactions.

Here the Lord is described by the word aja, meaning "unborn," but He is distinct from the living entities who are described in the Second Chapter as aja. The Lord is different from the living
entities who are taking birth and dying due to material attachment. The conditioned souls are changing their bodies, but His body is not changeable. Even when He comes to this material world, He comes as the same unborn; therefore in the Fourth Chapter it is said that the Lord, by His internal potency, is not under the inferior, material energy, but is always in the superior energy.
In this verse the words vetti loka-mahesvaram indicate that one should know that Lord Krishna is the supreme proprietor of the planetary systems of the universe. He was existing before the creation, and He is different from His creation. All the demigods were created within this material world, but as far as Krishna is concerned, it is said that He is not created; therefore Krishna is different even from the great demigods like Brahma and Siva. And because He is the creator of Brahma, Siva and all the other demigods, He is the Supreme Person of all planets.
Sri Krishna is therefore different from everything that is created, and anyone who knows Him as such immediately becomes liberated from all sinful reactions. One must be liberated from all sinful activities to be in the knowledge of the Supreme Lord. Only by devotional service can He be known and not by any other means, as stated in Bhagavad-gita.

Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakur!

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Personally I like all his songs which is the essence of devotion to the Lord..

Yours

Dinesh

Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Jaya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur! The Precept to ISKCON & the Worldwide Sankirtan Movement

Today marks the disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. How do you adequately glorify such an exalted devotee of the Lord? Do we glorify how he uplifted Vaishnava Siddhanta which had eroded significantly? Do we praise his commitment to Vaishnva theology despite being born into opulent circumstances and having government responsibilities? Do we glorify his sadhana where he kept a very regulated schedule in order to further Mahaprabhu's mission? Do we praise his discovery of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthplace? Or perhaps do we glorify what perhaps made him the happiest...the rapid spread of the glorification of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Krishna!

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur would stay up until the late hours of the night writing, translating, commenting and annotating vedic texts. He published in English and sent the books to other corners of the world! The first globalization of the sankirtan movement. These books landed in Britain, Germany, America and yes even in Canada at our very own McGill University. Not only were the books recieved but they were read and recieved acclaim and thus the bhrad-mrdanga started...the broadcasting of this transcedental knowledge all over the globe.

In his writings, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur stated, "Soon there will appear a personality who will preach the holy name of Hari all over the world." And this was mere months before the appearance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Meditate on that single statement for a few moments to appreciate the gravity of this prediction. And there is more...much much more. For example, Srila Bhakitvinoda Thakur avidly wrote a magazine journal called Sajjana-Tosani in which he writes, "Oh for that day when the fortunate English, French, Russian, German, and American people with take up banners, mrdangas, and kartalas and raise kirtan through their streets and towns."

And thus in the title the declaration that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur represents the precept to ISKCON and the worldwide sankirtan movement!

Jaya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur!

I know there are many distractions and much to read so we are trying to keep our posts short but we really want to share one wonderful quote...

"There is no vow like chanting the holy name, no knowledge superior to it,
no meditation which comes anywhere near it, and it gives the highest
result. No penance is equal to it, and nothing is as potent or powerful as
the holy name. Chanting is the greatest act of piety and the supreme
refuge. Even the words of the Vedas do not possess sufficient power to
describe its magnitude. Chanting is the highest path to liberation, peace
and eternal life. It's the pinnacle of devotion, the heart's joyous
proclivity and attraction and the best form of remembrance of the Supreme
Lord. The holy name has appeared solely for the benefit of the living
entities as their lord and master, their supreme worshipful object and
their spiritual guide and mentor. Whoever continuously chants Lord
Krishna's holy name, even in his sleep, can easily realize that the name is
a direct manifestation of Krishna Himself, in spite of the influences of
Kali-yuga."

~ Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Harinam Cintamani

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