New Zealand Hare Krishna
Spiritual Resource Network Newsletter
- Number #002 (Oct 1999)
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_0____, All glories to Srila Prabhupad.
I'd like to Officially
welcome everyone who is receiving this
either directly from
me or second or third hand from friends to
our Network. Many of
you will have had a chance to view our
WWW-site by now - and
the feedback has been appreciated. As we
expand the facility
of resource more pages will appear, and with
the intent of assisting
you all in the smooth execution of your
individual prescribed
duties/services/functions. I trust that all
is well with everyone
by the Mercy of the Lord. However, if anyone
would like to be removed
from this mailout please just send me a
message requesting me
to do so, and I will do promptly. If you would
like to be added directly
to the mailout please also let me know and
I will do the needful.
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Words of Wisdom - Shastra
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The following web-site
is coming together slowly, there's a lot of nectar
to be found there already,
yet it is not 1/3rd complete. In due course
it will help you all
no-doubt.
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/CalendarWhosWho-page.htm
We are hoping to get
something together for Vijay Dasami for the site.
We have collected a
wealth of information on the month of Kartik from the
Hari Bhakti Vilas (Vaishnava
Tantra and Smrti) and will be definately
placing a page for the
commencement thereof. Other festivals such as
Dipavali, Govadhan Puja
and Srila Prabhupada's Tirubhav should be
there by the time they
come around. Praying for favourable breezes.
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Y2K - Are You Preparing Yourself and Family???:
See our page for information
on Y2K and how it may effect you and your
service to the Lord.
Without going over the top, a little preparation
could make your/our
services run smoothly.
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/Y2K-information-page.htm
Without any hype, I humbly
suggest that it is essential to make some kind
of contingency. None
of us know what will actually happen, or how what
does will affect us,
or our services/functions. Certainly Krishna protects
His devotees, and has
given us shelter and intelligence, therefore to
neglect what has been
given could be taken as symbolic to false renounciation.
What the Lord has given
He has entrusted us to use wisely. Sri Ishopanishad
encourages us to understand
who is the actual owner, and our position as
entrusted keepers of
the Lord's property. With such a consciousness to make
moderate plans for continuence
of our services is not harmful to spiritual
development. Rather
thinking in such a manner helps devotees to come together
share resources, and
meditate on our reliance upon the Supreme Lord.
Non-devotees think that
they either can, or cannot avoid the effects of
various things such
as Y2K, and actually it is true. But for devotees the
meditation is not upon
what we can or cannot do, but instead upon the
continued, uninterupted
service of the Lord. When we say this it doesn't
just mean in a temple,
preaching centre or farm project somewhere. What we
are talking of is the
maintanence of our sadhana. That sadhana is the link
between the sadhaka
and the Lord through the agency of the mercy of the
Guru.
In many places Srila
Prabhupad has stated that he has established Krishna
Conciousness. Prabhupad
wrote to Damodar dasa, "I am so glad to know that
things are progressing
nicely with your center. That should be our constant
care - to maintain what
we have already established and continue to improve
the standard as far
as possible in the loving service of Lord Krsna....You
are a very intelligent
devotee of Lord Krsna and if you turn over your
intelligence to Him,
He will bestow upon you more and more intelligence how
to serve the Spiritual
Master and Krsna in full Krsna Consciousness. That
is the perfection of
your life. So please use your good intelligence for
serving Krsna only and
do not be misled to divert your attention elsewhere."
(letter to Damodar dasa.
28th September 1970. Calcutta, India.)
"Prabhupäda: Dependency,
that is... We are practiced. Suppose you have given
this motorcar, but it
doesn’t mean that if there is no motorcar my Krsna
consciousness will be
checked. If there is little facility, we can take it.
That is another thing.
But it is not that because there is no motorcar, then
there is no Krsna consciousness.
It is not like that. Ahaituky apratihatä.
Krsna consciousness
cannot be checked by any impediment. That cannot be
checked. So we are not
dependent. But to make the best use of a bad bargain.
If we get some facility,
why we should not take? We are not so fool. If I
get a motorcar to go
somewhere, why shall I walk? That is another foolishness.
But we are not dependent
on the motor... “Because there is no motorcar,
therefore my Krsna consciousness
stopped.” We are not such fools. The
motorcar is available;
all right, take advantage of it. We don’t decline
to accept whatever little
material facilities are there. That is not
foolish... That is foolishness.
We can take advantage. But our main business
is how to make advance
in Krsna consciousness. Not that we are suffering
in this material world,
and because we have got this motorcar, therefore
our suffering is now
ended. We are not so fool. We can take advantage of
the motorcar, but we
don’t take that this is the solution. We are not so
fool. But these rascals,
they are taking, “This is the solution.” That is
not possible. That is
called duräshaya. Duräshayä ye bahir-artha-mäninah.
They are thinking that
“Material adjustment, we shall be happy.” That is
duräshaya. It will
never be fulfilled. Na te viduh svärtha-gatim hi vishnum.
They do not know. Unless
we go back home, back to Godhead, there is no
solution. This is not
solution. This is duräshaya. Everything is described.
Duräshaya means
the hope which will never be successful. So these rascals,
they are trying to be
happy by so-called scientific advancement. That is
duräshaya. That’s
not possible, hopeless." (A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada. 31st January
1977. Room Conversation. Bhuvaneshwar, India.)
"...our main business
is to train up men to be self sufficient and competent
in many ways to carry
on the preaching work, not to make them into specialists
or to minimize their
responsibility by centralizing everything. If each center
must rely upon its own
strength to stand, that will be better training ground
for the devotees. We
must learn how to do all kinds of varieties of engagements
on Krsna's service,
not that we shall expect anyone else to act for us and thus
avoid something ourselves.
But for reasons of spreading Krsna Consciousness
movement, we may sometimes
centralize, just like the books and money for BBT
are managed by Karandhara
in Los Angles. In that case, for more than one man
to be dealing with Dai
Nippon, overseeing the general production and financial
condition of the books,
if that were left for each temple to manage, there
would be great difficulty
and the books would get neither printed nor paid
for nor distributed
widely. So in that case, centralized management is
preferable. But in the
case of new temples, it is better if they must have to
struggle a little while
to establish themselves in their cities, become
familiar with the local
city officials and leading citizens, elicit support
from all quarters of
the city, like that, otherwise these things will be
neglected and there
will be false dependency upon the outside supplies.
This will deteriorate
everything. Our purpose of Krsna consciousness
movement is to create
first class servants of Krsna, that means they
know how to do everything."
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 9th
January 1973. letter
to Damodara dasa. Bombay, India.)
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DARSANA DHYANA SAMSPARSAIR
MATSYA KURMA VIHANGAMAH
PUSNANTI SVANYAPATYANI
TATHA AHAM API PADMAJA
MUHUR TENAPI SAN HARTUM
SAKTAU YADYAPI DANAVAN
MAD BHAKTANAM VINODARTHAM
KOROMI VIVIDHAH KRIYAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 10/161,162
from PADMA PURANA the Supreme Personality of
Godhead speaks to Lord
Brahma)
"Oh Brahma, just as the
fish, turtle and birds take care of their of their own
offspring by seeing,
meditating and touching, respectively, I also take care
of My devotees in that
very way. Even though I can kill all of the demons
within ninety-six minutes
(a couple of muhurtas), still, just to please My
devotees, I engage in
many kinds of activities in many forms."
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"The Lord here declares
that this material world is full of miseries (asukham)
and at the same time
is very flickering (anityam). Therefore one’s only duty
is to engage himself
in devotional service. This is the best end to which human
life can be put. Those
devotees who are constantly engaged in the service of
the lotus feet of the
Lord achieve not only all material benefits but also all
spiritual benefits,
for at the end of life they go back home, back to Godhead.
Their destination is
described in this verse as bhagavat-padam. The word padam
means “abode,” and bhagavat
means “the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” Thus
the destination of the
devotees is the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada. Srimad Bhagavatam 4:23:27. purport.)
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Y2K BBC Report (for the
UK):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/millennium_bug/countries/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/millennium_bug/bugtown/default.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/millenniumbug/
Y2K Report on individual
countries A-Z:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel/dynpage.asp?Page=144
Y2K in New Zealand:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel/dynpage.asp?Page=159
Check your local council/govt
office's preparations:
http://www.localgovtnz.co.nz/
http://www.y2k.govt.nz/nz/govt/index.html
More than anyone needs
to know about Y2K from Auckland University:
http://www.y2k.auckland.ac.nz/y2k/y2k.html
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[Text 2627854 from COM]
"70% of Indian
banks are Y2K compliant, said RBI in a recent report.
The rest are computerised."
(The Times Of
India July 5, 1999)
P.S. Believe it or not, this is not a joke; it is an actual quote.
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The following quotes
are from Dik-darshini Tika of Sriyuts Gopal Bhattar
Goswami and Sanatan
Goswami's, commentary on Hari Bhakti Vilas.
SRI PURVO NARASINGHO
DVIR JAYAD UTTARAS TU SAHA
TRIH SAPTA KRTVO JAPATAS
TU MAHA BHAYA NIVARANAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/273 from KURMA PURANA)
If somebody chants
the name of Sri Nrsimhadeva twenty-one times, by
putting Sri before Nrsimhadeva
and chanting Jaya Jaya before repeating
"Jaya Nrsimha, Sri Nrsimha,
Jaya Jaya Nrsimhadeva", in other words, if
somebody chants this
twenty-one times, he becomes free from a great
amount of danger and
fear.
ANICCHAYAPI DAHATI SPRSTO
HUTAVAHO YATHA
TATHA DAHATI GOVINDA
NAMA VYAJAD APIRITAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/328 from PADMA PURANA spoken by Narada Muni)
Just as if a person
unknowingly touches fire, it certainly burns, similarly
if someone can be tricked
into chanting the holy name of Govinda, all of his
sins will be burned
into ashes.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.2.14)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.2.15)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.2.18)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.13.8)
VARTAMANANTU YAT PAPAM
YAD BHUTAM YAD BHAVISYATI
TAT SARVAM NIRDAYATYASU
GOVINDA ANALA-KIRTANAT
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/339 from LAGHU BHAGAVAT)
Whatever sins one
has acquired presently, in the past or in the future, are
all turned into ashes
by chanting the fiery holy name of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
PARAK-CANDRAYANA TAPTA
KRCCHRAIR NA DEHISUDDHIR BHAVATIHATADRK
KALAU SAKRN MADHAVA-KIRTANENA
GOVINDA NAMANA BHAVATIHAYADRK
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/374 from BRAHMANDA PURANA)
In Kali-yuga, if
one chants the holy name of Madhava, says "Govinda,
Govinda", whatever sins
are removed from one's body, it is difficult to remove
that many sins by fasting
(paraka - a short duration of fasting), candrayana
fasting, performing
great austerities, and observing many vows of
spirituality, that much
purity is not attained from such activities.
GOVINDETI MUDA YUKTAH
KIRTAYED YASTU ANANYA DHIH
PAVANENA CA DHANYENA
TENEYAM PRTHIVI DHRTA
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/349 from LAGHU BHAGAVAT)
If, with a pleasing
attitude, any person chants the holy name of Govinda, he
is glorified, purified
and he helps the whole world to be liberated.
NA SAMBA VYADHIJAM DUHKHAM
HEYAM NANYAUSADHAIR API
HARINAMA AUSADHAM PITVA
VYADHIS TYAJYO NA SAMSAYAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/354 from PARASARA SAMHITA Vyasa speaks to Samba)
If somebody cannot
remove the misery caused by disease by taking prescribed
medicine, then by chanting
the name of Lord Hari and continuing taking
medicine, one can remove
his disease. Of this there is no doubt.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 12.12.48)
ARTA VISANNAH SITHILAN
CA BHITA
GHORESU CA VYADHISU
VARTAMANAH
SANKIRTYA NARAYANA SABDAM
EKAM
VIMUKYA DUHKHAH SUKHINO
BHAVANTI
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/360 from VISNU DHARMOTTARA)
Any person who
is disturbed due to sadness, or who is miserable due to
intolerable poverty,
has a broken limb in his body, or is fearful from his
enemies or suffering
from a chronic disease, he should always chant the holy
name of Lord Narayana
and he will become free from all miseries.
NAMA SANKIRTANAM KRTVA
KSUTRT SKHALITA ADASU
VIYOGAM SIGHRAM APNOTI
SARVA ANARTHAIR NA SAMSAYAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/363 from VISNU DHARMOTTARA)
At the time of
hiccups, or thirst, or at the time of difficulty, if somebody
chants the holy name
of Lord Hari, he immediately becomes free from all kinds
of problems.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.2.46)
MAMA NAMANI LOKE'SMIN
SRADDHAYA YASTU KIRTAYET
TASYA APARADHA KOTISTU
KSAMAMY EVA NA SAMSAYAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/375 from VISNU YAMALA spoken by the Supreme Lord)
To any person in
this world who chants My name, even without faith, I forgive
10 million of their
acquired offenses without a doubt.
VISNOR EKAIKA NAMAPI
SARVA VEDADHIKAM MATAM
TADRNG NAMA SAHASRENA
RAMA NAMA SAMAM SMRTAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/380 from PADMA PURANA)
One name of Lord
Sri Visnu rewards more results than the study of Vedic
literatures. Furthermore,
one name of Lord Rama is equal to one thousand names
of Lord Visnu.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 3.33.7)
TE DHANYAS TE KRTARTHAS
CA TAIR EVA SUKRTAM KRTAM
TAIRAPIAM JANMANAH PRAPYAM
YE KALE KIRTAYANTI MAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/394 from VARAHA PURANA)
Those people are
glorified, liberated, have performed all kinds of
meritorious functions,
and have achieved anything to be achieved in life who
chant My glories at
fixed times.
Sanatana Gosvami
says the fixed times are bathing times, etc. or also in
unclean times.
TATHA CAIVOTTAMAM LOKE
TAPAH SRI HARI KIRTANAM
KALAU YUGE VISESENA
VISNU PRITYAIH SAMACARET
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/397 from SKANDA PURANA)
Chanting the holy
name of Lord Sri Hari is the topmost austerity in this
world. Therefore, in
Kali-yuga, to please Lord Visnu, one should chant the
holy names of Lord Hari.
NA DESA KALA NIYAMO NA
SAUCA ASAUCA NIRNAYAH
PARAM SANKIRTANAD EVA
RAMA RAMA ITIM UCYATE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/411 from VAISVANARA SAMHITA)
Anyone who chants
the name of Lord Rama, saying "Rama Rama", he gets
liberated. There are
no hard and fast rules concerning time, place,
cleanliness and uncleanliness
and other circumstances to chant this.
APY ANYA CITTO'SUDDHO
VA YAH SADA KIRTAYED HARIM
SO'PI DOSA KSAYAN MUKTIM
LABHEC CEDIPATIR YATHA
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/418 from BRAHMA PURANA)
Any person who
unalloyedly, even in an unclean condition, always chants the
holy names of Lord Hari,
achieves liberation achieved by the King of Cedi
(Sisupala), and all
of his faults are forgiven.
PRANA PRAYANA PATHEYAM
SANSARA VYADHI BHESAJAM
DUHKA SOKA PARITRANAM
HARIR ITY AKSARA DVYAYAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/423 from BHARATA VIBHAGA)
The two words,
"ha-ri" is the real path of life when the life leaves the
body, and the real medicine
to become free from the disease of material
existence, and means
to remove distress and lamentation.
Sanatana Gosvami
says in his Digdarsini-tika: At the time of giving up one's
body, he must create
a path for going back to Godhead by chanting the holy
name of Lord Hari. This
chanting medicine removes the disease of this material
existence and gives
liberation from this world. One should become free from
the miseries of life.
In other words, one should look for the solution to
become free from the
miseries. In other words, one should become free from the
miseries of not attaining
love of Godhead. To become free from misery means to
attain the Vaikuntha
planets. Furthermore, what else can be said? This
chanting removes the
miseries of this world and the next as stated in Visnu
Dharma. Prahlada Maharaja
says, "This chanting is the real path of the soul."
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 3.9.15)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.3.24)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.2.49)
YE KIRTA YANTI VARADAM
VARA PADMA NABHAM
SANKHABJA CAKRA SARA
CAPA GADASI HASTAM
PADMALAYA VADANA PANKAJA
SAT PADAKSAM
NUNAM PRAYANTI SADANAM
MADHU GHATINASTE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/437 from VAMANA PURANA)
Any person who
chants the holy name of Lord Hari, Who is the benedicting
personality, Who is
addressed as lotus-naveled one, Who holds the conchshell,
club, disc and lotus
flower, wearing a nice garment, has a bow and arrows, and
Who has reddish eyes
like lotus petals, they certainly attain the spiritual
world.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 12.3.51)
RNAM ETAT PRAVRDDHAM
ME HRDAYAN NAPASARPATI
YAD GOVINDA ITI CUKROSA
KRSNA MAM DURAVASINAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/445 from MAHABHARATA spoken by the Supreme Lord)
Because Draupadi
called Me saying "Oh Govinda", that is why I became greatly
indebted to her. This
feeling does not go away from My heart.
Srila Sanatana
Gosvami says in his Digdarsini-tika that when somebody cries,
saying "Oh Govinda",
then the Supreme Lord becomes controlled and His heart
becomes very attached
to him. In other words, the Lord thinks of His crying
devotee.
JITAN TENA JITAN TENA
JITAN TENA ITI NISCITAM
JINVAGRE VARTATE YASYA
HARIR ITI AKSARA DVAYAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/449 from VISNU DHARMA spoken by Prahlada Maharaja)
If anyone has the
two syllables HA and RI on the tip of his tongue, he has
undoubtedly controlled
Lord Hari.
MADHURA MADHURAM ETAN
MANGALAM MANGALANAM
SAKALA NIGAMA-VALLI
SATPHALAM CIT SVARUPAM
SUKRDAPI PARIGITAM SRADDHAYA
HELAYA VA
BHRGUVARA NARA MATRAM
TARAYET KRSNA NAMA
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/451
from PRABHASA KHANDA of SKANDA PURANA and PADMA
PURANA)
Oh descendants
of Bhrgu, the chanting of the holy names of Krsna is the
sweetest of the sweetest,
the most auspicious of auspicious things, the
eternal fruit of the
sacred vine (essence of sacred Vedas) and is
transcendental. If somebody
chants with faith or disrespect even once, it can
deliver all humankind.
DHYAYAN KRTE YAJAN YAJNAIS
TRETAYAM DVAPARE 'RCAYAN
YAD APNOTI TAVAPNOTI
KALAU SANKIRTYA KESAVAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/456 from VISNU PURANA)
In Satya-yuga,
there was meditation. In Treta-yuga, there was fire
sacrifices. Whatever
result was attained in Dvapara-yuga by worshiping Lord
Hari, in Kali-yuga they
achieved the same result by chanting the holy name of
Lord Sri Hari.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 12.3.52)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 11.5.32)
MAHA BHAGAVATA NITYAM KALAU KURVANTI KIRTANAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/459 from SKANDA PURANA)
Greatly advanced
personalities certainly daily chant the holy name of Lord
Hari in Kali-yuga.
NAMA YUKTAN JANAN DRSTVA
SNIGDHO BHAVATI YO NARAH
SA YATI PARAMAM STHANAM
VISNUNA SAHA MODATE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/470
from ADI PURANA conversation between Lord Krsna and
Arjuna)
Any person who
by seeing a devotee who is engaged in chanting becomes very
pleased, achieves the
transcendental abode, the spiritual world and enjoys
with Lord Sri Visnu.
SAHASRA NAMNAM PUNYANAM
TRIRAVRTYA TU YAT PHALAM
EKAVRTYA TU KRSNASYA
NAMA EKAM TAT PRAYACCHATI
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/488 from BRAHMANDA PURANA)
Whatever results
one attains by chanting one thousand pure names of Lord
Visnu, the same is attained
by chanting one name of the direct incarnations of
Krsna.
KRSNA KRSNA ITI KRSNA
ITI YO MAM SMARATI NITYASAH
JALAM BHITVA YATHA PADMAM
NARAKAD UDDHARAYAMY AHAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/496 from NRSINGHA PURANA spoken by the Supreme Lord)
Any person who
chants My name, saying "Krsna, Krsna, Krsna!" I remove him
from the hellish condition
of life as a lotus flower comes up through the
water.
NAMNAM MUKHYATARAM NAMA
KRSNAKHYAM NE PARAM TAPAH
PRAYASCITTAM ASESANAM
PAPANAM MOCAKAM PARAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/498 from PRABHASA KHANDA of SKANDA PURANA)
(The Supreme Personality
of Godhead spoke to Narada Muni) Oh austere sage,
among all of My names,
Krsna is the best. This name cleans up all of one's
sins and gives one liberation
in this world.
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 2.3.24)
OM ASYA JANANTO NAMA
CID VIVIKTANA MAHASTE
VISNO SUMATIM BHAJAMAHE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/510 from SRUTI)
Oh Lord Visnu,
we will seriously chant Your holy names which is full of
knowledge, full of pleasure
and gives good intelligence.
ARTHAVADA HARER NAMNI
SAMBHAVAYATI YO NARAH
SA PAPISTHO MANUSYANAM
NIRAYE PATATI SPHUTAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/514 from KATYAYANA SAMHITA)
Any person who
thinks to give his own interpretation about the holy name of
Lord Hari, this man
is the most sinful among all kinds of men.
SRUTI-SMRTI-PURANESU
NAMA MAHATMYA VACISU
YE'RTHA VADA ITI BRUYUR
NA TESAM NIRAYA KSAYA KSAYAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/516 from JAIMINI SAMHITA)
Any person who
gives his own interpretation on the glories of the holy name
of the Supreme Lord
and on the Sruti and Smrti scriptures and says that they
are not facts, they
never become free from hellish suffering conditions.
HARER APY APARADHAN YAH
KURYAT DVIPAD PANSANAH
NAMA ASRAYAH KADACIT
SYAT TARATY EVA SA NAMATAH
NAMNO'PI SARVA SUHRDO
HY APARADHAT PATATY ADHAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/520
from PADMA PURANA Sanat Kumara instructs Narada
Muni)
If the lowest of
mankind commits offenses at the lotus feet of Lord Hari but
then takes shelter at
the lotus feet of Lord Hari and chants His holy name,
all offenses are nullified.
Therefore, if someone commits offenses to the
Lord's holy name, he
goes to suffer in the hellish planets without a doubt.
Quote the Sanskrit verses from C.C. about the 10 offenses.
JATE NAMAPARADHE 'PI
PRAMADENA KATHANCANA
SADA SANKIRTAYANNAMA
TADEKA SARANO BHAVET
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/525
from PADMA PURANA Sanat Kumara instructs Narada
Muni)
Due to unconsciousness
or due to certain reasons, if somebody accumulates
offenses against the
holy name, he should engage himself in always chanting
the holy names of Lord
Hari to become free from such offenses.(HK the means,
the remedial and the
end)
JANMANTARA SAHASRESU
TAPO JNANA SAMADHIBHIH
NARANAM KSINA PAPANAM
KRSNE BHAKTI PRAJAYATE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/532 from YOGAVASISTHA)
Any person who
has removed all of his sins after performing austerity and
acquiring knowledge
for thousands of births, they attain the opportunity of
doing devotional service
at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna.
(BHAGAVAD GITA 7.28)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 6.1.15)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 1.5.17)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 1.2.6)
KIM TASYA BAHUBHIR MANTRAIH
SASTRAIH KIM BAHU VISTARAIH
VAJAPEYA SAHASRAIH KIM
BHAKTIR YASYA JANARDANE
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 11/560 from PADMA PURANA)
If somebody has
developed fixed and determined devotion to Lord Sri Krsna,
then what is the need
of his chanting different mantras and japa or studying
different kinds of scriptures
or performing thousands of horse sacrifice vows?
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 5.18.12)
(SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 4.22.39)
please chant
hare krishna
hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare
rama rama rama hare hare
...the sublime and simple
method for reawakening our self realization
in this age of Kali.
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LESSONS FROM THE GEESE
This has nothing to
do with any specific issue, it is only for fun
and reflection, following
is a little witicism of wisdom:
LESSONS FROM THE GEESE
We have lessons to learn
even from the geese........
Lesson 1. When each goose
flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird
following. By
flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent
more to their flying
range than as if each bird flew alone. People who
share a common direction
and sense of community can get where they are
going more quickly and
more easily because they are traveling on the
strength of one another.
Lesson 2: When
a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag
and resistance of trying
to fly alone and quickly gets back into formation
to take advantage of
the lifting power of the birds immediately in front. If
we have as much sense
as geese have, we will join in formation and be
willing to accept help
when we need it and give help when it is needed.
Lesson 3: When
the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into formation and
another goose flies
at the point position. It pays to take turns doing the
hard tasks and - with
people, as with geese - sharing leadership
independently with one
another and without resentment.
Lesson 4: Geese
in formation work from behind (by honking) to encourage
those up front to keep
up their speed. We need to make sure that our
honking from behind
is encouraging - not something less helpful - like
screeching!
Lesson 5: When
a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, two geese will drop
out of the formation
and follow their members down to help with protection.
If we have as much sence
as the geese, we'll stand by one another in
difficult times, just
as they do.
from Dick E. Bird News
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Four more good Lessons
LESSON #1
During my second month
of nursing school, our professor gave us a
pop quiz. I was a conscientious
student and breezed through the questions
until I read the last
one:
"What is the first name
of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this
was some kind of joke.
I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She
was tall, dark-haired,
and in her 50s, but how would I
know her name? I handed
in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before class ended,
one student asked if the last question would count
toward our quiz grade.
"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers,
you will meet many people.
All are significant. They deserve your
attention and care,
even if all you do is smile and say hello."
I've never forgotten
that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
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LESSON #2
I was taking my usual
morning walk when a garbage truck pulled up beside
me. I thought the driver
was going to ask for directions. Instead, he
showed me a picture
of a cute little five-year-old boy. "This is my
grandson Jeremiah,"
he said. "He's on a life-support system at a Phoenix
hospital." Thinking
he would next ask for a contribution to his hospital
bills, I reached for
my wallet.
But he wanted something
more than money. He said, "I'm asking everybody I
can to say a prayer
for him. Would you say one for him, please?" I did.
And my problems didn't
seem like much that day.
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LESSON #3
In the days when an ice
cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old
boy entered a hotel
coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put
a glass of water in
front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" asked
the boy. "Fifty cents,"
replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his
hand out of his pocket
and studied a number of coins in
it. "How much is a dish
of plain ice cream?" he inquired.
Some people were now
waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit
impatient. "Thirty-five
cents," she said brusquely. The little boy again
counted the coins. "I'll
have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought
the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked
away. The boy finished
the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed. When
the waitress came back,
she began wiping down the table, then swallowed
hard at what she saw.
There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two
nickels and five pennies-
her tip, which could have bought him his sundae.
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LESSON #4
In ancient times, a king
had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid
himself and watched
to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of
the king's wealthiest
merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked
around it. Many loudly
blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear,
but none did anything
about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a
peasant came along carrying
a load of vegetables.
On approaching the boulder,
the peasant laid down his burden and tried to
move the stone to the
side of the road.
After much pushing and
straining, he finally succeeded.
As the peasant picked
up his load of vegetables, he noticed a
purse lying in the road
where the boulder had been. The purse contained
many gold coins and
a note from the king indicating that the gold was for
the person who removed
the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned
what many others never
understand.
Every obstacle presents
an opportunity to improve one's condition.
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Dealing with the obstacles
in our path(s).
In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a
roadway. Then
he hid himself and watched to see if anyone
would remove the
huge rock. Some of the kingdom's wealthiest
merchants and
courtiers came by and simply walked around it.
Many loudly blamed
the king for not keeping the roads clear,
but none did anything
about getting the big stone out of the
way. Then a peasant
came along, carrying a load of
vegetables. On
approaching the boulder, the peasant laid
down his burden
and tried to move the stone to the side of
the road. After
much pushing and straining, he finally
succeeded.
As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he
noticed a purse
lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse
contained many gold coins and a note from
the king indicating
that the gold was for the person who
removed the boulder
from the roadway.
The peasant learned what many others never understand:
Every obstacle
presents an opportunity to improve one's
condition.
By Brian Cavanaugh
[CSFS]
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ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho (oh how
wonderous x3)
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have just last Sunday
been blessed with another "Ray of Vishnu", a
baby girl.
Both mother and baby are happy and healthy.
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Here's one from my wife
- Srimati Vedavati devi dasi.
Butterscotch Pudding (I can vouch for this its yummy)
Pudding
1 cup SR Flour
)
3/4 cup sugar
) Mix all together - melted butter, etc.
1/2 cup milk
) Put into buttered pudding dish on bottom.
60 g butter
)
Sauce
30 g melted butter with
1 1/2 cups hot water and 2 tablespoons golden
syrup.
Pour gently over pudding
mixture and cook for approx 40 minutes in
moderate oven.
Variations: Any
fresh or canned fruit. Put fruit on bottom and pour
over juice. It
is also nice with carob.
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Greek Spinach Pie
From: (Evangelos Doussis)
[a light, low-fat dish,
brilliant for lunch at work served hot, warm,
or cold]
the dough :
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3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup warm water
2 tbl spoons oil
1/2 spoon oregano
dash of salt
mix ingredients; knead
for about 2-3 minutes;
adding flour to until
it doesn't stick to the hands -
separate into 3 equal
parts
the filling :
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about one pound of thawed
frozen spinach-
if you prefer the chopped
fresh leaves kind
1 tsp hing - asofetida
powder
(to replace 1/3 white
onion in flavour)
1/2 cup finely chopped
parsley
1/3 pound feta cheese
(totally optional I
actually prefer it without)
salt, pepper, thyme
mix ingredients
the assembly :
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roll out the 3 dough
balls - so that each one is a bit bigger than your
baking pan (I use 8x12
in.) - the amount of dough, for that size will
give you the right thickness
place the first layer
on the greased pan, with ends hanging over the
pan rim - add half the
filling
follow on with the second
dough layer -add the rest of the filling
finish off with the
last dough layer; fold the dough layers together
pluck a few holes, making
sure you go through the
second layer of dough
bake for 3/4 hour at
around 400F
(from mara)
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ITCH PILAF - ~
From HYENIKOMSHIA@xxxx
1 cup #1 bulgur
1 small can tomato sauce
(sorry, I forget how
many ozs, but it is the smallest kind of generic,
cooking style sauce
sold - about 4-6 ozs)
1/2 can of tomato sauce
can worth of water
salt
paprika
juice of 1.5 lemons
chopped parsley and
chives
Mix bulgur, tomato sauce
and water.
Wait until liquid is
absorbed.
Add the rest of
the ingredients to taste.
kwvegan vegan
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BABY POTATOES WITH ROSEMARY
INGREDIENTS:
5 pounds assorted small
potatoes, each cut into quarters
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped
fresh rosemary
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon coarsely
ground black pepper
rosemary sprigs for
garnish
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 425
degrees F. Place potatoes in large
roasting pan (17" by
11 1/2"); toss with olive oil, chopped
rosemary, salt, and
pepper. Roast potatoes 30 to 40 minutes,
turning occasionally
with metal spatula, until golden and
fork-tender. Garnish
with rosemary sprigs.
Serves 10
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[Text 1744168 from COM]
This new bhakta was very
attracted to one very popular guru, but was so
timid he never had the
courage to speak to him. In fact, he told the temple
commander that every
time he got near the guru, he felt like nothing more
than a tiny pebble.
"Well," the temple commander
who also used to be a therapist before joining,
responded, "If you want
to get initiated you'll just have to be a little
boulder!"
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[Text 1696804 from COM]
I, me, mine
Here I sit and pine
Yesterday I was in the
womb
Tomorrow I'll be in
the tomb!
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Kamsa's demoniac friends
said:
"Although Lord Visnu,
Lord Siva, and Lord Brahma are always ready to help the
demigods headed by Indra,
we have no reason to be afraid of them. As far as
Lord Visnu is concerned,
He has already hidden Himself within the hearts of
all living entities,
and He cannot come out." Chapter 4 Krsna Book
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HOT AIR
A man flying in a hot
air balloon near South Fallsburg realizes
that he is lost.
He spots a person on the ground, reduces his altitude, and
shouts, "Hey! Can you
tell me where I am?" The person below says, "Yes,
you're in a hot air
balloon hovering 30 feet above this field. "You must
work as a spiritual
teacher," says the balloonist. "I do," replies the
person, "How did you
know?" "Well," says the balloonist, "what you told me
is true enough, but
it's of no use at all." The person below said, "You
must be a spiritual
seeker." "I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did
you know?" "Well,"
says the person, "you don't know where you are, or where
you're going, but you
expect me to be able to help. You're in the same
position you were in
before we met, but now it's my fault."
(Hari Sauri dasa Text
COM:1564919) -----------------------------------------
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[Text 2651358 from COM]
Once upon a time three
pieces of string were walking down the street. One of
them was thirsty and
went into a juice bar for a drink. The bartender said,
"Are you a piece of
string?"
"Yes."
"We don't allow your kind in here. Get lost!"
He ran out and told the
others what happened. The second piece of string
decided to try his luck
because he was also thirsty. Again the bartender
said, "You are a piece
of string?"
"Yes, I am."
"I said we don't serve your kind. Get out of here!"
He also ran outside.
But the third piece of string was very thirsty. Before
going into the juice
bar he ruffled up his ends and twisted himself up. Then
he marched into the
bar and demanded,
"Give me a drink."
The bartender looked him up and down: "Aren't you a piece of string?"
"No, I'm afraid not."
...as
told by Jambavan dasa (Vrndavana)
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[Text 1770087 from COM]
ONE DAY IN THE PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE
A man goes into his psychiatrist's
office and says, "Doc, you have got
to HELP me! . . .
"Every night I keep dreaming that I'm a SPORTS CAR! . . .
"The other night I dreamed I was a TRANS AM. . . . .
"And another night I dreamed I was an MERCEDES. . . .
"Last night I dreamed I was a PORCHE . . .
"Tell me, Doc, what does all this MEAN?"
"RELAX!" says the doctor,
"...You're just having an AUTO-BODY EXPERIENCE!!"
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"My wife, Rupa Manjari told me this one a few years ago".(Prananath dasa CHCH)
Once there was
a married couple who used to fight all the time. (sound
familiar?) Every day
the husband would come from work & they would immediately
start arguing.
The wife finally decided
that she would go & see her doctor. Maybe he could
help the situation.
She was at her wits end, & fearing the worst (separation
or DIVORCE!) she pleaded
to the doctor to help. The doctor, who was old &
wise, listened very
carefully to the ladies tale of woe. He thought for some
time & finally said
to her that he had a small bottle of mystical potion which
would solve her problems.
He fetched the bottle out and, to her delight, gave
it to her.
The instructions on
the bottle were very simple. When her husband came home
from work, she would
immediately take 1 tsp of the potion & hold it in her
mouth, without swallowing,
for as long as possible.
A few days passed, then
a week, and finally a month later the lady returned to
see the doctor. She
was full of praise for him & his potion which had
completely transformed
their marriage. She was so happy but the potion was
almost gone & fearing
that if she didn't get more things might revert to the
previous state she asked
him could she have some more? He said of course, took
the bottle to the sink
& filling it up with water, he handed it back to her.
Suddenly she realised........
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Direct line to the Lord
(from Sunil Raju formerly
in Wellington, now in Melbourne, Aus - still with us)
The Chief Pujari of ISKCON,
Vrindavan and the Pope are in a meeting in
Rome. The Pujari notices
an unusually fancy phone on a side table in
the Pope's private chambers.
"What is that phone for?" he asks the pontiff.
"It's my direct line to the Lord!"
The Pujari is skeptical,
and the Pope notices. The Holy Father insists
that the Pujari try
it out, and, indeed, he is connected to the
Lord. The Pujari holds
a lengthy discussion with Him. After hanging
up, the Pujari says,
"Thank you very much. This is great! But listen,
I want to pay for my
phone charges."
The Pope, of course refuses,
but the Pujari is steadfast and finally,
the pontiff gives in.
He checks the counter on the phone and says,
"Alright! The charges
were 1000,000 Lira. ($560)
The Chief Pujari gladly
hands over a packet of bills. A few months
later, the Pope is in
Vrindavan, India on an official visit. In the
Chief Pujari's chambers,
he sees a phone identical to his and learns
it also is a direct
line to the Lord. The Pope remembers he has an
urgent matter that requires
divine consultation and asks if he can use
the Pujari's phone.
The Pujari gladly agrees, hands him the phone, and
the Pope chats away.
After hanging up, the Pope offers to pay for the
phone charges. This
time, the Chief Pujari refuses to accept
payment. After the Pope
insists, the Pujari relents and looks on the
phone counter and says:
"Rs 10.00 !" ($0.25).
The Pope looks surprised: "Why so cheap!?"
The Pujari smiles: "Because it's a Local call."
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[Text 1707712 from COM]
1)To blaspheme the devotees
who have dedicated their valuable time, money
and entire lives for
using the e-mail.
2) To consider activities
like chanting, hearing etc to be equal to or
independent of the reading
e-mail.
3)To disregard the information
received from the e-mail and consider it
irrelevant.
4)to blaspheme the e-mail
messages and other messages in relation to e-mail.
5)to consider the glories
of e-mail to be imagination.
6)To give some mundane
interpretation of the e-mail and its messages.
7)To commit sinful activities
on the strength of using e-mail.
8)To consider using
the e-mail as one of the many ritualistic activities
mentioned in the worldly
literatures.
9)To instruct faithless
persons of the glories of using the e-mail.
10)To not have complete
faith in the usage of e-mail and maintain other
methods of communication
inspite of receiving many instructions in this
regard. It is also an
offense to be inattentive while using the e-mail.
Anyone who claims to
be an e-mail user must carefully guard against all these
offenses in order to
quickly achieve the desired success which is "e-mail
prema."
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This was in the "Bob
Levey's Washington" column in the Washington
Post. Every year
he compiles and prints the "Best T-shirts of the
Summer":
1) (around a picture
of dandelions) I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won
2) I Suffer Occasional
Delusions of Adequacy
3) God Made Us Sisters,
Prozac Made Us Friends
4) At My Age, I've Seen
It All, Done It All, Heard It All... I Just Can't
Remember It All
5) My Mother Is A Travel
Agent For Guilt Trips
6) I Just Do What The
Voices Inside My Head Tell Me To Do
7)If It's Called Tourist
Season, Why Can't We Hunt Them?
8)Princess, Having Had
Sufficient Experience With Princes, Seeks Frog
9) No, It Doesn't Hurt
(on a "well-tattooed gentleman")
10)(on the back of a
passing motorcyclist) if You Can Read This, My Wife
Fell Off
11) I Used To Be Schizophrenic,
But We're OK Now
12)(Over the outline
of the state of Minnesota)-My Governor Can Beat Up Your
Governor
13) Veni, Vedi, Visa:
I came. I Saw. I Did a Little Shopping.
14) What If The Hokey
Pokey Is Really What It's All About
15)(on the Front) Yale
Is Just One Big Party (on the back) With a $25,000
Cover Charge
16)Liberal Arts Major...Will
Think For Money
17)Growing Old is Inevitable;
Growing Up is Optional
18) IRS -- Be Audit
You Can Be
19)Gravity...It's Not
Just a Good Idea. It's the Law.
20) If You Want Breakfast
In Bed, Sleep In the Kitchen
22) The Old Pro...Often
Wrong...Never In Doubt
23) If At First You
Don't Succeed, Skydiving Isn't For You
24) Old Age Comes at
a Bad Time
25) In America, Anyone
Can Be President. That's One of the Risks You Take.
26) First Things First,
but Not Necessarily in That Order.
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from Kanai Thakur das
[Text 2662426 from COM]
Iskcon Baroda, India.
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conscious joke book will be found at:
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