SALAGRAMA SILA TOYAM YAH PIVET VINDUNA SAMAM MATUH STANYAM PUNAR NAIVA SAPIVET BHAKTI BHANG NARAH (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/22 from PADMA PURANA) “Any person, if he has even taken one drop of water which has washed Salagram Sila, he will not have to suck a mother’s breast again in the future.” BHAKTYA BHUNAKTI NAIVEDYAM SALAGRAMA…

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.13.2 pṛṣṭhe bhrāmyad amanda-mandara-giri-grāvāgra-kaṇḍūyanān nidrāloḥ kamaṭhākṛter bhagavataḥ śvāsānilāḥ pāntu vaḥ yat-saḿskāra-kalānuvartana-vaśād velā-nibhenāmbhasāḿ yātāyātam atandritaḿ jala-nidher nādyāpi viśrāmyati TRANSLATION When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Kūrma, a tortoise, His back was scratched by the sharp-edged stones lying on massive, whirling Mount Mandara, and this scratching made the Lord sleepy. May you…

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.20.4 na hy asatyāt paro ‘dharma iti hovāca bhūr iyam sarvaḿ soḍhum alaḿ manye ṛte ‘līka-paraḿ naram SYNONYMS na — not; hi — indeed; asatyāt — than compulsion to untruthfulness; paraḥ — more; adharmaḥ — irreligion; iti — thus; ha uvāca — indeed had spoken; bhūḥ — mother earth; iyam — this; sarvam…

I am continuously trying to publish books, as suggested by my spiritual master. I am neither a great scholar nor a great devotee; I am simply a humble servant of my spiritual master, and to the best of my ability I am trying to please him by publishing these books, with the cooperation of my…

“Kirtana means whatever we hear from the Spiritual Master we repeat it again nicely. One who can reproduce the sound vibration heard from the Spiritual Master, he will be a good preacher.” Prabhupada Letters – August 17, 1969

I wish that it will be noted that this Krishna Consciousness Movement is responsible for saving the world. Practically, our Movement is the only hope for saving the world from complete disaster. So you have got all good opportunity now, do everything nicely. – Srila Prabhupada letter, January 1, 1972

Took the Jung Typology Test and came up with similar results to the more reputable Star Trek analysis. 🙂 These things are kinda fun – like reading the horoscope in the paper. I wonder how they take into account that people change and mature over time. I used to be quite socially radical in my…

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.2.33 śrī-kavir uvāca manye ‘kutaścid-bhayam acyutasya pādāmbujopāsanam atra nityam udvigna-buddher asad-ātma-bhāvād viśvātmanā yatra nivartate bhīḥ Śrī Kavi said: I consider that one whose intelligence is constantly disturbed by his falsely identifying himself with the temporary material world can achieve real freedom from fear only by worshiping the lotus feet of the infallible Supreme…

This test says you are an ISFJ (Introvert, Sensor, Feeler, Judger).* In Star Trek, you share a basic personality configuration with the characters of Beverly Crusher and Chakotay. “Why don’t we look at this from a mosquito’s point of view?” – Crusher Qualities People like you are generally highly nurturing and caring. You’re gentle and…

404 – Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s 404.” Adminisphere – The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant. Alpha Geek – The most knowledgeable,…

A man who surrenders when he’s WRONG, is HONEST. A man who surrenders when he’s NOT SURE, is WISE. A man who surrenders when he’s RIGHT, is a HUSBAND.

While located in the Mayic world man must live peacefully with the object of cultivating the spirit. In his society he must lead a pure life, avoid sins and do as much good as he can to his brother man. He must be himself humble bearing difficulties of life with heroism, must not brag of…

This is bizarre …. Muscle tissue grown in a laboratory environment suitable for human consumption … it brings up some ethics points. It is the ultimate conundrum for vegetarians who think that meat is murder: a revolution in processed food that will see fresh meat grown from animal cells without a single cow, sheep or…

Here’s a blog that I started a while back and am just getting around to posting in. The idea was to keep track of whatever I’m doing and thinking. I’d imagine that this might end up being quite personal and potentially controversial as my thinking goes. We’ll see … Ekendra Das’ Service Journal http://www.gopala.org/seva.php Haribol!…