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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!…

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.47 patitaḥ skhalitaś cārtaḥ kṣuttvā vā vivaśo gṛṇan haraye nama ity uccair mucyate sarva-pātakāt If when falling, slipping, feeling pain or sneezing one involuntarily cries out in a loud voice, “Obeisances to Lord Hari!” one will be automatically freed from all his sinful reactions.

“So far these plays are concerned, they are not meant for ordinary people and if they laugh, then that is a great offense. Just like in your play “Putana Killed” there was so much laughing. So these plays are not meant for the public showing unless they are very nicely done. The audience must give…

“There are many professional chanters who can perform congregational chanting with various musical instruments in an artistic and musical way, but their chanting cannot be as attractive as the congregational chanting of pure devotees. If a devotee sticks strictly to the principles governing Vaishnava behavior, his bodily luster will naturally be attractive, and his singing…

One day, while Srila Prabhupada was taking his massage on the balcony in Calcutta, I humbly approached him. `Srila Prabhupada, I have been trying to understand what you want of us, what your desire is.’ Srila Prabhupada was so pure he took every word into his heart. `Yes?’ `Two things seem to please you the…

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.25.23 mad-āśrayāḥ kathā mṛṣṭāḥ śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca tapanti vividhās tāpā naitān mad-gata-cetasaḥ SYNONYMS mat-āśrayāḥ — about Me; kathāḥ — stories; mṛṣṭāḥ — delightful; śṛṇvanti — they hear; kathayanti — they chant; ca — and; tapanti — inflict suffering; vividhāḥ — various; tāpāḥ — the material miseries; na — do not; etān — unto…

hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare iti sodasakam namnam kali-kalmasa-nasanam natah parataropayah sarva-vedesu drsyate “After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krishna.” – Kali Santarana Upanisad