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From Kurma’s blog: nama-cintamani-krishna caitanya-rasa-vigrahah purno suddho nitya-mukto ‘bhinnatvan nama-naminoh This means that the name of God is as powerful as God is Himself. It is called purna. Purna means complete. And suddha means without any material contamination. ‘Purna suddha nitya‘. Nitya means eternal. Abhinnatvan nama-naminoh means without being different from the person whose name…

# Verbs has to agree with their subjects. # Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. # And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction. # It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. # Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.) # Also, always avoid annoying alliteration. # Be more or less…

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. I have to admit that this has been the most interesting teaching practice to date. It was not at all as difficult as I thought it would be. There were some kids with some serious behavior management issues but the policies at this…

School officials in Victoria, Australia, say it’s too hard for students to calculate equations using the constant 9.8 meters/second/second — the acceleration of gravity at Earth’s surface — so it’s changing the Year 12 physics exam for the Victorian Certificate of Education to use a rounded-off figure of 10 m/s/s. Close enough? No: “The difference…

The authentic scriptures are compiled by personalities like Vyasadeva, Narada, Asita and Parasara, who are not ordinary men. All the followers of the Vedic way of life have accepted these famous personalities, whose authentic scriptures conform to the Vedic literature. Nevertheless, the demoniac do not believe their statements, and they purposely oppose the Supreme Personality…

Srimati Radharani is the center of all Vrindavan’s activities. In Vrindavan, Krishna is the instrument of Srimati Radharani; therefore all the inhabitants of Vrindavan still chant‚ “jaya Rādhe!” From Krishna’s own statement given herein, it appears that Radharani is the Queen of Vrindavan and that Krishna is simply Her decoration. Krishna is known as Madana-mohana,…

In the Srimad Bhagavatam 11.10.12 it is very nicely explained by Lord Sri Krishna to Uddhava: ācāryo ‘raṇir ādyaḥ syād ante-vāsy uttarāraṇiḥ tat-sandhānaḿ pravacanaḿ vidyā-sandhiḥ sukhāvahaḥ “The spiritual master can be compared to the lower kindling stick, the disciple to the upper kindling stick, and the instruction given by the guru to the third stick…

This week we managed to get a lot done. Somehow this really interesting idea came to me for how to teach them the basics of MS Excel. I get them to go online and play this game called ‘Lemonade Stand’ which involves the buying and selling of lemonade to customers over the period of one…

PrabhupAda: …They are working very hard, undoubtedly, but they are working foolishly. srama eva hi kevalam. The result is simply they are becoming tired. That’s all. Because they are not working intelligently, like monkey, he is busy all day. What is the value of your busy? You’ll find the monkey is never sitting idle. He’s…

Revatinandana: Prabhupada, if we are performing actions, if we are acting, like preparing offerings for Krsna by our work, but while we are doing this work our mind is not engaged in Krsna all the time, thinking about Krsna all the time, we fall into maya, but we’re still doing the work, eventually by performing…

This is an important message regarding His Holiness, Bhakti-tirtha Swami. We are sad to inform you that his Holiness Bhakti-tirtha Swami departed this world at 3:40PM EDT on Monday, June 27, 2005 in Gita Nagari. You may check www.btswami.com or the B.T. Swami List for more information. Please inform disciples and well-wishers in your area.…

Prague, Czeck Republic, is one of the more dynamic temples in Europe. They have a good core of devotees that travel all around the country distributing books. For the past fifteen years they have had this steady team of devotees doing this glorious activity. The temple President, Narakrti prabhu, said to me, “We have many…

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“The person explained to Srila Gaurakisora, “I thought it better to reside in a solitary place and perform my own individual worship then to become disturbed at heart by hearing another holy person’s sharp words.” Srila Gaurakisora replied, “Please notice that those devotees who speak sharp words to drive away the witch of illusory energy…