13 Jan 2011
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Devotee's, Hansadutta das
Tags: Hansadutta, pulpit, Putana, Srila Bhaktisiddanta, Srila Bhaktivinoda, Vani Vibhava
Without the self-realized soul at its head…
By Hansadutta Prabhu
“The heart has reasons that reason fails to understand.”—Blaise Pascal
When the Acharya comes, he gathers around him so many people, but they’re bringing their own baggage and cannot prevail. It seems to be the rule that a collection of disciples can go only so far before there’s an overwhelming of their past.
“O well-wisher of the devotees. May you obtain peace! The nature that the living entities have developed, according to their respective karma from birth after birth in this world, influences them to engage in fruitive activities. Until desires opposed to devotional service are destroyed from the heart, no amount of good instruction can bring any auspiciousness. Such instructions will simply come out of the ear-holes and will not enter into the heart. No amount of preaching to them or discussing devotional service will produce a good result because of their bad karma. Your discourses and discussions will therefore not yield any result. My order to you is that you should live at the place where I kept My dear Haridasa and where I loudly chanted the holy names of the Lord. You should constantly sing the glories of the holy names for the benefit of the fallen souls. As a result of the piety that people will achieve by hearing from you, and the faith they will develop, they will attain unduplicitious faith in pure devotional service in a future lifetime.”—Mahaprabhu to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur (Sri Bhaktivinoda Vani Vaibhava)
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01 Jan 2011
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Book Changes, Devotee's, Govinda dasi
Tags: Bhagaji, Govinda dasi, Haleys comet, Iskcon, Srila Prabhupada, Sruta Kirta
Letter by
GOVINDA DASI
Paul Howard has brought up some very pertinent points. One, that there were in fact many tapes missing from that time period. Yes, this is true, and my understanding is that Tamal had those tapes and they somehow vanished. They were from the same time period that the July letter was written.
Two, the question of whether Prabhupada’s disciples accepted the zonal acharya eleven. Most of them did not. It is noteworthy that at the time when Srila Prabhupada left, it was understood that the initiations would continue uninterrupted just as they had been going on for some years. This was common knowledge.
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01 Jan 2011
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Devotee's, Remembering Srila Prabhupada, Spiritual Life
Tags: books, devotee, guru, Krishna, spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, Vyasasan das
Your Ever Well Wisher
My First Book
by Vyasasan das
I think we all remember very clearly where we were and what we were doing the day Srila Prabhupada first entered our lives. Many of the older devotees remember where they were when President John F. Kennedy was shot, or where they were when “The Beatles” appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. But our remembrance of Srila Prabhupada will outlive any mundane event in our lives, as our relationship with our Srila Prabhupada is an eternal relationship.
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01 Jan 2011
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Devotee's, Krishna Consciousness, Spiritual Life
Tags: bona fied spiritual master, mahat-tattva, master of spirit, Padmapani das, Prabhupada connect, spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupada connect
by Padmapani Prabhu
Yet many times we still receive letters asking us how to connect with Srila Prabhupada now that he is apparently absent from our material vision. This should not be a mystery, since after all, Srila Prabhupada is a bona fide spiritual master, i.e. a master of spirit.
“A pure devotee of the Lord does not live on any planet of the material sky, nor does he feel any contact with material elements. His so-called material body does not exist, being surcharged with the spiritual current of the Lord’s identical interest, and thus he is permanently freed from all contaminations of the sum total of the mahat-tattva. He is always in the spiritual sky, which he attains by being transcendental to the sevenfold material covering by the effect of his devotional service. The conditioned souls are within the coverings, whereas the liberated soul is far beyond the cover.”
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31 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Arsha Prayoga, Book Changes, Locanananda das
Tags: arsa prayoga, BBT, bhagavad-gita, book changes, Locanananda, prabhupada
Arsha Prayoga Part (I) – Resistance To Change
By Locanananda Prabhu
Let me first offer my prostrated obeisances unto the lotus feet of that supreme swan-like devotee of the Lord, our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy the fallen souls of Kali Yuga may taste the sweetness of the narrations of the pastimes of the Lord and His pure devotees. As the bonafide representative of Sri Vyasadeva, he composed a mountain of transcendental literature to enlighten the entire human society, explaining even the most confidential truths regarding vaisnava philosophy.
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada displayed all of the symptoms of an empowered jiva soul, working tirelessly to distribute the transcendental message of love of Godhead throughout the world. It is therefore the duty of his followers to preserve the legacy and protect the honor of such a great spiritual personality whose every moment was dedicated to the spreading of Krishna consciousness.
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29 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Book Changes, Devotee's, Narasimha das
Tags: bhagavad-gita, book changes, Narasimha das, original, Srimad Bhagavatam, Sukadeva Goswami
BY: NARASIMHA DAS
Dec 28, 2010 — USA (SUN)
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami has answered our questions and concerns regarding the status of those who support the idea of changing Srila Prabhupada’s books. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami specifically predicted Srila Prabhupada’s original books from India — books “meant to bring about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected civilization.”
As predicted, these editions exhibited some “irregularities” in composition due to Srila Prabhupada’s letting a sincere yet unqualified editor finish his proofs in New Delhi. This was His causeless mercy on one sincere soul and the fulfillment of Sukadeva Gosvami’s prediction. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami predicted that these books would be “heard, sung, and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.11). In fact, these editions were all we had in the early days when the genuine Krishna consciousness movement was spreading like wild fire all over the world. Sincere devotees relish these unique editions even today, never complaining about apparent “irregularities”.
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28 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Devotee's
Tags: advaita myler, australia, kulimela, kulis
Advaita MylerDecember 23, 2010 at 6:07pm
Subject: What to Bring to Kulimela Australia
Hari Haribol
Fellow Kulis, friends and associates
With only a couple of days till we kick off week 1 of the Mela we would like to give you a quick checklist of things to bring for the week or 2.
Firstly it is important that you bring any spending money you anticipate needing over the period you are attending in cash as there is no ATM facility on the farm. We will have the internet set up for registration fees via Paypal or direct deposit but please bring cash money if you intend to purchase anything on site such as snacks, merchandise or souvenirs.
The weather here lately has been temperamental so please prepare for both extremes – hot sunny days, and cold rainy ones. We have been getting a lot of rain in the area this summer to please be prepared for that eventuality.
Apart from that a few basics that will get you through the week/s are:
Bedding – sleeping bag, foam mat
Torch
Towel and swimmers/boardies
Any required medication
Sun cream
Poncho/rain coat/umbrella
Insect repellent
Toiletries
Short and Long Sleeve pants and shirts
Hiking shoes or decent joggers – for bush walks and climbing mount Warning
Spiritual clothing and beads for temple programs
Travel insurance and copies of travel and legal documents
A big smile and an open heart
We know that this will be an amazing festival for all if you come in to it with an open heart and a positive attitude. We have dedicated a lot of time and money to making this happen over the past two years and we have done everything in our power to make this event a success. What you take out of it is now up to you.
We wish you all a safe and hassle-free journey and we look forward to your association soon.
Humbly yours,
The Kulimela Australia Team.
Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadari Ki Jai!
27 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Arsha Prayoga, Book Changes, Locanananda das
Tags: arsa prayoga, Arsha Prayoga, BBT, book changes, Hare Krishna Movement, Locanananda, original, revised, Srila Prabhupada
Arsha Prayoga – Part One
April 26, 2010 by Locanananda Prabhu
…For those who saw the Hare Krishna movement spread from city to city and from country to country, it was clear that the original version of Srila Prabhupada’s books was full of spiritual potency and did not require to be changed in any way for his words to act upon the hearts of the conditioned souls…
The question as to whether the writings of the acarya may or may not be revised by his disciples after his disappearance is answered by the rule of “arsa prayoga”. This principle states that one should not see mistakes in what the spiritual master has written or think that his writings may be changed to make them more effective or politically correct. To preserve his teachings in their originally published form is the way by which the acarya is honored, and to do otherwise is to dishonor him. That is the rule of “arsa prayoga”, a principle that devoted followers of a bona fide spiritual master must adhere to without deviation.
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13 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Book Changes, Devotee's, Govinda dasi
Tags: book changes Hayagriva das, Govinda dasi, Jayadvaita Swami, MacMillan Bhagavad-gita, original books, Prabhupada's divine mercy
Letter on Book Changes
by Govinda Dasi (ACBSP)
Dear Yashoda Dulal Prabhu,
Pamho. Yes, the BBT always gives that one worn-out example of cattle, and of course the other one, planet of the trees. Yes, those are typos, mistakes. They fail to mention the other four thousand and nine hundred and ninety eight changes they made!
And had these two errors been corrected, along with any misspelled words, etc. there would have been no cause for alarm–or for a million dollar lawsuit with bbt defending the edited version–one which they lost in the courts. That court case is the only reason that now the world has an option to read Prabhupada’s original words. But the 5000 changes that were made, and changing the “writer’s voice” was unwarranted and factually criminal.
In a meeting at Honolulu temple some years back, Jayadvaita M. actually stated, “Oh, those (original) books were horrible!” Those “horrible” original books, filled with Srila Prabhupada’s divine mercy, made thousands of devotees in the ’70s. More books were distributed then than now.
It seems you believe the propaganda that Hayagriva was never around Prabhupada much, and there were many editors etc. What can I say? This is simply not true. I knew Hayagriva from the time I joined Prabhupada in San Francisco, January of 1967. Hayagriva was there, and was already editing the Gita, and spending hours every day with Srila Prabhupada going over every verse!
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07 Dec 2010
by The Hare Krishna Movement
in Chanting Hare Krishna, Devotee's, Hansadutta das
Tags: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man, chanting Hare Krishna, hansadutta das, kirtan, Krishna consciousness, material happiness is temporary, spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, transcenental happiness
Kirtan: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man
By Hansadutta Prabhu
The singing and dancing of Hare Krishna is known as Kirtan. My spiritual master Srila Prabhupada said, “This is not ordinary dancing; this is the dancing of the soul, a soul awakened to his original consciousness, Krishna consciousness.” There is no motive in performing Kirtan. It is the song and dance of ecstasy, the dance of the soul. The soul is dancing; therefore the body is dancing. Actually, the body cannot dance without the soul. A body without the soul is a dead body.
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