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21.01.2022 Desiring to understand the glory of Radharani's love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when ...She realizes the sweetness of His love; the Supreme Lord Hari, richly endowed with Her emotions, appeared from the womb of Srimati Saci-devi as the moon appeared from the ocean. Sri-Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-lila 1.6 Happy Gaura-Purnima See more

20.01.2022 The lord descends in the sound of the Holy names in Kali-Yuga. Which is His special mercy on all living entities that have found themselves in this day and age.... There is nothing like being in the Harinama party. It is all auspicious. I remember when I first saw the Harinama party when I was about 7 or 8 in Bourke St Mall in Melbourne in the early 80's. They were making such a racket, which seemed very unusual to me but all the devotees looked so happy. In my heart I said to myself, I want be just like them, after they had passed, because they all looked so happy... with nothing. That was ecstatic to me, and I now know that is the effect of associating closely with the Lord's Holy names. Self consciousness goes away and you really feel this amazing victory sweep through your whole mind and body. This is what the soul is craving for... spiritual elevation on the highest plane. Union with the divine. It can only be experienced, and you can get it for free just by coming with the devotees on Tuesdays and friday nights starting at Gopals in the City @ 6:30pm. Truely... there is nothing more nectar in the whole universe, it's what all the adverts on TV are trying to package when they are selling you a product. "you will feel bliss if you buy our product.... only $499 and you can feel bliss. Well we get ours for free, and that's one thing I have found by associating closely with the Hare Krishna's is that if you want to struggle like an ass and get cheated out of your money to gain material sukha, (happiness) then it is very expensive and tiresome. But if you chant Lord Krsna's holy names and associate with the devotees then you gain happiness very quickly and it doesn't wear off or have a used by date. It just increases. There's no need to continually "upgrade" to the latest version of Krsna prema, because it's already in your heart. You just have to want it... and as you go along in devotional life it just gets deeper and deeper, the love knows no boundaries. That is the key, to life in general, but it is the key to unlock your souls potential... and the biggest secret is that everybody can do it. It is ABSOLUTE and UNIVERSAL truth. All souls are seeking bliss but we are doing it through material means, not spiritual means. That's why material happiness always falls short. Because we are all seeking eternal bliss, eternal knowledge, eternal life, and you can get all those things by really wanting it. So today is a special day as it is Lord Krsna's appearance as Lord Caitanya. The most munificent, most merciful incarnation of the Lord. Please do something special, Chant Hare-Krsna, come to the temple, taste our wonderful prasadam, and have a perfect Gaura-Purnima free from stress, and taste the bliss of Krsna consciousness. See more

20.01.2022 I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who is very dear to Lord Krsna on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

17.01.2022 The Lords pastimes are very misleading. It is very easy to see the picture of a pastime like this and in some way, misconstrue the lords divine love between Sri...mati-Radharani and think that the Lord is some lusty fellow just like any conditioned soul. Srila Prabhupada preached very heavily against this concept. It is not something that can be easily understood. The subtleties and secretive nature of the Lords love between Him and His own internal feminine energy is something that can not be speculated about. People have the wrong idea and drag the lords pastimes down to the mundane level thinking that Krsna is tainted with mundane lust. But this is God we are talking about. All the original desire of the Jiva, (us) reside in it's fullness within the lord. He is the original possessor of any character trait that we possess. So things like anger, lamentation, illusion, hankering, fear, delusion are spiritual emotions that are felt in their correct union with the Lord. Since he is the artist, and this mundane world is just the painting of the artist. Everything is here except, ecstatic bliss, full knowledge, and eternal youth, which are aspects of the lords eternal nature. They are only found in love, for love is the predominating factor of the spiritual world. The opposite of this material world where everything is tainted with mundane lust, fear and ignorance. So I just wanted to say this with respect to these pictures. There is nothing mundane about Radha-Krsna's love. Though because people are attracted by lust, then these pastimes are extremely misleading. To those who have had no purification by chanting, serving, hearing, or offering prayers they think this spiritual love is cheap. But this is the highest spiritual emotion on the platform of eternity. There is no death in the spiritual world and it is only accessed by those who can understand this spiritual love, with a desire to serve the lord IN love... There is nothing mundane or dirty about it. The lord performs innumerable pastimes, which boggle the mind, Half Man half lion to protect His devotee from the demoniac forces, a 3 foot dwarf Brahmana that cheats Bali Maharaja of his kingdom by begging three steps of land, and when the lord takes everything within creation with two steps, the lord asks him where to take His next step, as there was nothing left to take, so Bali Maharaja offers the Lord his own head to step on so that he could fulfil the desire of the lord. So Krsna is all attractive and that is the meaning of His name. He is God and this is what God is... ALL ATTRACTIVE to ALL souls. Whatever you want to see in the Lord is accessible for He is the original artist of this life and beyond. Always see the Lord with awe and reverence... we are just hearing about these pastimes at this time. But YOU have a unique position in those pastimes and this is why the lord comes. To reunite you with the supreme spiritual flavour of the eternal abode, which is free from the defective propensities of the material atmospheres. Basically our own faulty understandings of something that is divine in nature. Best wishes

16.01.2022 Svarupa Damodara dasa beautifully recites the essence of all vedic scripture

16.01.2022 Glory to the Sri-Krsna-Sankitana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together and thus extinguishes the blazing fire of conditioned ...life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious. - Sri-Sri Siksastaka See more

15.01.2022 O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winte...r and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. - Bhagavad-gitä 2.14 See more

11.01.2022 etvatlam agha-nirharaya pus sakrtana bhagavato gua-karma-nmnm vikruya putram aghavn yad ajmilo ’pi nryaeti mriyama iyya muktim... Therefore it should be understood that one is easily relieved from all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name of the Lord and chanting of His qualities and activities. This is the only process recommended for relief from sinful reactions. Even if one chants the holy name of the Lord with improper pronunciation, he will achieve relief from material bondage if he chants without offenses. Ajmila, for example, was extremely sinful, but while dying he merely chanted the holy name, and although calling his son, he achieved complete liberation because he remembered the name of Nryaa. - B 6.3.24 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/3/24/

11.01.2022 One should chant the Holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself to be lower than the straw in the street, one should be more tolerant tha...n a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respects unto others... in such a state of mind one can chant the Holy name of the Lord constantly. See more

10.01.2022 Please pray for my Sister... She is in the last stages of cancer and will not be in her present body for much longer. I am praying to you because I know the dev...otees of the Lord can warrant her a safe passage into her next body. She was such a friendly person, would give a helping hand and advice to anyone without thought for herself. She was such a beautiful person. I know that the Lord has a reason to take her away from us at such a young age, but the world is going to be missing another pure soul who gave everything to others without asking for anything for herself in return. Her name is Tracie Hartley and I thankyou for your benedictions in advance. I have no words to express my gratitude to you all for being such kind and selfless people. "Hare Ka Hare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma Hare Hare"

08.01.2022 for protection from inauspicious elements and rogue elements intent to disturb our spiritual advancement.

07.01.2022 "Jaya Radha-Madhava"

03.01.2022 The Lord's Beauty would be unimaginable... it can only be relished, which is the true function of the eyes.