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Srimad Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9 - The Most Confidential Knowledge
TEXT 26
patraà puñpaà phalaà toyaà
yo me bhaktyä prayacchati
tad ahaà bhakty-upahåtam
açnämi prayatätmanaùSYNONYMS
patram—a leaf; puñpam—a flower; phalam—a fruit; toyam—water; yaù—whoever; me—unto Me; bhaktyä—with devotion; prayacchati—offers; tat—that; aham—I; bhakti-upahåtam—offered in devotion; açnämi—accept; prayata-ätmanaù—from one in pure consciousness.TRANSLATION
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.PURPORT by HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada:
For the intelligent person, it is essential to be in Kåñëa consciousness, engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, in order to achieve a permanent, blissful abode for eternal happiness. The process of achieving such a marvelous result is very easy and can be attempted even by the poorest of the poor, without any kind of qualification. The only qualification required in this connection is to be a pure devotee of the Lord. It does not matter what one is or where one is situated. The process is so easy that even a leaf or a little water or fruit can be offered to the Supreme Lord in genuine love and the Lord will be pleased to accept it. No one, therefore, can be barred from Kåñëa consciousness, because it is so easy and universal. Who is such a fool that he does not want to be Kåñëa conscious by this simple method and thus attain the highest perfectional life of eternity, bliss and knowledge? Kåñëa wants only loving service and nothing more. Kåñëa accepts even a little flower from His pure devotee. He does not want any kind of offering from a nondevotee. He is not in need of anything from anyone, because He is self-sufficient, and yet He accepts the offering of His devotee in an exchange of love and affection. To develop Kåñëa consciousness is the highest perfection of life. Bhakti is mentioned twice in this verse in order to declare more emphatically that bhakti, or devotional service, is the only means to approach Kåñëa. No other condition, such as becoming a brähmaëa, a learned scholar, a very rich man or a great philosopher, can induce Kåñëa to accept some offering. Without the basic principle of bhakti, nothing can induce the Lord to agree to accept anything from anyone. Bhakti is never causal. The process is eternal. It is direct action in service to the absolute whole.
Here Lord Kåñëa, having established that He is the only enjoyer, the primeval Lord and the real object of all sacrificial offerings, reveals what types of sacrifices He desires to be offered. If one wishes to engage in devotional service to the Supreme in order to be purified and to reach the goal of life—the transcendental loving service of God—then one should find out what the Lord desires of him. One who loves Kåñëa will give Him whatever He wants, and he avoids offering anything which is undesirable or unasked. Thus meat, fish and eggs should not be offered to Kåñëa. If He desired such things as offerings, He would have said so. Instead He clearly requests that a leaf, fruit, flowers and water be given to Him, and He says of this offering, "I will accept it." Therefore, we should understand that He will not accept meat, fish and eggs. Vegetables, grains, fruits, milk and water are the proper foods for human beings and are prescribed by Lord Kåñëa Himself. Whatever else we eat cannot be offered to Him, since He will not accept it. Thus we cannot be acting on the level of loving devotion if we offer such foods.
In the Third Chapter, verse thirteen, Çré Kåñëa explains that only the remains of sacrifice are purified and fit for consumption by those who are seeking advancement in life and release from the clutches of the material entanglement. Those who do not make an offering of their food, He says in the same verse, are eating only sin. In other words, their every mouthful is simply deepening their involvement in the complexities of material nature. But preparing nice, simple vegetable dishes, offering them before the picture or Deity of Lord Kåñëa and bowing down and praying for Him to accept such a humble offering enables one to advance steadily in life, to purify the body, and to create fine brain tissues which will lead to clear thinking. Above all, the offering should be made with an attitude of love. Kåñëa has no need of food, since He already possesses everything that be, yet He will accept the offering of one who desires to please Him in that way. The important element, in preparation, in serving and in offering, is to act with love for Kåñëa.
The impersonalist philosophers, who wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend this verse of Bhagavad-gétä. To them, it is either a metaphor or proof of the mundane character of Kåñëa, the speaker of the Bhagavad-gétä. But, in actuality, Kåñëa, the Supreme Godhead, has senses, and it is stated that His senses are interchangeable; in other words, one sense can perform the function of any other. This is what it means to say that Kåñëa is absolute. Lacking senses, He could hardly be considered full in all opulences. In the Seventh Chapter, Kåñëa has explained that He impregnates the living entities into material nature. This is done by His looking upon material nature. And so in this instance, Kåñëa's hearing the devotee's words of love in offering foodstuffs is wholly identical with His eating and actually tasting. This point should be emphasized: because of His absolute position, His hearing is wholly identical with His eating and tasting. Only the devotee, who accepts Kåñëa as He describes Himself, without interpretation, can understand that the Supreme Absolute Truth can eat food and enjoy it.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Prabhupada Uvacha:
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Prabhupada's Prasadam
Palika-devi dasi regularly cooked for Srila Prabhupada and she recalls his favorite preparations.
A first favorite for Prabhupada was always kacauris, especially urad dal kacauris. In sweets he liked sandesa and rasagullas. Also, he liked a good, hot jallebi. With every meal there had to be a bitter vegetable made with karela (bitter melon) or nim leaves. He liked nim baigan very much, a preparation mentioned in the Caitanya-caritamrta. Prabhupada loved urad dal, and he taught me to make it with fennel, ginger, and asafetida -- all these must be in the chaunce. Actually, Srila Prabhupada enjoyed a wide variety of foods.
"Once, for weeks he would have kitchri daily with vegetables in it and lots of ghee, and hot puris and baigan bhagi (deep fried eggplant). That and nothing else. I would put the kitchri in his big rice bowl and sometimes he would ask for seconds. If Srila Prabhupada was hungry in the evening, he would take different things according to his taste -- many times a ghee vegetable and puris with hot milk. I would generally use misri (sugar candy or rock candy) rather than sugar. Sometimes he wanted milk only or a tangerine. Often he would have muri (puffed rice) with peanuts and milk. I remember a few times he would request me to leave a dish or two of sandesa on the bookshelf in case he became hungry while translating in the night. But always, except once or twice, however the sandesa would be there in the morning. Also, for months Srila Prabhupada had me prepare badas and coconut chutney for breakfast and dahi-badas for lunch. He liked these preparations and he remarked on them often. He had yogurt with his lunch every day. As time passed, it became a rule that whenever there was kitchri, there must be kadhi."
Madri dasi, who also cooked for Prabhupada, recalls the time she watched Prabhupada eating in Surat.
"One day, he finished his lunch and they gave him a whole banana. Prabhupada started to peel the banana, but I never saw anyone peel a banana like he did. He didn't touch it at all with his left hand. He picked it up in his right hand and started to peel it with his teeth, pulling the strips down with his teeth and then picking out the white part in the center. Then, pulling the white part away, he let the whole banana skin drop from his teeth. He did all this without touching it with his left hand."
Anirdesavapur dasa used to cook for Prabhupada in Mayapur and he noted Prabhupada's particular taste for golden raisins.
"We gave Prabhupada different kinds of dried fruit. He liked golden raisins from China. Aside from these golden raisins, of course, there are the regular black raisins, and also the common golden raisins from the West. In the West they take black raisins and put sulphur in them to turn them golden. Once, a devotee who knew about natural foods would not allow us to get the golden ones, because he said they had sulphur dioxide in them and were unnatural and not good. They gave Prabhupada the black raisins. Prabhupada looked at them, but he wasn't very happy. He said, 'These look like little black flies. You don't have the gold ones?'"
Palika-devi dasi, interview; Madri-devi dasi, interview; Anirdesavapur dasa, interview.
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Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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>>> Ref. VedaBase => Pandal Speech and Question Session -- Delhi, November 10, 1973
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Prabhupada: Mr. High Commissioner and Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here, taking so much trouble, to participate in this Krsna consciousness movement. And I shall simply try to draw your attention about the importance of this movement. Importance of this movement is this, that we do not know what is the aim of life. The modern civilization, all over the world, especially in the Western world -- nobody knows what is the actual problem and what is the aim of life. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gita. The Bhagavad-gita says, "The real problem is janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9], that birth, death, old age and disease, these are the problems." If you take birth, then you will have to die. Anyone who takes birth, he must have to die. And so long, between birth and death, there is old age and disease. Actually, these are the problems. So far we are concerned, living entities, every one of us, that is described in the Bhagavad-gita. Na jayate na mriyate va kadacit: "The living entity is never born, never dies." Nityah sasvato 'yam purano na hanyate hanyamane sarire: [Bg. 2.20] "The living entity is eternal, ever-existing and very old, and," na hanyate hanyamane sarire, "it does not die after the annihilation of this body." But the modern civilization, they are thinking that "This body we have got somehow or other, a lump of matter, and so long we have got this body, let us enjoy life, sense gratification." This is atheistic theory.
In our country there were atheists also. Just like Carvaka Muni. According to his philosophy, he says, rnam krtva ghrtam pibet. Because in our country, India, life is enjoyable when we get to eat too much ghee. You see, pakhika anna (?). That is enjoyment. Just like in Western countries, if they can eat, they can drink more, that is life's enjoyment. In our country, of course. So rnam krtva ghrtam pibet. If somebody says that "I have no money," so Carvaka Muni says that "You take loan from your friend and purchase ghee and enjoy life." Rnam krtva ghrtam pibet yavaj jivet sukham jivet. "So long you will live, live happily. Why... Make beg, borrow, steal and live happily." "No. I shall be responsible. I shall have to pay next life." Carvaka Muni says, "No, no. Don't bother about next life." Bhasmi-bhutasya dehasya kuto punar agamano bhavet: "Your body will be burned in the crematorium. That finished. That's all." This foolishness is there, that this life... We do not know that this human form of life we have got by the evolutionary process, going through so many lives. Just like in our present life we can understand that I have come to this body, old body, through child's body, boy's body, youth's body, in this way. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gita. It is not manufactured.
dehino 'smin yatha dehe
kaumara yauvanam jara
tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati
[Bg. 2.13]
You have to accept this, dehantara-prapti, from one body to another. Where is my childhood body? That is gone. Where is my boyhood body? That is gone. Where is my youthhood body? That is gone. Not only for me, for everyone. There is past, present and future. Similarly, when this body will be gone, I will get another body. Where is the difficulty to understand? Tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]. Dhira. Because we are not sober... There are two classes of men: dhira and adhira. Dhira means sober, thinking, thoughtful, and adhira means restless. So with restless brain, it is difficult, but if you have got sober brain, then there is no difficulty to understand that "I am eternal. I was in the child's body, I was in the baby's body, I was in the boy's body, I was in a young man's body. Now I have got a different body. I am living asmin dehe." Dehino 'smin yatha dehe [Bg. 2.13]. It is very easy to understand, but Krsna says, dhiras tatra na muhyati: "Those who are sober, they can understand."
So people cannot understand. That means the modern civilization is not sober. It is just like cats and dogs. You cannot make a cat and dog sober to understand the philosophy of life. They have degraded so much. That is described in the sastra. Yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke [SB 10.84.13]. Atma-buddhih, thinking "I am this body." "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am brahmana," "I am black," "I am white," "I am fat," "I am thin," "I am this." No, no. You are not this body at all. That is knowledge. That is knowledge. Knowledge begins when you understand that you are not this body. That is the beginning of knowledge. Otherwise, "I am this body," this knowledge is there in the cats and dogs also. The dog also jumping, because he is thinking, "I am very nice dog," or "Nice cat." So sastra therefore says, yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke [SB 10.84.13]. This body is a bag of three elements -- kapha, pitta, vayu -- according to Ayurveda system. This physiological condition, anatomical condition of this body, is made of kapha, pitta, vayu. So it is a bag of kapha, pitta, vayu, or flesh, bones, blood, urine, stool, and mucus. If you dissect this body, you will find. Do you mean to say combination of these things can make a life, so nice brain? If you are so competent, then take these ingredients, bones, flesh. They are easily available in the slaughterhouse. Make a good brain. But that is not possible. They simply speak, but it is not possible. Therefore this body is not the... Moving spirit soul, that is different. Therefore sastra says, yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma ijya-dhih. And as soon as you take this body, that "I am this body," then, in bodily relation... Because a woman has got bodily relation, "She is my wife," and the children born out of the womb of that woman, "That is my children..." Sva-dhih kalatradisu.
Yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma ijya-dhih [SB 10.84.13]. Bhauma means the land where we live or where this body is produced. That is worshipable. That is called nationalism. Bhauma ijya-dhih. Yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma ijya-dhih, yat-tirtha-buddhih salile na karhicit. And tirtha, holy place... Just like people go to Vrndavana, Hardwar. Salile. They take birth in the Ganges and the Yamuna, and they think that "Now we have finished our tirtha." No. Tirtha is not that. Tirtha means we have to find out sober person to take instruction from him. So people who are not interested to the sober man and lives like this, that "I am this body, and the bodily production or relation, they are my own men, and if I go to holy place, take bath and then come back..." No. Sastra says, "No." Yat-tirtha-buddhih salile na karhicij janesu abhijnesu. You must approach abhijnah person. That is the meaning of pilgrimage. As the Vedas says, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum eva abhigacchet, srotriyam brahma-nistham [MU 1.2.12]. You must find out a sober man or guru so that he can instruct you, he can deliver you from ignorance of life.
continued........
© 2001 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with permission.
SRILA PRABHUPADA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY
Regarding offering food: The custom is to offer the foodstuff first to the Spiritual Master; we cannot do anything directly. The Spiritual Master accepts the offering on behalf of his disciple, and offers the same to Krishna. After Krishna's eating, the Spiritual Master eats it, and then the devotees take it as Mahaprasada. This is the system. Everything is offered to the Spiritual Master first, with the prayer ``Nama Om Visnupadaya . . .''
Letter to Jadurani, Los Angeles 1968
You cannot expect peace and you go on killing animals. That is not possible.
If you want peace, then you must think for others also. That is Krishna consciousness.
That is God consciousness. How you can kill another animal? He is also as good a child of God.
(6th January 1969. Bhagavad Gita 4:7-10 lecture. Los Angeles. )
Foodstuffs can be offered at any place but with devotion and formalities.
Letter to Madhusudana1968
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Kåñëa says in Bhagavad-gétä (9.27):
yat karoñi yad açnäsi
yaj juhoñi dadäsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruñva mad-arpaëam
"O son of Kunté, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me."
patraà puñpaà
phalaà toyaà
yo me bhaktyä prayacchati
tad ahaà bhakty-upahåtam
açnämi prayatätmanaù
SYNONYMS
patram—a leaf; puñpam—a flower;
phalam—a fruit; toyam—water; yaù—whoever; me—unto Me; bhaktyä—with
devotion; prayacchati—offers; tat—that; aham—I; bhakti-upahåtam—offered
in devotion; açnämi—accept; prayata-ätmanaù—from
one in pure consciousness.
TRANSLATION
If one offers Me with love and devotion
a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.
PURPORT
For the intelligent person, it is
essential to be in Kåñëa consciousness, engaged in the
transcendental loving service of the Lord, in order to achieve a permanent,
blissful abode for eternal happiness. The process of achieving such a marvelous
result is very easy and can be attempted even by the poorest of the poor,
without any kind of qualification. The only qualification required in this
connection is to be a pure devotee of the Lord. It does not matter what
one is or where one is situated. The process is so easy that even a leaf
or a little water or fruit can be offered to the Supreme Lord in genuine
love and the Lord will be pleased to accept it. No one, therefore, can
be barred from Kåñëa consciousness, because it is so
easy and universal. Who is such a fool that he does not want to be Kåñëa
conscious by this simple method and thus attain the highest perfectional
life of eternity, bliss and knowledge? Kåñëa wants only
loving service and nothing more. Kåñëa accepts even a
little flower from His pure devotee. He does not want any kind of offering
from a nondevotee. He is not in need of anything from anyone, because He
is self-sufficient, and yet He accepts the offering of His devotee in an
exchange of love and affection. To develop Kåñëa consciousness
is the highest perfection of life. Bhakti is mentioned twice in this verse
in order to declare more emphatically that bhakti, or devotional service,
is the only means to approach Kåñëa. No other condition,
such as becoming a brähmaëa, a learned scholar, a very rich man
or a great philosopher, can induce Kåñëa to accept some
offering. Without the basic principle of bhakti, nothing can induce the
Lord to agree to accept anything from anyone. Bhakti is never causal. The
process is eternal. It is direct action in service to the absolute whole.
Here Lord Kåñëa,
having established that He is the only enjoyer, the primeval Lord and the
real object of all sacrificial offerings, reveals what types of sacrifices
He desires to be offered. If one wishes to engage in devotional service
to the Supreme in order to be purified and to reach the goal of life—the
transcendental loving service of God—then one should find out what the
Lord desires of him. One who loves Kåñëa will give Him
whatever He wants, and he avoids offering anything which is undesirable
or unasked. Thus meat, fish and eggs should not be offered to Kåñëa.
If He desired such things as offerings, He would have said so. Instead
He clearly requests that a leaf, fruit, flowers and water be given to Him,
and He says of this offering, "I will accept it." Therefore, we should
understand that He will not accept meat, fish and eggs. Vegetables, grains,
fruits, milk and water are the proper foods for human beings and are prescribed
by Lord Kåñëa Himself. Whatever else we eat cannot be
offered to Him, since He will not accept it. Thus we cannot be acting on
the level of loving devotion if we offer such foods.
In the Third Chapter, verse thirteen,
Çré Kåñëa explains that only the remains
of sacrifice are purified and fit for consumption by those who are seeking
advancement in life and release from the clutches of the material entanglement.
Those who do not make an offering of their food, He says in the same verse,
are eating only sin. In other words, their every mouthful is simply deepening
their involvement in the complexities of material nature. But preparing
nice, simple vegetable dishes, offering them before the picture or Deity
of Lord Kåñëa and bowing down and praying for Him to
accept such a humble offering enables one to advance steadily in life,
to purify the body, and to create fine brain tissues which will lead to
clear thinking. Above all, the offering should be made with an attitude
of love. Kåñëa has no need of food, since He already
possesses everything that be, yet He will accept the offering of one who
desires to please Him in that way. The important element, in preparation,
in serving and in offering, is to act with love for Kåñëa.
The impersonalist philosophers, who
wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend
this verse of Bhagavad-gétä. To them, it is either a metaphor
or proof of the mundane character of Kåñëa, the speaker
of the Bhagavad-gétä. But, in actuality, Kåñëa,
the Supreme Godhead, has senses, and it is stated that His senses are interchangeable;
in other words, one sense can perform the function of any other. This is
what it means to say that Kåñëa is absolute. Lacking
senses, He could hardly be considered full in all opulences. In the Seventh
Chapter, Kåñëa has explained that He impregnates the
living entities into material nature. This is done by His looking upon
material nature. And so in this instance, Kåñëa's hearing
the devotee's words of love in offering foodstuffs is wholly identical
with His eating and actually tasting. This point should be emphasized:
because of His absolute position, His hearing is wholly identical with
His eating and tasting. Only the devotee, who accepts Kåñëa
as He describes Himself, without interpretation, can understand that the
Supreme Absolute Truth can eat food and enjoy it. (Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupad. Bhagavad Gita As It Is 9:26 text and purport.)
Tamasic and Rajasic Foods are
Antagonistic to Bhakti
13.118
kaöv-amla-lavaëäty-uñëa-tékñëa-rükña-vidähinaù
ähärä räjasasyeñöä
duùkha-çokämaya-pradäù
Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry, and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery, and disease. (Bhagavad-gétä 17.9)
13.119
yäta-yämaà gata-rasaà
püti paryuñitaà ca yat
ucchiñöam api cämedhyaà
bhojanaà tämasa-priyam
Foods prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed, and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness. (Bhagavad-gétä 17.10)
Meat-eating Destroys Bhakti
13.120
ye tv anevaà-vido 'santaù
stabdhäù sad-abhimäninaù
paçün druhyanti viçrabdhäù
pretya khädanti te ca tän
Those wicked persons who do
not know the real nature of dharma, who are proud and stubborn, who consider
themselves righteous and who mercilessly slaughter animals will, in their
next life, be eaten by the very beasts they kill.
(Srimad Bhägavatam. 11.5.14)
13.121
yo yasya mäàsam-açnäti
sa tan mäàsäda ucyate
matsyädaù sarva-mäàsädas-tasmän-mat-syän
vivarjayet
Whoever eats the meat of someone, he is called the eater of the meat of that entity. But a fish eater is considered as eater of all meats. Therefore one should not eat fish. (Manu-saàhitä 5.15)
The Senses are Like Wives, and the Tongue is the Most Powerful
13.122
jihvaikato 'cyuta vikarñati
mävitåptä
çiçno 'nyatas tvag-udaraà
çravaëaà kutaçcit
ghräëo 'nyataç
capala-dåk kva ca karma-çaktir
bahvyaù sapatnya iva geha-patià
lunanti
My dear Lord, O infallible
one, my position is like that of a person who has many wives, all trying
to attract him in their own way. For example, the tongue is attracted to
palatable dishes, the genitals to sex with an attractive woman, and the
sense of touch to contract with soft things. The belly, although full,
still wants to eat more, and the ear, not attempting to hear about You,
is generally attracted to mundane songs and music. The sense of smell is
attracted by sweet fragrances, the eyes are attracted by beautiful forms,
and the active senses are attracted elsewhere. In this way, I am certainly
embarrassed.
(Srimad Bhägavatam. 7.9.40)
13.123
tävaj jitendriyo na syäd
vijitänyendriyaù pumän
na jayed rasanaà yävaj
jitaà sarvaà jite rase
Even if a person has conquered every sense other than the tongue, he cannot be said to have subjugated his senses until he has conquered the tongue and the sense of taste. The sense of taste is the strongest sense; it is the most difficult to control, especially when it becomes more acute as a result of hunger. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 11.8.21)
13.124
jihvära lälase yei
iti-uti dhäya
çiçnodara-paräyaëa
kåñëa nähi päya
One who is subservient to the demands of the tongue and who thus runs here and there devoted to the genitals and the belly, cannot attain Kåñëa. (Cc. Antya 6.227)
taken from Gaudiya Kantahara Thirteenth Jewel Sadhana-bhakti-tattwa
The Senses are Useless if Not Used in Kåñëa's Service
13.132
taravaù kià na jévanti
bhasträù kià na çvasanty uta
na khädanti na mehanti kià
gräme paçavo 'pare
Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen? (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.18)
13.133
çva-viò-varähoñöra-kharaiù
saàstutaù puruñaù paçuù
na yat-karëa-pathopeto jätu
näma gadägrajaù
Men who live like dogs, hogs, camels, and asses praise those men who never listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord Çré Kåñëa, the deliverer from all evils. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.19)
13.134
bile batorukrama-vikramän ye
na çåëvataù karëa-puöe narasya
jihväsaté därdurikeva
süta na copagäyaty urugäya-gäthäù
One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Supreme Person and has not sung or chanted loudly the worthy songs about Him is considered to possess earholes like the holes of snakes and a tongue like the tongue of a frog. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.20)
13.135
bhäraù paraà
paööa-kiréöa-juñöam
apy uttamäìgaà
na namen mukundam
çävau karau no kurute
saparyäà
harer lasat-käïcana-kaokaëau
vä
The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can award liberation. And the hands, although decorated with glittering bangles, are like those of a dead man if not engaged in the service of Çré Hari. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.21)
13.136
barhäyite te nayane naräëäà
liogäni viñëor
na nirékñato ye
pädau nåëäà
tau druma-janma-bhäjau
kñeträëi nänuvrajato
harer yau
Those eyes that do not look at the form of the Supreme Lord are like those printed on the plumes of a peacock, and the legs which do not move to the holy places are like tree trunks. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.22)
13.137
jévaï chavo bhägavatäìghri-reëuà
na jätu martyo 'bhilabheta
yas tu
çré-viñëu-padyä
manujas tulasyäù
çvasaï chavo yas tu
na veda gandham
The person who has not received the dust of the feet of the Lord's pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body. And, although breathing, the person who has never experienced the aroma of the Tulasé leaves from the lotus feet of the Lord is also a dead body. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 2.3.23)
taken from Gaudiya Kantahara Thirteenth Jewel Sadhana-bhakti-tattwa
PrasAda-sevAya From GitAvali of Thakur Bhaktivinoda
Prayers for honering Prasadam
sarira avidya-jal, jadendriya tahe kal
jive phele vishaya-sagare
ta’ra madhye jihva ati-, lobhamay sudurmati,
ta’ke jeta kathina samsare
krishna bada dayamay, karibare jihva jay,
sva-prasadanna dila bhai
sei annamrita pao, radha-krishna-guna gao,
preme dako chaitanya-nitai
O Lord, this material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths to death. Somehow, we have fallen into this ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is most voracious and uncontrollable; it is very difficult to conquer the tongue in this world. But You, dear Krishna, are very kind to us and have given us such nice prasadam, just to control the tongue. Now we take thisprasadam to our full satisfaction and glorify Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, and in love call for the help of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda.
To hear and learn these prayers:
mahA-prasAde govinde nAma-brahmaNi vaiSNave
svalpa-puNya-vatAM rAjan vizvAso naiva jAyate
O king, for those with little pious credit, faith in mahA-prasAda, SrI Govinda, the holy name, and the VaiSNavas never arises. [MahAbhArata]
YAT KINCID ALPAM NAIVEDYAM BHAKTA BHAKTI RASAPLUTAM
PRATI BHOJAYATI SRI SASTAD DATRN SVASUKHAM DRTAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 8/195 from HARI BHAKTI SUDDHODAYA)
The Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes very satisfied even if very minute food if offered to him by a devotee with full devotion and at once He gives full happiness to the offerer.
YAD ANANDA KALAM GAYAN BHAKTAH PUNYA ASRU VARSATI
TAT SARVVA TIRTHA-SALILA SNANAM SVAMALA SODHANAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 8/273 from HARI BHAKTI SUDDHODAYA)
Devoted devotees, while singing for the Supreme Lord with a choked throat, with hairs standing on end, or with tears from their eyes like rain, they burn their acquired sins, and achieve the merit of bathing in all the places of pilgrimage.
APAVITRA YADANNAM SYAT PANIYAN CAPI PAPINAM
BHUKTVA PITVA VISUDDHAH SYAT PITVA PADODAKAM HAREH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/50 from BRAHMANDA PURANA conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni)
If someone has eaten impure foods from someone or has drank water left from a great sinner, the sins which are derived from such eating and drinking, can become nullified just by drinking the water which has emanated from the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari.
SUDDHAM BHAGAVATASYANNAM SUDDHAM BHAGIRATHI JALAM
SUDDHAM VISNU PARAM CITTAM SUDDHAM EKADASI VRATAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/283 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Markandeya and Bhagiratha)
Food from the devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ganges water, the mind engaged in the lotus feet of Lord Visnu and the day of Lord Hari, named Ekadasi, these are all pure.
PATRAM PUSPAM PHALAM TOYAM ANNA PANADY AUSADHAM
ANIVEDYA NA BHUNJITA YAD AHARAYA KALPITAM
ANIVEDYA TU BHUNJANAH PRAYASCITTI BHAVENNARAH
TASMAT SARVAM NIVEDYAIVA VISNOR BHUNJITA SARVADA
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/338,339 from BRAHMANDA PURANA)
Leaves, flowers, fruits, water, grains, drinks, and medicines altogether, whatever is to be used by a person, cannot be used without offering it to the Supreme Lord. If somebody uses something without first offering it to the Lord, that person must perform atonements. Therefore, everything should be first offered to the Lord before taking it himself.
AMBARISA GRHE PAKVAM YAD ABHISTAM SADATMANAH
ANIVEDYA HARER BHUNJAN SAPTA KALPANI NARAKI
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/34O from PADMA PURANA conversation between Gautama and Ambarisa)
Oh Ambarisa, if anything desirable is being prepared within the house, if iteaten without first offering it to Lord Janardana, that person has to sufferin hell for seven kalpas (one kalpa is one thousand yugas).
AMBARISA NAVAM VASTRAM PHALAM ANNAM RASADIKAM
KRTVA VISNU UPABHUKTAN TU SADA SEVYAM HI VAISNAVAIH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/343 from VISNU SMRTI conversation between Gautama Rsi and Ambarisa Maharaja)
A Vaisnava should always offer new clothes, fruits, grains, and juices to the Supreme Lord Visnu before he accepts them for himself.
YO MAMA EVA ARCANAM KRTVA TATRA PRAPANAM UTTAMAM
SESAM ANNAM SAMASNATI TATAH SAUKHYA TARAM NU KIM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/390 from VARAHA PURANA)
After worshipping Me, one should offer Me sumptuous food, and after offering it to Me, he should eat sumptuously. What would be more pleasing than this?
See more about making offerings to Krishna here
BHAKTYA BHUNAKTI NAIVEDYAM SALAGRAMA SILARPITAM
KOTIM MAKHASYA LABHATE PHALAM SATA SAHASRASAH
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/395 from SKANDA PURANA)
One who eats food after offering it to Salagram Sila, he achieves the results of performing one hundred times one thousand times one million fire sacrifices.
See more about Salagram silas here
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http://www.iskcon.net/gauranga/ppad.htm
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Prabhupad photo gallery - US:
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compiled by Srinandanandana prabhu ACBSP
Prabhupad in Vrindavan picture Gallery
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Krishna Balaram temple and huge amount of links to all
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Krishna Balaram mandir Festival Photo galleries
http://www.vrindavan.com/darshan/albums.php
Mayapur Vrindavan Trust - Vrindavan
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Mayapur Chandradoya mandir - Festival etc 2005
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http://64.28.101.188/iskcon_mayapur/iskcon_mayapur.html
European Krishna conscious festivals - photo galleries:
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Foto galleries of Latino America with Rasananda Swami
http://www.rasanandaswami.com.br/fotos.htm
Picture galleries from India - totally wonderful
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Krishna conscious instructive dramas - plays:
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"IN EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE the chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna shall be heard. This was the forecast made by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu almost 500 years ago in India. Today, as the Hare Krishna Mantra -- Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare -- resounds in Bombay and New York, Nairobi and Sydney, and in Paris and Hong Kong, the prophecy of Lord Caitanya stands fulfilled. The universal import of this "Samkirtan Movement" (the congregational chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord) was expressed by Lord Caitanya as follows:
"Glory to the Sri Krishna Samkirtan which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. The Samkirtan 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 helps us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious."
(Every Town & Village, album cover)
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What's So Special About Chanting Hare Krishna?
By Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandan dasa ACBSP):
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Hare Krishna is NOT "a Cult":
Is ISKCON a Cult or part of the "Hindu Culture"
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http://www.hknet.org.nz/not-a-cult.html
Hare Krishna is NOT a Cult letter by Kunti
dd editor of Hare Krishna World:
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38 Years of Krishna Consciousness through Iskcon.........
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Very nice articles and numerous links on the About Hinduism web-site.
What is ISKCON ???
http://www.iskcon.org/main/twohk/iskcon/what.htm
Is Iskcon a Cult?
http://www.hknet.org.nz/not-a-cult.html
Iskcon and Hinduism
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Leicester Temple UK Audio page - many bhajans and kirtans
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Recently I was asked, "Don't you find it an inconvenience to always be checking to see when is the right time to do this or the best time for that?"
In simple terms my answer was and still is; if you go to the bus or railway station or airport it is probably an intelligent venture to enquire about the times and routes of vehicles than to just hope that one will be along soon, or one is going in your direction.
There are subtle influences in the Universe that, for thousands of years gone by, advanced cultures have honoured, respected and utilised. Before the corruption of the Vedik literatures by the Christian and Moslem invaders to India all these things were used; Ayurvedik Medicine; Vedik Astrology; etc. Today there's a rennaisance among many to revive these arts.
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aham kratur aham yajnah
svadhaham aham ausadham
mantro 'ham aham evajyam
aham agnir aham hutam
"But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering
to the ancestors, the healing herb,
the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire
and the offering."(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita 9.16)
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Young Friends Of Lord Krishna
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ete cäàça-kaläù
puàsaù
kåñëas tu bhagavän
svayam
indräri-vyäkulaà
lokaà
måòayanti yuge yuge
“All the lists of the incarnations of Godhead submitted herewith are either plenary expansions or parts of the plenary expansions of the Supreme Godhead, but Kåñëa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.” (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28)
rämädi-mürtiñu
kalä-niyamena tiñöhan
nänävatäram akarod
bhuvaneñu kintu
kåñëaù
svayaà samabhavat paramaù pumän yo
govindam ädi-puruñaà
tam ahaà bhajämi
“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [Kåñëa], who is always situated in various incarnations such as Räma, Nåsiàha and many subincarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Kåñëa, and who incarnates personally also.” (Brahma samhita 5:39.)
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"The religious principles taught by Mohammed and Jesus Christ are similar to the religious principles taught by Vaishnava sects. Buddhism and Jainism are similar to Saiva-dharma. This is scientific consideration of truths regarding religious principles. Those who consider their own religious principles as real dharma and others religious principles as irreligion or subreligion are unable to ascertain the truth due to being influenced by prejudice. Actually religious principles followed by people in general are different only due to the different qualifications of the practitioners, but the constitutional religious principles of all living entities are one." (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. Sri Krsna Samhita.)Read enlivening articles
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Krishna conscious Dramas and plays:
A collection of 88 transcendental dramas assembled and
presented for the pleasure of
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/default.htm
Wonderful modern Krishna conscious plays:
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/TableOfContents.htm
These are great for Sunday feasts, or school programs or street presentations, or just for our own understanding.
Read here what Prabhupad says about such plays and dramas:
http://www.cedarpost.com/krsnaconsciousplays/PlaysP2SPquotes.htm
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Hare Krsna!
In the download section of my website http://tinyurl.com/9er95 you will find a copy of Ganguly's complete English translation of the Mahabharata (originally in 13 hardback volumes) in HTML format. It is in a 7.5 MB zipped file.
The Mahabharata explains by example how Lord Krsna's Vedic culture and Varnashrama Dharma are meant to work. Where the Manu Smriti is a concise book of laws for Mankind the Mahabharata shows how those laws are applied. The Mahabharata along with the Ramayana have been the main foundation for the continuation of Vedic culture because they are easily accessible to the masses. The Mahabharata was actually written for the unfortunate people of the Kali Yuga to help uplift them. A close study of the Mahabharata and Ramayana in conjunction with the Manu Samhita would serve as a good guide on how to implement Varnashrama Dharma. And, in conjunction with the Srimad Bhagavatam, insight into Daivi Varnashrama Dharma. The Mahabharata is thus an essential text for anyone interested in implementing VAD.
The Mahabharata is a vast treasure house of Brahminical knowledge and as the Mahabharat itself says: "What is found in the Mahabharata may be found in other texts; whatever is not found in the Mahabharata is not found anywhere."
You will also find a PDF copy of a canto of Agnivesa's Caraka Samhita (an Ayurvedic text) entitled Sarirasthana, a fascinating account of how the body is formed starting with philosophical details, conception, karmic details, embryology etc. I once gave this text to an obstetrician to read while she was waiting to see me and she was astounded at how much knowledge was contained in such an ancient text. Size 14 MB
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"krsnas tu bhagavan svayam"
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