March 2014 - Bhakti Vikasa Swami

What a wife should do if the husband is sinful and irresponsible

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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You have got a very big responsibility to give your daughters a good Krishna conscious atmosphere for developing into nice devotees. If you also take up these sinful activities and neglect the principles of Krishna Consciousness,

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Krsna’s dreaming is reality

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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This material world is a product of the mahat-tattva, which is a state of the Lord's dreaming condition in His yoga-nidra mystic slumber in the Causal Ocean, and yet the whole creation appears to be a factual presentation of His creation.

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A devotee acts according to Krsna’s desire

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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If Krsna wants, the devotee can do anything which is ordinarily undesirable; and if Krsna does not want, he shall not do that which he would have ordinarily done for his own satisfaction.

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A comment on current space exploration

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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Arjuna, by the grace of Lord Sri Krsna, was able to reach the heavenly planet even with the selfsame body and was honored by the heavenly demigod Indradeva, being seated with him half-elevated. One can reach the heavenly planets by the pious acts recommended in the sastras in the category of fruitive activities.

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Fundamental Principles for Initiated Devotees

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Vrindavanachandra Das

Vaiṣṇava Culture, Etiquette, and Behavior

Based on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.17.38, 11.5.11), Śrīla Prabhupāda instituted as an initiation vow that all disciples follow four regulative principles: The beginning of religious life is to abandon the four principles of prohibited activities—namely illicit sex life, meat-eating, gambling, and intoxication. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, the requirement is that one must be prepared to give up the four pillars of sinful life—illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication, and gambling.

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Our Program

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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A devotee told a story of when Prabhupada first came to India and traveled with his disciples in a group from one home to another. When they arrived in one place, Acyutananda asked Prabhupada, "What will our program be here?"

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Not take advantage of the concession

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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Drdha means very firm, steady. Krsna is so kind that He has given us so many concession. But we should be... Because there are some concession, better we should not take advantage of the concession,

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Grateful God

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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Only fools are ungrateful to their benefactors. The Lord, however, does not require benefit from anyone besides Himself because He is full in Himself; still He feels benefited by the unalloyed services of His devotees.

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Truth and Beauty

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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There may sometimes be arguments about whether "truth" and "beauty" are compatible terms. One would willingly agree to express the truth, one might say, but since truth is not always beautiful -- indeed, it is frequently rather startling and unpleasant -- how is one to express truth and beauty at the same time?

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Although not having fully realized Krsna

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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Although not having fully realized Krsna, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become attracted to His name, form, qualities and pastimes are completely freed of all sinful reactions, for they have thus accepted the true method of atonement.

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Three items will make your life perfect

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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I am very much pleased to know that you are trying to set a fine example to your young son, Joseph, and your good wife. It is the duty of our students who are married men to train both their wife and children in devotional service to the Supreme Lord. The easiest program is that you add to your daily schedule a Kirtana chanting of Hare Krsna Maha-mantra both in the evening and the morning with your family and...

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A house in which the whole world can live peacefully

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

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(For the anniversary, 24 July, of the incorporation of ISKCON in New York) Bhavananda: In Svarup Ganj there's one big astrologer. So he saw your photograph, and he said, "This is the face of the most powerful spiritual personality on the planet."

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