Hari Bhakta dasa

Yes, it is on Dvadasi that we don't clip Tulasi leaves. You can clip off extras the day before and keep in a bowl of cool water so you have some to offer on Dvadasi.

It is so nice to see the Krishna Consciousness film clips on youtube.com. Thank you for sharing this one with us. Hare Krishna!

It has been said that way back when the church father's were deciding what to include in the Holy Bible as we know it now - the decision was made to leave out the part where Jesus teaches that there is no eternal damnation in hell and that we get to come back again after punishments have been served. Why did they leave this out? The church decided that if the people knew they get other chances and don't rot in hell for eternity then they would sin all the more knowing they would come back and get other chances to redeem themselves. Basically, it was left out to control the masses. I don't remember which book this teaching was in but apparently Peter asked Jesus why God who is our loving father and whom we are to love would punish His children so severely forever. Jesus answered him by saying that is the secret. Hell is not for eternity.

i hope the end of your day is sooner than here. IMHO it should be shut down many posts ago.

rotfl anything else just aids you in perpetrating more offenses. I choose not to go that route. admin, are you on vacation or something?

It must be very difficult being so perfect and intelligent around us morons.

Thank you for sharing this with us. I like this very much.

It is obvious from each post this person puts on this thread and all others that they had zero interest in chanting. They knew what would get other participants to pay attention, got the attention and now has gone for the throat. responding with quotes and so on to this person only helps them to offend all the more. i am still in wonder as to how this is person is being allowed to behave and offend so blantantly on a vaisnava forum.

this person had no faith to break in the first place.

Can someone explain to me why such people as cbrashma are allowed to rant and rave about each and everything that we as Gaudiya Vaisnavas hold dear? Are such things really considered spiritual discussions? And is it really to anyone's best interest to be subjected to grave offenses to our acaryas? I honestly thought that this was a Vaisnava forum.

--------------- . one is a failure as a devotee if all we see and think about is faults and . . failures of others. --------------- Print and cut on dotted lines. Hang in easily to view place on computer monitor.

Actually, I don't care whether or not you believe me. Just because YOU have not heard of such of person does not mean they don't exist. I wasn't talking to you anyway.

I know someone so involved in these silly games that he quit his job and sits at home playing day and night. Not only that but he lies to his wife about looking for work and not finding any while she works to support him. They live in his mother-in-laws house who is crippled and works all day. But a young healthy man sits on his butt playing games like a child. Don't pretend it is Krishna enjoying the games to rationalize wasting your precious time when it is just you wallowing in maya.

Avinash, you are a kind and soft-hearted soul who hates to see others in distress. You will do whatever you can to help others. I, like Theist, would like to see this mark. This sounds auspicious.

Hare Krishna, Yes, the above is the prayer that you would say if you are following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. On these forums you should state whose teachings you follow or you will get what has happened here, a huge variety of prayers from all sorts of traditions. This will cause confusion to newcomers. This is one of the problems with combining these forums. They used to be separate on their own pages but now we have this huge mish-mash of teachings. I can only imagine the confusion this is causing for newbies.

The Lilamrta is not a proper source of reference.

Bhagavad-gita chapter 10 verse 33 - "Of letters I am the letter A, and among the compounds I am the dual word, I am also inexhaustible time....."

Lord Krishna is not influenced by maya. He plays these parts to please His devotees who want to be His parents, friends etc. He played the part for the benefit of Mother Yasoda and then when He saw that she had become so disturbed by His tears He allowed His pure devotee to capture Him much to her joy. It is impersonalism to believe He is influenced by maya like we are.

What is your problem? I only repeated what I learned from Srila Prabhupada plus it was in answer to a particular question by some other unnamed guest. Theist, please accept my humble apologies if anything I may have said in your thread has caused any disrupture in the nectar. This was not my intent as I am only repeating what I learned from my spiritual master which is to start at the beginning and follow thru so we have an understanding of who is Lord Krishna. Also, to read Bhagavad-gita first.

It is prescribed by Srila Prabhupada that we read Bhagavad-gita first (not just read but study) before we go on to the Srimad Bhagavatam. Prabhupada then tells us to read the Bhagavatam from the beginning; not to jump here and there. If we do not read from the beginning but jump to other parts of the Srimad Bhagavatam we are in danger of misunderstanding and commiting many offenses by speculating and concocting.

Can you please provide the reference to Shankaracarya's mission being to fool people into creating unwanted progeny? My understanding is that Shankaracarya's mission was to trick people back to the Vedas and to the understanding that they needed to take shelter of Lord Krishna's lotus feet. At that time Buddhism was taking over India. Shankaracarya's followers have twisted his teachings to suit their needs....sound familiar.

Srila Prabhupada gave permission for his murti to be placed in the temples. "The photos of my murti are very nice. The murti of the Spiritual Master should be treated as good as the Deity. Saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair, uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih/kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya, The guru should be treated as good as God. This is stated in all the sastras. The difference is that God is master-God and guru is servant-God. So the installation ceremony for such a murti should be similar to that done for other Deities. All Temples can have this Deity if they like." Srila Prabhupada letter Mayapur, January 29, 1976 Did he ever give permission for others to do the same? Did he even give permission for the pictures of these other gurus to be placed on the altars? I find this whole thing most distressing. So many deviations, so many changes.

Yep, if building slaughterhouses in India is considered the mark of a great personality, then Nehru fits the bill.

This is NOT a spiritual topic and perhaps Admin would be so kind as to move it to the News section for those inclined to discuss such topics whether old or new. It shows a lack of consideration and proper behavior to put such mundane talk in this section.

Are you certain this is what you meant to say? It is offensive.