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Prabhus, Haribol. Sorry if this is bit irrelevant in this forum. But I want buy a perfect voice recorder to record pravachans of all Maharajas who visit our temple. Can you pls share your thoughts as to which is the best. Waiting for your answers. ys -Sashi

Thakura BhaktiVinoda says that amar-guru jagat-guru advocates are actually at the lowest level of conception

Any bhajan that glorifies krishna is essentially a HareKrishna Bhajan...However devotees prefer to listen from another devotee rather than Karmi who may sing for his own glorification or money ..point is Bhakti not melody and by all means never meant to be hostile...Haribol

Whe you have faith that my Guru is the eternal Servant of krishna who can help me cross the material ocean then that is Guru Bhakti But when say my Guru is the only Guru who can do it and rest cannot is what personality cultism and morever vaishnava aparadh

Why are you posting in HK forum if you do not want HK bhajans ?

Anand prabhuji, very nice and balanced response keep it up haribol

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Is it a mundane program or some spiritual video or discourse ?

Haribol Prabhu, You can ask some devotees at berkely iskcon or san jose iskcon. http://www.berkeleytemple.com/ http://www.virtualtemple.org alternatively they also sell some tulasi plants sometimes at fremont hindu temple. I would suggest you to get one from a devotee though. haribol

Anand Prabhuji, thanks a lot for your amazing response...i rarely eat pizza outside but now I will try not to eat...but as you said its horrifying to know what is contianed in this cheese.. ys -Sashi

Oh does this mean we cannot eat vegetarian pizza outside ? It would be great if each one of you say your opinion on that

avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam param bhavam ajananto mama bhuta-mahesvaram SYNONYMS avajananti--deride; mam--Me; mudhah--foolish men; manusim--in human form; tanum--body; asritam--assuming; param--transcendental; bhavam--nature; ajanantah--not knowing; mama--Mine; bhuta--everything that be; maha-isvaram--the supreme proprietor. TRANSLATION Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.

>>He who knows all speaks naught, he who thinks he knows speaks forever. Just wondering then what made you speak here ?

Haribol Nitesh Prabhuji, May I humbly ask you what is the highest goal of our life according to you or your spiritual preceptors ? Because that would decide the nature , sadhana ,path or sampradaya, your stand on various issues etc in fact everything And before you ask..I would like to let you know Mahaprabhu gave us that Krishna Prema is the highest goal of life.. ys -Sashi

Keep it going Peter...Krishna is with us... Haribol

Thanks for sharing with us...they are so charming haribol

Haribol.. I just checked your website..thanks but the person whom I want to present can read only telugu...and right now she is quite enthusiastic about Krishna Consciousness..so I thought this is the best time to present her.. Hoping to find something -Sashi

Haribol All, Is there any website where I can download AC BhaktiVedanata Swami's Bhagavt Gita As it Is in Telugu. I would like to give this to a new comer to Krishna Consciousness. Your help will be much appreciated. ys -Sashi

Haribol Prabhu, I checked the verse you mentioned in the Bhagavatham. As far as Shrila Bhakti vedanta Swami Prabhupada's trnaslation is concerned he translated Bhava as Lord Siva and Padma as Lord Brahma ..so your contention that Lord Siva is being not mentioned in the verse is incorrect ko näma tåpyed rasavit kathäyäà mahattamaikänta-paräyaëasya näntaà guëänäm aguëasya jagmur yogeçvarä ye bhava-pädma-mukhyäù SYNONYMS kaù—who is he; näma—specifically; tåpyet—get full satisfaction; rasa-vit—expert in relishing mellow nectar; kathäyäm—in the topics of; mahat-tama—the greatest amongst the living beings; ekänta—exclusively; paräyaëasya—of one who is the shelter of; na—never; antam—end; guëänäm—of attributes; aguëasya—of the Transcendence; jagmuù—could ascertain; yoga-éçvaräù—the lords of mystic power; ye—all they; bhava—Lord Çiva; pädma—Lord Brahmä; mukhyäù—heads. Moreover there are many instances in Srimad Bhagavatam where Lord Siva himself glorifies Lord Krishna. According to Harekrishna Lord Shiva is considered as foremost devotee of Krishna. "Vaishnavanam Yatha Shambhu". He is also one of the barah Mahajana. If one prays to Lord Shiva with genuine devotion undoubtedly they would end up at krishna Bhakti. There are quite few instances of this too. So a true Vaishnava atleast follower of Mahaprabhu would never vilify Lord Shiva. Hope this helps ys -Sashi

Harekrishna Prabhus, I am not qualified enough to answer your query. However as no one has answered I will make an attempt. Pls excuse me if hurt any of your sentiments or feelings in the process. In general material word competition is inevitable. At the same time no man can live without any ambitions. So both seem natural. However that is a common man's perspective. For a devotee his life is centred around Krishna and so the word "Krishna Conscious", like how we say "Man...this lady is too beauty conscious...or oh God that guy is too diet conscious or fat conscious and so on" meaning..whatever they might be doing but they have always their intentions very clear in the back of their mind. Similarly a devotee is Krishna Conscious meaning his life centred around Krishna. That is cultivating Bhakti towards Krishna and serving him is the primary goal and all others are secondary. But for a common man even a religious man his Life, Job , family may be important and Krisha or God also may be on his list but this is quite different from what the so called being Krishna conscious is. So to answer your question a devotee should continue to lead his Life of Bhakti according to his eligibility. Depending on our purva smaskaras and current association and our intensity in Bhakti we may involve in some kind of Karmas. But a devotee being in family Life and a Karmi being in family life may be much different though outwardly they may look same. So to have passion for individual reputation, earn money, beat the competition may be Rajasic in nature. So a devotee would never yearn to cultivate them. Having said that however as part of his karma while being Krishna centric he may naturally dominate others in a given situation or compete with some one and may emerge winner. But his concern is of not being winning or competing but being Krishna centric consistently irrespective of his exterior karmas. So Arjuna is no favourite among devotees and vaishnavas for his valour or because he is expert in archery. He is highly regarded as he just surrendered to Krishna which is what the most intelligent people do. There may be many characters in Mahabharata but how many of them are really surrendered to Lord Krishna and realized that he is Svayam Bhagavan is what is more important. I am not sure how far I am able to drive the point home. That is the reason why sastras advice one to enquire an advanced Vaishnava to begin our spirtual Journey and associate with him. ys -Sashi

Harekrishna, Pls see this article..which is written in good sense and unbiased. http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/nov/17flip.htm ys -Sashidhar

Thanks for sharing with us..that clearly shows pujya Bhakti Vilas Thirtha Goswami maharaj is no ordinary soul..and how important he was in bringing the initial Gaudiya movment without which none of us would have been benefitted