1.take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master 2.receive initition from the spiritual master 3.serve the spirtual master 4.inquire and learn love from the spiritual master 5.follow in the footsteps of holy persons devoted to the transcendental loving service of the lord 6.prepare to give up all kinds of enjoyment and miseries for the satisfaction ( Read more... )

in 97 ex-ISKCON member Tim Lee obtained tapes of Prabhupada's final days on earth. On them, Prabhupada allegedly says several times he is being poisoned....
wow....

nationalism is idiotic ( Read more... )

so i'm officially moving to Portland oregon in a few weeks....
...it's nice that there's a temple in the city (instead of out in the surrounding towns or suburbs), i look forward to seeing it
however, i will miss having prasadam at My Sweet Lord free cafe

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura recommends that we become humble by practicing the following meditation: "The earth, which is always visible to me, is the expansion of the lotus feet of my Lord, who is always to be meditated upon. All moving and nonmoving living beings have taken shelter of the earth and are thus sheltered at the lotus feet of ( Read more... )

He is called Devaki-nandana because He accepted Devaki as His mother. He is called Nanda-nandana and Yashoda-nandana in relationship with Nanda Maharaja and Yashoda, His foster father and mother. He is called Partha-sarathi because He was the chariot driver of Arjuna. He is Bhakta-vatsala, affectionate to His devotees. He is Gopinatha, the Lord of ( Read more... )

I'm sure if you look deep enough into the political relm you can find it is crap. crap crap crap, no matter who is president. the war in iraq, the war in afganistan, capitalism, imperialism, and on and on and on...it is all based on aquiring wealth and power ( Read more... )

i am currently reading srimad bhagavatam, all 12 cantos from start to finish

my roomate wrote a paper for school involving why scientific arguments are more valid than a moral/religious/etc argument saying basically it's cuz science is unaffected by culture, time ( Read more... )

Human life is meant for cultivation of spiritual knowledge, in external relationship with the Surpreme Personality of Godhead.
I know this, but knowing and consummation this knowledge are two distinct things.