The Lord states in the Gita that He accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water from His bhaktas if it is offered with devotion. These items are easily available and by offering these things one can get His blessings to enter into His Kingdom. And from the scriptures we hear that the Lord has great liking for Tulasi leaves and He is very much pleased if we offer tulasi leaves to Him.

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Today we will share a beautiful offering of H H Janananda Goswami Maharaj unto our spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on the occassion of his samadhi on 27th Jan 2010. H H Janananda Goswami Maharaj is a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada. He had become a devotee in London and served there in the beginning years of his Krishna consciousness (early 70’s) wherein he had spent a lot of time with our Guru Maharaj. Janananda Maharaj is a very exalted devotee, traveling and preaching all over the world, the main driving force behind the World Holy Name initiative and various other wonderful projects in ISKCON. His kirtans, harinam, spontaneous skits, realizations, scholarliness in the shastras, witty nature, humility and many other transcendental qualities attracts even the most demoniac souls to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna.

Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva,
Kalacakra Krsna das
H H Janananda Goswami wrote:

Dear Mahavishnu Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances and ecstatic embraces. All glories to Srila Prabhupada who brought us together and has now separated us at least for a while. But not really. I cannot but remember many wonderful times together laughing and laughing. You were just like my favourite uncle. I love your sense of humour. Right from the first time I saw you, maybe back in 1974, I was naturally attracted to you. You used to roll up to Bhaktivedanta Manor in that little old car – what was it? After your work you would come. I remember you sitting in Prabhupada’s room quietly studying his books – practically unseen by the “busy” devotees who had “things to do”. At that time you hesitated to heed Prabhupada’s call to join him and preach.

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It is one month since our Gurudev left our physical vision. Days and hours are difficult to pass by but we are remembering him more and more. It is only by remembering Gurudev’s glories again and again that we can purify our life and please him. I would humbly like to share the transcribed speech of H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj on 27th Jan 2010 when our Guru Maharaj H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj entered Samadhi.

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During Nityananda Prabhu’s tour of all the holy places of India for the purpose of purifying them, by the will of providence, he happened to meet Madhavendra Puripada somewhere in western India. When Nityananda Prabhu saw Madhavendra Puri Goswami he fainted away in a swoon of ecstatic love and His transcendental body became completely still. Similarly, when Madhavendra Puri gazed upon Nityananda Prabhu, he completely forgot himself and fainted to the ground.

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This is the concluding part of the excerpts of the wonderful class given by our beloved Guru Maharaj on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 4.28.42:

Survive To Serve – Part 3 [granthraj]

Survive To Serve – Part 2 [granthraj]

Survive to Serve – Part 1 [granthraj]

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King MAndhAtA once said to Vasishtha Muni, "O great sage, kindly be merciful to me and tell me of a holy fast that will benefit me eternally."

Vasishtha Muni replied. "O king, kindly listen as I describe the best of all fast days, Amalakii EkAdasi. He who faithfully observes a fast on this EkAdasii obtains enormous wealth, gets free of the effects of all kinds of sins, and attains liberation. Fasting on this EkAdasii is more purifying than donating one thousand cows in charity to a pure brAhmana. So please hear me attentively as I tell you the story of a hunter who, though daily engaged in killing innocent animals for his living, achieved liberation by observing a fast on Amalakii EkAdasii and following the prescribed rules and regulations of worship.

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This is the transcription based on the wonderful class given by HG Vaijayanthi mala Mathaji on S.B.5.19.3:

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 6 [granthraj]

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 5 [granthraj]

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 4 [granthraj]

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 3 [granthraj]

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 2 [granthraj]

Glorification of Lord Sri Rama – Part 1 [granthraj]

In Valmiki Ramayan, Valmiki muni inquired Narada muni whether there is any personality who possesses 16 qualities. Narada muni said it is Lord Rama.

In the previous mails we have seen the first 11 qualities of Lord Sri Rama. In this mail we will see the next quality of Rama.

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The following is the continuation of the excerpts from a wonderful class given by our beloved spiritual master. Maharaj was speaking on the following verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.42:

pare brahmaṇi cātmānaḿ
paraḿ brahma tathātmani
vīkṣamāṇo vihāyekṣām
asmād upararāma ha

We are all trying to be devotees of the Lord and what holds us back is the illusory energy of the Lord. The way to get out of the clutches of the illusory energy is to learn the art of being always connected with the Lord. Now the question us how to engage ourselves, because we have on the one hand our own material responsibilities. Maharaj explained the following practical ways to be followed so that our day to day life is completely spiritualized.

Survive to Serve – Part 1 [granthraj]

Survive To Serve – Part 2 [granthraj]

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We came across a very nice past time of the Lord and wanted to share this with all of you. On one occasion, Narada went to Lord Narayana. In the course of their conversation, Narayana asked Narada, "You move around the three worlds, what news have you brought for Me from your wanderings? Have you seen anything great in My creation?" "What can be greater than You in the three worlds!" replied Narada. On hearing this, Narayana said, "I am asking you about My creation and not about Myself."

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The following is the continuation of the excerpts from a wonderful class given by our beloved spiritual master. Maharaj was speaking on the following verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.42:

pare brahmani caatmaanam / param brahma tathaatmani
vikshamaano vihaayekshaam / asmaad upararaama ha

"King Malayadhvaja could thus observe that the Supersoul was sitting by his side, and that he, as the individual soul, was sitting by the side of the Supersoul. Since both were together, there was no need for separate interests; thus he ceased from such activities."

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The following is the excerpts from a wonderful class given by our beloved spiritual master. Maharaj was speaking on the following verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.42.

pare brahmani caatmaanam / param brahma tathaatmani
vikshamaano vihaayekshaam / asmaad upararaama ha

"King Malayadhvaja could thus observe that the Supersoul was sitting by his side, and that he, as the individual soul, was sitting by the side of the Supersoul. Since both were together, there was no need for separate interests; thus he ceased from such activities."

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Dear Satsangis,

Hare Krishna!! All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga !

Sat Feb 20, 2010 is the Birthday of Bhaktin Smitha Sunil (wife of HG Suvarna Gopal Prabhu).

We humbly request all the Vaishnavas to bestow their blessings on the occasion of this birthday.

Join us to beg at the lotus feet of Guru and Krishna and request their causeless mercy and choicest blessings on this soul, to have many more wonderful and blissful years of Krishna Conscious life.

Yours humble servants,
Ruby & Saravana.

Normally we see that every one visits temple or performs Puja or offers something to the Lord with some kind of motive in the mind. When ever we are in front of the deity, there is always a begging bowl in our hand or heart. Some people openly try to bargain. “You give me wealth, I will return You so much” or “If I pass in exam, I will visit You or offer You some specific thing” or “If I get promotion, I will hold Puja or Satsang” or “I am reading Bhagavatam so that my forefathers will be freed from hell” and many more demands.

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We saw in the mail "Detachment in Practice" that Parikshit maharaj exhibited the highest quality of renunciation of his kingdom, wealth and everything. In fact, few verses before he graciously accepts the curse of the brahmana as the mercy of the Lord and accepts it without any retaliation. Our nature is that any reverse to our sense gratification we tend to rebel against it and the whole life is wasted on the rebellious plot. This needs to be avoided. As Maharaj says, "A devotee welcomes any situation as long as he is in this material world because his attention is fixed on the lotus feet of the Lord." Since our attention is not fixed we tend to waver and glide down from devotional service and we don’t even realize it. Whereas Parikshit Maharaj was able to accept the curse because his attention is fixed and his objectives are very clear. How was his attention fixed and objectives were clear will be seen from the same verse we discussed yesterday.

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This is the transcription of the wonderful class of HG Vaijayanthi mala Mathaji in Abu Dhabi on S.B.5.19.3:

In Valmiki Ramayan, Valmiki muni inquired Narada muni whether there exists a personality who possesses 16 qualities. Narada muni said it is Lord Sri Rama.

In the previous mails we saw the first 9 qualities of Lord Rama. In this mail we will see the next 2 qualities.

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While going through the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam I came across a wonderful verse which portrays the qualities of Maharaj, especially renunciation. Maharaj is very careful in his personal belongings especially his diaries, his one volume Bhagavatam and his clothes and he always insists that they are kept in a proper place and he will show his Narasimha form if it is lost. I remember vividly one time his one small dairy was by mistake kept alongwith his clothes and not kept together with other diaries and he was very furious and chastised us for our carelessness. We were all very tensed and Maharaj was also looking at us with so much disdain. I was wondering this is the same Maharaj few minutes before talking about detachment and now so much attached. I remember Maharaj always says, "Detachment does not mean carelessness but it means being more careful about our duties." Therefore he was so meticulous that all his personal things are kept in proper place so that he can peacefully concentrate on Srimad Bhagavatam.

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I received this inspirational story recently and would like to explain a little bit with some of the relevant instructions from Srimad Bhagavatam.

When Yudhishtira Maharaj was ruling this planet, Bhima used to help in solving problems of people, hence people whoever has any questions / problems would come to Bhima and ask him for help. One day, one citizen came and told Bhima that he noticed a strange thing that day that his fence is moving into other’s place and he is wondering why it happened like that. Bhima can help if a demon is troubling but not these kind of puzzles so he asked him to approach Yudhishtira Maharaj.

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Dear Satsangis,

Hare Krishna!! All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga !

Sun Feb 14, 2010 is the Anniversary of Bhakta Mohan Kumar D and Bhaktin Deepa.

We humbly request all the Vaishnavas to bestow their blessings on the occasion of this Anniversary.

Join us to beg at the lotus feet of Guru and Krishna and request their causeless mercy and choicest blessings on this couple, to have many more wonderful and blissful years of Krishna Conscious life.

Yours humble servants,
Ruby & Saravana.

Recently I came across a nice story when I was reading Srila Prabhupad lectures, >>> Ref. VedaBase => Six Gosvamis Lecture, Sri Sri Sad-govamy-astaka — Los Angeles, November 18, 1968

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This is the final part of the transcription of the lecture given by our beloved spiritual master in Auckland in the year 2003 on the Srimad Bhagavatam verse 3.31.4.

Maharaj was insisting on the importance of neutrality and equipoise so that we can go near Krishna.

Let Your Existence Be Filled With Krishna – Part 4 [granthraj]

Let Your Existence Be Filled With Krishna – Part 3 [granthraj]

Let Your Existence Be Filled With Krishna – Part 2 [granthraj]

Let Your Existence be Filled With Krishna – Part 1 [granthraj]

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