ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ
punar āvartino ‘rjuna
mām upetya tu kaunteya
punar janma na vidyate

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca
akṣaraḿ brahma paramaḿ
svabhāvo ‘dhyātmam ucyate
bhūta-bhāvodbhava-karo
visargaḥ karma-saḿjñitaḥ

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arjuna uvāca
kiḿ tad brahma kim adhyātmaḿ
kiḿ karma puruṣottama
adhibhūtaḿ ca kiḿ proktam
adhidaivaḿ kim ucyate

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Generally people think that when we have to stay alone at home, we would be dull and morose and would surprisingly inquire how I am carrying on with my duties cheerfully without fear during such situations. The simple secret for this is Gurudev, his words and instructions. In the purport of Srimad Bhagavatam verse 3.21.31, Srila Prabhupada says – "To award fearlessness to the common man is the greatest act of charity. A sannyaasi, or one who is in the renounced order of life, should wander from door to door, from village to village, from town to town and from country to country, all over the world as far as he is able to travel, and enlighten the householders about Krishna consciousness."

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tapasvibhyo ‘dhiko yogī
jñānibhyo ‘pi mato ‘dhikaḥ
karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī
tasmād yogī bhavārjuna

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It is a natural tendency of living entities to like happiness and dislike sufferings. Especially among human beings, since the tendency to lead a sophisticated life is more, we always try to counteract the sufferings by various means. In spite of all our attempts to counteract, the nature of this material world is duhkhaalayam ashaasvatam - full of miseries and temporary. Our attempts to counteract sufferings bring in more and more sufferings as Prahlad Maharaj says duhkhaushadham tad api duhkham atad dhiyaaham – the solution to the problems are more miserable than the actual problems. As a result, we feel defeated and frustrated as promptly diagnosed by King Rshabadev in SB 5.5.5:

paraabhavas taavad abodha-jaato
yaavan na jijnaasata aatma-tattvam
yaavat kriyaas taavad idam mano vai
karmaatmakam yena shareera-bandhah

"As long as one does not inquire about the spiritual values of life, one is defeated and subjected to miseries arising from ignorance. Be it sinful or pious, karma has its resultant actions. If a person is engaged in any kind of karma, his mind is called karmatmaka, colored with fruitive activity. As long as the mind is impure, consciousness is unclear, and as long as one is absorbed in fruitive activity, he has to accept a material body."

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karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed
akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ
sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu
sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt

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na māḿ karmāṇi limpanti
na me karma-phale spṛhā
iti māḿ yo ‘bhijānāti
karmabhir na sa badhyate

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ye me matam idaḿ nityam
anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
śraddhāvanto ‘nasūyanto
mucyante te ‘pi karmabhiḥ

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karma brahmodbhavaḿ viddhi
brahmākṣara-samudbhavam
tasmāt sarva-gataḿ brahma
nityaḿ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam

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By the end of 1972, I had spent about two weeks in the Melbourne ISKCON centre. Except for the basic tenets of karma and vegetarianism, I understood little of the philosophy of Krsna consciousness.

One person that I heard the devotees always discussing was Srila Prabhupada. The title "Srila Prabhupada" reverberated in my ears hundreds of times a day. I became fascinated by the unflinching attachment devotees had for the person with this sobriquet "Srila Prabhupada". As the days sped by in an almost unrelenting cycle of harinama, prasadam, and, at the time, unfathomable rituals, my enchantment became contaminated with doubt.

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"Do not put faith in this temporary material body, because Yamaraja, the lord of death, is waiting next to you. The flow of karma is just like the ocean of sorrow. Consider this properly and worship the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna with attachment under the guidance of saints and scriptures."

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura – Sri Prema-bhakti-candrika 8.7

Disclaimer: The daily ‘Vedic thought’ are posted by Deepak Prabhu in the Yahoo Groups – Govindadwipa. All credits goes to him and the groups. Hare Krishna.

Many reasons to chant THE "Hare Krishna" maha mantra of Lord Krishna’

(1) By Chanting Hare Krishna you become free from Anxieties.

(2) A person who chants Hare Krishna develops all good qualities.

(3) Chanting Hare Krishna brings relief from all miseries.

(4) Chanting Hare Krishna invokes spiritual peace– for you and those around.

(5) Chanting Hare Krishna free you from all reactions from past karma. Chanting Krishna’s name even once, purely and sincerely, can free you from the reactions of more karma you could possibly incur.

(6) Chanting Hare Krishna counteracts the sinful atmosphere of Kali-yuga, the present Age of Hypocrisy and Quarrel.

(7) The more you chant Hare Krishna, the better it gets.

(8) Chanting Hare Krishna awakens love of God

(9) Chanting Hare Krishna brings liberation as a side benefits along the way.

(10) When you chant Hare Krishna, you automatically develop knowledge and detachment.

(11) It is the most effective means of self-realisation is the present age of Quarrel. Nothing else works nearly as well.

(12) Chanting Hare Krishna cleanses the heart of all illusions and misunderstanding.

(13) Chanting Hare Krishna brings you to self-realisation and shows you how to act as self-realised soul.

(14) There are no hard and fast rules for chanting. You can chant anywhere, anytime under any circumstances.

(15) Krishna Himself is fully present in the transcendental sound of His name. And the more you chant, you more you realise it.

(16) Chanting Hare Krishna purifies not only you but every living entity around you. Whoever hears the chanting gets spiritual benefit.

(17) By chanting Hare Krishna you can return to Krishna’s World, the eternal abode of full happiness and knowledge.

(18) There are no previous qualifications needed for chanting Hara Krishna. Young and old, anyone can chant – from any race, any religion, or any country of the world.

(19) Chanting Hare Krishna brings the highest states of ecstasy.

*The most important thing about chanting Hare Krishna Never cost you even 1 penny

Just do it for the few days from your Heart and you will feel change and benefits…………

"Devotional service to Lord Krsna is performed when the heart no longer desires any material benefit to be obtained in this life or the next. This is freedom from the bonds of karma."

Gopala-tapani Upanisad 1.14

Disclaimer: The daily ‘Vedic thought’ are posted by Deepak Prabhu in the Yahoo Groups – Govindadwipa. All credits goes to him and the groups. Hare Krishna.

If you take one cent from somebody else without doing something good to him or without exchanging something, then you are debtor, and you have to pay him with interest and compound interest. That is the law of karma.

New Vrindavan, June 16, 1969

Today I was listening to lecture titled "Life begins from Cleanliness",  given by our spiritual master HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on 2008-12-10 in Shree Shree Radha-NeelMadhav dham, Rajkot and shall attempt to transcribe the same in this mail.  Maharaj was explaining the following verse from shastras

sukhasya duhkhasya na kopi daataa / paro dadaati iti kubuddhir eshaa
puraa krtam karma sadaiva bhujyate / dehin kvacin nistara yat tvayaa krtam

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