Every year during Karttik, the month of mercy, I get an opportunity to share some the wisdom and culture of Krishna Consciousness with many students. "When it rains, It pours" does not only describe the weather in Dallas during this time of year, but is also a good description the large groups of students that come during this time of year. Every year during this time, without fail, hundreds upon hundreds of students visit the temple. Some are from...
Dallas Morning News,
Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box.
David Letterman dramatically confessed on his "Late Show" program that he had been the target of an extortion attempt having to do with sexual affairs he had with...
In the material ocean
of ignorance and suffering
all souls float helplessly
unless they receive
help from above--
Plants and animals
can only follow
the narrow confines
of instincts for survival
while human life
is like parole from prison
offering a way out
the chance to rise above
mere existence,
to understand our
soul and God--
if we can overcome
the animality of sensuality.
Out of millions
of fruitive workers
who think the body everything
one person will become
a seeker of spiritual truth...
Dallas Morning News,
Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box.
The number of Americans who don't identify with any religion is growing. A new study by Trinity College suggests that more than one in five Americans will identify themselves as...
Sitting in my chair
in the forest
chanting "japa",
O Radhe, O Krishna!
please capture my mind
and heart,
end my material existence
pulling my attention and desires
to you alone--no other interests,
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.
After a few rounds
of chanting Hare Krishna
in the pleasant fall warmth
I just sit and listen:
"What can I learn?"
The Wind answers
my inquiry
gently massaging
the trees
with its air current
speaking the language
of the ages.
Everything in life
can teach us
if we are...
Dallas Morning News,
Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box.
Talk show host Glenn Beck landed on the cover of Time Magazine this week, after a powerful start as a Fox News host. Beck is most famous these days for his updated version of...
Life is often a rush from one activity to another, and there is a tendency to not be in the present moment, but to be thinking of the next activity, or lamenting some past mistake. To counteract this habit, I do my best to begin my day by thinking of what I am grateful for. If I do this right, I observe my life with as much appreciation as I can. I look for those things I am thankful for, which are disguised as the regular details of my life. Becoming a devotee of Krishna means--among other...
Shrila Prabhupada's coming to the West is pregnant with deep with meaning and symbolism. It demonstrates the glory of Krishna's pure devotees, and shows the primary way divinity manifests in our lives. Ordinarily, or materially, the Lord is neutral as the indwelling Paramatma or Supersoul. He is awarding every soul's good and bad karma, allowing them to go up to the higher planets [heaven] or down to the hellish ones. However, this is not the Lord's desire. He desires that all souls awaken...
8/30/09 Sunday Class by Nityananda Prabhu
The A,B,C,D, & E's of a Krishna Conscious Program
A- Assocation with devotees
B- Books, Srila Prabhupada came from the spiritual world to make these books available. Reading and distributing
C- Chanting, heart of the operation. 8th chapter 7 times writes out the whole mantra, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare . Please pledge for Japathon,
D- Devotional Food, Prasadam. Everything that we eat...
3 years 31 weeks agoEvery year during Karttik, the month of mercy, I get an opportunity to share some the wisdom and culture of Krishna Consciousness with many students. "When it rains, It pours" does not only describe the weather in Dallas during this time of year, but is also a good description the large groups of students that come during this time of year. Every year during this time, without fail, hundreds upon hundreds of students visit the temple. Some are from...0 Comment(s)226 Reads
3 years 32 weeks ago(©syamarani dasi, used with permission; wwwbhaktiart.net) Now again Kartika has come— Radha’s month— to remind us of the beauty and mercy of Shri Radha Gopinatha (Krishna) and the importance of our spiritual practices as we derive special benefit in this month by our humble efforts to serve the Divine Couple hearing and remembering their spiritual activities chanting their holy name in abandon and feeling. ___________________________________________________ Often I have spoken of matter’s “...1 Comment(s)749 Reads