ISKCON Member Opens Council Meeting With Sanskrit Verse Written by Antony Brennan on 25 Apr 2009
Nityananda Chandra Dasa is a devotee of Krishna and pujari at Sri Sri Radha Kalachandij’s in Dallas, Texas.
On Wednesday, April 8th, he represented ISKCON when he gave the morning invocation at the Dallas City Hall council meeting. The invocation is a prayer given to open the council meeting and ask for the Lord's blessings.
Previously the invocation for the Dallas council meeting had been given by...
Spending hour by hour
on many days of 2 Retreats
in Prabhupada's Japa Palace
trying to go deeper
in Japa (chanting Krishna's names on beads)
the most basic, yet profound
revealing spiritual practice--
going beyond "normal"
prescribed minimum
though official rounds
now to increase the quality
through lessons, techniques, prayer
building on 16 to 64 or more
by intention & effort
a special sacred space created
internally & externally
by a spiritual community
of like-minded chanters....
April New Vrindavan
Japa Retreat Two
1st 64 round day
in the afternoon
with merciful God
and Goddess in a box
Laxmi, 3 shilas and
Shri Giriraja
give their audience
for those with
spiritual eyes--
even we can't see
their spiritual identities
still the key
to revelation
is here:
chanting the Holy Name
with Tulasidevi by
the Guru's order
through his followers
in disciplic line
from Mahaprabhu
(Shri Chaitanya).
By huge Gaura-Nitai
on the lake
taking prasad
in cabin eight--
difficult prep
for...
Today I was at the post office for many many hours. Dallas Ratha Yatra is happening on the following Saturday, the 25th. So I was there doing the bulk mail out invite. About 2500 beautiful postcards illustrating Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra, the festival in Puri, and Dallas.
While passing through their accounting office and back to their mailing department an African American woman, who was in her earlier 50's, asked me this question, "What is with the attire?" I answered...
My Dear Harinam [the holy name of Krishna] Prabhu [Master]:
Respectful Pranams to you and my worshipable gurus by whose mercy I can write and pray to you. I offer you here my desires and aspirations for service and spiritual attainment. May your will be done, through me, within me, and around me!
After countless births and deaths being averse to the Lord of my heart--you as the Divine couple--and your service, I have somehow come into contact with your agents Shrila Prabhupada and his...
It is a blessing
to be able to sit
and chant 64 rounds
with all arrangements
taken care of--
nothing else to do
in a most Sacred Space
Prabhupada's Palace of Gold.
Apurva Prabhu's
healthy, delicious Prasad
(vegy spiritual food)
a talking fast
"mauno vrata"
so no conversation required
minimizing eye contact
or gestures
even during meals
we sit in silence
relishing the taste of Krishna Prasad
listening to silence and chewing
thinking about chanting.
Everything to facilitate taking
the sacred...
How much faith is enough?
5%, 20%, 50% or
100% in one part
of the philosophy
by which we can
accept the rest?
How much faith
is required to
try something new
drive, fly or walk
in the dark?
We experienced something
in and about Prabhupada
his character, wisdom, kindness
so we loved him
serving tirelessly
to please him
or make him smile—
then we were happy.
The process continues
with gurus
present today
charming and capturing
disciple’s faith
dissolving doubts
encouraging them
to serve Krishna...
Lord Caitanya discovered during his travels a special fact regarding the pastimes of Lord Ramachandra. That Sita that was kidnapped by Ravana was not actually Sita but rather a Maya Sita.
CC Madhya 1.117: At Rāmeśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had a chance to read the Kūrma Purāṇa, in which He discovered that the form of Sītā kidnapped by Rāvaṇa wot that of the real <a l but a mere shadow representation.
PURPORT
The Kūrma Purāṇa states that this shadowy Sītā was placed into a fire as...
Friday April 3rd is the appearance day of Lord Rama (in the USA, please check your local Temple for other parts of the world). Such a day for any incarnation of God is not called a “birth” day since God is ever-existing and primeval. Their “birth” in the material world is only a superficial ruse, as much as an actor exists before going on stage. Queen Kunti in her prayers in the 1st Canto of the Bhagavatam explains this: ”Being beyond the range of limited sense perception, You are the...
Lord Buddha decried the Vedas
being misused for animal slaughter
replaced the Vedas with his doctrine
of "ahimsa"--cause no harm to others
a religion that only matter exists
silent on God yet implying
no God, souls, or Spiritual Reality.
Followers learning peace
practicing compassion, kindness
withdrawing from the world
no positive activity beyond
like a child sent to their room
no eternal destination
no suffering by ceasing to exist.
Great Acharya Shankara
is Shiva under Krishna's order...
4 years 3 weeks agoISKCON Member Opens Council Meeting With Sanskrit Verse Written by Antony Brennan on 25 Apr 2009 Nityananda Chandra Dasa is a devotee of Krishna and pujari at Sri Sri Radha Kalachandij’s in Dallas, Texas. On Wednesday, April 8th, he represented ISKCON when he gave the morning invocation at the Dallas City Hall council meeting. The invocation is a prayer given to open the council meeting and ask for the Lord's blessings. Previously the invocation for the Dallas council meeting had been given by...0 Comment(s)255 Reads
4 years 3 weeks agoSpending hour by hour on many days of 2 Retreats in Prabhupada's Japa Palace trying to go deeper in Japa (chanting Krishna's names on beads) the most basic, yet profound revealing spiritual practice-- going beyond "normal" prescribed minimum though official rounds now to increase the quality through lessons, techniques, prayer building on 16 to 64 or more by intention & effort a special sacred space created internally & externally by a spiritual community of like-minded chanters....1 Comment(s)223 Reads