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Avoiding the 10 Offences
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 02/24/2007
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The sincere devotee who wants to attain a perfection (Siddhi) for himself by the process of chanting the Name of the Lord must refrain from the ten kinds of offences which are quoted below from the “Padmapuranam.” The first and foremost offence is the act of defaming the great saints who have...
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A Spiritual Study of Greed
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The Black-marketeers who have been recently raided in large scale by the police in Bihar are almost in all cases rich merchants, millionaires, landlords etc. It would not have been possible for them to hoard such huge quantity of clothes and foodgrains if they would not have possessed extra wealth to...
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On the Crucial Choice: To Be Controlled by Force Or by Love
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 12/15/2006
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To a small degree, we are also supervising material nature. For example, here is some earth. We can take this earth and make it into bricks and build a skyscraper. It is not that the earth is going to become a skyscraper by itself. A living entity must utilize the earth to build the skyscraper. Another example is an airplane. It is simply a...
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"The Cross is the Killing Symbol of Christ"
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 12/12/2006
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That Western people they are claiming very civilized, but I have got objection. Therefore I have come to the West. Because, for example, the animal-killing. The Western people are mostly Christians. Now, Lord Jesus Christ said that "Thou shall not kill." But the result was that two thousand years passed, but the people of the Western countries, they are still killing. So when they have accepted Christianity?
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Prabhupada’s Message on Book Distribution
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 12/6/2006
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No, that is missionary activities, that they do not understand, but you have to make them understand. They are not calling you, “I am suffering. Please come,” but it is your business to go and let them know that “You are suffering. You take this method.” That is the way of becoming very quickly recognized by Krishna.
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“What is the Value of Your Education?”
You have to be educated. How are these people, my students, convinced about the soul? They have been educated by knowledge and by practice. Everything has to be learned by being properly educated. And therefore, the Vedic injunction is tad-vijnanartham - ”In order to know that science” - sa gurum evabhigacchet - ”you must go to a guru, a teacher.” So the answer is that you must go to the teacher who can teach you how the soul is there.
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Srila Prabhupada on Darwin
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 11/24/2006
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The British scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory with his concept of the development of all forms of life through the slow-working process of natural selection. His work has exerted a major influence on the life sciences and earth sciences and on modern thought in general.
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The Absurd Dialectic!
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 11/3/2006
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People are trying to become happy, and your theory is that they should accept suffering. The very proposition is rascaldom. As spirit souls, part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, we are naturally trying to minimize suffering and reach His spiritual abode, where suffering is nil...
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Sri Viraha Astakam
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 10/26/2006
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Cutting through the web of illusion, The overflowing ocean of mercy Sri Nityananda Rama, Ordained that the flood of love of God bestowed by Him, Be distributed throughout the world. Unfortunately, those persons to whom the noble responsibility was given To spread this divine God-consciousness, Were tragically stricken by the disease of caste-consciousness...
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ISKCON’s Purpose
By Srila Prabhupada
| Published 10/16/2006
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More than another sectarian faith, Krishna consciousness is a technical science of spiritual values that is fully described in ancient India’s Vedic literature. The aim of the Krishna consciousness movement is to acquaint all people of the world with the universal principles of God realization so that they may derive the highest benefits of spiritual understanding, unity, and peace.
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