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Where is NOI in Stava-mala?

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Special Category B

Gopal Ramamurthy

Wed, Aug 5 at 5:15 PM

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Dandavat pranam. Appreciate the prompt response.

According to Wikipedia,

Upadesamrta (The Nectar of Instruction): This short work contains eleven verses of instructions to aspirants on the path of devotion to Krishna. The Upadesamrta was originally a part of the Stavamala.

Looking at contents page of Stava-mala of Sri Rupa Gosvami published by Ras-bihari Lal & Sons, there's no mention of Sri Upadesamrta either.

Your servant, Gopal

HpS - AGTSP!! paoho. Thank you, Gopal! I guess that is the translation by Kusakrata Das edited by Purnaprajna Das and sold by RBHL & Sons. Very nice. At http://kksongs.org/authors/literature/stavamala.html is the TOC of the prayers with the links to each song. The RBHL TOC does not give the first line of the Prayer in the numbered songs. Can you go through those and see if one of those is Upadesamarta???

What is Krsna Consciousness?

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Special Category A

Hare Krsna!!

We think Srila Prabhupada chose the term "Consciousness" because it was a term appreciated by the Hippies and other New Age people at the time of the formation of ISKCON and could also be related to our deeper traditional philosphy.

In Hindi ISKCON is like - Antarastiry sri krsna bhavan amrta sanga.

So Conscsiousness is Bhavan amrta.

Bhava is the last stage before Prema (https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200 )

Our senses and mind are engaged in Krsna's service and now our heart, intelligence. It is the next door neighbor to Pure Devotional Service. It is described in the Southern Wave of Nectar of Devotion in great detail and in summary in: https://vedabase.io/en/library/nod/17/ and the following chapter also(?).

Hare Rama.

Donating to NIOS

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Special Category A

AgtSP

Paoho.

Several people have asked us how to donate to NIOS. First let us assure you that donation to other bona fide projects related to Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan accomplishes the same thing. Second, if you are going to donate to NIOS let us know how we can engaged the donations.

Donations can be mailed to:

NIOS

2129 Stratford Rd.

Murfeesboro, TN 37129

USA [Be sure and include an explanation of who is donating, contact information and why).

For direct bank transfers please contact our Communications Secretary:

https://www.niosnimbus.org/p/about-us.html

Calendar: The Big Picture

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Special Category A, Calendar Development

The Sage of the Deep South Wrote:

[2:37 PM, 8/8/2020] SDS: Yes. I agree. I'll be out of job by the end of this year. I have no interest in looking for another job. Not sure of what next.... I do want to go back to India... Unfotunately, I don't have enough faith to take total shelter of the lotus feet of Guru and Krishna...

Maharaja, when you do retire to live in Vrindavan, where would you live? Close to Krishna Balaram mandir or somewhere else?

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP! Paoho. BG 4.34 purport. "Blind faith ant absurd enquirey are condemed". Krsna gives us intelligence, no? Whatever we have comes from Him. Especially in the case of us former Hippy Americans!!

So, full surrender means to use practical intelligence. Of course, that has a esoteric dimensions also. Try making changes in work style gradually. Maybe moving to on-line project work. Work more directly related to SP's Sankirtan.

Krsna will help you if you chant mo' rounds bettah!

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We don't know what is going to happen. Maybe we move into a village here in Nashvill with five more families and grow 90% of our food and only go out once a month for p-nut butter and drive in movies.

In general maybe we go to South America one more time. Big deal and stay one play for a year. Then go to Radha kunda Ashrama that Divya-svarupa Das is building?

Let us travel on Monkey and Piggy's boat everywhere!

World Classical Literature - Plato

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Special Category B

Prof. H. Pradhan wrote:

regarding plato and his work

https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/meditations-on-the-philosopher-king-plato-and-if-utopia-is-possible

ASA - Super. Thank you Prof. Super. Are you going to write to the author? He, you can, must, write for, help, Solaris. What about Confucious? His ideas have been enacted for centuries, no??? Laws of Manu????? More!