Struggle is the name of the game as long as we are in this material world

"Struggle is the name of the game as long as we are in this material world."

- H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

         One may be wonder stuck to hear struggle as a game. We have heard of many games - Cricket, football, tennis, kabbadi, chess and so ... on. But till today, we have never heard struggle as game. Sorry to say, but true, every step taken in life is a struggle. Not only human being, in fact every living entity in this world have to suffer. Let that be animals, Plants, birds, Humans every one struggles for their existence.

          When a child is in the womb of mother, it has to suffer a lot, as soon as a child is born all the real problem starts - BIRTH, OLD AGE, DISEASE and DEATH. Unfortunately, these are not the only problem, along with the real problem we get other problems free such as stress, depression, dualities, in life - failures and victory, joy and sorrow, relationship problem, misunderstanding, clashes etc. Everything becomes too much then a person starts thinking - "I should have been the victim in a bomb blast or whatever"they start thinking negative and waste their human life. These are common problem which everyone - whether a devotee or a non devotee faces in day to day life.

I will show you Krishna face to face...

 I will show you Krishna face to face...

  

On 14th may 2012, an air crash in Nepal claimed life of 8 devotees.
This tragic incident challenged the faith of many.

Lord Krishna protects his devotees. So how did he allow this to happen? 
What is the fate of their souls? 
Many mature devotees from all over the world wrote nice consoling letters. These letters not only consoled the devotees but also gave them a spiritual vision to look at these tragic events. Auspicious or inauspicious
After such event there is always a debate – whether such a death is auspicious or inauspicious? We have to consider following points in this regard.

1.These devotees left there bodies in Muktinath,
the holy abode of the Lord. Is such a death in Lords Holy Abode auspicious or inauspicious?

2.These devotees were on a pilgrimage. They were away from the day to day interactions in the material world. So they were in the best of their consciousness as they were approaching Muktinath who is the giver of liberation. Is such a consciousness at the time of death auspicious or inauspicious?

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Hope in this age of Kaliyuga

This age of  Kaliyuga is an age of quarrel and hypocrisy.People are interested only in material advancement and sense pleasures. Butthere is yet hope for all of us. We have the previous acharyas to show us thepath of enlightenment. It is very difficult to grasp what is meant in the scriptures, so we have to take the help of a spiritual master to guide us. Thereis so much that the spiritual master can give us, but we should have faith inhis nectarean words. Though this world is a miserable place to live in, LordChaitanya Mahaprabhu gave us this great benediction for conditioned souls likeus – the Mahamantra. By constantly hearing and chanting the glories of theLord, we can hope to cleanse our hearts. The form, names, activities, pastimes and glories of the Lord are so wonderful that it uplifts us just be hearing about them. But it is very important to hear from authorized sources. We shouldonly hear from great acharyas and spiritual masters who are in the disciplic succession and who are self- realized souls.

Krishna you are my everything

Krishna you are my everything    

Sometimes you are my fellow being,master and sometimes you act as a subordinate  who abide my words and pleads too.

This world is full of miseries and defeat, my heart goes to you when I weep too.

Krishna you are my everything.

There is nobody, with whom we can share a bond, like a relation I strongly feel with you since you are my producer and real parent on whose guidance.

I not only groom but moved too. The moment, I revived my connection with you.

I truly felt that thankfully,finally  I reached to you.

Krishna you are my everything.

- Nisha

"Who wants to take initiation"

Here is a wonderful conversation between a neophyte devotee and Goloka Vrindavana Help Desk Executive.

 Devotee : !!Hare Krsna!! Is this Goloka Vrindavana Help desk?

Executive : !!Hare Krsna!! Yeah Prabhuji. Tell me how can I help you ?

Devotee : I want to know the meaning of Initiation. I am very fool and rascal kind of person and really like a worm who is very stupid and did not have much brain. Please guide me.

Exceutive : Aha ha. Prabhuji ji Initiation starts when you are humble and from your language it sounds that you are already getting purified.

Varnashrama and Vaishnavism

One of my relatives has a very bad opinion of ISKCON because of some wrong propaganda he came across. Like me, he comes from a Çré Vaisnava South Indian family. Recently, when he visited my house, he got his hands on the book Brahmina and Vaishnava, a compilation of famous lectures delivered by Srila Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvati Thakura, establishing the superiority of a Vaishnava over a Brahmina. When he read it, his opinions about ISKCON further worsened. He wrote to me raising his concerns over the philosophical basis of Vaishnavism in general, and ISKCON in particular.

What follows is my reply to his numerous concerns.

Question 1: I know that Varnashrama is bona fide. Krishna has mentioned about it in the Bhagavad-gita. Where does this concept of Vaishnavism come from? Isn’t it a recent fad? As far as I know, people in different sections of the Varnashrama can worship any god like Brahma, Viñëu or Çiva.

Answer:
a) Varnashrama—what is it?

Varnashrama is the bifurcation of the society into spiritual and social orders. The four varëas are Brahmina, kshatriya, vaisya and çüdra. The four äçramas are brahmacarya, grihasta, vänaprastha