31 August 2011

KKSblog.com - Brain dead

KKSblog.com - Brain dead

Brain dead

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Sometimes you see these pictures of a man looking for a guru and he’s climbing up a mountain….and finally he gets on the top of the mountain and there’s a big monitor with ‘google’ on it! This is the situation of this age. We have become brain dead gradually, gradually becoming more and more dull, books are being written on how the computer and especially the internet has changed the thought pattern of people. I read the title of a book about this topic- “is the internet making us stupid?” It is a fact, the internet is making us stupid because before we use to think, now we search…Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in his essay called “ethics of the Bhagavata” that actually when we are reading, that reading is not merely meant for retention of knowledge but that rather, one should be creative with that knowledge and take that knowledge and think of how to apply that knowledge. It’s not merely meant for storage, as nowadays where you just throw it on your hard disk…
(Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, September 2009,  Durban, SA)

Having Faith Part 1

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Finland, 2011)

We have no idea of the mercy that actually we are getting. We are thinking that we understand all the mercy of Gaura Nitai, but we have no idea. Srila Prabhupada told Dhananjaya:

"These deities of Gaura Nitai could just be given away to the people on the street! You tell them that they are souvenirs….that these dolls are souvenirs from the Hare Krishna and you can keep the doll. Everyday you can put some water in front of the doll, which will bring luck for the whole family. So you tell them".

Prabhupada was ready for that. It was inconceivable….what a vision of them. What a faith in the mercy of Lord Caitanya, that somehow or other everything will transform and that it will all work.

Kirtan Mela 2011

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:56 AM PDT

When the Vaisnavas assemble and chant kirtan for the pleasure of Krishna, then the atmosphere becomes magical, the spiritual world manifests, and Krsna is present. As different birds fly at different heights in the sky, different devotees are on different levels of realization. Some may feel the presence of the Lord and others may actually see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates while chanting and dancing in kirtan. When Narottama dasa Thakura performed his kirtan festival at Kethuri after Sri Caitanya Mahprabhu had disappeared from this world, the devotees present could see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates chanting and dancing in the greatest ecstasy. They themselves were then swept up in waves of transcendental love. When Vaisnavas gather for kirtan, it is not only a festival of temporary inspiration but an eternal benediction of lasting benefit. When Vaisnavas gather for kirtan, it is an event not to miss!

(H.H. Kadamba Kanana Swami)

Watch the 12 hour Kirtan Mela 2011 live at: http://mayapur.tv/

From 30 August- 4 September 2011 from 10am-10pm (CEST)

More information can be found at: http://www.kirtana-mela.com/

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Because of Lord Caitanya…

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:34 AM PDT

We chant Hare Krsna and we immediately think, ‘I’m a great bhakti yogi, I mean what can Maya do to me….!’ And meanwhile Lord Caitanya is there every moment blocking maya every step of the way and protecting us. Every step of the way we are being protected otherwise we would fall down, a hundred times, a thousand times a day! But by Lord Caitanya’s personal intervention, a hundred times, a thousand times a day we are saved! We don’t see it. So we can pray to Lord Caitanya in gratitude for saving us…

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