Krsna cures Kansr/cancer

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Chant Hare Krsna & be rid of Kansr/Cancer

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna HHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

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Devotees and Health

by Rohininandana Dasa

"eat right, exercise, die anyway
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When I first lived in a Hare Krishna temple, another new devotee, whom I'll call "Bhakta Michael," won my admiration for his complete neglect of his health and hygiene. I had learned that the self was different from the body, but not knowing how to apply that understanding, I thought Bhakta Michael must be an advanced soul. As I read Srila Prabhupada’s writings, however, and understood more about the real transcendentalist’s attitude toward the body, I gave up my admiration for abuse in the guise of detachment.

Prabhupada would sign his letters, “I hope this meets you in good health.” He was concerned that his disciples led a healthy life, including cleanliness, exercise, and a proper diet. When an early disciple became ill, Prabhupada advised him, “Your first business is to look after your health, because if you don’t feel well everything will be topsy-turvy.” He would sometimes tell sick devotees to suspend work and take complete rest.
Sometimes Prabhupada would recommend special diets, which might include barley, fruit, milk, or raw cereals soaked in water overnight. Diet, after all, can be the mother of either health or disease. Prabhupada also gave medical advice for conditions ranging from a toothache or an infected finger to constipation or jaundice. If an illness was serious he suggested consulting “some approved physician.” To one disciple, who was making money for Krishna through business, Prabhupada wrote, “You must have the best kind of treatment available, and you can spend from the money you are collecting on behalf of Krishna.”

As for surgical operations, he was wary. As far as possible, he said, operations should be avoided. But “when there is no alternative, of course we have to take shelter of such demonic treatment.”

Prabhupada said that his own body was “a broken old house.” He would often say he could pass away at any moment. But he wanted his disciples to live for a long time “to push on this Krishna consciousness.”

As we may err on the side of neglecting the body, we may also be too concerned about pampering it. As a new devotee I was impressed by the vitality of a devotee who worked at our London restaurant, then called Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. He looked the picture of health as he chewed ginseng and punched the till ("cash register") keys.

We lived in the same house, and I felt awed by his vibrant health. He worked out on dumbbells, humidified his bedroom by putting damp cloths on the radiator, avoided eating salt, sugar, and milk products, took a variety of vitamins and mineral supplements, and “never” got ill.

Seeing my struggles with one bout of flu after another, he convinced me to try a course of vitamins. I spent $45 and didn’t notice much difference except that my urine turned bright yellow.

That devotee went to live in the States, and a year later I was sorry to hear he had contracted leukemia. It took only six months for his strong body to become an uninhabitable wreck. When he died I gave up my attempt to achieve perfect health.

Srila Prabhupada referred to the body as vyadhi-mandiram, “a temple of disease.” He said that as long as we have a material body there must be some kind of trouble, but because the body is external we should not be very much disturbed by it.

In a lecture Prabhupada was comparing disease to “Maya’s agent.” Even Krishna, he said, was attacked every day by Maya’s agents, what to speak of Krishna’s devotees. “But,” he continued, “Krishna promises, ‘My devotee is never vanquished,’ so therefore our business is to become His devotee. Then everything will be all right.”
Above all Srila Prabhupada advised his disciples to depend upon Lord Krishna. “Actually, medicine is not the remedial measure for our bodily troubles unless we are helped by Krishna. Therefore, whenever there is bodily trouble we may adopt the prescribed methods of medical science and depend upon Krishna for His mercy.”
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Krishna Consciousness - A Philosophy for Everyone

The philosophy of the Hare Krsna movement is a non-sectarian monotheistic tradition. It may be summarized in the following eight points:

1) By sincerely cultivating an authentic spiritual science, we can become free from anxiety and achieve a state of pure, unending, blissful consciousness.

2) Each one of us is not the material body but an eternal spirit soul, part and parcel of God (Krsna). As such, we are all interrelated through Krsna, our common father.

3) Krsna is eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful and all-attractive. He is the seed-giving father of all living beings and the sustaining energy of the universe. He is the source of all incarnations of God.

4) The Vedas are the oldest scriptures in the world. The essence of the Vedas is found in the Bhagavad gita, a literal record of Krsna's words spoken 5,000 years ago in India. The goal of Vedic knowledge--and of all theistic religions-- is to achieve love of God.

5) We can perfectly understand the knowledge of self-realization through the instructions of a genuine spiritual master--one who is free from selfish motives and whose mind is firmly fixed in meditation on Krsna.

6) All that we eat should first be offered to Krsna with a prayer. In this way Krsna accepts the offering and blesses it for our purification.

7) Rather than living in a self-centered way, we should act for the pleasure of Krsna. This is known as bhakti-yoga, the science of devotional service.

8) The most effective means for achieving God consciousness in this age is to chant the holy names of Lord:

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare


www.harekrishnatemple.com/everyone.html

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Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence

Written by: Benjamin E. Zeller

For Hare Krishna devotees, human nature is rooted in the immaterial self, the spiritual being that only temporarily inhabits the physical body. ISKCON calls this immaterial being the atman (eternal self) or jiva (being), two terms taken from classical Hinduism. As an immaterial being, the atman ultimately cannot feel pain or experience suffering, but because human beings confuse their material bodies with their immaterial selves, they do experience these negative states.

In addition to its immateriality, the self possesses another central characteristic: it is eternal. While the individual material bodies through which the atman passes always change -- being born, growing older, and eventually dying -- the atman exists throughout time, passing between such bodies. ISKCON calls this process transmigration or reincarnation. Because of the doctrine of transmigration, human beings have lived innumerable previous lives, and will continue to do so in the future. These include lives spent as humans, animals, plants, and even as beings living on distant planetary systems far from earth.
As an eternal spiritual being, the atman shares these characteristics with its creator, Krishna. ISKCON teaches that Krishna created all life, all atmans, at the moment of the origin of the cosmos, through a process of emanation. Much as a star emanates light and heat, Krishna emanated life from himself. Krishna gave of himself and created all beings out of his own essence, but did not diminish himself in doing so. All living beings therefore share the essence of Krishna, though as emanations, they lack the same potency as their creator. They also lack his personality and identity, since each soul is unique and individual. For these reasons, ISKCON explains that the human soul is both identical and different from Krishna. Some Hare Krishna scholars have called this position "nondualistic dualism," since it distinguishes God and humanity as separate beings (dualism), but does so in a way that they share essential characteristics (non-dualistic).

According to ISKCON philosophy, the individual soul's separation from Krishna represents a supreme disconnect, and one that humans must work to overcome. In the parlance of the movement, people must seek to go "back to Godhead," to return to the creator from whence they came. Functionally equivalent to what other Hindus call moksha, this return to Krishna represents the bliss of rejoining one's creator, and an end to the cycle of transmigration. However, the distinct nature of each soul means that the return to Godhead does not entail complete merger with the divine. ISKCON explains this concept anthropomorphically as the devotee living forever in the realm of Krishna, engaging in eternal service to and pastimes with the Lord.

ISKCON teaches that a person may attain such a state through the yogic system of bhakti (devotion), what members of the movement also call Krishna Consciousness. As a yoga -- a discipline -- bhakti requires a person to engage in certain acts according to prescribed methods. Hare Krishna founder A.C. Bhaktvedanta Swami formulated a specific bhakti yoga system drawn heavily from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, but formulated for Westerners to understand. He called this system Krishna Consciousness, since it aimed to bring about a state of constant awareness and service to Krishna. Bhaktivedanta's books, notably The Science of Self-Realization, Chant and Be Happy, The Nectar of Devotion, and Perfection of Yoga detail the specifics of ISKCON's bhakti yoga system. These include chanting the name of Krishna, singing songs of worship, ritually venerating images of the divine, performing acts of devotional service to those images, and preaching about Krishna and Krishna Consciousness.


www.patheos.com/Library/ISKCON-%28Hare-Krishna%29/Beliefs/Human-Nature-and-the-Purpose-of-Existence

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Hare Krishna Fast Facts

Adherents

250,000-1 million

Practices

Chanting, dancing, evangelism, vegetarianism, temple worship, monastic-style living

Texts

The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is

Hare Krishna Overview

Hare Krishna is the popular name for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (or ISKCON), a new religious movement based in Hinduism.

Established in America in 1965, the Hare Krishna worship the Hindu god Krishna as the one Supreme God. Their goal is "Krishna consciousness" and their central practice is chanting the Hare Krishna mantra for which they are named.
History

ISKCON has its historical roots in the Caitanya (or Gaudiya) movement of Hinduism, which began around 1510 with an ascetic who took the name Sri Krishna Caitanya. This devotee of Krishna became renowned for his ecstatic devotion, expressed in dance and song. His disciples believed Caitanya to be manifestation of Krishna himself, and established a movement based on his inspiration.

The International Society for Krishna Conciousness (ISKCON) is a modern movement within this tradition. It was founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), a devotee of Krishna, upon his arrival to America from India in 1965. Prabhupada was born in Calcutta and was 70 years old when he arrived in New York City. Prabhupada moved to the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1967, where he soon gained many followers.

The movement spread quickly, and became one of the most visible of the new religious movements that came from the East in the 1960s and 70s. ISKCON gained further publicity (and financial support) through the interest of the Beatle George Harrison. The first Hare Krishna commune was established by Prabhupada as "New Vrindavan" in West Virginia in 1968.

In 1970, Prabhupada established the Governing Board Commission (GBC) to help him administer the movement. After Prabhupada's death in 1977, 11 of his disciples became initiating gurus. Three of these are still active Hare Krishna teachers.

The Hare Krishna came under criticism during the anti-cult movement in the 1970s and 1980s, and still remains under the watchful eye of anti-cult organizations today. The identification of ISKCON as a cult is usually based on the abuses committed by some of its leaders and allegations by some former members of brainwashing and isolation from family and friends.

In 1998, the organization published an official report detailing abuse of children in ISKCON boarding schools in the US and India in the 70s and 80s. The movement was sued by a number of former students and actively sought to identify victims who had not sued in order to compensate them as well.

To prevent future abuses, ISKCON has established a worldwide child protection office to screen out actual or potential abusers and educate children and adults on child abuse, and has made other organizational changes to increase the transparency and accountability of ISKCON leadership.

Texts

The most important sacred text for the Hare Krishna is the Hindu text Bhagavad Gita, the "Song of the Lord," written around 250 BC. Beloved also by Gandhi and nearly all Hindus, the Gita tells the story of the warrior Arjuna and his encounter with Krishna. This text is regarded as literal truth by Hare Krishnas.

Specifically, Hare Krishnas use and distribute the translation by Prabhupada, The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, which includes an extensive commentary by the founder.

Beliefs

ISKCON identifies itself with Hindu Vedic philsophy and Vaishanvism (devotion to Vishnu). Its beliefs are especially rooted in the Bhagavad Gita (see Texts, above) and the teachings of the founder, Prabhupada. Most mainstream Hindus accept the Hare Krishna as an authentic sect within Hinduism.

Hare Krishnas teach that we are living in an evil age, the age of Kali, but can attain salvation and a "return to Godhead" by means of permanent Krishna-consciousness. Krishna-consciousness can be accomplished through ethical living and the "Hare Krishna" chant.

This salvation is accomplished by Bhakti-yoga, the "way of devotion." The object of ISKCON devotion is Krishna, a manifestation of Vishnu and a beloved deity in mainstream Hinduism as well. As seen above, the Hare Krishna describe themselves as monotheists, who worship the Supreme Godhead in the personality of Krishna. They also believe that the Supreme God is known by other names, such as Yahweh and Allah.

According to ISKCON's official website:

The mission of this nonsectarian, monotheistic movement is to promote the well being of society by teaching the science of Krishna consciousness according to Bhagavad-gita and other ancient scriptures. [1] More specifically, Prabhupada identified the following Seven Purposes of ISKCON:

- To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all people in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world. - To propagate a consciousness of Krishna (God), as it is revealed in the great scriptures of India, Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. - To bring the members of the Society together with each other and nearer to Krishna, the prime entity, thus developing the idea within the members, and humanity at large, that each soul is part and parcel of the quality of Godhead (Krishna). - To teach and encourage the sankirtana movement, congregational chanting of the holy name of God, as revealed in the teachings of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. - To erect for the members and for society at large a holy place of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the personality of Krishna. - To bring the members closer together for the purpose of teaching a simpler, more natural way of life. - With a view towards achieving the aforementioned purposes, to publish and distribute periodicals, magazines, books and other writings.


www.religionfacts.com/hare-krishna

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Chant Hare Krsna & be rid of Kansr/Cancer

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna HHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

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Death and Dying

Is death the permanent end of life, or just the end of a temporary material designation (the body)? Why does the prospect of death make us upset? What happens after death?

Bodies change: child to adult to old then dead. Souls don't change.

One of Krishna’s first instructions in the Gita is that no one ever dies. We’re all eternal. Only our bodies “die.” We go on living, either in another material, temporary body, or in a permanent, spiritual body.

Death is an illusion we have imposed upon ourselves because of our desires to enjoy in this world.


www.krishna.com/death-and-dying

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Past, Present & Future

…Anyone with a material body cannot remember his past life, nor can he foretell his future life, nor can he predict the outcome of his present life; therefore he cannot know what is happening in past, present and future. Unless one is liberated from material contamination, he cannot know past, present and future.



…out of millions and millions of men, some try to become perfect in this human form of life, and out of thousands and thousands of such perfected men, hardly one can understand what Lord Kṛṣṇa is. Even if one is perfected by realization of impersonal Brahman or localized Paramātmā, he cannot possibly understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, without being in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.



theharekrishnamovement.org/2012/01/01/past-present-and-future/

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The Goal of Life

The goal of human life is to re-awaken our original pure love for God, Krishna. We souls exist to have an intimate loving relationship with Him. We can never be happy by rejecting that relationship and denying our true nature.

The things we do in this world indicate our true, eternal nature. We have to love; it’s unavoidable. Having turned away from Krishna, we try to fulfill our need to love and be loved by searching for ideal relationships in this world. But exchanges of love here are never perfect and cannot last forever.
Awakening pure love for Krishna is perfection. Nothing else will satisfy us. Everything that exists in the material and spiritual worlds is meant to support our relationship with Krishna. Human life is a chance for us to reestablish that relationship. That endeavor should be the focus of our lives.

Because love includes service, pure love for God is called pure devotional service, or Bhakti. The ways to awaken Bhakti are the substance of the practice of Bhakti yoga.
www.krishna.com/goal-life

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Family life

Girlfriend not interested in Krishna consciousness.

Question:

Since I started chanting, I've lost all attraction to my girlfriend. She's still attached to me, but is not at all interested in Krishna consciousness. Should I try to maintain the relationship anyway, perhaps by pretending that I'm not practicing Krishna consciousness?

Our Answer:

That the chanting has decreased your material desires is a good sign. That's what's supposed to happen. Keep up the good work. It's not surprising that she's not interested in devotional life, if she's not practicing it. If you feel the relationship isn't helping your own spiritual progress, perhaps it's Krishna's mercy that you aren't attached to her. You can always pray for her ultimate benefit.

If you give her prasadam or encourage her in some practical service, like chanting in kirtan, she may someday be able to chant and develop enthusiasm for spiritual practices.

Perhaps she could develop relationships with some of the female devotees in your area. The more friends we have who are devotees, the better.

To maintain the relationship by pretending not to practice Krishna consciousness (some devotees have tried this) wouldn't be helpful, since strong relationships are based on honesty. In the long run, if you plan to get married someday, you may wish to consider marrying someone who's at least open to becoming enthusiastic about devotional service. You might point out to your girlfriend that you doubt your relationship could succeed as a marriage if Krishna consciousness—which is an important part of your life now—has very little meaning for her.

I was once engaged to someone but could see that the relationship wasn't helping my spiritual life. At the time, I was so attached that it was difficult to drop it. But I prayed to Krishna that, if He thought this relationship was the best thing for my spiritual life, that He arrange for it to continue, or if He thought another girl would be better, then let that happen, or if He thought the best thing was for me to go back to being a brahmachari (celibate student), which incidentally was very nice, that that might happen. As it turned out, the girl broke up with me within a month, and I chose to be a brahmacari again.

One idea is, if you're attached to maintaining the relationship and she's attached to her idea of you but unwilling to accept your commitment to Krishna consciousness, is for both of you visit Mayapur, the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You could pray to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that she becomes a devotee. If she even goes to Mayapur once, her life will be perfect. Such is the power of the holy dhama. Then, if you end up splitting, you can be satisfied you gave her the best benediction. If you prefer, you can take her to Vrindavan.

Meanwhile, keep chanting with as much attention as you can and you'll get the full benefit of practicing Krishna consciousness.


www.krishna.com/topic-term/family-life

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Remembering Krishna is the Essence

…There are many regulative principles in the śāstras and directions given by the spiritual master. These regulative principles should act as servants of the basic principle-that is, one should always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Him. This is possible when one chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore one must strictly chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra twenty-four hours daily. One may have other duties to perform under the direction of the spiritual master, but he must first abide by the spiritual master’s order to chant a certain number of rounds. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we have recommended that the neophyte chant at least sixteen rounds. This chanting of sixteen rounds is absolutely necessary if one wants to remember Kṛṣṇa and not forget Him. Of all the regulative principles, the spiritual master’s order to chant at least sixteen rounds is most essential. (from purport Madhya-lila 22.113)

…Of all the sacrifices, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare is the purest representation of Kṛṣṇa. (from purport Bg 10.25)

…Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja comments in this connection, “One can become perfectly successful in the mission of his life if he acts exactly according to the words he hears from the mouth of his spiritual master.” This acceptance of the words of the spiritual master is called śrauta-vākya, which indicates that the disciple must carry out the spiritual master’s instructions without deviation. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks in this connection that a disciple must accept the words of his spiritual master as his life and soul. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu here confirms this by saying that since His spiritual master ordered Him only to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, He always chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra according to this direction (‘kṛṣṇa-mantra’ japa sadā,-ei mantra-sāra). (from purport to Adi-lila 7.72)

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An introduction on how to be a devotee of Krishna

The Basic Idea

The Bhagavad-gita and the Vedic texts teach that we are not these temporary material bodies but spirit souls, or conscious entities, and that we can find genuine peace and happiness only in spiritual devotion to God/Krishna. The Gita and other well-known world scriptures recommend that people joyfully chant God’s holy names, such as Krishna, Allah, and Jehovah. Krishna or God is known by many names, according to His different qualities and activities and the extent of the relationship, or realization of the devotee. In the Bible he is known as Jehovah (“the almighty one”), in the Koran as Allah (“the great one”), in the Bhagavad-gita as Krishna, a Sanskrit name meaning “the all-attractive one.”

The Most Recent Incarnation of Krishna

The ancient mantra as prescribed in the Vedic literatures: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is a transcendental sound vibration. It purifies the mind and awakens the dormant love of God that resides in the hearts of all living beings. Lord Caitanya the most recent incarnation of Krishna in this age requested His followers to spread the chanting to every town and village of the world.

Anyone can take part in the chanting of Hare Krishna and learn the science of spiritual love of Krishna and all living entities by studying the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. This easy and practical process of self-realization will awaken our natural state of peace and happiness. 
Krishna Devotees Today
The devotees you may have seen distributing books like Bhagavad-Gita, or chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra with traditional Indian instruments, or dancing and chanting dressed in traditional Indian robes, are for the most part full-time monks of the Hare Krishna movement. The vast majority of Krishna devotees, however, live and work in the general community, practicing Krishna consciousness in their homes and may sometimes visit Krishna temples for inspiration and prayer.

A Philosophy for Everyone

The Hare Krishna Philosophy (a monotheistic tradition) is summarized in the following eight points:

1. By sincerely cultivating the authentic spiritual science of sanantana-dharma presented in the Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic scriptures, we can become free from anxiety and revive our natural state of pure, unending, blissful consciousness.

2. Each of us is not the material body, but an eternal spirit soul, part and parcel of God (Krishna). As such, we are all the eternal servants of Krishna and are interrelated through Him, our common father. This is our natural position but due to intensive long term association and identification with matter and materialism we have lost touch with our natural blissful position and eternal nature. We have simply become materialistic and as a result of this materialism and bodily identification we are frustrated in so many ways.

3. The Veda’s explain that Krishna is the eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful, and all-attractive Personality of Godhead. He is the seed-giving father of all living beings and the sustaining energy of the universe. He is the source of all incarnations of God, including Lord Buddha and Lord Jesus Christ.

4. The Vedas are the oldest scriptures in the world. The essence of the Vedas is found in the Bhagavad-gita, a literal record of Krishna’s words spoken five thousand years ago in India. The goal of Vedic knowledge – and of all religions – is to achieve love of God.

5. We can perfectly understand the knowledge of self-realization through the instructions of a genuine spiritual master such as Srila Prabhupada – one who is free from selfish motives, who teaches the science of God explained in the Bhagavad-gita, and whose mind is firmly fixed in meditation on Krishna.

6. All that we eat should first be offered to Lord Krishna with a prayer. In this way Krishna accepts the offering and blesses it for our purification.

7. Rather than living in a self-centered way, we should act for the pleasure of Lord Krishna. This is known as bhakti-yoga, the science of devotional service.

8. The most effective means for achieving God consciousness in this Age of Kali, or quarrel, is to chant the holy names of the Lord: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.



www.krishnapath.org/how-to-become-a-devotee/

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Chant Hare Krsna & be rid of Kansr/Cancer

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna HHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

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Neurologist’s Study Shows Maha-Mantra Could Help Anxiety, Schizophrenia

By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Dec. 15, 2016

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra could calm the mind and help anxiety and schizophrenia, according to new research

Dr. Viveck Baluja, a neurologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, has begun a study on the effects of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on the brain that has already yielded exciting findings and impressed hospital staff.

Dr. Baluja (Vinaya Gauracandra Das), was inspired to embark on the project by his guru Jayapataka Swami and siksa guru Nidra Dasi. He is also working with his wife Padmaksi Sri Devi Dasi, as well as members of Jayapataka Swami’s medical team headed by Dr. Achyutananda Das.

Vinaya Gauracandra began his study by observing the effects of the maha-mantra on the brain of one test subject – himself - using MEG, a neuroimaging technique for mapping brain activity.

First, the subject’s brainwaves were observed while in a peaceful, resting state. Next, the brainwaves were remeasured after the subject chanted four rounds of the Pancha Tattva mantra, followed by half an hour of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Then the difference was recorded.

The findings were incredible.

“The data showed that the brain is not actually restful in the so-called resting state,” Vinaya says. “Your brain continues to constantly give you information. After chanting, however, the data showed almost no cortical activation, or brain activity. This is very interesting, because it shows that you’ve actually been able to calm down the brain.”


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KIRTAN Ancient Medicine for Modern Man

by Hansadutta Swami

“The singing and dancing of Hare Krsna is known as kirtan. My spiritual master Srila Prahupada said; “This is not ordinary dancing: this is the dancing of the soul, a soul awakened to his original consciousness, Krishna consciousness.” There is no motive in performing kirtana. It is the song and dance of ecstasy, the dance of the soul. The soul is dancing: therefore the body is dancing. Actually, the body cannot dance without the soul. A body without the soul is a dead body”