Tell everyone to Chant Hare Krishna
November 16 , 2007
Regarding you
recommendation given to another to chant
Hare Krishna, one does not have to look
upon such preaching efforts as offensive.
Krishna's devotees go out of their way,
even at their own risk, to encourage
everyone and anyone to chant Hare Krishna
and in this way help spread the Sankirtan
movement of Sri Caitanya Mahabarahu.
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Attaining Lord Krishna
November 15 , 2007
We
understand from Srimad Bhagavatam that Lord
Krishna comes in this Age of Kali with a
golden complexion in the guise of His
devotee in order to deliver the fallen
souls by the simple process of chanting the
Lords Holy Names. By coming as His devotee
the Lord personally teaches how one can
attain the supreme goal of all self
realization
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IRM, ISKCON Reforma Movement
November 14 , 2007
The
IRM, ISKCON Reform Movement, is actually
not an organization within ISKCON, but
rather a separate organization of devotees
that do not follow the leadership of ISKCON
established by Srila Prabhupada. From the
perspective of ISKCON this IRM's
understanding of guru is not in accordance
with guru parampara, those instructions
coming down directly
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Regarding Lord Visnu
November 14 , 2007
Regarding Lord
Krishna's manifestations as Vishnu who
responsible for the material creation. We
should first understand the Lord Krishna is
the origin of all other manifestations.
Just as a candle can be lit from another,
and after being lit is has the same
lighting capacity, the origin of all other
expansions (no matter if they be guna
avatars, yuga avatars, lila avatars, shakti
avatars or others) is Krishna.
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Regarding Krishna's appearance
November 13 , 2007
Please do not
be confused, for in Krishna everything is
perfectly resolved. I would suspect that
the statements you have heard regarding
Krishna's appearance by various devotees
relate more to His not taking birth like
the conditioned soul does. For as you so
expertly pointed out Srimad Bhagavatam
clearly states that Lord Krishna resided
within womb of Mother Devaki
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Anyone can become guru
November 12 , 2007
Lord Caitanya,
Krishna's manifestation as His pure
devotee, who appeared 500 years ago in
India to inaugurate this Sankirtan movement
gave specific instruction on who was a
bonafide guru. His explained that one who
fully understood the science of Krishna
Consciousness was qualified to become guru.
He make no distinction as to their station
in life, married, unmarried, brahmana,
sudra.
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Difficulties of Kali Yuga
November 12 , 2007
It
is unfortunate that in this age of Kali
everything has become so degraded that Lord
Krishna's devotees have such difficulties
with even the simplest of things, like
sustaining the body nicely. So what can be
done? We can only continually pray to
Krishna that we be allowed us to serve Him
in any circumstance, despite these
difficulties
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