Tuesday, November 23, 2010

"This is sense gratification music"


In 1966 in New York City, a boy came by with a record of a famous Indian musician playing a sitar. As soon as the music began, Shrila Prabhupada started to smile. The boy asked, “Do you like this music?” Shrila Prabhupada said, “This is sense gratification music.” The boy was hurt and said, “What do you mean? They play this in the temples in India.” So Prabhupada insisted, “No, this is sense gratification music and this musician is just a businessman.” The boy then replied, “Well, you used to be a businessman.” Prabhupada laughed and said, “Because I went naked then, I should go naked now?”
“Well, what if this musician wanted to become a devotee?” asked the boy.
“Oh, that would be very nice,” said Prabhupada, “if he can come. But this is sense gratification music.”

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

My dear Lord Krishna, until people become Your devotees, their material attachments and desires remain thieves, their homes remain prisons, and their affectionate feelings for their family members remain foot-shackles.
SB 10.14.36
Inattentiveness and negligence are synonymous. Negligent chanting sows the seeds of anarthas, which soon fructify.
Inattentiveness is of three kinds:
audasinya: or 'apathetic devotional service', meaning a lack of fixed resolve in sadhana.
jadya: 'laziness' or even 'inertia'.
viksepa: which means 'distraction' or 'misplacing one's attention in engagements not directly connected with sadhana bhakti

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Ashraya- Delhi: test post

Ashraya- Delhi: test post: "hare krishna this is a test post only..... k das"

HK HK KK HH
HR HR RR HH

SIX KIND OF INCOMPETENT DISCIPLES

alir bano jyotisakah stabdhi-bhutah kimekakah
presita-presakash chaiva sad ete sevakadhamah

ali - Those who are fickle and unsteady like a bee
bano - Those who talk back in protest piercing the master like an arrow
jyotisaka - Those who are procrastinate, who do not follow instructions immediately but who wait…and wait…and wait.
stabdhi-bhutah - Those who are lazy or inactive
kimekaka - Those who refuse to try anything on their own.
preshita-preshaka - Those who pass on the direct orders they have received from their guru to others without carrying out the order themselves.
SOURCE: GAYATRI BOOK BY HH SACINANDAN SWAMI