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The Bhagavatam is not anti-money. Many devotees like the Pandavas were fabulously wealthy. The Bhagavatam is against trying to exploit money for illusory purposes.
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As you grow spiritually, naturally your own teachings and love will have more and more power. Therefore, progressive spiritual life is always exciting. #HDGoswami #HDG

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MAÑANA: Kali Yuga, Soluciones para esta era de riña y desesperanza – H.D.Goswami En Vivo por Facebook
Feb. 19 @ 2:30PM PDT/ 5:30PM EST

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We should associate with like-minded persons. Lord Krishna says in the Gita 12.15 that a devotee who does not disturb others and whom others do not disturb, is dear to me. Sometimes we may have to defend our viewpoint, but in many cases, it is best to speak to those who want to hear from us. #HDGoswami #HDG

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Krishna rewards our devotional sincerity, not our particular bodily propensities. #HDG #HDGoswami

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FB LIVE Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.15
Sunday Feb. 16 at 7AM PST/10AM EST

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When we perform an activity repeatedly, two things happen: we develop a skill and we can do it without paying attention. That is the double-edged sword of sadhana-bhakti. Krishna conscious knowledge has different levels, from mere book knowledge to deep realization. We are inbetween now, hopefully moving in the right direction. #HDG #HDGoswami

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LIVE TODAY, Feb. 14th, at 7:30pm ESTA podcast episode with Q&A about Aristotle, the essence of the East and West, the nature of morality.
Facebook Live on HDG’s official page, and recording later available for download here: Humans Having Discourse - https://humanshavingdiscourse.podbean.com #HDGoswami #HDG

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Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja used to say, prāṇa arthe yaṅra sei hetu pracāra. "One who has got life, he can preach." The dead man cannot preach. Just like all my godbrothers. They are dead men. If you want to make easy-going life, showing the Deity and then sleep, then it is a failure movement. -1947 FB Live about Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati today, Feb. 13th @3PM PST/6PM EST by #HDGoswami #HDG

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Regarding ISKCON as Hindu, keep in mind that ‘Hinduism’ is a very diverse, loose collection of traditions that were historically separate. “Hinduism Today” is run by fanatical Shaivas who resent that ISKCON stole their thunder and became the most prominent “Hindu” group in the West. Hinduism Today does not speak for Hinduism. Not at all.

Devotees are excluded from some temples, but honored in most Hindu temples. In Tirupati, faithful Hindus wait many hours in line to get a few seconds darshana of the Deity. But ISKCON preachers are rushed to the front of the line and allowed to stay as long as they like. So overall, we are more honored than shunned. And that is why many devotees find it so seductive to go with the Hindu flow and live a life of honor and privilege, rather than seriously approaching the West and living a life of mostly marginal status. #HDGoswami #HDG

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Sights HDG captured during his japa walk around his home 📸 “The first line of Gayatri — om bhur etc — comes from the Rg Veda and the word ‘pracodayāt’ can be explained as follows.
1. The word ‘pracodayāt’ comes from the verbal root ‘cud’ — ’to impel, incite, animate’, and the prefix ‘pra’ which can mean ‘very much, fully, in a high degree’ etc.
2. Thus the root with prefix -- pra-cud — means “to set in motion, drive on, urge, impel.’ It also means: ’to excite, inspire, etc.
3. The specific verb pracodayāt is a form of Vedic Sanskrit, a type of injunctive tense, no longer used much in classical Sanskrit (Gita, Bhagavatam, Maha-bharata etc)
CONCLUSION: the standard translation is more or less correct: “May the guru inspire, motivate, energize etc” #HDGoswami #HDG

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Lord Krishna states in Bg 3.33 that we all act in this world according to our nature, and this is true even for a wise person (jñānavān api). However a good devotee never identifies with that bodily or mental nature, but rather with the pure soul, who is an eternal servant of Krishna.
Varnashrama cannot be imposed, especially because it is based on an agrarian society that was blown up by the industrial revolution. So for example, one may be a teacher by nature, but in this age, one has to find employment to teach, and employment is for sudras. One cannot simply teach freely, and expect that the surrounding community will give proper charity to a brahmana. That is exactly why Prabhupada began stressing the varna system when he began the ‘back to the farm’ movement in ISKCON in 1974.
It’s true that our inner, real nature is simply to serve Krishna. And as long as we have material bodies, inevitably (Bg 3.33) we will all gravitate toward a specific service that fits our nature within the varnashrama framework. Varnashrama cannot become an instrument of bodily identity, oppression, and as we see nowadays, of a crude, mundane male chauvanism preached by some “renouncers” in the name of varnashrama. It is awful to see so-called advanced sannyasis who are clearly obsessed with lording it over women in the name of varnashrama and “chastity." That is obviously a sign of their attachment and aversion. #HDGoswami #HDG

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 1, Chapter 5, Verse 15
Sunday, February 9th at 7AM PDT/10AM EST #HDGoswami #HDG

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“The two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.” - Sri Gaura Nityananda Daya by Locana das Thankur 💙

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H.D.Goswami LIVE TODAY: The importance of Lord Nityananda in our lives. At 7am PST/10am EST

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First, it is very dangerous to use sacred and administrative authority to coerce people into a marriage that may not make sense to them. It works better in India where there are strongly shared values and culture within regional and ethnic communities. However in the modern world, especially the West, there is certainly not a sufficient cultural consensus, or even a sufficiently detailed spiritual consensus, to sustain a relationship between two people that have different views on significant issues. In the modern world, many devotees don’t even know what their views are on some relevant issues until they are thrown into the crucible of marriage...The best hope of a lasting marriage is when the couple themselves want to share their life with each other, and also mature, sane elders support the match. If either one of those two is missing, the marriage has less chance of working, based on my real-world experience. #HDGoswami #HDG

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As one of the most senior and respected spiritual leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Hridayananda das Goswami (Howard J. Resnick, Ph.D.) is an early pioneer and renowned teacher of bhakti yoga in the Western world. At the forefront of contemporary religious dialogue, he is celebrated for his unique ability to adapt the wisdom of ancient Indian philosophy into teachings that are comprehensible for Western audiences.

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