Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I thought this was very imporant !Hare Krsna Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada. The following quotes from Srila Prabhupada's shastra translations, purports and lectures were posted on another egroup and I wanted to share them with all of you. "By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the time of death, can simply chant His holy name--Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama,... Rama, Hare Hare--simply by chanting this maha-mantra, he immediately surpasses the great ocean of the material sky and enters the spiritual sky. He never has to come back for repetition of birth and death." Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.10.30 "When a man dies, he is generally overpowered by mucus and bile, and thus he chokes. Since it is very difficult to vibrate any sound while choking, it is simply by Krsna's grace that one can chant Hare Krsna at the time of death." Srimad-Bhagavatam 4. 23. 14 Purport "Revival of the dormant affection or love of Godhead does not depend on the mechanical system of hearing and chanting, but it solely and wholly depends on the causeless mercy of the Lord. When the Lord is satisfied with the sincere efforts of the devotee, He may endow him with His loving transcendental service. But even with the prescribed forms of hearing and chanting, there is at once a mitigation of the superfluous and unwanted miseries of material existence." Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.6 Purport "The Lord says that at the time of death, whoever thinks of Him, either as Brahman or Paramatma or the Personality of Godhead, certainly he enters into the spiritual sky and there is no doubt about it. One should not disbelieve it. And the process is, general rule is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita, how one can, how it is possible to get into the spiritual kingdom simply by thinking of the Supreme at the time of death." Bhagavad-Gita Introduction "The pure devotees hear from the authorities and chant, sing and write of the glories of the Lord. Mahamuni Vyasadeva heard from Narada, and then he chanted in writing; Sukadeva Gosvami studied from his father, and he described it to Pariksit; that is the way of Srimad-Bhagavatam." Srimad-Bhagavatam. 1.13.10) "At the time of death, the mind and intelligence of living entity create a subtle form of a certain type of body for the next life. If the mind suddenly thinks of something not very congenial, one has to take a corresponding birth in the next life. On the other hand, if one can think of Krishna at the time of death, he can be transferred to the spiritual world, Goloka Vrndavana. " Nectar of Instruction, Text 8 Purport. "Now, if at the ultimate end of this body, if we can remember Krishna, then our life is successful. Why? How is that? Now as soon as we remember Krishna, immediately we are transferred to the spiritual world, the abode of Krishna or Goloka Vrndavana. It does not take even a second's time." Lecture given in Los Angeles, 1972 "Krsna is so magnanimous that He is present before us by the transcendental vibration of His name, which has all the potencies of Krsna Himself, and if we remain in contact with that name we shall get all the benefits of Krsna's benedictions." Teachings of Queen Kunti, p. 47 "As a result of chanting the Hare Krsna mahamantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he received love of Godhead. The holy name of Krsna is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches." Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi Lila , Purport Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare your servant..... Bhuvana Pavani d.d. Original Bhagavad Gita As it is By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada I am Distrbuting This 1973 Gita,Newly Printed,With a Beautiful Hard Cover,Unchanged,With Vedic And English Traslations,and original Paintings,for a Donation to cover printing,Plus Shipping,Just to get started Distributing these Beatifull Big Books,worth 20.00 dollors easly, in a book store,So Please take advantage of this oppertunity! Please Look at Krsna Consciousness The Matchless Gift http://krsnajoe.tripod.com To know How Srila Prabhupada Spred this Movement around the world!HARE KRSNA, your servant,Jaya Kesava Dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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