S.B. 4.7.55 and more

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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of

Srila Prabhupada.

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.7.55

"The sage Maitreya said : Thus Daksha, the head of all Prajapatis,

having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped

Lord Vishnu. After worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial

ceremonies, Daksha separately worshiped Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva."

Srila Prabhupada instructs us : "Lord Vishnu should be offered everything,

and His prasada should distributed to all the demigods. This practice

is still followed in the temple of Jagannatha at Puri. There are many temples

of demigods around the main temple of Jagannatha, and the prasada

which is offered first to Jagannatha is distributed to all the demigods.

The deity of Bhagalin is worshiped with the prasada of Vishnu, and

also, in the famous Lord Shiva temple of Bhuvaneshvara, the prasada

of Lord Vishnu or Lord Jagannatha is offered to the deity of Lord Shiva.

This is the Vaishnava principle. The Vaishnava does not deride even ordinary

living entities, including the small ant ; everyone is offered proper respect

according to his position. The offering, however, is in relation to the

center, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, or Vishnu. The devotee

who is highly elevated sees the relationship to Krsna in everything ; he

does not see anything as being independent of Krsna. That is his vision

of oneness."

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Fron Srila Prabhupada's commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.4.18

"...The above-mentioned historical names are different nations

of the world. Even those who are constantly engaged in sinful acts are

all corrigible to the standard of perfect human beings if they take shelter

of the devotees of the Lord. Jesus Christ and Muhammad, two powerful devotees

of the Lord, have done tremendous service on behalf of the Lord on the

surface of the globe...."

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>From My Relationship With Lord Krsna by His Holiness Satswarupa

das Goswami :

"Krsna, You know my mind and heart. You even know things about me that

I don't know. You know how bad I am and how good I am. You withhold information

from me about myself, as well as about You. I trust You know what is best

for me, but still I call out to You. I don't want to be complacent and

think that I have done everything I could and that there is nothing left

for me to do to approach You. I plead my case before You. Please give me

the strength to please You. I would like to be a more useful instrument

for Srila Prabhupada. I would like to be able to chant and preach and not

seek honor." (p. 65)

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S.B. 6.1.63 (purport)

Srila Prabhupada teaches us : " By speaking this verse, Sukadeva

Gosvami wants to impress upon the mind of the reader that Ajamila's exalted

position as a brahmana was vanquished by his association with the prostitute,

so much so that he forgot all his brahminical activities. Nevertheless,

at the end of his life, by chanting the four syllables of the name Narayana,

he was saved from the gravest danger of falling down. Svalpam apy asya

dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: even a little devotional service can

save one from the greatest danger. Devotional service, which begins with

chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is so powerful that even if one

falls down from the exalted position of a brahmana through sexual indulgence,

he can be saved from all calamities if he somehow or other chants the holy

name of the Lord. This is the extraordinary power of the Lord's holy name.

Therefore in Bhagavad-gita it is advised that one not forget the chanting

of the holy name even for a moment (satatam kirtayanto mam yatantas

ca drdha-vratah). There are so many dangers in this material world

that one may fall down from an exalted position at any time. Yet if one

keeps himself always pure and steady by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,

he will be safe without a doubt."

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

your servant.....

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