Twenty-six Qualities of Vaishnava

These qualities of a devotee, twenty-six in number, are listed as follows: (1) kind to everyone, (2) does not quarrel with anyone, (3) fixed in the Absolute Truth, (4) equal to everyone, (5) faultless, (6) charitable, (7) mild, (8) clean, (9) simple, (10) benevolent, (11) peaceful, (12) completely attached to Kṛṣṇa, (13) has no material hankering, (14) meek, (15) steady, (16) self-controlled, (17) does not eat more than required, (18) sane, (19) respectful, (20) humble, (21) grave, (22) compassionate, (23) friendly, (24) poetic, (25) expert, (26) silent. 

Reference - http://vedabase.net/sb/4/20/16/en 

Thank you 2012

Nattabara Nitai Gaura,Jagannath Baladev and Subadra. My lovely spiritual fathers blessings and association , sweet devotees, Nrsimha Chaturdasi, Balaram Jayanthi, Janmashtami, Radhashtami..JBS installation, 2 nice Mayapur trip, wonderful divya desam trip with my brothers and sisters, my TTP is done :), Jagannath Rathyatra....New job, New office, New car, New mobile , New friends,

Last day of the year also had a real sweet surprise for me. I got in touch with one of my school friend through Facebook.I admired her a lot but we lost touch when she moved to pondy during 10th standard. Somehow all these days I was looking out for her contact through my friends, orkut etc but dint work out. She was in US and she said she is back to India for good.Thanks to Facebook.

Hoping for a better Krsna conscious year 2013.

Are you civilized ?

Anything less than this is uncivilized according to Bhismadev

One should not get angry
One should not lie
One should equally distribute his wealth
One should forgive
One should beget children with legitimate wife
One should be pure in mind
One should be hygienic in body
One should not be inimical to anybody
One should be simple
One should be responsible for his subordinates

blissful mayapur

It was a blissful trip to Mayapur,my fathers place when my father was around.Before I left home I prayed to our Gaura Nitai to please take care of us properly at his place and not like the way I take care of him..He listened to my prayers. Be it stay, travel, food..every single arrangement was pucca. We felt so much at home. Rajapur Jagannath was very merciful on us. We spent quite some time at his place and the devotees were very sweet and lovely.

On the whole it was an awesome trip with lots of realisation. Hope I dont forget them.

JBS...

Jagannath Baladev and Subadra ma came home today.Called the mj who have sent them to us and thanked her.I just saw them through the cover they have been packed...They are so small and so sweet.Love them. Waiting for them to take their place in their altar. Hope they make us serious in our service to Guru.

Had so much of work to do for the trip. Im just done and packed everything. I feel Iam becoming so attached and hence sensitive. I felt so hurt today & was in tears when some one just avoided me. Im just meditating that this trip helps me to overcome this anartha and be just focused on my DS.

Krsna pls help me..Im finding it difficult to overcome this attachment...let this impedement in my path of DS go away.

Sri Rama-ekadasi

Today is Sri Rama-ekadasi, the date on which Srila Prabhupada completed his translation of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, at Hare Krishna Land, Juhu, Bombay. At the end, he wrote his “Concluding Words”—a beautiful glorification of his spiritual master—which would be most appropriate to read and relish on this occasion.

http://vedabase.net/cc/conclusion/en 

No one is irreplacable..

Day before yesterday was my material fathers srarddha ceremony. It has been 15+ years since I lost my father.  He was such a lovable, caring father treating me like a princess and I was like a Daddys daughter. It was a disaster when he left his body then. Well but now I realise no conditioned soul is irreplacable, be it you or me. Time will heal anything and everything. Krsna will make Some one or other to act as his instrument in the hands of the lord and everything will be taken care.

Anyway ...Srila Prabhupada says the following on Sraddha ceremony - "What is that prayojana? To get son. Marriage means to get son. That is prayojana. Putrayate kriyate bharyah. Bharya means wife. One has to accept a bharya, a wife, why? Putrayate. For the matter of getting a son. Why? Why there is necessity of getting a son? Putra-pinda-prayojanam. This is Vedic civilization. Putra. Putra means Pun-namno narakad yasmat trayate iti putra. Pu-tra. Pu means pun-namno narakat. There is a hell which is called put. So from that hellish condition, one who delivers, trayate iti tra, therefore he is called putra. This is... Every Sanskrit word has got meaning, root meaning. Putra. Putra-pinda-prayojanam. Putra is required. Why? After death, if by chance the father does not get ordinary life or goes to the hellish condition of life, the son will deliver. Therefore sraddha ceremony. There is sraddha... What is that sraddha ceremony? Sraddha ceremony means to offer foodstuff to Visnu, and with the prasadam, to the forefathers or father it is offered so that by eating prasadam, if he is in ghost life or in hellish life, he'll be delivered. This is called sraddha.So it is the duty of the son, to do sraddha ceremony".

My father was not so fortunate to come in touch with Krsna conscious movement. But atleast now we ensure that he gets krsna prasad during his Sraddha ceremony.For sure it should be helping him somewhere though we couldnt realise with our material senses.

Well whats the process for others ?

Srila Prabhupada continues, devarsi-bhutapta-nrnam pitrnam nayam rni na kinkaro rajan sarvatmana yah saranam saranyam gato mukundam parihrtya kartam [SB 11.5.41], Anyone who is fully engaged in Krsna's service, he has no other duty. He has finished all other duties. Tepus tapas te [SB 3.33.7]. This is the injunction of the sastra. He's no more anyone's servant, or he has got any duty to do -- saranam saranyam -- because he has taken the shelter of the ultimate Supreme Person. This is the injunction of the sastra. So this sraddha ceremony is not required for a devotee fully surrendered to the lotus feet of Krsna. Gato mukundam saranam saranyam. Saranyam: He is the only shelter. And who has taken shelter of Krsna, he has no other duty. This is the sastra.