Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, with love and confidence I share my personal experiences of the study of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, at the beginning Srila Prabhupada dedicates Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita to his disciples and admirers who love reading his books. Just as a drug addict is addicted to drugs and cannot live without them, the serious and sincere devotees of Srila Prabhupada cannot live without reading Srila Prabhupada's books, and when those devotees practice the instructions given in their books they are serving their feet of lotus of Srila Prabhupada. The first thing I feel in the study of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita is the great humility of the author Srila Krishna dasa kaviraj, there is a verse that says that I am lower than the worm in the excrement and if someone mentions my name loses all his pious activities, only the person who lives in pure goodness can understand that humility, then one learns in the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita the Vaishnava label, the Vaisnava label is very easy to understand and practice, the greater devotee blesses the lesser devotee, and the lesser devotee to receive the blessings of the older devotee, serve and respect the older devotee, then one learns that the spiritual master when he is pleased is softer than a rose and when he is disgusted he is as hard as lightning, there are two examples that illustrate this point, Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu went to South India accompanied by a brahmana or priest named Krishnadasa, notice how strong is Mayan or illusion, even being in the company of God or Kr Ishna this Krishnadasa was seduced by some gypsies or bhattatharis who offered some women for him to enjoy, when Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu found out he went there and rescued him, and when they arrived at Jagannatha puri Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu was so disgusted with Krishnadasa that he rejected him, and Krishnadasa began to cry and to encourage him the devotees occupied him in service, they told him to go to Bengal to inform Mother Sachi, Advaita Acharya and the other devotees that Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu had returned to Puri, and there is also the story of Haridasa the younger.
My humble opinion is that if the devotees of Iskcon and all the other devotees who have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the way, the truth and the life, and if someone goes back home back to God or Krishna, it is for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, lived two months together in Sri Jagannatha Puri respecting Maha-prasada of Sri Jagannatha and reading the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, the result of this is that everyone would awaken their love for God or Krishna and everyone would hug and end all the problems and together we would become serious and sincere servants of Srila Prabhupada and his devotees.
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Sadness and happiness

Sadness and happiness, by Haripada dasa
I have the complete collection of the 23 dvds that the ITV made, it can be seen that when Srila Prabhupada was in his physical form or vapu he was the center of iskcon, and all his disciples served Srila Prabhupada very seriously and sincerely, Srila Prabhupada says in his books that there are people who join the movement but have hidden desires, as I understand it when Srila Prabhupada entered his samadhi lila, all those people who had hidden desires in an artificial way became gurus and leaders of Iskcon, and The first thing they did is to remove Srila Prabhupada from the center of Iskcon and they put themselves as the center, instead of obeying Srila Prabhupada's order to initiate on his behalf and to educate people to serve and love Srila Prabhupada. , they did not obey that order and educated people to serve and love them, notice that the biggest false ego, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada always said that no soul should e wanting another soul to serve her, that's why he always said that I thank Krishna for giving me 4 members who have never failed me, both arms and two legs, the truth that the current Iskcon is very sad.
On the other hand, it is very happy to see that there are some disciples of Srila Prabhupada who have obeyed the order of Srila Prabhupada and are initiating in the name of Srila Prabhupada, and are educating people to serve and love Srila Prabhupada, the result of This is that the pure, serious and sincere line of Srila Prabhupada is continuing, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada always said that in this material world there is no place for heroes, and that in Kali Yuga the combined efforts will give success, and also in his books Srila Prabhupada says many times that if someone thinks he can become Krishna conscious without the association of the devotees, he is living a phantasmagoria, and he gave the example that a father gave his children many sticks together and told them to break them, and they could not, but one of the children grabbed the chopsticks one by one and broke them all, that means that when we are alone kali yuga eats us alive, but when we are all together No one can break us, those disciples of Srila Prabhupada who are initiating in the name of Srila Prabhupada have all my respect, service and affection.
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Srila Prabhupada is here

Srila Prabhupada is here, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, with love and confidence I share that I have been several times in the temple of Puerto Rico distributing Srila Prabhupada's books at the airport, we went every morning Ekatuam and I, the last time I was Krishna distributed through me several thousand of Hare Krishna cookbooks, and in 3 months I collected $ 10,000 for the Food for life in Vrindavana, India. We were visited by a very old disciple of Srila Prabhupada, I don't remember her name, 4 or 5 days she taught Bhagavatam, in one of the classes she said that when Srila Prabhupada was here we were all very excited giving her books, and doing other services, but now that it's not here everything has changed, etc., at the time of the questions I very politely told the mother that I was very surprised to say in class that now that Srila Prabhupada is not here, you don't experience that Srila Prabhupada is in his Murtis or Deities, in his books, in his classes, in his videos, in his letters, in his instructions, etc., and the mother for not being ridiculous said that understanding that you have said is for very advanced devotees, but I don't get there.
At that time I was there something very unpleasant happened to me, when the 3 months passed I went by boat to the Dominican Republic to distribute books, there I was a month, as a precaution I left the 10,000 dollars with a disciple of Srila Prabhupada to me I kept them, when I returned to Puerto Rico in the Temple they gave me a room that could not be locked, I told Ekatuam and he told me that when the devotee gives you the 10,000 dollars you put them hidden in the belly 24 Hours of the day, and so I did, when a month passed they entered my room and broke my suitcase and robbed me $ 2,300, I felt very bad that they did that to me, everyone in the temple told me it was Vrakes, a black devotee from the USA, he was the President, and when I needed a few days to return to Spain we were respecting prasada and the Vice President told me where the 10,000 dollars are, the truth is that when he told me that I was very scared and thought that this people are able to kill me to steal the 10,000 dollars, so I told Ekatuam to let me be at home to stay calm, when I returned to Spain online I told the GBC there called Virabahu, I said they all told me that it was Vrakes who robbed me, and Virabahu was very angry with me and told me that you are accusing a temple President, you are nothing, you are an offender, after a while a Latin devotee told me that Virabahu is under treatment psychiatric, and I told him that in what sastra or Scripture it is said that a guru has to do psychiatric treatment, then when I left Iskcon online I told several authorities that I have given Iskcon of my collection at least half a million of dollars, it would be good if they at least gave me back the 2,300 dollars they stole from me, the answer was that they made fun of me, for the mercy of God or Krishna and Srila Prabhupada and their devotees for some time I concluded that the people of Iskcon are very strange, envious and very dangerous, that is my conclusion.
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There is no association

There is no association, by Haripada dasa
With love and confidence I share that the other day I was talking to my brother Jaime and he told me that in the factory 30 years ago, workers at Christmas would clash their hands and hug and hug each other and wish each other heartily to spend a Merry Christmas Party, in other words, there was human warmth, now people look like ice, an exaggerated impersonalism, I told him that the same thing is happening to me, I thought that the true devotees of Srila Prabhupada and God or Krishna were people who related With others with love and confidence, I grabbed the emails from a website that I consider very good, and I try to convey Srila Prabhupada in my messages, as I understand my best friend in Krishna consciousness is the one who transmits the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, but there is no answer, so I wonder that only happens to me or is it happening to others, I also sent them my devotional life to know me an and there I say that if you want you can send me yours, and nobody has sent me yours, and I also say that you have a happy Janmastami, Kartika Vrata or Gaura Purnima, and nobody answers and you too, or it will be that in people that we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the way, the truth and the life, and if someone goes back home to God or Krishna, it is through the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, there is also criticism, animosity and malice, you What do you think about this.
When one reads Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita and sees the relationships of devotees, relationships full of education, love and trust, there one feels what is the true consciousness of God or Krishna, devotees when they are pleased are softer than a rose and when they are disgusted they are hard as lightning, one grabs a lot of spiritual strength when interacting with those devotees of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, and also one sees a big difference between those relationships and what is now.
Cheer up! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, together we try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy, and do nothing to dislike him.
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The big difference

The big difference, by Haripada dasa
There is a great difference between Vedic rituals and devotional service, one of the 10 offenses against the Holy Name of Krishna is to think that Vedic rituals and devotional service are the same, that is why Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada always said that one who sing only once Krishna has more spiritual value than opening millions of hospitals, one practices Vedic rituals to get riches, riches or money uses it to please his senses and when he is frustrated to see that in the sense gratification there is no true happiness seeks liberation, in those 4 activities, 1 Vedic rituals, 2 get wealth or money, 3 please your senses and 4 seek liberation there is no devotional service, devotional service means occupying everything, our body, mind and intelligence, riches, etc. in the service of God or Krishna and His devotees, that is why the essence of the Gita is that Krishna says that he abandons all types of religions, types of religions means Vedic rituals, Srila Prabhupada in his books says that this is the disease of this age , that people put a stamp and says that I am a Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, etc., but that is pure hypocrisy, nobody practices the teachings of their religion, that is what hypocritical people do and they think I am a pure devotee of God, but the reality is that all those people go to hell for being sinners and deceiving themselves and others.
As it says in the Gita, 7, 28, there it is said that people who have acted piously in this life and in previous lives, and whose sinful actions have been completely eradicated, get rid of the duality of illusion and engage in My service with determination. And in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says that in this verse those who are worthy of being elevated to the transcendental position are mentioned. Those who are sinners, atheists, fools and cheats, it is very difficult to transcend the duality of desire and hatred. Only those who have spent their lives practicing the regulative principles of religion, who have acted in a godly manner and who have conquered sinful reactions, can accept devotional service and gradually rise to pure knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
Note: Last June I wrote to the King of Spain and the President, both of them have answered some very nice letters, they have thanked me for writing them and they have told me that they have taken note of my concerns, but neither of them has Given a donation to the Food for Life of Vrindavana, India, it is seen that they earn little.
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The books of Srila Prabhupada

The books of Srila Prabhupada, by Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada criticized his disciples many times saying that they did not study his books, I remember a class of Srila Prabhupada that in a sarcastic way said that devotees do not read my books and when someone comes out to distribute them people ask them what is the message of this book, and they say that I do not know, my gurudeva told me to distribute them and I do, people will think that this is very strange. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna from 1984 to 2011 I have been distributing Srila Prabhupada's books in Spain, 16 Latin countries and the USA, always had the habit of reading a book by Srila Prabhupada before reading it, in other words, I distributed the book to myself, and realized that the inspiration for giving Srila Prabhupada's books were Srila Prabhupada's books. Srila Prabhupada always said that my books are time bombs, so that we understand this I am going to tell you a story, once a person was making a trip by train, and a devotee was distributing the Sri Isopanisad on that train, and the mantra that He said that all the donations we collected is to give food in Africa, that person bought him a book and when he saw that they were the Hare Krishnas, he went to see the train attendant and told him that there is a boy distributing this book , and it is from the most dangerous sect in Spain, throw it into the potatoes of the train, and he did so, then that person had a lot of heavy things in his life, he worked in a bank and closed and lost his job, his wife left with another and divorced, etc., and one day he read Sri Isopanisad and became a devotee, and then he apologized to the devotee who distributed the book to him, and to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna for having treated that devotee badly.
We can not understand the great influence that a pure devotee of God or Krishna has on human society. From 1967 until now, over 600 million books of Srila Prabhupada have been distributed throughout the world, thanks to the books of Srila Prabhupada. Many people have changed their diet, and now they offer vegetarian foods to God or Krishna, and they respect prasada, the mercy of God or Krishna, they have understood and accepted that the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, is the religion for this age, they have understood and accepted that we are not the temporary material body, but eternal spiritual souls, loving servants of God or Krishna and His devotees, have understood and accepted the law of Karma and reincarnation, have understood and accepted that God is Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and have understood and accepted that Srila Prabhupada is the way, the truth and the life, and s If someone goes back home to God or Krishna, it is by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.
In the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-Lila, 3, 50 it is said that the next 10,000 years will be of Krishna consciousness and after that all will become melechas and yavanas, the lowest of humanity, now we say that we are in the year 2019 of the age of Jesus Christ, and then it will be said that we are now in the year 6789 of the era of Srila Prabhupada, I remember that Srila Prabhupada told his disciples that if you had faith in 18 days they would convert the whole world to consciousness of Krishna.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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The supreme swan

The supreme swan, by Haripada dasa
Once Srila Prabhupada visited one of his temples in the USA, in the house in front of the temple they had painted a great insult against the Hare Krishnas, there he said that the Hare Krishna are a sons of..., so Srila Prabhupada would not see this when He went out to do his morning walk surrounded by the highest devotees, in one way or another Srila Prabhupada saw the insult and said that house is the most fortunate house in the USA, because it puts Krishna, devotees of the highest level are called paramahansas, that means the supreme swan, the swan has the ability that from a mixture of water and milk, he will drink the milk and not touch the water, in the same way the devotee who lives in pure goodness has the ability to take this the spiritual part, the positive part, and never touch the material part or the negative part, in other words, he draws gold even from the poison, to Srila Prabhupada, to Jesus, to Srila Haridasa Thakura, etc., the envious people ignorant attack them much or, in the most important newspaper of Germany on the first page they put a great criticism against Srila Prabhupada, there he said that in Los Angeles, USA, there is a guru who has his disciples as crazy selling his books, while he lives a full life deluxe.
People usually do not understand the pure devotee of God or Krishna, only a pure devotee can understand another pure devotee, in Bhagavatam, 8.7.44 it is said that great personalities usually accept voluntary sufferings to alleviate the suffering of the people common. This is considered to be the highest form of worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is in everyone's heart, and in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says that we should strive for what we could not obtain even if we were to travel the entire universe, from top to bottom, carried by the reactions of karma. And what is that? We must strive to be Krishna conscious. When someone tries to propagate the process of Krishna consciousness throughout the world, it must be understood that he is performing the best beneficial activity. Immediately, the Lord feels very pleased with him, and if the Lord is pleased with him, what else can he get? It is very possible that the person who has been recognized by the Lord does not ask anything of the Lord, but the Lord, who is in everyone's heart, will give him everything he wants. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham). And, as stated in this verse, tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ. The best charitable activity is to raise people to the plane of Krishna consciousness, because the suffering of the conditioned souls is due solely to their lack of Krishna consciousness.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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Gay pride

Gay pride, by Haripada dasa
Last week gay pride was celebrated all over the world, the capital of Spain, Madrid has become the international capital of gay pride, in other places they make a day or two of festival, but in Madrid they do a week and they go gay from all over the world, the main day was a demonstration and a million and a half people participated, I remember the last time I was in Vrindavana, India, and a vrajavasi who works in the Food for life offices told me that he was amazed to see So much degradation in gay pride, on this subject the Bhagavatam, 3, 20, 26 the translation says that Lord Brahmā, speaking to the Lord, spoke to Him in the following way: My Lord, protect me, please, from these sinful demons that I created following Your order. Crazed by sexual appetite, they have come to attack me, and in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says that here it is indicated that the homosexual appetite between males originated in this episode in which Brahmā created the demons. In other words, the homosexual appetite of one man for another is demonic, and is not proper to any sane male in the normal course of life.
Here the interesting point is that in this age kali-yuga the demon and the devotee live inside us, the result of feeding the demonic part is that the person lives full of lust, anger, greed, envy, etc. and after leaving the body is assured hell, and the result of feeding the divine part is that the person lives with God or Krishna and His devotees and lives happy and free, and after leaving the body is assured to go back home , back to God. Srila Prabhupada says in his books that the cause of the world living in great chaos is the lack of devotees of God or Krishna, and that the leaders of the world are infernal rulers, when they come together to deal with the problems of the world, such like climate change, wars, etc. they never treat these issues from the spiritual point, they do not believe that the cause of climate change is because people are very sinful and nobody obeys the law of God, and the result of this is that Nature punishes us with hurricanes, floods, excessive heat and cold, etc., in the Bhagavatam it is said that when the Earth was ruled by Holy Kings, everyone was devotee of God or Krishna, all were free and happy, and neither do they believe that the causes of wars are the reaction karmic to the killing of innocent animals.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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Love for God

Love for God, for Haripada dasa
There is a spiritual book called the Madhurya Kadambini or the clouds of the Nectar of Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti, there in a scientific way it reveals all the experiences that we all must go from faith to love for God, faith means that one obeys the instructions given in the Holy Scriptures, then one associates with the devotees, that increases the faith, then one is initiated by the authorized spiritual master, the initiation means that the disciples accept the instruction of the spiritual master and Kṛṣṣṇa accepts the disciple immediately to give him a spiritual body, the result of initiation is that one becomes purified of all the dirty things of the heart, such as lust, anger, greed, etc., then one becomes fixed in devotional service, then one likes the spiritual life, then one becomes attached to the spiritual life, then one experiences spiritual emotions and then one comes to love for God, and thus one fulfills the prop site of human life, love for God is eternally there in everyone's heart, and wakes up when one practices Krishna consciousness. Ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa (prema) is explained in the Bhakti-rasāmṛita-sindhu (1.41) with the following words: "When the heart has completely softened and is free from all material desire, and when emotional feelings become very strong, the person becomes very attached to Kṛṣṣṇa. That purified emotion is known by the name of pure love. "
In the state of love for God or Krishna he considers his friends as useless as a desert, too big, and his home becomes like a thorny forest, the food becomes completely insipid, the praise of other devotees seems like the bite of a snake, daily activities seem as painful as death. All the members of his body are like an unbearable burden, the consolation of his companions is like poison. Although he is constantly awake, he is awake. Like an ocean of penance, and if the dream comes it is seen as mortal (mundane) anguish. His body seems like the punishment target of the Lord. And breathing seems as sterile as planting roasted grains. What else can be said? That those who were always his favorite things are now abandoned as great calamities. Even thinking of the Lord is like tearing your body to pieces.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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Prophecies of the Bhagavatam

Prophecies of the Bhagavatam, by Haripada dasa
The Bhagavatam wrote 5000 years ago a literary incarnation of God or Krishna called Srila Vyasadeva, the Bhagavatam contains 18,000 verses grouped in 12 songs or sections, in the 12th song there are some very interesting prophecies about the current era called kali yuga, the era of the hypocrisy and the quarrel, in the 1 song, verse 10 it is said that in this iron era of Kali, men have a short life. They are fighters, lazy, disoriented, unfortunate and, above all, always disturbed. Then in Bhagavatam 12.2.1 it is said that Sukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King !, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, and physical strength and memory, all they will diminish day by day due to the powerful influence of Kali's age. In 12.2.2 it is said that in Kali-yuga, wealth will only be considered the sign of a good birth of a man, proper conduct and fine qualities. And only law and justice will be applied based on the economic power that someone has. In 12.2.3 it is said that men and women will live together simply because of superficial attraction, and success in the business will depend on deception. Femininity and virility will be judged according to sexual experience, and a man will be recognized as a brahmana or priest only by wearing the sacred thread. In 12.2.4 it is said that the spiritual position of a person will be determined simply according to the external symbols. The property of a person will be seriously questioned if he does not make a good living. And whoever is very clever in juggling words will be considered a wise scholar. In 12.2.5 it is said that a person will be judged as ungodly if he has no money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. The marriage will simply be arranged by verbal agreement, and a person will think that he can appear in public if he has merely taken a bath, in the current age people suffer from good brahminical qualities and do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom. For lack of elementary hygiene there are many contagious and venereal diseases, and many of the viral epidemics are due to dirty or undue collective behavior.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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The solidary dinner 2019

 The solidary dinner 2019, by Haripada dasa
With love and confidence I share that last Friday we celebrated the solidary dinner 2019, this is a social event organized by young entrepreneurs and this is the fifth year that I attend, each company collaborates with a donation and also takes donations from the paddle championship, all the money raised is distributed to 10 charities such as Caritas, fight against cancer, anonymous alcoholics, our ong food for peace in the world, which for many years we have collaborated with the Food for life of Vrindavana, India, etc., this year was held in the Industrial Circle, which is the most elegant place in the city, there are the most important events, the event began at 9 PM, and we had an aperitif in the patio, then at 10 we entered the lounge I was put on the table for the paralytics, people who use wheelchairs, and with the alcoholics anonymous, by Krishna's arrangements I was able to explain Krsna consciousness and it was very interesting Before, I told the paralytics the story that happened in England, the coach of the English football team said that the paralyzed are wheelchairs for their karma, and that in this world all that happens to us is karma, for those statements in England were all the media talking about the law of karma, the truth that the information we give to people about karma, that we are not the body, that there is a spiritual world, etc., all that mercy that Srila Prabhupada gave us a lot of help to people to get out of ignorance.
After dinner, this time they made me a first class vegetarian menu, then they made some draws and in the end the 10 associations explained their projects, I said that we collaborated with him with the Food for life of Vrindavana, India, and that this project It is international, there are many associations around the world that collaborate, we have 3 schools that benefit 1500 students, we have made 12 water wells, 50,000 people are benefiting and in 2010 we opened a hospital, and I invited all the people to they visited us, the total donations this year was 5200 euros, if Krishna wants to give us 520 euros, then it was already 1 AM and a friend of mine who organizes the event called a taxi and he paid me to take me to my house. These social events are good because there is solidarity and love.
Courage! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, all together try to obey this instruction and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy and do nothing that displeases him.
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Spiritual science

 Spiritual science, by Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada presented the process of Krishna consciousness as a spiritual science and also as a spiritual culture, in any science there are three aspects, 1, the theory, 2, practice and 3, the result, the theory is the Scriptures, there It tells you that in this age of hypocrisy and quarreling, the authorized process is to chant the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and the result of this song is that your conscience will be purified of lust, anger, greed, envy, ignorance and pride, the process of Krishna consciousness begins with faith, faith means having complete conviction that by chanting the Holy Name of God or Krishna automatically will fulfill all spiritual duties and complete all pious activities, faith also means that one obeys what the scriptures say, Srila Prabhupada told a devotee that I tell you to chant Hare Krishna and you obey, that s It means that you have faith in me.
All this spiritual science is explained very well in the first chant of the Bhagavatam, second chapter, verses 17 to 21, there it is said that to hear what the Vedic scriptures say about Kṛṣṇa or to hear Him directly through the Bhagavad-gītā, is in itself virtuous activity. And for one who hears about Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who dwells in everyone's heart, acts as a well-wisher friend, and purifies the devotee who is always engaged in hearing about Him. Thus, in the devotee one develops in natural form the transcendental knowledge that has latent. As he goes on hearing more what the Bhāgavatam and the devotees speak of Kṛṣṇa, he becomes established in the devotional service of the Lord. Through the development of devotional service one is freed from the modes of passion and ignorance, and thereby diminishes avarice and material lusts. When these impurities are cleansed, the candidate remains firm in his position of pure goodness, is animated by devotional service and perfectly understands the science of God. Bhakti-yoga thus cuts the tight knot of material affection, and allows one to immediately reach the stage in which one understands the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead or Krishna.
Courage, and all together let's try to make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy, and not do anything he dislikes.
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Clean the heart

Clean the heart, by Haripada dasa
Today we celebrate the pastime of the cleansing of Gundicha temple, there is a very interesting meaning about this pastime in Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya-lila, 12, 135, the essence of this pastime is that God or Krishna is in the hearts of all , but we can not feel his presence because we have many dirty things in our hearts, lust, anger, greed, fear, pride, ignorance and envy. The result of practicing the spiritual activities of Bhakti yoga or devotional service to God or Krishna and His devotees is that the heart is purified of all dirty things, as it is said in the Gita, 7, 28 that to engage in devotional service with determination, we must be free of sinful reactions, one must follow the 4 regulative principles, 1, not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with one's wife , 3, no games of chance, and 4, do not drink tea, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc., and sing the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama , Hare Hare, in verse 7 of the mana-siksa of Srila Raghunatha dasa goswami it is said that the desire for honor and distinction is called pratisthasa. Although all the other anarthas or dirty things may have been banished, the desire for pratistha is not easily removed. From here comes all kinds of deceit and hypocrisy and are nourished gradually. Desire for pratistha is called without shame because although it is the root of all anarthas, it does not recognize its own fault. It is called candalini, a dog-eater busy eating the dog's meat of fame. In other words, for the soul to be fully satisfied, he has to practice Krishna consciousness with the attitude of making Srila Prabhupada happy, and not doing anything he dislikes, if Srila Prabhupada is happy then Krishna will be happy and we will also be happy.
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The mantra for the proud

The mantra for the proud, by Haripada dasa
Six years ago I met a person, I spoke with her several times and when I detected that she was a very proud person I told her the mantra for the proud ones, I told her that you think you are the best, that no one is above you, he He was very surprised that I told him this and to be well with me he told me that he accepted that I was above him, because he had learned many things from me, then that person left me an apartment for five years without charging me rent, the mantra for the proud I have told several people and the results have been wonderful.
All the success of Srila Prabhupada is that he never compromised the philosophy of Krishna consciousness, once in New York he was talking about illicit sex life, and Iskcon's lawyer argued and told him that what a man feels for a woman that can not be denied, and Srila Prabhupada replied that I did not come to America to please the Americans but to teach them the law of God, and on another occasion he said that I did not come to take anything away, I came to teach them to add God or Krishna to their lives, and in another class I was talking about being born into a rich nation, into a rich family, being very beautiful, and having a very good education, if those things are not used to make God happy or Krishna, they are like a check full of zeros, but if you put the 1 that is God or Krishna all those things have value.
Power corrupts, that only happens to the materialists and atheists, in 1986 in Iskcon fell Bhagavan, and there were many brahmacharis or celibate monks in Spain and almost everyone got married, they put me in charge of a group of 12 brahmacharis that we were traveling all over Spain distributing the books of Srila Prabhupada, in 8 years we gave him 6 times the return to Spain, then an elderly devotee came and told me that I came for power, I told him that here you have all the power , I gathered all the devotees and told them that in these 8 years I have been very happy with you, if any offense I have done I apologize, then in that same year the authorities of Iskcon told me that my program of distributing the books of Srila Prabhupada collecting donations for the Food for life of Vrindavana I could not do it in Spain, so from 1984 to 2011 I was traveling through 16 Latin countries and the USA distributing the books of Srila Prabhupada. And in 2011 I settled in Spain, now I feel happy and free, I am happy because I feel very much the presence of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna in my life, and free because I feel that nobody controls me, when I see that someone wants to control me right away I break the relationship with that person.
I end this message with a very interesting paragraph of the Nectar of devotion in chapter 46, where it is said that a person's activities, although they are not very extraordinary, create an impression of amazement in the hearts and minds of their friends. But the activities of a person who is not our friend, although they are the most wonderful, do not make any impression on us. It is due to the fact that the wonderful activities that you perform create an impression on someone's mind.
Courage, and all together let's try to make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy, and let's try not to do anything he dislikes.
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