Our mission

 Our mission, by Haripada dasa

As I understand it the mission of those people 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 by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada It is helping each other to obey Srila Prabhupada's instructions and free ourselves from doubts, the result of doing this is that we will live with Srila Prabhupada, acquire his qualities and qualify ourselves to go back home, back to Godhead. In relation to this it is very interesting what Srila Prabhupada says in the Bhagavatam, 5, 12, 13, there he says that this movement for Kṛishṇa consciousness has been founded to engage people in the service and glorification of the Lord the twenty-four hours of the day. In this institution, students engage in Kṛishṇa consciousness cultivation from five in the morning until ten at night. That way they don't have a chance to waste time unnecessarily talking about politics, sociology and current affairs. All this follows its own course. The devotee is only interested in serving Kṛishṇa in a serious and positive way.

Another point is that we always have to emphasize strictly following the spiritual standards given by Srila Prabhupada, here everyone chants his 16 offense-free rounds of the Maha Mantra Hare Krishna, everyone follows the 4 regulative principles very strictly, 1, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with one's wife, 3, no gambling, and 4, no tea, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc., all sing the three gayatris daily, everyone follows Ekadasis, Purusottama month, Chaturmasya, Kartika Vrata, appearances and disappearances of the Supreme Lord and His devotees, everyone avoids bad association and is always happy and eager to associate with serious and sincere devotees of Srila Prabhupada, they always wear the tilaka marks on their body, they always have Srila Prabhupada at the center of their lives and they help people to put Srila Prabhupada at the center of their lives and every day they read in the morning and p Hearing Srila Prabhupada's books at night, they only eat Krishna prasada, food offered to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Here everyone obeys the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada in his books on how we should use our hard earned wealth, Srila Prabhupada gives the example of Srila Rupa Goswami, when he retired from service to the Muslim government and surrendered to the lotus feet of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu divided his wealth into three parts. 1-50 percent gave it to the Brahmanas and Vaisnavas, 25 percent for their relatives and the other 25 percent for personal emergencies, by practicing this a transcendental atmosphere is created and egoism is destroyed. Here nobody speculates, we understand and accept that a person is speculating, when he does things in a capricious way without relying on the Guru, Sadhu and Sastra.

In the Iskcon as it is only the original books of Srila Prabhupada are used, we are totally against all the changes that have been made to the original books of Srila Prabhupada.

Annoying people

 Annoying people, by Haripada dasa

I share that I have a DVD that Srila Prabhupada is being interviewed by some journalists in Australia, these journalists were very negative against Srila Prabhupada and he defended himself by saying that Jesus Christ was crucified, he did nothing wrong, and still crucified him, in this world there are always annoying people, you can do things right and right, and yet they will criticize and envy you. There is also another dvd in the temple of Dallas, USA, that some reporters are interviewing him and a reporter began to say that the gurus live full of luxuries, have cars, yachts, etc., and Srila Prabhupada told them that that is why I have sitting on the floor or not on the throne, because I already knew that you are very envious, and everyone even the reporters laughed.

When Krishna Himself came in the form of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, the Mayavadis sannyasis of Varanasi criticized him saying that He is not a sannyasi, He is a sentimental or a magician, the devotees were very distressed to hear these criticisms, and to please His devotees Sri Gauranga made all the arrangements and turned all the Mayavadis sannyasis into His devotees.

Even when Krishna came there was a king named Satrajit, who offended Krishna by saying that He had killed his brother Prasena and that he had taken away the Syamantaka jewel, and Krishna made all arrangements to clarify the situation, and King Satrajit was very ashamed for having offended Krishna and handed him the jewel Syamantaka and his daughter. Krishna says in The Bhagavad gita, 9, 11, that fools despise me when I descend in a human-like manner. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that exists.

I share that for years that I am preaching Krishna consciousness on Facebook, I don't know why Facebook blocked my account, now, yesterday, Facebook told me that I had my account locked for 24 hours, also on Facebook there have been people who wanted to establish a material and mundane relationship, so that I have not misunderstood and with much education I have told you that I am not interested in that, I am only interested in a spiritual relationship, this means putting God or Krishna and His representative Srila Prabhupada at the center of our life, the result of this will be that one will experience supreme pleasure, spiritual knowledge and eternity.

The Three Kinds of Happiness

 The Three Kinds of Happiness, by Haripada dasa

This information is in the Nectar of Devotion, chapter 1:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has analyzed the different sources of happiness. He has divided happiness into three categories, which are: 1) happiness derived from material enjoyment, 2) happiness derived from identifying with the Supreme Brahman, and 3) happiness derived from Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

In Tantra-śāstra, Lord Śiva speaks to his wife, Satī, in this way: "My dear wife, a person who has surrendered to the lotus feet of Govinda and who has developed pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, can receive easily all the perfections desired by impersonalists; and beyond this, he can enjoy the happiness attained by pure devotees. "

Happiness derived from pure devotional service is the highest because it is eternal. But the happiness derived from material perfection or from understanding oneself as Brahman is inferior because it is temporary. There is no way to prevent one from falling from material happiness, and there is even every chance of falling from spiritual happiness derived from identifying with impersonal Brahman.

And in the Bhagavad-Gita, 18, 37 to 39 it is said that what at first may be like poison but which in the end is like nectar, and which awakens one in self-realization, is said to be happiness in the plane of the mode of goodness. The happiness that comes from the contact of the senses with their objects, and which at first appears to be nectar but at the end appears to be poison, is said to be of the nature of passion, and happiness that ignores self-realization, that it is a delusion from beginning to end, and that it proceeds from sleep, laziness, and illusion, is said to be of the nature of ignorance.