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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri
Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to
rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger
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Our Mission: To help everyone awaken
their original Krishna consciousness, which is
eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
Such a global awakening will, in one stroke,
solve all the problems of the world society
bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and
prosperity for all. May that day, which the
world so desperately needs, come very soon. We
request you to participate in this mission by
reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and
assisting us in spreading this science all over
the world. |
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Dedicated with love to
ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His
Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and
to you, our dear readers. |
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Today's Thought: |
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Most Fortunate Messenger
Uploaded from the Hong Kong Airport |
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I
am unlimitedly fortunate to be a part of the Krishna
consciousness movement because it is bestowing the
greatest benediction of pure love of Godhead upon the
suffering humanity. Somehow or other, in spite of my
innumerable disqualifications, by the mercy of His
Holiness Vishnujana Swami and His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, I have been blessed with
the most sublime opportunity to serve as a messenger of
the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead Lord Sri
Krishna in His mission of reclaiming His lost children,
who are presently entrapped in the cycle of birth and
death, for delivering them back to His eternal, all
blissful abode, the Vaikuntha world. My heart overflows
with joy to be engaged in this way, and I fervently pray
that everyone throughout the entire world can be
awakened as soon as possible to their actual identities
as eternal spirit-soul servants of the all-merciful
Supreme Lord so that they can also happily swim in this
sublime ocean of Krishna consciousness.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Answers According to the Vedic Version: |
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Question:
Who Can Be Addressed as Maharaja? |
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I
have a doubt regarding the definition of the title
Maharaja. Who can be a Maharaja? Does it apply to a
married person or an unmarried person who took sannyasa
directly skipping the grihastha ashram? Please
clarify this.
thank you
you r servant
A. Praveen Achary.
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Answer: Kings and Those
With Sense Control |
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Maharaja means king. From
Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 4.30.45
we learn that just as the king controls and rules over
his subjects in various ways, similarly, advanced
devotees maintain control and rule over their senses and
can thus also be addressed as Maharaja or king. This is
why sannyasis are sometimes addressed as Maharaja and
also why disciples sometimes address their spiritual
master as Guru Maharaja. It was also pointed out by
Srila Prabhupada in a room conversation on 16 July 1968
in Montreal that a brahmana is also respectfully
addressed as Pandita Maharaja. So it is very clear from
Srila Prabhupada's teachings that the Maharaja title is
not the exclusive property of sannyasis. It can also be
applied to kings, gurus, and brahmanas. It applies to
anyone who is either a monarch or who has complete
control over his senses.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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