Hare Krishna Land--Heaven on Earth

After an ecstatic week of tasting the sweet nectar in Sri Vrindavan Dham now we are relishing the sublime heaven-on-earth flavor of Hare Krishna Land at Juhu, Mumbai, India. This temple was personally established by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada after a great struggle which a business man who sold us the land and through clever cheating tactics tried to take it away from us. It is a thriving temple with spectacular deity worship, an auditorium for performing devotional arts, a popular restaurant, a guest house, and large number of resident brahmacaris (monks) who are very, very saintly in their behavior and very enthusiastic for sharing the supreme benediction, Krishna consciousness, with everyone.

A pujari offers arati to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari

A pujari offers arati to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari, Mumbai

Original twin tower guesthouse

Original twin tower guesthouse, ISKCON Juhu, Mumbai

Original twin tower guesthouse, ISKCON Juhu, Mumbai

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Request: Tell All the Ways to Please the Lord...

I am chanting 16 rounds for the last 1 year 9 months and following regulative principles. I want to know how the Lord can be pleased. Tell me all the ways through which lord can be pleased. Please explain me as elaborately as you can. I would be very thankful to you.

Sandeep Gera

Answer: How Many Grains of Sand Are on the Beach?...

If I could tell you how many grains of sands there are on the beach, I still could not tell you how many ways there are to please the Lord. They are innumerable. However they are sub-divided into nine different categories as follows:

sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam atma-nivedanam
iti pumsarpita visnau
bhaktis cen nava-laksana
kriyeta bhagavaty addha
tan manye 'dhitam uttamam

"Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Vishnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) -- these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Krishna through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge."
---SB 7.5.23-24

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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