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1 - Negative and positive thinking in spiritual life

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3 - How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti

…  and as it is announced, today I will speak on the topic of positive thinking and bhakti. Can they go together? or where they go together and where …

5 - E.N.E.R.G.Y. – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking

Drawing from the insights of ancient wisdom traditions and modern management gurus, this book presents powerful principles and practices to experience the peace and power of meditation, break free from negative attitudes and habits, uncover your spiritual  …

6 - Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnZyCni5F0&feature=youtu.be  …

7 - Positive Thinking 34 – No time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsJgTRkYulk  …

8 - Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSZaro1FMw  …

9 - Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXig_Q8YElw  …

10 - Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8ux97lafE  …

13 - Positive Thinking 28 – Let gratitude energize you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijUkAbzjEw  …

14 - Positive Thinking 27 – Avoid mental viruses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUKTO8chE98  …

16 - Positive Thinking 25 – See life as a marathon, not a sprint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKmShDQRtw8  …

17 - Positive Thinking 24 – Don’t let a wrong definition of success defeat you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWyzTqx_anM&feature=youtu.be  …

19 - Positive Thinking 21 – Go DEEP – Desire Envision Endeavor Pray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQDrw_IvEU  …

20 - Positive Thinking 20 – Smart expectations 1- Hotel or Hospital?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwO-tChKcCI  …

21 - Positive Thinking 19 – The six-point ENERGY sutra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhaqJuVre8  …

22 - Positive Thinking 18 – Bhakti alchemizes our inner world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZxMBWXjtWU  …

23 - Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqbE1Hz_2rY&feature=youtu.be  …

24 - List of all talks in Positive Thinking Series

 Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts Positive …

25 - Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence

…  talk: Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual Next talk: List of all talks on Positive Thinking …

26 - Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual

…  talk: Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association Next talk:  Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen …

27 - Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association

…  talk: Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively Next talk: Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 …

28 - Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively

…  talk: Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively Next talk: Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – …

29 - Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively

…  talk: Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action Next talk:  Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – …

30 - Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action

…  talk: Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity Next talk: Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death …

31 - Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity

…  talk: Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order Next talk:  Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive …

32 - Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order

…  talk:  Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity Next talk: Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible …

33 - Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity

…  talk: Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity Next talk: Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes …

34 - Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity

…  talk: Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality Next talk: Positive Thinking 8 – …

35 - Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality

…  talk:  Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual Next talk: Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA …

36 - Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual

…  talk: Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things Next talk: Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the …

37 - Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSxkPEuDOU  …

38 - Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U77pPfauRyw  …

39 - Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdufJPaHovA  …

40 - Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0r8UPxMR8o  …

42 - ENERGY: Your sutra for positive thinking

…  a negative attitude either among ourselves or in others. Positive attitude can tremendously help us to tap and channelize our own …  we will be discussing three things. The power of positive thinking, what positive thinking is not, what is positive thinking both on …

43 - E.N.E.R.G.Y. – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking

Drawing from the insights of ancient wisdom traditions and modern management gurus, this book presents powerful principles and practices to experience the peace and power of meditation, break free from negative attitudes and habits, uncover your spiri …

44 - Can thinking positively create a brighter future?

…  QA/2017 QA/05-17 QA/Can thinking positively create a brighter …  by: Keshavagopal Das Question: Can thinking positively create a brighter future? Answer: There are two extremes. One is …

46 - When our thoughts start becoming negative, how can we flip them to positive?

…  thoughts start becoming negative, how can we flip them to positive? Answer: If we are thinking about a situation negatively (e.g. a troubling relationship), usually …

47 - Are You A Positive Thinker?

…  and emo­tions so subtly and irresistibly that we unthinkingly consider them to be our own and indiscrimi­nately act on them. Only …  can classify the mind’s thoughts into four categories– positive (joy, peace), negative (hatred, envy), routine (steering our vehicle …

48 - Latest Transcriptions – 08

…  do we have to strive to become kinder? How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti How can we avoid fear after taking big decisions …

49 - Posting transcripts of lecture summaries along with lectures

…  expectation and increase contribution How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let …

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51 - Mobile Apps

…  happier, and also become equipped and enriched to make a positive difference in the world. You can browse the articles in this section …  Audio App  Click Here [/toggle] [toggle title=”Positive Thinking – Part 1″]Learn the essence of Life & Art of Positive Thinking to …

52 - Does our capacity for intelligence prove the reality of our free will?

…  was hearing one of your lecture on the Positive Thinking series, where you talk about freewill. It occurred to me that one …

53 - How KC is the solution of all problems 6 – Medical Problems

…  how I feel, it has a tremendous influence on the body. Positive thoughts are health promoting What  researchers have found is …  have written a book called ENERGY, your sutra for positive thinking. In that book I have talked about, in second chapter, that medical …

54 - Books

…  – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking Recession – Adversity or Opportunity? 10 Leadership Sutras …

55 - Chaitanya Charan

…  books, some of which are: ENERGY – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking Science and Spirituality; The Spiritual Scientist series, volumes …

56 - I was born in another Vaishnava tradition, but I find Krishna consciousness more logical; if I take to Krishna consciousness ,am I being unfaithful to my birth tradition?

…  Having said that, each path of the mountain can have its positives and negatives. Some path may be very slippery, some path may be …  – the parents and the grandparents. They feel at home, thinking that this is what our predecessors did. They feel connected with their …

57 - QA on humility 7 – Is spirituality meant to make us feel good. Or does spiritual growth require us to feel bad?

…  change your actions and sometimes we say just change your thinking. In fact, most self-help tools, most self-help talks these days is …  that’s why feeling good about ourselves means just have positive, uplifting thoughts. So, for example, some people in the name of …

58 - Prabhupada — the transcendentalist who embodied the best of the traditionalist, the existentialist and the utopianist

…  for bhakti spirituality. He didn’t become discouraged by thinking about the past, wherein nearly all of his efforts to share bhakti had …  often exhibited a defining feature of a utopianist: a positive, hope-filled vision of the future. Based on a holistic understanding …

59 - When we are far away from the standards needed to attain the spiritual world, what is our hope?

…  the mind has tremendous potential in making even the most positive things negative. The purpose of standards is to inspire us, not to …  love for Krishna, then we may either become discouraged thinking that we are nowhere near them or we may feel inspired that such an …

60 - How can we know if we are sincere?

…  levels by which we can gradually reach him. Rather than thinking whether we are sincere or not, we focus on what best we can do. It can …  such feelings and desiring to connect with Krishna. Such a positive attitude is also an indicator of our sincerity. Just the presence …

61 - Why do some bad habits stay on despite our devotional practice – how to deal with them?

…  of my spiritual master, the tilted is straight.” While thinking, he remembered that in the early days, once when Prabhupada was …  of our relationship? The answer is by trying to see the positive things in others. If we find it difficult to see good things in a …

62 - When facing serious problems, should we first focus on solving problems and then practice bhakti?

…  a problem. Similarly, we need to find out what amount of thinking help us solve the problem and what amount of thinking starts affecting …  by directing our thoughts elsewhere so that we can get positive energy to help us deal with the negative energy. This can be done …

63 - Can you explain the various stages in chanting – namaprada, namabhasa, shudda-nama?

…  power but the speed at which it rotates depends on the positive progression in turning the switch. More the switch is progressively …  power of the holy names, but we need not be discouraged thinking that we are not able to access the power of the holy names right now. …

64 - Understanding rasa-lila 8 – Appreciating Krishna’s mystifying reciprocation

…  to carry out the instruction of his spiritual master are positive desires. So, it is desire that empowered Srila Prabhupada to travel …  into the hearts of people most effectively. That kind of thinking is fine and is actually essential as a part of Bhakti. But when we let …

65 - Understanding Rasa-lila 7 – Gopi-gita 3

…  abundant natural prosperity. So, Kama also is used in a positive sense, that we have natural desires in the world and these desires are …  and focused entirely on Krishna. So, we want to always be thinking of Krishna, but normally in the routine course of our life we think of …

66 - Understanding Rasa-lila 6 – Gopi-gita 2

…  words, and those negative words to describe the supreme positive reality, Krishna are an expression of their immense affection. We have …  to us and they start suddenly praising us, we start thinking, “What does this person want? He wants something from us and that is …

67 - Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves

…  contexts. Nowadays the word “Pride” has acquired a positive connotation. That means, there are hotels with the name “Hotel …  we can make some special contributions. But when we start thinking that those things are not my gifts, but are my possessions and they …

68 - If our service is not giving results, is that due to some deficiency in us?

…  are both undesirable and desirable outcomes from such thinking. If not getting some results makes us angry or frustrated so much that …  such analysis or reanalyse the situation and look at the positive side. For example, a positive way of thinking can be, “There are …

69 - See pain as a protector and a pointer

…  was crying but at the end of the BG , Arjuna is happy and positive, he has regained his posture BG 18.73 and is willing to do Krishna’s …  the neighbour is talking loudly and disturb us; if we keep thinking about it then the disturbance consumes our consciousness; if someone …

70 - Praising by criticizing – The paradoxical ways of expressing love

…  — protector and herder of cows; iti matvā — thinking; tvām — you to be; pracura-kṣīra-vāñchayā — with a desire …  criticism. The use of the negative to convey the positive is a rhetorical tool used in many traditions. In English, for example, …

71 - Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us

…  we see it as water, at that time we may rush towards it thinking that it will relieve our thirst. The physical reality is that there is …  they do. So, Hanuman by his cultured speech creates a very positive impression in Ram, and although Ram is in great agitation because of …

72 - From the Blue Whale Challenge to the Blue Whole Challenge

…  kids feel that their parents’ generation’s way of thinking differs drastically from their generation’s – so, their …  culture that provides such realizations, they feel positively validated and can reject destructive forms of self-validation. At …

73 - How can we know whether our wrongdoing is accidental or intentional?

…  need to feel repentant, and take some serious measures for positive atonement. • Cultivate repentant attitude by reading sections of …  When we are fighting temptation, we may constantly be thinking about it. Sometimes the thinking may be with the desire to indulge in …

74 - Discover the Baahubali within you

…  overpowering charm and appeal within us that our rational thinking gets swept aside. So, nobody asked the question, ‘How does smoking …  Bahubali. The inner Bahubali is what? That Bahubali is the positive self-conception. The conception… the understanding that what I have …

75 - A Nigerian speaking Hindi at Denver Airport

…  was grabbing this opportunity to show off her Hindi. Thinking that there was not much harm in letting her have that pleasure, I …  for its growth is that it has been frequently portrayed positively in Hollywood. Bishop Barron, an American monk based in Los Angeles, …

76 - 2017 Spring tour of the West

…  their company. But he was relieved and pleased to see the positive feedback, especially by the non-Indians attending the program. And he …  too. When speaking to an audience trained in critical thinking, it’s not easy to present the special position of bhakti without …

77 - Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others

…  the person always keeps finding faults. So, then we start thinking that this person is just like this only and it’s difficult to live …  involve simply resenting who we are. Our focus should be a positive, not negative. This can be… So, with respect to say physical health …

78 - Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior

…  that give us strength. So, then overall we will have a positive balance of strength and we can move forward in our life, and the same …  and then it’s very easy for the other person to start thinking that, ‘This person doesn’t like me only.’, and then when they …

79 - Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution

…  think in particular ways, and this doesn’t mean that the thinking can’t be changed but the point is that we can’t expect people to …  devotees, because if we behave well with them, they get a positive impression of devotees and that brings them closer to Krishna, and …

80 - From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna

…  that time it is just best to take shelter of Krishna. Stop thinking about the situation, just focus on connecting with Krishna, absorbing …  by which we can tolerate turbulences in our relationships positively, and then we can move on. So, always we can be grateful for the …

81 - From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally

…  financial wealth, whether the Britishers contributed positively or negatively. I am not going to get into politics here, but my …  back… falls back, and Indra is just dazed, and he is thinking, ‘My best weapon doesn’t work. What do I do now?’ It’s just …

82 - From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed

…  is perceived but it is perceived based on how one is thinking, which mode one is in. Resentment is a type of determination in the …  of ignorance. Normally we use the word determination in a positive sense. (22:00)If someone is very determined, although there are some …

83 - Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

…  Gradually through that rational, intellectual and logical thinking we move forward and then as our mind becomes fixed in Krishna, we …  practice of Bhakti, one needs to have more of a positive motivation than a negative motivation. So from the platform of …

84 - Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

…  detachment one can control the mind. Arjuna now starts thinking maybe he would be able to control his mind but what if he is not able …  criticism we always talk about how we should see criticism positively or be humble, but what about those who give criticism? CCP: What …

85 - Interview with Asia Today (Arizona based newspaper)

…  and I started following the principles of BG. I was positively transformed. I had a short temper that time but that also …  and take us to hospital. But he was all alone and he was thinking not that God should save him rather he was praying oh god make me an …

86 - Understanding how dharma culminates in prema

…  a person is at work, at the back of their mind, they are thinking “I am doing this for my family” that intention comes from love of …  up desires- like creating a vacuum. Instead fill with positive desires to do constructive things in service to Krishna, that …

87 - Spirituality changes how we perceive, process and pursue

…  soul – our real self – has the capacity for long term thinking. To the extent the mind is closely coupled with the soul instead of …  whatever situation we are in, we will be able to respond positively to it and act in an effective way in that situation for our growth …

88 - What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory

…  if we want to change ourselves, recondition ourselves more positively, how can we go about and do that? So, I will talk about it in three …  is changing. If often.. if we just live in self-denial, thinking that, “Ok, no I can either be just…” don’t really acknowledge …

89 - What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers

…  But what we are holding on to is good, then that is positive, that is determination, but if we are holding on to something which is …  is something… as I gave the example of a person who is thinking, “May be you know I can be working on my computer, maybe I can check …

90 - When we are troubled by controversies in Krishna’s movement, should we try to tackle them or just focus on our service?

…  We also create an influence around us by setting up positive examples and by creating a positive circle around us. Krishna says …  of carelessness or presumptuousness. Careless means not thinking carefully about it. Presumptuous means thinking arrogantly that there …

91 - How can we counter the mind’s tendency to see the negative even in devotee association?

…  negative and magnify it. How can you train it to see the positive and magnify it instead? Answer (short): • If we are clear about …  may do so. However, that is not what we have to be always thinking about. If we have a very strong faultfinding tendency, we can use the …

92 - The life of devotional dynamism

…  and nationalities. We often identify with these things, thinking that their combination is what we are. But we are much more. The …  point for our spiritual evolution. Expressing a similar positive view of our abilities, the Gita (07.08) states that human abilities …

93 - How can we cope with enduring sadness?

…  strong waves. Engage yourself in an activity which is positive, purposeful, and constructive. This will take away your mind from the …  station. If we continue to stay mentally in that station thinking “why was it so bad” etc. then we will be causing ourselves …

94 - What cricket can teach us about life 3

…  problems in life. Sometimes people say, ‘we should think positively. Don’t think of problems as problems. Think of them as challenges. …  chapter, Arjuna starts saying… Sometimes Arjuna starts thinking that it is very difficult. Krishna talks about controlling the …

95 - What cricket can teach us about life 2

…  we use the word determination to refer to something positive, something good, and if we hold on to something bad that is not called …  and talking very sweetly, then immediately the mind starts thinking, ‘What does he want?’ (laughter) Probably they want something from …

96 - ​What cricket can teach us about life 1

…  that our actions alone determines the result… on the positive side we may say, ‘I worked so hard, so I achieved results.’, but …  in my life. What they are doing is working, but they are thinking of what is working in terms of the results. So, just like a …

97 - Bhikshu Gita 6 – See the mind’s aversion to concentration as a trick of illusion (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.47)

…  body is relaxing but the mind is ideal, the mind starts thinking, “What if this goes wrong, what if that goes wrong?” “Now today …  when I approach the chanting, I will approach it with a positive framework – “That this is going to purify me, this is going to …

98 - Bhikshu Gita 5 – Happiness comes by raising the standard of longing (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.46)

…  and how it affects us in our life and how we can affect it positively. So, I will be speaking today and tomorrow in a series, and possibly …  for functional purposes fine – You can get it, but thinking that by getting that phone will make me happy, that is not going to …

99 - Bhikshu Gita 4 – The mind distracts us from bhakti in the name of bhakti (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45)

…  his own plate with the sweet, then I would have gone on thinking that this devotee is so shamelessly attached. So now, we see …  better professionals, better relatives, and seeing this positive change, by our seeing our walk people will change much more than by …

100 - Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)

…  words are used. So, what is happening people are just not thinking, and when they get captivated, ‘Ah, this is fashionable, I have to …  with Krishna gives us satisfaction, and then we can make a positive contribution in whatever we do in our life. So, bhakti in this way …

101 - Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43)

…  one. When we say that, ‘Oh you should change your thinking’. If somebody worries too much, we say, ‘Don’t worry’, or …  negatively ‘Why do you think so negatively? Just think positive. It is so easy. Why do you have to think about the problems in every …

102 - Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42)

…  your thoughts have the power to create reality. Just think positive, concentrate on the power of thoughts and you will get whatever you …  what is meant to do? manas trayeti iti mantra. Instead of thinking about the problem, I turn around and think about Krishna, and If I …

103 - Shikshashtakam 7 Text 3 Tolerance means to call off our war with reality

…  within 15 seconds, but then the next six hours we are thinking of revenge fantasies. “Next time in public I will snub them.” So, …  for doing more and more for Krishna, but that longing is positive whereas resentment is negative, and longing – the focus is on …

104 - ​Shikshashtakam 3 Text 1 The flower metaphor for the blossoming of consciousness

…  which is telling us, and then sometimes we have been thinking about a particular subject, but at a particular point the things fall …  enquiring what is higher? But then there has to be some positive attraction to Krishna that has to be developed, and that happens by …

105 - Shikshashtakam 1 Overview and flow of the ashtakam

…  doesn’t even see the ocean. He just jumps into the ocean thinking Krishna is there, and then when his body hits the cold water he falls …  So, in that sense it is not unhealthy tension. It is a positive tension which helps us to move onwards. Sastra itself is not the way, …

106 - The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?

…  the questions, steer the class’ discussions in the positive way, if the student is the most intelligent why would the teacher want …  will explain this later. But before that, another line of thinking. The topic is Quest for happiness. We all want to be happy. No one …

107 - Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom

…  many of them, felt I can’t fight against them. And thinking thus he decided that I will not fight. He had his bow which he had …  we are internally satisfied to that extent we can be positive contributors externally. Internal satisfaction it gives us a stable …

108 - Manage the mind through introspection and meditation

…  it is outside ** and if there is some thought within me, thinking of something I think that is inside me. But what the Bhagavad-Gita …  all sorts of negative fantasies utopia unrealistically positive fantasy dystopia is unrealistically negative fantasy. So when that …

109 - Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita

…  of the forest life is getting to you and so now you are thinking that Bharat is enjoying the luxury in the kingdom and I am suffering …  called me what did you do to him? Because they saw so positive change, I said I did not do anything. I just provided a facility for …

110 - MIND acronym 2 – Mind imagines pleasure

…  the harms of smoking were not known. People would smoke, thinking that it is a fashionable to have a cigarette in your mouth; it was …  chapter Krishna uses Kama in a different sense, in a positive sense. Kama that is not contrary to the Dharma I’m that Kama, and …

111 - Temptations may come, we don’t have to welcome

…  there is the mind is not out of the mind is already there thinking ‘I want that; I want that’, when you are not in sight then we will …  was all kinds of*technology here. Technology can be used positively and technology can be used negatively. And I’m simply making the …

112 - Prabhupada: The moments that made his movement – Part 2

…  at Tompkins Square Park, New York: Appreciating the positive response to the storefront kirtans, the Swami decided to take the …  Prabhupada repeatedly stressed simple living and high thinking as the most conducive lifestyle for cultivating spiritual love. To …

113 - Prabhupada

…  at Tompkins Square Park, New York: Appreciating the positive response to the storefront kirtans, the Swami decided to take the …  Prabhupada repeatedly stressed simple living and high thinking as the most conducive lifestyle for cultivating spiritual love. To …

114 - How can we overcome our ego?

…  our connection with Krishna. Rather than thinking more about “I am servant”, we should focus more on “How …  something very well, that is the time we may become proud thinking – “I am doing this so well.”  In such situations, we can do few …  for defeating or crushing our false ego. When we have that positive motivation then the process of bhakti becomes joyful.  It doesn’t …

115 - Rasa analysis of Krishna’s teasing of Rukmini

…  backfrom home after a long day and Yasoda mayi is again thinking when will Krishna come, when will Krishna come and then she is peering …  fulfilling. Fulfillment comes when we say yes to something positive. And that’s why more important than finding out what are the …

116 - What exactly is humility – how do we develop it in bhakti?

…  humility? Answer (short)- Humility is not about thinking oneself worthless or fallen. Humility is about thinking less and …  in the opposite case ( “I am worthless”), if there is positive redirection of one’s thoughts and emotions then one can move from …

117 - What a saint learned from a prostitute   

…  traditional literature, some religious texts depict them positively as testimonies to the transformational potency of divine grace. …  transfer is on the guru, seekers may become passive, thinking that transmitting scriptural knowledge in a way that they can …

118 - How should we counter when a respected ex-SC judge says that scripture contains poetic exaggerations?

…  mental apparatus. It requires radical shift in one’s thinking and that largely takes place not just by intellectual study but by …  and we should focus on those values then that is a positive thing. We should focus on that positive and as people apply the scriptural values and experience the benefit …

119 - How do we decide which of our emotions are material and which are spiritual?

…  is anukul and what is pratikul. And if our parents start thinking that because of becoming a Hare Krishna, my son has become very hard …  but it can also be indirect. Where we are creating positive impressions about Krishna and giving agyat sckruti to people, sawing …

120 - Mahabharata Characters 19 – Vidura 01 – A true friend, affectionate but not attached

…  dies. Similarly, Duryodhana is so greedy that he is simply thinking of the honey of the kingdom, but he is not thinking that he is …  affection and attachment? Affection is where we have positive emotions towards a person, but we act in way that is for the wellbeing …

121 - Mahabharata Characters 15 – Dhritarashtra 01 – The blindness of attachment begins

…  country; dhrita is hold on to. So, Dhritarastra can have a positive connotation and a negative connotation as well. At a positive …  at a corner. Everybody in the room will be apprehensive thinking what the elephant will do. That topic is there in everyone’s mind. …

122 - Mahabharata Characters 11 – Drona 01 – From poverty to power

…  something like this happens, all the children get upset thinking, “How can we continue playing?” Then they are just at the ball and …  killing the animal. It was extraordinary in terms of positive skill but at the same time it was negative. An animal like a dog …

123 - Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness

…  they are self-centered. Otherwise, distorted in their thinking, they often see others as less than human beings and they think other …  So, here of course we are talking about something positive that the person has done something good and the person will get the …

124 - Why do so many saints from so many traditions desire to merge with the Absolute Truth?

…  here, then there is a zero point, and, then there is a positive access. When we are in the negative access, we cannot perceive the …  once a person comes across a false note, the person starts thinking, ok this note I have to give up, and the person puts away the past …

125 - Conversion to What: Intolerance or Transcendence?

…  give them to me.” Here the conception of God is more positive, as a potent desire-fulfiller, but still the relationship is highly …  in slightly different ways, but that doesn’t mean we unthinkingly accept every building everywhere as a medical college.  …

126 - The Glory of Gita wisdom (Reflections on the second anniversary of Gita-daily)

…  side of the axis represents material reality. The upper, positive side refers to spiritual reality. And the zero point refers to the …  into the fires of hell for eternal damnation strikes thinking people as primitive and parochial. To those who wish to go beyond …

127 - 06.18 – Be not self-conscious; be conscious of the self

…  actions properly to conjuring images of what others are thinking about our actions. When we are thus self-conscious, the self that we …  be self-conscious and seek flickering pleasure through a positive self-image in the world disappears. *** 06.18 – When the yogi, by …

128 - KC and World Religions (6)

…  –> Inference (term used in positive sense) Primary way of knowing –> shruthi Before Bhakthi …  because he never saw Universal and it is useless time in thinking about it (Focus on material). Augustine adopted the “Plato Socrates” …  are men of integrity and devotion.” He was overall positive toward them. SP said many times that we should know BG like the …

129 - 05.11 – Purity transforms the roads to misery into the roads to ecstasy

…  of our senses. Whatever our senses focus on, we start thinking, feeling and willing in relation with that thing, eventually …  stop with this gloomy view of the senses. It offers positive engagement for our senses in devotional service of Krishna. We can use …

130 - How Krishna’s stealing the garments of the gopis is not immoral but trans-moral

…  Christianity and Islamic is very limited there is not much positive description of the God and because of that often these religion focus …  divinity .Now all the Gopis and the brajvasi’s are not thinking that krishna is god they are thinking krishna is simply most lovable …

131 - 08.08 – Leave no space to space out

…  we have to do to protect ourselves, we can see it positively as the gateway to philosophical illumination and devotional …  us. We will no longer be draining ourselves internally by thinking about things that make us bored or worried or dissatisfied. By thinking about Krishna, we will find inner satisfaction, keep our thoughts …

132 - 04.04 – Be curious not superstitious, cautious not suspicious

…  that would be natural in any person and inevitable in any thinking person. By following in Arjuna’s footsteps and exercising our …  of education and experience. When we thus integrate the positives that underlie these two attitudes and steer clear of their negatives, …

133 - 18.73 – Send resentment to retirement

…  and become covert or overt atheists. Resentment saps positive energy out of our life and leaves us drained. Even when it sometimes …  us truly fulfilled or joyous. By some inverse or perverse thinking it makes us believe that hurting those who have hurt us will make us …

134 - How KC is the solution of all problems 7 – Religious Problems

…  others from the misunderstandings that cause fighting. Thinking aham-mameti is the basic misunderstanding that causes all …  give me what I want. So each of these path has something positive and something negative associated with it. Fear, the positive part of …

135 - How KC is the solution to all problems 4 – Ecological problems

…  me and that food is there. But as I am sitting and I am thinking that I will take the food, somebody comes and slowly starts simply …  these will herald progress and these will bring about a positive result in our environment, in our living conditions, in our comfort …

136 - How KC is the solution to all problems 3 – Psychological problems

…  people think “areisko kya ho gaya hai!”. People start thinking that this person is mad or something like that. This is because the …  cancer check. And the twenty fourth year the test came positive. Then she said,“see doctor I told you”. What does that means? Even …

137 - How KC is the solution to all problems 2 – Cultural Problems – Sexual Assaults

…  that you cannot match. Just forget it. Ravana started thinking about it. Then he thought I will go to Maricha. Maricha was a …  keep saying no? But actually when we have something more positive to do that not something positive to do, something positive that gives …

138 - How KC is the solution to all problems I – Polticial problems – Corruption

…  can get affected by them negatively or we can affect them positively. So let us discuss these one by one. What doesthe word corrupt …  responsibility. And that was the mistake of Arjuna. He was thinking I will not fight. But then those who are wrong doers theywill have to …

139 - Is humanitarian activity not a form of subtle sense gratification?

…  organization which is portrayed very widely and a very positive light, there common propaganda, because at some time there would also …  equating religion with social service and people started thinking this is what we need to expect from social service. So naturally Srila …

140 - How can we say no to the mind when its force seems irresistible?

…  power to reject these gentle prods, but we often give in, thinking, “I am not doing anything seriously wrong; these are trivial and …  absorb ourselves internally in Krishna consciousness, then positive internal fulfillment pervades our inner space, leaving no room for the …

141 - 14.13: Insanity is not compulsory

…  revert it back to its original pure nature. To effect this positive change, we need to consciously expose ourselves to places (e.g. …  When we expose ourselves to him internally by constantly thinking of him, then his presence in our consciousness protects us from all …

142 - 14.10: Beyond indecision and indiscretion to introspection and inspiration

…  of the mode of ignorance, indecision prevents us from both thinking clearly and acting decisively. Sometimes, indecision degenerates into …  negative side, and introspection and inspiration on the positive side. Inspiration is usually not in our hands, but introspection …

143 - KC and World Religions 2 – Christianity 1

…  There is no direct instruction for doing some sort of positive activity that connect people to God on a regular basis.   This what …  was a calamity but  their response to it rather than thinking, “Oh we are alone, we are bereaved, we are lost and there is nothing …

144 - 13.22: Processing the Raw Material of Reality into the Finished Product of Realization

…  problems and senseless sufferings. To aid us in responding positively, Gita wisdom offers us an encouraging insight: the world is a school …  untoward events happen, many of us become paralyzed in our thinking and functioning by feelings of resentment. This resentment often …

145 - History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism IV – Prabhupada’s unprecedented success

…  how after that when colonies interest took over then the positive India is suppressed and negative images of India were broadcasted by …  because the Indians are attracted to the west and they are thinking Christianity is from the west therefore it must be progressive. But …

146 - “There is much I have to tell you”: Exploring the relationship between Christianity and Krishna consciousness

…  for a sin we ourselves never committed seems, to any thinking person, patently unjust. ISKCON scholar Ravindra Svarupa Das offers …  God In the biblical tradition, there is not much positive knowledge about God – His abode, personality, attributes and …  away of impurities. 5. Nishtha (Conviction): This dramatic positive internal change gradually elevates his initial tender faith to an …

147 - Why does every religion claim that it is the only way? Doesn’t this lead to violence?

…  to solidify and expand their ego; then people start thinking that my way is the only way. It’s like the patients of one doctor …  we become more composed and focused. And when we see these positive differences, we understand that this is working. So we don’t have to …

148 - Smiling Faces, Crying Hearts

…  Mr. Befooled. He has a broad smile on his face. He is thinking, “Just see how clever I am! I have outwitted my doctor.” Sometime …  in full our original joyful nature. Divine Sound The positive program for spiritual rediscovery given by Krishna is centered on …

149 - Where Technology Falls Short

…  journey back to Him.  This life of simple living and high thinking will permanently free us from our present entanglement in material …  to God amongst the people. ISKCON is offering children a positive alternative comprising of devotionally-oriented toys, games and …

150 - How Everything Began

…  a dead, insentient, unintelligent singularity or a living, thinking, intelligent designer. Neither of these is `scientific’ in the sense …  be electrically neutral. That requires the numbers of the positively charged particles to be equivalent to the numbers of negatively …

151 - How can the unlimited have a form?

…  that it seems sensible because of our self-centered thinking, due to our placing ourselves at the center of things. We think that …  a form (like ours) save us from the frustration and the positive scriptural statements lead us to the fulfillment. Formless …

152 - What is the spiritual perspective on the serial Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka (The Secret of Previous Life)?

…  public mind. That, in and of itself, is a significant and positive development. For too long has reincarnation been relegated to the …  children or whatever. Therefore, we need to practice thinking of God during our life by chanting his holy names like the Hare …

153 - Where Technology Falls Short…

…  journey back to Him.  This life of simple living and high thinking will permanently free us from our present entanglement in material …  to God amongst the people. ISKCON is offering children a positive alternative comprising of devotionally-oriented toys, games and …