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The Nectar of Harikatha

When the hot sun shines over the desert, the sand glitters and from a distance it gives an illusory appearance of the presence of water. At that time, the foolish deer runs towards the radiating sand. With the scorching sun above and hot sand underneath, the foolish deer, out of thirst, relinquishes its life running, astray. The necessity of deer is water but there is no water in the direction he is running. There is appearance of water, delusion of water. Similarly, the direction in which foolish people are running in search of happiness and attainment of bliss, happiness is not there. There is a shadow, a delusion of happiness. This is called maya – ‘ma’ means not and ‘ya’ means that.

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Introduction

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Religion: Boon or Bane

Religion: Boon or Bane for Country and Society? The general opinion of people is that religion is destroying our country, society and the world. To those who think like this, I would like to ask the following question: “If religion is destroying you, your society and country, is irreligion going to save you and your country, and is immorality going to save your society?”

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Sanatana-Dharma

The word

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The Search for happiness

Every living being has only one objective: to remove suffering and attain happiness. Everyone is trying in their own way. Are they getting relieved of suffering or getting happiness?

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The Process of knowing Lord or Importance of Scriptures

Lord is infinite and complete. Nobody can know about Lord until He mercifully gives the knowledge to know Him. Lord is called Absolute (means no one is equal to or greater than Him). There is no other way to know Him except by His mercy.

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The Only Way for World Peace

We are getting distress at every step in our whole life, starting from mother’s womb to death. What is the reason of all these sufferings? If we get to know the cause of these sufferings, then we can also get rid of this disease of distress forever by removing its root cause.

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Hari-bhajan in Married Life

Addressing such grihasthas, Srila Guru Maharaja said, “Let's assume you have many things to do and are always engaged in some or the other work. Don't you take some time off to eat while engaged in work? You eat in the morning, you take lunch, and then you take dinner. Some people even eat in the evening. We have so many things to do and yet we find time to eat 3 or 4 times a day. Why? Because we have understood the importance of eating. We know that if we don't eat, our bodies will become weak. However, we have not understood the importance of Hari-bhajan. That is why we are not able to find time for it.”

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Benefit of Dhama Parikrama

Along with bhakti, a saranagata-bhakta (surrendered devotee) will get God realization and detachment or reduction in attachment to this world. He will lose interest in whatever is not favorable to Krishna; he will get vairagya, complete detachment. All three will come. We performed Vraja-manḍala parikrama, engaged in sravana and kirtana and did everything, but still we have not got attachment to Bhagavan. Then we should understand that we are lacking in surrender to the Supreme Lord.

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