Mahatma Das

Mahatma Das joined Iskcon in 1969 and has served as temple president, book distributor, sankirtana leader, college preacher, membership director, and teacher.

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Dear Devotees,

Hare Krsna.

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Gaura Nitai.

A heart felt Thanks and Gratitude to everyone who has so kindly helped with the donations needed... https://t.co/Kgg8xTzGAI

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We create our own hell and then we burn in it.

My spiritual master sometimes used the expression “hellish mentality,” yet he did not differentiate a “hellish mentality” from “dwelling in hell.”

We are impacted by... https://t.co/0I7ODdbRoR

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When you’re making a decision, you want to evaluate if there are any unhealed wounds from your past which are causing you to make that decision. Sometimes we think we’re more renounced than we actually are because we’re running away from past traumas... https://t.co/wDicXis1PZ

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Due to our “I am the enjoyer consciousness,” we think that we can buy our way into happiness by shopping or working for a prestigious position without connecting with our higher qualities of virtuousness. But this goes against the way nature works https://t.co/J7llKyEUA1

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The Compassion Exercise

Instructions: Pick a person who has hurt you and run the following five steps on them..

Step 1 With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: “Just like me, this person is seeking some... https://t.co/EYM4lK7li4

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Please Register Online at:
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Materialism means the desire for excess, which is opposite to what Prabhupada has told us about simple living and high thinking. We are being programmed by consumerism to possess things we don’t even need. As a result,... https://t.co/TB7wxfErmW

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Being happy is important, but it is more important to be happy in the right way-

His Grace Mahatma Prabhu

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Every time we employ our energy in fulfilling our unnecessary needs and sensual desires, we waste the valuable time and potential that we could have better utilized in developing our love for Krishna. Also, when we... https://t.co/4i9XZxWG6R

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Srila Prabhupada wasn’t just in the mood of talking about what was wrong, he was in the mood of creating a revolution and really changing the world because it is going in a very bad direction. He created this movement... https://t.co/cNrG9I1Hdf

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Prabhupada said that if we disobey the order of the guru, then we have no standing in spiritual life. When a devotee purposely disobeyed Prabhupada’s instruction, Prabhupada said that the devotee had lost his connection with the guru. https://t.co/LG41moeC1r

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If there’s anything important, we don’t do it because it’s easy but because it’s necessary. Saying that something is too hard is really a trap, both for our sadhana and seva. We shouldn’t choose to do things based on... https://t.co/RSxQkThg2D

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Sunday class in 1 hour! 🤓

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Sunday class with Russian 🇷🇺 Translation at 12:30 pm Kolkata time.

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Class in 1 hour!
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When Prabhupada was asking if we will be forgiven if we offend a devotee, Prabhupada replied that the devotee may forgive you, but Krishna won’t. Krishna does not tolerate offenses to his devotees. https://t.co/uVTUees9h7

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Thanks to all for your support. Costs were almost twice what we expected, but we raised enough for now. Will keep you posted on my status. We'll find out next week. Keep praying.

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You may have a tendency to do something that enlivens you but you may not be aware of it but when you do it, you come in your element and you come alive. https://t.co/h2x6hAudhs

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It’s essential for us to accept that the anger is not who we are. Anger is our creation. If you create it, you can stop creating it-

His Grace Mahatma Das