Did you know, that one and a half hours before the sunrise each day, is called in the Vedas the Brahma-muhurta hour (hour of God)? It is the best time for self-realization. It has been claasified as the most prestime segment of the day for doing one's sadhana or spiritual practice, especially chanting of the holy names of the Lord - Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare. Srila Prabhupada, the great acarya (perect spirit

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA (from the foward of Bhagavad-gita As It Is , by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) THOMAS MERTON (Catholic Theologian) The word Gita means "Song." Just as in the Bible the Song of Solomon has traditionally been known as "The Song of Songs" because it was interpreted to symbolize the ultimate union of Israel with God (in terms of human married love), so The Bhagavad Gita is, for Hinduism, the great and unsurpassed Song th

The theory that life may exist on other planets, has fascinated the human mind for countless millenia. Are we alone in the universe, supposing our imperfect mechanical measurememnts in space or finite egos, can verify or even accomodate any notion of life foms beyond the earth planet? Or does every planet of this universe and others, like islands in space, support life in different types of atmospheres, attaining to which the permanent living beings, the jivatmas, reside ther