How to Put on Tilak

This is my first "How to" video inspired by my new friend. There are many different types of tilak, but I am describing Gaudiya Vaishnava style tilak.

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[iampotterprince]

i just have a curiosity.. please don't consider it to be rude or a silly remark mocking your belief.i have been to mayapur iskcon mandir and have been very surprised with the serenity,calmness everywhere, but apart from that i too have met a great many people completely devoted to lord krishna. My question is what do these people do apart from praying, like do they have a job, a career ? what do the teenagers there do next ?for their career or jobs, or you know making a future?i am just curious

[suchandradasi]

@iampotterprince Thanks for asking!

Every kind of person can be a devotee. Some are doctors, some are in college, some are studying Krishna Consciousness in the temple. Some are homeless, and some are Millionaires! We come from all walks of life and just try to make Krishna the center of our life as much as we can. We also are always seeking Sadhu sanga to keep us inspired and help us to advance in this Krishna Consciousness!

[iampotterprince]

@suchandradasi so mam, do these people who comes from professional fields keeps up with their job even after being a devotee? i thought worldly life and life of salvation are contradictory...also these people who studies krishna consciousness, what does they do in their later life? like with all due respect is krishna consciousness a valid university degree and does it secure a job? i am a would-be doctor and i am just curious how it works, please do not mind my ignorant questions. thanks

[suchandradasi]

@iampotterprince Well, for an example. You are planning to become a doctor. You can offer your food to Krishna and eat only vegetarian foods. You can chant Mahamantra in your office or on the way to and from work. You can also donate fruits flowers and money to people who are serving Krsna. You can help cure devotees of Krsna. Whereas Arjuna was a Ksetriya. So he faught for Krsna. Karma yoga means you do your duties, but all as service to Krsna. You can chant the mahamantra any time.

[suchandradasi]

Krsna Consciousness is about your consciousness. You can read one slok of Bhagavad Gita or Srimad Bhagavatam every day before you go to work. You can chant Hare Krishna in the car. You can offer your food to Krsna. It's very simple. You give to Krsna what you can give and thus make your life auspicious and successful. You can also wear tulasi at work. I see many devotees of Krsna wearing Tulasi mala and even chanting japa at work. There are no hard rules.

[DeviAmberTara]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[suchandradasi]

@DeviAmberTara Thank you! I'm so glad to be of service!

[nicksum29]

I could never get it right. I always ended up looking as though I had been assaulted by pigeons.

[ZodiacSystem]

Aawesome, Very informative.

Thanks for the video.

May Sri Krishna Bless you and your family.

[onecoldfox]

Very nice, Suchandra. Thank you

[xXxelektropunkxXx]

Responder a este vídeo... If you want you can write to me anytime........ :) I can tell you about my journey. :D

[xXxelektropunkxXx]

@iampotterprince Well, actually the utimate goal of the living entity is to go back to your original duty wich is the extatic service at the lotus feet of Sri Krisha wich represented in this earth by your Guru. I'm not going to say that is easy, cause clean your mind is hard and show the natural state of your pure soul is super hard. What if you try chanting japa-mala, sing maha mantra, that is Krishna himself and is so powerful, that you will start to feel the never ending happiness.

[iampotterprince]

@xXxelektropunkxXx I am thankful to you all for the wonderful answers that you have provided. But does it really provide any peace or stability. I have tried following Lord Krishna, but I am not sure to what extent one must have to follow in order to attain unity with Him, it all seems just too hard. I am an atheist now, much doesn't seemed to have changed, remained as bad as before but not worse for sure :) Sorry if I have hurt any sentiments with my comment, it was completely unintentional.

[xXxelektropunkxXx]

@iampotterprince three very important rules:

1. Always remeber Krishna

2. Never forget Krishna

3. Sing maha mantra.... there is no other way :D

[xXxelektropunkxXx]

@iampotterprince I was just reading your comments.... I'm a Krishna devotee, I got to college and I work, I also got to the templo every day and chant the Maha mantra every day, I also read Bhagavad Gita every and study other books from our Spiritual Master. If you want and is what you want for life, you can just go to a temple and serve other vaisnavas, your guru all the time, but if you want to do your profesion is ok too, cause you can always offer that to Krishna, and as long as you follw

[xXxelektropunkxXx]

@iampotterprince I was just reading your comments.... I'm a Krishna devotee, I got to college and I work, I also got to the templo every day and chant the Maha mantra every day, I also read Bhagavad Gita every and study other books from our Spiritual Master. If you want and is what you want for life, you can just go to a temple and serve other vaisnavas, your guru all the time, but if you want to do your profesion is ok too, cause you can always offer that to Krishna, and as long as you follw

[gopualakrishna]

i like u so much sister