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This is a letter by Srila Prabhupada giving practical guidance to parents on how to use everything in Krishna’s service. My Dear Lalit Kumar and Jambuvati dasi, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter undated, and I have noted the contents carefully. You may name your daughter Mitra dasi, I […]
Samskar means “purificatory rite.” To make their child Krishna conscious, the grihastha couple joyfully imparts the Vedic samskaras, right from his/her birth and thus help the child to eventually attain the spiritual platform. It should be realized that spiritual health and hence the well-being of the human society is greatly affected by the samskaras imparted […]
Fulfilling our duty as parents requires taking care our children’s spiritual needs. As the mother of ten children, I am often asked, “How do you fulfill your family responsibilities and still make progress in spiritual life? When do you find the time to serve God?” “It’s a matter of vision,” I reply. “I realize that […]
Use discipline, not punishment Discipline teaches; punishment hurts. When our children need to be corrected, choose a consequence that will teach them and increase their self-esteem rather than hurt them. Hitting does little to positively instruct children. Instead, it teaches them that it is okay to hit others when they are upset. Two types of […]
Young children are like sponges. They soak up Krishna consciousness and there is practically no need to expose them to anything but Krishna consciousness. Children should be protected from worldly pleasure by cultivating a joyous Krishna conscious atmosphere in the house so that the children are completely satisfied and their creative abilities are properly channelized. […]
“To beget a child in a godly atmosphere is known in the Vedic scriptures as Garbhadhana-samskara. If the parents want a child in the godly qualities they should follow the ten principles recommended for the social life of the human being. In Bhagavad-gita we have studied also before that sex life for begetting a good […]
The following is a letter by Srila Prabhupada to his disciple Rupa Vilasa dated 18 November, 1972 instructing that kids should be disciplined with love rather than force. My dear Rupa Vilas, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 28, 1972, and I have noted the contents with […]
The sexual impulse is one of the most primary biological urges. In Lord Krsna’s Vedic civilization we learn how to live in this world with the objective of leaving it. How then to fulfill this basic urge without being implicated in karma and continuing in samsara – the repeated cycle of birth and death? We […]
“A child is a rare gift given by Krishna, but at the same time a great responsibility; every parent has the responsibility to see that his child grows up Krishna Consciousness. I know that you understand this, and will always make Krishna the center of your home.” – Srila Prabhupada’s Letter to Hamsaduta- Vrindavan, 15 […]
“The practice of killing children has existed in human society for a long time—since time immemorial—but in the days of yore it was very rarely performed. At the present moment, however, in this age of Kali, abortion—killing of the child within the womb—has become very common, and sometimes a child is even killed after birth. […]
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