Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.) Translation: "Now hear, O son of Prtha, Arjuna, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt."Prabhupada:sri-bhagavan uvacamayy asakta-manah p
Prabhupada: (sings) Cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-laksavrtesu... govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami [Bs. 5.29]. (devotees respond) So we are worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda. That is our business. What is the effect o
Prabhupada:sri bhagavan uvacamayy asakta-manah parthayogam yunjan mad-asrayahasamsayam samagram mamyatha jnasyasi tac chrnu[Bg. 7.1]Sri bhagavan uvaca. Vyasadeva could have written sri krsna uvaca, but purposefully he's writing sri bhagavan uvaca. Be
Nitai: "Now hear, O son of Prtha (Arjuna), how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt."Prabhupada:sri bhagavan uvacamayy asakta-manah parthayogam yunjan mad-asrayahasamsayam
Sri Gurvastakam(Eight Prayers to the Spiritual Master)by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakurasamsara-davanala-lidha-lokatranaya karunya-ghanaghanatwampraptasya kalyana-gunarnavasyavande guroh sri-charanaravindam"The spiritual master is receiving ben
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Narrated by AmbarishDuring the last few months of his life, I knew Srila Prabhupada was really ill, but I never thought that he was going to depart. I thought, " How can he leave? He can`t leave us now. " so I did not go to India. In retrospect, i wi
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Narrated by Radhanath SwamiAfter Srila Prabhupada had lectured, he got up and started to walk off the stage. As he walked by me, I reached to touch his feet, because I was taught you`re supposed to touch a holy man`s feet and place the dust upon your
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Narrated by PavamanaThe first time I saw Srila Prabhupada in person, he was speaking in the compound of the Radha-Damodara temple in Vrndavan. On one side was Srila Rupa Goswami`s samadhi, and on the other, Srila Rupa Goswami`s bhajan kutir. As Srila
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Narrated by Nanda KishorA newcomer sitting up in front said to Srila Prabhupada, " I cannot understand why all these young people are bowing down to you." Srila Prabhupada said, " Just as you are thinking that they should not bow down, they are think
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Narrated PradyumnaOnce in1968, Srila Prabhupada finished a programme at the montreal temple and was walking back to his apartment, a couple of blocks away, along with Gaurasundar, Vamanadev, and myself. We were on Park Avenue when Vamanadev said to S
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Narrated by SaradiyaEvery Monday, Wednesday and Friday we would have kirtan in the temple room, and on alternate days we would go to Srila Prabhupada`s room for darshan. Once we were sitting in Srila Prabhupada`s room, and he said, " Oh, Saradiya ha
Narrated by NischintyaSrila Prabhupada said that the person dressing the Lord and the person cleaning the Lord`s temple are equal in the eyes of the Lord. He said that one should not think that because he is dressing the Deity or because he is a mana
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Narrated by Candramauli SwamiIn New vrindavan a devotee asked, " Srila Prabhupada, what happens if we have no determination?" Srila Prabhupada said, " Then you are an animal. An animal cannot be determined. As soon as they hear a little sound, they r
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