Prabhupada: All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Now, spiritual consciousness, and to continue it... Simple theoretical knowledge that "I am consciousness; I am not this body," anything, simple theoretical kno
Prabhupada: Thank you very much. [break] The sankirtana just now we have performed, it is vibration of the transcendental sound. This will help us in clearing the dust which we have accumulated on the surface of our mind. The whole thing is misunders
Prabhupada: Read. Those who have books, open. Where is your son?Young woman: Sleeping.Prabhupada: That's all right. You can come forward, that girl. Come on. Come forward, yes. Sit down. Hare Krsna. Read.Tamala Krsna: "All purposes that are served by
Prabhupada: Yes, somebody read.Devotee: "Thus far I have declared to you the analytical knowledge of sankhya philosophy. Now listen to the knowledge of yoga, whereby one works without fruitive result."Prabhupada: Which one this is reading? Second Cha
Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.)Translation: "Thus far I have declared to you the analytical knowledge of sankhya philosophy. Now listen to the knowledge of yoga whereby one works without fruitive result. O son of Prtha, when you act by such intelli
Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.) Translation: "If, however, you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter."Prabhupada:atha cet tvam imam dharmyamsangrama
Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.)avacya-vadams ca bahunvadisyanti tavahitahnindantas tava samarthyamtato duhkhataram nu kim[Bg. 2.36]hato va prapsyasi svargamjitva va bhoksyase mahimtasmad uttistha kaunteyayuddhaya krta niscayah[Bg. 2.37]Pradyumna: T
Devotee:sva-dharmam api caveksyana vikampitum arhasidharmyaddhi yuddhac chreyo 'nyatksatriyasya na vidyate[Bg. 2.31]"Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious p
Devotee:avyaktadini bhutanivyakta-madhyani bharataavyakta-nidhanany evatatra ka paridevana[Bg. 2.28]"All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need i
(kirtana, prema-dhvani)Prabhupada: Tamala? Where is Tamala?Madhudvisa: (indistinct)Prabhupada: Oh, I see. And what happened to the case?Visnujana: Their bondsman? The case?Prabhupada: No.Jaya-gopala: I was allowed to preach in court.Prabhupada: Eh?Ja
Prabhupada:atha cainam nitya-jatamnityam va manyase mrtamtathapi tvam maha-bahonainam socitum arhasi[Bg. 2.26]So this is the opinion of the modern scientists or the Buddha philosophy, that soul, there is nothing like soul separately, but by combinati
kadacit kalindi-tata-vipina-sangitaka-ravomudabhiri-nari-vadana-kamalasvada-madhupaharama-shambhu-brahmamara-pati-ganesharcita-padojagannathah svami nayana-patha-gami bhavatu me"Sometimes in great happiness Lord Jagannatha, with His flute, makes a lo
Each year in Jagannath Puri, three enormous chariots are built anew for Lord Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhardra. Over 1,000 logs are brought from the Dasapalla and Ranpur forests, and more than 100 carpenters work for two months constructing the thre
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Five thousand years ago, Lord Krishna, with His elder brother Balarama and His younger sister Subhadra, once visited Kurukshetra in a chariot. Two thousand years later, King Indradyumna started the temple of Jagannatha in Orissa at Puri, and he wante
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Five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to live at Jagannatha Puri after taking sannyasa. He enjoyed many pastimes there worshipping the deities of Lord Jagannatha (Lord Krsna), Balarama and Subhadra, and dancing in ecstasy before the
For reasons mysterious to most, the Lord appears and disappears according to His own sweet will. Indeed He himself states that one who understands the mystery of His appearance and activities does not take birth again in the material world. Legend h
Nandighosa ratha: This chariot is of Lord Jagannatha, it is 45ft (13.71 m) high and has sixteen wheels. The fabric of the roof is in red and yellow colour. A wheel is placed on the top of the chariot.Taladhvaja ratha: This chariot belongs to Balabhad
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The world-famous Rathayatra of Lord Jagannatha is also known as Yatra and Ghosha Yatra. It is held on Ashadha Sukla Dvitiya i.e. the second day of the bright fortnight of Ashadha (June-July) every year. Rathayatra symbolizes that after a long time of
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