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TEXT 36
papam evasrayed asman
hatvaitan atatayinah
tasman narha vayam hantum
dhartarastran sa-bandhavan
sva-janam hi katham hatva
sukhinah syama madhava
hatvaitan atatayinah
tasman narha vayam hantum
dhartarastran sa-bandhavan
sva-janam hi katham hatva
sukhinah syama madhava
SYNONYMS
pāpam—vices; eva—certainly; āśrayet—must take upon; asmān—us; hatvā—by killing; etān—all these; ātatāyinaḥ—aggressors; tasmāt—therefore; na—never; arhāḥ—deserving; vayam—us; hantum—to kill; dhārtarāṣṭrān—the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; svabāndhavān—along with friends; svajanam—kinsmen; hi—certainly; katham—how; hatvā—by killing; sukhinaḥ—happy; syāma—
By Eklavya Das
September 5, 2015 Janmastami
Dear well wishers, God-brothers, God-sisters, and friends,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
As we all know, Janmastami is a wonderful festival in which we celebrate the descent of Lord Krishna into this world. Lord Krishna performs His lilas, and mercifully blesses all of us with his causeless mercy.
On such a joyous occasion, I am reluctant to convey, with a h
Historical facts in Bhagvat Purana & comparision between Dharmic & Abrahamic history
Veerendra Ekbote
SrimadBhagvatam is known as spotless Purana and is hence called as ‘Amala Purana’. It is the golden ripen fruit of all Vedic literatures. It is God Krishna himself who after ascending to his own Goloka Vrindavandham in Vaikuntha after completing his earthly pastimes on earth once again appeared on earth in the form of SrimadBhagvatam in
श्रील प्रभुपाद ने एक बार नक़ल करके बताया कि जब हमारा जप करने का मन न हो रहा हो तो, कैसे हम ध्यान, एकाग्रता और उचित उच्चारण के बिना जप करते हैं । यह कुछ ऐसा होता है, निश निश, राम राम, निश निश, राम राम । इस से हमारी इस मनःस्थिति का पता चलता है, "मुझे कुछ और करना था परन्तु अभी जप करना है ।" और मन में हम सोच रहे होते हैं की किसी तरह यह जप खत्म हो । हम सभी यह करते हैं और यह बद से बदतर हो सकता है । मैं ऐसे भक्तों को जानता हूँ जो टीवी पर मैच देखते हुए भी जप करते हैं ।
श्रील प्रभुपाद समझाते हैं कि इस तरह
IDVM celebrated Janmashtami in Mukramabad village (Album with photos)
Janmashtami festival celebrated by IDVM (ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry) at a village of Maharastra on 5th September.
See them here: https://goo.gl/5dLav9
Elearning Course For Learning Sanskrit Vocabulary
This is a new eLearning course that we have launched for learning Sanskrit Vocabulary
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=19671
Auckland, New Zealand: Vyasa puja of Srila Prabhupada (Album with photos)
See them here: https://goo.gl/p138JY
ISKCON Delhi has acquired the Chipiwada temple where Srila Prabhupada stayed and distributed Back to Godhead magazine back in the 1950s, and plans to turn it into a museum for the ISKCON founder. Jaya Prabhupada!
By Mrs.suganthi Lakshminarayanan
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
INFINITE HUMBLE PRANAMS TO LORDSHIPS, GURU MAHARAJS, SRILA PRABUPAD
Honestly the devotion and dedication by the Devotees of ISKCON is too exemplary and beyond any words to describe.
Please accept my infinite humble pranams to one and all GURU MAHARAJS, and the Devotees who are serving and who have WISELY carrying out their life to SRI SRI RADHE KRISHNA,in the SriDham,
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By Mayapurcandra dasa, Campakalata Devi dasi, and Padma Gopi Devi dasi
What a joy it has been to welcome so many of you on board to help feed our Radha Kunda widows! Our 68 ladies are now nearly 80% sponsored! 53 of them! http://radharani.com/daily-meals-for-widows/
The new kitchen facility we rented has been working well for serving their daily meals. And we’ve continued to use the Lalita Kunda temple facility for the once per month feast for the widow
Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebration at ISKCON ARUPPUKOTTAI (Album with photos)
See them here: https://goo.gl/vjv9UT
Dependence leads to Independence
Absolute Dependence on the Lord bestows us Independence from Maya, and gives us a feeling of fearlessness and permanent happiness. To attain this stage, it is of foremost importance that we render devotional service unto the lotus Feet of Lord, by hearing about His pastimes, chanting His names as has been taught by ever benevolent Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who gave us the beautiful, Harinama. This will enable us to clean our souls and merge our consciousness i
NBS#20 - The Glories of Srimati Radharani
For the upcoming festival of Sri Radhastami, we wish to humbly present the Glories of Srimati Radharani.
**Radhastami Special Edition** NBS#20 Features: 1) The Crest Jewel Among Krishna’s Lovers Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur 2) Who Is Srimati Radharani? Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami 3) Devotional Service In Conjugal Love His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 4) Sri Radhikastaka Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Radhika Srila
London Harinam Mela (Album with photos)
The Krishna consciousness movement is chiefly engaged in chanting the maha-mantra all over the world. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra to give everyone a chance to hear Krishna’s holy name, for simply by hearing Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, one becomes purified (ceto-darpana-marjanam)
See them here: https://goo.gl/MxurBr
Lecture In Defense of Lord Rama by Radhika Raman Prabhu on 16 May 2015 at ISKCON New Jersey
(Radhika Ramana Das, also known as Dr. Ravi M. Gupta, is a notable Vaishnava scholar. Presently, he is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College.)
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Lecture on Essence of Krishna Killing Demons by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKCON New Jersey on 05 Jun 2015
(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)
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Lecture on Spiritual and Material Balance by HG Urmila Mataji on 31 May 2015 at New Jersey
(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )
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Lecture on Janmastami Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami on 05 Sep 2015 at ISKCON Delhi
(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)
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