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By Praghosa dasa
“Out of the Woman Comes the Man, Spends the Rest of His Life Getting Back When he Can”
This is a line from a song I listened to during my misspent youth. Indeed now it is clear to me that I not only had a misspent youth but unlimited misspent previous lives. I cannot say for sure what the author of these lines intended them to mean but prior to me having the privilege
TEXT 42
samo damas tapah saucam
ksantir arjavam eva ca
jnanam vijnanam astikyam
brahma-karma svabhava-jam
SYNONYMS
samah--peacefulness; damah--self-control; tapah--austerity;saucam--purity; ksantih--tolerance; arjavam--honesty; eva--certainly;ca--and; jnanam--knowledge; vijnanam--wisdom; astikyam--religiousness; brahma--of a brahmana; karma--duty; svabhava-jam--born of his own nature.
TRANSLATION
Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness--
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SRI ADI KESAVA TEMPLE
Thiruvattar
Where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu discovered Brahma-samhita
LORD SRI ADI KESAVA PERUMAL at Thiruvattar
Sri Adikeshava Perumaal temple is an ancient and a very important temple situated in Thiruvattar.
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited this temple in 1510 AD during His South India tour. This is the temple where Lord discovered the 5th chapter of Sri Brahma-samhita. Brahma-samhita is said to contain 100 chapters. This scripture is so old and so sacred it
Mayapur Panihati Festival 2014 in the Banks of River Ganga
By Satyaraja Dasa
How the Gita teaches the eight steps of hatha yoga, the topic of Patanjali’s Yoga-sutras.
According to a survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, an estimated 13.4 million Americans practice yoga, and many more experiment with it every year. Yoga is everywhere—from Mumbai to Moscow to Monte Carlo. But while yoga is meant to bring one closer to God, many of today’s yogis have a different agenda, the most common being to keep their bodies in shape.
“They’re not n
By ISKCON 50 Global Office
As the 50th anniversary rapidly approaches, the ISKCON 50 Global Office launched their website today which went live at www.iskcon50.org from 00:01 hrs GMT on 28th May.
The website will be the hub for all communications, resources and news about the 50th anniversary which will be celebrated in 75 countries across 600 cities from August 2015 to December 2016.
“The website is an important resource for our worldwide celebrations,” explained Romapada das, the Internationa
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!
This edition is dedicated to the perfect receiver of Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaja Parikshit. By his eagerness to hear, Srila Sukadeva Goswami spoke this param satyam, the Absolute Truth, the ultimate source of all energies.
NBS # 13 Features:-
1) Birth and Divine Qualities Of Maharaja Parikshit
Srimad Bhagavatam
2) Uddhava Instructs Maharaja Parikshit
Srimad Bhagavatam-Ma
Dear Devotees around the world,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
As you may know HH Jayapataka Maharaja’s health is not so good, indeed we have to unfortunately inform you that he is currently in a critical situation. He is in the ICU of the ILBS hospital in New Delhi.
Our simple request to all of you is to kindly pray to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna for Maharaja’s well being.
It is by the prayers of the devotees that the most auspicious outcomes are ac
Could ISKCON Portland Kick Off a Society-Wide Change of Sunday Feast Times?
Children participating in the kirtan at ISKCON Portland
In a move that could change ISKCON’s community development, social life and outreach if other centers follow suit, ISKCON of Portland, Oregon has shifted its Sunday Feast from its traditional late afternoon time and added a whole raft of activities to cater to families.
The Sunday Feast is, of course, ISKCON’s tr
Dear Devotees around the world,
Please accept our humble o
beisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
As you may know HH Jayapataka Maharaja’s health is not so good, indeed we have to unfortunately inform you that he is currently in a critical situation. He is in the ICU of the ILBS hospital in New Delhi.
Our simple request to all of you is to kindly pray to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna for Maharaja’s well being.
It is by the prayers of the devotees that the most auspicious outcomes are ach
Our most beloved Director of TOVP Exhibits, HH Jayapataka Swami is critically ill. I can't ever imagine working without his amazing inspiration, clarity, guidance, and association in the most challenging service I've undertaken in my life. Please pray for this pure and sincere disciple of Srila Prabhubada's recovery so that we may be guided by his personal presence to see the opening of TOVP Exhibits.
This picture was taken during the recently concluded Content and Creative Development Conferenc
TEXT 41
brahmana-ksatriya-visam
sudranam ca parantapa
karmani pravibhaktani
svabhava-prabhavair gunaih
SYNONYMS
brahmana--the brahmanas; ksatriya--the ksatriyas; visam--thevaisyas; sudranam--the sudras; ca--and; parantapa--O subduer of the enemies; karmani--activities; pravibhaktani--are divided; svabhava--own nature; prabhavaih--born of; gunaih--by the modes of material nature.
TRANSLATION
Brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras are distinguished by their qualities of work, O chastiser of the enemy
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Dear Devotees, Friends and Supporters,In celebration of the glorious 50th Anniversary of ISKCON, we are holding the first ever UK National Convention. This will be a free one day event on Saturday the 22nd August 2015 and the main theme will be glorification of Srila Prabhupada. The venue will be Granby Street ISKCON Leicester.
We see this as a great opportunity to bring devotees together in a mood of unity, cooperation, trust and positive communication with each other. However we desperately n
• Middle East Division
The FAR EAST
• MIDDLE EAST division of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishes Srila Prabhupada’s books and other BBT titles in fourteen languages of the Pacific Rim and Middle East for distribution in those regions of the world.
As a new Western preaching initiative, BBT FEME is also developing titles specifically for distribution in the Western world to foreign language speakers living within large ethnic communities, as well as to the many foreign students studying in W
The topic of this particular edition is youth and what the future holds for them. It features several interesting articles from both, seasoned and young devotees in our movement.
Being our objective, as the congregational ministry, to support the development of youth programs within our congregations, we hope that you find this newsletter encouraging to give your support to the new generations of ISKCON. We specifically would like to inspire the youth to take more and more responsibility to hel
TEXT 40
na tad asti prthivyam va
divi devesu va punah
sattvam prakrti-jair muktam
yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih
SYNONYMS
na--not; tat--that; asti--there is; prthivyam--within the universe;va--or; divi--in the higher planetary system; devesu--amongst the demigods; va--or; punah--again; sattvam--existence; prakrti-jaih--under the influence of material nature; muktam--liberated; yat--that;ebhih--by this; syat--so becomes; tribhih--by three; gunaih--modes of material nature.
TRANSLATION
There is no being
