Lecture on Movement of Pure Devotional Service by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 27 Mar 2015 at Benoni
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)
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In this age, Kali, you cannot execute any severe austerity or penances. Simply chant Hare Krsna. That also we are not able to do. Just see. How unfortunate we are. So this is the position of the Kali-yuga. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya upadrutah [SB 1.1.10]. They are very rascals, manda. Manda means very bad, manda. And sumanda-matayah. And if they want to improve something, they will accept some rascal Guruji Maharaja. Mandah sumanda-matayah. And some party which has no bona fide contribut
TOVP Tour Diary Days 26-27 – New Jersey Home Visits
After the New Jersey weekend TOVP presentations, on Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7, Radha Jivan and Vraja Vilas prabhus left New Jersey ahead of the others and Jananivas and Sunanda prabhus visited various devotees’ homes at their request for prasadam and sanga.
Visits included the homes of Madhupati prabhu (the Temple President of both New Jersey temples), Ramachandra prabhu and his family, and Murali Krishna prabhu and his family.
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TEXT 17
yasya nahankrto bhavo
buddhir yasya na lipyate
hatvapi sa imal lokan
na hanti na nibadhyate
SYNONYMS
yasya--of one who; na--never; ahankrtah--false ego; bhavah--nature; buddhih--intelligence; yasya--one who; na--never; lipyate--is attached; hatva api--even killing; sah--he; iman--this; lokan--world;na--never; hanti--kills; na--never; nibadhyate--becomes entangled.
TRANSLATION
One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in this world, is not
Lecture on Divya Prabodhan by Lokanath Swami on 19 Mar 2015 at Solapur, India
(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.)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita (02.22) by Lilasuka Prabhu on 20 Jan 2015 at Leicester
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Has Special Significance by HH Indradyumna Swami on 06 Nov 1993 at London
(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha
Lecture on Keeping your Trust by Charu Prabhu
(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)
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By Rasikananda Das (Co-president of the ISKCON Bhubaneswar temple):
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Firstly I’d like to thank all the devotees who have been helping us in respect to Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Maharaja’s samadhi mandir and Srila Prabhupada’s Bhajan Kutir. After a concerted and determined effort, for some years, the situation has finally been resolved.
The Highway authority had previously broken Srila Prabhupada’s Bhajan kutir (Whe
The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are completely spiritual and transcendental. They are elaborately described in several sixteenth-century Gaudiya Vaishnava texts such as Sri Caitanya-carita by Murari Gupta, Sri Caitanya-mangala by Locana dasa Thakura, Sri Caitanya-bhagavata by Vrndavana dasa Thakura and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami. As the divine incarnation of Radha and Krsna combined, Lord Gauranga tasted the ecstatic moods of not only Srimati Radharani but also
To say that most politicians are incompetent, and in many cases downright dishonest, isn’t very controversial. We’ve all read about their blunders, their tricks, and their schemes. So the aim of this article is not to give proof of their failure to bring about world peace and prosperity; it is rather to show that the root cause of their incompetence is selfish materialism, and that the remedy is the re- spiritualization of society through the worldwide propagation of Krishna consciousness.
The
TEXT 16
tatraivam sati kartaram
atmanam kevalam tu yah
pasyaty akrta-buddhitvan
na sa pasyati durmatih
SYNONYMS
tatra--there; evam--certainly; sati--being; kartaram--of the worker; atmanam--the self; kevalam--only; tu--but; yah--anyone;pasyati--sees; akrta-buddhitvat--due to unintelligence; na--never;sah--he; pasyati--sees; durmatih--foolish.
TRANSLATION
Therefore one who thinks himself the only doer, not considering the five factors, is certainly not very intelligent and cannot see things as they ar
Actually, spiritual body means eternal life of bliss and knowledge. This body which we are possessing now, material body, it is neither eternal, nor blissful, nor full of knowledge. Every one of us, we know that this material body will be finished. And it is full of ignorance. We cannot say anything, what is beyond this wall. We have got senses, but they are all limited, imperfect. Sometimes we are very much proud of seeing and challenge, "Can you show me God?" but we forget to remember that as
Candana yatra starts on the third lunar day of the waxing moon of Vaisakha month, and continues for twenty days. Lord Jagannatha gave direct instructions to King Indradyumna to perform this festival at this time. Smearing the body of the Lord with ointments is an act of devotion, and the best of ointments is sandalwood paste. Since the month of Vaisakha is very hot in India, the cooling effect of the sandalwood is very pleasing to the body of the Lord.
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Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala.
From July 18th to 23rd 1974, Srila Prabhupada visited New Vrindaban for the third time, to further establish his vision for it as a sacred place known worldwide for five primary things: cow protection, simple-living, holy pilgrimage, spiritual education, and above all, loving Krishna.
In a letter one year earlier, the ISKCON Founder-Acharya had written to encourage the expanding farm community: “Yes! Go on acquiring the surro
By Kripamoya Dasa
Does the small group in ISKCON serve the local temple, or does the temple serve the small group? Who serves whom?
It’s a question that’s often asked in organisations, especially in charities or campaigning groups: Does the local branch of a charity serve the national office, or does national office serve the branch? Do finances and resources flow from the branches back up to the head office, or from head office down to the branches?
In many organisations that are not functioni
TEXT 15
sarira-van-manobhir yat
karma prarabhate narah
nyayyam va viparitam va
pancaite tasya hetavah
SYNONYMS
sarira--body; vak--speech; manobhih--by the mind; yat--anything;karma--work; prarabhate--begins; narah--a person; nyayyam--right;va--or; viparitam--the opposite; va--or; panca--five; ete--all these;tasya--its; hetavah--causes.
TRANSLATION
Whatever right or wrong action a man performs by body, mind or speech is caused by these five factors.
PURPORT
The words "right" and "wrong" are very signifi
Lecture on How to create balance in Devotion and Studies by Vishwarup Prabhu on 02 April 2015
(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)
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To Undestand the Love Srimati Radharani by HH Indradyumna Swami
(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)
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Lecture on Engage in Bhakti Yoga with Great Force by HH Giriraj Swami on 25 Mar 2015 at Dallas
(Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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