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The Recipe for Ruining Relationships

2515005803?profile=originalLecture on The Recipe for Ruining Relationships by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu, Mar 2015

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.13-14

TEXT 13-14

pancaitani maha-baho 
karanani nibodha me 
sankhye krtante proktani 
siddhaye sarva-karmanam

adhisthanam tatha karta 
karanam ca prthag-vidham 
vividhas ca prthak cesta 
daivam caivatra pancamam

SYNONYMS

panca--five; etani--all these; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one;karanani--cause; nibodha--just understand; me--from Me; sankhye--in the Vedas; krta-ante--after performance; proktani--said; siddhaye--perfection; sarva--all; karmanam--actuated. adhisthanam--place;tatha--also; karta--worker; karanam

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Water: A Meditation

Water: A Meditation

By Urmila Devi Dasi

Remembering water’s relation to Krishna can increase our devotion to Him.

In Hawaii, clear turquoise waves lapped at my knees while a multicolored sea turtle gently fed near my feet. It’s the allure of water that draws people to that peaceful, beautiful spot, like so many places people go to relax and rejuvenate. Several months later in London, across two oceans from Hawaii, friends took me for exercise in an indoor heated pool. Although the sports club l

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The Science of Knowing God

The Science of Knowing God

God: The Evidence; The God Delusion; God: The Failed Hypothesis; The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Apparently, writing about God is the latest rage among scientists, both theistic and atheistic. Many of these authors have also been invited to speak to college crowds, and they are causing quite a stir. But

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The Fallacy of Fault-finding

The Fallacy of Fault-finding

By Madhavananda (das) GGS (Gopal Jiu Publications – IN)

Correction and chastisement is the business of guru. Those who aspire for bhakti should be careful not to try to cheaply thrust themselves into the position of guru, the position of Krishna. Therefore Bhaktivinode instructs us that if we want bhakti then, guru-abhimāna tyaji — “give up the abhimāna or conceit that you are guru.”

Guru is that person in whom we have faith. The injunction for vaiṣṇavas is that we

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Only Krishna can give us liberation

Only Krishna can give us liberation

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rajya-kamo manun devan nirrtim tv abhicaran yajet kama-kamo yajet somam akamah purusam param

Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.9

TRANSLATION

One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the moon. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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King Dasharath and Lord Rama

2515005317?profile=originalLecture on King Dasharath and Lord Rama by Vishwarup Prabhu on 24 Mar 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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Joy is the Natural Fruity of Purity

2515005318?profile=originalLecture on Joy is the Natural Fruity of Purity  by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu 

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner).)

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Bhakti Yoga with Great Force

2515005294?profile=originalLecture on Bhakti Yoga with Great Force by Giriraj Swami on 25 Mar 2015 at Dallas

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Put your trust in something sublime

2515005359?profile=originalPut your trust in something sublime by HH Indradyumna Swami on 04 March 1994 at UK

(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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What is real yoga ?

Hare Krishna.

16th April, 2015. Gurgaon

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Q:  Can we do a 15 minutes yoga and achieve  self realisation ?

Ans: Srimad Bhagavatam does not agree with it.  Real yoga is very different.

The great sage Maitreya replied: Commanded by Lord Brahmā to beget children in the worlds, the worshipful Kardama Muni practiced penance on the bank of the River Sarasvatī for a period of ten thousand years. (SB 3.21.6)

Srila Prabhupada adds in his purport : It is understood herein that Kardama Muni meditated in yoga for

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Thought Of The Day

So our Krsna consciousness movement is meant for, I mean to say, allowing, elevating all living entities... Of course, it is not for all. It is very difficult. But anyone who has accepted this Krsna consciousness movement, if he follows the principles, then he's surely going to home, back to home, back to Godhead. That is certain. But if you deviate, if you become attracted by maya, that is your business. But we are giving you information: This is the process, a simple process. Chant Hare Krsna

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TOVP Tour Diary Day 25 – Visiting Nimai’s Bliss Kitchen, Blessing the New ISKCON Towaco, New Jersey Property, and the TOVP Presentation at the Towaco Temple

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Sunday, April 5th was another busy day for us. In the morning we visited Nimai’s Bliss Kitchen run by Mayapur Chandra prabhu and his family in Newburgh, New York. We presented the TOVP project to a small group of devotees, receiving pledges for more than $25,000.

From there we drove back to Towaco, New Jersey for a special blessing by the

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10 Easy Steps to Dress Deity

10 Easy Steps to Dress Deity


By Agrani Krishna Dasa

While dressing Deities have you faced a situation that you have put garland first and then you realize that you should have actually put the necklaces first? Due to which you land up in repeating things one after another which results in a delay in dressing the Deities. Ultimately darshan arati is delayed. In order to quickly finish dressing we sometimes mishandle the Deities, mishandle the jewellery and sometimes forget something like applyin

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The Glorious Life of Kuntidevi

The Glorious Life of Kuntidevi

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

This edition is about the glorious life of Srimati Kunti Devi.

NBS # 10 Features:-

1) Life Of Kunti devi
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

2) Akrura’s Meeting With Kunti Devi
Sri Krishna-dvaipayana

3) Conversation between Kunti Devi and Lord Krishna
Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur

4) The prayer for calamities
Satyan

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This year is the 50th year anniversary/golden jubilee of the Jaladuta Diary.

This year is the 50th year anniversary/golden jubilee of the Jaladuta Diary. April 1965: While approaching the Scindia Steam Navigation Company in Bombay to sponsor his passage to America, Srila Prabhupada received one of their complimentary diaries. He used it at first as an appointment book. Once his voyage to America on the Jaladuta began in August of that year, he made regular entries in the diary to record the events of the journey.This diary of the voyage of the Jaladuta is a personal account of the challenging journey that launched Srila Prabhupada’s life mission. Readers will find it to be a remarkable document in the history of religious movements. It reveals the full measure of Srila Prabhupada’s devotion, faith and self−abnegation, which qualify him as one of the world’s few genuine spiritual leaders. We hope this book will inspire others to appreciate Srila Prabhupada’s triumph over adversity and to follow in his footsteps. Read it online here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=16783

This year is the 50th year anniversary/golden jubilee of the Jaladuta Diary.
April 1965: While approaching the Scindia Steam Navigation Company in Bombay to sponsor his passage to America, Srila Prabhupada received one of their complimentary diaries. He used it at first as an appointment book. Once his voyage to America on the Jaladuta began in August of that year, he made regular entries in the diary to record the ev

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With a powerful chopper of Nama Sankirtana, I will cut the knots of demoniac desires from the hearts of everyone

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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: March 5, 2015 Speaker: HG Suresvara das
Subject: Gaura Purnima

I’m so glad that Jayapataka Maharaj mentioned that Senapati bhakta verse. He made an allusion, a reference to the prediction that he would send his military field commander to go and c

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“The Lord is coming! The Lord is coming! Haribol! Haribol!”

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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: March 5, 2015 Speaker: HH Jayapataka Swami
Subject: Gaura Purnima

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HH Jayapataka Swami

But they would not lead to Vishnu. They lead to the different deities. They would install some temporary deities, some dolls. And then after some days of puja, they would through the

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Krishna, Lord of Paradox

Krishna, Lord of Paradox

By Satyaraja Dasa

A brief analysis of Bhagavad-gita 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6.

The Bhagavad-gita is one of the world’s perennial wisdom texts. Because it offers knowledge of the Absolute Truth, some of its texts can be difficult to understand. Few are as difficult as verses four and five of Chapter Nine: “By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them. And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My

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