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2515005015?profile=originalLecture on Don't just see the Provision see the Provider 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)

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2515004962?profile=originalLecture on Spiritual Perfection in Household Life Session by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 20 Dec 2014 at Australia

(Since that time he has been regularly traveling and lecturing extensively all over the world for reviving the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all living beings.)

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Love and Lust

2515004907?profile=originalLove and Lust by HH Lokanath Swami on 09 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Noida

(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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2515004916?profile=originalLecture on Why Men and Women should sit separately by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 16 Jan 2015 at Salem, Tamil Nadu

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lost & Found in India – Amazon Releases a New E-book by Mayapur Author

By: Contributor ISKCON News on April 10, 2015
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The Jalangi river near Mayapur

On Monday April 13th, Mayapur author Braja Sorensen’s Lost & Found in India will be released internationally in e-book form on Amazon. And for the first three days, it’s free...

Since Prabhupada set foot on New York soil, “Hare Krishna” has become a household word. What many don’t know, however, is that he wanted, too, that “Mayapur” become simi

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Sadhu Sanga Retreat Books Up Two Months in Advance; Offsite Registration Still Open

By: Madhava Smullen ISKCON News on April 10, 2015
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Chanting the Holy Names joyfully

The Sadhu Sanga Retreat, to be held from May 22nd to 25th, has been completely booked up since last weekend, although offsite accommodation spots are still available.

The retreat will be held at the Art of Living Foundation’s International Meditation Center in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, whe

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Sadhu Sanga Retreat Books Up Two Months in Advance; Offsite Registration Still Open

By: Madhava Smullen ISKCON News on April 10, 2015
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Chanting the Holy Names joyfully

The Sadhu Sanga Retreat, to be held from May 22nd to 25th, has been completely booked up since last weekend, although offsite accommodation spots are still available.

The retreat will be held at the Art of Living Foundation’s International Meditation Center in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, whe

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Another New E-book from the North European BBT

By: BBTmedia Team ISKCON News on April 10, 2015
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The book's cover art

BBTmedia is happy to announce that The Path of Perfection by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is now available in all flavors at bbtmedia.com.

In February 1969 Srila Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on the yoga system as it is discussed in the sixth and eighth chapters of the Bhagavad-gita. The Path of Perfection is a collection of these talks.

The perf

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Going Nowhere In Particular

Going Nowhere In Particular

By Kesava Krsna Dasa

Atheistic scientists and intellectual cynics rely totally upon their own brains for knowledge. Such brainpower has brought a little comfort for humankind, but at the expense of ruining our earth, atmosphere, and oceans. Human brains alone have caused more damage than good. In defence of this damaging progress, attempts are made to belittle religion.

Atheism Gets Romantic With Mammal Morality

It appears that a number of atheistic scientists have

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Death and Dying in the Vedic Tradition

Death and Dying in the Vedic Tradition

By Giriraja Swami

A talk presented to the doctors and nurses of San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine in San Diego, California.

It is a great pleasure for me to address you all here, especially because this hospice is recognized as one of the best and largest in the world and as the global leader in hospice education.

In the Bhagavad-gita, which is considered the essence of the Vedas, Lord Krishna informs us:

yam yam vapi smaran bhav

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The Dark well of Material Life

The Dark well of Material Life

The home is considered to be a dark well covered by grass, and if one falls within this well, he simply dies without anyone's caring. One should therefore not be too much attached to family life, for it will spoil one's development of Krishna consciousness.

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This is a dark well into which the man has fallen. For such a man to get out is

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The Path of Perfection

Dear devotees and friends, Another new ebook from the North European BBT!

We’re happy to announce that The Path of Perfection by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is now available in all flavors at bbtmedia.com. In February 1969 Srila Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on the yoga system as it is discussed in the sixth and eighth chapters of the Bhagavad-gita. The Path of Perfection is a collection of these talks.

The perfect life - the life that achieves the goal of yoga -

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Volunteer

By: Madhumayi Radha d.d.

A few days ago I was on my way to the temple contemplating how we can encourage other devotees to support my Guru Maharaja’s congregational programs. At ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (CDM), we are promoting monthly subscriptions to collect funds for printing more books, hire more devotees and develop new training courses. It is my service to write the promotion articles for Nrsingha Caturdasi so I was worried and nervous as to how to go about it. Knowing that

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From Me to We

2515004535?profile=originalLecture on From Me to We by HG Ekalavya Prabhu on 29 Mar 2015 at Richmond Virgina

(Ekalavya Das was born in New York City, USA in 1965, the same year that ISKCON Founder Acarya, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada came to New York. His mother’s younger sister would regularly hear Srila Prabhupada’s Kirtans in Thomkins Square Park in 1966.)

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Deity Worship Ceremony

2515004619?profile=originalLecture on Deity Worship Ceremony by Lokanath Swami on 31 Aug 2014 at Pune

(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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Association of Devotees

2515004602?profile=originalLecture on Association of Devotees by HH Indradyumna Swami on 24 Dec 2014 at Riga

(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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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.10

TEXT 10

na dvesty akusalam karma 
kusale nanusajjate 
tyagi sattva-samavisto 
medhavi chinna-samsayah

SYNONYMS

na--never; dvesti--hates; akusalam--inauspicious; karma--work;kusale--in the auspicious; na--nor; anusajjate--becomes attached;tyagi--the renouncer; sattva--goodness; samavistah--absorbed in;medhavi--intelligent; chinna--cut up; samsayah--all doubts.

TRANSLATION

Those who are situated in the mode of goodness, who neither hate inauspicious work nor are attached to auspicious work, have no doubts

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Review of “Muslim Devotees of Krsna” by HH Chandramauli Swami

HH Chandramauli Swami

Vaisnava guru and author of The Holy Jail

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Dipankar Deb has dealt with a topic which is universally relevant in its revealing the Absolute Truth. In his words, “Love of God is transcendental to any designations pertaining to this body.” Deb has exemplified this comforting truth in the amazing stories of persons from Muslim background who took to the path of Krishna consciousness in search o

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