A Very Exclusive video of Sannyasa Initiation of His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj (H G Ganganarayan Prabhu) on 5th March 2015 Gaur Purnima Day at ISKCON Ujjain. HH Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj is a Disciple of HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj.
His Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu received initiation in the family of JagatGuru Srila Prabhupada from His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj . He came in Krishna Consciousness in 1994 .Since 1994 , when he was 27 ,he is serving in the mission of His Divin
1) O my dear Lord Gauranga! Please show Your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul. O Lord! There is no one more fallen than myself in all the three worlds.
2) Holding grass between my teeth, O Lord Gaura, I am calling out to You now! Please be compassionate upon me and come to reside within the temple of my heart.
3) If You do not give Your mercy, seeing how fallen I am, then why are You known as Patita Pavana -- the merciful Savior of the fallen?
4) I am plunged amidst the violent hurricane-st
So we would like to welcome everyone to our class this morning. We have chosen something from the Caitanya Caritamrta and also we will be reading something from the Sri Caitanya Bhagavata, since today is a very auspicious day. We are very fortunate as Vaisnavas to have many festivals.
So three things that we will dwell on in the next 45 minutes. First of course is Santipura because today is Santipura festival. Many devotees have left by bus a little while ago. We will all together by the chari
TEXT 15
anudvega-karam vakyam
satyam priya-hitam ca yat
svadhyayabhyasanam caiva
van-mayam tapa ucyate
SYNONYMS
anudvega--not agitating; karam--producing; vakyam--words;satyam--truthful; priya--dear; hitam--beneficial; ca--also; yat--which;svadhyaya--Vedic study; abhyasanam--practice; ca--also; eva--certainly; van-mayam--of the voice; tapah--austerity; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
Austerity of speech consists in speaking truthfully and beneficially and in avoiding speech that offends. One shoul
Have we ever given any exam or even heard of it where the examinee is given the question and its answer beforehand lest he should not fail. Not just he is given the answer to the complex questions but even the solution is made so simple that the examinee does not have to undergo any mental or physical stress. Not just he is saved from the pain but even the process of preparation is made joyful. And to further compound the comfort of the student the examiner personally comes to teach him and even
Calf slaughter is finally banned in Maharashtra — a move that took almost two decades to materialize and was initiated during the previous Sena-BJP government.
The Maharashtra State Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill (1995) which came into existence during the previous Sena-BJP government — pending for approval for last 19 years (possibly one of the longest pending Bills) — has finally secured the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee.
A letter submitted t
TEXT 14
deva-dvija-guru-prajna-
pujanam saucam arjavam
brahmacaryam ahimsa ca
sariram tapa ucyate
SYNONYMS
deva--the Supreme Lord; dvija--the brahmana; guru--the spiritual master; prajna--worshipable personalities; pujanam--worship;saucam--cleanliness; arjavam--simplicity; brahmacaryam--celibacy;ahimsa--nonviolence; ca--also; sariram--pertaining to the body;tapah--austerity; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
The austerity of the body consists in this: worship of the Supreme Lord, the brahmanas, the
So this is the process. The basic principle is the soul. The soul is acting through intelligence, and the intelligence is acting through mind, and the mind is expressed through the senses. This is the position. So as my mind is absorbed in something, some subject matter, my bodily symptoms also will work, or the senses will work according to that mind. Therefore for spiritual advancement also, you have to train your mind. Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane. If you
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's Meeting with the Hon’ble President of India
On February 28th, 2015 we met the Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. We were scheduled to meet him at 6.30 pm. We reached Rashtrapati Bhavan at 6.15 p.m. His Holiness Radhanath Swami, Gauranga Prabhu and Radharaman Prabhu accompanied me for the meeting. As we arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan the Hon’ble Presidents officers gave us warm reception. Then sharp at 6.30 pm we entere
ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission confirmed the Sannyasa applications for two senior disciples of HH Bhakti Charu Swam Maharaj: HG Ganganarayan Prabhu and HG Lilasuka Prabhu. This is the culmination of so many years of patiently waiting and their dedicated service to Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON and their Spiritual Master. The news was met with great jubilation here at Sridham Mayapur. Please shower them with your best wishes and prayers.
Maharaj has fixed the dates when he wishes to conduct the
TEXT 13
vidhi-hinam asrstannam
mantra-hinam adaksinam
sraddha-virahitam yajnam
tamasam paricaksate
SYNONYMS
vidhi-hinam--without scriptural direction; asrsta-annam--without distribution of prasadam; mantra-hinam--with no chanting of the Vedic hymns; adaksinam--with no remunerations to the priests;sraddha--faith; virahitam--without; yajnam--sacrifice; tamasam--in the mode of ignorance; paricaksate--is to be considered.
TRANSLATION
And that sacrifice performed in defiance of scriptural injunctions, in
You are under the clutches of maya. you have no independence. Neither anyone has got any independence to save you. That is not possible. The same example as I gave sometimes, that you learn how to drive aeroplane. So you go high in the sky. But if you are in danger, no other aeroplane can help you. You are finished. Therefore you must be a very careful pilot to take care of yourself. Similarly, in this material world everyone individually has to take care of himself. How he can be saved from the
Hare Krishna
3rd March, 2015. Gurgaon
This is the second last blog in the series of last few blogs on Vaishanava etiquette and Vaishanava Apradha. We will read about three categories of devotees and what Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has to say on Vaishnava Apradha.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in `Vaisnava Ninda’ (Sajjan Toshani, 1893) that If we neglect to show respect to the ordinary jivas, special honour to the religious jiva, and proper respect to brahmana-jivas and vaisnava-praya-jivas, th
This article was written by Phalini devi dasi.
Early in the morning on Saturday, September 13, 2014, my husband Haripada dasa and I picked up a couple of friends--Sarva-drik Prabhu and his wife Sudevi dasi--and headed north. We arrived at the Medium Security Facility of the Petersburg Prison in Virginia around 11:15 a.m. We were checked through security, our hands were stamped, and we were escorted through several heavy, metal doors until we found ourselves in the prison chapel.
The chape
yad yan niruktam vacasa nirupitam
dhiyaksabhir va manasota yasya
ma bhut svarupam guna-rupam hi tat tat
sa vai gunapaya-visarga-laksanah
Translation:
Anything expressed by material vibrations, anything ascertained by material intelligence and anything experienced by the material senses or concocted within the material mind is but an effect of the modes of material nature and therefore has nothing to do with the real nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is beyond
TEXT 12
abhisandhaya tu phalam
dambhartham api caiva yat
ijyate bharata-srestha
tam yajnam viddhi rajasam
SYNONYMS
abhisandhaya--desiring; tu--but; phalam--the result; dambha--pride; artham--for the sake of; api--also; ca--and; eva--certainly; yat--that which; ijyate--worship; bharata-srestha--O chief of the Bharatas;tam--that; yajnam--sacrifice; viddhi--know; rajasam--in the mode of passion.
TRANSLATION
But that sacrifice performed for some material end or benefit or preformed ostentatiously, out of
You can become immediately out of the scope of maya if you always remain surrendered to Krsna. Maya will not touch you. Just like if you remain always in the sunshine, there is no question of night. Nowadays it is very easy. If you simply drive your plane on the western side, you'll never get night. You just round about. Yes. Just like it is materially possible. You drive your plane simply on the western side. Start your plane in the morning and go to the western side and don't stop it. You go o
TEXTS 27–28
manisino ’ntar-hrdi sannivesitam
sva-saktibhir navabhis ca trivrdbhih
vahnim yatha daruni pañcadasyam
manisaya niskarsanti gudham
TRANSLATION
Just as great learned brāhmaṇas who are expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices can extract the fire dormant within wooden fuel by chanting the fifteen Sāmidhenī mantras, thus proving the efficacy of the
Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
After the ecstatic Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, today all the six parties returned to Mayapur. Today also marks the beginning of festivities in Sri Mayapur. Sri Radha-Madhava Boat Festival will be celebrated in the evening, followed by other festivals like Ganga puja, Ratha yatra, Deity procession, Jhulan yatra etc. Main stage cultural program features much awaited "Blue Mystic " drama performance by Bhakti Ma
Hare Krishna.
28th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon.
“There are three things that are inconceivable: the position of Lord Siva, hladini sakti, and, yes, guru-tattva.” (BR Sridhara Swami)
Among all the spiritual personalities the position of Lord Siva is unique. In one of my previous blog I shared how I used to worship lord Shiva. After coming into Krishna consciousness I still retain a special corner in my heart for lord Shiva and now when I read and hear more lectures from senior devotees about him, the fog of
