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TEXT 9

etam drstim avastabhya 
nastatmano 'lpa-buddhayah 
prabhavanty ugra-karmanah 
ksayaya jagato 'hitah

SYNONYMS

etam--thus; drstim--vision; avastabhya--accepting; nasta--lost;atmanah--self; alpa-buddhayah--less intelligent; prabhavanti--flourish; ugra-karmanah--in painful activities; ksayaya--for destruction; jagatah--of the world; ahitah--unbeneficial.

TRANSLATION

Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible work

Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita  by HG Devakinandana Prabhu on 01 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 17 Text 08 by Nava Yogendra Swami at Punjabi Bagh on 20 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

(Nava Yogendra Swami Naishtik Brahmachari left home at a very young age of 9 years to become Sadhu and lived in jungles. Returned home and again left at the age of 17 years and lived at Shri Vrindavana dham. Became the disciple of His Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in the year 1974.)

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Lecture on One Spark of Krishna's Opulence by Jayadvaita Swami on 18 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Should Disciples give Diksa to devotees by HH Sivarama Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at UK

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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TEXT 8

asatyam apratistham te 
jagad ahur anisvaram 
aparaspara-sambhutam 
kim anyat kama-haitukam

SYNONYMS

asatyam--unreal; apratistham--without foundation; te--they; jagat--the cosmic manifestation; ahuh--is said; anisvaram--with no controller; aparaspara--by mutual lust; sambhutam--cause; kim anyat--there is no other cause; kama-haitukam--it is due to lust only.

TRANSLATION

They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desir

Mahatma Prabhu just released a new CD. (You can hear samples of it, download songs or order the CD at:
http://mahatmadas.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7e17f0fb67f8dbab3113e139&id=c27177ed81&e=18e9d139c7).

He also made a music video of one song and is asking devotees to send the link to as many people as possible, share it with their email address books, on their FB page, etc. and send it with the message below.

I am sending you a link to a very special music video that has just been rele

TEXT 7

pravrttim ca nivrttim ca 
jana na vidur asurah 
na saucam napi cacaro 
na satyam tesu vidyate

SYNONYMS

pravrttim--proper action; ca--also; nivrttim--improper action; ca--and; janah--persons; na--never; viduh--know; asurah--demoniac qualities; na--never; saucam--cleanliness; na--nor; api--also; ca--and;acarah--behavior; na--never; satyam--truth; tesu--in them; vidyate--there is.

TRANSLATION

Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor pr

So this spiritual platform, to reach, requires gradually process of cultivation, and there is no difficulty to reach the spiritual platform. But first of all, the training of the mind is practiced by the yoga system. Yoga means to control the mind. Our mind at the present moment, being too much attached to this body, it is busy in bodily comforts. Therefore the real yoga system is to divert the mind towards God, to control the mind from material engagement and divert it to spiritual engagement,

31st January, Varaha Dvadasi will mark 12 years since the opening of our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate, we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads on 8 Feb. Programs will be going on from 31 jan-15 Feb.

We will depart almost every morning from Krishna Balaram Mandir by bus and go on parikrama to different pastime places o

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It’s been a year since Mayapurmemories.com – online devotional store has been launched. Its been a fun year for the few of us who are providing service to devotees worldwide by sending devotional goods right at your door from Mayapur Dham.

We really appreciate all the kind support devotees all over have given to us and encouraged us to provide this service. By your blessing we hope to continue to grow in quality of

TEXT 6

dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin 
daiva asura eva ca 
daivo vistarasah prokta 
asuram partha me srnu

SYNONYMS

dvau--two; bhuta-sargau--created living beings; loke--in the world; asmin--this; daivah--godly; asurah--demoniac; eva--certainly;ca--and; daivah--divine; vistarasah--at great length; proktah--said;asuram--demoniac; partha--O son of Prtha; me--from Me; srnu--just hear.

TRANSLATION

O son of Prtha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demoni

It was a strange sight: In the middle of a vacant lot strewn with rubble and the metal bars that had once supported the temple structure were the beautiful Radha-Krsna Deities, Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari, dressed in Their green and silver outfits and garlanded with flowers. They stood on Their carved teakwood altar amid the fragrant scent of burning incense and the warm glow of ghee lamps. Only two or three small pieces of the roof over Them had been removed; otherwise, They and Their Deity room

TEXT 5

daivi sampad vimoksaya 
nibandhayasuri mata 
ma sucah sampadam daivim 
abhijato 'si pandava

SYNONYMS

daivi--transcendental; sampat--nature; vimoksaya--meant for liberation; nibandhaya--for bondage; asuri--demoniac qualities;mata--it is considered; ma--do not; sucah--worry; sampadam--nature;daivim--transcendental; abhijatah--born; asi--you are; pandava--O son of Pandu.

TRANSLATION

The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not w

In year 1999, when I was in final year of BTech program from VRCE Nagpur (Now VNIT Nagpur), His Grace Muneesh Garg came to our hostel in Nagpur. His Grace Muneesh Garg after being selected in UPSC exam joined IRS Training center at Nagpur. Earlier he was pursuing his MTech From  IIT Delhi where he started spiritual practices under guidance of Dr PV Krishnan (His Grace Krishna Smarana Prabhu) who was Associate Professor in department of Applied Mechanics. Dr PV Krishnan Used to conduct spiritual

Hare Krishna

17th Jan, 2015, Gurgaon.

More than a year back, HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj came to ISKCON Gurgaon centre and spoke a verse from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta which somehow slowly, yet firmly, got settled inside my heart. Maharaj instructed everyone to memorise this wonderful verse. The verse was

sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa
mathurā-vāsa, śrī-mūrtira śraddhāya sevana

“One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, reside at Ma

TEXT 4

dambho darpo 'bhimanas ca 
krodhah parusyam eva ca 
ajnanam cabhijatasya 
partha sampadam asurim

SYNONYMS

dambhah--pride; darpah--arrogance; abhimanah--conceit; ca--and; krodhah--anger; parusyam--harshness; eva--certainly; ca--and;ajnanam--ignorance; ca--and; abhijatasya--one who is born of;partha--O son of Prtha; sampadam--nature; asurim--demoniac.

TRANSLATION

Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance--these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Prtha.

PURPORT

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