Lecture on Although we are not qualified to Serve Krishna by HH Sivarama Swami on 19 Dec 2014 at Budapest
(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.)
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Hare Krishna.
18th December, 2014, Gurgaon.
Two weeks back HG Bimla Prasad Prabhuji visited ISKCON Gurgaon center and gave a very different lecture on the famous verse of Bhagavad Gita.
mām upetya punar janma
duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ
saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ (BG 8.15)
Transaltion
After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.
Prabhuji first asked how
TEXT 5
nirmana-moha jita-sanga-dosa
adhyatma-nitya vinivrtta-kamah
dvandvair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-samjnair
gacchanty amudhah padam avyayam tat
SYNONYMS
nih--without; mana--respect; mohah--illusion; jita--having conquered; sanga--association; dosah--faulty; adhyatma--spiritual; nityah--eternity; vinivrtta--associated; kamah--lust; dvandvaih--with duality; vimuktah--liberated; sukha-duhkha--happiness and distress; samjnaih--named; gacchanti--attains; amudhah--unbewildered; padam--situation; avyayam-
So if we want to elevate the social condition, we shall teach people to become purified. Without being purified, simply so-called performance of religious system will not help. Srama eva hi kevalam [SB 1.2.8]. Svanusthitasya dharmasya samsiddhir hari-tosanam [SB 1.2.13]. We should teach people how to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.This is the philosophy. So we are teaching this philosophy all over the world. They are being accepted. But I am doing it single-handed. But if some of you
TEXT 3-4
na rupam asyeha tathopalabhyate
nanto na cadir na ca sampratistha
asvattham enam su-virudha-mulam
asanga-sastrena drdhena chittva
tatah padam tat parimargitavyam
yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah
tam eva cadyam purusam prapadye
yatah pravrttih prasrta purani
SYNONYMS
na--not; rupam--form; asya--of this tree; iha--in this; tatha--also; upalabhyate--can be perceived; na--never; antah--end; na--never; ca--also; adih--beginning; na--never; ca--also; sampratistha--the foundation; asvattham--bany
So go on with your organisation for distribution of my books through press and other modern media and Krishna will certainly be pleased upon you. we can use everything Television, radio, movies or whatever there may be to tell about Krishna and outside of devotional service all these modern paraphenalia are just so much rubbish.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Ekadashi-Srila Prabhupada Katha by HH Lokanath Swami on 20 Aug 2014 at Noida
(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 Chapter 02 Text 55 Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self realized by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in Dec 2014
(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.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 24 Text 15 Why do bad things happen to good people by HH Indradyumna Swami on 20 April 1990 at Melbourne
(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.)
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Lecture on Although we are not qualified to Serve Krishna by HH Sivarama Swami on 18 Dec 2014 at Budapest
(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.)
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Lecture on Disappearance of Jayadeva Goswami and Lochan Das Thakur by HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami on 15 Jan 2012 at Punjabi Baugh
(Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in October 1968, about two months before HH Jayapataka Swami, awarding him the name “Makhanlal das”.)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 41 Rural Communities for Srila Prabhupada's Pleasure by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 22 Nov 2014 at Karumandurai
(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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Lecture Lessons from King Prataprudra by HG Prema Manjari Mataji on 01 April 2014 at Detroit
(HG Prema Manjari mataji joined ISKCON in 1992 during her MBBS days and received her first initiation from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj in 1996. She has set an example for others to follow by wonderfully balancing between her hectic professional life as a radiologist and spiritual life.)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 41 Intent shapes intelligence by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in Dec 2014
(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.)
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TEXT 2
adhas cordhvam prasrtas tasya sakha
guna-pravrddha visaya-pravalah
adhas ca mulany anusantatani
karmanubandhini manusya-loke
SYNONYMS
adhah--downward; ca--and; urdhvam--upward; prasrtah--extended; tasya--its; sakhah--branches; guna--modes of material nature; pravrddhah--developed; visaya--sense objects; pravalah--twigs; adhah--downward; ca--and; mulani--roots; anusantatani--extended; karma--according to work; anubandhini--bound; manusya-loke--in the world of human society.
TRANSLATION
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Lecture on How to Prevent and Overcome Anxiety and Stress by HG Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 16 Nov 2014 at Washington DC
(In 1976, wanting to deepen his realization of the Divine, Amal Bhakta Prabhu moved to West Los Angeles to study at the ISKCON temple various aspects of Bhakti yoga (the yoga of love and devotion to God) under the famous spiritual master A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 07 Text 19 Initiation-Process of Surrender and Submission by HH Romapada Swami on 14 Dec 2014 at Chicago
(HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago.)
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Lecture on Hold on to Hari Not to Worry by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Dec 2014
(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)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 04 Text 02 Flaming bush worshippers by HH Indradyumna Swami on 16 April 1990 at Adelaide
(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.)
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TEXT 1
sri-bhagavan uvaca
urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham
asvattham prahur avyayam
chandamsi yasya parnani
yas tam veda sa veda-vit
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; urdhva-mulam--with roots above; adhah--downwards; sakham--branches; asvattham--banyan tree; prahuh--said; avyayam--eternal; chandamsi--Vedic hymns; yasya--of which; parnani--the leaves; yah--anyone; tam--that; veda--knows; sah--he; veda-vit--the knower of the Vedas.
TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lord said: There
