Excerpts from a Travelling Preacher Dairy – Volume 5 – A Lesson from an Old Cleaning Man
Since the christmas marathon has started…
Indradyumna Swami: Then I visited the public restroom near the festival grounds, and I complimented the old cleaning woman. “This is the cleanest public toilet I have ever seen in Poland,” I said. “Thank you very much.”
She was struck. “I’ve been working here 10 years,” she said, “and you’re the first person to ever thank me. But I’m not surprised. You’re good pe
By Mathuresha Dasa
A look at what the Srimad-Bhagavatam has to say about time, a concept that has challenged philosophers for centuries.
Time is a little difficult to define. Philosophers and theologians have tried for at least twenty-five centuries. Albert Einstein remarked, in the midst of slightly more esoteric statements regarding physics, that time was what his wristwatch measured. St. Augustine said that he knew what time was as long as no one asked him to explain it. And sounding a note
केवल भक्ति से भगवान को यथारूप में जाना जा सकता है । कोई भी भक्त, भगवान से ५ रसों में सम्बन्ध स्थापित कर सकता है।
इनमें से किसी एक में स्थित हो कर भक्त भगवान की सेवा करता है|
शान्त रस (तटस्थ अवस्था) का अर्थ है- भगवान कृष्ण के चरणकमलों में पूरी तरह अनुरुक्ति | जब भक्त शान्त रस को प्राप्त होता है, तो वह न तो स्वर्ग जाने की इच्छा करता है न मोक्ष की
Lecture on Krishna is the Essence that makes all taste accessible through water by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on May 2015
(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 Haribol bolke svagat karne ki apramanic parampara evam narakiya jivan se bachao by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 12 Feb 2015 at Talashri Farm
(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 on Position of Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 27 Feb 2015 at ISKCON Pune
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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Lecture on How to Convert the Knowledge from Head to Heart by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 07 Feb 2015 at ISKCON Pune
(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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TEXT 35
yaya svapnam bhayam sokam
visadam madam eva ca
na vimuncati durmedha
dhrtih sa partha tamasi
SYNONYMS
yaya--by which; svapnam--dream; bhayam--fearfulness; sokam--lamentation; visadam--moroseness; madam--illusion; eva--certainly;ca--also; na--never; vimuncati--is liberated; durmedha--unintelligent;dhrtih--determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; tamasi--in the mode of ignorance.
TRANSLATION
And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness, an
Lecture on Saffron Ceremony Address by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKCON Pune on 09 Feb 2015
(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)
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Lecture on Cultivating Higher Taste in Krishna Consciousness by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 28 Feb 2015 at ISKCON Pune
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (03.31.01) by Vishwarup Prabhu on 03 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Pune
(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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Lecture on Sri Krishna Chaitanya Radha Krishna Naahi Anya by Lokanath Swami on 20 March 2015 at Solapur
(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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TEXT 34
yaya tu dharma-kamarthan
dhrtya dharayate 'rjuna
prasangena phalakanksi
dhrtih sa partha rajasi
SYNONYMS
yaya--by which; tu--but; dharma-kama-arthan--for religiosity and economic development; dhrtya--by determination; dharayate--in such terms; arjuna--O Arjuna; prasangena--for that; phala-akanksi--desiring fruitive results; dhrtih--determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; rajasi--in the mode of passion.
TRANSLATION
And that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive result in r
TEXT 33
dhrtya yaya dharayate
manah-pranendriya-kriyah
yogenavyabhicarinya
dhrtih sa partha sattviki
SYNONYMS
dhrtya--determination; yaya--by which; dharayate--is sustained;manah--mind; prana--life; indriya--senses; kriyah--activities; yogena--by yoga practice; avyabhicarinya--without any break; dhrtih--such determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; sattviki--in the mode of goodness.
TRANSLATION
O son of Prtha, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by y
Hare Krishna,
We need help to carry, Sri Sri Radha Damodarji (Gita Nagari) dress from Mumbai to Vrandawan. If any one is going this week or next week please let us know.
TEXT 32
adharmam dharmam iti ya
manyate tamasavrta
sarvarthan viparitams ca
buddhih sa partha tamasi
SYNONYMS
adharmam--irreligion; dharmam--religion; iti--thus; ya--which;manyate--thinks; tamasa--by illusion; avrta--covered; sarva-arthan--all things; viparitan--the wrong direction; ca--also; buddhih--intelligence; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; tamasi--the mode of ignorance.
TRANSLATION
That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of
Lecture on Sannyas Initation Lecture of Gaur Krishna Prabhu by Radha Govinda Swami on 14 May 2015 at Haridwar
(H.H. Radha Govinda Swami, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), lives in Vrindavan, India.)
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