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TEXT 17

yasya nahankrto bhavo 
buddhir yasya na lipyate 
hatvapi sa imal lokan 
na hanti na nibadhyate

SYNONYMS

yasya--of one who; na--never; ahankrtah--false ego; bhavah--nature; buddhih--intelligence; yasya--one who; na--never; lipyate--is attached; hatva api--even killing; sah--he; iman--this; lokan--world;na--never; hanti--kills; na--never; nibadhyate--becomes entangled.

TRANSLATION

One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in this world, is not

Lecture on Divya Prabodhan by Lokanath Swami on 19 Mar 2015 at Solapur, India

(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 (02.22) by Lilasuka Prabhu on 20 Jan 2015 at Leicester

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Has Special Significance by HH Indradyumna Swami on 06 Nov 1993 at London

(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

Lecture on Keeping your Trust by Charu Prabhu

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)

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By Rasikananda Das (Co-president of the ISKCON Bhubaneswar temple):

Dear Devotees,

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

Firstly I’d like to thank all the devotees who have been helping us in respect to Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Maharaja’s samadhi mandir and Srila Prabhupada’s Bhajan Kutir. After a concerted and determined effort, for some years, the situation has finally been resolved.

The Highway authority had previously broken Srila Prabhupada’s Bhajan kutir (Whe

The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are completely spiritual and transcendental. They are elaborately described in several sixteenth-century Gaudiya Vaishnava texts such as Sri Caitanya-carita by Murari Gupta, Sri Caitanya-mangala by Locana dasa Thakura, Sri Caitanya-bhagavata by Vrndavana dasa Thakura and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami. As the divine incarnation of Radha and Krsna combined, Lord Gauranga tasted the ecstatic moods of not only Srimati Radharani but also

To say that most politicians are incompetent, and in many cases downright dishonest, isn’t very controversial. We’ve all read about their blunders, their tricks, and their schemes. So the aim of this article is not to give proof of their failure to bring about world peace and prosperity; it is rather to show that the root cause of their incompetence is selfish materialism, and that the remedy is the re- spiritualization of society through the worldwide propagation of Krishna consciousness.

The

TEXT 16

tatraivam sati kartaram 
atmanam kevalam tu yah 
pasyaty akrta-buddhitvan 
na sa pasyati durmatih

SYNONYMS

tatra--there; evam--certainly; sati--being; kartaram--of the worker; atmanam--the self; kevalam--only; tu--but; yah--anyone;pasyati--sees; akrta-buddhitvat--due to unintelligence; na--never;sah--he; pasyati--sees; durmatih--foolish.

TRANSLATION

Therefore one who thinks himself the only doer, not considering the five factors, is certainly not very intelligent and cannot see things as they ar

Actually, spiritual body means eternal life of bliss and knowledge. This body which we are possessing now, material body, it is neither eternal, nor blissful, nor full of knowledge. Every one of us, we know that this material body will be finished. And it is full of ignorance. We cannot say anything, what is beyond this wall. We have got senses, but they are all limited, imperfect. Sometimes we are very much proud of seeing and challenge, "Can you show me God?" but we forget to remember that as

Candana yatra starts on the third lunar day of the waxing moon of Vaisakha month, and continues for twenty days. Lord Jagannatha gave direct instructions to King Indradyumna to perform this festival at this time. Smearing the body of the Lord with ointments is an act of devotion, and the best of ointments is sandalwood paste. Since the month of Vaisakha is very hot in India, the cooling effect of the sandalwood is very pleasing to the body of the Lord.

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Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala.

From July 18th to 23rd 1974, Srila Prabhupada visited New Vrindaban for the third time, to further establish his vision for it as a sacred place known worldwide for five primary things: cow protection, simple-living, holy pilgrimage, spiritual education, and above all, loving Krishna.

In a letter one year earlier, the ISKCON Founder-Acharya had written to encourage the expanding farm community: “Yes! Go on acquiring the surro

By Kripamoya Dasa

Does the small group in ISKCON serve the local temple, or does the temple serve the small group? Who serves whom?

It’s a question that’s often asked in organisations, especially in charities or campaigning groups: Does the local branch of a charity serve the national office, or does national office serve the branch? Do finances and resources flow from the branches back up to the head office, or from head office down to the branches?

In many organisations that are not functioni

TEXT 15

sarira-van-manobhir yat 
karma prarabhate narah 
nyayyam va viparitam va 
pancaite tasya hetavah

SYNONYMS

sarira--body; vak--speech; manobhih--by the mind; yat--anything;karma--work; prarabhate--begins; narah--a person; nyayyam--right;va--or; viparitam--the opposite; va--or; panca--five; ete--all these;tasya--its; hetavah--causes.

TRANSLATION

Whatever right or wrong action a man performs by body, mind or speech is caused by these five factors.

PURPORT

The words "right" and "wrong" are very signifi

Lecture on How to create balance in Devotion and Studies by Vishwarup Prabhu on 02 April 2015

(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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To Undestand the Love Srimati Radharani by HH Indradyumna Swami

(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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Lecture on Engage in Bhakti Yoga with Great Force by HH Giriraj Swami on 25 Mar 2015 at Dallas

(Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on The Recipe for Ruining Relationships by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu, Mar 2015

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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TEXT 13-14

pancaitani maha-baho 
karanani nibodha me 
sankhye krtante proktani 
siddhaye sarva-karmanam

adhisthanam tatha karta 
karanam ca prthag-vidham 
vividhas ca prthak cesta 
daivam caivatra pancamam

SYNONYMS

panca--five; etani--all these; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one;karanani--cause; nibodha--just understand; me--from Me; sankhye--in the Vedas; krta-ante--after performance; proktani--said; siddhaye--perfection; sarva--all; karmanam--actuated. adhisthanam--place;tatha--also; karta--worker; karanam

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