Hare Krishna

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Shrila Prabhupada.

Every person is engaged in several activities throughout the day and mobile has become an unavoidable part of his life. In such a situation, how glorious it could get, if our mobile devices would deliver us the messages of the Supreme Personality of Godhead – Lord Sri Krishna!

In an attempt to turn this thought into reality, we designed and developed an Android and an iPhone/iPad application called as “Krishna Drive”

TEXT 15

sarvendriya-gunabhasam
sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktam sarva-bhrc caiva
nirgunam guna-bhoktr ca

SYNONYMS

sarva--all; indriya--senses; guna--qualities; abhasam--original source; sarva--all; indriya--senses; vivarjitam--being without; asaktam--without attachment; sarva-bhrt--maintainer of everyone; ca--also; eva--certainly; nirgunam--without material qualities; guna-bhoktr--simultaneously master of the gunas; ca--also.

TRANSLATION

The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is w

The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself. Sri Namamrita – The Nectar of the Holy Name, Srila Prabhupada.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Karttika: Lord Krishna’s Favorite Month [10/8-11/6/2014]
(Back To Godhead Nov/Dec2012)

After going through the intense summer and a humid monsoon, we in India perceive sharat, or autumn, as one of the most beautiful seasons of the year. According to the Vedic calendar, sharat falls during the months of Ashvin and Karttika, of which Karttika carries special significance because it is favored by Lord Krishna.

Everyone loves certain foods, drinks, clothes, and music, and Lord Krishna is no exception.

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-04 Chapter-22 Text-20 Cleansing the Soul through the Association of Pure Devotees by HH Romapada Swami on 26 March 2014 at St Louis

(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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Sunday Feast Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 46 by HG Tamohara Prabhu on 28 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(Tamohara Dasa will take up the role of the new executive director after the GBC annual general meetings in Mayapur February 2012. With his appointment the GBC will have made a significant step forward in completing its executive strategies for strengthening ISKCON’s leadership.)

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Lecture on Appreciating Different Definitions of Success in Devotional Service by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Oct 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 (Governing Body Commissioner). He is the associate-editor of I

TEXT 14

sarvatah pani-padam tat
sarvato 'ksi-siro-mukham
sarvatah srutimal loke
sarvam avrtya tisthati

SYNONYMS

sarvatah--everywhere; pani--hands; padam--legs; tat--that; sarvatah--everywhere; aksi--eyes; sirah--head; mukham--face; sarvatah--everywhere; sruti-mat--hearing; loke--in the world; sarvam--everything; avrtya--covering; tisthati--exists.

TRANSLATION

Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Supersoul exists.

PURPORT

As the sun exists di

Everything is complete — God’s creation, God’s beauty and God’s bodily features. All these are so complete that all one’s desires can become fully satisfied when one sees the beauty of the Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.45-46, Srila Prabhupada

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Discipline is the Dividing Line by HG Charu Prabhu

(His Grace Charucandra Prabhu is a disciple of H.H Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj. He is a Biomedical Scientist by profession and is based out of Washington, DC, USA. By the order of his Guru Maharaja, he has been conducting such courses (both online and in class) based on Srila Prabhupada's books on Vedic scriptures for more than 12 years now.)

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Shocking Experience’ – How I was electrocuted right in front of Srila Prabhupada

(Vrindavan India June 1977)

I got electrocuted right in front of Srila Prabhupada. I had been gathering his recording paraphernalia to take it downstairs and I noticed an extension cord that was rolled up and hanging on a hook on the wall. Some of the
visiting devotees wanted to help so they rolled it up and hung it there still plugged in. Thinking it must be unplugged snd ready to go, I grabbed it as I walked by.

Thirty-eight years ago, on 30 August 1976, for the first time  I met Shrila Prabhupada in a personal darshanai it was a turning point of my life, a wonderful inner journey! I was in an ashram in Rishikesh, at the foot of the Himalayas, studying the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In Italy I had been a successful designer, the manager of six companies. Upon returning from the trip I was supposed to get married, but at the time, in that place, I was seriously thinking of leaving everything and settle i

Dandvat Pranaam to all Vaishnavas,

We were on a 6 days blisfull trip to Sridham Vrindavan and brought a Laddu Gopal. So I would request the Senior Devotees to help me in my following queries:

1. Auspicious Date & Time for Praan Pratishtha in this month or coming month

2. Procedure / Process of Praan Pratishtha  in Detail

3. Daily routine Seva to follow (Wakeup Time, Bhoga, Clothes, Aarti, Sleeping Time, etc)

4. Any other Do's & Don'ts to be taken care of.

Can send links if the same is already answered

TEXT 13

jneyam yat tat pravaksyami
yaj jnatvamrtam asnute
anadi mat-param brahma
na sat tan nasad ucyate

SYNONYMS

jneyam--knowable; yat--that; tat--which; pravaksyami--I shall now explain; yat--which; jnatva--knowing; amrtam--nectar; asnute--taste; anadi--beginningless; mat-param--subordinate to Me; brahma--spirit; na--neither; sat--cause; tat--that; na--nor; asat--effect; ucyate--is called.

TRANSLATION

I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. This is beginningles

Lecture on Kartik Mahatmya 2013by Vishwarup Prabhu

(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 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 03 Text 01 Sunday Feast - Lust to Love God by HG Dravida Prabhu on 14 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(HG Dravid prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years. From 1983 to 1989 he was part of the team that produced the last six 1,000-page volumes of the magnum opus of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: a commentated English transl

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 06 Their Great Warriors counter balance our greater strength by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(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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