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TEXT 15

yasman nodvijate loko
lokan nodvijate ca yah
harsamarsa-bhayodvegair
mukto yah sa ca me priyah

SYNONYMS

yasmat--from whom; na--never; udvijate--agitates; lokah--persons; lokat--persons; na--never; udvijate--disturbed; ca--also; yah--anyone; harsa--happiness; amarsa--distress; bhaya--fear; udvegaih--with anxiety; muktah--freed; yah--who; sah--anyone; ca--also; me--Mine; priyah--very dear.

TRANSLATION

He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady

TEXT 13-14

advesta sarva-bhutanam
maitrah karuna eva ca
nirmamo nirahankarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami

santustah satatam yogi
yatatma drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

SYNONYMS

advesta--nonenvious; sarva-bhutanam--for all living entities; maitrah--friendly; karunah--kindly; eva--certainly; ca--also; nirmamah--with no sense of proprietorship; nirahankarah--without false ego; sama--equally; duhkha--distress; sukhah--happiness; ksami--forgiving; santustah--satisfied; s

 Prabhupada: Because he carries the message of Krsna. Krsna is friend, and he is carrying the friendly message. Therefore he is friend. If there is a nice friend and if somebody gives information of that nice friend, he is also friend. Therefore nobody can become friend except Krsna's representative. 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Lust to Love God by Dravida Prabhu on 14 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(Dravida 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.)

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Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Melbourne on 11 Aug 2014
at Nove Sady

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Lecture on From Horrible Lust to Astonishing Radha by Madhavananda Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014 

(Madhavananda Das, joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj to edit his lectures into publications.)

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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Arrival in the USA  by HG Nirantara Prabhu

(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. Pursuing the path of "sex, drugs and rock n roll", he tried to become famous and successful as a singer. But by 1972 the r

TEXT 12

sreyo hi jnanam abhyasaj
jnanad dhyanam visisyate
dhyanat karma-phala-tyagas
tyagac chantir anantaram

SYNONYMS

sreyah--better; hi--certainly; jnanam--knowledge; abhyasat--by practice; jnanat--better than knowledge; dhyanam--meditation; visisyate--especially considered; dhyanat--from meditation; karma-phala-tyagah--renunciation of the results of fruitive action; tyagat--by such renunciation; santih--peace; anantaram--thereafter.

TRANSLATION

If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yo

When Krishna came to planet earth, Shiva goes to Gokul for a glimpse of child Krishna (just like he went to Ayodhya when Ramji took incarnation).

Once Shiva wished also see the manifestation Shri Krishna in the form of small child. Lord Shiva arrived in Gokul and reached at

ISKCON opposes a birth-based caste system. Caste system is divided according to work (religious,farming,business) but not on the RELIGIOUS rights.

let's take a wonderful example to understand caste system :

The current Indian system is something like accepting the sons of supreme court judges as supreme court judges… It’s nonsense. They have to be qualified, they have to attend the university and pass the course, then they have to work under a qualified judge and get the practical experience, then

Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obeisencess.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

WELCOME
TO
Sri Ksetra Puri Parikrama
8th to 11th November 2014
A Four-day Spiritual Tour
ISKCON
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

We are happy to invite devotees from around the world to perform the most auspicious Sri Ksetra Parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 11th November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 21 Km. This pa

Dear Devotees
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

40 years ago the ISKCON Edinburgh centre closed and everyone involved, including Srila Prabhupada, was extremely disappointed. Since then we have not had a preaching centre in Edinburgh and even in forming a Vaishnava community we faced many difficulties, but recently Krishna consciousness has started to flourish here.

A few years ago devotees started to appear in Edinburgh. Some joined us from abroad and some

Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

An updated edition of “Searching For Vedic India” by Devamrita Swami is now available as an ebook in all flavors at bbtmedia.com.

The sages of India's lost past delighted in knowledge of the nonmaterial. But they testified that they also knew how to produce material benefits without industry. Dare we consider that the subcontinent of India, thousands of years ago, was the center of the greatest spiritual wis

Hare Krsna to all! Pranam, This is something very close to my heart and i would like to share with you all. It may hurt sentiments of soft hearted devotees, but then being a seeker we all must know what all is going around us, specially to our mothers in our society and even holy dhams, like shree vrindavan dham. Please devotees read and share your comments. Its not my own blog but I adhere to it strongly. I am a social worker by profession and few other devotees have approached me to work for t

TEXT 11

athaitad apy asakto 'si
kartum mad-yogam asritah
sarva-karma-phala-tyagam
tatah kuru yatatmavan

SYNONYMS

atha--even though; etat--this; api--also; asaktah--unable; asi--you are; kartum--to perform; mat--unto Me; yogam--devotional service; asritah--refuge; sarva-karma--all activities; phala--result; tyagam--renunciation; tatah--therefore; kuru--do; yata-atma-van--self-situated.

TRANSLATION

If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness, then try to act giving up all results of you

Lecture on Sunday Program Watering the Root Satisfies Whole Tree by Danavir Goswami

(Danavir Goswami (Dr. Dane Holtzman) was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied sociology and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).)

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Lecture on Womens of the Society  by Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 03 Jan 2010 at ISKCON Alachua
(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)

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Lecture on Krishna Consciousness Movement is to teach where our Shelter is by HH Bhurijana Prabhu on 18th Dec 2005 at Israel

(HG Bhurijana Prabhu first meet Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center.)

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Lecture on The Yajna for this Modern Age Sankirtan by HG Badahari Prabhu on 02nd July 2011 at Chicago

(Bada Haridas Prabhu Known for his inspiring and soulful chants, he has studied and performed Indian devotional music, including Indian classical music and raga since 1975. Bada Haridas artistically blends his many influences to create unique music in celebration of the divine. )

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TEXT 10

abhyase 'py asamartho 'si
mat-karma-paramo bhava
mad-artham api karmani
kurvan siddhim avapsyasi

SYNONYMS

abhyase--in practice of; api--even; asamarthah--unable; asi--you are; mat-karma--My work; paramah--supreme; bhava--you become; mat-artham--for My sake; api--even though; karmani--work; kurvan--performing; siddhim--perfection; avapsyasi--achieve.

TRANSLATION

If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the