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Lecture on Kartik Mahatmya by Vishwarup Prabhu on 08 Oct 2013

(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 Lord Krishna Is Dealings by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 12 Aug 2014 at Durban

(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the name Raghubir Dasa. )

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita ke Anusar kaise Jivan Bitaye by Shikshashtakam Prabhu

(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship.

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Lecture on Initiation Ceremony by Giriraj Swami on 07 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Silicon Valley

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Lecture on Harer Naam Harer Naam by Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami at Punjbai Baghon 09 Sep 2014

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Lecture on Srila Prabhupadas Sannyasa by Sivarama Swami on 10 Sep 2014 at New Vraja Dham

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973. )

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Lecture on Giving up Upadhis and Crying for God by Madhavananda Prabhu on 01 June 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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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has written a song Boro Krpa Koile Krsna and the Official Name for this song is "Markine Bhagavata-Dharma(at Boston Harbor, September 18, 1965)". This song is taken from the book Gaudiya Patrika. Prabhupada says that we all are so materialistic yet Shri Krishna comes personally to deliver us. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada is praying to Govinda to give His causeless mercy so that he can distribute the Hari Nama to all the materialists. In this way the non devotees w

TEXT 9

atha cittam samadhatum
na saknosi mayi sthiram
abhyasa-yogena tato
mam icchaptum dhananjaya

SYNONYMS

atha--if, therefore; cittam--mind; samadhatum--fixing; na--not; saknosi--able; mayi--upon Me; sthiram--fixed; abhyasa--practice; yogena--by devotional service; tatah--therefore; mam--Me; iccha--desire; aptum--to get; dhanam-jaya--O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION

My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga.

Source: http://krishnaseva.blogspot.in/2014/09/shri-krishna-liberated-demon-shatkasur.html

To celebrate Krishna's turning over in the bed, Yashoda organised festivities and performed ceremonial ablutions. After the function was over, Yashoda was busy attending to the guests. She placed Krishna under a cart outside the house and put him to sleep. This cart was a ghost named Shaktasur. 

Mother Yashoda carried on with zeal honouring the people of Vraja who had gathered there. She did not notice the c

Lecture on Faith is the necessary but not sufficient condition for knowledge 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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Lecture on Importance of Spiritual Outlook in Approaching the Holyname by Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 25 Nov 2013  

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 5 The Nature and Destination of the Soul by HH Giriraj Swami at Berkley on 05 Sept 2014

(In the year following Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was appointed to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and he went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.)

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TEXT 8

mayy eva mana adhatsva
mayi buddhim nivesaya
nivasisyasi mayy eva
ata urdhvam na samsayah

SYNONYMS

mayi--unto Me; eva--certainly; manah--mind; adhatsva--fix; mayi--upon Me; buddhim--intelligence; nivesaya--apply; nivasisyasi--you live; mayi--unto Me; eva--certainly; atah urdhvam--thereafter; na--never; samsayah--doubt.

TRANSLATION

Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.

PURPORT

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Prabhupada: Yes. But everyone can become devotee. There is no harm. It is not that because one is in the lower species, he cannot become a devotee. Everyone can become a devotee. [break] ...yoni, they can also become perfect devotee. [break] This is the power of God. He can deliver anyone without any consideration. Therefore pandita is sama-darsinah, he does not make these divisions. He sees that "He is spirit soul. So let him be delivered." That's all. Panditah sama-darsinah [Bg. 5.18]. Materia

Lecture on Krishna is the only worthy object of Meditation by Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Radhadesh on 01 April 2014
(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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