In a gesture expressing unity of purpose for the service of ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, His Grace Praghosa Das, the newly appointed Chairman of the GBC, has announced in Mayapur that 2015, the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the Western world, is the Year of the TOVP.
“Having just accepted this wonderful service as the GBC Chairman, I’d like to start my term by announcing this as the Year of the TOVP. Fortunately, since 2010
The fifth day of the Annual General Meeting of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission focused on celebrating the 50th anniversary of ISKCON’s incorporation in 2016.
Pancaratna Dasa, a member of the 50th Anniversary International Steering Committee, presented an elaborate report on the progress made so far along with the list of events being planned. As this year also marks the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s departure to the West, devotees in Kolkata and Mayapur have been working on organi
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yajante sattvika devan
yaksa-raksamsi rajasah
pretan bhuta-ganams canye
yajante tamasa janah
SYNONYMS
yajante--worship; sattvikah--those who are in the mode of goodness; devan--demigods; yaksa-raksamsi rajasah--those who are in the mode of passion worship demons; pretan--dead spirits; bhuta-ganan--ghosts; ca anye--and others; yajante--worship; tamasah--in the mode of ignorance; janah--people.
TRANSLATION
Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the
So actually, either in this material world or in the spiritual world, all planets, Vaikuntha planets or kuntha planets... Here in this material world, kuntha planets. Kuntha means anxiety. Here, in any planet you go, the anxiety will be there. This is material. Sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat. Why anxiety? Because we have accepted something asat, which will not stay. But we are eternal, we want to stay. Our natural position is eternity. So we don't want this temporary body. Therefore we try t
Godrumadvipa (Process: kirtanam)
“Millions and Millions of Cintamani jewel may meet together in some other place. Lord Hari may personally appear in some other place before everyone’s eyes. Still, my body darkened with Godruma’s dust will never go to anywhere else.”
ROUTE: Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir to Harihara-ksetra
Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Day 1 Godrumadvipa (Process: Kirtanam)
HOLY PLACES VISITED on DAY 1
Easter Trip to Hare Krishna Castle in Radhadesh, Belgium
Have you ever lived in a castle? Which is also a temple and home of wonderful Deities and devotees! Radhadesh is truly amazing, surrounded by beautiful mountains and valleys ! Check out the website: www.radhadesh.com and discover for yourself the setting and open the attachment for the proposed itinerary.
This all inclusive trip is only £250/person and children up to 12’s years old are £200/child only !
Delicious food, excellent accommod
HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami awarded the order of sannyasa today Feb 21st 2015 to two Iskcon devotees, Dhirashanta dasa who is from England standing to the left of HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami and Ananda Chaitanya dasa who is from Lithuania standing to the right of HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami, in Sri Dham Mayapur.
Lecture - New York, April 27, 1966
So here it is said, rasa-varjam raso 'py asya param drstva nivartate [Bg. 9.59]. One who is forcibly refrained from material enjoyment, oh, that sort of forcibly material enjoyment cannot last. There are many examples. There was a great muni, great sage, whose name was Visvamitra Muni. He was formerly a very powerful king. Now, in his later life he gave up everything and he wanted to be a transcendentalist and great meditator in the yoga principle of life. He
Hare Krishna.
21st Feb, 2015, Gurgaon
A few days back I heard the below verse from Sri Brahma Samhita and a brief commentary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj. The sweet description of Krishna’s flutes somehow inspired me to search more on it and write this blog for the pleasure of devotees. As I searched for the matter I became intoxicated with Krishna’s flute, I never knew such sweet pastimes happened because of it. Srila Prabhupada writes in Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 26, that “As far as Kr
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aviveka-kṛtaḥ puṁso hy artha-bheda ivātmani guṇa-doṣa-vikalpaś ca bhid eva srajivat kṛtaḥ
TRANSLATION
As one mistakenly considers a flower garland to be a snake or experiences happiness and distress in a dream, so, in the material world, by a lack of careful consideration, we differentiate between happiness and distress, considering one good and the other bad.
PURPORT
The happiness and distress of the material world of duality are both mistaken ideas. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ant
HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Hare Krishna. When Srila Prabhupada went to the West, Krishna actually created the perfect arrangement for Srila Prabhupada. The United States of America, at that time, was in a perfect situation to receive Srila Prabhupada. If we look at the history of America, then we can see that soon after the second world war, America reached the height of it's material prosperity. At the same time, the youth of America became disillusioned. They saw that money cannot buy everything.
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 17, 2015 Speaker: HH Sacinandana Swami
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namany anantasya hata-trapah pathan
guhyani bhadrani krtani ca smaran
gam paryatams tusta-mana gata-sprhah
kalam pratiksan vimado vimatsarah
TRANSLATION
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I travel
श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु दक्षिणी भारत की यात्रा कर रहे थे| एक दिन वे श्री रंगनाथ मंदिर पहुँच गए| उन्होंने वहा पर देखा की एक साधारणसा ब्राम्हण श्रीमद्भागवद्गीता पढने में तल्लीन था| उसके नेत्र अश्रुओंसे से भर चुके थे| ब्राम्हण के इस गीतापठन को देख श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु आनंद से भाव विभोर हो गए| वहा उपस्थित कुछ ब्राम्हण इस ब्राम्हण को देख कर हँस रहे थे| उन्होंने कहा की यह ब्राम्हण पढना लिखना नहीं
जानता तो ये गीता पढना असंभव है|
श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु जी ने कहा की जगत में कोई भी ईश्वर की दिव्य वाणी ,उपदेश ग्
But no. Duty is duty. After all, everyone will die; nobody will exist. So nobody should be afraid of death. This is Vedic civilization. Death is inevitable. "As sure as death." Who can avoid death? So being afraid of death, we should not deviate from our duties, real duty. That is Vedic civilization.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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sattvanurupa sarvasya
sraddha bhavati bharata
sraddha-mayo 'yam puruso
yo yac-chraddhah sa eva sah
SYNONYMS
sattva-anurupa--according to the existence; sarvasya--of everyone; sraddha--faith; bhavati--becomes; bharata--O son of Bharata; sraddha--faith; mayah--full; ayam--this; purusah--living entity; yah--anyone; yat--that; sraddhah--faith; sah--that; eva--certainly; sah--he.
TRANSLATION
According to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The
Can you foretell death? Why did Srila Prabhupada not travel on Thursday afternoons? Why do sometimes our endeavors go futile? How come Srila Prabhupada predicted rain? Why are we considered to be under the grip of maya if we fail to recognize the signs and indications? What are the 64 traditional arts? Are these arts connected to Krishna consciousness? These are some very intriguing subject matters that are very intimately connected to Krishna consciousness, yet not easily revealed!
The first in
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sri-bhagavan uvaca
tri-vidha bhavati sraddha
dehinam sa svabhava-ja
sattviki rajasi caiva
tamasi ceti tam srnu
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;tri-vidha--three kinds; bhavati--become; sraddha--faith; dehinam--of the embodied; sa--that; sva-bhava-ja--according to his mode of material nature; sattviki--mode of goodness; rajasi--mode of passion;ca--also; eva--certainly; tamasi--mode of ignorance; ca--and; iti--thus; tam--that; srnu--hear from Me.
TRANSLATION
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So these six principles are there. Just like we are minute part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Fragment, very small fragment. So every one of us have got some money according to our capacity. Every one of us has got some strength or some reputation or some beauty or some knowledge. Comparatively it may be that your position may be greater than me or other's position may be greater than you, that not all of us on the same level. There are comparative positions. So bhagavan means you go on search
"It is to be concluded that while conceiving a child one's mind must be very sober and devotional. For this purpose the Garbhadhana-samskara is recommended in the Vedic scriptures. If the mind of the father is not sober, the semen discharged will not be very good. Thus the living entity, wrapped in the matter produced from the father and mother, will be demoniac like Hiraṇya̅kśa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. The conditions of conception are to be carefully studied. This is a very great science."
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On coming Sunday, the 22nd of Feb we will conduct a very special program in connection with the Institute for Spiritual Culture.
It will begin in the afternoon, at 4:45 pm in the open area of the Goshala in Mayapur.
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US IN
CELEBRATING THE GLORIES OF OUR MOTHERS!
As we know, out of our seven mothers five of them are human:
- the physical mother
- the wife of a brahmana
- the wife of Guru (including Siksa Guru)
- the wife of a king
- the nurse
And within spiritual culture the
