Lecture on Sri Krishna Janmastami Evening by HH Giriraj Swami at Los Angeles on 17 Aug 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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Lecture on Krishnas Childhood Pastimes by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 28 Jan 2008 at ISKCON Ujjain
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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(ecstatic kīrtana, prema-dhvanī )
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Madhudviṣa: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta will now deliver a brief message in regarding the Ratha-yātrā festival, following which the members of the press will present their questions to His Divine Grace.
Prabhupāda: My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for your kindly receiving me to serve you. This Ratha-yātrā festival is part of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu said to Kazi : ‘In this Age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyāsa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man’s begetting children in his brother’s wife.’
“Since you Muslims cannot bring killed cows back to life, you are responsible for killing them. Therefore you are going to hell; there is no way for your deliverance. “Cow-killers are conde
TEXT 49
ma te vyatha ma ca vimudha-bhavo
drstva rupam ghoram idrn mamedam
vyapeta-bhih prita-manah punas tvam
tad eva me rupam idam prapasya
SYNONYMS
ma--let it not be; te--unto you; vyatha--trouble; ma--let it not be; ca--also; vimudha-bhavah--bewilderment; drstva--by seeing; rupam--form; ghoram--horrible; idrk--like this; mama--My; idam--as it is; vyapeta-bhih--just become free from all fear; prita-manah--be pleased in mind; punah--again; tvam--you; tat--that; eva--thus; me--My; rupam--form; ida
Kaya, Maya, Naamjapa, Bhakti Mukti - Chant and be happy
- Veerendra Ekbote
All the conditioned fallen souls or Jivatmas have taken birth in this material world in a particular Kaya
As we are ignorant about the presence of Parmatma in us due to being conditioned by Maya
What keeps the Spirit Soul ignorant from the path of Self-realization in the material world and of performing Bhakti to the Supreme Lord Hari
It is the Spirit Soul’s forgetf
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
भगवान ने सर्वप्रथम ब्रह्मा जी को श्रीमद् भागवतम का सार; भगवान से हमारा सम्बन्ध, उस सम्बन्ध में हमारे कार्य तथा जीवन का लक्ष्य, इन 4 श्लोक में (चतु:श्लोकी) प्रदान किया |
भगवान कहते हैं: हे ब्रह्मा! वह मैं ही हूँ जो श्रृष्टि के पूर्व विद्धमान था, जब मेरे अतिरिक्त कुछ भी नहीं था तब इस श्रृष्टि की कारण स्वरूपा भौतिक प्रकृति भी नहीं थी | जिसे तुम अब देख रहे हो वह भी मैं ही हूँ, और प्रलय के बाद
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
अल्प बुद्धि तथा कम आयु वाले आलसी मनुष्य रात को सोने में तथा दिन को व्यर्थ के कार्यो में बिता देते हैं (SB.1.16.9) | जो लोग भौतिकतावादी जीवन के प्रति आसक्त होते हैं और आध्यात्मिक जीवन के प्रति अन्धे बने रहते हैं, अपने कर्मों की क्रिया-प्रतिक्रिया के फलस्वरूप जन्म-मृत्यु के चक्र में बंध जाते हैं (CC.अन्त्य लीला 6.199) | मनुष्य कभी भी कर्म का त्याग नहीं कर सकता क्योकि शरीर निर्वाह के लिए कर्म
TEXT 48
na veda-yajnadhyayanair na danair
na ca kriyabhir na tapobhir ugraih
evam-rupah sakya aham nr-loke
drastum tvad anyena kuru-pravira
SYNONYMS
na--never; veda--Vedic study; yajna--sacrifice; adhyayanaih--study; na danaih--by charity; na--never; ca--also; kriyabhih--by pious activities; na tapobhih--by serious penances; ugraih--severe; evam--thus; rupah--form; sakyah--can be seen; aham--I; nr-loke--in this material world; drastum--to see; tvat--you; anyena--by another; kuru-pravira--O best am
Once Krishna was happily playing in his home. Just then, he heard at a distance, a fruit seller’s voice. She was trying to sell her fruits. She called, “Juicy fruits, buy juicy fruits.” Little Krishna’s mouth started watering at the thought of those nice juicy fruits. He looked around in the house to see what he could find in exchange. He had seen His parents bartering grains for other goods. He grabbed a handful of grains from the house and ran towards the fruit seller. His tiny hands could ho
After tying Krishna With Mortar (Ukhal) Yashoda set about doing some household job. Krishna sat down on his knees and caused the mortar to tumble down so that it could roll when drawn. Now he began to crawl on his knees towards the twin trees standing in front of the house.The twin trees were, in fact, the two sons of Kubera--the god of wealth. Their names were Nalkuber and Manigreev. It was because of a curse that they had been turned to trees. The story goes that once these two brothers, after
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
श्रीमद् भागवतम में शुकदेव गोस्वामी कहते हैं: “सत्ययुग में बिष्णु का ध्यान करने से, त्रेता युग में यज्ञ करने से तथा द्वापर युग में भगवान के चरणकमलों की सेवा करने से जो फल प्राप्त होता है, वही कलियुग में हरे कृष्ण महामंत्र के कीर्तन द्वारा ही प्राप्त किया जा सकता है” (SB.12.3.52) | कलियुग में यज्ञ करना संभव नही है इसीलिए शास्त्रों में कहा गया है “कलियुग में बुद्धिमान लोग भगवान के पवित्र नाम
TEXT 47
sri-bhagavan uvaca
maya prasannena tavarjunedam
rupam param darsitam atma-yogat
tejo-mayam visvam anantam adyam
yan me tvad anyena na drsta-purvam
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; maya--by Me; prasannena--happily; tava--unto you; arjuna--O Arjuna; idam--this; rupam--form; param--transcendental; darsitam--shown; atma-yogat--by My internal potency; tejah-mayam--full of effulgence; visvam--the entire universe; anantam--unlimited; adyam--original; yat me--t
Prabhupada: No. Yes, it is not possible. But you can do everything by becoming Krsna conscious. That is the advantage of Krsna consciousness. Krsna says, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami [Bg. 18.66]. You cannot get out of sinful action, but Krsna can do it. Therefore He says, "I'll get you released." You cannot get released; therefore He says, "I'll do that."
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
ज्ञान का अर्थ है श्री कृष्ण को जानना | गीता (15.15) में श्रीकृष्ण का वचन है- “वेदों का वास्तविक प्रयोजन मुझे जान लेना है” | ज्ञान का अर्थ आत्मा, भौतिक पदार्थ व इनके नियामक तथा उनके अंतर को जान लेना है | शरीर भौतिक पदार्थ है, यह स्थूल शरीर (जल, पृथ्वी, अग्नि, आकाश व वायु) तथा सूक्ष्म शरीर ( मन, बुद्धि व् अहंकार) से मिल कर बना हें | और शाश्वत आत्मा (आध्यात्मिक शरीर), श्रीकृष्ण का नित्य अ
TEXT 46
kiritinam gadinam cakra-hastam
icchami tvam drastum aham tathaiva
tenaiva rupena catur-bhujena
sahasra-baho bhava visva-murte
SYNONYMS
kiritinam--with helmet; gadinam--with club; cakra-hastam--disc in hand; icchami--I wish; tvam--You; drastum--to see; aham--I; tatha eva--in that position; tena eva--by that; rupena--with form; catuh-bhujena--four-handed; sahasra-baho--O thousand-handed one; bhava--just become; visva-murte--O universal form.
TRANSLATION
O universal Lord, I wish to see You in
The process of taking shelter is described in the Vaiṣṇava-tantra—
ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlya-vivarjanam
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā
ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ
Translation: Accepting that which is favorable, rejecting the unfavorable, believing that Krishna will save me, accepting Krishna as one’s maintainer, self-surrender and humility are the six types of sharanagati.
Bhaktivinode Thakur—
bhakti anukūla jāhā tāhāi svīkāra
bhakti pratikūla saba kari parihāra
