Lecture on Enthusiasm - An Important Element in Book Distribution by Gopal Krishna Goswami
(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Prabhupada: And as soon as you go under the jurisdiction of Krsna, sarva-dharman paritiyaja mam ekam, then there is no jurisdiction of maya. Just like as soon as the sun rises there is no more darkness, automatically. You do not require to dissipate the darkness. As soon as there is sun, everything is light. (aside to passerby:) Hare Krsna. Jaya! Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam eta taranti te. This is the process. It is simple method. To become under the jurisdiction of maya it requires great labor
TEXT 29
yatha pradiptam jvalanam patanga
visanti nasaya samrddha-vegah
tathaiva nasaya visanti lokas
tavapi vaktrani samrddha-vegah
SYNONYMS
yatha--as; pradiptam--blazing; jvalanam--fire; patangah--moths; visanti--enters; nasaya--destruction; samrddha--full; vegah--speed; tatha eva--similarly; nasaya--for destruction; visanti--entering; lokah--all people; tava--unto You; api--also; vaktrani--in the mouths; samrddha-vegah--with full speed.
TRANSLATION
I see all people rushing with full speed into Yo
Dear devotees!
As many of you already know, the political situation in Ukraine is close to a civil war. After a short period of cease-fire, the government has launched a massive military offensive on the insurgent-controled parts of Eastern Ukraine, using heavy weaponry, aviation, and troops to subdue their resistance. Falling within the conflict-ravaged areas are such major, densely populated cities as Donetsk, Lugansk, Kramatorsk, and Slavyansk, where the civilian population, their residences
Prabhupada: Yes. So the jiva is between these two things. Therefore they are called tatastha, marginal. Sometimes you may be in darkness and sometimes you may be in jyoti. That is your position. So those who are accepting Krsna's word, they are in jyoti. And those who are interpreting Krsna in darkness, they are in darkness. Unless one has accepted Krsna as He is, he is in darkness. Therefore Krsna describing him, mudha, naradhama. That man might have been in the jyoti, but he is losing the chan
Lecture on Useless Love and Compassion by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 June 2014 at Charlotte
(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Lecture on Bhagavan ke Naam aur Bhagavan mai Koi Antar nahi hai by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 04 Oct 2010 at ISKCON Surat
(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.)
To Listen and Download -
Lecture on Smaller than a Period on a page by HH Prahladananda Swami on 04 July 2014
(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Ever heard of the 3-minute round? Ever seen Krishna devotees who chant relatively slow finish their 16 rounds in one and a half hour? I have, and still do, and it never fails to amaze me.
The maha-mantra consists of 16 names, of 2 syllables each:
hare krishna hare krishna
krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare
You will find that with some practice, you can chant this mantra fairly quickly and still maintain an accurate pronunciation. However, to chant 108 of these man
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
षड-भक्ति:
प्रहलाद महाराज ने अपने पिता दैत्य-राज हिरन्यकशिपू के पूछने पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ शिक्षा के रूप में नवधा भक्ति का वर्णन किया था | प्रह्लाद महाराज अपने पिता के भगवान द्वारा मारे जाने पर भगवान नरसिंह की प्रार्थना करते हुए भक्ति की श्रेष्ठता का वर्णन करते हुए कहते हैं: “न तो भौतिक प्रकृति के तीन गुण, न इन तीन गुणों के नियामक अधिष्ठाता देव, न पांच स्थूल तत्व, न देवता, न मनुष्य ही आपको समझ सक
TEXT 28
yatha nadinam bahavo 'mbu-vegah
samudram evabhimukha dravanti
tatha tavami nara-loka-vira
visanti vaktrany abhivijvalanti
SYNONYMS
yatha--as; nadinam--of the rivers; bahavah--many; ambu-vegah--waves of the waters; samudram--ocean; eva--certainly; abhimukhah--towards; dravanti--gliding; tatha--similarly; tava--Your; ami--all those; nara-loka-virah--the kings of human society; visanti--entering; vaktrani--into the mouths; abhivijvalanti--blazing.
TRANSLATION
As the rivers flow into the sea, s
TEXT 26-27
ami ca tvam dhrtarastrasya putrah
sarve sahaivavani-pala-sanghaih
bhismo dronah suta-putras tathasau
sahasmadiyair api yodha-mukhyaih
vaktrani te tvaramana visanti
damstra-karalani bhayanakani
kecid vilagna dasanantaresu
sandrsyante curnitair uttamangaih
SYNONYMS
ami--all those; ca--also; tvam--You; dhrtarastrasya--of Dhrtarastra; putrah--sons; sarve--all; saha eva--along with; avani-pala--warrior kings; sanghaih--the groups; bhismah--Bhismadeva; dronah--Dronacarya; suta-putrah--Karna; t
Prabhupada: To become faithful, surrender. That is. Therefore Krsna says, "You rascal, surrender. You are not faithful; therefore you are condemned. You surrender first. Then next thing." So unless he becomes a surrendered soul, there is no hope. There is no hope. He will never understand.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
ENOUGH reasons to quit smoking – NOW!!
Some might fancy their favorite stars on the big screen, smoking and puffing away those silver rings in the air and find it “oh-so-cool”. But in reality, do you have any idea about the havoc it creates within your body and how it brings you closer to be several life threatening diseases?
Why Quit Smoking
Smoking statistics
Around 90,000 Indians die of tobacco related disease every year
56.6% of cancer in men and 44.8% cancers in women are caused by tobacco
Smok
Pasteurization is a dangerous method of heating our foods with tragic side effects which are largely ignored bu the FDA and downplayed by the dairy industry. To accept these facts would be to surrender after a hundred-year war indiscriminately waged against all bacteria--a hundred-year war that has now turned to attack the immune systems of the public. Here are 9 reasons why pasteurization destroys the nutritional and enzymatic value of milk and why you need to avoid it.
Raw milk contains vast am
1. All kinds of exercise are good for the heart
Among some of the most common myths related to heart care, according to renowned cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth, is that all kinds of exercise is good for the cardiovascular system.
‘A 45-minute brisk walk, or aerobic exercise is good for your heart. But weightlifting and gym exercises are not necessarily good for your cardiovascular health,’ Seth told IANS. (Read: Is running bad for your heart?)
2. Women are less prone to heart ailments
It’s also a miscon
Hare Krishna.
19th July, 2014. Gurgaon.
Q : How do we define an Uttama, madhyama and Kanishtha Adhikari ?
Ans : Sri Chaitanya Mahāprabhu teaches Sri Sanatana Goswami :
CC Madhya 22.64: “A faithful devotee is a truly eligible candidate for the loving service of the Lord. According to one’s faith, one is classified as a topmost devotee, an intermediate devotee or an inferior devotee.
Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport:
The word śraddhāvān (faithful) means understanding Kṛṣṇa to be the summum bonum
Lecture on Bhakti Ka Margdarshan by Subhag Swami
(Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness specific services of translating Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures & Prabhupada’s books. Also Srila Prabhupada ordered him to preach Krishna Consciousness all over the world.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Lecture on Different kinds of Perfected Devotees by Sivarama Swami on 30 June 2014 at Romania
(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.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Lecture on ISKCON's New Theology by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 10 June 2014 at North Carolina
(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
To Listen and Download - click here
