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Lecture on Dhruva Charitra by HG Nitaisevini Mataji on 26 Jan 2014 at ISKCON Vizag

Nitaisevini Devi Dasi was born in Mumbai in a Gujarati Business family, conventional followers of the Pushtimarg. Later she with her family shifted to Hyderabad in 1984, since then she was closely connected to ISKCON Secunderbad. Inspired by Visits of many senior devotees, she later joined as a Full time devotee in 1997 and took initiation in the year 1998 in Atlanta,USA from H.H.Jayapataka Swami.

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Lecture on The Difference between Mechanical Religion and Bhakti by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 22 May 2014 at Durban

(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 Does Guru looks for Disciple or Disciple looks for Guru by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 22 Aug 2013 at ISKCON Pune

(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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Dear Devotees
Please accept my humble obeisances
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada

We are immensely happy to invite you for the Grand Inauguration of Srila Prabhupada's "Dream-Come-True Palace" of Sri Sri Radha Madhava Temple, ISKCON Kanpur. Srila Prabhupada said " We should certainly have a centre in Kanpur." (Letter to Aksayananda, 29th January ,1976). To fulfill his desire we started the construction in Oct 2011. We are celebrating the Pran Pratishtha for Sri Sri Radha Madhavaji Lalita-Vishak

Lecture on Reading and Commentary by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 09 June 2014 at 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.)

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Lecture on How we Come to Krishna Consciousness by HH Niranjana Swami on 15 July 2014 at Kishinev

(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)

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Lecture on Lord Chaitanya is the Ultimate Goal of Life by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami at ISKCON 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 Benefits of Chanting Holy Name by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 10 Feb 2014 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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TEXT 25

damstra-karalani ca te mukhani
drstvaiva kalanala-sannibhani
diso na jane na labhe ca sarma
prasida devesa jagan-nivasa

SYNONYMS

damstra--teeth; karalani--like that; ca--also; te--Your; mukhani--faces; drstva--seeing; eva--thus; kala-anala--the fire of death; sannibhani--as if blazing; disah--directions; na jane--do not know; na labhe--nor obtain; ca sarma--and grace; prasida--be pleased; deva-isa--O Lord of all lords; jagat-nivasa--refuge of the worlds.

TRANSLATION

O Lord of lords, O refug

Lecture on Esoteric Significance of Jagannath Puri Dham by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 22 May 2014 on Durban

(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 Are we responsible for reactions coming to us or the three modes by HH Bhakti Charu Swami

(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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Lecture on Disappearance Day of Bhaktivinoda Thakura by Dravida Prabhu on 26 June 2014 at Los Angeles

(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 Exchanges With the Honeybee by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 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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English Kamika Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor
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Prabhupada: You cannot do anything. Unless you turn the mass of people Krsna conscious, what you will do there? Suppose one man is elected. All demons. What he will do there? Therefore the first thing is that turn the people Krsna conscious, and when they will vote, that is shortened (certain?) Otherwise, it is waste of time. (end)

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Hare Krishna,

Nama abhasa, Suddha Nama and Nama Aparadha

Generally some devotees may initially feel that by chanting the Maha Mantra bliss/happiness is hard to come by or they may feel it to be mechanical. As a service to them and the gurus, I shall put forward some technicality that I heard from a renowned sannyasi and some other senior Vaishnavas. Please bear with me for any misinterpretations for I'm very bad at mind control.

Chanting the name of the Lord Sri Krsna is the only way of deliverance

TEXT 24

nabhah-sprsam diptam aneka-varnam
vyattananam dipta-visala-netram
drstva hi tvam pravyathitantar-atma
dhrtim na vindami samam ca visno

SYNONYMS

nabhah-sprsam--touching the sky; diptam--glowing; aneka--many; varnam--color; vyatta--open; ananam--mouth; dipta--glowing; visala--very great; netram--eyes; drstva--by seeing; hi--certainly; tvam--You; pravyathita--perturbed; antah--within; atma--soul; dhrtim--steadiness; na--no; vindami--and have; samam--mental tranquility; ca--also; visno--O Lord

Prabhupada: Therefore it is recommended that you live with devotees. But if you cannot agree with the devotees, you have got your own opinion, then you cannot make a new opinion so far the process is concerned. That must be followed. This is not good idea, that "Whatever I do, it is my independence, and I will chant." So that is good in sense that some day he will come to senses. Otherwise, for the time being, the chant is not very powerful. The fire in wet wood is not powerful. It will create s