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Chaturmasya is the starting on 13 July this year. The CHATURMASYA VRATA is for FOUR MONTHS. The dates to be followed for these months, with some details regarding the importance of these months are as below.
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
भगवान कृष्ण के विभिन्न अवतार
श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु ने श्रील सनातन गोस्वामी को शिक्षा देते समय भगवान कृष्ण के अवतारों का वर्णन किया (मध्य लीला अध्याय 20) | भगवान का वह रूप, जो सृष्टि करने के हेतु भौतिक जगत में अवतरित होता है, अवतार कहलाता है (मध्य लीला 20.263) | कृष्ण के अवतार असंख्य हैं और उनकी गणना कर पाना संभव नही है | जिस प्रकार विशाल जलाशयों से लाखों छोटे झरने निकलते हैं, उसी तरह से समस्
TEXT 20
dyav a-prthivyor idam antaram hi
vyaptam tvayaikena disas ca sarvah
drstvadbhutam rupam ugram tavedam
loka-trayam pravyathitam mahatman
SYNONYMS
dyau--in outer space; a-prthivyoh--of the earth; idam--this; antaram--in between; hi--certainly; vyaptam--pervaded; tvaya--by You; ekena--by one; disah--directions; ca--and; sarvah--all; drstva--by seeing; adbhutam--wonderful; rupam--form; ugram--terrible; tava--Your; idam--this; loka--planetary system; trayam--three; pravyathitam--perturbed; maha
Prabhupada: That is yajna. To work for Krsna means yajna. Yajnarthe karma: "For yajna, performing yajna, one has to work." To work for Krsna means yajna. That is performance of yajna. [break] ...Communistic idea is borrowing this idea from... But because they are imperfect, they have made center, state. And because it is imperfect, it is not successful. They have made center the state. [break] Tamo-guna means laziness and sleep. The sudras, they are in laziness and sleep. So if they have got som
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TEXT 19
anadi-madhyantam ananta-viryam
ananta-bahum sasi-surya-netram
pasyami tvam dipta-hutasa-vaktram
sva-tejasa visvam idam tapantam
SYNONYMS
anadi--without beginning; madhya--without middle; antam--without end; ananta--unlimited; viryam--glorious; ananta--unlimited; bahum--arms; sasi--moon; surya--sun; netram--eyes; pasyami--I see; tvam--You; dipta--blazing; hutasa-vaktram--fire coming out of Your mouth; sva-tejasa--by Your; visvam--this universe; idam--this; tapantam--heating.
TRANSLATION
You
The Lord is always worthy to be the master of the surrendered soul, for He is the ocean of mercy. Srimad Bhagavatam 4.8.46, Srila Prabhupada
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on A Chapati Buttered on Both Sides by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 30 May 2014 at Dallas
(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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Hare Krishna.
9th July, 2014, Gurgaon.
Last week, as usual I got up in the morning and walked towards the kitchen to drink some water. Just after five steps, and in a micro second, my legs were up in the air as I slipped badly and then fell flat on my left elbow. It took me some time to realise that the living room floor had water on it. As I nursed my bruised elbow I realised that whole living room floor had a thin layer of water on it. Because of the shine of the floor I could not see water on i
Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Class (02.41) by HG Suresvar Prabhu on 06 July 2014 at ISKCON Alachua
(His Grace Suresvar Prabhu joined Srila Prabhupada's movement in 1970, serving as a preacher and book distributor across the U.S. He is currently teaching with MIHET in Sridham Mayapur. He is a contributor to Back to Godhead Magazine. )
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Lecture on Whether accepting Government Grants is a good thing by Sivarama Swami on 07 July 2014 at Debrecen
(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 Need of the bonafide Spiritual Master by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 17 Nov 2012 at ISKCON Orlando
(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 18
tvam aksaram paramam veditavyam
tvam asya visvasya param nidhanam
tvam avyayah sasvata-dharma-gopta
sanatanas tvam puruso mato me
SYNONYMS
tvam--You; aksaram--inexhaustible; paramam--supreme; veditavyam--to be understood; tvam--You; asya--of this; visvasya--of the universe; param--supreme; nidhanam--basis; tvam--You are; avyayah--inexhaustible; sasvata-dharma-gopta--maintainer of the eternal religion; sanatanah--eternal; tvam--You; purusah--Supreme Personality; matah me--is my opinion.
TRA
Association is very important. It acts just like a crystal stone, which will reflect anything which is put before it. Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 12, Srila Prabhupada
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Jagannath Rath Yatra by His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami on 29 June 2014 at Punjabi Bagh
(His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Swami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in October 1968, about two months before HH Jayapataka Swami, awarding him the name “Makhanlal das”.)
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Lecture on Brahminical Culture Prasadam and Getting Krishna's Mercy by HH Sivarama Swami on 02 July 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. )
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Lecture on The Beginning of Spiritual Life by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 28 May 2014 at Dallas
(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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ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor June 2014 - Download PDF (1.39 MB)
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Lecture on The Role of Madhavendra Puri and Devs in Gaura Lila by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 24 Mar 2013
(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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