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8th December, 2014. Gurgaon

As the year 2014 comes to I feel inspired to share and thank the devotees who helped me and inspired to take baby steps in Krishna consciousness. I, then, remembered how I had written a blog in Jan 2013 ( click here to read the same) and I thought let me take the same format and list down my own 24 gurus.

Let me recount that Shri Dattatreya had twenty-four teachers from nature as he told King Yadu…. The earth, air/breeze, sky, fire, the sun, pigeon, python,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a celebrity book distributor at Malad stall. For a first few days scores at Malad were not upto the mark. We would sell around 20 books in 3 hours. Last week Rajesh Prabhu though of an idea and he implemented it. He bought A4 size pictures of Naredra Modi receiving BG from HH Navyogendra Swami. He also bought pictures of Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bacchan receiving BG from devotees. While announcing we started showing this pictures in one hand and BG in other ha

TEXT 17

sattvat sanjayate jnanam
rajaso lobha eva ca
pramada-mohau tamaso
bhavato 'jnanam eva ca

SYNONYMS

sattvat--from the mode of goodness; sanjayate--develops; jnanam--knowledge; rajasah--from the mode of passion; lobhah--greed; eva--certainly; ca--also; pramada--madness; mohau--illusion; tamasah--from the mode of ignorance; bhavatah--develops; ajnanam--nonsense; eva--certainly; ca--also.

TRANSLATION

From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; an

So this is the process, how to increase your attachment for Krsna. This bhakti-yoga or Krsna consciousness movement is nothing... We do not say that "You Christian, you are good. I am Hindu, I am bad." Or "You are bad, I am good." We don't say that. We simply say that "It is your right now, this human form of body, how to love God." That's all. "You have loved so long dog. Now you try to love God." That is our propaganda. So we don't criticize anyone. Simply we want to see whether he or she has

Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

भक्त, भगवान् कृष्ण के ह्रदय में उसी तरह रहते हैं जैसे कंजूस के ह्रदय में धन | भक्ति भगवान् से भी बड़ी है क्योंकि यह भगवान् को आकर्षित करती है | भगवान् अपने बड़े से बड़े वर को तुच्छ मानते है, किन्तु अपने भक्त द्वारा की गई तुच्छ सेवा को बहुत बड़ा मानते हैं (SB.10.81.35) | भगवान् कृष्ण की प्रकृति ही है, कृपा करना | वे भक्तों के अपराध को नजरअन्दाज कर देतें हैं, लेकिन उनकी छोटी से सेवा को भी कभी न

You have wonderful stories about book distribution?

Please share it with us and inspire all of us.

As you all know, book distribution is one of the most dear services to Srila Prabhupada.

So many of us got a chance to save ourselves from this material world because of these transcendental books.

Book distribution is a service by which we can help many lost souls find eternal love at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna.

Your stories will inspire us to spread this mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 09 Text 02 Balarama Purnima by HG Pragosh Prabhu on 10 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Slovenia

(Praghosa Dasa, a native of Dublin, Ireland, joined the ISKCON Soho Street temple in London in 1983. A year later he relocated to Dublin and took initiation from Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami. He spent the early part of his devotional career distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 20 Text 30 Srila Prabhupada's special mercy on the fallen souls by HH Indradyumna Swami on 02 Feb 1990 at Sydney

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05 Chapter 26 Text 01 Narak Varnan by HH Lokanath Swami on 07 Oct 2014 at Noida

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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The Launch of the Hare Krishna Express 
by Vikram Patil

A devotee from a remote village finds an innovative way to share Srila Prabhupada’s message with everyone.

It’s widely known that Srila Prabhupada’s books have the potency to transform people’s hearts. Their message is so pure that they can elevate anyone to the highest platform of spiritual perfection. Having witnessed the transformational power of these books in my own life, I was eager to share these amazing pieces of literature with the

The Glory of Madan Mohan: When the Pujari slapped the Deity

by Jagannath Poddar
Vrindavan, 2014.11.23 (VT):

Yesterday, I went to visit the Madan Mohan Temple with my daughter. After having darshan of Radha Madan Mohan, we went to meet Shri Sanatan Kishor Goswami (Panchu ji), the present Mahant of the temple.

We discussed the role of the Archaeological Survey of India in conserving the temples of Vrindavan. Goswamiji was sitting in his office. While discussing various issues related to Vrinda

Lecture on Wills of Gurus by HH Sivarama Swami on 02 Dec 2014 at India

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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Lecture on Nama Aparadha by HG Sankarsan Nitai Prabhu on 07 Oct 2014

(H.G. Sankarsan Nitai prabhu is a disciple of H.H. Jayapataka Swami. He is general manager for Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir. His ability to organize his thoughts and present Krishna Consciousness in a clear, mature and logical manner is always appreciated.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 20 Text 27 Improve your service by HH Indradyumna Swami on 30 Jan 1990 at Sydney

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 09 Chapter 08 Text 22 by HH Janananda Goswami on 13 Nov 2014 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(Born in the United Kingdom. His Holiness Janananda Goswami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1972. He held various positions in ISKCON and served Srila Prabhupada in various countries notably the United Kingdom, Africa, Malaysia, Europe, Philippines and New Zealand.)

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Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupad

Dear devotees,

By the Mercy of Lord Chaitanya, Nityananda, Vaisnav Acharyas, Srila Prabhupad and all Vaisnavs we find ourselves serving in Cambodia very near the world's largest Vishnu temple ever built...."Angkor Wat" the emblem of a once powerful Vaisnav country now 95 percent Buddhist.

For the first time in 800 years the Holy Names of Lord Krishna are once again being sung loudly near Angkor Wat And as a result a

Lord Shri Krishna states in Bhagavad Gita 6.7 "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquility. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same."

So what is the mind? How can we conquer our mind?

The mind is a pattern seeking self organizing system.
Human mind does not think logically. It thinks in patterns. It seeks patterns and organizes itself according to past patterns to perform on auto-pilot once th

Real advancement means to know God. That is advancement. If you are lacking that knowledge, what is God... And because you cannot understand... There are so many rascals, they are denying the existence of God. That is very nice. If there is no God, then they can go on with their sinful activities unrestricted: "There is no God. Very nice." But simply by your denying, God will not die. God is there. God is there, His administration is there. By His order, the sun is rising, the moon is rising, th

TEXT 16

karmanah sukrtasyahuh
sattvikam nirmalam phalam
rajasas tu phalam duhkham
ajnanam tamasah phalam

SYNONYMS

karmanah--of work; su-krtasya--in the mode of goodness; ahuh--said; sattvikam--mode of goodness; nirmalam--purified; phalam--result; rajasah--of the mode of passion; tu--but; phalam--result; duhkham--misery; ajnanam--nonsense; tamasah--of the mode of ignorance; phalam--result.

TRANSLATION

By acting in the mode of goodness, one becomes purified. Works done in the mode of passion result i

Prakriti does nothing except for the pleasure and with the sanction
of its lover and enjoyer, the Purusha. We do not recognise
this truth because under the actual stroke of the adverse disturbance,
smitten by grief, pain, discomfort, misfortune, failure,
defeat, blame, dishonour, the mind shrinks back from the blow,
while it leaps eagerly to the embrace of the opposite and pleasurable
disturbances, joy, pleasure, satisfactions of all kinds,
prosperity, success, victory, glory, praise; but this does not