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TEXT 7

rajo ragatmakam viddhi
trsna-sanga-samudbhavam
tan nibadhnati kaunteya
karma-sangena dehinam

SYNONYMS

rajah--the mode of passion; raga-atmakam--born of desire or lust; viddhi--know; trsna--with hankering; sanga--association; samudbhavam--produced of; tat--that; nibadhnati--binds; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; karma-sangena--by association with fruitive activity; dehinam--the embodied.

TRANSLATION

The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and because of this o

Lecture On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05 Chapter 13 Text 13 The Real Forest of Enjoyment by Lokanath Swami on 15 Oct 2014 at Vrindavan

(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 Bhagavata says that "You are very nice man. You are very honest to your occupational duty. That is all right. But if by discharging your occupational duty you do not develop your eagerness to understand what is God and what is love of God," then, Bhagavata says, "it is simply laboring and wasting time." That is the test. And why we should try to increase our love of God? That is also explained: ahaituky apratihata yayatma suprasidati. Ahaituki, without any cause. We should love God without a

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At the 2014 Annua

Lecture On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 49 Text 20-21 In Transcendental Relationship there is no Termination by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 31 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. He was initiated by the spiritual name His Grace Devamrita Dasa.)

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Lecture On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01 Chapter 08 Text 30 Inexpensive one way Fight to Goloka by Prahladananda Swami on 20 July 2014 at Bulgaria

(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 rceived both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03 Chapter 29 Text 05 Escape from the Cave by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 13 Sep 2014 at Labasa

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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Lecture On Material Body by Sankarsana Prabhu on 30 Aug 2014 at Timisoara

(In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world.)

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TEXT 6

tatra sattvam nirmalatvat
prakasakam anamayam
sukha-sangena badhnati
jnana-sangena canagha

SYNONYMS

tatra--thereafter; sattvam--mode of goodness; nirmalatvat--being purest in the material world; prakasakam--illuminating; anamayam--without any sinful reaction; sukha--happiness; sangena--association; badhnati--conditions; jnana--knowledge; sangena--association; ca--also; anagha--O sinless one.

TRANSLATION

O sinless one, the mode of goodness being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it

It is said there that "When one comes on the platform of spiritual consciousness or Krsna consciousness, at that time he becomes completely joyful." Brahma-bhutah prasannatma. Prasanna means joyful; atma means soul. And the symptom is na socati na kanksati. He does not lament, neither hanker. In the material existence we have got two diseases: hankering for things which we do not possess, and lamenting for things which we have lost. But actually we don't possess anything; everything belongs to G

Lecture On Rendering Service by Kavichandra Swami on 07 July 2013

(He is a disciple of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1947. In 1967, in Tucson Arizona, he met devotees of Lord Krishna. Kavichandra Maharaja moved to Dallas, Texas, where there was a school in Krishna Consciousness for his three-year-old daughter.)

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Lecture On Devotees Put You in Anxiety For A Reason by Bir Krishna Goswami on 23 Aug 2014 at New Goloka

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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Lecture On Why Srila Prabhupada installed Deities other than Gaura Nitai by Sivarama Swami on 14 Nov 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.)

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Lecture On Species of Life by Sankarsana Prabhu on 14 Sep 2014 at Vrindavan

(In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world.)

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*(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program)*

There are many stories to tell of Brahmananda. In the early days, Brahmananda became Prabhupada’s trusted representative. His nature was that he was completely surrendered to Prabhupada’s desire. Whatever Prabhupada would say, he would do it. I think if any quality is outstanding in his character, it is loyalty. He is the most loyal servant you can imagine, completely loyal to Prabhupada. Whatever Prabhupada sai

TEXT 5

sattvam rajas tama iti
gunah prakrti-sambhavah
nibadhnanti maha-baho
dehe dehinam avyayam

SYNONYMS

sattvam--mode of goodness; rajah--mode of passion; tamah--mode of ignorance; iti--thus; gunah--qualities; prakrti--material nature; sambhavah--produced of; nibadhnanti--does condition; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; dehe--in this body; dehinam--the living entity; avyayam--eternal.

TRANSLATION

Material nature consists of the three modes--goodness, passion and ignorance. When the living entity co

Lecture on We Forgot to Chant by Bir Krishna Goswami on 05 June 2014 at New Goloka

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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Lecture on The Yamuna River by HG Sankarsana Prabhu on 25 Sep 2014 at Vrindavan

(In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world.)

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Lecture On Trusting devotees by Sivarama Swami on 01 Sep 2014 at Moscow

(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.)

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