Lecture on Suddha Bhakta Aiswarya se Anasakta hoke Aiswaryavan Hote hai by Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 11 March 2011 at Surat
(From 1977 to 1979 His Holiness was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal preaching Krishna consciousness and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. He then spent the following ten years helping to pioneer ISKCON's preaching in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
Excerpts from the discussions of Sri Ramananda Roy with Lord Chaitanya; questions by Lord Chaitanya and answers by Sri Ramananda Roy :
"What is the highest standard of education?"
The highest standard of education is to know the science of Krishna. The standard of material education is sense gratification, but the standard of spiritual education, especially the highest standard, is to know t
Prabhupada: Yes, with senses, senses. That is... Our Krsna consciousness movement means that we have got relationship with God and senses, our senses. That is hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. When the senses are engaged with the Supreme, in relationship, that is called bhakti. It is a question of senses. It is not vague. We apply everything, we go with our senses. Just like the leg, we go, take our legs to the temple. We use our tongue for glorifying, for eating the
TEXT 19
sri-bhagavan uvaca
hanta te kathayisyami
divya hy atma-vibhutayah
pradhanyatah kuru-srestha
nasty anto vistarasya me
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; hanta--yes; te--unto you; kathayisyami--I shall speak; divyah--divine; hi--certainly; atma-vibhutayah--personal opulences; pradhanyatah--principally; kuru-srestha--O best of the Kurus; na asti--there is no; antah--limit; vistarasya--to the extent; me--My.
TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lord said: Yes, I will tell
Watch Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLXIcuoBHu8
Watch Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Dqi-yXEyU
The Illustrated Bhagavatam First Canto is now available in a smaller A5 size with exactly the same contents and with illustrious gold edging.
This book in its bigger A4 size was a best seller in London in one of the most prestigious book stores there called Books Etc.
All t
TEXT 18
vistarenatmano yogam
vibhutim ca janardana
bhuyah kathaya trptir hi
srnvato nasti me 'mrtam
SYNONYMS
vistarena--in description; atmanah--of Yourself; yogam--mystic power; vibhutim--opulences; ca--also; jana-ardana--O killer of the atheists; bhuyah--again; kathaya--describe; trptih--satisfaction; hi--certainly; srnvatah--hearing; na asti--there is not; me--my; amrtam--nectar.
TRANSLATION
Tell me again in detail, O Janardana [Krsna], of Your mighty potencies and glories, for I never tire of h
Prabhupada: No. We are all set of puppets of Krsna. I am also puppet. Puppet. This is disciplic succession. We, we have to become puppet. That's all. As I am puppet of my Guru Maharaja, if you become my puppet, then that is success. Our success is there when we become puppet of the predecessor. Tandera carana sevi bhakta sane vasa. To live in the society of devotees and to become puppet of the predecessor acarya. This is success. So we are trying to do that. Krsna consciousness society and serve
TEXT 17
katham vidyam aham yogims
tvam sada paricintayan
kesu kesu ca bhavesu
cintyo 'si bhagavan maya
SYNONYMS
katham--how; vidyam aham--shall I know; yogin--O supreme mystic; tvam--You; sada--always; paricintayan--thinking; kesu--in which; kesu--in which; ca--also; bhavesu--nature; cintyah asi--You are remembered; bhagavan--O Supreme; maya--by me.
TRANSLATION
How should I meditate on You? In what various forms are You to be contemplated, O Blessed Lord?
PURPORT
As it is stated in the previous chap
A few days ago we were engaged in maha cleaning (grand cleaning) of a room in ISKCON Pune. One of the tasks was to clean the ceiling of the room, which was quite high. We enthusiastically and immediately braced up to the task. We got up on the ladder and started cleaning the ceiling with wet cloth.
The work was certainly demanding. It involved balancing ourselves on the ladder and simultaneously focusing on the ceiling. It was hard work and the results were not spectacular.
Just then, His Grace Sa
Prabhupada: Krsna is the friend of everyone. We don't take His help, that is the difficulty. He says, He's guaranteed, that "If you just surrender to Me, I'll give you all protection." Such a friend who can give, there. But they'll not do that. Actually if one trusts in God, then everything is there, perfectly.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krishna
22rd April, 2014, Gurgaon.
I had written in my previous two blogs about power of prayer (blog1, blog2) and then in another two blogs about most merciful Tulasi maharani (blog3, blog4). As I experience new realisations they make my faith firm in this most unusual spiritual journey.
During the last winter, unlike in the past, all the Tulasi Maharanis remained very healthy this year. Unfortunately, Gurgaon had some unseasonal rains after the winter was over and one of the eldest Tulasi
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (07.07.29) by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu
(His Grace Radheshyam Prabhu President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide)
To Listen and Download - click here
Lecture on What is the Real Wealth by Devamrita Swami
(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)
To Listen and Download - click here
TEXT 16
vaktum arhasy asesena
divya hy atma-vibhutayah
yabhir vibhutibhir lokan
imams tvam vyapya tisthasi
SYNONYMS
vaktum--to say; arhasi--deserve; asesena--in detail; divyah--divine; hi--certainly; atma--Yourself; vibhutayah--opulences; yabhih--by which; vibhutibhih--opulences; lokan--all the planets; iman--these; tvam--You; vyapya--pervading; tisthasi--remain.
TRANSLATION
Please tell me in detail of Your divine powers by which You pervade all these worlds and abide in them.
PURPORT
In this verse
Lecture on Beginnning of ISKCON by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 19 April 2014 at Punjabi Bagh
(HH Giriraj Swami Bhakti Charu Swami’s GBC zonal assignments include Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India and is co-zonal secretary for Calcutta and Mayapur, West Bengal, and North Orissa and Puri.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Lecture on Abhirama Thakura by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)
To Listen and Download - click here
Prabhupada: Everyone is suffering. But one who knows that he is suffering, he is intelligent. (Aside): Good morning. Everyone is suffering. If you are not suffering, why you have covered? Why you have covered? Because you are suffering, is it not? Why you are not naked body? Because we are suffering, therefore we have covered. It is a fact. And if somebody says, "No, we are not suffering," then he's a madman. So everyone is suffering. One who knows it, he is intelligent man. That's all.
By H.D.G.
Read more about Appearance Day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita on www.gaudiyahistory.com
View coloring book for kids on www.iskcondesiretree.net
Read more about Varuthini Ekadashi on www.harekrishnacalendar.com
Listen Audio(Hindi and English) for Varuthini Ekadashi on www.iskcondesiretree.net
View recipes for Ekadasi on www.totalveg.com
