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Making the Merciful Lord Nrsimhadeva Video

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At first it was experimentation with long, slow zooms and dissolves, using digital photos of Lord Nrsimhadev from visits to Mayapur. The Lord seemed to get closer and closer until it was almost frightening, and the closeups tranformed into various views of His beautiful face, covered with sandalwood paste.


I completed synchronizing the medium paced first musical section--Nrsimha prayers sung by Krsna Prema Prabhu. It concluded at the point where the singing breaks and there is a long instrumenta

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



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spoken by His Holiness Prabhavishnu Swami




When I first had the idea of going to Malaysia, I wanted ask Srila Prabhupada. I went to Vrindavan in October '77. Srila Prabhupada was very ill. His secretary said it wasn't appropriate to ask him about coming here.



I had been preaching in Nepal and I was going to give a report and then ask about coming here also. But his secretary said he was too ill. Then I went back to Nepal, because at one po

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By force you cannot.


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Just like a person is diseased. He is advised by the doctor that "You shall not take such and such things." So he is starving or he is fasting. Suppose in the typhoid fever the doctor has advised him not to take any solid food. So under the instruction of the doctor, he is not taking any solid food. But suppose his brother is eating some bread. Oh, he likes that "If I could eat." That means within himself he has got the tendency for eating. But out of fear that "If I eat, there will be very bad

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Engage The Mind

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Hare Krsna dear devotees. Here is a very beautiful prayer so the mind can engage in the proper activities related to the Lord.
O my dear mind, in order to attain the direct service of Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, who are always entranced by amorous desires, and the service of Their eternal associates, one should drink the pancamrita described by Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. This pancamrita is ambroasial nectar comprised by the following ingredients of service:

1) Arcana, worship of Sri Yugala
2) Sankirtana,
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2514964105?profile=originalSeminar on Naimisharanya Katha - Bhagavat Katha Sevan by Lokanath Swami

(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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Why on chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra??

Why only chant the HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA? According to different situation, time, age, people etc, there is different means or ways to attain the path of spiritual liberation and revive our spiritual relationship with the Supreme. And for this age the prescribed process is the chanting of the Holy names or the practice of sankirtana Yajna. What is so special about the name of God? It is non-different than God. Golokera premedana harir nama sankirtan, the sound of God’s name have descended from
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To Pray or not to Pray

2514963659?profile=originalLecture on To Pray or not to Pray by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 23 Feb 2014 at Nanda Gokulam

(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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2514963926?profile=originalSeminar on Bhagavan ke dham ka dhan Harinam Sankirtan by Lokanath Swami on 06 Oct 2012 at Kaundinpur

(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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2514963535?profile=originalExpanding the intersection of our Emotional Circle and Krishna's Emotional Circle 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.)

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2514963360?profile=originalLecture on Importance of understanding Other Religons by Radhika Raman Prabhu

(Radhika Ramana Das, also known as Dr. Ravi M. Gupta, is a notable Vaishnava scholar. Presently, he is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College.)

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Gaura Katha

2514963232?profile=originalLecture on Simple Solution to Complex Life by Kratu Prabhu on 24 Jan 2008 at Dubai

(In 2002, he became an initiating spiritual master in ISKCON and is ever since vigorously traveling and preaching all over the world.)

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2514963258?profile=originalLecture on Para Dharma contrasted with apara dharmas like Patriotism be good and service to Parents 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.)

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2514963374?profile=originalLecture on Conceiving Inconceivable Krishna's Creation by Radhanath Swami on 08 Mar 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur

(Radhanath Swami has a special interest in the holy places in India and leads thousands of devotees on pilgrimage each year. Radhanath Swami is a trustee of Bhaktivedanta College, Belgium, by providing his spiritual support and encouragement.)

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2514963238?profile=originalLecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita (Antya Lila 14.19) by HG Malati Mataji on 13 Mar 2014 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

In 1990, she established an all female ISKCON temple which later was awarded a large road side bronze plaque by the State of Ohio Historical Society recognizing the center as the first Vaishnava/Hindu temple in the state, mentioning in detail its unique status in training women in Krishna consciousness.

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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

2514963710?profile=originalLecture on When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Indradyumna Swami at ISKCON Mayapur on 14 Mar 2014
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05, Chapter 13, Text 09)

(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. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing pe

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Associating with Like Minded Devotees

2514963331?profile=originalLecture on Associating with Like Minded Devotees by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 28 July 2013 at Russia

(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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Appearance Day of Sri Srivasa Pandita

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Read more about Sri Srivasa Pandita on www.harekrishnacalendar.com
Posters of Sri Srivasa Pandita on www.images.iskcondesiretree.info
Audio Lectures on Sri Srivasa Pandita at www.audio.iskcondesiretree.info
Video Lectures on Sri Srivasa Pandita at www.iskcondesiretree.net 
Chaitanya Charitamrita Series by Jagannatheshwari Mataji on YouTube  

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Hare Krishna
 
The padayatra celebrated Gaura Purnima festival at Khammam town in big way.
We done nagara sankirthana, Abhishekam , Chappan bogha. Nearly 150 local people attended the event and enjoyed krshna katha and wonderful events of Gaura purnima festival. and we distributed prasadam more than 500 people.
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Your Servant,
Vishnu Swamy Das
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a-kalanka gauracandra dila darasana
sa-kalanka candre ara kon prayojana


Translation: When the spotless moon of Caitanya Mahaprabhu became visible, what would be the need for a moon full of black marks on its body?


eta jani' rahu kaila candrera grahana
'krsna' 'krsna' 'hari' name bhase tri-bhuvana


Translation: "Considering this, Rahu, the black planet, covered the full moon, and immediately vibrations of "Krsna! Krsna! Hari!" inundated the three worlds. (Adi-lila 13.91-92)


Purport: Accord

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