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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

2013 was another successful year for Bhakti-vriksha around the world. The latest reports from the top places applying this program are the following:

* Former Soviet Union Countries: 550 groups (7150 devotees)

*Kolkata, India: 120 groups (1560 devotees)

*Bangalore, India: 100 groups (1200 devotees)

As you can see, when this program is applied correctly, the results are very powerful. Bhakti-vriksha groups divide and so the number of devotees automatically increases. 

In order to help you to start thi

TEXT 10

prayana-kale manasacalena
bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva
bhruvor madhye pranam avesya samyak
sa tam param purusam upaiti divyam

SYNONYMS

prayana-kale--at the time of death; manasa--by the mind; acalena--without being deviated; bhaktya--in full devotion; yuktah--engaged; yoga-balena--by the power of mystic yoga; ca--also; eva--certainly; bhruvoh--between the two eyebrows; madhye--in; pranam--the life air; avesya--establishing; samyak--completely; sah--he; tam--that; param--transcendental;

On the 5th of January, 2014, twelve families in Santipur received Sradhha-kutir certificates from H.G. Mathuresh prabhu, on behalf of the Mayapur Local Preaching Department.

Please bless these fortunate families to remain fixed in Krishna consciousness and continue with their steady progress in spiritual life. 

Respected & Dear All Vaishnavas & Vaishnavis,

Hare Krishna!!!

Please Accept My humble obeisances unto your holy feet...

All Glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga...

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada...

All Glories to Guruparampara & Vaishnavaparampara...

Since about past two years, I have been rendering menial devotional service by daily sending "Thought for the Day", "Darshan for the Day" and "Instructive Stories" to all the members of my group from my e-mail id harekrishnakvs@gmail.com.

If you are merciful to

As Radhika tasted the remnants of Krsna, the effect was that Her rati (attachment) to meet with and love Krsna increased unlimitedly. She became maddened with desire to see Krsna and to taste His lips. "Harsa-sokadi-bhara vinasaya." Radhika told Her sakhis, "Taking this maha-prasada from Krsna makes My heart feel as if I am tasting Him, seeing Him, talking with Him, and touching Him. Tasting the prasada increases My eagerness to meet with Him. Taking His remnants certainly vanquishes all of one'

A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to a spiritual organization, but still, if he is not intelligent enough to make progress, then Krsna from within gives him instructions so that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The qualification is that a person always engage himself in Krsna consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services. He should perform some sort of work for Krsna, and that work should be with love. If a devotee is inte

TEXT 9

kavim puranam anusasitaram
anor aniyamsam anusmared yah
sarvasya dhataram acintya-rupam
aditya-varnam tamasah parastat

SYNONYMS

kavim--one who knows everything; puranam--the oldest; anusasitaram--the controller; anoh--of the atom; aniyamsam--smaller than; anusmaret--always thinking; yah--one who; sarvasya--of everything; dhataram--the maintainer; acintya--inconceivable; rupam--form; aditya-varnam--illuminated like the sun; tamasah--of the darkness; parastat--transcendental.

TRANSLATION

One s

Devamrita Swami has been a member of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) since 2001. Shortly after graduating from Yale University, he began reading the bhakti texts and in 1974 received initiation from Srila Prabhupada. Devamrita Swami is a prolific speaker and has authored several books including "Searching for Vedic India."

A valuable member of the Strategic Planning Initiatives, he is a part of the Succession Committee. Hear what HH Devamrita Swami has to say about how the strategic pl

Prabhupada: Yes. Krsna consciousness is the original status of the living entity. Just like a son is conscious always that "I am the son of such and such person." This consciousness is natural. So living entities, when they come to Krsna consciousness... Because we are all parts and parcels of Krsna. It cannot be broken. A person may go mad. But when he's cured, he immediately understands that "I belong to such and such family, such and such gentleman's son." That is natural. Similarly in the co

      All glories to Srila Prabhupad,......  Hare Krishna,.......

                                                                                 The very definition of independence is that, it is something which can be properly used & misused. Otherwise the term becomes meaningless. This possession of independence is 100% with The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shrikrishna. That is found in the very 1st verse of Srimad Bhagbatam, i.e....  "Janmadasya jatah Itarascharthesu Abhingya Swarat

Hare Krsna,

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

This discussion of Ramananda Roy with Lord Chaitanya

The Lord Chaitanya inquired, "Please quote some verses from Scripture about the ultimate goal of life for the human being."

 Sri Ramananda Roy, "A person who is sincere in his occupational duty will gradually develop the sense of God consciousness." The purport is that human life is meant for understanding one's relationship with the Supr

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English Putrada Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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TEXT 8

abhyasa-yoga-yuktena
cetasa nanya-gamina
paramam purusam divyam
yati parthanucintayan

SYNONYMS

abhyasa--practice; yoga-yuktena--being engaged in meditation; cetasa--by the mind and intelligence; na anya-gamina--without their being deviated; paramam--the Supreme; purusam--Personality of Godhead; divyam--transcendental; yati--achieves; partha--O son of Prtha; anucintayan--constantly thinking of.

TRANSLATION

He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in

Lord Krsna says that there are different species of life, yoni. According to Padma Purana there are eight million, four hundred thousand species of different forms of life. So Krsna claims that "All these living entities, in different forms of life, I am the seed-giving father of all of them, and the material nature is the mother." Just like father impregnates with the seed, and the mother gives the body, similarly God impregnates material nature with all kinds of living entities, not in differe