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Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how material life is pleasing one’s senses and spiritual life means pleasing Krishna]
Bob: Let me ask you about something else; then maybe I'll come back to this. I find that I think of myself too much, and this way I can't think of God so much. I think of myself in too many places. How can I forget about myself so I can concentrate on other, more important things?
Srila Prabhupada: As they [the devotees] have done.
Bob: [Laughs.] You are saying to me that
Why do we see some priests and monks have a shaved head with a tuft of hair in the back? First of all, this tuft of hair is called a shikha. When long enough, it tied in a knot at the crown-point (right above the suture) on the central top of the head. This point is given distinctive importance in the science of yoga and spirituality as the point of contact with the brain-centre of intellectual and emotional sensitivity. It also indicates the body as a temple.
The Shikha symbolizes the presen
(Caitanya-Caritamrta Adi-Lila 1.2) It is said that the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are more cooling than millions of moons and the shadow of those lotus feet can cool down the entire universe. So, this idea that the universe needs to be cooled down, we also find in the Srimad Bhagavatam when Prahlad Maharaja says in the fifth canto:svasty astu visvasya khalah prasidatam, (Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9).
He was praying that there may be auspiciousness in the entire universe and that all the envi
MANTRAS FOR DRINKING CHARANAMRTA
One should drink the nectar from the lotus feet of the Lord (the bathwater) and take the used garlands upon one's body. The mantra for drinking the caranamrta (the general mantra) is:
akala-mrtyu-haranam
sarva-vyadhi-vinasanam
visnoh padodakam pitva
sirasa dharayamy aham
"Having drunk the water from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, which destroys all disease and takes away the chance of dying untimely, I hold that water on my head."
The mantra for taking the spiritual m
The Glories of Taking the Salagram Charan-amrita:
SANKHA STHITANTU YAT TOYAM BHRAMITAM KESAVOPARI
VANDATE SIRASA NITYAM GANGA SNANE TASYA KIM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/4 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Brahma and
Narada Muni)
The water which is within the conchshell, which is circled around the head of
Lord Sri Kesava, if anyone puts such water on his head, what is the need for
him to go take bath in the Ganges?
NA DAHO NA KLAMO NARTIR NARAKA AGNI BHAYAM NA HI
YASYA SANKHA UDAKAM MURDHNI KRSNA D
Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sri Mayapur dham ki Jai!
Mayapur is becoming livelier with world leaders of ISKCON congregating at Sri Mayapur dhama for the ISKCON leadership Sanga. Today is the day of Devotee Care. HH Radhanath Swami and HH Jayapataka Swami gave morning Bhagavatam class on the topic of devotee care. The budding spiritual city of Mayapur with festivals conducted all over the year is an example of the devotee care that Sril
Prabhupada: Yes, that is called death. You separate from this body; you accept another body. This period is called death. (German) So the body which you occupied previously, that is false now. Now the body which you have occupied now, that is important now. So you are giving stress on the body which I am changing after few years. That is the problem, misunderstanding.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
TEXT 9
na ca mam tani karmani
nibadhnanti dhananjaya
udasina-vad asinam
asaktam tesu karmasu
SYNONYMS
na--never; ca--also; mam--Me; tani--all those; karmani--activities; nibadhnanti--bind; dhananjaya--O conqueror of riches; udasina-vat--as neutral; asinam--situated; asaktam--without attraction; tesu--in them; karmasu--in activities.
TRANSLATION
O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached, seated as though neutral.
PURPORT
One should not think, in this connection, that the Supreme
By Chaitanya Charan Das (The Spiritual Scientist)
(He is a editor of Back to Godhead and member of ISKCON's Shastric Adivsory Council (SAC). His writings have been published in newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, and Sakaal Times.)
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Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This is to inform all the devotees that now we offer free shipping in India for most of our products and for international devotees now you can estimate shipping charges for your country on our website.
Please visit http://www.mayapurmemories.com to purchase products that available in Mayapur. We have many nice items and are continuously adding more. There are very nice books and paintings available. Our special fo
Lecture on Unity and Co-Operation in ISKCON by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 21 Jan 2014 at St.Petersburg
(Bhakti Caitanya Swami is mostly engaged in traveling and spreading Krsna consciousness in an authoritative and accessible way. His permanent base is Durban, where his gentle and saintly presence provides stability.)
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Lecture on Significance of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam 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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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam by Nava Yogendra Swami on 17 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Juhu
(Nava Yogendra Swami Naishtik Brahmachari left home at a very young age of 9 years to become Sadhu and lived in jungles. Returned home and again left at the age of 17 years and lived at Shri Vrindavana dham.)
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Lecture on Yukta Vairagya is not an Excuse by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 01 Feb 2014 at Rajapur, West Bengal
(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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yatra yatra dvija gavo
veda varnasrama-kriyah
tam tam janapadam yata
sandipayata vrscata
TRANSLATION : Immediately go wherever there is good protection for the cows and brahmanas and wherever the Vedas are studied in terms of the varnasrama principles. Set fire to those places and cut from the roots the trees there, which are the source of life.
PURPORT : The picture of a proper human civilization is indirectly described here. In a perfect human civilization there must be a class of men full
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Householders and vanaprasthas should bathe two times a day. A sannyasi should bathe three times a day, and a brahmacari may take only one bath a day. Whenever one is not able to bathe in water, he can bathe by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 24.331 Purport)
“Haraye namah krsna yadavaya namah, gopala govinda rama sri-mudhusudana. This is another way of chanting the Hare Krishna ma
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Lecture on Sadhana for Ladies by HG Narayani Mataji
(Her Grace Narayani Devi Dasi joined ISKCON in Boston in 1970. She has done many services for Srila Prabhupada including Deity worship in Calcutta temple, traveling book distribution in Western India for the Bombay temple, and teaching Bhakti Sastri, Bhakti Vaibhava and Bhaktivedanta courses in the VIHE in Vrndavana. )
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