Lecture on Successful Life 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.)
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Lecture on Book Distribution Marathon Festival by Dayananda Swami on 12 April 2012 at ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor
(Formerly known as Abhay Prabhu, he took sannyasa in 2010 on the auspicious appearance day of Sri Ramanujacarya to become the 100th sannyasi in ISKCON.)
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Prabhupada: To understand, you have to take the training, spiritual training. You have to understand the words which God wants to let you know about Him. These are spiritual training. Spiritual training means first of all you must have little faith that "I shall be intimately related with God." Unless you have got this faith, there is no question of spiritual training. If you simply remain satisfied, "God is great, let Him remain at His home, let me remain at my home," that is not love. You must
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In this way all the opulences of Advaita Acarya, His faith, devotion, home, riches and everything else were successfully utilized in the worship of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
PURPORT:
Advaita Acarya set an ideal example for all householder devotees in His reception of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees and in His execution of a daily festival at His home. If one has the proper means and wealth, he should occasionally invite the devotees of Lord Caitanya who are engaged in preaching all over
"Time and tide waits for no one", an old saying goes, bringing to mind what kind of grip time has got on our necks. Are we not easily put into stress by it, and are miseries not coming closer to us, day by day, in the form of old age, sickness and death? Is there any way we can avoid being disheartened by its presence? Srimad Bhagavatam has a specific ability to show the positive side of things, even in regards to kaala, the time element. In fact, the Bhagavatam relates a few instances of perso
On Monday 11th November, HSBC celebrated the third annual corporate festival of lights, Diwali at the Global Headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. Originated in 1865, HSBC operates in 85 countries through 7,200 offices for 89 million customers. Managing assets of $2.693 trillion, HSBC is known as the world's largest bank and sixth-largest company according to Forbes.
While past events focused on positive virtues or moral excellences exemplified by Lord Rama, this year paid particular attention
Prabhupada: No, this Bhagavad-gita contains everything -- politics, sociology, religion, philosophy. So this culture should be spread; this India's culture, original culture, should be spread. And we are endeavoring that. And it is becoming successful.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
हरे कृष्ण
हरे कृष्ण
कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे |
हरे राम
हरे राम
राम राम हरे हरे ||
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! he
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! he
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! rakṣa mām
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! pāhi mām
rāma! rāghava! rāma! rāghava! rāma! rāghava! rakṣa mām
kṛṣṇa! keśava! kṛṣṇa! keśava! kṛṣṇa! keśava! pāhi mām
Caitanya-cari
Lecture on Glories of Narahari Sarakara Thakura by Radhanath Swami on 27 November 2005
(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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Lecture on How Bhakti is the Supreme Dharma 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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Lecture on The Essence of Spiritual Life by HG Sesa Prabhu on 22 November 2013 at ISKCON Gainesville
(Sesa Dasa joined ISKCON in 1973 inspired by the political activism of the In God We Trust Party for Purified Leaders, organized by members of ISKCON.He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party.)
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Lecture on Travels with Srila Prabhupada by Hari Sauri Prabhu oN 21 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Alachua
(Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia where, on the second day of his arrival, he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement.)
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By Visnujana prabhu
(Visnujana prabhu is from Slovakia and is travelling the world with a group of devotees performing sankirtana from country to country, town to town, wherever they are invited. They literally live from day to day and depend on the holy names for their maintenance.)
We spent two weeks in Peru and during that time we distributed 2,000 books alongside the Harinama. The devotees and the public really appreciated the Harinama.
Every day, 20-30 devotees are joining the Harinama pa
TEXT 22
sa taya sraddhaya yuktas
tasyaradhanam ihate
labhate ca tatah kaman
mayaiva vihitan hi tan
SYNONYMS
sah--he; taya--with that; sraddhaya--with faith; yuktah--endowed; tasya--his; aradhanam--worship; ihate--seeks; labhate--obtains; ca--and; tatah--from which; kaman--desires; maya--by Me; eva--alone; vihitan--regulated; hi--for; tan--those.
TRANSLATION
Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me
Some scholars masquerading as spiritualists opine that in Hinduism there are 33 crore gods and one can chose anyone and worship as per their liking. It’s just like a quack telling a diseased person to choose any medicine as per his taste and it will cure his disease. In the present age many such spiritual quacks swarm the world misguiding the people.
The various gods which are mentioned in the Vedic literatures are in fact demigods who have been given certain responsibilities by the Supreme Lord.
Prabhupada: So we should know... Happiness is described in the Bhagavad-gita: sukham atyantikam yat tad atindriyam grahyam [Bg. 6.21]. What is happiness, that is beyond the senses. The sense happiness is there by the pig and the man. But his standard of sense happiness is different from the man's. Standard may be different, but the happiness derived from the subject matter is the same. There is no difference.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Glorification of Jagannath Puri Dham by Krishnananda Prabhu 06 July 2013 at Jagannath Puri
(His Grace Krishnananda Prabhu is a disciple of H.H. Radhanath Swami, from Radha-Gopinath Mandir in Mumbai. He travels around India mostly, preaching the glories of the Lord.)
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Lecture on Faith in the Holy Name by Sacinandana Swami 18 March 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavana
(HH Sacinandana Swami left home only 16 years old to meet devotees and to become a disciple of Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Maharaja’s first years in ISKCON were spent by translating Srila Prabhupada’s books from English to German and later he joined the book distribution party in Germany. Desiring to deepen his preaching, Maharaja soon started to visit people, who already got our books to encourage them to ac
Lecture on Association with Devotees by HG Urmila Mataji
(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )
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