Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This morning, Srila Prabhupada arose; and looking at his hands and legs one by one while still lying down, Srila Prabhupada said, "It is reducing so much; soon I will be only bones."

Today, Srila Prabhupada received a copy of the first published German translation of The Nectar of Devotion from Harikesa Swami.  The accompanying report from the German BBT showed publishing work proceeding in thirteen languages, with huge

Bhakti Charu Swami says on Krishna:

The only prescribed duty in the age of kali is to serve Krishna.Therefore one should chant and serve Krishna.

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Lecture on 36th Anniversary of ISKCON Juhu Temple by HH Bhurijana Prabhu on 15 Jan 2014

(HG Bhurijana Prabhu first meet Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center.)

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Lecture on The glories of Hearing and Chanting by Dravida Prabhu on 23 Dec 2013 at Chicago

(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)

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“Initiation means receiving the pure knowledge of spiritual consciousness.”

- Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 9:63 Purport

“From 1922 to 1933 practically I was not initiated, but I got the impression of preaching Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult. And that was the initiation by my Guru Maharaja.

- Lecture in Hyderabad, December 10, 1970

"So if from your center, the surrounding villages are drawn to the attention of Krishna consciousness simply by the distribution of prasadam and chanting of Hare Krishna Ma

In 1972, when Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on The Nectar of Devotion for one month in Vrindavan, a thought was plaguing me. When I first joined, I'd been taught that the parampara system is like a chain, and if you're not initiated, if you're not linked up to this chain, then you can't go back to Godhead. I thought, "We're distributing so many books, but if the people who read them are not initiated, then they can't go back to Godhead." So, one day I followed Prabhupada from Rupa Goswami

Lecture on Hitting the Target of the Absolute Truth by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 03 Jan 2014 at Salem

(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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The unique position of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is supported as follows:As the Acharya of his movement -
"I wish that each and every center shall keep the Acharya in the center and keep their separate identity."
- 1967 letter

His unique position as the foremost spiritual authority for the golden age -
"My books will be the law books for the next ten thousand years."
- Srila Prabhupada statement in Los Angeles, 1976.

Statement by Lochana das Thakura
(mid

Lectures, January 15, 1971, Allahabad

So the Vishnudutas say that "Even though one has committed so many sinful activities, if once he utters the holy name of Narayana, he becomes free immediately." That's a fact. It is not exaggeration. A sinful man, someway or other, if he chants this Hare Krishna mantra, he immediately becomes free from all reaction. But the difficulty is that he commits again. That is namaparadha, offense. There are ten kinds of offenses. This is the severest offense, that af

Lecture on Dhruva Charitra by HH Bhakti Gaurava Narayana Swami

(HH Bhakti Gaurava Narayana Swami joined ISKCON in 1981, in Vrindavana. He served as a life member deirector in Mayapur for a few years. He first started youth preaching in ISKCON Bhubaneswar.)

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Bombay 17 March, 1971 My Dear Jayadvaita, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 21st February, 1971 and noted the contents carefully. I do not know what may have happened to the letter dated 9th January, 1971, but I have not received it. Regarding your questions: 12:12: The ultimate point is to come to the stage of loving Krsna and all other indirect processes are subsidiary. We are concerned here with approaching Krsna by the direct process of devotional service.

nikhila-bhuvana-māyā-chhinna-vichchhinna-kartrī
vibudha-bahula-mṛgyā-mukti-mohānta-dātrī
śithilita-vidhi-rāgārādhya-rādheśa-dhānī
vilasatu hṛdi nityaṁ bhakti-siddhānta-vāṇī
            —Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

“The message of Sri Bhakti-siddhanta demolishes the illusion of the entire world, finishes the intellectual’s mad pursuit of liberation, properly adjusts scriptural regulations, and is an abode of loving attachment for Sri Radha’s Lord. May that message play within o

Presiding Deities: Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Sri Pancha-tattva and Srila Prabhupada.

Temple Style: Residential two-storey Filipino-style house. Originally designed as a Protestant church, it was renovated to include an altar for Sri-Sri-Radha-Madhava, as well as two kitchens—one for the Deities, and one for the devotees and locally run Food For Life program.

Number of visitors: Seventy to eighty people during a normal week, 150 to 200 during smaller festivals, and 1,200 to 1,500 on major festival

Srila Prabhupada on Bhaktivinod Thakur's song

(jaya) radha-madhava,
(jaya) kunja-bihari
(jaya) gopi-jana-vallabha,
(jaya) giri-vara-dhari
(jaya) yashoda-nandana,
(jaya) vraja-jana-ranjana
(jaya) yamuna-tira-vana-chari

“Krishna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrindavana. He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Yashoda, and the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja. He wanders

YASHODA’S VATSALYA BHAKTI Mother Yashoda and Lord Krishna After Dasya Bhakti comes affectionate devotion, the Vatsalya Bhakti. None can understand the delusion hidden behind the sentiment of affection. Yashoda witnessed all the fourteen worlds, in the mouth of Krishna. But, overcome by delusion, she told herself, “This is, of course, my own son. How is it possible that the vast worlds are seen within such a small mouth?” So, she forgot all that she had seen. Affection is related only to the body

TEXT 22

purusah sa parah partha
bhaktya labhyas tv ananyaya
yasyantah-sthani bhutani
yena sarvam idam tatam

SYNONYMS

purusah--the Supreme Personality; sah--He; parah--the Supreme, than whom no one is greater; partha--O son of Prtha; bhaktya--by devotional service; labhyah--can be achieved; tu--but; ananyaya--unalloyed, undeviating devotion; yasya--whom; antah-sthani--within; bhutani--all of this material manifestation; yena--by whom; sarvam--all; idam--whatever we can see; tatam--distributed.

TRAN

Must be uttama-adhikari who can never fall down
“One should not become a spiritual master unless he has attained the platform of uttama-adhikari .” (The Nectar of Instruction, text 5, purport)

“There is no possibility that a first-class devotee will fall down, even though he may mix with non-devotees to preach. Conviction and faith gradually increase to make one an uttama-adhikari, a first-class devotee.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 22.71, purport)

Must be mahabhagavata
“When one has at