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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

When I was walking today, on the Island Mali Losinj, I felt my mind
reach out over the blue sea to an island shimmering in the distance.
When my mind returned, it brought a story with it, a story of
spiritual instruction. Strange are the ways of inspiration.

Here is the story:

When Mohan returned from his journey to Jagannatha Puri, he was a
changed man. Those who had never met him were impressed with his
character, but those

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

"No one will disagree to partake in a function where good singing, dancing and refreshment are administered. Everyone will attend such a function, and everyone is sure to feel individually the transcendental presence of the Lord. This alone will help the attendant associate with the Lord and thereby purify himself in spiritual realization. The only condition for successfully executing such spiritual activities is that t

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The scientific approach is that I will only accept if there is tangible proof, I will believe it if you can show me. If you cannot show me God, if you cannot put Him before me to see, to touch, to smell, to taste, to experience directly with my senses, how do you expect me to believe it and remain scientific? This is a great fallacy because factually everything in your life that you believe is true, you have no means to

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We have to learn to look at the good qualities in others. We should try to encourage each other. We have to really understand that we are dasas and not prabhus, that we are dasas of each other. The problem is that no one wants to be a dasa in Kali-yuga. Everyone wants to be the boss, prabhu. In American English there is saying, too many chiefs and no Indians. That is the problem. We have to endeavor to become servant. T

By His Grace Vignanashna Govinda Dasa

Our yatra is purely a congregational preaching center. We have the opportunity to be a part of it and directly engage in the preaching activities. It really gives us immense pleasure and satisfaction to be a part of the team. It is really amazing to see the neophytes transforming wonderfully into nice devotees of the Lord, making their house a nice temple of the Lord and practicing Krishna consciousness. They also take responsibilities to preach by making the

Lecture on Inspirations from Chanting by Rtadhvaja Swami on 27 July 2013 at California

(His Holiness Rtadhvaja Swami Maharaja was born and raised in a rural farming community in North Dakota, U.S.A. His first encounter with the devotees was in 1972, when some of the Radha Damodara Traveling Sankirtana Party came to his house and asked if they could take some flowers from his front yard.)

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Lecture on Glories of Sankirtan by HG Badahari Prabhu on 09 Jan 2012 at Gita Nagari

(Bada Haridas Prabhu Known for his inspiring and soulful chants, he has studied and performed Indian devotional music, including Indian classical music and raga since 1975. Bada Haridas artistically blends his many influences to create unique music in celebration of the divine. )

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By His Grace Aniruddha Dasa

In 2004, we had half a dozen book distributors participate in a marathon. Then, in 2005, we had 40 book distributors participate and 35 were householders. Of course they are not doing huge book distribution, but it all adds up. They are going out on weekends. One of the devotees came to me before I left for India and told me about his method for distributing books. Every morning he gets on the tram and sits down beside someone and tries to give them a book. He does the

Lecture on Jivan ka Lakshya by Sarvabhauma Prabhu on 12 August 2010 at Delhi

(Sarvabhauma Prabhu was born on 6th Feb 1952, in a Puskarana Vaishnava Brahmin family, having a Radha Krishna temple for eight generations in Mithi, which is part of Rajasthan in Sindh province of Pakistan.)

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His Divine Grace Srila

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

"I recited the yajna-mantras and performed the ceremony. Akincana Krishnadas Babaji Maharaja, Prabhu's intimate Godbrother and friend, chanted Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare. He chanted continuously from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM in a most sweet and deep manner. Swamiji requested that only Krishna-nama be sung, the kirtana of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. My Gurudeva then gave him

Prabhupada: Read. Hare Krsna. Yes, Second Chapter

Devotee: Start at verse 8. "I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not even be able to destroy it if I win an unrivaled kingdom on the earth with sovereignty like the demigods in heaven [Bg. 2.8]. Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of the enemy told Krsna, Govinda, ‘I shall not fight,' and fell silent [Bg. 2.9]. O descendant of Bharata, at that time Krsna, smiling in the midst of both t

Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc.):

dhrtarastra uvaca
dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre
samaveta yuyutsavah
mamakah pandavas caiva
kim akurvata sanjaya [Bg. 1.1]

Prabhupada: (during chanting of sloka) Now, in your leisure hour you will try to repeat and get by heart some of the slokas. That will be very nice. Go on.

Pradyumna: (after synonyms) "Translation: Dhrtarastra said: O Sanjaya, after assembling in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, being desirous t

"You Have To Approach An Acarya" 

I have a poem and a message to share with you. The poem is entitled the Nectar of the Lord's Names and following that are my thoughts connected with Krishna consciousness.
Now here is the poem:

You will win all life's battles if you keep the Lord's Names as your constant companion;
Actually, The Lord and His Names are identical, for we see, in the Gita, that Arjuna with Krishna as his charioteer and companion won even when faced with many an obst

[This year, August 10, 2012 is the disappearance  day of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja. In honor of this special day, we are representing this  lecture given by Srila Gurudeva on May 5, 1996 in Holland, his first tour to the West. To hear the lecture, please click on this link: http://sbnmcd.org/mp3/19960506am_Holland.mp3]

bhajami radham aravinda-netram
smarami radham madhura-smitasyam
vadami radham karuna-bharardram
tato mamanyasti gatir na kapi

["I worship Radha who has lotus eyes,

Dear Devotee

Hare Krishna. Please see attached a Ram Navmi festival ISKCON South London is holding in Croydon on Saturday 22nd March 2014 from 6pm onwards. There are 2 dramas from the Bhaktivedanta Players as well as bhajans, Bharat Natyam dances and a full Indian vegetarian meal only for £10. Please book your ticket early.

Haribol

Lecture on Radhastami by Sankarshan Nitai Prabhu on 11 Sep 2010 at ISKCON Mayapur

(HG Sankarshan Nitai prabhu joined ISKCON Mayapur in 1996. He is the disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami.)

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TEXT 11

yad aksaram veda-vido vadanti
visanti yad yatayo vita-ragah
yad icchanto brahmacaryam caranti
tat te padam sangrahena pravaksye

SYNONYMS

yat--that which; aksaram--inexhaustible; veda-vidah--a person conversant with the Vedas; vadanti--say; visanti--enters; yat--in which; yatayah--great sages; vita-ragah--in the renounced order of life; yat--that which; icchantah--desiring; brahmacaryam--celibacy; caranti--practices; tat--that; te--unto you; padam--situation; sangrahena--in summary; pravaks

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