Lecture on Fearless and Honest Person by HG Navina Nirada Prabhu on 31 Aug 2013
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Lecture on Why did Krishna marry someone and danced with someone else by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner). He is the associate-editor of ISKCON's global magazine, Back to Godhead.)
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Lecture on The most chaste women in Vrindavana by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 27 Aug 2013
(HH Giriraj Swami Bhakti Charu Swami’s GBC zonal assignments include Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India and is co-zonal secretary for Calcutta and Mayapur, West Bengal, and North Orissa and Puri.)
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TEXT 9
suhrn-mitrary-udasina-
madhyastha-dvesya-bandhusu
sadhusv api ca papesu
sama-buddhir visisyate
SYNONYMS
su-hrt--by nature a well-wisher; mitra--benefactor with affection; ari--enemy; udasina--neutral between belligerents; madhya-stha--mediator between the belligerents; dvesya--envious; bandhusu--among relatives or well-wishers; sadhusu--unto the pious; api--as well as; ca--and; papesu--unto the sinners; sama-buddhih--having equal intelligence; visisyate--is far advanced.
TRANSLATION
A person
Cows are a common domestic animal. She is referred to as the foster mother
of human being because it produces most of the milk that people drink. Every
produce of cows are used in India. The people of India worship her as
mother. So they loved her very much. But the people of other community do
not worship. So they killed her and use her flesh and skin. So they fight
each other. Mahatma Gandhi gave permanent solution for this struggle.
Mahatma Gandhi asked, "I am thankful to the Gaurakshini Sabh
Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives.
He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best.
He also loved his 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for another.
He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confidant and was always kind, considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem he could
Have we ever thought why we all get attracted to something or other in every phase of life. When we are child we get attracted by the form of beautiful dolls,toys thinking that will satisfy our senses completely but when we little grow up and enter the adolescence period we get enchanted by the form of opposite sex and wanted to spend time with them. In mid age we get attracted to sophisticated cars, a posh lifestyle, money , big home and when youth fades away we get attracted to if not anything
We all work day and night to best of our ability and knowledge to earn money and self satisfaction. We work for our family members and friends in different circles. We work for self and on the aspirations of connected persons. We want to live life with certain pace and enjoy it. But some times incidents happens or changes occur in our life and our pace become slow. Some feel very bad at this slow pace but it becomes the golden period of life. Your memory store the best videos of your life histo
Hare Krishna.
It was April 2012. One day when I came back home from office my wife told me that there is a guest joining us for the evening Arti. I was surprised and then thought she must be trying to pull a fast one on me. As we were about to begin our Arti, the bell rang and sure enough, a tall and handsome Vaisanava entered our house. I was taken aback. He joined us for the arti. He was very gentle and calm, his cousin brother was staying on the floor above us and he was visiting him and met
Now a days whenever we open the page of newspaper or a news channel we see that most of the news are either related to crime against woman or related to terrorism. In recent times we are indeed observing a huge increase in abuse , molestation, sexual harassment of woman in all section of community. Various people giving various opinion regarding the cause of such increase of this kind of crime. Some section of people thinking that a stringent punishment against the criminal would solve the iss
Hare Krishna.
It was 3rd June 2012, a Sunday. I went to the temple in the morning, attended Guru puja, listened to a cheerful Bhagvatam class, had prasadam and later completed most of my balance rounds sitting there. I felt very peaceful and fulfilled. I again wished if someone would have been there to sit with me and teach me something , anything. I had the whole day off. There was no one at home that day so no hurry to go back. I felt a little sad that I have all the time today and no one to
I decided to visit an ISKCON temple. The only one I knew was in East of Kailash, Sri Sri Radha Parthasarthi temple. I visited the temple around early evening. It was surprisingly clean and well maintained temple. I visited, looked at the beautiful deities, sat there for some time. I didn't know what exactly to do. But I liked being there. After I came back a thought/ voice started chasing me from inside. The voice said now that I have visited the temple what would I be ready to give up. I ignore
TEXT 8
jnana-vijnana-trptatma
kuta-stho vijitendriyah
yukta ity ucyate yogi
sama-lostrasma-kancanah
SYNONYMS
jnana--acquired knowledge; vijnana--realized knowledge; trpta--satisfied; atma--living entity; kuta-sthah--spiritually situated; vijita-indriyah--sensually controlled; yuktah--competent for self-realization; iti--thus; ucyate--is said; yogi--the mystic; sama--equipoised; lostra--pebbles; asma--stone; kancanah--gold.
TRANSLATION
A person is said to be established in self-realization and is ca
Krsna consciousness is the consciousness of the spirit soul. That is reality. Therefore as the soul is eternally, his advancement in that consciousness, that also becomes an eternal asset. That will never be lost. Even if (he) falls down in this life, he could not execute cent percent the duties in Krsna consciousness, even he falls down, so whatever he has done in this life, that becomes a permanent asset. So that, from next life, he'll be given chance. In... In ordinary karmi's life, there is
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Extracts from Parbhupadas books
The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities.
The symptoms of a devotee are meekness and humility
The symptoms of a Mahatma is a mahatma is always under the guidance of the internal energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.The mahatmas are not under the clutches of the illusory energy but are under the protection of the spiritual energy.
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The tapasya of chanting and glorifying the name, fame and attributes of the Lord is a very easy purifying process by which everyone can be happy. Therefore everyone who desires the ultimate cleansing of his heart must adopt this process. Other processes, such as karma, jnana and yoga, cannot cleanse the heart absolutely. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.12 Purport).
"Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (
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"In this regard there is the story of a thief who went on a pilgrimage to a holy town, and on route he and the other
pilgrims stopped to rest overnight at an inn. Being addicted to stealing, the thief began making plans to steal the
other pilgrims' baggage, but he thought, "I'm going on a pilgrimage, so it doesn't seem appropriate that I should steal
this baggage. No, I shall not do it." Nonetheless, due to his habit, he
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In this material world we require sunlight and moonlight, but in the spiritual world there is no need of sunlight and
moonlight because everything is effulgent. Everything can be seen by the light emanating from Krishna. In Krishna-lila,
Krishna stole butter, and the neighborhood friends of mother Yashoda complained. Actually they were not complaining but
were just enjoying the bodily features and the fun of Krishna. The
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A Special Recipient of Srila Prabhupada’s Mercy By HH Giriraj Swami
For Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja this year, I wish to tell you about his dear friend and staunch devotee Mr. P. L. Sethi. Much of what I shall narrate I experienced personally; the rest I heard from Mr. Sethi, except the description of his last days, which I heard from his family. May this story inspire you in Srila Prabhupada’s service—in Krsna conscio
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ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“Lord Rishabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of dev
