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Hare Krishna, Jay Shri Prabhupada..

I love Srila Prabhupada. I love his teachings and that's the main reason I'm so attracted to ISKCON. Since childhood my parents took me to the temple in Mumbai, every sunday. As a child I did not know who Shri Prabhupada was. For me ISKCON used to be a great looking temple, close to the beach. I then came to the UK and got this great opportunity to visit the London temple day before Janamastami. My experience was superb! I felt so great and welcomed, I got comp

vyuhas tritiyah pradyumnah priya-narma-sakho’bhavat
cakre lila-sahayam yo radha-madhavayor vraje
shri-caitanyadvaita-tanuh sa eva raghunandanah

The third member of the catur-vyuha, Pradyumna, took part in Radha Madhava’s lila in Vraja as Krishna’s intimate friend or priya-narma-sakha. He has now appeared as Raghunandan, whose body is not different from that of Chaitanya.
(Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 70)

Raghunandan’s Father: Mukunda Das
Raghunandan was born into a family of physicians in the Shaka year 14

TEXT 27-28

sparsan krtva bahir bahyams
caksus caivantare bhruvoh
pranapanau samau krtva
nasabhyantara-carinau

yatendriya-mano-buddhir
munir moksa-parayanah
vigateccha-bhaya-krodho
yah sada mukta eva sah

SYNONYMS

sparsan--external sense objects, such as sound, etc.; krtva--keeping; bahih--external; bahyan--unnecessary; caksuh--eyes; ca--also; eva--certainly; antare--within; bhruvoh--of the eyebrows; prana-apanau--up-and down-moving air; samau--in suspension; krtva--doing so; nasa-abhyantara--within

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

Today all over India we are celebrating our 72^th Independence Day either by being with the family members or by going to movies, restaurants with friends and dear ones.  Also a large number of people feel Patriotic in this particular day and celebrate by honoring the freedom fighters who have sacrificed their lives to earn the freedom. So in this way Independence Day altogether is a day of Joy, Celebration, feeling Patriotic for most of the Indians.  

But very few questions, is this what Independ

 "Sadhusang sadhusang sarba sastra kaya

  Labe matra sadhusange sarba sidhi haya"

                                                                    Perhaps I got this chance unknowingly due to some sukriti of this or past birth & definitely a sadhusang happened to me & as a result of which I came across Prabhupad's  "ATMAVIGYAN" and read it at a stretch till end. By this time I had got some replies to many queries those arose in me often and I had never found appropriate replies thereto. This is

Neither attachment nor detachment. That is the primary stage. One has no very much attachment in the material affairs, but at the same time, he has no strong detach..., attachment for devotional service. This marginal state is called, what is that? Vaidhi-bhakti. Means he is offering devotional service under the instruction of the spiritual master as a professional. He has not developed the spontaneous love of God, Krsna, but he is obliged to serve under the instruction of the spiritual master.

In older times in a place known as Antarvedi, there lived a very intelligent Gardener whose name was Ravi. He has established a Tulsi Garden which he name as 'Vrindavan'. Along with that, in the same garden he had also sown plants of various other beautiful flowers of mallika, malti, jaati, bakul etc. He protected that Garden from four sides by very long and wide walls and made it very difficult for anyone to cross over it. In the inner part of the garden he has made his dwelling house in such a

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 26

kama-krodha-vimuktanam
yatinam yata-cetasam
abhito brahma-nirvanam
vartate viditatmanam

SYNONYMS

kama--desires; krodha--anger; vimuktanam--of those who are so liberated; yatinam--of the saintly persons; yata-cetasam--of persons who have full control over the mind; abhitah--assured in the near future; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; vartate--is there; vidita-atmanam--of those who are self-realized.

TRANSLATION

Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-r

The practice, following the rules and regulations of sastra and acarya, direction of the spiritual master, that is called sadhana-bhakti. That, every, anyone can do, provided he's serious. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sanga atha bhajana-kriya [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. This bhajana-kriya means sadhana-bhakti. So if our bhajana-kriya is proper and in the line, then anartha-nivrttih syat, then all the anarthas, unwanted things, bad habits, that will be immediately vanquished. After anartha-nivrttih, tato

Lecture on Judging our Spiritual Advancement by Bhakti Siddhanta Swami 23 Aug 2007 at ISKCON Melbourne

(His Holines Bhaktisiddhanta Swami is a disciple of Jayapataka Swami since 1979. He has preached all over the world. He has been in Mayapur and Vrindavan for the last 10 months.)

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So people do not know that our only business is to take shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna. That is the only business. We have no other business. Any other business means we are becoming entangled in this material world. And the aim of human life is to get out of these clutches of material world. People do not know it. They do not know. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum [SB 7.5.31]. So it is very difficult; still, Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered to distribute this knowledge all over the world. So

Taken from Ananda Vrindavana Champu

After enjoying the rasa-lila in the autumn season, Krishna relishes the  pastimes of Holi and having His flute stolen which take place in the  spring season.

One night, Govinda and Rama (Balarama) went to the forest of Vrndavana to  enjoy the pastime of Holi (festival of throwing colors), which is enacted  either in the morning or evening. The skillful festival perfor­mance  exactly matched the local customs. The devatas were very enthusi­astic to  observe this

TEXT 25

labhante brahma-nirvanam
rsayah ksina-kalmasah
chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

SYNONYMS

labhante--achieve; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; rsayah--those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah--who are devoid of all sins; chinna--torn off; dvaidhah--duality; yata-atmanah--engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhuta--in all living entities; hite--in welfare work; ratah--engaged.

TRANSLATION

One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is alwa

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada