The chariot festival in which Lord Krsna in the form of Lord Jagannatha rides with Lord Balarama and Subhadra Devi in Jagannatha Puri, India.
At the height of Indian summer, right at the beginning of the Monsoon, the Lord of Puri goes to his garden palace for the annual summer vacation. Originally the festival has its foundation in the residents of Vrindavan bringing back their Lords, Krishna, Balaram and Lady Subhadra from Kurukshetra.
Today in Puri He, the Lord of the Universe travels in so
some of my realisations as I sold a property to buy a home.
1. As the deal went up and down, I realised my prayers have improved !! I would chant but was not praying too much but now the prayers started ! I prayed constantly to let me go thru all the anxiety but please take over the home I was buying to establish as Krishna's new abode.
2. I realised, and could appreciate, a litlle bit, why Kunti Maharani was asking for more and more trouble.
3. I need to have complete faith in Krishna.
Hare Krishna dear devotees
PAMHO AGTSP
We were blessed with Maharaj Association in Columbus for 2 days recently, where he gave initiations to local columbus and also near by non-local devotees. It was a wonderful program. We would like to share the new names for 1st initiated devotees and also few pics to our God family.
Sr No |
Old Name |
New Name |
Initiation Type |
| 1 | Suri Raman | Sukadevananda das | 1st Initiation |
| 2 | Sanjiv Sharma | Savyasaci das | 1st Initiation |
| 3 | Sivagini Siva | Sita Vallabhi |
TEXT 36
api ced asi papebhyah
sarvebhyah papa-krttamah
sarvam jnana-plavenaiva
vrjinam santarisyasi
SYNONYMS
api--even; cet--if; asi--you are; papebhyah--of sinners; sarvebhyah--of all; papa-krttamah--the greatest sinner; sarvam--all such sinful actions; jnana-plavena--by the boat of transcendental knowledge; eva--certainly; vrjinam--the ocean of miseries; santarisyasi--you will cross completely.
TRANSLATION
Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in t
So this is the process. Krsna is also finding always opportunity, "How to serve My pure devotee?" And pure devotee's so clever that he won't accept any service from Krsna. Just like the Arjuna, he never said, "Krsna, You are God. Why You are putting me to war indirectly? You can give me everything." Krsna said, "No." He never said that, Arjuna. Krsna said, niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyayo hy akarmanah: "You are ksatriya. You have to fight." He never said. So we should not take God as order-su
Lecture on Balarama reminds us of the importance of cow protection by Devamrita Swami on 16 Aug 2008 at New Zealand
(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 Cultivation of Human Spirit by Hanumat Presaka Swami on 29 Sep 2003
(Hanumat Presaka Swami grew up in California and graduated in psychology from the University of California in 1970, with a minor in biology and electrical engineering.)
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Lecture on Scientists Don't Have the Proof by Danavir Goswami on 24 Feb 2004
(Danavir Goswami proceeded to inaugurate Bhakta Programs elsewhere in America, Europe, Africa, India, etc. Presently this comprehensive educational system for new devotees is standard throughout ISKCON. He is the author of many books.)
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Lecture on Aspects of Vedic Culture in Practical Life by Bhakti Vikas Swami on 01 May 2008 at Bahrain
(He has since travelled widely throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. His Holiness also travels to and preaches Krishna consciousness in other parts of the world. He continues to write books and magazine articles.)
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When Srila Prabhupada was addressed by a devotee inquiring: Is the pure devotee more merciful than Krsna? Srila Prabhupada responded as follows:
SRILA PRABHUPADA: "Oh yes, yes. Because Visnu could not excuse him, (talking about Durvasa Muni) but as soon as he came to Maharaja Ambarisa, fell down, and `You take all my assets of pious activities. You be saved immediately.' That is Vaisnava. When he begged humble, `Maharaja
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
We Just Take Their Money
During his massage, which he took downstairs on his veranda, Prabhupada glanced across the fields toward the gosala. "So our Siddha Svarupa and Sudama Vipra like to stay at the banana plantation?" he asked.
I took his enquiry as a prompt to ask some questions of my own. I wanted to hear Prabhupada's response to some specific points of contention between Siddha Svarupa's followers and our ISKCON de
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
According to the Vedic teachings, civilized human beings are those who belong to the Aryan culture. The word `arya` does not refer to any specific nation or country, as many have been wrongly taught, rather the word is used to designate those who cultivate spiritual awareness, in particular the highest level of spiritual emancipation, `ananda-maya`, `pure devotional` service in Krishna consciousness. Our Vedic scholars give the following definition: “`Aryan`—a follower of Vedic culture. A person
TEXT 35
yaj jnatva na punar moham
evam yasyasi pandava
yena bhutany asesani
draksyasy atmany atho mayi
SYNONYMS
yat--which; jnatva--knowing; na--never; punah--again; moham--illusion; evam--like this; yasyasi--you shall go; pandava--O son of Pandu; yena--by which; bhutani--all living entities; asesani--totally; draksyasi--you will see; atmani--in the Supreme Soul; atho--or in other words; mayi--in Me.
TRANSLATION
And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are but
Anyone who is not Krsna conscious, anyone who does not understand Krsna, he is within these groups. What are these groups? Duskrtina. Duskrtina means one has got merit, but the merit is utilized for sinful activities. You can use your merit two ways -- for good purpose and for bad purpose also. Just like thieves and rogues, they have got merit. They know how to steal, how to cheat. It is not unintelligent. They are intelligent. But their intelligence, merit, is used for bad purposes. They are ca
Once a devotee of Ganesha, the demigod, named Ganapati Bhatta had come to Jagannath Puri to participate in Snana Yatra. But when he saw that Lord Jagannath was not having an elephant head then he became very disappointed and left the place. Lord Jagannath being paramatma within everyone’s heart immediately understood the desire and the cause of dissatisfaction of Ganapati Bhatta. Lord Jagannath took the form of a brahmana and went to Ganapati Bhatta who had left the temple and was planning to l
