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Lecture on Ghosts The Real Thing by Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu on 31 Oct 1994

(Ravindra Svarupa Dasa received a BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and a Ph.D. in Religion from Temple University in 1980.)

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Lecture on Dreams by Vishwarup Prabhu on 27 July 2012

(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)

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Lecture on Family Planning by Yadunanadana Swami on 19 Dec 2012 at New Vraja Dham

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)

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Lecture on The Dispelling of Grief by Satsvarup Das Goswami on 02 Mar 1992 at Boston

(After Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's disappearance, Satsvarupa Das Goswami was one of eleven disciples selected to become an initiating guru in ISKCON.Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is one of the first few westerners ordained by Prabhupada in September 1966.)

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TEXT 27

sarvanindriya-karmani
prana-karmani capare
atma-samyama-yogagnau
juhvati jnana-dipite

SYNONYMS

sarvani--all; indriya--senses; karmani--functions; prana-karmani--functions of the life breath; ca--also; apare--others; atma-samyama--controlling the mind; yoga--linking process; agnau--in the fire of; juhvati--offers; jnana-dipite--because of the urge for self-realization.

TRANSLATION

Those who are interested in self-realization, in terms of mind and sense control, offer the functions of all the

Lecture on Material Force and Efficient Course by Yadunanadana Swami on 16 Feb 2013 at ISKCON Amsterdam

(Yadunandana Swami has been studying and practicing Caitanya Vaishnavism since 1977. Presently, his main services in ISKCON are focused on systematic God-centered education by developing educational initiatives and by teaching courses on Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), and other subjects. He is convinced that such education is the best way to improve the lives of individua

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

When the rising sun appeared in the East, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, awakened, and, taking His devotees with Him, He went all over the countryside towns and villages. The mrdangas (khol) resounded "tathai, tathai," and the jhajas [large metal karatalas that look like small cymbals] in that kirtana played in time. Lord Gauranga's golden form slightly trembled in ecstatic love of Godhead, and His foot

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Srila Prabhupada: Now, we must take to agricultural work—produce food and give protection to the cows. And if we produce a surplus, we can trade. It is a simple thing that we must do. Our people should live peacefully in farming villages, produce grain and fruit and vegetables, protect the cows, and work hard. And if there is a surplus, we can start restaurants. Krsna conscious people will never be losers by following th

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Awareness: that’s what distinguishes the living from the non-living. Though all living beings are aware, most are aware only of material reality.

The capacity to be aware of spiritual reality: that’s what distinguishes human beings among other living beings. Though all human beings have this capacity, few utilize it.

The awareness of spiritual reality: that’s what distinguishes spiritualists among other human beings. Not a

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You're on the phone with a supplier, while quietly typing up notes about your previous phone call. As soon as you hang up, a colleague sends you an instant message, which you read over while dialing your manager's extension number. During your phone conversation, you start updating your week's to-do list.

To boost our productivity, many of us multitask like this to some degree. And, in a world where the pace of life is of

Lecture on Spiritual Science by Smita Krishna Swami on 15 Feb 2007

(HH Smita Krishna Swami was born in Sweden in 1952. He joined ISKCON in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany and recieved spiritual initiation from His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971.)

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Lecture on Repaying our Mothers by Rtadhvaja Swami on 11 Feb 2013 at Houston

(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 Economic situation and its solution by Romapada Swami on 24 April 2009

(The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971. Despite being admitted as a pre-med student, he decided to follow his spiritual path 100% and never looked back. He took sannyasa in 1983 and became an initiating spiritual master in 1985.

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मूल:
सत्संगत्वे निस्संगत्व, निस्संगत्वे निर्मोहत्वम्।
निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलचित्तं, निश्चलचित्ते जीवन्मुक्तिः॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।

हिन्दी:
सत्संगति में है संग का क्षय, संग-क्षय से सर्व-मोह का लय,
मोह-विलय में अचलचित्तता, अचल-चित्त जब, तब मुक्ति अमृतमय।
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।

इस श्लोक में श्री शंकराचार्य सज्जनों के समीप रहकर अपने मन से आशा-पाशों को हटाने का प्रयत्न करने की बात करते हैं। सत्संगति अपार शक्तिदायक होती है, यह कौन नहीं जानता है। मन पर सत्संगति का प्र

TEXT 26

srotradinindriyany anye
samyamagnisu juhvati
sabdadin visayan anya
indriyagnisu juhvati

SYNONYMS

srotra-adini--hearing process; indriyani--senses; anye--others; samyama--of restraint; agnisu--in the fire; juhvati--offers; sabda-adin--sound vibration, etc.; visayan--objects of sense gratification; anye--others; indriya--of sense organs; agnisu--in the fire; juhvati--sacrifice.

TRANSLATION

Some of them sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of the controlled mind, and others

Krsna says, "Out of many millions of persons, one is interested how to become siddha." Siddha means liberated, one who is not entangled with this material atmosphere. He is called siddha. So out of many millions of people, one may be interested how to become free from this material entanglement. And yatatam api siddhanam [Bg. 7.3], and out of many such siddhas, one may understand Krsna. Kascid vetti mam tattvatah. So it is not so easy to understand Krsna, but when Krsna comes personally as a dev

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

The English word "religion" is a little different from sanatana-dharma. Religion conveys the idea of faith, and faith may change. One may have faith in a particular process, and he may change this faith and adopt another, but sanatana-dharma refers to that activity which cannot be changed. For instance, liquidity cannot be taken from water, nor can heat be taken from fire. Similarly, the eternal function of the eternal

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Yet man professes to belong to a particular type of faith with reference to particular time and circumstance and thus claims to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect. Such designations are non-sanatana-dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Muslim, or a Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu, or a Christian may change his faith and so on. But in all circumstances the change of religi