SURAT: Thousands of devotees participated in the Lord Jagannath RathYatra organized in the city which turned out to be a joyful celebration with continuous rainfall till late evening. The Rath Yatra, organized by ISKCON temple, started near Surat railway station and ended at ISKCON temple in Jahangirpura in the evening.
Around 10,000 people participated in Lord Jagannath's yatra which remained peaceful throughout the route. Apart from the decked-up horses, no other animals were used in the yat
Lecture on Hera Panchami by Bhakti Purusottama Swami
(Bhakti Purusottama Swami first joined ISKCON in Mayapur, India, in 1978. He is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami and is an integral part of the organization of the Headquarters of ISKCON in Mayapur, where he is based.)
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Lecture on Hera Pancmi Festival by Mahanidhi Swami
(Mahanidhi Swami’s spiritual journey began in his early years when he was raised in a Christian family. His early education included an extensive study of the Bible. However, he found Christian theology leaving many of his questions unanswered.)
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TEXT 3
jneyah sa nitya-sannyasi
yo na dvesti na kanksati
nirdvandvo hi maha-baho
sukham bandhat pramucyate
SYNONYMS
jneyah--should be known; sah--he; nitya--always; sannyasi--renouncer; yah--who; na--never; dvesti--abhors; na--nor; kanksati--desires; nirdvandvah--free from all dualities; hi--certainly; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; sukham--happily; bandhat--from bondage; pramucyate--is completely liberated.
TRANSLATION
One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be a
"Now, in this age of Kali-yuga, there will be avatara, incarnation, who is Krsna, but His color of the body is not black." That is Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya was very fair complexion, nice looking. So krsna-varnam tvisa. Tvisa, by complexion, He is not Krsna, but He is Krsna. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam and sango 'pangastra-parsadam. And He is associated by His confidential, I mean to say, devotees. You'll find Lord Caitanya always crowded by His devotees, always. His dancing mood -- you have see
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Song Name: Prabhu Tava Pada Yuge Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
(1)
prabhu tava pada-yuge mora nivedan
nāhi māgi deha-sukha, vidyā, dhana, jan
(2)
nāhi māgi swarga, āra mokṣa nāhi māgi
nā kori prārthanā kono vibhūtira lāgi’
(3)
nija-karma-guna-doṣe je je janma pāi
janme janme jeno tava nāma-guna gāi
(4)
ei mātra āśā mama tomār caraṇe
ahoitukī bhakti hṛde jāge anukṣane
(5)
viṣaye je prīti ebe āchaye āmār
sei-mata prīti hauk caraṇe tom
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada:
"The difficulty of the present situation is that actually we are moving on account of spiritual strength, but they have no information of the spiritual strength. They are thinking is material.
There is a Rolls Royce but without petrol is useless. This is spirit, petrol spirit.
Similarly, real strength is spiritual strength and that spiritual strength is Balarama…
Bala means strength… Nityananda Prabhu i
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
- Power of Bad Association: It was a known fact in Ayodhya that Kaikeyi loved Lord Rama more than his own son Bharath, then how could she become so evil. It is by her bad association with Mantara.
- Attachment to service & not to the position: Lord Ram was willing to become the king as a service to Maharaj Dasarath and He was also willing to go to the forest a
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
There are two kinds of people on the surface of the earth today. Average people and Exceptional people.
Average people merely exist
Exceptional people actually live
Average people are products of their environment
Exceptional people are products of their choices
Average people are drowned by adversity
Exceptional people are elevated by difficulties
Average people give excuses for failure
Exceptional people accept responsibility
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krishna Dear Prabhu
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Sri Sri Nitai Mayapur Chandra
I am extremely happy to announce that ISKCON Cape Town, Rondebosch temple is 25 years old this year !!!
To celebrate this momentous occasion, we will be holding a special 25th anniversary Reunion and Kirtan Mela festival.
Our guests will include HH Bhakti Caitanya swami, HH Kadamba Kanana swami and many senior devotees and former full time Cape Town devotees who will
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The devotee rejects everything unfavorable with determination because he knows that this thing is detrimental to his spiritual progress, and if he does not get rid of it now, it will kill him spiritually.
Just creating people who can earn, who can invent, is not going to help the world in itself unless people become holistic, become united with their own inner spiritual nature and act with dynamic compassion.
- Radhanath Swami
Lecture on Jivan Shaili by Subhag Swami
(Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness specific services of translating Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures & Prabhupada’s books. Also Srila Prabhupada ordered him to preach Krishna Consciousness all over the world.)
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Lecture on The main thing is Desire by Rohini Suta Prabhu on 08 Sep 1990
(Rohini Suta Prabhu joined ISKCON in 1974 and is initiated by Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he was engaged in book distribution, mostly in Switzerland and Germany.)
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Lecture on Finding Balance by Yadunanadana Swami on 21 Feb 2012 at ISKCON Radhadesh
(Yadunandana Swami principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor is a sannyasi (monk, religious mendicant) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).)
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Hon’ble Dr A. P. J .Abdul Kalam Former President of India on arrival to the hospital first started his visit auspiciously by offering his respects to Srila Prabhupada ,Founder Acharya, International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Later he took a tour of the hospital and interacted with the key management of the hospital and also with the hospital staff and others. Mr.Hrishikesh Mafatlal, (H.G.Krsnachandra Prabhu) Chairman and Dr.Ajay Sankhe,(H.G.Madhavanand Prabhu) Director of the hospital
Now, the feature, the body, is the same, but in different house with different devotees, the exchange of feelings is different. That is called vaibhava-prakasa. So it is a very complicated idea, which of them is vaibhava, which of them is prabhava, which of them is vilasa, which of them is tad-ekatma, avesa... There are different divisions of Krsna's expansions. But we can note down if we like from original Krsna how many, I mean to say, expansions, innumerable expansions Krsna has got. But som
TEXT 2
sri-bhagavan uvaca
sannyasah karma-yogas ca
nihsreyasa-karav ubhau
tayos tu karma-sannyasat
karma-yogo visisyate
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Personality of Godhead said; sannyasah--renunciation of work; karma-yogah--work in devotion; ca--also; nihsreyasa-karau--all leading to the path of liberation; ubhau--both; tayoh--of the two; tu--but; karma-sannyasat--in comparison to the renunciation of fruitive work; karma-yogah--work in devotion; visisyate--is better.
TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lor
