The second International Bhakti-vriksha convention was held in Sri Dham Mayapur. It was a very inspiring program for all the congregation leaders and preachers and aspiring ones as well.
It ran for three days with the participation of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami , His Grace Kaunteya Prabhu, His Grace Vijay Venugopal Prabhu, Her Grace Premapadmini Mataji, His Grace Angira Muni Prabhu, His Grace Ashray Gauranga Prabhu and His Grace Chaitanya Avatari Prabhu.
Their very presence inspired everyone
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TEXT 22
na me parthasti kartavyam
trisu lokesu kincana
nanavaptam avaptavyam
varta eva ca karmani
SYNONYMS
na--not; me--Mine; partha--O son of Prtha; asti--there is; kartavyam--any prescribed duty; trisu--in the three; lokesu--planetary systems; kincana--anything; na--no; anavaptam--in want; avaptavyam--to be gained; varte--engaged; eva--certainly; ca--also; karmani--in one's prescribed duty.
TRANSLATION
O son of Prtha, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor
Hare Krishna Movement
Hare Krishna ,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada ,
This Gaur Purnima , the auspicious appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, I was scheduled to meet a top cop, who holds one of the top three designations in the hierarchy of Mumbai Police. It was a scheduled meeting and he had taken time out to meet me on a public holiday. After our discussion concluded, I thanked him for taking out time to meet me on a holiday and presented a copy of our popular new
You, you are very religious, performing the ritualistic ceremony very nicely, going to the Ganges and taking your bath, and dharmah svanusthitah pumsam. Very rightly you are executing your religious principle and coming at home, you are reading Bhagavad-gita, but you have no faith in Krsna. That is useless time, useless waste of time. The Bhagavata, (says) srama eva hi kevalam. So this, why this happens? Because these people do not approach the right person, guru. Adau gurv-asrayam.
By H.D.G. Sr
From apprehension to confidence to bliss a devotee's
first day distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.
Being a devotee of Krsna and a follower of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brings with it certain responsibilities: rising early, bathing regularly, maintaining regulative principles (including abstinence from meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling), and of course daily chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. But as well as these ba
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Lord Caitanya said, “My dear uncle, I have come to your home just to ask you some questions.”
“Yes,” the Kazi replied, “You are welcome. Just tell me what is in Your mind.”
The Lord said, “You drink cows’ milk; therefore the cow is your mother. And the bull produces grains for your maintenance; therefore he is your father. Since the bull and cow are your father and m
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
yadā na paśyaty ayathā gunehām
svārthe pramattah sahasā vipaścit
gata-smrtir vindati tatra tāpān
āsādya maithunyam agāram ajnah
“Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a useless waste of time. Being forgetful of his own interest, he tries to be happy in the material world, centering
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Ahankāra-vimūdhātmā kartāham iti manyate [Bg. 3.27]. The rascal, he is bewildered, vimūdhātmā, on account of false egotism. Just like we are inviting everyone: Please come and learn Bhagavad-gitā. “Huh! Bhagavad-gitā, let us go the sea and swim and surf.” They are taking so much trouble. I have seen in Hawaii that for hours together, they are struggling with waves.
Hare Krishna -
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Krishna and to all of his pure devotees and aspiring devotees.
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The natural qualities of the brahmanas are control of the mind, control of the senses, austerity, cleanliness, satisfaction, forbearance, simplicity, devotion unto Sri Bhagavän, compassion for the suffering of others, and truthfulness.
The natural qualities of the khatriyas are prowess, bodily strength, fortitude, heroism, tolerance, generosity, great
persever
(Seen at the Holi celebrations (l-r): Neelam Tolani, Sunil Tolani, Dilip Butani, Charu Das, Ishwar Deedwania, and Roshan Khandpur.)
The Krishna Temple of Utah, in association with Roshan Khandpur, an active member of ISKCON, brought the grand festival of Holi to Los Angeles sponsored by Avdesh and Uma Agarwal, Sunil Tolani, Dr. Vir Nanda, Ishwar Deedwania and Suresh Bhatti.
Brought by popular demand, the show was attended by thousands of Indian Americans, young and old. Several popular music b
Holi (festivals of colors) is an opportunity to give spiritual stimulation once again to the Citizen of Kanpur, joyfully celebrated on 31st March 2013. In this Holi festival, 2500kg different colors of flower petals were arrange.
More than six thousand people took part and joyfully celebrated the festivals. Ten Russian devotees also participated headed by HG Krishna Karanamrita Prabhu.
HG Visakha devi dasi from Kolkata sung beautiful bhajans and Kirtan took the audience into the spiritual realm
So our position is like that. Everything is full. Still, we are dying and fighting. What is the reason? The reason is that we do not follow Krsna. This is the reason: absence of Krsna consciousness. My Guru Maharaja used to say that the whole world is full of everything. Only scarcity is Krsna consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Krsna you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy. This instructio
“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
What should be our focus?.......................Nectarean Mellows
I wrote about that devotee I knew, Ghanshyam Baba. He didn’t demand anything, he just wanted to serve. He just wanted to give. This consciousness is Krishna Consciousness. We have a disease, we expect things according to our wish. That’s the source of all suffering. If we expect things to go according to our wish, we have to suffer and we cause suffering to other people as well. Wh
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
At Vidyanagara in South India there were once two brahmanas who decided to make a long tour to see different places of pilgrimage. First they visited Gaya, then Kasi, then Prayaga. Finally, with great pleasure, they came to Mathura. There they visited all twelve forests of Vrndavana, saw Govardhana Hill and at last came to the town of Vrndavana itself.
In Vrndavana, a
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
A song by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura
Five hundred years ago, Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in West Bengal in the role of His own pure devotee Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya is considered the most munificent incarnation of Godhead because He made love for Krsna easily available through the chanting of the maha-mantra Hare Krsna
In the sastra it is said, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam [Bs. 5.33]. Krsna has ananta-rupam. Therefore every rupa is expansion of Krsna's original rupa. The original rupa is Krsna. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]. Then there are so many rupas: Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha, Balarama, Parasurama, Mina, Tortoise, Nrsimhadeva. Ramadi-murtisu kala-niyamena tisthan [Bs. 5.39]. He's always existing with different forms, not that he is existing only in Krsna form.
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
TEXT 21
yad yad acarati sresthas
tat tad evetaro janah
sa yat pramanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate
SYNONYMS
yat--whatever; yat--and whichever; acarati--does he act; sresthah--a respectable leader; tat--that; tat--and that alone; eva--certainly; itarah--common; janah--person; sah--he; yat--whichever; pramanam--evidence; kurute--does perform; lokah--all the world; tat--that; anuvartate--follow in the footsteps.
TRANSLATION
Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footstep
A girl sitting with her friends in a bus responded to the offer of a Gita: "I have a Bhagavad-gita at home, I don’t need another one."
I asked whether she had Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
She arrogantly asked, "What does it matter? They're all the same."
I replied, "Well, all buses are the same, but you are sitting only on this bus."
She said that this is because she had to go to the place where this bus goes and the other buses, though they look like, don’t go there.
“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
How can I serve you?.......................Nectarean Mellows
The miseries of material existence for a devotee are unfortunately sometimes necessary to take things seriously. Unless we suffer we will not take things seriously. Unless we suffer without and understand the need, then we take things cheaply and one of the most abominable ways of taking things cheaply is to be demanding, simply abominable from the perspective of devotional service. na dh
