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The Devotional Form Of Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Mayapur, India March 27, 1975

Learning how to love and serve God is so important that God Himself comes to teach it.

yad advaitam brahmopanisadi tad apy asya tanu-bha
ya atmantar-yami purusa iti so 'syamsa-vibhavah
sad-aisvaryaih purno ya iha bhagavan sa svayam ayam
na caitanyat krsnaj jagati para-tattvam param iha

"What the Upanisads describe as the impersonal Brahman i

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Happy to be a Bhakti Yogi

H.H. Jayapataka Swami has launched a new campaign called “Happy to be a Bhakti Yogi”. The design was chosen by him and he is humbly asking all of us to promote it. Please help make this a successful campaign. Join us and accept the challenge!

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.15

TEXT 15

evam jnatva krtam karma
purvair api mumuksubhih
kuru karmaiva tasmat tvam
purvaih purvataram krtam

 

SYNONYMS

evam--thus; jnatva--knowing well; krtam--performed; karma--work; purvaih--by past authorities; api--although; mumuksubhih--who attained liberation; kuru--just perform; karma--prescribed duty; eva--certainly; tasmat--therefore; tvam--you; purvaih--by the predecessors; purva-taram--ancient predecessors; krtam--as performed.

 

TRANSLATION

All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with

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Thought Of The Day

The same thing happened to Brahma. Because he had to create this whole universe -- so many planets, so many demigods, so many human societies, so many, so many... There is no limit. He is the creator of everything. He's called, therefore, "great-grandfather," prapitamaha [Bg. 11.39]. No, pitamaha. Prapitamaha is Krsna, great-grandfather, because He instructed Brahma. So the same thing: He can instruct you also. What is that instruction? Yena mam upayanti te. The instruction means how you can go

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4 - भज गोविन्दं

मूल:
नलिनीदलगतसलिलं तरलं, तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम्।
विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं, लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम्॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।

हिन्दी:
जीवन यह अत्यन्त चपल है, नलिनी-दल-जल-तुल्य तरल है।
दुःख-व्याधि-अभिमान-संकुलित, शोक-निहत यह लोक सकल है॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।

पहले पांडित्य-मोह, फ़िर वित्त-मोह, उसके बाद स्त्री-मोह - इन तीनों का खण्डन करके इस चौथे श्लोक में श्री शंकराचार्य बताते हैं कि मनुष्य का सांसारिक जीवन किस प्रकार होता है।

वह कहते हैं कि मनुष्य का जीवन उसी प्रकार

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sita is fully described in the Ramayana. She was the daughter of King Janaka, ruler of Mithila. The king was engaged in ritually plowing the land to help produce food to counter a famine at the time, and while using a golden plow, it revealed a pitcher that had been buried from which Sita appeared. The plow tip is called a sita, thus Sita was the name given to her. At the time, the demon Ravana had collected tax from the
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Sankirtan in Stockholm

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I was distributing on one of the longest shopping streets known to me in Europe, in Stockholm. This time of the year many tourists are expected. I'd hoped to meet some Germans as I drove through Stockholm with a little stock of German books, but it seems that they all vanished from Stockholm.


Nevertheless, after just a few minutes, I met a girl who was obviously enchanted by Indian culture. She was carrying a hare-nama chaddar and had Sanskrit prints on her hands. She wasn't at all the hippie t

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.14

TEXT 14

na mam karmani limpanti
na me karma-phale sprha
iti mam yo 'bhijanati
karmabhir na sa badhyate

 

SYNONYMS

na--never; mam--unto Me; karmani--all kinds of work; limpanti--do affect; na--nor; me--My; karma-phale--in fruitive action; sprha--aspiration; iti--thus; mam--unto Me; yah--one who; abhijanati--does know; karmabhih--by the reaction of such work; na--never does; sah--he; badhyate--becomes entangled.

 

TRANSLATION

There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One

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Thought Of The Day

So this whole material creation is like that. The creator of this universe, Krsna, He says, duhkhalayam asasvatam: [Bg. 8.15] "This is the place for suffering." And you are seeking after happiness. Just like in the prison house: it is the place for suffering, and if you want to be comfortable, this is called maya. Maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato vimudhan [SB 7.9.43]. The whole world is running after happiness what is not possible. Therefore they have been described as vimudhan, rascal. We sometimes

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
  श्लोक 1 . 4

अत्र श्रूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि |
      युयुधानो विराटश्र्च द्रुपदश्र्च महारथः || ४ ||





अत्र - यहाँ; शूराः - वीर; महा-इषु -आसा - महान धनुर्धर; भीम-अर्जुन - भीम तथा अर्जुन; समाः - के समान; युधि - युद्ध में; युयुधानः - युयुधान; विराटः - विराट; च - भी; द्रुपदः - द्रुपद; च - भी; महारथः - महान योद्धा ।

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इस सेना में भीम तथा अर्जुन के समान युद्ध करने वाले अनेक वीर धनुर्धर हैं - यथा महारथी युयुधान, विराट तथा द्रुपद ।


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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
  श्लोक 1 . 3

पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् |
   व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता || ३ ||



पश्य - देखिये; एतम् - इस; पाण्डु-पुत्राणाम् - पाण्डु के पुत्रों की; आचार्य -हे आचार्य (गुरु); महतीम् - विशाल; चमूम् - सेना को; व्यूढाम् - व्यवस्थित; द्रुपद-पुत्रेण - द्रुपद के पुत्र द्वारा; तव - तुम्हारे; शिष्येण - शिष्य द्वारा; धी-मता - अत्यन्त बुद्धिमान ।

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हे आचार्य! पाण्डुपुत्रों की विशाल सेना को देखें, जिसे आपके बुद्धिमान् शि

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“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

 

What is Hinduism?.......................Nectarean Mellows

 

What is Hinduism? In today’s world, Hinduism can mean anything. The word ‘Hindu’ is not found anywhere in any of the authorized scriptures. The word is sanatana dharma. Those who follow the Vedic culture follow the principles of sanatana dharma. Dharma means occupation. Dharma also means the intrinsic nature of a thing or a person. Intrinsic nature of sugar is that it is sweet. The intrins

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There are three ways to cultivate hearing : to  hear about scripture, to hear about the holy names  andtopics of the Lord, and to hear devotion-filled discourses.  Considering the science of the Absolute Truth, describing the Lord’s pastimes from Srimad Bhagavatam, discussing the characteristics ofVaishnavas, and hearing the ancient histories of Vaishnava families are considered “hearing the scripture”.  This is to be un
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Keeping a great quality of the Lord in mind, the devotees have awarded a name to the Lord.  Names such as Brahman, Paramatma, and Narayana indicate the Lord’s great qualities, but these qualities donot establish the relationship between the Supreme Lord and the living entities. A transcendental rope in the form of relationship connects the Lord and His devotees. Through this rope the Supreme Lord attracts all living enti
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण

  श्लोक 1 . 2

 

सञ्जय उवाच
दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा |
आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् || २ ||







सञ्जयः उवाच - संजय ने कहा; दृष्ट्वा - देखकर; तु - लेकिन; पाण्डव-अनीकम् - पाण्डवों की सेना को; व्यूढम् - व्यूहरचना को; दुर्योधनः - राजा दुर्योधन ने; तदा - उस समय; आचार्यम् - शिक्षक, गुरु के; उपसङ्गम्य - पास जाकर; राजा - राजा ; वचनम् - शब्द; अब्रवीत् - कहा;

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संजय ने कहा - हे राजन! पाण्डुपुत्रों द्वारा सेना की व्यूहरचना देख

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण

  श्लोक 1 . 1

 

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः |
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्र्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय || १ ||



धृतराष्ट्र: उवाच - राजा धृतराष्ट्र ने कहा; धर्म-क्षेत्रे - धर्मभूमि (तीर्थस्थल) में; कुरु-क्षेत्रे -कुरुक्षेत्र नामक स्थान में; समवेता: - एकत्र ; युयुत्सवः - युद्ध करने की इच्छा से; मामकाः -मेरे पक्ष (पुत्रों); पाण्डवा: - पाण्डु के पुत्रों ने; च - तथा; एव - निश्चय ही;
किम
- क्या; अकुर्वत -किया; सञ्जय - हे संजय ।


भावार्थ

धृतर

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3 - भज गोविन्दं

मूल:
नारीस्तनभरनाभिनिवेशं दृष्ट्वा मायामोहावेशम्।
एतन्मांसवसादिविकारं मनसि विचारय वारंवारम्॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।

हिन्दी:
नारी-अंग निहार चपल चित्त, मत हो मायाविष्ट विमोहित।
मांसवसादिक के विकार ये, कर तू बारंबार विवेचित॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।

श्री शंकराचार्य का यह तीसरा श्लोक स्त्री-मोह के बारे में है। हम सब जानते हैं कि यह मोह कितना प्रबल है और इस पर विजय पाना कितना कठिन है।

स्त्री का शारीरिक सौन्दर्य एक भ्रम है। उससे होने वाले मानसिक उद्वेगों को सच्चा नहीं मा

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English Apara Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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Hindi Apara Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor
Hindi Narration: Madhava Das (BVKS)
Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

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Mystery of Life

2514910218?profile=originalLecture on Mystery of Life by Subhag Swami on 01 Dec 2010 at Orissa

(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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2514910301?profile=originalLecture on Difference between Body and Soul find the Real Identity by Vedavyasapriya Swami

(His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaja, born in an Audichya Sahasra Brahmana family on 1st August 1944 in the town of Kadod, Gujarat, India, on Sravan Sud Dwadashi, also celebrated as Pavitra Dwadashi, that follows Pavitraropana Ekadashi.)

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