Famed cricketer Gautam Gambhir who is presently the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) visited Iskcon Kolkata temple today (12th April 2013) with his teammates. They enjoyed vegetarian food at the famous Govindas restaurant. Gautam Gambhir also met with Iskcon monks, took darshan of the deities of Radha – Govinda and also received “Krishna” book (book about Lord Krishna). He experienced spiritual bliss and inner peace.

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TEXT 28

tattva-vit tu maha-baho
guna-karma-vibhagayoh
guna gunesu vartanta
iti matva na sajjate

SYNONYMS

tattva-vit--the knower of the Absolute Truth; tu--but; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; guna-karma--works under material influence; vibhagayoh--differences; gunah--senses; gunesu--in sense gratification; vartante--being engaged; iti--thus; matva--thinking; na--never; sajjate--becomes attached.

TRANSLATION

One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the

In pre-glasnost days a veteran book distributor 
finds a way to get Bhagavad-gita As It Is to the Russians.

After going through immigration at the Agosto de Sandino Aeropuerto at Managua. I stood in line to purchase $60 worth of cordovas (the local currency), which is required for anyone entering the city. Having been told, inaccurately, that everything is inexpensive in Nicaragua, I had brought only $200 in cash with me.

More important, I had two hundred copies of the Russian translation ofB

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday announced to provide a six-acre land for the construction of ISKCON temple at Kurukshetra. 

Hooda made this announcement on the request of President, ISKCON Temple, Kurukshetra, Sakshi Gopal Das, who called on him here today, in this regard. 

The Chief Minister, according to an official release, said the proposed temple would be the replica of ISKCON temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh. 

Hooda said Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple,

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

Because you may die before disaster comes.......................Nectarean Mellows

If you’re on an aeroplane and they announce an emergency landing and you know that within minute it’s very likely that you will die; (then) it’s very unlikely that you’re going to put your earphones to listen to some Hindi bollywood songs. And probably you are not going to be falling asleep when you are chanting the holy names. Why can’t we chant like that all the

TEXT 27

prakrteh kriyamanani
gunaih karmani sarvasah
ahankara-vimudhatma
kartaham iti manyate

SYNONYMS

prakrteh--of material nature; kriyamanani--all being done; gunaih--by the modes; karmani--activities; sarvasah--all kinds of; ahankara-vimudha--bewildered by false ego; atma--the spirit soul; karta--doer; aham--I; iti--thus; manyate--thinks.

TRANSLATION

The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in a

So Krsna consciousness means to be rightly situated in the original consciousness that we are all sons of God, Krsna. We have got eternal relationship with Him and He is the richest, the most opulent. As a rich man's son has no scarcity, no want, everything is supplied amply... Just like the Americans, they are... American or many other Western countries, the young men, they belong to a rich nation, so practically they have no want. But still why they are becoming hopeless and confused? Because

This year in India I had my most ecstatic time. First off, usually I don't distribute books in Mayapur during the festival, because there's so much going on. But upon seeing so many book distributors this year, I got inspired to distribute.

Interesting: there were so many devotees, so what I found was that I had to look for the people who didn't have beadbags and didn't wear dhotis and kurtas. They had to be wearing pants and shirt and no tilak.
It was pretty easy. I would just ask, " Do you like

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The Offenses Against Chanting The Holy Name From Nectar of Devotion by Srila Rupa Goswami.

Narrated by Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor , Recorded at ISKCON Desire Tree, Gopal studio.

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TEXT 26

na buddhi-bhedam janayed
ajnanam karma-sanginam
josayet sarva-karmani
vidvan yuktah samacaran

SYNONYMS

na--do not; buddhi-bhedam--disrupt the intelligence; janayet--do; ajnanam--of the foolish; karma-sanginam--attached to fruitive work; josayet--dovetailed; sarva--all; karmani--work; vidvan--learned; yuktah--all engaged; samacaran--practicing.

TRANSLATION

Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action, they should not be encouraged to refrain from wor

Therefore we should try to give to Krsna, not to ask. Because He has given us everything without asking. Without asking. We go to temple or churches to ask for our daily bread, but the birds and beasts, they have no churches, no temples, they do not ask. But how do they get their bread? Therefore according to Srimad-Bhagavatam, there is no actually bread problem. The only problem is that we have forgotten our relationship with God. Whatever... Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido [SB 1.5.18]. Therefo

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

What is the process of connecting to Krsna?.......................Nectarean Mellows

So the demigods were defeated by the demons just as every devotee will be defeated by Maya if we offend other Vaishnavas.  But now they had nothing, now they were under the rule of the asuras, they were helpless, like an elephant afflicted by forest fire. Indra was so big but helpless, it was beyond his powers. He comes to Brahma and Brahma preaches to them, why a

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ISKCON Durban’s Festival of Chariots (Rathayatra) held at North Beach on the vacation of Easter weekend. It was silver jubilee year of ISKCON Durban RathYatra. The festival's motto was "Culturally many - spiritually one”.

An amazing experience, seeing this festival is the biggest of its kind outside In

TEXT 25

saktah karmany avidvamso
yatha kurvanti bharata
kuryad vidvams tathasaktas
cikirsur loka-sangraham

SYNONYMS

saktah--being attached; karmani--prescribed duties; avidvamsah--the ignorant; yatha--as much as; kurvanti--do it; bharata--O descendant of Bharata; kuryat--must do; vidvan--the learned; tatha--thus; asaktah--without attachment; cikirsuh--desiring to; loka-sangraham--leading the people in general.

TRANSLATION

As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly th

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You will all be happy to know that BBT Bombay has reprinted these classic volumes of children's KRSNA Book and they are a very nice quality. For some unknown reason, some overintelligent person there introduced a few additions of unconnected pretty pictures, which can be easily corrected next printing. But the book still stands on its own as very endearing for our children growing up in Krishna consciousness. Because of ill health, I was unable to do it myself, and I am grateful for Gopal Krishn