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yatato hy api kaunteya

purusasya vipascitah

indriyani pramathini

haranti prasabham manah

Bg 2.60

The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them.

Victims of senses

There are many learned sages, philosophers and transcendentalists who try to conquer the senses, but in spite of their endeavors, even the greatest of them sometimes fall victim to material sense enjoyment due to the agitat

Mayapur Jhulan Yatra 2012

Dear Prabhus,

Hare Krsna! Please accept our humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. We pray that you are in the very best of health.

Each year the Mayapur Vaisnava Youth organize the Jhulan Yatra festival for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Madhava under the guidance of H.G. Jananivas Prabhu and H.G. Pankajanghri Prabhu. The festival runs for five days and this year will herald the 26th Anniversary in Mayapur. It has become one of the highlight festivals of the y

A devotee knows everything

A devotee who is always in Krsna consciousness, for him there is nothing unknown. He knows everything. Just like we can give information of the whole creation. Not only of this material world, of the spiritual world. Clear conception. Where is where, what is what, everything. That is Krsna consciousness. The more you make progress, then you fully, I mean to say, conversant with all departmental knowledge. Everything is completed. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.46-

A devotee knows everything

A devotee who is always in Krsna consciousness, for him there is nothing unknown. He knows everything. Just like we can give information of the whole creation. Not only of this material world, of the spiritual world. Clear conception. Where is where, what is what, everything. That is Krsna consciousness. The more you make progress, then you fully, I mean to say, conversant with all departmental knowledge. Everything is completed. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.46-

Vaishnava Para Sukha-Sukhi

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

Today is one of the most memorable days especially for the disciples of H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, as they celebrated his 84th Vyasa puja in Rajkot with full enthusiasm. Having personally witnessed the glorious event, I will attempt to share a bit of my experience of it.

First of all, Maharaja has been faced with bad health for the last few days

Nature’s IQ

The Evolution of Consciousness

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Here is an excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada's mother, Srimati Rajani Devi. 

Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she came from a long-established Gaudiya Vaisnava family. She was darker-skinned than her husband, and whereas his disposition was cool, hers tended to be fiery. Abhay saw his mother and father living together peacefully; no deep marital conflict or complicated dissatisfaction ever threatened home. Rajani was chaste

http://btg.krishna.com/challenges-evolutionary-theory

Offering Prayers

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

In one of his recent lectures in Rajkot, Maharaja was making a very important point. He said, "Many times we do not know how to pray to Krishna. We may have lot of things to ask Krishna, but we should approach the Lord with the proper mood. This we can learn from Srimad Bhagavatam where so many devotees offer their prayers to the Lord. So, we should not only c

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One has to be intelligent to understand real happiness; one who cannot, seeks happiness in this material world. A man did not know what sugarcane was and was told that it was very sweet to chew. "Oh, what does it look like?" he asked. "It looks just like a bamboo rod," someone said. So the foolish man began to chew all kinds of bamboo rods. How can he experience the sweetness? Similarly, we are trying to get happiness a

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Durashaya means which cannot be fulfilled. You can hope something but it will never be fulfilled. Persons who are trying to become happy by adjustment of this material energy, they do not know that happiness cannot be achieved without approaching God. Everyone is thinking, "I must first of all see my own interest." But first of all try to understand what is your interest. We do not know that and we are hoping against ho

Eleven Causes for Dejection

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

The 14th chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam describes the circumstances concerning the disappearance of Lord Krishna from this earth after the Kuruksetra war. Some time after the war was over, Arjuna went to Dwaraka to see Lord Sri Krishna and other friends. In the mean time Maharaja Yudhisthira observes signs indicating the Lord's dis

Is there a Magic Pill for Happiness?

New York Ratha Yatra – June 14 2008

http://radhagovinda.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/new-york-ratha-yatra-june-14-2008/

Just like if there is some epidemic, disease, and if you take vaccine, it is supposed that you are free from the contamination. So this vaccine of chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra will keep you fit without any contamination of this age of Kali. And that is happening. All over the world people are chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra. And practically we see, those who are chanting, they're becoming free from the contamination. If you follow the rules and regulations, very simple thing, and chant Hare K

Hare Krishna

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

In this material world we are looking for that perfect love relationship. We are looking for that person that we can fully give ourselves to, who will be able to perfectly and fully reciprocate our love. So many times we try to totally give ourselves to someone that we feel is such a person. But then we end up feeling disappointed and frustrated after we realize that they are not what really what we th

Construction of Prabhupada ghat at ISKCON Allahabad

Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our dandavats. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.

We are very pleased to inform all the devotees that Prabhupada ghat is under construction here at ISKCON temple at Prayag on the banks of the Yamuna. The ghat is expected to be completed before Maha-Kumbha mela that is scheduled for January next year. The ghat is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.2.38 crores. The ghat will be 180 feet in

Construction of Prabhupada ghat at ISKCON Allahabad

Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our dandavats. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.

We are very pleased to inform all the devotees that Prabhupada ghat is under construction here at ISKCON temple at Prayag on the banks of the Yamuna. The ghat is expected to be completed before Maha-Kumbha mela that is scheduled for January next year. The ghat is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.2.38 crores. The ghat will be 180 feet in