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“pada-samvahanam” is called “pada-samvahanam,” massaging the feet.
Kecit tasya mahatmanah apare hata-papmano vyajanaih samavajayan (S.B 10.15.17)
They make fanning, “vyajanaih,” take some leaves, make little fan, (Maharaj is asking the audience looking at the painting of Krishna, Balaram and cowherd boys is someone fanning there? Must be, otherwise, this painting is incomplete). They fan Krishna.
anye tad-anurapanih manojnani mahatmanah gayanti sma maha-raja (S.B 10.15.18)
Some sing, glorifying, ye
Yamuna Devi Dasi was one of the first Western disciples of Srila Prabhupada. In the earliest days of ISKCON, she helped establish Hare Krishna temples in San Francisco, London, Delhi, and Vrindavan, India. She was also lead vocalist on on the popular Hare Krishna Mantra record and Radha-Krishna Temple album, helping popularize the chanting of Hare Krishna all over the world. She was the award-winning author of Lord Krishna's Cuisine, as well as other ground-breaking gourmet vegetarian cookboo
vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam
jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah
sarvam apimam prthivim sa sisyat
Translation: A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
The six agents of sense gratification are
- the tongue,
- the genitals,
- the belly,
- anger, the
- mind and
- words.
Glorification of Srila Prabhupada
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Here is a very grave and deep realization on Srila Prabhupada from the pages of H. H. Mahavishnu Maharaj’s diary.
Pure devotion acknowledges no technique while humility and absolute surrender are the stage on which the drama of divine love is eternally performed. His Divine Grace had such humility, such surrender, although he was at the same time often very demanding, insisting on high standard from his d
I watched as the father broke the news to his daughter. The alliance for her marriage had been rejected yet again. I observed dispassionately as she ran into her room and flung herself on the bed, sobbing bitterly. She was doomed to suffer that way. After all, she had committed one of the most abominable sins for a young girl.
She had been born with a dark complexion.
Enter Fairy Godmother. She compassionately assured the girl that all was not yet lost. She bestowed upon her, the blessing of the m
Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.62 Lecture
August 29, 1975, Vrindavana
Prabhupada:
stambhayann atmanatmanam
yavat sattvam yatha-shrutam
na shashaka samadhatum
mano madana-vepitam
[SB 6.1.62]
So his mind became very much agitated, young man, and he is seeing in his front that another young man and woman embracing and kissing. It is very difficult to restrain. Unless one is very advanced, it is not possible. That I was reciting, the verse by Yamunacarya, yadavadhi mama cettah padaravinde, krshna-padaravinde nava-na
1. Uttama Adhikari – Expert in putting arguments in terms of scriptures
2. Madhyama Adhikari – Not Expert but has strong faith in the process of Devotional Service
3. Kanista adhikari - Those who go to the temples of the Lord and offer worshipful respect to the Deity without sufficient knowledge in the theological science and therefore without any respect for the devotees of the Lord are called materialistic devotees
Los Angeles, Gainesville
12 June, 1972
72-06-12
My Dear Amarendra,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 5-30-72, along with newsclippings about your attempt to get the political post in Gainesville, Florida. I am very glad to hear from you that you are enthusiastically pushing forward with our Krishna Consciousness programs there.
I was very pleased to see in the newspaper clippings that you were voicing our Krishna Consciousness platform very nice
Srila Prabhupada always stresses the need and impact of Theater play. In short he says Theaters are very powerful preaching tool. So please be the part of it.
Reference 1: Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.11.20
TRANSLATION: "Expert dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and learned speakers all gave their respective contributions, being inspired by the superhuman pastimes of the Lord. Thus they proceeded on and on."
PURPORT
"Even one hundred years ago in India, all dramatic performanc
While I was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, one of the temple leaders there Jagat Guru Prabhu invited me to join him at a university program. At the school there was a festival in honor of Goddess Sarasvati. "We have a book table there," he explained, "and book distribution should be good." I took him up on his invitation and went to check out the Sarasvati festival, hoping that by Krsna's mercy I could distribute some books. When I arrived I was amazed there were thousands of people there! This is a pred
The Krsna consciousness movement is not for the wretched, unfortunate class of men. No. It is meant for the most fortunate man. Anyone who has taken to Krsna consciousness, he is to be considered as the most fortunate man because he has got the line of action how his life will be perfect.
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
Sanskrit Is The Mother of All Languages
(Please visit http://mvg.ctfm.org to hear lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)
Maharaj gave some interesting findings of how many modern languages like English were transformed from Sanskrit.
* The word Fever comes from the Sanskrit word jvara which was initially used as jever which means “an abnormal temperature”.
* The word Dyspepsia (bad digestion) comes from dushpacanashaya.
* The word Know comes from jna.
* The word Muscle comes from mousal.
* The wor
A NASA article on Sanskrit
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Modern scientists hail the ancient language of the gods as the only unambiguous natural language on the planet
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This interesting article refers to a NASA article
on Sanskrit in AI(Artificial Intelligence) Magazine
in Spring of 1985 written by NASA researcher, Rick Briggs.
In ancient India the intention to discover truth was so consuming, t
Reading Sanskrit
Improves Brain Functioning
by Brynne Sissom
(Please visit http://mvg.ctfm.org to hear lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)
The physiological effects of reading Sanskrit are similar to those experienced during the Transcendental Meditation® technique, according to research recently completed by Dr. Fred Travis, director of the ERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.
Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passages from the Bhagav
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Gopal Jiu Publications is pleased to announce the release of a new 520 page book, "When Good Fortune Arises, the Life and Teachings of Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Maharaja". Over five years in the making this book contains many little known stories about Gour Govinda Swami, including his association with Srila Prabhupada. "When Good Fortune Arises" has a foreword by HH Radhanath Swami and includes dozens of interviews with various senior devotees, sannyasis, friends, followers and disciples of Gour
Dear Vaisnavas,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS), in Sridham Mayapur, is scheduled from February 10th to 17th. The ILS will provide an opportunity for GBC members to share with ISKCON’s initiating gurus, sannyasis, temple presidents, project leaders, and congregational leaders the process of strategic planning they have undergone and the progress they have achieved. In turn, the GBC hope that those devotees who are attending
People are affected with three kinds of material qualities: goodness, passion and ignorance. Generally, they are affected by the lower two qualities -- ignorance and passion. Rajas-tamah. How do we know that "This man is in the modes of goodness and this man is in the modes of passion and this man is in the modes of ignorance"? How do we know? By the symptoms. By the symptoms. When one is affected by the lower qualities, rajas-tamah, passion and ignorance, his symptoms are that he is very greedy
Golden Moon Poetry Contest
On behalf of the BBT, the Bhakti Writer Community is sponsoring a poetry competition. Submit a poem by March 7 to win an Amazon.com gift card.
The great golden dancer, Lord Chaitanya and his brother Lord Nityananda are sublime subjects for poetry and prose. Let's celebrate their appearance days by publishing poetry in their praise.
The first place winner will receive a 25 dollar gift card to Amazon.com.
All participants' poetry will be published on the site and the firs
