Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 24th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaj Goes Back To Godhead
Verse: SB 4.12.18
Speaker: HH Prabhavisnu Swami
bhaktim harau bhagavati pravahann ajasram
ananda-baspa-kalaya muhur ardyamanah
viklidyamana-hrdayah pulakacitango
natmanam asmarad asav iti mukta-lingah
TRANSLATION:Because of his transcendental bliss, incessant tears flowed from his eyes, his heart melted, and there was shivering and standing of thehairs all over his body. Thus transfo
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 20th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaj Goes Back To Godhead
Verse: SB 4.12.15
Speaker: HG Anuttama Prabhu
manyamana idam visvam
maya-racitam atmani
avidya-racita-svapna-
gandharva-nagaropamam
TRANSLATION: Srila Dhruva Maharaja realized that this cosmic manifestation bewilders living entities like a dream or phantasmagoria because it is acreation of the illusory, external energy of the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT: In the deep forest it sometimes app
SPIRITUAL REALIZATION : UMBRELLA APPROACH
It has been my personal experience, observation and also experience and observation of many in ISKCON that
1) followers of one Guru Maharaj does NOT encourage / like / wish talking / praising / glorifying of another Guru Maharaj,
2) followers of one Guru Maharaj argues that my Guru Maharaj is Great, My ISKCON Temple is Great, Our Preaching is Right, etc., etc.
3) strangely, in some temples, they do NOT permit to sell the books written by othe
Date: June 16, 2007
Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.16.7
Speaker: HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Location: ISKCON New Vrindaban [www.newvrindaban.com]
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[note: transcription is not verbatim]
grhesu yesv atithayo narcitah salilair api yadi niryanti te nunam pheruraja-grhopamah
TRANSLATION: Homes from which guests go away without having been received even with an offering of a little water are like those holes in the field which are the homes of ja
Krishna Consciousness means NOT only SHAVING Beard, Mustache and hair on Head and be neat and clean by physical ambiance but also to SHAVE the internal & hidden hairs, beards & mustaches of Lust, Anger, Ego, Envy, Pride, Arrogance, Ignorance & illusion.
Therefore, in Krishna Consciousness, both Internal & External Shaving is required from time to time.
If one is simply neat and clean externally by neat shave, white dhoti kurta, tilak and kanti mala and possessing all demonish qualities, one cann
His Divine Grace Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja made his appearance as Braja-bandhu Manik in a vaishnava family on 2nd September 1929. He appeared in the village of Jagannathapura, not far from Jagannatha Puri Dhama, in Orissa, India, but as his mother was descended from the Giri family of the village Gadeigiri, Braja-bandhu spent his childhood there. His grandfather was a paramahamsa whose only business was to chant Hare Krishna and cry before the lo
Career Councelling
(by HG Nitaichand pr)
Career options after school/college
Balance
Spiritual life Materialistic life
Sadhna Service
The tears of separation between two Vaishnavas, when they are based on knowledge and truth, are one of the most elevated and of the most purifying of all spiritual experiences - Nectar Drops
Bin hari bhajan dukhad hai jeevan...
bin hari sumiran dolat hai man...
hari sumiran bhav paar lagaave..
hari sumiran hari se milvaave..
hari sumiran se paavan tan man..
bin hari bhajan dukhad hai jeevan...1..
hari sumiran hai param upaaye...
tar jaave jo hari hari gaaye...
das kamal bhaj hari ko har shan..
bin hari bhajan dukhad hai jeevan..2..
“Let there be all victory for the chanting of the Holy Name of Lord Hari, Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror
of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon
which spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The
chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to
everyone and enables one to taste full
1. Simply by sincerely chanting the Holy name of the Lord, everything becomes perfect.
2. Make your chanting heart- deep, not just lip- deep.
3. Chanting the name of God is a form of service, and God reciprocates that service by purifying the heart from within.
4. Krishna is non different from His name, but the degree to which He manifests depends on our attitude.
5. Prayer is the earnest entreaty of the heart for purification. Such yearning is the essence of spiritual life and of chanting Hare K
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 21st, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaj Goes Back To Godhead
Verse: SB 4.12.16
Speaker: HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami
atma-stry-apatya-suhrdo balam rddha-kosamantah-puram parivihara-bhuvas ca ramyahbhu-mandalam jaladhi-mekhalam akalayyakalopasrstam iti sa prayayau visalam
TRANSLATION: Thus Dhruva Maharaja, at the end, left his kingdom, which extended all over the earth and was bounded by the great oceans. Heconsidered his body, his wives, his children,
It's called Mindset
As I was passing by the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.
No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well," he said, "when they are very young
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 19th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaj Goes Back To Godhead
Verse: SB 4.12.14
Speaker: HH Ramai Swami
evam bahu-savam kalammahatmavicalendriyahtri-vargaupayikam nitvaputrayadan nrpasanam
TRANSLATION: The self-controlled great soul Dhruva Maharaja thus passed many, many years favorably executing three kinds of worldly activities,namely religiosity, economic development and satisfaction of all material desires. Thereafter he handed over the charge of the
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 18th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaj Goes Back to Godhead
Verse:SB 4.12.13Speaker: HG Ajamila Prabhu____________________________________________
sat-trimsad-varsa-sahasramsasasa ksiti-mandalambhogaih punya-ksayam kurvannabhogair asubha-ksayam
TRANSLATION: Dhruva Maharaja ruled over this planet for thirty-six thousand years; he diminished the reactions of pious activities by enjoyment, and bypracticing austerities he diminished inauspicious reactions
