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Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 10th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4:12:34
Speaker: HG Jagajivan Prabhu
tatra tatra prasamsadbhih
pathi vaimanikaih suraih
avakiryamano dadrse
kusumaih kramaso grahan
TRANSLATION: While Dhruva Maharaja was passing through space, he gradually saw all the planets of the solar system, and on the path he saw all thedemigods in their airplanes showering flowers upon him like rain.
PURPORT: There is a Vedic version, yasmin vijnate
If God exists - Why so much pain and suffering?
A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said, "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that," asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would th
*GBC AGM--Oath of Allegiance
Every year during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC), GBC members reaffirm their Oath of Allegiance. This year GBC members gathered in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Sridham Mayapur for the event, and Bhaktimarga Swami led the recitation of the Oath. The following is the Oath of Allegiance and photos of the occasion.
1.To accept His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as the Founder-Acarya and Supreme Authority of I
GBC Meeting Report—February 26th-27th
By Sraddhadevi Dasi
ISKCON’s 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Governing Body Commission (GBC) continued February 26th and 27th with GBC members separating intocommittees to discussion specific topics. Some of the committees were Guru Services, GBC-BBT Relations, Parallel Lines of Authority, and the Sannyasa Committee. Regional Governing Bodies, such as the Latin Governing Body and the North American GBCs also convened to discuss issues particular to th
VAISNAVA DOGS
Radhe !
I have just returned today from Sri Nabadwipa Dham Parikrama and i want to share this unique experience with you.
We decided to visit Ek-Chakra village (the birth place of Nityananda Prabhu, who is none other than Sri Balarama in Krsna's pasttimes).
We started doing sankirtan there in the praise of Lord Nityananda and Gauranga:
Nitai Nitai Nitai Nitai Nitai Nitai Nitai He !
Nitai Gauranga Jai Nitai Gauranga !
Gaura Gaura Gaura, Gaura Hari !
and within few minutes, we were surround
HUM PREM NAGAR KI BANJARAN
JAP, TAP AUR SADHAN KYA JAANE!
HUM KRISHNA KE NAAM KI DIWANI
VRAT ,NEM KE BHANDHAN KYA JAANE!!
YE PREM KI BAATEIN HAI UDHO
KOI KYA SAMHJE AUR KYA JAANE!!
HUM BRIJ KI BHOLI GAWARNIYA
BRAHAMGYAN KI ULJHAN KYA JAANE!!
Question to Radhanath Swami: I am very much interested in Bhakti Yoga. But how do I cultivate enthusiasm and determination to remain steady on this path?
Radhanath Swami: How do you cultivate a plant? You have to protect it and you have to water it. If you're growing a flower in your garden you must protect it from being ripped out, from being trampled on, from being choked by weeds, and you also have to put water on it. So that is how enthusiasm and determination are also developed. If you engag
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Dear Gurudeva, |
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Answer: Krishna's Unlimited Causeless Mercy |
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It is simply a matter of understanding Lord Sri Krishna |
My humble prayers to my Lord Naraimhadeva: -
O’ Nåsiàhadeva! Your form is very terrible with Your long and sharp teeth. You are very fearful to see with strong large nails and garlanded by flames. Destroy, destroy my obstacles! Kick out, kick out my fear! Scatter, scatter my enemies! Destroy, destroy my karma! Flash, flash! Kill, kill! Cut, cut! Ever fulfill, ever fulfill all my desires to serve You. Safeguard, safeguard me and all around me.
Although I was very wealthy, I am blind and without d
Question: Why the Supreme Personality? |
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Please advise why you refer to Lord Krishna as the “Supreme Personality” of Godhead. We could just say Lord Krishna or the Supreme Lord Krishna. So why is it that many ISKCON books and devotees refer to Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. |
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Answer: He's Not the Impersonal Oneness |
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This is to make it very clear that God is a person. He's not the impersonal oneness as the Mayavadis claim. |
LORD SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
krsna-varnam tvishakrishnam
sangopangastra-parshadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah
krsna-varnam — repeating the syllables krishna; tvisa — with a luster; akrsnam — not black (golden); sa-anga — along with associates; upa-anga — servitors; astra — weapons; parsadam — confidential companions; yajn
Sunday, March 3, 1968 Los Angeles
Letter to Yamuna
"We are not impersonalists, under the circumstances we have got varieties of perception in the matter of discharging devotional service. In Rupa Goswami's ``Siksamrta'' it is stated that advanced life in Krsna Consciousness means one should be always very much anxious to calculate whether every moment of his life has not been utilized in devotional service. This is called feeling of being afraid for misusing time.
One should be very careful to est
Instead of complaining about what’s wrong we should take positive, solution-oriented steps (however small) toward improving a situation. It means being more a part of the solution rather than a reminder or reinforcement of the problem.
While we’re working, it’s easy to fall into the trap of spending our time and energy taking note and complaining about the way things are, the economy, negative people, greed, lack of compassion, bureaucracy, and so
Time
We should not forget that however attached one may be to his body, to his possessions, to the extensions of his body, the
time factor will make sure that you get separated.
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.13),22.4.1996, New Delhi
time factor will make sure that you get separated.
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.13),22.4.1996, New Delhi
The holy name is the most valuable asset that you can possess!
- By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
dasamasya visuddhy-artham
navanam iha laksanam
varnayanti mahatmanah
srutenarthena canjasa
dasamasya -- of the summum bonum; visuddhi -- isolation; artham -- purpose; navanam -- of the other nine; iha -- in this Srimad-Bhagavatam; laksanam -- symptoms; varnayanti -- they describe; maha-atmanah -- the great sages; srutena -- by Vedic evidences; arthena -- by direct explanation; ca -- and; anjasa -- summarily.
 Today I read a nice quote from Srila Prabhupada....it reminded me of how important it is to remember that the Lord is present in His names 100% - therefore we need to always give 100% full respect to our chanting and to always depend fully on the Lord by this effort. The names of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent. So Lord Krsna's instruction to Arjuna to "remember Me" and Lord Caitanya's injunction to "always chant the names of Lord Krsna" are the same instruction. There is no difference, be |
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE !
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE !!
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Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 9th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4:12:33
Speaker: HH Prabodhanand Sarasvati Swami
iti vyavasitam tasya
vyavasaya surottamau
darsayam asatur devim
puro yanena gacchatim
TRANSLATION: The great associates of Vaikunthaloka, Nanda and Sunanda, could understand the mind of Dhruva Maharaja, and thus they showed him that his mother, Suniti, was going forward in another plane.
PURPORT: This incident proves that the siksa- or diksa-gur
