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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

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Balance

Spiritual life                Materialistic life

                           Sadhna              Service

• Don’t think in spiritual life, “we have to neglect or le

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

Christchurch Quake Destroys Deities and Temple Beyond Repair

Image: Prananatha Dasa

Sri-Sri Nitai-Gaurachandra of Christchurch before the Earthquake

ISKCON Devotees in Christchurch, New Zealand are still in shock after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on February 22nd, destroying their temple building and shattering the Deities of Nitai-Gaurachandra beyond repair. Incredibly, no one was seriously injured.

The disaster comes on the heels of a 7.1 magnitude quake in the same city on September 4