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Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on July 31, 2010 at 5:13pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - toll-tax

Once, Sri Bhaguri Rsi was performing a sacrifice for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord. The cowherd boys and girls were bringing ingredients for the sacrifice from distant places. Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis were also bringing yoghurt, milk, butter and various kinds of milk-sweets, such as rabadi. Sri Krsna along with Subala, Madhumangala and other sakhas, obstructed their path and forcibly demanded toll-tax, and the sakhas and gopis began

July 30th - HG Durgama Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7.14 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 4:44pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.14

vidyā-tapo-vrata-dharān mukhataḥ sma viprān
brahmātma-tattvam avituḿ prathamaḿ tvam asrāk
tad brāhmaṇān parama sarva-vipatsu pāsi
pālaḥ paśūn iva vibho pragṛhīta-daṇḍaḥ

SYNONYMS:
vidyā — learning; tapaḥ — austerities; vrata — vows; dharān — the followers; mukhataḥ — from the mouth; sma — was; viprān — the brāhmaṇas; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; ātma-tattvam — self-realization; avitum — to disseminate; prathamam — first; tvam — you; asrāk — created; tat — therefore; brāhma

India's unique legacy

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 1:16pm

Question: Does the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra do any practical good for the world?

Certainly.

As most of us know, the fundamental problem in economics is to reconcile the unlimited desires of people with the limited resources of the world. All of us perpetually seek happiness by fulfilling our desires. Two conflicting forces within our hearts determine our desires: the centrifugal force that allures us to external objects, and the centripetal force that draws us inwards to the Lord within

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 31, 2010 at 12:47pm

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it'll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are sayingit'll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are somelikely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.

Reason one: Mayan calendar

The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were th

"DEATH IS NATURAL"

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 31, 2010 at 12:36pm

Prabhupada: You become... I am explaining. You become entangled. Now, as soon as you become entangled... Suppose you become a dog. Now you suffer.

Dr. Patel: But when the dog is there, he does not think he's suffering. He's just like that pig.

Prabhupada: That is illusion. That is called moha, moha. One is suffering. Everyone is suffering. Suppose a big man, a minister, or the prime minister, or the chief minister, he's also suffering. But he's thinking, "Now I am prime minister." That is illusion

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day : A Talk by Giriraj Swami

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on July 31, 2010 at 12:15pm

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day
A Talk by Giriraj Swami
July 31, 2002
Carpinteria, California

For Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's appearance day I thought to read one verse and
purport about him from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Ten, “The
Branches of the Caitanya Tree”:

TEXT 105

sri gopala bhatta eka sakha sarvottama
rupa-sanatana-sange yanra prema-alapana

TRANSLATION

Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the forty-seventh branch, was one of the great
and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in

HH Giriraj Swami's Reflections on Guru-Purnima

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 31, 2010 at 11:00am

Reflections on Guru-purnima

A Talk by Giriraj Swami

July 29, 2007

Dallas

"Today is Guru-purnima. Srila Prabhupada has explained that the system of honoring the spiritual master is current in all sections of Vedic followers. In the Mayavadi (impersonalist) sects, the disciples offer respect to the spiritual master every year on Guru-purnima. And in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, the disciples offer homage annually on the appearance day of the spiritual master; this occasion is called Vyasa-puja, be

8 Qualities of Lord Ramachandra

Posted by meenakshi chawla on July 30, 2010 at 8:52pm

8 qualities of Lord Ramachandra as mentioned by Sri Hanumanji.

1. Vishuddaanubhava-maatram - The Lord, whose pure form is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature, can be perceived by pure consciousness.
2. Ekam - one without a second.
3. Sva-tejasaa dhvasta-guna-vyavastham - by His own spiritual potency, vanquished the influence of the modes of material nature.
4. Pratyak - transcendental, not to be seen with material eyes.
5. Prashaantam - undisturbed by material agitation.
6. sudhiyopalambhan

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - All ashrams are needed

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 30, 2010 at 11:57am

All ashrams are needed

Srila Prabhupada returned by 7:30 a.m. and entered the ground floor of the house for a short morning program. The downstairs consists mainly of a hallway, guest bedroom, pantry, kitchen, a large living room with an adjoining dining area. The devotees have put Srila Prabhupada's vyasasana, which is usually kept upstairs, in the dining room and a simple Pancatattva altar faces it from the opposite end of the living room. The yatra here may be small but is certainly not poor.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 30, 2010 at 11:57am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8
apam viryasya sargasya
parjanyasya prajapateh
pumsah sisna upasthas tu
prajaty-ananda-nirvrteh

apam -- of water; viryasya -- of the semen; sargasya -- of the generative; parjanyasya -- of rains; prajapateh -- of the creator; pumsah -- of the Lord; sisnah -- the genitals; upasthah tu -- the place where the genitals are situated; prajati -- due to begetting; ananda -- pleasure; nirvrteh -- cause.

TRANSLATION
From the Lord's genitals originate water, semen, gen

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'HOW KRISHNA IS ACTING IN DIFFERENT POTENCIES'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on July 30, 2010 at 11:21am

Krishna - The complete whole

The complete whole, Personality of Godhead, Krishna has immense potencies (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]. This phenomenal world or material world in which we are placed is also complete in itself because the twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation, according to Sankhya philosophy, are completely adjusted to produce complete resources which are necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of thi

Yoga of Love

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 30, 2010 at 10:59am

Question: What is the relationship between yoga and bhakti?

Yoga, with its extraordinary health benefits, has achieved global acclaim today. The word 'yoga' comes from the root 'yug', which is similar to the English word 'yoke' and means to 'connect' or 'link. The Patanjali Yoga-Sutra, which is the foundational guidebook for yoga, explains that yoga in its completeness comprises eight stages and so is called ashtanga-yoga (ashta - eight, anga - limbs). What is popular as yoga today is actually ju

Guru (Vyasa) Purnima

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 30, 2010 at 9:19am

Guru (Vyasa) Purnima

This event really is directed towards Srila Vyasadeva, thus in some sampradayas they refer to Guru Purnima as Vyasa Purnima. Traditionally it is the day when the guru is worshipped.

In the book Festivals, Fairs and Fasts of India (Shakti M Gupta. 1991. Clarion books. page 88-89.) It says: Guru Purnima "......is observed on the full moon day in the month of Ashadha in honour of the sage Vyasa, by keeping a fast, worshippig him for His blessings and to gain wisdom. Formerly on t

Shri Ekadashi

Posted by Krishna Mazumdar. on July 30, 2010 at 5:13am

At the beginning of the material worlds creation the Supreme Lord Hari created the moving and non-moving living entities within this world made of five gross material elements, simultaneously for punishing the sinful persons Lord created a personality whose form was the embodiment of sins the Sanskrit word is Papapurusha. The different limbs of this personality were constructed of various sinful activities, his complexion is black and the colour of his eyes is yellow. He inflicts extreme misery

July 29th - HG Jananivas Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7,11-13 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 29, 2010 at 6:52pm

SB 4.7.11: King Dakṣa wanted to offer prayers to Lord Śiva, but as he remembered the ill-fated death of his daughter Satī, his eyes filled with tears, and in bereavement his voice choked up, and he could not say anything.

SB 4.7.12: At this time, King Dakṣa, afflicted by love and affection, was very much awakened to his real senses. With great endeavor, he pacified his mind, checked his feelings, and with pure consciousness began to offer prayers to Lord Śiva.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.13

dakṣa uvāc

Get Cared for...Feel Cared for!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on July 29, 2010 at 3:48pm

Get Cared for...Feel Cared for!

"One time Prabhupada was sitting with his hand on his head and he was saying, "You don't know what it is like to run a world-wide spiritual movement. You don't know." The inference, with the way that he was holding his head, was that it was a big headache.

Prabhupada was so concerned that we all stay together, that we all work together, that we all cooperate to spread the Krsna conscious movement. We have many, many devotees now and it's important that the devotees

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Change the Public Not the Philosophy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 29, 2010 at 1:51pm

Change the Public Not the PhilosophyOur process is to show Krishna Consciousness as it is, not as others want to see it. By showing KC in this way, you are making the thing less important. It is not that we should change to accommodate the public, but that we shoud change the public to accommodate us.Bombay 28 December, 1971BrooklynMy dear Yogesvara,Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter of 17 December, 1971, along with copies of your advertising work, slides, and Dutch BTG

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - The sixth ring

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 29, 2010 at 12:59pm

The sixth ring

Srila Prabhupada chose to rest on the balcony rather than his room because of the heat. From 11:15 P.M. until 12:10 A.M. he took his massage, and then he rose around 2:00 A.M. Then, between 3:00 A.M. and 4:30 A.M. he summoned me with his buzzer five times because his dictaphone kept malfunctioning. There was some connection which kept shaking loose and I had to repeatedly jump in and out of my sleeping bag, running to and fro between the rooms to fix the problem.

I was just nodding

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 7

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 29, 2010 at 12:58pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 7
vikramo bhur bhuvah svas ca
ksemasya saranasya ca
sarva-kama-varasyapi
hares carana aspadam

vikramah -- forward steps; bhuh bhuvah -- of the lower and upper planets; svah -- as well as of heaven; ca -- also; ksemasya -- of protection of all that we have; saranasya -- of fearlessness; ca -- also; sarva-kama -- all that we need; varasya -- of all benedictions; api -- exactly; hareh -- of the Lord; caranah -- the lotus feet; aspadam -- shelter.

TRANSLATION
Thus

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'WHY LIVING ENTITIES MUST CO-OPERATE WITH THE LORD'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on July 29, 2010 at 12:46pm

What is this consciousness?

This consciousness is "I am." Then what am I? In contaminated consciousness "I am" means "I am the lord of all I survey. I am the enjoyer." The world revolves because every living being thinks that he is the lord and creator of the material world.

2 psychic divisions of material consciousness

Material consciousness has two psychic divisions. One is that I am the creator, and the other is that I am the enjoyer. But actually the Supreme Lord is both the creator and the enj

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Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

July 30th - HG Durgama Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7.14 - from Mayapur

India's unique legacy

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

"DEATH IS NATURAL"

Gopala Bhatta Gosvami's Appearance Day : A Talk by Giriraj Swami

HH Giriraj Swami's Reflections on Guru-Purnima

8 Qualities of Lord Ramachandra

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - All ashrams are needed

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 8

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'HOW KRISHNA IS ACTING IN DIFFERENT POTENCIES'

Yoga of Love

Guru (Vyasa) Purnima

Shri Ekadashi

July 29th - HG Jananivas Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.7,11-13 - from Mayapur

Get Cared for...Feel Cared for!

Change the Public Not the Philosophy

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - The sixth ring

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 7

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'WHY LIVING ENTITIES MUST CO-OPERATE WITH THE LORD'

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