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The Absolute Truth!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on June 11, 2010 at 1:31pm

"In the modern world, Absolute Truth is kind of swept under the rug probably because it's something, which you can't know by experimentation very easily; primarily because it is not accessible by normal empiric investigation.

But in the Indian tradition, the Vedic tradition, the great seers, the great Yogis would research Absolute Truth through various forms of Yoga. Yoga means to link. So someone uses the mystic yoga process whereby through breathing exercises, through meditation, throu

June 10th - H G Jananivas Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.22 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 10, 2010 at 5:06pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.22

naitena dehena hare kṛtāgaso
dehodbhavenālam alaḿ kujanmanā
vrīḍā mamābhūt kujana-prasańgatas
taj janma dhig yo mahatām avadya-kṛt

SYNONYMS:

na — not; etena — by this; dehena — by the body; hare — to Lord Śiva;
kṛta-āgasaḥ — having committed offenses; deha-udbhavena — produced
from your body; alam alam — enough, enough; ku-janmanā — with a
contemptible birth; vrīḍā — shame; mama — my; abhūt — was;
ku-jana-prasańgataḥ — from a relationship with a bad person; tat janma
— th

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on June 10, 2010 at 2:30pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Brahma’s Prayers to Lord Krsna

1. After the killing of Aghasura, Lord Krsna was having lunch with his cowherd boyfriends. The calves strayed away somewhere and could not be found. When Krsna went in search of the calves, Brahma came to the spot and removed
the calves and the boys to some secured place. Understanding this, Krsna expanded Himself as calves and boys. When Lord Brahma returned after a moment of time had passed (accordi

Time, Place and Mind

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 10, 2010 at 2:14pm

Start chanting very early in the morning, either with devotees, Tulasi-devi, Thakurji, or in a place free from disturbance. Sit before your Deities or Tulasi-devi and chant prayers to Sri Guru and the parampara, the six Gosvamis and the Panca-tattva. Remember Thakura Haridasa and pray for his mercy. Pray to the holy name to help you chant with full attention, purely, and free from offenses.If the mind starts "jumping," calm it down by prayer, pranayama, or loud chanting.

Invoking The Lord's Mercy

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 10, 2010 at 2:12pm

When we chant with devotion, we invoke the mercy. How is that? When we chant nicely, we get the purification that allows us to think of Krsna in any situation and it then allows us to depend on the Lord to give us protection. This feeling of dependence on the Lord is our expression of devotion and it's what the Lord likes to feel from His devotee. By chanting with strength we invoke the Lord as we would catch the attention of someone when we call his or her name.

GURUVAKYA "To get vaccination from the sense gratification is to absorb in transcendental ecstasy. To do that we need to have a strong desire. In a few days, months, years, if you are determined and

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on June 10, 2010 at 11:53am

GURUVAKYA

"To get vaccination from the sense gratification is to absorb in transcendental ecstasy. To do that we need to have a strong desire. In a few days, months, years, if you are determined and if somehow you could convince Lord Nithyananda, "I don't have any other desire but to get back to You. You should please give me that little drop of mercy."

For Lord Nithyananda prabhu is very merciful. He doesn't see whether a person is qualified or not qualified. He is very liberal in giving that mer

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 9

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 9, 2010 at 4:56pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 9
brahmovaca
samyak karunikasyedam
vatsa te vicikitsitam
yad aham coditah saumya
bhagavad-virya-darsane

brahma uvaca -- Lord Brahma said; samyak -- perfectly; karunikasya -- of you, who are very kind; idam -- this; vatsa -- my dear boy; te -- your; vicikitsitam -- inquisitiveness; yat -- by which; aham -- myself; coditah -- inspired; saumya -- O gentle one; bhagavat -- of the Personality of Godhead; virya -- prowess; darsane -- in the matter of.

TRANSLATION
Lor

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 9, 2010 at 4:55pm

n Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: "Let aside everything. Just become My devotee, a surrendered soul." So we are preaching that. We don't make compromise. Therefore all people are against me. Because "This man simply says, Krsna.' " But I cannot say anything more. 731228sb.la

In spiritual matters, everything is spoken frankly, without compromise. We say, "If you are not Krsna conscious, then you are a rascal. You may be th

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur Appearance

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on June 9, 2010 at 12:59pm

Vrndavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda’s favorite devotee, and therefore he is the original Vyasadeva in describing the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vyasadeva described the pastimes of Krsna in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Vyasa of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was Vrndavana dasa.

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur was born four years after Mahaprabhu took sannyasa.

His mother was Sri Narayani Devi. She was the niece of Srivasa Pandit.

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur describes how his moth

Shelter of the Disciplic Succession!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on June 9, 2010 at 11:30am

GURUVAKYA

"Everybody goes to the West seeking happiness. But when His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada went to the West, he told everybody that you are not happy, for all these reasons. He wasn't fooled by the presentations of so called happiness. He was seeing reality - what actually was the real situation.

Just like then first Srila Prabhupada arrived in Boston and went for a two hour walk he was outside the New York Harbour and wrote that poem, a prayer preaching Bhagavata Dharma

sri gaur arti...hindi

Posted by kamal nayan gulati on June 9, 2010 at 11:04am

jai sri radhe....by the grace of sri gauranga i wrote this arti in hindi...its meaning in english is also given....

om jai sri gaur hari,prabhu jai sri gaur hari.

sunder chabi prabhu nyari,dekhat vipat tari.1.

all glories to the lord gaura hari...he is extremely beautiful..and by taking his darshana..all troubles go away.

gaud des prabhu prakate,kali mahi saar diya.

krishna naam de paavan,jan jan taar diya.2.

he appeared in bengal...and gave the dharama of this dark age...sri krishna naam..and thus he

Finding Joy in Everyday Spiritual Life

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 9, 2010 at 9:23am

Finding Joy in Everyday Spiritual Life

1.Create opportunities to do what you love to do for Krishna. We all have gifts and talents that are God- given. Use them in devotional service. When you do what you love to do, you often do it best, and giving your best to Krishna is what is wanted. The practice of surrender is often doing services that need to be done, for the pleasure of Krishna, even when it doesn’t suit us, or we don’t like to do it. That’s wonderful. And needed. But along with that, do

26 Qualities of a Devotee for Parents

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 9, 2010 at 9:10am

1. Kind to Everyone

Sometimes we are kind to everyone outside of our home and nasty to those near to us. Treat your child with kindness and he will learn to be kind – a word of appreciation, a pat of encouragement, a hug of affection. Show kindness to others – a helping hand, giving charity, a word of thanks. Kindness does not mean giving in to your child – it means never giving up on your child. You also show your kindness by setting clear expectations, boundaries and following through on conseq

Video Download: Ecstatic Feast with 300 College Students in Mayapur in honor of Aunt Nancy's Passing from this World

Posted by Ekalavya Das on June 8, 2010 at 9:00pm

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

pamho. agtsp.

Here is a 15 minute video that I compiled and edited myself of the blissful feast in Mayapur in honor of my Aunt Nancy departing from this world. I personally helped serve out the feast. There is a nice singing of prasadam prayers in the beginning also.

104 MB, 15 minutes.

http://www.24.fi/gopinath/EKD/Mausi%20Nancy%27s%20Feast%20in%20Mayapur.m4v

Ys, ekd

Nectar - Turn Lower Desires into Superior Desires

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 8, 2010 at 5:00pm

Turn Lower Desires into Superior Desires

From H H Sachinanadana Swami

"One can give up inferior desires when engaged in superior desires. To try to stop desires is impossible. One has to desire the Supreme in order not to be entangled in inferior desires." (Srila Prabhupada in his SB purport to 4.22.39)

The crucial question is: How to increase our spiritual desires? Here is Prabhupada's simple advice: "There must be regular recitation on the talks of God. Going and coming to the temple, church or m

June 8th - H G Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.20 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 8, 2010 at 4:56pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.20

karma pravṛttaḿ ca nivṛttam apy ṛtaḿ
vede vivicyobhaya-lińgam āśritam
virodhi tad yaugapadaika-kartari
dvayaḿ tathā brahmaṇi karma narcchati

SYNONYMS:
karma — activities; pravṛttam — attached to material enjoyment; ca — and; nivṛttam — materially detached; api — certainly; ṛtam — true; vede — in the Vedas; vivicya — distinguished; ubhaya-lińgam — symptoms of both; āśritam — directed; virodhi — contradictory; tat — that; yaugapada-eka-kartari — both activities in one

Advaita Acharya Fulfilled His Mother's desiere at "Pana Tirtha"

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on June 8, 2010 at 4:24pm

This is one of the widely celebrated Vaishnava festivals in Bangladesh that falls on the ‘Madhu Krishna trayodashi’ (the next trayodashi after Gaura Purnima). Everyone, regardless of age, participates with great enthusiasm to take a holy dip in the “Pana Tirtha’ on this very auspicious day.

“Pana” means promise. Advaita Acarya Prabhu’s Mother Nabhadevi desired to take bath in the Ganges but at the same time she was lamenting because of her old age and the Ganga being very far from her village. To

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 8, 2010 at 1:59pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Once at a festival in Hawaii, a bogus group was glorifying a supposed incarnation of Rama and Krsna. Govinda Dasi stood up on a table and started yelling: "How can you say this ugly man is God?" A girl complained, "You're not emanating love." Govinda Dasi shot back, "This ugly old man is killing you and you want me to emanate love." This was reported to Srila Prabhupada, who was very pleased and ordered the incident to be reported in Back to Godh

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 8

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 8, 2010 at 1:59pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 8
etan me prcchatah sarvam
sarva-jna sakalesvara
vijanihi yathaivedam
aham budhye 'nusasitah

etat -- all those; me -- unto me; prcchatah -- inquisitive; sarvam -- all that is inquired; sarva-jna -- one who knows everything; sakala -- over all; isvara -- the controller; vijanihi -- kindly explain; yatha -- as; eva -- they are; idam -- this; aham -- myself; budhye -- can understand; anusasitah -- just learning from you.

TRANSLATION
My dear father, you know every

Sacred Sounds Outdoors with HH Radhanath Swami

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 8, 2010 at 12:27pm

Dear Friends,

Reminder!!! Please join us on Wednesday, June 9th at 6:30pm for our annual outdoor Sacred Sounds celebration with HH Radhanath Swami. This is our most exciting and beautiful Sacred Sounds festival of the year. Surround yourself with friends, incense, candles, and chanting to uplift the soul. The gathering will be held at Gaura Vani and Vrinda's home in Ashton, MD (address below).

We will be starting with a potluck dinner, followed by kirtan under the stars. This will be outdoors, so

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The Absolute Truth!

June 10th - H G Jananivas Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.22 - from Mayapur

Story of Lord Krishna

Time, Place and Mind

Invoking The Lord's Mercy

GURUVAKYA "To get vaccination from the sense gratification is to absorb in transcendental ecstasy. To do that we need to have a strong desire. In a few days, months, years, if you are determined and

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 9

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur Appearance

Shelter of the Disciplic Succession!

sri gaur arti...hindi

Finding Joy in Everyday Spiritual Life

26 Qualities of a Devotee for Parents

Video Download: Ecstatic Feast with 300 College Students in Mayapur in honor of Aunt Nancy's Passing from this World

Nectar - Turn Lower Desires into Superior Desires

June 8th - H G Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.20 - from Mayapur

Advaita Acharya Fulfilled His Mother's desiere at "Pana Tirtha"

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 8

Sacred Sounds Outdoors with HH Radhanath Swami

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