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Queen Kuntis Prayer – S.B.1.8.25

I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths. – S.B.1.8.25

PURPORT

Generally the distressed, the needy, the intelligent and the inquisitive, who have performed some pious activities, worship or begin to worship the Lord. Others, who are thriving on misdeeds only, regardless of status, cannot approach the Supreme due to being misled by the illusory energy. Therefore,

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Simple Life and High Thinking

Man has entered into 21st Century and progressed much beyond the imagination. He dreamt of flying and today it is possible for any person to fly. Science has contributed much to our daily life in every aspect. Earlier man built big monuments like the Pyramids in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and many more mangnificient structures with his hand power but today he has machines to accomplish such great tasks. He just need to operate those. Also, in future using Artificial Intelligence, he will have
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HH Bhakti Caru Swami - Gaura Purnima

Date: February 28th, 2010
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 1.4
Speaker: HH Bhakti Caru Swami
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Hare Krishna. Today is Gaura-purnima day. The purnima, the full moon of the
month of phalgun. These two months, phalgun and caitra is the vasanta
season, springtime in India. In India there are six seasons and each season
consists of two months. Vasanta, spring is considered to be the king of all
seasons - rthuraj. This is the best of the times. Of all the six seasons
Vasanta or spr
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An Appearance day of Sri Sri Caitanya Maha-Prabhu (Gaura Purnima) festival was celebrated by Iskcon, Ludhiana.A large number of people enthusiastically participated in the festival. Deities Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baldeva and Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaur Nitai was looking very beautiful in Their colorful dresses. There was Aarti of their Lordship and Panchamrit abhishek of Sri Gaur Nitai. This time the venue of the festival was a little far from temple and was very wide to accommodate twenty thousand p

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Queen Kuntis Prayers - S.B.1.8.26

My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling. S.B.1.8.26

PURPORT

Being materially advanced means taking birth in an aristocratic family and possessing great wealth, an education and attractive personal beauty. All materialistic men are mad after possessing a

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Ujjain update 1st March 2010

Ujjain update 1st March 2010

The celebrations for Gaur Purnima went of perfectly right from mangal arati when we had our temple room nearly full with many students, congregational members and people in the neighborhood attending.

Darshan arati was at 8.30 am and everyone was enchanted to see the deities in their new dress with befitting garlands and jewelery.

The whole day devotees engaged themselves in their assigned services like cutting vegetables, cooking for the deities and devotees while some

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Concerning God, Modern Man, and Religion

Concerning God, Modern Man, and Religion

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Adler (1902-2001) wrote extensively on religion.

Can a truly contemporary person not be an atheist? A fuller articulation of the question would go like this. Must a truly contemporary person, one who is fully acquainted with all the genuine advances in science and philosophy, who has lived under the conditions of contemporary life with its holocaust, its nuclear weapons, its moral corruption -- must not such a perso

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International Pilgrims Visit Holy Places of Sri Chaitanya’s Life

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Gauranga Prem Swami leading Namahatta Parikrama.

On Wednesday, thousands of devotees returned to ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur to celebrate Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, after spending a week walking a pilgrimage through holy spots relating to his life.

Temples around the world will celebrate Gaura Purnima on Sunday February 28th, honoring the fifteenth century saint who is worship

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Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

Meeting of Saints in ISKCON Vrindavana

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Rajendraji Maharaja, head of the Ramananda Sampradaya, participated despite being involved in a traffic accident the previous day.

Taking advantage of the Vrindavan Kumbha Mela currently underway, Krishna Balaram Mandir organized a Sadhu Sammelan on the topic of the 500th anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Sannyas. As leaders of various groups arrived, they garlanded a deity of Srila Prabhupada placed at one end of the courtyard

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Three "stages" of chanting

Three "stages" of chanting

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1.Nama-aparadha : Offensive chanting of the holy name, or chanting of the holy name which is subject to the ten kinds of nama-aparadha.

2.Namabhasa : The stage of chanting in which one is becoming cleared of sins and offenses but has not yet attained pure chanting. By serving the spiritual master with full attention while chanting namabhasa, one gradually rises to the platform of suddha-nama...

3.suddha-nama : This is the pure stage of chanting where Krsna fully reveals H
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Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada's books.
Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we
could be better preachers, teachers and have a clear understanding of the
beautiful science of devotional service. Sri Vrindavan Dham provides a
unique environment to enhance one's taste and appreciation of our culture.

This year the English Bhakti-sastri course in Vrindavan is
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ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE in Washington News


Food for Life Global Haiti Team (with devotees from USA, UK, Slovenia,
Canada, Haiti, Dominican Republic, ...) is taking care for 3 tent camps in
Port Au Prince in Haiti with some 2560 inhabitants.

They are providing daily healthy meals rice, beans and vegatables - sabji.

Food for Life team is working closely with UN Forces (Indian Army) and World
Food Organisation and are distributing some 15.000 meals per week at least.

We would like to thank everyone for help
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Gaura Poornima - H H Giriraj Swami

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By Giriraj Swami

March 6, 1999 Sri Sri Panca-tattva Temple Laguna Beach, California

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared on the full-moon day of the month of Phalguna in Sri Navadvipa-dhama in western Bengal. He manifested His pastimes on earth for forty-eight years. For the first twenty-four years, in Navadvipa, He played the role of a child, then of a youth, and then of a married man; for the next six years He traveled throughout India and preached; and for the final eighteen years He resided in Jag

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Ujjain update 28th February, 2010

Ujjain update 28th February, 2010

Today is Gaur Purnima and we had a wonderful darshan of the deities in Their
new attire which was followed by blissful kirtan joined by many guests and
about a hundred students from Indore,Bhopal and Guma.


Yesterday at 4.30pm the devotees went out for a namsankirtan which went to
the heart of the city and many localities. The delightful kirtan was led by
our young devotee Privratha Pr 70 plus and hund
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The 4 Step Japa Mala Technique

The 4 step japa mala technique

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Step 1--Make a sankalpa to hear ONE mantra.

A sankalpa is a resolution or determination to do something. So the 1st step is to tell the mind to resolve to just hear one hare krishna maha mantra.

The idea is that it is a doable request. If we tell the mind to hear 16 rounds of mantra, or even 1 round....the mind is to powerful to heed such a big request. But if we tell the mind "Just hear this one mantra..." we have it in our power to force the mind to comply to at
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HH Bhakti Vikas Swami - Gaura-lila

Date: February 27th, 2010
Verse: Gaura-lila
Speaker: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
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Okay someone go around and wipe away all the tears! Gauranga bolite habe
pulaka-sarira
hari hari bolite nayane ba'be nira. We should all be crying according to
Narottama dasa.
One of the first of the very profound statements I have ever heard after
being allowed in the doors of this movement was from Gurudas. Not you. You
weren't even born then in this body. So he said, "Y
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Date: February 26th, 2010
Verse: Disappearance of Sri Madhavendra Puri [Cc Antya 8.28-36]
Speaker: HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami
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HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami: Today marks the anniversary of the
Disappearance Day of Srila Madhavendra Puri. I will read the translation
to the song that we just sung, Saparsada-bhagavad-viraha-janita-vilapa -
Lamentation Due to Separation from the Lord and His Associates
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The 16 Names of Shri Radha

The 16 Names of Shri Radha
by Lord Narayana in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Shri Krishna Janm Khanda 17.220-240:

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Radha - She who is the bestower of ultimate divine bliss.
Rasesvari - She Who is the Goddess of the rasa dance.
Rasa-Vasini - She Who always lives with the rasa dance.
Rasikesvari - She Who is the Goddess of those who relish divine mellows.
Krsna-Pranadhika - She Who is dearer to Krishna than His own life.
Krsna-Priya - She Who is Krishna's most dearly beloved companion.
Krsna-Svarupini
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