Knowledge and renunciation are nothing but two sides of the same coin and one is necessary to give rise to the other. Home is nothing but the place for staying, food is nothing but the energy required for sustaining our body, and knowledge is nothing but an aid to attain salvation. Anything thatcaused obstacles in the way of salvation is ignorance. A living being is boundto receive the fruits of action no matter whether they are good or bad
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Bhakti Caru Swami Addresses UN Group in New York
ISKCON Sannyasi Bhakti Caru Swami met with the CSVGC (Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this November 14.
The NGO (Non-governmental organization) had expressed an interest in meeting him during their annual Week of Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, from October 20 – 24th. But Bhakti Caru Swami was unable to attend due to health complications of godbrother Jayapataka Swami.
Ne
ISKCON Makes a Splash at Kumbha Mela
Devotees bathe Srila Prabhupada on the day of "First Royal Bath."
Hundreds of ash-covered men marching into the river along with soulful chants of Vedic hymns. A multitude of people from varied backgrounds, jostling in and out of their tents. The sight of lamps and flowers being offered into the river in a spiritually-surcharged atmosphere. Such activity characterizes the largest spiritual gathering in the world: the Kumbha Mela.
Purna Kumbha Mela, held once in
avidya-karma-nirmitah
yasv anga pravisann atma
na veda gatim atmanah
TRANSLATION:There are varieties of material existence for the living entity
according to the work he performs in ignorance or forgetfulness of his real
identity. My dear mother, if anyone enters into that forgetfulness, he is
unable to understand where his movements will end.
PURPORT:Once one enters into the continuation of material existence, it is
very difficult to get out. Therefore the Supreme Personality of
And there was a devotee, had a book table with incense, books all the paraphernalia. And the three boys came and started to distract him. "What's this? What's that?"..they said. So the one on the other side took one Bhagavad Gita and stole it. And they ran off!!
Then they thought, "Hahahahahahahha.....We got the Hare Krishna's!....we stole their book
Srila Prabhupada met his Guru Maharaj Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupada in 1922, and on the very first meeting he was convinced by
him that Krishna consciousness was the most urgent need.
He further added that he should spread the teachings of Lord Chaitanya all over the world.
Srila Prabhupada immediately accepted him as his spiritual master in his heart.
Srila Prabhupada, then Abhay Charan De,began to associate with the devotees of the
Gaudiya Math, established by Bhakti SiddhantaSa
November 28, 2009 was celebrated as Gita Jayantiday. This was the very day more than 5000 years back that Lord Krishna spoke the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to his dearest friend and disciple Arjuna. It was spoken at a time when Arjuna was completely baffled by the circumstances in his life and was all but ready to give up his kshatriya duties. After hearing the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna was ready to go on with his duties in the right perspective, without bothering about happiness or sadness, loss o
In his Sri Prarthana-paddhati [Stavamala], Srila Rupa goswami prays:
"O Queen of Vrndavana, O Radharani, Your complexion is like molten gold, Your doe-like eyes are captivatingly restless, a million full and brilliant moons wane before Your lustrous countenance, and a blue sari, having stolen the hue of a fresh rain-laden cloud, has enwrapped Your exquisite form. O Radha, You are the crest-jewel of all the dallying damsels of Vrndavana, fragra
Class: Special class on the Occasion of HH Bhakti Tirtha Swami's
Appearance Anniversary
Speaker: HH Bhakti Charu Swami
suddha-bhakata-carana-renu,
bhajana-anukula
bhakata-seva, parama-siddhi,
prema-latikara mula
Will you be able to sing with me? [Audience agree.] I am sorry I thought I
will use the harmonium myself.
suddha-bhakata-carana-renu bhajana-anukula - the dust from the lotus feet of
a pure devotee is conducive to spiritual advancement. If we want to make
spiritual advancem
bhajana-anukula
bhakata-seva, parama-siddhi,
prema-latikara mula
Will you be able to sing with me? [Audience agree.] I am sorry I thought I
will use the harmonium myself.
suddha-bhakata-carana-renu bhajana-anukula - the dust from the lotus feet of
a pure devotee is conducive to spiritual advancement. If we want to make
spiritual advancem
The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance. - Norman Vincent Peale Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step. - Joni Erickson Tada God is the light that shows me the way, for there is nothing that God cannot do. Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible. - Sir William Osler Put your confidence in God and not in man. God |
David Steindl-Rast: Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. Denis Waitley: Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Doris Day: Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Eric Hoffer: The hardest arith |
What is the Actual Destination of Life?
Why a human being should not die like cats or dogs without knowing the aim of life is
illustrated in the following story.
Once upon a time, there was a very wealthy king. He had a big kingdom, many queens, a lot of
wealth and hundreds and thousands of followers and soldiers. He was living a very happy life
and he became so attached to his property, position, prestige and status that he completely
forgot God, and his duty towards God.
One day a sadhu came to his c
Song Name: Na Yoga Siddhir Na Mamastu
Official Name: Sri Sri Vrndavanastakam
Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
Book Name: Stavamrta Lahari
(1)
na yoga-siddhir na mamāstu mokṣo
vaikuṇṭha-loke pi na pārṣadatvam
premāpi na syād iti cet tarāṁ tu
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ
(2)
tārāaṁ janur yatra vidhir yayāce
sad-bhakta-cūḍāmaṇir uddhavo’ pi
vīkṣyvaiva mādhurya-dhūrāṁ tad asmin
mamāstu vṛndāvana eva vāsaḥ
(3)
kiṁ te kṛtaṁ hanta tapaḥ kṣitīti
gopyo pi bhūme stuvate ras kīrtim
yenaiva kṛṣṇāńghri-p
Kirtana [chanting Hare Krishna] in Every Town and Village
If you vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce their ears and enter their hearts, and then their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived.
My Dear Bansidhari,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your nice report from Santa Barbara dated October 22nd, 1970. I am always so glad to know that you are keeping to the standard practices as I have instructed you to do and all the devotees are fe
(Sung during Guru-puja, worship of the spiritual master, by Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura)
(1)
shri-guru-charana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma
bando mui savadhana mate
jahara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai,
krishna-prapti hoy jaha ha'te
(2)
guru-mukha-padma-vakya, chittete koriya aikya
ar na koriho mane asha
shri-guru-charane rati, ei se uttama-gati
je prasade pure sarva asha
(3)
chakhu-dan dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei
divya-jnan hride prokashito
prema-bhakti jaha hoite, avidya v
Song Name: Vande Krsna Nanda Kumara
govinda hari gopāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari
vande kṛṣṇa nanda-kumāra
nanda-kumāra madana-gopāla
madana-gopāla mohana-rūpa
mohana-rūpa nanda-kumāra
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya prabhu dīna-dayāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya jaya deva hari
jaya rāma hari jaya kṛṣṇa hari
jaya jaya-śacī-nandana gaura-hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
govinda hari gopāla hari
jaya jaya deva ha
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. - Benjamin Franklin
Humility makes great men twice honorable - Benjamin Franklin quotes
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. - Charles de Montesquieu
Date: February 8,2010 Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.32.25 Speaker: HH Bhakti
Caitanya Swami – Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Sri Dham Mayapur
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sa tadaivatmanatmanam nihsangam sama-darsanam heyopadeya-rahitam arudham padam
iksate
TRANSLATION: Because of his transcendental intelligence, the pure devotee is equipoised in
his vision and sees himself to be uncontaminated by matter. He does not see anything as
superior or inferior, and he feels himself elevated to the transcenden
