In the Srimad Bhagavatam lecture on March 18, 1976, two days after Gaura Purnima, Srila Prabhupada said, "Srimad Bhagavatam should be your life and soul to remain constantly in Krsna consciousness." This instruction became an important focus in my life. I considered what it meant, "Srimad Bhagavatam should be your life and soul." Often when lecturing or otherwise preaching to devotees, I still quote this instruction and elaborate on what it means: that we should re
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we all here are jive tattva. every living entity. in one body we do have one soul animating it.
and the reason we are here is that we have erred somewhere.
but how to explain so manyu tulasis plants growing growing everywhere, in each and every plant there must be a soul is all the soul in each and every plant the expansion of srimati tulasi devi or individual personal like in every human body there is a soul.
1.Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: In this way, O Maharaja Pariksit, Sri Vrndavana became extremely beautiful due to the exquisitely decorated season of autumn. The lakes, ponds and rivers were filled with clear, sweet water. Gentle and fragrant breezes blew, carrying the aroma of lotus flowers from the lakes. The infallible Nanda-nandana Sri Krsna entered that enchanting Vrndavana forest, accompanied by His cows and gopas.
2.Intoxicated bees were h
आहार,निद्रा,भय और मैथुन
ये तो पशु भी है करते
गौर करे तो हम भी बस
दिन-रात इसी में लगे है रहते
सुबह से शाम मेहनत करते
हेतु होता है बस भोग ही भोग
ये जीवन आप में है एक दुःख
उसपे पाले है और कितने रोग
रोग ही तो है ये भोग की प्रवृति
और अस्थायी से इतनी आसक्ति
रोग इस कदर है फ़ैल चुका कि
कडवी लगती है हमें प्रभु भक्ति
जितनी जकड़ी बीमारी है होती
उतनी ही दवा कडवी है लगती
माया से जकडे बद्ध जीवों को
भक्ति भी ऐसी ही है लगती
जितनी कडवी भक्ति हमें लगे
उतनी ही हमें आवश्यकता है
मुक्ति के लिए भक्ति करनी ही होगी
ये हर इंसान की विवशता ह
आनंद घन है श्याम
आनंद ही यहाँ बरसता है
उनके सानिध्य में आकर
कहाँ कोई यहाँ तरसता है
आनंद की धुन
सुनाये उनकी मुरली
आनंद से भर जाए
एकबार जिसने सुनली
आनंद का ऐसा सागर वो
जिसके हर लहर में आनंद है
इसके पास से भी गुजर जाए
तो भी मिलता परमानन्द है
उनका ध्यान होते ही
आनंद उमड़ आता है
नाम लेते ही ह्रदय में
आनंद भर जाता है
आनंद देने और लेने के सिवा
उन्हें कुछ और आता ही नही
कितना भी आनंद बांटे वो
उनका बूँद भर भी जाता नही
उनको आनंद पहुचाने में भी
आनंद आता है
छूकर आनंद पारसमणि को हरकोई
आनंदित हो जाता है
आनंद का आनंद-प्रदान ही
उनका निज
My Memories of Srila Prabhupada
At the beginning of the class on March 11th, after chanting the Sanskrit sloka responsively with the devotees, Srila Prabhupada exhorted all to chant the Sanskrit verse. I felt pleased and encouraged by this, because I always took pleasure in chanting the verse. Later in the same lecture, Srila Prabhupada said, "I am very glad that you European and American boys have taken so much trouble to come here," which made me feel happy. However, he continued, "But you'll b
पसीने से तरबतर
गला भी सूखने लगता है
छटपटाहट में जान जाने को होती है
ऐसी समस्या कि
दिल बैठने लगता है
आँखों में बस आसूं की लड़ी होती है
कभी इतनी खुशी कि
हँसी फ़ैल जाती बरबस होठों पे
जो सोचा भी न था
वो भी क़दमों तले आ जाता है
हर रात को अक्सर
हमारे साथ ये बातें होती है
कभी हँसते कभी रोते
सुबह हमारी आँखें खुलती हैं
हँसी आती खुद पे
अरे ! ये तो सपना था
और मैंने कई रिश्ते बनाकर
एक जिन्दगी भी जी ली इसमें
जिसे हम अंधाधुंध जिए जा रहे है
वो जीवन भी तो एक सपना है
जिस दिन आँखें खुल जायेंगी
उस दिन कहाँ कोई फिर अपना है
by His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu, and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Sri Caitanya
Martya
-those who are eligible for dying
e.g.
"These conditioned souls, beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant, they are all martya. Martya means there is a time when they will die."
- Lecture from A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter Ten, Verses 2-3
http://vedabase.net/bg/2/en
The Nectar of Instruction
http://vedabase.net/noi/10/
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.3.27http://vedabase.net/sb/10/3/27/
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.11.2
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Lotus Feet of Sri Krishna
Text 1
candrardham kalasam tri-kona-dhanushi kham goshpadam proshthikam
sankham savya-pade 'tha dakshina-pade konashtakam svastikam
cakram chatra-yavankusam dhvaja-pavi jamburdhva-rekhambujam
bibhranam harim unavimsati-maha-lakshmy-arcitanghrim bhaje
I worship Lord Hari (Krishna), whose feet are endowed with the 19 great opulences of, on the left foot, the halfmoon, water-pot, triangle, bow, sky, cow's h
भोपाल. भोपाल में इस्कॉन मंदिर बनाने के उद्देश्य से इस्कॉन संस्था के प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने सोमवार को मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान से मुलाकात की। इस दौरान मुख्यमंत्री से मंदिर निर्माण के लिए पांच एकड़ जमीन मुहैया कराने का आग्रह किया।
प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने बताया कि विश्व में 600 इस्कॉन मंदिर हैं। मप्र के इंदौर और उज्जैन शहर में भी मंदिर हैं। मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि मंदिर निर्माण की योजना और जमीन आवंटन के संबंध में आवेदन भेज दें, उस पर वे सहानुभूतिपूर्वक विचार करेंगे।
इस मौके पर संस्थ
My Memories of Srila Prabhupada
The second darsana was the famous interview with Mike Robinson of the London Broadcasting Corporation, a local radio company. Devotees were already crowding the room when Mr. Robinson entered. Mukunda Prabhu (now Mukunda Goswami), who was organizing the meeting, asked him if he wanted the devotees to leave while it was conducted. But Mr. Robinson didn't want to put others to trouble for his sake, and even though Mukunda asked him twice, he insisted that it was alri
My Memories of Srila Prabhupada
During this visit, Srila Prabhupada accepted several new candidates for initiation, including me. On the following Janmastami, our GBC, Hansaduta Prabhu, conducted the initiation ceremony on behalf of Srila Prabhupada. I was given the name Ilapati dasa brahmacari.
The second time I saw Srila Prabhupada was in England in 1976. Srila Prabhupada stayed about four days, and I was able to go on one morning walk with him -- the only morning walk I ever got to go on with S
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 2 Text 28
tato visesam pratipadya nirbhayas
tenatmanapo 'nala-murtir atvaran
jyotirmayo vayum upetya kale
vayv-atmana kham brhad atma-lingam
tatah -- thereafter; visesam -- particularly; pratipadya -- by obtaining; nirbhayah -- without any doubt; tena -- by that; atmana -- pure self; apah -- water; anala -- fire; murtih -- forms; atvaran -- by surpassing; jyotih-mayah -- effulgent; vayum -- atmosphere; upetya -- having reached there; kale -- in due course of time;
My Memories of Srila Prabhupada
Upon seeing Srila Prabhupada coming slowly and majestically down the stairs, the devotees waiting outside the temple room
immediately bowed down. Everyone except me. I thought, "Let me see Prabhupada." Srila Prabhupada was glowing, literally.
He looked more grave than anyone I had ever seen before. I just stared at his divine form for a few seconds, and wanted to
go on and on just looking at him. But knowing and feeling it to be improper not to bow down, I also offere
PRABHUPADA'S QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Today, 15th March, now it is 7:35, gone, as soon as it is 7:36, you cannot bring back that 15th March, evening, 7:35, again. Even if you pay millions of dollars, "Please come back again," no, finished. Canakya Pandita says, "Time is so valuable that if you pay millions of golden coins, you cannot get back even a moment." What is lost is lost for good. "If you such valuable time spoil for nothing, without any profit, just imagine how much you are losing, how greatly
*In this world we spend hundreds of gallons of blood to bring a person out
of the clutches of maya*
Once some devotees were sent to establish a preaching center in Bengal. They
worked day and night, equipping it as a beautiful temple. When Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati arrived to install the Deities, he was very
pleased and asked about one brahmacari who had worked hard on the
preparations.
The disciples told him, "Master, he became entangled with a lady. We rebuked
him so much for his behavior that h
*TEXT ONE*
*vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam*
*jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam*
*etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah*
*sarvam apimam prthivim sa sisyat*
*SYNONYMS*
*vacah -- of speech; vegam -- urge; manasah -- of the mind; krodha -- of
anger; vegam -- urge; jihva -- of the tongue; vegam -- urge; udara-upastha
-- of the belly and genitals; vegam -- urge; etan -- these; vegan -- urges;
yah -- whoever; visaheta -- can tolerate; dhirah -- sober; sarvam -- all;
api -- certainly; imam -- this; prthivim -- world; sah --
