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In Navadvipa lived a brahmana’s son who had no peer among the thieves. He was a brahmana in name only. His heart was filled with evil. He was the commander of an army of thieves. There was no mercy in his body. He always happily stayed among thieves. Seeing Lord Nityananda’s ornaments and His glistening necklaces of gold, pearls and coral, and seeing the many valuable things that decorated His graceful limbs, the brahmana thief decided to rob them all. Concealing his desire, the thief stayed al

A bit of a mile stone for me: I managed to walk fairly straight along the not so trustworthy balcony, without crutches. Yahoo! Perhaps Jayho! Which means pretty much the same thing. A sigh of relief, victory and healing. It tallies at 1 km.

Cameron is just a great help to me. He is with the Red Cross, does mostly construction work but took time off to take care of matters in the temple, and me. I’m grateful.

He brought up my lunch — a plate laden with asparagus, curried veggies, exquisite dahl

अध्याय अठारह – वामन अवतार भगवान वामनदेव (8.18)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब ब्रह्माजी इस प्रकार भगवान के कार्यों एवं पराक्रम का यशोगान कर चुके तो भगवान जिनकी एक सामान्य जीव की भाँति कभी मृत्यु नहीं होती, अदिति के गर्भ से प्रकट हुए। उनके चार हाथ शंख, चक्र, गदा तथा पद्म से सुशोभित थे। वे पीताम्बर धारण किये हुए थे और उनकी आँखें खिले हुए कमल की पंखुड़ियों जैसी प्रतीत हो रही थी।

2 भगवान का शरीर साँवले रंग का था और समस्त उन्मादों से मुक्त था। उनका कमलमुख मकराकृति जैसे कान के कुण्डलों से सुशोभित ह

About Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he decided to dedicate his life for propagating the message of Bhagavad Gita and joined International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

The Lotus Foundation is an initiative of learning about basic principles of dharma. As one of the directors, I was asked to promote the initiative, which has been up and running for its third year now. The participants are young and it is attracting families who want to gain some insight into Vedic culture. Some of the subjects learned are hands on yoga, nutrition, plant-based diet and the values behind it, gardening, chanting mantras, basic elements of etiquette and even learning of the three

अध्याय सत्रह – भगवान को अदिति का पुत्र बनना स्वीकार (8.17)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन! इस प्रकार अपने पति कश्यपमुनि द्वारा उपदेश दिये जाने पर अदिति ने बिना आलस्य के उनके आदेशों का दृढ़ता से पालन किया और पयोव्रत अनुष्ठान सम्पन्न किया।

2-3 अदिति ने पूर्ण अविचल ध्यान से भगवान का चिन्तन किया और इस तरह उन्होंने शक्तिशाली घोड़ों जैसे अपने मन तथा इन्द्रियों को पूरी तरह अपने वश में कर लिया। उन्होंने अपने मन को भगवान वासुदेव पर एकाग्र कर दिया और इस तरह पयोव्रत नामक अनुष्ठान पूरा किया।

4 हे राजन

In Italy, near the city of Perugia, is the place called Assisi, the birth place of a very popular saint named Francis. He was the son of a wealthy merchant, but he took up the life of renunciation. Committed to a life of self-imposed poverty, humility, and devotion, he attracted many to follow.

“One day he was walking with one brother Leo from Perugia to a very famous temple, St. Maria of the Angel. He was walking for miles and miles, and it was freezing cold. It was raining and snowing. He ask

Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita is a jewel mine, a treasure house of all kinds of wealth, there are stories there are descriptions of the pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, there are blessings and benedictions galore for all of us who hear them with faith and love and devotion and conviction but if ever we were wondering why Krsnadas has Kaviraj why he is Kaviraj there’s that too and when I look at the beautiful within the Chaitanya Caritamrita there is poetry, he is the king of poets there is such

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It increases the team spirit in such a nice way! Devotees start cooperating with each other because it’s just like two soldiers on the battlefield they may be from opposite parts of that country and maybe politically completely opposite and all but when they are there they have to be nice to each other and they naturally start to encourage each other and then they develop a bond… So we saw that with our team also, and devotees started getting close to each other, they started

By Madhava Smullen

Destroyer of Sorrow, the epic conclusion to Vrinda Sheth’s Sita’s Fire trilogy based on the Ramayana, is set to be released by Mandala Publishing on April 20th. Hardbound and 336 pages long, the book features over ninety illustrations by Vrinda’s mother Anna Johansson (Annapurna Dasi) and is the culmination of a decade of work on the trilogy by the mother and daughter team. (Pre-order here: https://sitasfire.com/)

In this final volume, Princess Sita defies all odds to rise ab

Once Narada Muni could see that Kali yuga was going to come very soon.

So, he thought he will ask Krishna what the solution for this was, so he went to Dwaraka.

That time Krishna was staying at the house of Satyabhama and he had to inform Rukmini that He was going to her palace.

So, she had cleaned the palace with all her maidservants, and she got the kids dressed up.

She got the pandits there to chant Vedic mantras.

She had filled water pots and banana leaves also trees of sugar cane.

She did

By Krishna Dharma dasa

It was good to see a scholar tackling the uncertain area of morality in Vaishnavism, as did Ms Chatterjee with her essay, ‘The Chaitanya School: Role of Ethics’. I found her essay thought provoking and a valuable contribution to what I feel is an area requiring much discussion. Although, as Ms Chatterjee rightly pointed out, Vaishnavism holds that ‘spiritual progress is hardly possible without moral endeavour’, the first requirement being of course the ‘four regulative

अध्याय सोलह – पयोव्रत पूजा विधि का पालन करना (8.16)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन! जब अदिति के पुत्र देवतागण स्वर्गलोक से अदृश्य हो गये और असुरों ने उनका स्थान ग्रहण कर लिया तो अदिति इस प्रकार विलाप करने लगी मानो उसका कोई रक्षक न हो।

2 महान शक्तिशाली कश्यपमुनि कई दिनों बाद जब ध्यान की समाधि से उठे और घर लौटे तो देखा कि अदिति के आश्रम में न तो हर्ष है, न उल्लास।

3 हे कुरुश्रेष्ठ! भलीभाँति सम्मान तथा स्वागत किये जाने के बाद कश्यपमुनि ने आसन ग्रहण किया और अत्यन्त उदास दिख रही अपनी पत्नी अद

Since the most holy Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is on March 28, 2021, Rukmini discusses the mercy of Lord Caitanya. How has His mercy impacted and changed our lives, and the whole trajectory of our future?

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=94069
 

From Back to Godhead

What is love? Where is it? And how can we get it?

Love, we are told, is all we need. It is the subject of numberless books, songs, films, plays, sonnets, articles, conversations, and advertisements; it is meditated on, longed for, and bemoaned; it is a source of anguish, ecstasy, and everything in between. Yet despite our ability today to acquire many things, love—or loving relationships with our friends, spouses, children, parents—often eludes us.

Why? Let us explore the n

School of Bhakti - Bhagavata Life - Course

Online | Free | April 4-May 23rd, 2021

Srimad Bhagavatam Cantos 7-12

The translation of Srimad Bhagavatam is perhaps Srila Prabhupada’s greatest gift to the world. As we browse through the pages, we’ll find a relevant story, an inspiring personality, a striking situation, a philosophical exchange or a powerful life lesson that illuminates our heart. Every word brings life back into perspective, reminding us of the greater journey we are on, and filling

            Krsna is conquered by all, but most by the devotee who gives the most, who does the most.

Love is the foundation of everything. It is not like a sentimental wet blanket. Sometimes, we hear of impersonalists speak about the cosmic love and how one has to connect to that cosmic love, that all this cosmic loving energy is all-pervading and if one simply connects to it then they will also become like an instrument of that love. That is the impersonal loving energy, like a wet loving bla