Jai Sriman SriNarayanaya
SMILES.
Smiles light my day,
Makes me ever joyful.
Smiles multiply manifold,
And back, it comes to me.
Smiles are priceless,
Yet free of price.
CAN WE ?
SMILE PLEASE.
FOR SMILES SIGNIFY,
A SPARKLING START.
Problems galore,
Sole Solution,
SMILES! SMILES!
🙂😊🙂☺🙂😄🙂
Jai Sriman SriNarayanaya.
SILENCE
Failures and Fabulous moments,
SILENCE.
Bouquets and Brickbats,
SILENCE.
SILENCE SIGNIFIES,
Approval and Acceptance,
Defiance and Indifference.
I care and care not.
What I truly care, is SILENCE,
What I care not, is clouded opinions.
What I love, is SILENCE,
What I do not, is SOUND.
Srimad Bhagavatam Class 01-01-01 by HG Gauranga Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty on 24rd jan 2021.
Compiled by Nartaka Gopala dasi
Our dear Godbrother Vishal Prabhu passed away in Sri Vrindavan Dham sometime around February 8, 2021. He was 82 years old, almost 83. Vishal Prabhu was a legendary distributor of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Above is a photo of how I remember Vishal the most: wearing not one, but two book bags, criss-crossed in front of his chest, and going out to distribute every single day for the last fifty three years, whether he was in the US or in India.
Another photo at ISKCON
Sri Mayapur Community hospital needs your help to start Operation Theatre services:
Dear Devotees,
Please accept the blessings of Sri Sri Radha Madhava and our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We are very grateful for your magnanimous support us during the COVID crisis. Through your encouragement help and support we were able to attend to the health care needs of more of almost 10,000 patients during the lockdown period even with the very basic set up we have here in Sri Mayapur.
However, o
When I say “our street” I mean the one that we live on as well as the back alley that runs parallel to it and let’s not forget the street parallel to it and then the one also parallel but on the other side of the tracks. This was my route for the night; with snow and ice all over its surface.
It is awfully peaceful at the hour of 9 to 10 p.m. This is no doubt conducive to a soft chant rolling off the lips.
The quiet, combined with space, also lends itself to thoughts of the day’s affairs. To ba
अध्याय नौ – वृत्रासुर राक्षस का आविर्भाव (6.9)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: देवताओं के पुरोहित विश्वरूप के तीन सिर थे। इनमें से एक से वह सोमपान करता था, तो दूसरे से मदिरा पान और तीसरे से भोजन ग्रहण करता था। हे राजा परीक्षित! ऐसा मैंने विद्वानों से सुना है।
2 हे महाराज परीक्षित! देवतागण विश्वरूप के पितापक्ष से सम्बन्धित थे, अतः विश्वरूप सबों के समक्ष अग्नि में घी की आहुति इन मंत्रों का उच्चारण करके दे रहा था – ”इन्द्राय इदं स्वाहा" (यह राजा इन्द्र के लिए है) तथा "इदं अग्नये" (यह अग्निदेव के लि
Jai Sriman SriNarayanaya Namaha
MODERATION IS THE KEY WORD.
Two pair of twins,
THE TOPSY - TURVY WORLD.
The Rich rule
Wisdom is wiped out.
The Honest is hit
The Liar is lifted.
MONEY ! MONEY!
Makes man maddest.
No Worry! No Worry!
The Topsy - Turvy World.
I Know you not
For I stand straight sticklike.
And that makes ALL
THE DIFFERENCE TO ME.
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Deena Bandhu Das: Please join us in prayers for my very dear older Godbrother, Vishal Prabhu, who was living here in Vrindavan. Devotees hadn’t seen him for a couple of days, so just a half-hour ago, the police broke the door and found his lifeless body! Just happened so no details yet, but he was 85 years old. He constantly distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books till the present day!
Whenever Prabhupada would circumambulate the temple in the morning in Vrindavan, Vishal would be
Partha Dasa: Today, February 9th, a most dear friend and fellow Grihastha Vision Team member, Karnamrita Prabhu left this world. Karnamrita was someone who cared about others in a deep meaningful way and devoted his life to make the lives of others better; someone who knew the meaning of love and lived it through his words and actions; someone who made everyone feel relaxed, valued and accepted.
Karnamrta always added an element of humor and lightness that would allow even a six-hour meeting to
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By Rupa Vilas Das
Whenever Prabhupada would circumambulate the temple in the morning in Vrindavan, Vishal would be standing with his hands folded chanting prayers from the Bhagavatam and then give the English translations. On this particular morning there was water on the temple steps because it had just rained. Prabhupada just snapped at Vishal and said, “Do something practical,” He said, “Clean this up.” (laughs) So that was his response to the glorification. He ordered him
By Dayal Gopal dasa, Nepal sankirtan preacher
Padayatra in Nepal began on January 19, 2021.
In a recent ISKCON Leadership Sangha (ILS-2020) our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, instructed Nepal regional secretary Patri dasa to organize a padayatra in Nepal. Patri took Maharaja’s words to heart and discussed the idea with the Nepali devotees.
A friend of Patri, Brahmacari Sahastranam dasa from Ukraine, who has been serving in Nepal for twelve years engaged in community and farm services, was
Twice this message was sent to me. “The longest walkable road of the world is from Capetown to Magdan (Russia). There are bridges across rivers, no boat or air journey is required. It is 22,000 km long and takes 587 days to cover for a person walking 8 hours a day. Covers 17 countries in 6 time zones and the traveler will experience all the seasons and weathers of the world in this journey.”
That is impressive if someone can do it and take to the task. Had I started my walking ventures earlier i
अध्याय आठ – नारायण-कवच (6.8)
1 राजा परीक्षित ने श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी से पूछा-- हे प्रभों ! कृपा करके मुझे वह विष्णु-मंत्र-कवच बताएँ जिससे राजा इन्द्र की रक्षा हो सकी और वह अपने शत्रुओं को उनके वाहनों सहित परास्त करके तीनों लोकों के ऐश्वर्य का उपभोग कर सका।
2 कृपया मुझे नारायण-कवच बताएँ जिसके द्वारा इन्द्र ने युद्ध में अपने उन शत्रुओं को हराकर सफलता प्राप्त की जो उसे मारने का प्रयत्न कर रहे थे।
3 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: देवताओं के राजा इन्द्र ने देवताओं के द्वारा पुरोहित के रूप में नियुक्त
Nartaka Gopala dasi: “Our Godbrother Hansavatara Prabhu, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, passed away on January 15 in Riviera Beach, Florida from throat cancer. His dear wife Yogamaya devi has asked me to compile this article. Here in Alachua, where they lived for the past year, Yogamaya devi arranged a beautiful fire yajna and loving ceremony last week at Tejo Prakash Prabhu and Laksmana devi’s property in his honor. At ISKCON Miami, Dharma Prabhu offer
By Madhava Smullen
What has kept the International Society for Krishna consciousness going for 54 years now, “systematically propagating spiritual knowledge to society at large” as Srila Prabhupada wrote when incorporating the movement in 1966?
Much has been down to the steady efforts of quietly dedicated devotees, doing their services day in and day out for decades – the pujaris, the teachers, the mothers, the cooks, the cleaners, the maintenance workers, the accountants, the book editors, the
Shyam was about three years old when I last saw him — fuzzy sand coloured hair, climbing the walls, trying to speak. Like most kids his age, he loved the temple on Sundays. There are all kinds of stairs, levels and everything was like a labyrinth for them. There was a lot of excitement in the air with the beating of drums as well as people dancing and singing. And the eating. He was known to snatch sweets from others’ plates.
He is now 22. He and his mum, Bhadara Kali, came down to meet me at th
From Back to Godhead
In a former age, God’s empowered incarnation employed extreme measures to deal with an extreme situation.
Sectarian and political disputes are common not only today but occurred even during the time of Sri Parashurama, an empowered incarnation of the Supreme Lord who appeared several ages before Lord Ramachandra, millions of years ago. The kings at that time, proud of their strength and fighting for absolute power, revolted against the spiritually advanced sages, who
अध्याय सात – इन्द्र द्वारा गुरु बृहस्पति का अपमान (6.7)
1 महाराज परीक्षित ने श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी से पूछा- हे महामुनि! देवताओं के गुरु बृहस्पति ने देवताओं का परित्याग क्यों किया जो उनके ही शिष्य थे। देवताओं ने अपने गुरु के साथ ऐसा कौन सा अपराध किया? कृपया मुझसे इस घटना का वर्णन करें।
2-8 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन! एक बार तीनों लोकों के ऐश्वर्य से अत्यधिक गर्वित हो जाने के कारण स्वर्ग के राजा इन्द्र ने वैदिक आचार-संहिता का उल्लंघन कर दिया। वे सिंहासन पर आसीन थे और उनके चारों ओर मरुत,
