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Care for leaders in ISKCON

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(Interview with HH Devamrita Swami Maharaj on “Care for Leaders”)

On Srila Prabhupada’s care for leaders in ISKCON

Firstly Srila Prabhupada rarely chastised his leaders in public, he would correct them behind the closed doors. Secondly Srila Prabhupada was very grateful to his disciples thinking that his Guru Maharaj has sent them to assist him in spreading the mission of his Guru Maharaj. I would say gratitude & appreciation is such an important part of devotee care.

On leaders need care

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Surrender

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By Kavicandra Swami

We often get questions about surrender, like “how can we surrender”. Recently I was reading one old BTG, 2001, and found a nice practical statement from Srila Prabhupada. If we search “surrender” on the vedabase we find 7445 hits, so we know it is an important topic. And we all know the conclusion of the Bhagavad Gita:

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami mä suca

TRANSLATION

Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender

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कृपया मेरा विनम्र प्रणाम स्वीकार करें !  

(Please accept my humble obeisances)

श्रील प्रभुपाद की जय हो !   

(All Glories to Sril Prabhupada)

श्रीमदभागवत न केवल प्रत्येक वस्तु के परम स्रोत को जानने के लिए दिव्य विज्ञान है अपितु ईश्वर से अपने सम्बन्ध को जानने और इस पूर्ण ज्ञान के आधार पर मानव समाज की पूर्णता के प्रति अपने कर्तव्य को पहचानने का दिव्य विज्ञान है।   

श्रीमदभागवत का शुभारम्भ परम स्रोत की परिभाषा से होता है। यह श्रील व्यासदेव द्वारा रचे वेदान्त-सूत्र पर उन्हीं का प्रामाणिक भाष्य है, जो क्रम

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Failing to Succeed

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By Mahatma Dasa

Learn to take lessons from the best teacher of success. As soon as we hear the word success what comes to mind? Money, influence, fame? Right from childhood we are conditioned to believe this is what success means.

But suppose we attain success and then, as many do, lose everything. We are now considered a failure. So we have to start again creating our success. Even if we again achieve unending success, we still won’t be allowed to take our success with us. Death will take away

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ISKCON One Family

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ISKCON One Family

Part one

By Deva Darshan Das

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

How often do we see during award ceremonies, people receiving their award and then thanking others for their help? All the time….

Success can be achieved through results and most of the time; it is possible through a single individual performance. Outstanding success is achieved through

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The Unheard World of Sound

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By Satyaraja Dasa

Human beings are physically unable to perceive certain portions of the known vibratory spectrum. While extremely sensitive to sound waves of about 1,000 to 4,000 cycles per second (cps), man is all but deaf beyond 20,000 cycles per second. Dogs and cats, on the other hand, can hear up to 60,000 cps, while mice, bats, whales, and dolphins can emit and receive sounds well over 100,000 cps. In other words, there are definitely things we just don’t hear. Vedic texts suggest that i

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The Ultimate benefit – Sreya

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By Chirag Dangarwala

In many of Srila Prabhupada’s lectures he exclusively explains about the two topics  sreya and preya.  He explains that sreya means the ultimate benefit  and preya means immediate profit. Just like  children want to play all day long that is preya,  but the parents know that they must go to school and learn in order to become educated, which  in the long run will be beneficial for them, so that is sreya.

In Bhagavad Gita Lord Sri Krsna talks about sreya and preya in terms o

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By Atmananda dasa, ACBSP 2017

Krishna says, “Surrender unto Me…”, and that may sound very simple and clear. However, there are many possible layers of realization of that instruction, as well as various possible applications.

Some say that our surrender, and advancement in Krishna consciousness, depend wholly on the mercy of the spiritual master and Krishna. At the same time, Srila Prabhupada teaches that surrender – Krishna consciousness – is not giving up one’s individuality.

On the one hand,

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श्री भगवान की स्तुतियाँ 

Glorifications of God

श्रीभगवान की महिमामयी स्तुतियाँ पत्रिका स्वरूप में .pdf 

 

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श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

जनम जनम के पाप कटे - भरम के बादल दूर हटे

जो मुख से इक बार रटे - श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

तीन शब्द का ये संगीत - मुक्ति दिलाने वाला गीत

इसको गाकर जग को जीत - श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः

श्रीकृष्ण शरणम ममः श्रीकृ

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

श्रीमद भगवद गीता यथारूप

अर्जुन द्वारा स्तुति

अध्याय ग्यारह विराट रूप

9. संजय ने कहा—हे राजा ! इस प्रकार कहकर महायोगेश्वर भगवान ने अर्जुन को अपना विश्वरूप दिखलाया।

10-11. अर्जुन ने उस विश्वरूप में असंख्य मुख, असंख्य नेत्र तथा असंख्य आश्चर्यमय दृश्य देखे। यह रूप अनेक दैवी आभूषणों से अलंकृत था और अनेक दैवी हथियार उठाये हुए था। यह दैवी मालाएँ तथा वस्त्र धारण किये था और उस पर अनेक दिव्य सुगंधियां लगी थी। सब कुछ आश्चर्यमय, तेजमय, असीम तथा सर्वत्र व्याप्त था।

12. यदि आकाश में हजा

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

मार्कन्डेय द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम द्वादश स्कन्ध (अध्याय आठ)

35 ये दोनों मुनि नर तथा नारायण भगवान के साकार रूप थे। जब मार्कण्डेय ऋषि ने दोनों को देखा तो वे तुरंत उठ खड़े हुए और तब पृथ्वी पर डंडे की तरह गिरकर अतीव आदर के साथ उन्हें नमस्कार किया।

36 उन्हें देखने से उत्पन्न हुए आनंद ने मार्कण्डेय के शरीर, मन तथा इंद्रियों को पूरी तरह तुष्ट कर दिया और उनके शरीर में

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Hare Krishna!

Hare Krishna!

If any devotees are interested in Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam discussions we can have online sessions. 

 

Please inform if there is interest and we can decide duration and frequency. 

Hare Krishna!

 

Dasanudasa,

Sanatan Govinda das 

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Applying the Law to care for devotees

8031375483?profile=RESIZE_584xInterview with Devakinandan Das. He is currently a practicing lawyer from Singapore and has been in ISKCON since 1983. His service is General Counsel for GBC and ISKCON where he advises and oversees legal matters on a global level. He is also a Global Duty Officer for legal affairs, and member of Org Dev and GBC Nomination Committee. He also serves as Zonal Supervisor for ISKCON Singapore, and MVT trustee.


Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=90044

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8031309075?profile=RESIZE_584xBy Gopal Bhatta das

Please do watch this valuable and informative interview about Covid-19 with Dr Madhavananda Das, Director, Bhaktivedanta Hospital. It is a simple but very insightful discussion.

About Madhavananda Das Dr. Ajay Sankhe has passed his M.D. in Pediatrics from Mumbai University in the year 1989.
For more than 25 years, he is in clinical practice and is renowned as a well known Pediatrician in the North region of Mumbai and Thane.
He is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Hospital and R

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

देवताओं द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम एकादश स्कन्ध (अध्याय छह)

7 देवता कहने लगे: हे प्रभु, बड़े बड़े योगी कठिन कर्म-बंधन से मुक्ति पाने का प्रयास करते हुए अपने हृदयों में आपके चरणकमलों का ध्यान अतीव भक्तिपूर्वक करते हैं। हम देवतागण अपनी बुद्धि, इंद्रियाँ, प्राण, मन तथा वाणी आपको समर्पित करते हुए, आपके चरणकमल पर नत होते हैं।

8 हे अजित प्रभु, आप तीन गुणों से बनी अपनी मा

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By: Navina Nirada das

For the first time the “Graduate Course on Book Distribution” is available now as a free online course. Two hours of videos, a comprehensive student handbook and lots of resource materials bring this course to life on your home screen. In the current times online courses and online book distribution are especially relevant and this offer makes both easily accessible.

The original course was produced by the VTE (Vaishnava Training & Education) in 1996. It became mandatory

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SELF EXPERIENCE OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNAS SUPERLATIVE COMPASSION

 

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Each one of us , very happily, endorse every stories mentioned in our reverential scriptures, for they are our beacon light towards our Lord Sri Krishna.

In fact, blindly with total belief and faith , we follow the divine most footsteps of our Azhwars ( celestial saints ) and all our Sri Vaishnava acharyans for they have seen, spoken and touched our Lord Sri Krishna in person.  WHAT MORE PROOF DO WE NEED?

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A to Z of our Sri Vaishnavism

A to Z of our Sri Vaishnavism

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A - Azhwars and Acharyans  are our gurus to guide us towards the divine most lotus feet of our Lord SriKrishna

B - Benevolence , blessings and Bhakti are our boarding pass towards our Sri Parmapadam

C - Chit ( moving ) , achit ( static ) are eternally subservient towards our Ishwaran / parmatman( Lord Sri Krishna). 

D - Duty without any expectations lead us to liberation.

E - Eradicate ego from the roots.

F - Faith towards our Lord Sri Krishna will lead to a fantastic li

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

साक्षात वेदों द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम दशम स्कन्ध (अध्याय सतासी)

14 श्रुतियों ने कहा: हे अजित, आपकी जय हो, जय हो, अपने स्वभाव से आप समस्त ऐश्वर्य से परिपूर्ण हैं, अतएव आप माया की शाश्र्वत शक्ति को परास्त करें, जो बद्धजीवों के लिए कठिनाइयाँ उत्पन्न करने के लिए तीनों गुणों को अपने वश में कर लेती है। चर तथा अचर देहधारियों की समस्त शक्ति को जागृत करनेवाले, कभी-कभी

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