“Solitary Bhajan”
My dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!
This year I have no tales to share with you of adventures in foreign lands, of festivals so grand that a million souls heard the holy names and tens of thousands took prasadam, or of your temples around the world where I was witness to your faithful followers’ preaching of your wonderous glories far and wide.
For exactly 50 years to the day, I have traversed th
By Giriraj Swami
My dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my prostrated obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace, the embodiment of unlimited mercy.
Knowledgeable devotees agree that you were a saktyavesa-avatara, an empowered incarnation, and you have indicated as much yourself. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya 2.13–14) states, “To deliver people in regions throughout the universe who could not meet Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally entered the bodies of p
अनियंत्रित मन
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः। ५।
उद्धरेत्– उद्धार करे;आत्मना– मन से;आत्मानम्– बद्धजीव को;न– कभी नहीं;आत्मानम्– बद्धजीव को;अवसदायेत्– पतन होने दे;आत्मा– मन;एव– निश्चय ही;हि– निस्सन्देह;आत्मनः– बद्धजीव का;बन्धुः– मित्र;आत्मा– मन;एव– निश्चय ही;रिपुः– शत्रु;आत्मनः– बद्धजीव का।
तात्पर्य प्रसंग के अनुसार
Blunt, direct, yet kind is my nature. I'm just a nice guy who is never afraid to stand up for myself or others but I am also human and I am quite prone to err. I've made many mistakes in my life just as many can relate, however, the level of graveness to my errors was peaked when I was trafficking drugs across the country. The outcome to such mistakes was the same as many others - LOCKED UP. I spent almost 2 years as a pre-detainee in federal custody before my case got dismissed on a technicalit
“Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated.” Bhagavad-gita 9.30
This is my feeble but humble attempt of serving Krishna. What follows are my opinions and sources of said opinions. Any questions or feedback can be emailed to me at xKrsna@icloud.com
Intro
“Some consider the soul to be amazing, others describe the soul as something amazing,
सुस्ती, थकावट
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्तवोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप। ३।
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.2.23
Translation: Alas, how shall I take shelter of one more merciful than He who granted the position of mother to a she-demon [Putana] although she was unfaithful and she prepared deadly poison to be sucked from her breast?
Purport: Here is an example of the extreme mercy of the Lord, even to His enemy. It is said that a noble man accepts the good qualities of a person of doubtful character, just as one accepts nectar from a stock of poison
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Aloha and Namaste,
2020 is certainly a year that will not soon be forgotten. For most, if not all, of us, it has brought about many unexpected changes. Changes to our daily routines, our work, and even our relationships.
Whenever we’re put into difficult situations, it gives us the opportunity to take shelter in the loving protection of the Supreme Lord, our Supreme Friend. It propels us to reflect upon and draw upon the lessons we’ve learned from the past and also to consider
लालच क्यों होता है
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।
प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च। १७।
सत्त्वात्- सतोगुण से;सञ्जायते- उत्पन्न होता है;ज्ञानम्- ज्ञान;रजसः- रजोगुण से;लोभः- लालच;एव- निश्चय ही;च- भी;प्रमाद- पागलपन;मोहौ- तथा मोह;तमसः- तमोगुण से;भवतः- होता है;अज्ञानम्- अज्ञान;एव- निश्चय ही;च- भी।
भावार्थ सतोगुण से वास्तविक ज्ञान उत्पन्न होता है, रजोगुण से लोभ उत्पन्न होता है और तमोगुण से अज्ञान, प्रमाद और मोह उत्पन्न होता हैं।
तात्पर्य चूँकि वर्तमान सभ्यता जीवों के लिए अधिक अनुकूल नहीं है, अतए
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The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is the only shelter
-By Lalit Madhava Das
Sraddhadeva, or Vaivasvata Manu had begun that sacrifice for the sake of getting a son, but because the priest was diverted by the request of Manu’s wife, a daughter named Ila was born. Upon seeing the daughter, Manu was not very satisfied. Thus he spoke to his guru, Vasishtha, as follows.
भगवन् किमिदं जातं कर्म वो ब्रह्मवादिनाम्।
विपर्ययमहो कष्टं मैवं स्याद् ब्रह्मविक्रिया ।।17।।
Bhagavan kim idam jatam karma vo brahma-vadinam
Vi
Janmastami is coming up… we celebrate the appearance of Lord Krsna in this world. Remember that this week is especially a week for serving Krsna, and the more we do so then the more Krsna will reveal Himself and we begin to see right here and now, and at the end of our life, we can go back the spiritual world!
In this world, there are churches, mosques, temples – there are so many different religious groups. Sometimes, in the airport, I see Jews with their black hats and curls on the side of th
Janmastami is an opportunity for us to spend our whole day with Krsna. We cannot waste a second! Krsna’s qualities are so unlimited, that being absorbed in them leave us no time to eat and definitely no time to sleep. Watch out! Watch out for the enemies this Janmastami – the bed, the pillar, a comfortable arm chair, soft pillows, the wall. Beware of these enemies that try to eat away our time from Krsna! Oh no, not today. It is Sri Krsna Janmastami! It is the day to serve Krsna all day!
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Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Just wanted to share this news with you that Jacinda Ardern- Prime Minister of New Zealand received Bhagwad-Gita on Thursday 6th August 2020 (Photos Attached)
“It was a great honor to meet New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arden today. I gave her the gift of the most valuable transcendental knowledge Bhagavad Gita. She mentioned that she has heard Mahatma Gandhi talked about Bhagavad Gita quite a lot and she was
The glorious advent of Lord Krishna or Janmastami is celebrated with charming grandeur and magnificent pomp worldwide by millions of exuberant Vaishnavas. Due to the outbreak of a global pandemic, the entire devotee community has been urged to celebrate Janmastami at home.
Since the pandemic, the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team has been providing useful resources online. For this Janmastami we have compiled a celebrate-at-home Janmastami portfolio, which is a compilation of guidelines and in
By Dravida dasa
Due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, this year the BBT published Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja book in pdf format only. You can download the book by clicking on this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BuMNtvuBKoTtSP_uTuE9k1rNqrZtzJ0O/view
Your servants,
Members of the NABBT Book Production Team
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=88201
शान्ति की तलाश
वासना
श्री भगवानुवाच
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्। ३७।
श्री-भगवान् उवाच– श्रीभगवान् ने कहा;कामः– विषयवासना;एषः– यह;क्रोधः– क्रोध;एषः– यः;रजो-गुण– रजोगुण से;समुद्भवः– उत्पन्न;महा-अशनः– सर्वभक्षी;महा-पाप्मा– महान पापी;विद्धि– जानो;एनम्– इसे;इह– इस संसार में;वैरिणम्– महान शत्रु।
तात्पर्य: जब जीवात्
Giriraj Swami read and spoke on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.12.
“As members of ISKCON we all under the authority of Srila Prabhupada. And we can serve Srila Prabhupada according to our individuality. But by definition, devotional service must be anukula—favorable—and for our service to be favorable, we have to know what our master wants. We can’t properly offer the master something he doesn’t want under the plea that that is my individuality, because that is a false conception of individuality. So, t
