All Posts (36106)
Sort by
In general, when we attempt to make a phone call to a very important person how much we try to:
- Take care of surroundings without disturbance and for proper signal
- Go to a closed room or a secluded place for clear voice
- Cautiously and Consciously wait for his response
- Keenly observe the status of dialing to ringing to connecting till the person responds to our call
- Discard all other activities and with all attention we are ready with a humble response
The idea is, when we chant the holy names
Srila Prabhupada…"Because this body belongs to Krishna, and we are using it in His service, it should be kept in good working order. A little dal, a little rice, some vegetable and a few chapatties is a substantial diet, along with a little fruit and milk.
Two cups of milk a day is sufficient. The Ayurvedic system of eating is to decide how much you can comfortably eat, then take half of that amount, filling the remaining half one quarter with water and leaving one quarter for air. This simple
Every year for Nrsimha Caturdasi in Mayapur we celebrate the Lord’s appearance with a grand three day festival. The first day is celebrated with a huge procession throughout the ISKCON Mayapur property and on the second day we perform a three hour long Maha Sudarshana Homa before the Deity of Lord Nrsimhadeva. The third day is observed as Nrsimha Caturdasi. We would like to offer you an opportunity to personally benefit from the Sudarshana Yajna by participating in the offering as explained belo
The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Holy Names
1. To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives to the propagation of the holy names of the Lord.
2. To consider the names of the demigods like lord Shiva or lord Brahma to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Vishnu.
3. To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.
4. To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version.
5. To consider the glories of chanting Hare Krishna as imagination.
বাংলা ভক্তিশাস্ত্রী অনলাইন
প্রার্থীর যোগ্যতা ও আবশ্যিক শর্তাবলীঃ
· প্রতিদিন কমপক্ষে ১৬ মালা জপ করা এবং চারটি বিধিনিষেধ পালন করা ।
· বৈদিক শাস্ত্র বিশেষত গৌড়ীয় সিদ্ধান্ত সম্বন্ধে নূন্যতম সাধারন জ্ঞানের অধিকারী ।
· স্থানীয় ইস্কন কর্তৃপক্ষ থেকে অনুমোদন পত্র (এর অর্থ হচ্ছে আপনি কমপক্ষে বিগত এক বৎসর যাবৎ কৃষ্ণভাবনামৃত অনুশীলন করছেন) ।
· কেবলমাত্র এই অনুমোদনপত্র জমাদেয়ার পরই আপনার নাম নথিভুক্তকরণের প্রক্রিয়া শুরু হবে । অনুমোদন পত্রে অবশ্যই সেই কর্তৃপক্ষের ঠিকানা, মোবাইল নম্বর, হোয়াটস্ এপ,
When you come to Mayapur Institute, you will get to live in the holy dham which is imbued with the kripa shakti of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and you attend the morning program, read scriptures, participate in cheerful festivals and take the most purifying Ganga bath, associate with senior Vaishnavas from worldwide. More importantly, you will be reading the scriptures extensively as part of your assignments to take in as much scriptural knowledge as possible. You will be then greatly inspired to r
Hare Krishna.
26th Feb, 2014, Gurgaon.
Q: Where and how can we get real love in our lives ?
A: Srila Prabhupada explains in the introduction of Chaitanaya Charitramrita :
Even in this material world we can have a little sense of love. How is this possible? It is due to the presence of our original love of God. Whatever we find within our experience within this conditioned life is situated in the Supreme Lord, who is the ultimate source of everything. In our original relationship with the Supreme Lo
Our consciousness shapes our vision. External world may not change for us or will never change for us but if we purify our consciousness then the way we see the world will drastically change. Just before the Mahabharata war Arjuna was in a miserable situation failing to understand the righteous and unrighteous path. But Krishna’s guidance completely transformed his life. The situation for Arjuna remained the same. He had to fight the war; he had to fight against his great grandfather Bhisma, gur
TEXT 1
arjuna uvaca
evam satata-yukta ye
bhaktas tvam paryupasate
ye capy aksaram avyaktam
tesam ke yoga-vittamah
evam satata-yukta ye
bhaktas tvam paryupasate
ye capy aksaram avyaktam
tesam ke yoga-vittamah
SYNONYMS
arjunah uvaca—Arjuna said; evam—thus; satata—always; yuktah—engaged; ye—those; bhaktah—devotees; tvam—unto You; paryupasate—properly worship; ye—those; ca—also; api—again; aksaram—beyond the senses; avyaktam—unmanifested; tesam—of them; ke—who; yoga-vittamah—the most perfect.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna inquired: Which is considered to be more perfect: those who are properly engaged in Your d
By Karnamrita Das
Some persons caught up in the counter-culture of the late '60's and '70's felt that all materiel prospects were void and society's status quo, miserable stagnation. Thus, as if in a life and death battle, they intensely felt compelled to search out meaning and happiness on the spiritual quest, appearing as their only hope. This free verse poem, inspired by the months I spent in the redwood forest in Muir Woods in Marin County [near San Francisco, California], condenses the bac
By Chaitanya Charan Das
"When we approach Krishna, his supreme attractiveness captivates us, especially if we approach him by associating with devotees and therein absorb their devotional mood."
gopāla iti matvā tvāṁ pracura-kṣīra-vāñchayā
śrito mātuḥ stana-kṣīram api labdhuṁ na śaknuyāt“O Lord! Thinking that you are gopāla (the protector and herder of cows), I approached you hoping to get lots of milk. But you [cheated me in turn and] put me in such a condition that now I cannot even atta
The GBC EC, on behalf of the GBC body, wishes to offer its deepest respect to Sriman Vrndavan Chandra De, on the occasion of his passing from this world.
Vrndavan Chandra De was the youngest son of His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Due to his appearance in such an exalted family, he was brought up very lovingly as a Vaisnava devotee of Lord Krsna.
When Srila Prabhupada joined the movement of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, he would host Gaudiya Math sannyasis and br
Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami
Srila Prabhupada has told us that the culmination of all of our preaching in Krsna Consciousness is to induce people to wholeheartedly chant the holy names of Krsna. The chanting of the Holy names must continue. Srila Prabhupada said we can do without temples, we can do without everything. We don’t need money. If we can get it, we will use it. We don’t need property. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need vehicles. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need go
Mayapur Institute is happy to announce - ISKCON DISCIPLES COURSE (IDC) (ENGLISH) from 23rd to 28th April 2018, everyday 4PM-6.30PM.
The ISKCON Disciples Course is a training program which deepens devotees understanding of guru tattva and guru padasraya within the multiple guru environment of ISKCON. Designed for new devotees preparing to take initiation in ISKCON, the course is also recommended for leaders, preachers councilors and educators in ISKCON. The course was developed under the directio
TEXT 55
mat-karma-krn mat-paramo
mad-bhaktah sanga-varjitah
nirvairah sarva-bhutesu
yah sa mam eti pandava
mad-bhaktah sanga-varjitah
nirvairah sarva-bhutesu
yah sa mam eti pandava
SYNONYMS
mat-karma-krt—engaged in doing My work; mat-paramah—concerning Me, the Supreme; mat-bhaktah—engaged in My devotional service; sanga-varjitah—freed from the contamination of previous activities and mental speculation; nirvairah—without an enemy; sarva-bhutesu—to every living entity; yah—one who; sah—he; mam—unto Me; eti—comes; pandava—O son of Pandu.
TRANSLATION
My dear Arjuna, one who is e
Radhanath Swami was invited to speak on the subject of ‘Conscious Leadership’ at the Houses of Parliament last month. The event was sponsored by Shailesh Vara MP and attended by representatives of all Parties, including the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Faith and Society, Mr. Stephen Timms MP. Radhanath Swami’s presentation was preceded by a more intimate meeting in Shailesh Vara MP’s office, which also included Lord Dholakia, Baroness Warsi, Seema Malhotra MP, Oliver Dowden MP
By Urmila Devi Dasi
Because Krsna’s name has immense spiritual power, we must be careful how we use it.
This article discusses the offense of sinning while relying on the power of the holy names to protect one from the reactions to the sin.
The students of my Government class and I sat hushed, without even rustling papers, listening to the amazing story in the courtroom. At least it amazed these fifteen- and sixteen-year-old students whose lives never touched those of drug addicts and criminal
Question: How are we to see Krishna’s hand when sincere, dedicated devotees depart prematurely in tragic circumstances?
Short Answer: Krishna as death is kindly freeing those devotes from all that is material to enable them to focus undistracted on the spiritual.
Detailed Answer:
Death can seem cruel when it takes away a dear one. The Bhagavad-gita may seem to add to the bewilderment when it asserts (10.34) that the death which steals away everything is a manifestation of Krishna. Why would Kri
Nowhere else in the world can you walk along the roads, Lanes, and pathways and be constantly reminded of the Lord’s Holy Name than in Sri Vrindavan Dham. The street names, the names of the buildings, the signs on the shops, the Radha and Krishna names painted on the compound walls, and hearing the kirtans of the Holy Names being sung as you pass by the different ashrams throughout the city. Automatically you must surely start chanting without even realizing you are doing it.
I recall the day
