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नमामीश्वरं सच्चिदानन्दरुपं,
लसत्कुण्डलं गोकुले भ्राजमानम्।
यशोदाभियोलूखलाद्वावमानं,
परामृष्टमत्यं ततो द्रुत्य गोप्या ॥1॥

वह भगवान जिनका रूप सत, चित और आनंद से परिपूर्ण है, जिनके मकरो के आकार के कुंडल इधर उधर हिल रहे है, जो गोकुल नामक अपने धाम में नित्य शोभायमान है, जो (दूध और दही से भरी मटकी फोड़ देने के बाद) मैय्या यशोदा की डर से ओखल से कूदकर अत्यंत तेजीसे दौड़ रहे है और जिन्हें यशोदा मैय्या ने उनसे भी तेज दौड़कर पीछे से पकड़ लिया है ऐसे श्री भगवान को मै नमन करता हू ।।1।।

रुदन्त

Chaitanya Charan Das: In India, I usually speak on topics related to science & spirituality at colleges and youth centers, practically never in temples. 
During this trip to America, I am increasingly appreciating that speaking to Indians in America is substantially different from speaking to Indians in India. Indians in America are among the most materially intelligent Indians who have passed through rigorous competition with flying colours in order to make it to America.
Among our movement’s

Dear prabhus,
Please accept my obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

To avoid cows eating them and litter the Holy dham with them:
Please try to avoid accepting plastic bags, while in the Holy dham,
and if you have to, please don't throw them in a bin,
but recycle them or take them with you to the airport and dispose of them
there.
Hope this meets you well.
Hare Krishna.
Your servant in Srila Prabhupada’s service,

Parividha das

Lord Vishnu imparted the knowledge of reaching Him to four great personalities – Lakshmi Devi, Lord Shiva, Sri Brahma, and the four kumara. These four personalities imparted the knowledge to four great devotees who started the four Sampradayas. Lakshmi to Ramanujacharya – Sri Sampradaya, Shiva to Vishnuswami – Rudra Sampradaya, Brahma to Madhvacharya – Brahma sampradaya and the four Kumaras to Nimbarka – Kumara Sambradaya.

Today is the appearance day of Sri Madhvacharya. Madhvacharya (acarya me

On the occasion of Vijay Dasmi, HH Bhakti Charu Swami gave a wonderful class on Giving Up the Ravan Mentality at ISKCON Ujjain.
Listen to it here: https://goo.gl/8lVQvh

Source:http://www.dandavats.com/?p=32186

Antivirus is a computer software used to prevent detect and remove malicious software. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks. Nowadays all computers come with installation of antivirus, we just need to update it after some period of time, to overcome updated threats and malwar

“So far your thinking about things and making so many plans, that is all right, but our first business is Krishna’s plan. That is the only plan, and no matter how many schemes we employ to adjust things in this material world, if they have no solid basis in Krishna’s plan, they remain merely dreams of phantasmagoria. So in this Krishna Consciousness Movement, I am training boys and girls all over the world how to act nicely by practically serving Krishna in their everyday lives. That is more im

The fourth Sydney Temple fund raising dinner for the year was attended by about 150 devotees and guests.

Special speakers were HH Bir Krsna Maharaja, Gaura Gopal from Mumbai and myself.

The evening went well with kirtan, dance, progress report and construction commencement dates. Many gave generous donations for the new project.

Source:http://www.ramaiswami.com/new-sydney-temple-project-2/

Spiritual life starts with Sadhana - regulated practices under the guidance of an authentic spiritual teacher for purifying the mind and increasing our attachment to the Supreme. In it's maturity, spiritual life goes beyond regulations into the realm of constant spontaneous engagement. Regulation is required to deliberately engage the mind in spiritual ways when the mind is not completely spiritualised. But when the mind is fully attached to the supreme, it never wanders into non-spiritual or an

On the spiritual path those that are most inclined to lead a peaceful existence that respects the value of all life often adopts the vegetarian lifestyle. It is in accordance with the yogic principle of ahimsa, which is to observe nonviolence and abstain from injuring any being in any way. However, in the process of bhakti-yoga, devotion goes beyond simple vegetarianism, and food becomes a method of spiritual progress. In the Krishna temples, food is offered to the Deities in a special sacrament

The phenomenon of something changing from material to spiritual is an extraordinary one, but it is something we as devotees are involved in daily—often several times a day. It happens when prasadam(unoffered food) becomingprasadam, or food sanctified by the Lord.

When I was a new devotee in Montreal, we arranged a program that was to be given on campus at McGill University. The leaflet advertising the program read, “See matter transformed into spirit before your very eyes.” That title certainly

Srila Prabhupada: Whenever there is unwanted population these three things will naturally, by nature’s course, appear- famine, pestilence, and war- and the population will be finished. There was some unwanted population at that time also for which Krishna arranged the war. If we want very good population, very good generation, then we have to follow the principles of Bhagavad-gita. New York, May 30, 1966.

Source:http://www.dandavats.com/?p=32124

After months of planning and meditation we were able to offer the first Rathayatra in Arkansas for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. The celebration was on Sunday October 2nd at River Market in Little Rock, AR.

Preparations for the event began in March when my husband and I bought a farm cart that was abandoned in a field in North Arkansas. We had a vision to turn this antique cart dating from the early 1900s into a beautiful chariot that we could pull Srila Prabhupada and Lord Jagannath, Lor

Hare Krishna

Dear devotees,

I'm a struggling devotee since past 13 years who could never settle down properly. I suffer from severe anxiety, depression and health problems. I've always been a sickly child and now a total burden on my family and my old parents who are in their 70's now. I am 33 being a late born child. I used to do well on and off in my endeavors but could never settle down in life and now it's too difficult for me to manage everything myself.

My family would be better without me as

Source:http://www.dandavats.com/?p=32192

Urmila Devi Dasi: A BOY AND HIS DOG, at least in America, is a symbol of friendship and of healthy psychological development. Srila Prabhupada, however, said that keeping pet dogs is a symptom of how the world has lost Vedic culture. People sometimes say that giving children pets to love helps children develop universal love. But we can easily see that it doesn’t work. Children love their dogs, cats, hamsters, and lizards, yes, but they eat cows, fish, sheep, and chickens. Some children on farm

How did you become a devotee?
I met devotees in place called Denver, Colorado in 1972 and I officially joined the temple in New Vrindavan in March of 1973, which was about 9 months later. Searching, looking for something spiritual. I had been involved in many social and political issues, prior to my joining the HK movement. I suppose? social and political interests or evangelistic spirit lead me to eastern religion and through yoga, reincarnation, vegetarianism I somehow came in contact with pe

The eighth offense to the holy name is, “To consider the chanting of Hare Krsna to be one of the auspicious ritualistic activities offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities, karma-kanda.” We have said this many times but what does it mean. There are different meanings that we can draw from it but the main meaning that I draw from it is:  A karma-kanda ritual is a material activity, a Vedic ritual which fixes our material situation. So when you do a karma-kanda ritual then you expect auspiciou

On the 6th day of the September month 2016, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj arrived in Bhopal. There was a program organized in the central hall of a reputed hotel of the city. Maharaj chose the topic “How to become immortal”, as the most of the listeners were students and few were congregational devotees. The moment Maharaj reached the forecourt of the hotel; he was greeted and received with rose petals and garlands. Maharaj also encountered around 100 students from different BACE’s (Y

Goptritve Varana Song 2

1) Within my heart I have always been anxious for the maintenance of my wife and children, my own body and relatives.

2) How will I earn money? How will I obtain fame? How will I arrange the marriages of my sons and daughter?

3) Now, through self-surrender, I have been purged of all anxiety. O Lord, surely You will provide for the maintenance of Your household.

4) Surely You will preserve me, knowing me to be Your own servant. O Lord, in Your devotional service I feel gr