Continuous feelings of gratitude and thanks within our heart is an essential ingredient for the heart to cultivate bhakti or devotional service. The more we are conscious of our gifts, and feel grateful, the more the seed of bhakti has a favorable environment to blossom into the mature fruit of love of God. This feeling of thanks when uninterrupted by mundane dualities of life grows deeper within us softening and preparing the heart for love of God. Therefore, in the beginning stages, as a matte
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It starts with a brief explanation of Cc Adi.1.5, rādhā-kṛṣṇa-praṇaya vikṛti – explaining that Rādhā and Krishna are two facets of a singular reality, not just two people who happened to fall in love. Then Vraja addresses the following wonderful questions:
Is it ok to want a relationship with Krishna that isn’t centered on Rādhārānī and madhurya rasa / gopi bhava?
If Rādhārānī is so compassionate, why is it so hard to attain Vraja-prema?
What is advaya-jñāna? How does it relate to Krishna?
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Mantras are words.
Words are very powerful things, because words contain meaning.
Meaning is to consciousness what the calorie is to digestion.
Meaning is the thing that consciousness digests and subsists on.
“You are what you eat.” As this applies physically to food, it applies psychologically to words. The words you speak and hear create your psyche.
Mantras, therefore, are very powerful things. They are very special words, conveying very special meaning – and therefore possess the power to re
No other religious/spiritual text proclaims the supremacy of God as Bhagavad Gita does. In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna proclaims His supreme dominion as supreme God of all that be in a poetic and awe-inspiring manner. Arjuna who was the direct first-hand recipient of this knowledge conceded to the supremacy of Krishna after Krishna proclaimed His supremacy. Following, Arjuna himself glorifies Krishna in his own words as follows.
You are the supreme Brahman, supreme abode and ultimate purifier, th
Prasad Distribution in Paris September 27th 2015
The French Revolution of 1798 is regarded by western historians as one of the most important events in human history. The revolution sparked off at the magnificent Place D’ La Republic, this is the location where another type of revolution was to happen, the Krishna Prasad “feeding of the 5,000”.
A revolution of consciousness, the Hare Krishna revolution. Referred to as the “spotless” Purana, the Bhagavatam is “directed towards bringing about a
I Recently made a post about the importance of understanding the meaning of a mantra. Among the repies I got these inquiries…
I think mantra is not what we vibrate with our mouth because that is purelly a mechanic activity. And hearing a mantra is not about receiving sound waves with eardrums, another mechanic interaction from the outside.
This is very dualistic – as if the “inside” has nothing to do with the “outside.” If you take that out, and add the word “just” or “only” then your conclus
Narottam Finds the Deity of Gaura
Nityananda Das was a disciple of Jahnava Mata, the divine consort of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. Jahnava related to Nityananda Das many stories from the lives of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and their associates. On her order he compiled those stories into the book known as Prema-viläsa. The following is a translation excerpted from the 19th chapter.
One day in his home Narottam thought about installing a deity. That night Narottam saw in a dream the six de
This woman here is the official reception director for VIP's coming to Paris. In fact, she was the woman who arranged for Srila Prabhupada's reception at the Paris City Hall. The protocol was made very clear to us - that when we go into the reception room, everyone should stand and the mayor will give his opening remarks and then Srila Prabhupada can reply. The way it worked out was somewhat different.
The mayor waited and Prabhupada sat, and the mayor started getting nervous and Prabhupada sat
ere is a very prevalent notion that we will attain self-realization / enlightenment / liberation / Vaikunṭha / Vraja Prema (call it what suits you best) by the mercy of Krishna / Rādhā / Guru / Vaiṣṇava alone. “It’s all up to the mercy of the Lord.”
This is wrong.
If our enlightenment is up to Krishna, then why are we not enlightened? It would have to be that he wants us to suffer? He can enlighten us whenever he likes, but he doesn’t – so what would that say about him? He prefers us to be ignor
It is no secret that Bhagavad Gita is spoken by numerous speakers in various settings all over the world. Today, anyone who is little qualified in Sanskrit and English language thinks himself qualified to speak or translate the Gita. However,this is not how it is supposed to be as per the norms set by Krishna in the Gita. Just as it is appropriate for a doctor who practices medicine to speak about medical science, or a physicist who is active in his field to speak about the universal laws, simil
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015
We are happy to announce the publication of the new book “Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita, and the meaning of life,” by Jayadvaita Swami.
The book is available from Amazon.com and other retailers.
Wholesale orders may be placed with the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, tel: +1-800-927-4152.
An ebook version will follow soon.
For more about the book: www.vanitykarma.com.
Best wishes.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
About the book
What is life for? What may give it meaning? Does it have
When we look at materially successful people around us, whom many of us worship as role models, we get inspired, we dream of following in their footsteps and aspire to lead lives in the same frame. In a bid to fulfill such materially elevated aspirations, we try to imitate them, we often plan out every detail of how our daily activities should be executed. However, unfortunately, inspite of all efforts invested in designing a foolproof plan of action, when the time of execution arrives, we are
Lecture on Krishna Avirbhav Lila by Devakinandan Prabhu on 29 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Juhu
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 07, Chapter - 05, Text - 18
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By Lakshman Poddar
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Fifty years back Srila Prabhupada brought torrents of fortune for the western world with the grand event of putting His Lotus-feet for the first time in the soil of USA, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Srimadbhägavatam confirms
bhavad-vidha bhagavatas
tirtha-bhutah svayam vibho
tirthi-kurvanti tirthani
svantah-sthena gadabhrta.
My Lord, devotees like your good sel
On this most auspicious occasion of Karttik, we’d like to officially announce the Kirtan 50 festival in Dallas, TX, celebrating ISKCON’s 50th anniversary.
Dates: December 31st 2015 – January 3rd 2016.
The event will be a 4 day festival with 50 hours of Kirtan with special guests H.H. B.B Govinda Swami and Madhava Prabhu as well as many other kirtaniyas from all over the world!
Festivities also include a flower shower (Pushpa Abhisheka), delicious meals prepared by Kalachandji’s Restaurant & Pa
Lecture on Solving the Problems of the World by Dhanesvara Prabhu on 13 Sep 2015 at ISKCON Slovenia
(Dhanesvara Prabhu first became acquainted with Bhagavad Gita as he was finishing his Master's degree in engineering in 1972 & two years later took initiation from Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he realised that the recommendations of Bhagavad Gita stood in sharp contrast to the modern western society and he wanted to understand how to bridge the gap so that humaniy at large might ea
Lecture on You cant trick Krishna by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 13 Aug 2014 at Sydney
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 07, Chapter - 03, Text - )
(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)
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Karttika Parikrama in Vrindavana (7 min video)
Karttika is a name for a month that corresponds to October/November of the Western calendar. This month is considered a most auspicious time for performing spiritual activities. The name Karttika refers to Srimati Radharani, the feminine form of the Absolute Truth and the dear most companion of Krishna. Karttika is also known as the month of Damodara, a name of Krishna that refers to His babyhood pastime of being tied up by His loving mother afte
Stratford Festival, UK - 29th Oct 2015 (Album with photos)
The Nagrecha Hall, Stratford, was packed out last night for an evening of kirtan, philosophy, dance, yoga and delicious prasadam. Lots of people came along to find out about the Hare Krishnas, and are keen to get more involved with future events in the town. The Stratford Festival is part of the Festival Team’s target of organising and hosting 50 fifty festivals over the next year :-)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/Yoy4sw
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