H.H.Bhakti Charu Swami visits H.H. Jayapataka Swami at the hospital in Delhi after his month long stay in the intensive care unit. H.H. Bhakti Charu Maharaja asked Gurudeva how he was doing ang Gurudeva in a humurous mood said "he was back from the dead " Gurudeva said one of his Godbrothers said, "you are like an Everyready battery which has nine lives or like a cat." Gurudeva said he had a dream where he was in a beautiful golden city where everyone was smiling. He saw so many of his Godbrothe
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"When we have nothing to say of spiritual value, there is much to be said for keeping silent." (Vanity Karma, page 64)
TEXT 10
tam uvaca hrsikesah prahasann iva bharata senayor ubhayor madhye visidantam idam vacah
SYNONYMS
tam—unto him; uvāca—said; hṛṣīkeśaḥ—the master of the senses, Kṛṣṇa;prahasan—smiling; iva—like that; bhārata—O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Bharata; senayoḥ—of the armies; ubhayoḥ—of both parties; madhye—between;viṣīdantam—unto the lamenting one; idam—the following; vacaḥ—words.
TRANSLATION
O descendant of Bharata, at that time Kṛṣṇa, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following word
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupad’s visit to Kochi (Album with photos)
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Srimati Dasi’s meditation on Srila Prabhupada
What follows will be a meditational exploration—so please relax and keep your mind and heart—and ears!—wide open…but no problem if you close your eyes!
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Anuttama Das speaks during Srila Prabhupada’s Arrival in US 50th Anniversary celebrated in Boston (8 min video)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/8Df3dI
The Journey of Nara, Naryana and Anasuya (7 min video)
Nara and Narayana (two oxen) and Anasuya (a young cow) journeyed from West Virginia to Florida. They are all rescued cows. They are once again starting a new life by moving to Florida. See what cows do when they find themselves in a new environment.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/OTbfOQ
Mauritius Preaching tour (135 Photographs)
Deena Bandhu Das: Enjoy Arjun Bhattacharyya’s pics of our Mauritius Journey! Including a visit to the amazing Pomplemousses Botanical Gardens. Enormous Arjun trees and lily pads one yard across! See the beautiful beaches of Mauritius and relish the Deity Pics
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The December Marathon: 10% Increase in Book Distribution (2 min video)
Sponsor Bhagavad Gita Sets! Vaisesika Dasa: Now’s the time to start the push! Our most important offering to Srila Prabhupada on the 50th year of his incorporating ISKCON by giving him a report of our cooperative efforts to substantially increase the distribution of his unparalleled books to people all over the world. Please join the push! Now’s the time! Last night, our ISV congregation sponsored 7,500 Bhagavad-gitas in l
INDIA MELA in Osaka, Japan (Album with photos)
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Travel Journal#11.18: Boston, New York City, Albany
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 11, No. 18
By Krishna-kripa das
(September 2015, part two)
By Krishna-kripa das
(September 2015, part two)
Boston, New York City, Albany
(Sent from Brooklyn, New York, on October 11, 2015)
(Sent from Brooklyn, New York, on October 11, 2015)
Where I Went and What I Did
I went with the Harinama Ruci world harinama sankirtana party to Boston to do harinama at the festival honoring the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in Boston. We stayed through Radhastami, the day after the festival weekend
Harinama from Commonwealth Pier to the Boston Common
After the Boston boat ride, we did harinama from Commonwealth Pier to the Boston Common. It was wonderful to have a chanting party with so many devotees.
Many people were happy to see us.
And to dance with us.
One devotee lady swung onlookers around.
Once Malati Devi borrowed my friend’s trumpet to play.
I took a little video of part of it (https://youtu.be/2e8f-jZ4_f0):
At the festival site, some of the
By Kaunteya das
Govardhana Ecovillage, Mumbai, Sept 28 – Oct 9 – The first group of participants to GBC College for Leadership Development completed the second residential session, thirteen days of training and association.
The GBC has been reviewing the zonal configuration of the world and has identified and ratified more than 150 zones (and more are coming, as the bigger zones get gradually subdivided into more manageable sizes). At present the GBC College course focuses on preparing Zonal S
Hare Krishna
12th Oct, 2015. Gurgaon
I read so much, and hear even more so, on being humble and not just simply humble but humbler than a blade of grass. It feels nice as I read such terms and collect more ‘information’ on how to get into the ‘mood’ of being humble but whenever I am put into a test I fail miserably, a deadly mixture of hardheartedness, passion and ignorance takes over my consciousness. I simply remain a puppet in the hands of three modes of nature.
Many a times I wonder, and now a
We all have seen and practically experienced the popular adage, 'What goes around, comes around'. A very simple example of this would be if we smile at someone, under normal circumstances, we too would receive a smile. However, if we happen to abuse another, most likely the favour would be returned in the same coin. Material nature itself is constituted by three qualities: the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Above these modes there is eternal time, and by a combi
We are often misled by the externals or the outward appearance of people or things. Due to our limited and imperfect senses, we tend to quickly judge others and come to wrong conclusions abruptly. Before reacting to an apparently visible circumstance, we need to dive deeper to uncover the truth.
Here is a beautiful narrative which would help us understand this fact. A cruise ship met with an accident at sea. Aboard the ship was a couple. After having made their way to the lifeboat, they realized
On the most auspicious occasion of the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - Lord Krishna, I wish to offer my most humble obeisances.
May the all merciful Lord bestow His unconditional love, causeless mercy and divine blessings on you and your loved ones.
My prayers at His Lotus Feet, to ignite the fire of devotion in our hearts, to wipe away results of our past misdeeds, to purify our consciousnessby giving us the intelligence to constantly remember His glories, to give us countless
The Supreme Lord Krishna's conchshell whose sound strikes raw terror in the hearts of evildoers, but the innocent and the repentant feel the magic vibrations. The redness of the white conchshell due to the lip-touch of the Lord is a symbol of spiritual significance. The Lord is all spirit, and matter is ignorance of this spiritual existence. Factually there is nothing like matter in spiritual enlightenment, and this spiritual enlightenment takes place at once by the contact of the Supreme Lord S
Let's understand this with an illustration from our Vedic texts. The Supreme Personality of Godhead and the beloved Lord Krishna was away from His own prosperous metropolis of Dvaraka for a considerably long period because of the Battle of Kurukshetra, and thus all the inhabitants were overcome with melancholy and desolation due to the separation. When the Lord descends on the earth, His eternal associates also come with Him, just as the entourage of a king accompanies him. Such associates of th
