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Overcome the Fear of Future

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Fear keeps us focused on the past and constantly worried about the future. It creates desperation and indecision that paralyzes our logic, thinking and actions. We can’t live freely because we can’t stop living in fear - fear of the unknown, fear of the future.
 
The control by time lays its inevitable hands all over the space within the universe, as there is control by time all over the planets. All the big gigantic planets, including the sun, are being controlled by the force of air, as the c
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2515026877?profile=originalLecture on Thematic Essence of Chaitanya Charitamrita 01 Antya Lila 01 by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 29 Jul 2015 at Bhopal

(His Grace Charucandra Prabhu is a disciple of H.H Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj. He is a Biomedical Scientist by profession and is based out of Washington, DC, USA. By the order of his Guru Maharaja, he has been conducting such courses (both online and in class) based on Srila Prabhupada's books on Vedic scriptures for more than 12 years now.)

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Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi Lila 10-121-122

2515026898?profile=originalLecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi Lila 10-121-122 by Anuttama Prabhu on 23 Aug 2015 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(As a student in political and social science at Michigan State University, USA, Anuttama Dasa found the university incapable to provide answers to the most important questions in life. Thus he chose to not complete his formal education. After exploring varied traditions ranging from Zen Buddhism to Methodism,)

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Hamare Bhavarog ki Sarvasrestha Aushadhi

2515026873?profile=originalLecture on Hamare Bhavarog ki Sarvasrestha Aushadhi by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 29 Jul 2015 at Bhopal

(HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Appreciating Bhagavatam as Rasa Shastra

2515026842?profile=originalLecture on Appreciating Bhagavatam as Rasa Shastra by HH Indradyumna Swami 

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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2515026772?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 06, Chapter - 01, Text - 21, The Life of Ajamila 01 by HH Indradyumna Swami on 26 Aug 2015

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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2515026838?profile=originalLecture on The Lord adjusts his plans to accomodate his devotees by HH Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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2515026946?profile=originalLecture on You only stop scratching because it starts to bleed by HH Devamrita Swami on 06 June 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Janmastami Festival Lecture

2515027007?profile=originalLecture on Janmastami Festival by HH Lokanath Swami on 10 Sep 2015 at ISKCON Noida

(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.40

TEXT 40
adharmabhibhavat krsna
pradusyanti kula-striyah
strisu dustasu varsneya
jayate varna-sankarah
SYNONYMS
adharma—irreligion; abhibhavāt—having been predominant; kṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa; praduṣyanti—become polluted; kula-striyaḥ—family ladies; strīṣu —of the womanhood; duṣṭāsu—being so polluted; vārṣṇeya—O descendant of Vṛṣṇi;jāyate—it so becomes; varṇa-saṅkaraḥ—unwanted progeny.
TRANSLATION
When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation
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The Paradox of Ethics

Keys to Understanding the Bhagavad Gita

August 25, 2015 by Hari-kirtana

PARADOXICAL ETHICS OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA

Last month, I was invited to give a pair of talks about the Bhagavad Gita at ISKCON of DC in Potomac, Maryland. The video below is a combination of the audio recording of my second talk and the Powerpoint slides I used as visual references for it.

A longer explanatory note than last time: The most conspicuous challenge to understanding the ethics of the Gita is the fact that Krishna

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By Romapada Das International Coordinator ISKCON 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Mobile:+91 (0) 997 993 3880
Email: romapada@iskcon50.org
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The Global Office for ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary invites applications for the following two volunteer positions:

Role 1: ISKCON 50 Webmaster

Role:

The ISKCON 50 Webmaster will completely own our website (www.iskcon50.org) by providing regular updates, maintenance and support. Duties inclu

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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today

Prayer to the Lotus Feet of Krishna

On September 13, 1965, Srila Prabhupada wrote the following prayer
on board the Jaladuta steamship bound for America.
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I emphatically say to you, O brothers, you will obtain your good fortune from the Supreme Lord Krishna only when Srimati Radharani becomes pleased with you.
 
Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, who is very dear to Lord Gauranga, the son of mother Saci, is unparallele
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2515026843?profile=originalभाषा मनुष्य प्रजाति की उन्नति का सबसे बड़ा माध्यम रही है । विश्व में बोलने-समझने, लिखने-पढ़ने वाली असंख्य भाषाएँ हैं ।  कुछ गणनाओं के अनुसार विश्व में प्रायः लोग स्वयं को व्यक्त करने के लिए लगभग ७००० भाषाओँ का प्रयोग कर रहे हैं । वर्तमान में अकेले भारत में लगभग १७९ भाषाएं एवं ५४४ उपभाषाएँ (बोलियाँ) प्रयोग का प्रयोग हो रहा है । 


इन भाषाओँ के अथाह सागर में देवनागरी या हिंदी भाषा का मानव सभ्यता के प्रसार में बहुत बड़ा योगदान है । यह भाषा विश्व की चौथी सबसे अधिक बोली-समझी जाने वाली भाषा है । आज विश्व क
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.39

TEXT 39
kula-ksaye pranasyanti
kula-dharmah sanatanah
dharme naste kulam krtsnam
adharmo 'bhibhavaty uta
SYNONYMS
kula-kṣaye—in destroying the family; praṇaśyanti—becomes vanquished;kula-dharmāḥ—the family traditions; sanātanāḥ—eternal; dharme—in religion;naṣṭe—being destroyed; kulam—family; kṛtsnam—wholesale; adharmaḥ—irreligious; abhibhavati—transforms; uta—it is said.
TRANSLATION
With the destruction of dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and thus the rest of the family becomes invol
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Radharani – the Queen of Vrindavan

Radharani – the Queen of Vrindavan

                                                                Veerendra  Ekbote

              Radharani is the Queen of Vrindavan and dearmost to Krishna as she is the internal energy of Lord Krishna pervading the spiritual world. Radharani or Radhikadevi appeared 5000 years ago in Barsana as the daughter of Vrishabhanu when Lord Krishna appeared prior to her in Gokula after being transferred by his father Vasudev in the house of Nanda. Radharani descended from

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Are we conscious in Krishna consciousness?

Hare Krishna.

13th September, 2015. Gurgaon

Srila Prabhupada

Since last many days few terms are coming again and again as I read and hear various lectures, become conscious in Krishna consciousness, shelter, surrender and 'conscious cooperator'. Of course it helps that these days most of my hearing is from lectures from HG Srimati Mataji. These topics are too subtle for my conditioned heart but slowly they are entering my consciousness or let me admit that I trying to imbibe them, struggling but trying is my curre

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Unclaimed Property

2515026431?profile=originalLecture on Unclaimed Property by HG Charu Prabhu on Sep 2015

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)

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