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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.26

TEXT 26

mukta-sango 'naham-vadi 
dhrty-utsaha-samanvitah 
siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikarah 
karta sattvika ucyate

SYNONYMS

mukta-sangah--liberated from all material association; anaham-vadi--without false ego; dhrti-utsaha--with great enthusiasm;samanvitah--qualified in that way; siddhi--perfection; asiddhyoh--failure; nirvikarah--without change; karta--worker; sattvikah--in the mode of goodness; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

The worker who is free from all material attachments and false ego, who is ent

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Bhagavad Gita (04.14.21)

2515007247?profile=originalLecture on Bhagavad Gita (04.14.21)by HH Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan

(His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami is from West Africa. He is the first Sannyas disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami. He is known for his years of dedicated services to ISKCON. He is very dear to devotees from Africa.)

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Death No Mercy

2515007241?profile=originalLecture on Death No Mercy by HH Indradyumna Swami on 08 Nov 2013

(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. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)

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Narsimha Chaturdashi

2515006723?profile=originalLecture on Narsimha Chaturdashi by Charu Prabhu

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)

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Marriage in Spiritual Culture

2515007240?profile=originalLecture on Marriage in Spiritual Culture by HG Devaki Mataji on 26 Jan 2015

(Mother Devaki has served in various capacities for over 20 years and has in later years engaged in creating festivals and various meetings for devotees to listen about and glorify Krsna. She started pioneer preaching in former Soviet Union.)

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Pledge Your Support for the TOVP

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Hare Krishna,

Pamho. AgtSP.

To establish Sridhama Mayapur, the audharya dhama, as the World Headquarters of the Hare Krishna Movement and bring it to the forefront and attention of the entire world, as well as to show our love and gratitude to Srila Prabhupada for this most rare benediction and gift he has given us in the form of the ISKCON society, we all need to work together to make our acharyas’ vision become manifest. Srila Prabhupada said that the temple was already built, but we must tak

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Mercy of Nityanananda Prabhu

Hare Krishna

5th April, 2015. Gurgaon

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Since many months I was looking for a picture of Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu’s lotus feet first for my study wall and later for my altar. I checked at the main shops near the temple, when I visited Vrindavan, but could not get them. As time passed by my search narrowed down to look for only Nityananda Prabhu’s lotus feet. I had seen one in a metal foil two years back at a devotee’s home but no one could help me where to get them. I spoke to a couple of de

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.25

TEXT 25

anubandham ksayam himsam 
anapeksya ca paurusam 
mohad arabhyate karma 
yat tat tamasam ucyate

SYNONYMS

anubandham--future bondage; ksayam--destruction; himsam--violence; anapeksya--without consideration of consequences; ca--also; paurusam--distressing to others; mohat--by illusion; arabhyate--begun; karma--work; yat--which; tat--that; tamasam--in the mode of ignorance; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

And that action performed in ignorance and delusion without consideration of future bondage

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2515006846?profile=originalLecture on Six work habits that destroy peace and sanity by HH Romapada Swami in 23 Mar 2015 at Detroit

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)

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Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada

2515006967?profile=originalLecture on Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada by HG Suresvar Prabhu on 29 Mar 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

(His Grace Suresvar Prabhu joined Srila Prabhupada's movement in 1970, serving as a preacher and book distributor across the U.S. He is currently teaching with MIHET in Sridham Mayapur. He is a contributor to Back to Godhead Magazine. )

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2515006737?profile=originalLecture on According to How You Approach Krishna you get a Corresponding Result by Giriraj Swami on 29 Mar 2015 at Dallas

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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2515006860?profile=originalTo Undestand the Love of Srimati Radharani by HH Indradyumna Swami on 27 March 1994 at ISKCON Poland

(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. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna ma

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.24

TEXT 24

yat tu kamepsuna karma 
sahankarena va punah 
kriyate bahulayasam 
tad rajasam udahrtam

SYNONYMS

yat--that which; tu--but; kama-ipsuna--with fruitive result; karma--work; sa-ahankarena--with ego; va--or; punah--again; kriyate--performed; bahula-ayasam--with great labor; tat--that; rajasam--in the mode of passion; udahrtam--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in th

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.23

TEXT 23

niyatam sanga-rahitam 
araga-dvesatah krtam 
aphala-prepsuna karma 
yat tat sattvikam ucyate

SYNONYMS

niyatam--regulative; sanga-rahitam--without attachment; araga-dvesatah--without love or hatred; krtam--done; aphala-prepsuna--without fruitive result; karma--acts; yat--which; tat--that; sattvikam--in the mode of goodness; ucyate--is called.

TRANSLATION

As for actions, that action in accordance with duty, which is performed without attachment, without love or hate, by one who has renounced fruit

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Frown Lines


My cousin, who is currently residing with us (she has come down to India from the U.S. for a short business cum leisure trip), had a very critical and urgent meeting scheduled, this morning. However, due to some unforeseen eventuality in his family and who is otherwise distinctly punctual, my chauffeur arrived very late (behind the reporting time by almost an hour). Now since my cousin has no experience of commuting via public transport, especially in a city like Mumbai, I was trying my best to
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Hare Krsna! PAMHO. AGTSP.

Each year the Mayapur Vaisnava Senior Youth organize the Jhulan Yatra festival for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Madhava under the guidance of H.G. Jananivas Prabhu and H.G. Pankajanghri Prabhu. The festival runs for five days and it has become one of the highlight festivals of the year.

Daily about 5000 devotees and pilgrims come to swing Their Lordships from around Mayapur, Navadvipa and other localities. The festival also features kirtans, bhajans, offering of lamps

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Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

With great pleasure the VIHE wishes to invite you to the in-depth, step-by-step, systematic Bhakti-vaibhava course, cantos 1&2, in Vrindavan, running from July 24, 2015 to November 4, 2015.

Srimad-Bhagavatam is “Sri Krsna who has returned among us” and is the “life-breath of the Vaisnava devotees”. Srila Prabhupada wanted that the “family transcendental diploma will continue through the generations” and that al

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Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krishna!

We are heartily inviting all serious students to this year’s VIHE Bhakti-sastri course. The Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we could become better preachers and teachers, and, very importantly, achieve a clear understanding and application of the beautiful science of devotional service. Shr

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2515006791?profile=originalLord Nrisimhadeva's Appearance Day Once the lived Hiranyakasipu, the king of the demons.  His brother, another demon who had been creating a disturbance, had been killed by Varaha, an incarnation of Lord Visnu.  Hiranyakasipu also was creating a disturbance by harassing the sages and the demigods.  Hiranyakasipu wanted to get revenge upon Lord Visnu for the killing of his brother so he performed severe austerities:

"Seeing Hiranyakasipu engaged in this austerity, the demigods returned to their r

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