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18th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon

I recently heard a very nice lecture by HG Vaisesika Prabhuji gave in Mayapur.

Translation
The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. (SB 3.25.2)

In his short lecture prabhuji was able to tell what is the result a vaishanava’s tapasya ? How a vaishanva is always compassionate on others and how should we see

TEXT 1

arjuna uvaca 
ye sastra-vidhim utsrjya 
yajante sraddhayanvitah 
tesam nistha tu ka krsna 
sattvam aho rajas tamah

SYNONYMS

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; ye--those; sastra-vidhim--the regulations of scripture; utsrjya--giving up; yajante--worship;sraddhaya--full faith; anvitah--possessed of; tesam--of them; nistha--faith; tu--but; ka--what is that; krsna--O Krsna; sattvam--in goodness;aho--said; rajah--in passion; tamah--in ignorance.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said, O Krsn

His Grace Jnanagamya Prabhu (John Partin) has left this world from Sri Dhama Mayapur this morning, February 17th 2015 at 9 am. Very devoted Prabhupada Man! Please join us in prayers for him.

Jnanagamya Prabhu had joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement in 1972. He had served in numerous ways, from leading sankirtan parties, maintaining and designing temples, producing graphics, exhibits, supervising construction, teaching to cooking chapatti. He was engaged in the production of a film ab

TEXT 24

tasmac chastram pramanam te 
karyakarya-vyavasthitau 
jnatva sastra-vidhanoktam 
karma kartum iharhasi

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; sastram--scriptures; pramanam--evidence; te--your; karya--duty; akarya--forbidden activities; vyavasthitau--in determining; jnatva--knowing; sastra--of scripture; vidhana--regulations; uktam--as declared; karma--work; kartum--to do; ihaarhasi--you should do it.

TRANSLATION

One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. K

THE IMPORTANCE OF LORD SHIVA in Vaishnava Sampradaya !!!!!

18th Feb 2015 is Shiva Ratri the appearance of Lord Shiva!. Lord Shiv is very important part of bhakti as without his mercy and permission we cannot enter any dham or pastime of Lord Radha Krsna

For example

In Vrindavan there is Gopeshwar Shiv was became in the form of gopi to enter krsna lila

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur offered these prayers wriiten for Gopishwara Mahadev when he visited the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneshwar on Jun

Sravan Utsav ended on 15th Feb. There was 8 hour of daily katha from 12th to 15th February 2015. Many sanyasis like HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj, HH Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami, HH Jay Pataka Maharaj, HH Radhanath Maharaj and HH Sacinandana Maharaj gave lectures during the event. The lecture topics included pastimes of Lord Gauranga and Nityananda, Harinaam sankirtan and also topics that are normally not heard. For instance, HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj gave lectu

tokanam pitarau bandhu drsah paksma striyah
patih patih prajanam bhiksunam grhy ajnanam budhah suhrt

TRANSLATION
As the father and mother are the friends and maintainers of their children, as the eyelid is the protector of the eye, as the husband is the maintainer and protector of a woman, as the householder is the maintainer and protector of beggars, and as the learned is the friend of the ignorant, so the king is the protector and giver of life to all his subjects. The trees are also subject

VERSE 10
yuyam ca pitranvadista deva-devena canaghah praja-sargaya hi katham vrksan nirdagdhum arhatha

TRANSLATION:
O pure-hearted ones, your father, Pracinabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?

VERSE 11
atisthata satam margam kopam yacchata dipitam pitra pitamahenapi justam vah prapitamahaih

TRANSLATION:
The path of

TEXT 23

yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya 
vartate kama-karatah 
na sa siddhim avapnoti 
na sukham na param gatim

SYNONYMS

yah--anyone; sastra-vidhim--the regulations of the scriptures;utsrjya--giving up; vartate--remains; kama-karatah--acting whimsically in lust; na--never; sah--he; siddhim--perfection;avapnoti--achieves; na--never; sukham--happiness; na--never; param--the supreme; gatim--perfectional stage.

TRANSLATION

But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neit

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etair vimuktah kaunteya 
tamo-dvarais tribhir narah 
acaraty atmanah sreyas 
tato yati param gatim

SYNONYMS

etaih--by these; vimuktah--being liberated; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; tamah-dvaraih--the gates of ignorance; tribhih--three kinds of;narah--a person; acarati--performs; atmanah--self; sreyah--benediction; tatah--thereafter; yati--goes; param--supreme; gatim--destination.

TRANSLATION

The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to self-realizati

So we are so-called materially suffering and enjoying according to this body. Therefore this body, this human form of body, is a great opportunity, because God realization begins by engaging the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau [Brs. 1.2.234]. By engaging the tongue in the loving service of the Lord, one can make advance in Krsna consciousness, ultimate realization of God, the tongue. So this tongue in the human body can be engaged. In other body, in the cat's body, dog's body, tiger's body... Tig

[Kindly transcribed by Sarasvati Priya DD]

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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 11, 2015
Speaker: HG Vaisesika Das
Verse: SB 6.4.5

drumebhyah krudhyamanas te tapo-dipita-manyavah 
mukhato vayum agnim ca sasrjus tad-didhaksaya

TRANSLATION: Because of having undergone long austerities in the water, the Pracetas were very angry at the trees. Desiring to burn them to ashes, they gener

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tri-vidham narakasyedam 
dvaram nasanam atmanah 
kamah krodhas tatha lobhas 
tasmad etat trayam tyajet

SYNONYMS

tri-vidham--three kinds of; narakasya--hellish; idam--this;dvaram--gate; nasanam--destructive; atmanah--of the self; kamah--lust; krodhah--anger; tatha--as well as; lobhah--greed; tasmat--therefore; etat--these; trayam--three; tyajet--must give up.

TRANSLATION

There are three gates leading to this hell--lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the de

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 12 Text 15 Awakening from our Dreams by HH Niranjana Swami on 12 Jan 2015 at Kharkov

(His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)

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Lecture on Fight Kali with the Holy Name by HG Ananda Krishna Prabhu on 22 Jan 2015

(HG Ananda Krishna Das was born in 1980 in Austria and joined 2002 in Vienna. He is initiated by HH Bhakti Bushana Swami Maharaja. He lived as a brahmacari in Vienna (Austria), Portland (USA), Berlin (Germany) and Simhachalam (Germany).)

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