Today, Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member and a member of the SPN's Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee explains why the GBC is investing so much time and energy in planning for ISKCON's future.
http://gbc.iskcon.org/2015/01/29/why-do-strategic-planning/
Sesa Prabhu, a GBC member and a member of two SPN committees, Education and Constitution, speaks on Srila Prabhupada being the first strategic thinker among us, his vision for education being an example
Nityananda’s Paduka (Shoes) Bless the Grand Opening of TOVP Seva Office in Mayapur
On February 1st, 2015, Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s Appearance Day, the TOVP Seva Office in Mayapur officially opened with a grand celebration consisting of Lord Nityananda’s Paduka (shoes) leaving the altar for the first time to bless the occasion.
There was a grand procession with Srila Prabhupada taking the lead. The loud chanting of the Vedic Mantras by the Gurukul Boys of Sri Dham Mayapur added to the auspiciousn
Another new audiobook at bbtmedia.com:
"Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead" by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
French audiobook edition
Narrator: Nara-narayana Dasa
Fifty centuries ago Krishna descended from the transcendental world to show us His eternal spiritual activities. His acts reveal the fullest concept of God and attract us to join Him again. They are tangible subjects upon which to meditate.
Sri Krishna's life is fascinating and highly entertaining-e
(Kindly transcribed by Suvilasi Madhavi DD)
Download the audio for this lecture here:
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 3, 2015
Speaker: HH Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Swami
Subject: SB 6.3.29
Reading from SB 6.3.29, "Yamaraj Instructs His Messengers"
jihva na vakti bhagavad-guna-namadheyam
cetas ca na smarati tac-caranaravindam
krsnaya no namati yac-chira ekadapi
tan anayadhvam asato 'krta-visnu-krtyan
"My dear se
TEXT 18
ahankaram balam darpam
kamam krodham ca samsritah
mam atma-para-dehesu
pradvisanto 'bhyasuyakah
SYNONYMS
ahankaram--false ego; balam--strength; darpam--pride; kamam--lust; krodham--anger; ca--also; samsritah--having taken shelter of;mam--Me; atma--one's own; para dehesu--in other bodies;pradvisantah--blasphemes; abhyasuyakah--envious.
TRANSLATION
Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his ow
This is spiritual life. When we are not at all concerned with this body, material body, that is the beginning of spiritual life. And so long we are interested with the dead lump of matter without any information of the spirit soul within it, that is material life. This is the difference between material life and spiritual life.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Most of us are familiar with the name Bhagavad Gita – the Eternal song (Gita) of the Lord (Bhagavan – Shri Krishna). The similarity between Bhagavad Gita & Vibheeshana Gita is that, both were sung by the Lord and that too in the battlefield. Yet there is a difference. Lord Krishna gives the knowledge of the Self in Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna because Arjuna, despite of having the best of skills and knowledge, loses his identity and purpose of living at the time of war. To such an individual who is f
TEXT 17
atma-sambhavitah stabdha
dhana-mana-madanvitah
yajante nama-yajnais te
dambhenavidhi-purvakam
SYNONYMS
atma-sambhavitah--self-complacent; stabdhah--impudent; dhana-mana--wealth and false prestige; mada anvitah--absorbed in pride;yajante--perform sacrifices; nama--in name only; yajnaih--with such a sacrifice; te--they; dambhena--out of pride; avidhi-purvakam--without following any rules and regulations.
TRANSLATION
Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they
So the Krsna consciousness movement is very important movement. It is neither manufactured nor unauthorized. It is authorized, the oldest. Yogah proktah puratanah. Krsna said to Arjuna that "I am repeating the same yoga, puratanam. Krsna does not say that "I am manufacturing another system of yoga." No. "I am speaking to you the same yoga system."
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
Krishna consciousness, Dharmic and Abrahamic faiths
- Veerendra Ekbote
The most ancient literature revealed by Supreme God for mankind through the Sages namely the Rigveda proclaims that ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti’ which means the Supreme God is one, however wise people in different parts of the world call and worship him by different names as per their realizations. B
Hare Krishna
3rd, February, 2015, Gurgaon.
After the last blog on `demons in Krishna Lila‘ I thought let me share more anarthas as described in detail in Madhurya kadambini, I also took the help of VIHE book ‘demons in Vrindavana Lila’ to write this blog. This topic also connects with the earlier blog How to change our heart.
At one level we hear that bhakti is causeless meaning that there is no cause for bhakti (like pious deeds, austerity, penance, etc.), bhakti is independent. I heard a beautif
TEXT 16
aneka-citta-vibhranta
moha-jala-samavrtah
prasaktah kama-bhogesu
patanti narake 'sucau
SYNONYMS
aneka--numerous; citta vibhrantah--perplexed by anxieties; moha--of illusions; jala--by a network; samavrtah--surrounded; prasaktah--attached; kama--lust; bhogesu--sense gratification; patanti--glides down; narake--into hell; asucau--unclean.
TRANSLATION
Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into
One who has got this divya-jnana, vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma, that is mahatma. But that is very, very rare. Otherwise, mahatma like me, they are loitering in the street. That is. So you should always remember this word, divya-jnana hrde prakasito. And because the spiritual master enlightens the divya-jnana, one feels obliged to him. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasya prasadan na gatih kuto 'pi **. So this guru-puja essential. As the Deity worship essential... It is not cheap adoration. I
Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON
By Basu Ghosh Das
Pictures can be seen on the internet (google plus):
http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.
Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.
Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past
Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON
By Basu Ghosh Das
Pictures can be seen on the internet (google plus):
http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.
Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.
Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past 4
Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON
By Basu Ghosh Das
Pictures can be seen on the internet (google plus):
http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.
Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.
Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past 4
Hare Krishna.
1st Feb, 2015, Gurgaon.
A very happy Nityananand Trayodasi to all the readers, I prayed to Lord Nityanananda for everyone today.
These days I am listening to multiple seminars on Sri Brahma Samhita by senior Vaishanavas. Listening to them is indeed a high point in my tiny devotional life so to speak, most surprisingly they match with whatever I am reading in Srimad Bhagavatam currently (canto 3). So many verses and their purports in Srimad Bhagavatam, and more so in Brahma Samhita, w
TEXT 13-15
idam adya maya labdham
imam prapsye manoratham
idam astidam api me
bhavisyati punar dhanam
asau maya hatah satrur
hanisye caparan api
isvaro 'ham aham bhogi
siddho 'ham balavan sukhi
adhyo 'bhijanavan asmi
ko 'nyo 'sti sadrso maya
yaksye dasyami modisya
ity ajnana-vimohitah
SYNONYMS
idam--this; adya--today; maya--by me; labdham--gained; imam--this; prapsye--I shall gain; manah-ratham--according to my desires;idam--this; asti--there is; idam--this; api--also; me--mine; bhavisyati--will incr
Lecture on Talk on Holy Name and Kirtan by HH Niranjana Swami on 02 Jan 2015 at Cambridge
(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 I am Hurt But I am Here by HG 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. 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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