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Following Lord Caitanya's Footsteps

2514997601?profile=originalLecture on Following Lord Caitanya's Footsteps by HH Romapada Swami in 04 Jan 2015 at Madurai

(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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Pilgrimage is meant for Purification

2514997660?profile=originalLecture on (SB 03.01.19) Pilgrimage is meant for Purification by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 30 Mar 2008 at Ujjain

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

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Varnasrama Training Courses 2015

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ISKCON DAIVA VARNASRAMA MINISTRY (IDVM) Promoting Rural Development in India

IDVM Secretariat: Room 137, Cakra Bldg, Sri Mayapur, W. Bengal, India

Dear all ,
Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry -INDIA is organising two courses,below are details,

Registraion : Please visit IDVM Secretariat,Room #137,Chakra Building,Sri Dham Mayapur.

WWW.iskconvarnasrama.com

Course 3 –  Organic Farming – By Sanat kumar prabhu/Kalakantha prabhu

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HH BVV Narasimha Maharaj

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So on the occasion of Varaha’s appearance day, we are reading a verse in relation this pastime. This is from Canto Three, Chapter Eighteen “The Battle Between Boar and Hiranyaksa”, Text number two. 

    dadarsa tatrabhijitam dhara-dharam
 pronniyamanavanim agra-damstraya
    musnantam aksna sva-ruco ’runa-sriya
 jahasa caho vana-gocaro mrgah 

Translation:
“He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar incarnation, bearing the earth upward on the ends of His tusks and robbin
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Thought Of The Day

So we should not remain vimudha. We should become intelligent. And to make us intelligent, Krsna comes, Krsna's devotees come, some messenger comes. And Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is one of the messengers of Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu to preach Krsna consciousness. And not only he preached, but he trained up many disciples to preach this Krsna consciousness all over the world. So by his grace we are also endeavoring to do something. This is called parampara system. So we should take

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 16.11-12

TEXT 11-12

cintam aparimeyam ca 
pralayantam upasritah 
kamopabhoga-parama 
etavad iti niscitah

asa-pasa-satair baddhah 
kama-krodha-parayanah 
ihante kama-bhogartham 
anyayenartha-sancayan

SYNONYMS

cintam--fears and anxieties; aparimeyam--unmeasurable; ca--and;pralaya-antam--unto the point of death; upasritah--having taken shelter of them; kama-upabhoga--sense gratification; paramah--the highest goal of life; etavat--thus; iti--in this way; niscitah--ascertained; asa-pasa--entanglements in the network of

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Nityananda Trayodasi – Apperance Day of Nityananda

Read more about Nityananda Trayodasi on www.harekrishnacalendar.com
Posters of Lord Nityananda on www.images.iskcondesiretree.info
Wallpapers of Lord Nityananda on www.harekrishnawallpapers.com 
Different Names of Lord Nityananda on www.spiritualvedicnames.com
Audio Lectures on Nityanada Trayodasi Festival on www.audio.iskcondesiretree.info
Video Lectures of Nityanada Trayodasi Festival on www.iskcondesiretree.net 

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How to change our heart !

Hare Krishna
31st January, 2015, Gurgaon

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We recently did a short class based on the seminar by HH Bhakti Vijana maharaj called `Change the heart’. This is a wonderful seminar by maharaj and I have heard it multiple times, shared with numerous devotees, always hoping that some parts may get absorbed in my polluted consciousness. The seminar is in two parts, in the first part Maharaj explains why we must change our heart and quotes the below verse from SB 1.2.17

Translation
Certainly that heart is s

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The TOVP World Tour 2015-2016

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A special TOVP World Tour is now being organized, carrying with it Lord Nityananda Prabhu's divine lotus shoes and Lord Nrsimhadeva's sitari (helmet) from the Mayapur Chandodaya Mandir, accompanied by His Holiness Bhakti Purushottama Swami, His Grace Jananivas prabhu, His Grace Radha Jivan prabhu, and His Grace Vraja Vilas prabhu.
 
TOVP Chairman Ambarisa prabhu will also be present at some of the programs.
 
The Tour will begin Spring 2015 in North America from March through July.

World To

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ISKCON Silicon Valley results and video


The cold, crisp 27th day of December dawned as the sankirtan team of ISKCON Silicon Valley was feeling grateful to Krsna for giving it one final opportunity to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books during the marathon.

The team members were already feeling confidence after an energizing conference call with sankirtan leaders the night before. And today they were bringing along their lucky charm, the Kids Sankirtan team, for the first time. As the team loaded books in cars, their faces lit up in

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Bhaktivedanta Hospital Annual Day

2514996936?profile=originalLecture on Bhaktivedanta Hospital Annual Day by HH Radhanath Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at Mumbai

(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)

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Appearance Day of Gopal Bhatt Goswami

2514997115?profile=originalLecture On Appearance Day of Gopal Bhatt Goswami by Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami on 10 Jan 2015 at Punjabi Bagh

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Follow the Successful to be Successful

2514997105?profile=originalLecture on Illuminate your heart this Diwali  by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Jan 2015

(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, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC)

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NBS # 5 Nityananda Trayodasi - Special Edition

Dear Devotees,

 

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!  All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! 

On the most auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi, we have put together this special edition of NBS. In this issue, we have covered:

1)    Nityananda Prabhu - The most munificent incarnation
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

2)    If you do not believe in Lord Nityananda, you will fall down
Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami

3)    The Divine Command of Çr

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 16.10

TEXT 10

kamam asritya duspuram 
dambha-mana-madanvitah 
mohad grhitvasad-grahan 
pravartante 'suci-vratah

SYNONYMS

kamam--lust; asritya--taking shelter of; duspuram--insatiable;dambha--pride; mana--false prestige; mada-anvitah--absorbed in conceit; mohat--by illusion; grhitva--taking; asat--nonpermanent;grahan--things; pravartante--flourish; asuci--unclean; vratah--avowed.

TRANSLATION

The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn t

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Thought Of The Day

So India especially, we have got so much advantages, so many Vedic literatures, and instruction by Krsna, instruction by Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami. So we can very easily make our life perfect. In other countries they cannot. They haven't got the advantage. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission is that those who are born in India, special privilege, they should take advantage of this infallible experience of the great sages, saintly persons, even by God personally. Why you should neglect this

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Where Does Demoniac Tendencies Lead to

2514997160?profile=originalLecture on Where Does Demoniac Tendencies Lead to by Jayadvaita Swami on 10 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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2514997177?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07 Chapter 08 Text 47 Bhagavan Se Jyada Suddha Bhakto Ka Sanga Sreyaskar by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 20 Oct 2014 at Vallabh Vidyanagar

(His Holiness 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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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Vrindavan Visit

2514997080?profile=originalLecture on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Vrindavan Visit by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 02 Jan 2015 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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