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"Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher" by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
English audiobook edition Narrator: Michael Scherer
"Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher" tells the inspiring story of a remarkable man and his remarkable achievement. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - philosopher, scholar, religious leader, author - founded the Hare Krishna movement in 1966, effectively transplanting India's spiritual culture of bhakti yoga from India to America. In his seventies and with almos
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Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We are happy to announce the first event this year in Vrndavana Dhama in honor of the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's historic journey on the Jaladutta to start this wonderful ISKCON mission, AND in honor of the 40th anniversary of the historic Opening of the Krishna Balarama Mandir. On Vasant Pancami, 24, January 2015 we will inaugaurate a fantastic presentation of the Changing Bodies Diorama upstairs
TEXT 1-3
sri-bhagavan uvaca
abhayam sattva-samsuddhir
jnana-yoga-vyavasthitih
danam damas ca yajnas ca
svadhyayas tapa arjavam
ahimsa satyam akrodhas
tyagah santir apaisunam
daya bhutesv aloluptvam
mardavam hrir acapalam
tejah ksama dhrtih saucam
adroho nati-manita
bhavanti sampadam daivim
abhijatasya bharata
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;abhayam--fearlessness; sattva-samsuddhih--purification of one's existence; jnana--knowledge; yoga--of linking up; vyavasthiti
Lecture on What is the real happiness how to achieve it by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
(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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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 31 Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Dec 2014
(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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Lecture on Harihara Kshetra-About Harihara Dieties by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on Nov 2014 at Mayapur
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)
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Lecture on Leading Marriage Life Knowing Well Its Purpose by Jayadvaita Swami on 11 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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Lecture on Study the Exhalted by Indradyumna Swami at Auckland on 12 March 1991
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 01, Text 04-06)
(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
Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 71 Peace comes not by relocation but by Renunciation by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Oct 2014
(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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TEXT 20
iti guhyatamam sastram
idam uktam mayanagha
etad buddhva buddhiman syat
krta-krtyas ca bharata
SYNONYMS
iti--thus; guhya-tamam--the most confidential; sastram--revealed scripture; idam--this; uktam--disclosed; maya--by Me; anagha--O sinless one; etat--this; buddhva--understanding; buddhi-man--intelligent; syat--one becomes; krta-krtyah--the most perfect; ca--and;bharata--O son of Bharata.
TRANSLATION
This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is disclose
Most of us who are raising families are challenged to find two undisturbed hours a day to solely focus on our rounds. Yet many of the activities that take our time away from chanting are activities that we specifically have chosen to do. After the second retreat I thought that the reason I have so much on my plate that takes me away from chanting is simply because I don’t like chanting enough. It’s what Prabhupada calls the “self created burden.” If I am finding it difficult to finish my rounds
Hare Krishna,
15th January, 2015. Gurgaon
I had a flight to catch to Bangalore on 14th of this week on a business trip. The flight was not too early but still I got up before my normal waking up hours, anxious that I chant some rounds before I leave, open the altar, offer bhoga to Lord, have breakfast prasadam and then leave in time for the airport.
I was able to do all the above but before leaving for the airport a thought crossed my mind `why can’t I follow this every morning, why can’t I wake u
TEXT 19
yo mam evam asammudho
janati purusottamam
sa sarva-vid bhajati mam
sarva-bhavena bharata
SYNONYMS
yah--anyone; mam--unto Me; evam--certainly; asammudhah--without a doubt; janati--knows; purusa-uttamam--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sah--he; sarva-vit--knower of everything; bhajati--renders devotional service; mam--unto Me; sarva-bhavena--in all respects; bharata--O son of Bharata.
TRANSLATION
Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood a
Lecture on Krishna Bhakti Ke Ananda Ke Liye Amantran by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 20 Oct 2014 at Baroda
(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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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 25 Text 38 Understand the Value of the Human Form of Life by HH Romapada Swami in 19 Nov 2014 at St.Louis
(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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Lecture On Mera Bharat Mahan by Lokanath Swami on 03 Jan 2015 at Noida
(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.)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 40 Protecting Women and Ensuring good progeny are important Social Responsibilities by HG 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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The actor and director of this film are successful in their domain of acting and film direction. They have brought out social/ religious issues in movie and tried to prove that the religious customs being followed are wrong. They have also recommended remedial prescription for the same.
However, there is a basic question. Can we follow the medical prescription suggested by a successful entrepreneur? Or can a man successful in one domain of life fix the problem related to other areas?
As movies ma
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03 Chapter 12 Text 01-02 Brahma's Magic Wand by HH Indradyumna Swami on 29 April 1991 at Perth
(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 ch
Lecture on Understand our relationship with Krishna by HH Niranjana Swami on 01 Jan 2015 at Boston
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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