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Vrindavan Diary 2014 - Part 6

By Sacinandana Swami

Krishna Never Leaves Vrindavan

When one lives in Vrindavan, one is constantly reminded of Krishna. He is worshiped in the many temples there, devotees glorify Him in song and narrations (katha), sadhus and saints describe Him with affection, etc.

But does He ever appear in person and make Himself visible to the eyes of those who so ardently worship Him? Is He only adored but r

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05 Chapter 14 Text 43 by HG Narayani Mataji on 21 Dec 2014 at ISKCON Vrindavan

(H.G.Narayani Devi Dasi joined ISKCON in Boston in 1970. She has done many services for Srila Prabhupada including Deity worship in Calcutta temple, traveling book distribution in Western India for the Bombay temple, and teaching Bhakti Sastri, Bhakti Vaibhava and Bhaktivedanta courses.)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 37 Greed Gives us a tunnel vision of Reality 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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Lecture on Is Sansar mai Krishna aur Indriya bhog ek sath nhi mil sakte by Shikshashtakam Prabhu in Hindi

(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship.

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Lecture on Too Much Material Opulence Can be Poison by HH Bir Krishna Goswami

(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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TEXT 13

gam avisya ca bhutani
dharayamy aham ojasa
pusnami causadhih sarvah
somo bhutva rasatmakah

SYNONYMS

gam--the planets; avisya--entering; ca--also; bhutani--living entities; dharayami--sustaining; aham--I; ojasa--by My energy; pusnami--nourishing; ca--and; ausadhih--all vegetables; sarvah--all; somah--the moon; bhutva--becoming; rasa-atmakah--supplying the juice.

TRANSLATION

I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to

Krsna consciousness is so nice that if one gets Krsna consciousness, yam labdhva caparam labham, aparam labham, any other benefit or gain is never considered. This is so nice. We are hankering after getting this, that, this, that, this, that, so many things. Dehi, dehi, dehi, dehi. But as soon as you get Krsna consciousness, you will be satisfied.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 13 Text 11 Dont Kill Brahmanas by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 03 Dec 2014 at New Goloka

(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 23 Text 24 By Serving Krishna You Serve Everyone by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 24 Nov 2014 at New Talavan

(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture When Lord Nityananda is Pleased by HH Sivarama Swami on 21 Dec 2014 at Budapest

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books.)

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Lecture on How to See God by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 29 Nov 2014 at Salem

(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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TEXT 12

yad aditya-gatam tejo
jagad bhasayate 'khilam
yac candramasi yac cagnau
tat tejo viddhi mamakam

SYNONYMS

yat--that which; aditya-gatam--in the sunshine; tejah--splendor; jagat--the whole world; bhasayate--illuminates; akhilam--entirely; yat--that which; candramasi--in the moon; yat--that which; ca--also; agnau--in the fire; tat--that; tejah--splendor; viddhi--understand; mamakam--from Me.

TRANSLATION

The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. An

So nobody can kill God. The demons, godless society, they simply want to kill God. But actually, God is never killed, but the demon is killed by God. That is the law of nature. This is the instruction from Prahlada Maharaja's life. We can understand that as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuh sarva-haras caham [Bg. 10.34]. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that "I am also death in the shape of taking away everything, whatever you possess." We are very much proud of possessing material things

TEXT 11

yatanto yoginas cainam
pasyanty atmany avasthitam
yatanto 'py akrtatmano
nainam pasyanty acetasah

SYNONYMS

yatantah--endeavoring; yoginah--transcendentalists; ca--also; enam--this; pasyanti--can see; atmani--in the self; avasthitam--situated; yatantah--although endeavoring; api--although; akrta-atmanah--without self-realization; na--does not; enam--this; pasyanti--can see; acetasah--undeveloped mind.

TRANSLATION

The endeavoring transcendentalist, who is situated in self-realization, can see a

The immediate result and remote result is described in Sanskrit word, sreyas and preyas. Preyas means immediate benefit and sreyas means ultimate benefit. So those who are interested in the ultimate benefit go back to home, back to Godhead. For them, worshiping the Supreme Lord is most beneficial. And those who are interested in the matter of temporary benefit, dhanam dehi, rupam dehi, yaso dehi. Just like by worshiping goddess Durga we want all these things. But we forget that whatever we get,

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dear Devotees,

Feel fortunate and blessed being a ISKCON Devotee and more so blessed by the LORD to worship HIM.

I have been designing costumes and have been doing customized stitching for women and always had a passion to design outfits for the LORD seeing their costumes at the ISKCON TEMPLE.

I  have been a regular at JUHU ISKCON and felt very elated, blessed and happy to have been given an opportunity to design the outfit for the LORD for the Jhark

 Jayadeva Goswami has written this song "Sri Sri Dasavatara Stotra". This song is taken from the book Gita Govinda.

(1)
pralaya-payodhi-jale dhritavan asi vedam vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam
kesava dhrita-mina-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

(2)
kshitir iha vipulatare tishthati tava prishthe
dharani-dharana-kina-cakra-garishthe
kesava dhrita-kurma-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

(3)
vasati dasana-sikhare dharani tava lagna
sasini kalanka-kaleva nimagna
kesava dhrita-sukara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

(4)
tava kara-kamala-

Predictions vs. protection

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 October 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.18)

There was a pujari in Mayapur, in the early days, worshipping Radha Madhava. He was a grhasta; he had a family and a few children.

One day, he went to an astrologer and an astrologer who looked at his chart and his palm and he said, “Oh, within three months from now, you will leave your family and you will start a new family.”

He said, “Ah, come on, you know. Nah, that is too m

I found a very inspiring mail so sharing eher.I hope this will inspires others also..

Seeing good in everyone

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Many times when we are placed in trying situations, we lose our patience and try to always retaliate the people who trouble us. Even if that person is elder or younger to us, anger blinds us. And all we want is to shout back and prove that we are right and that they are