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TEXT 26

anye tv evam ajanantah
srutvanyebhya upasate
te 'pi catitaranty eva
mrtyum sruti-parayanah

SYNONYMS

anye--others; tu--but; evam--thus; ajanantah--without spiritual knowledge; srutva--by hearing; anyebhyah--from others; upasate--begin to worship; te--they; api--also; ca--and; atitaranti--transcend; eva--certainly; mrtyum--the path of death; sruti-parayanah--inclined to the process of hearing.

TRANSLATION

Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to wors

Had you not been there

I would have been a tree

Without even a root

Nowhere to put my foot

Brought out the Chariot

Letting all pull the lariat 

Of the great Lord God

With thousands cheer and laud

To know you gave books

Filled not just with words

But with powerful message

And the ultimate knowledge

Your wisdom has flooded 

At large, the barren world

My senses too small

To take and hold it full.

That which taken as well,

To practice, I am unable!

Prabhupad, unto you my Master,

I bow down and surrender.

Selfless soul

Lecture on Trying to Chant for the pleasure of Krishna by HH Kavichandra Swami on 27 Nov 2013

(He is a disciple of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1947. In 1967, in Tucson Arizona, he met devotees of Lord Krishna. Kavichandra Maharaja moved to Dallas, Texas, where there was a school in Krishna Consciousness for his three-year-old daughter.)

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Lecture on What Is God's Plan for My Life  by HG Charu Prabhu

(Caru 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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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 17 Text 27  by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami on Aug 2013 at New Vrindavan

(HH Bhakti Raghava Swami has been serving with great dedication for many decades. During the early days of Mayapur development, he lost one leg due to an attack with bomb in Mayapur. However, inspite of this handicap, he travels extensively. He has many varnashrama preojects.)

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ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) concluded its annual midterm meeting with a daylong plenary session on October 19th in Tirupati, India.

The plenary session which had in attendance the GBC members along with Ministers and other guests saw several encouraging reports from different parts of the world detailing the growth and development in outreach efforts of ISKCON. Before beginning the meeting a guru-puja (worship) of Srila Prabhupada was performed with Loknath Swami leading the kirta

Sometimes we are asked where the Golden Bricks come from; who makes them? Well, they are made right here in Sridhama Mayapur at the Vishwakarma Workshop run by His Grace Sriman Dina Chaitanya prabhu. Each brick goes through a time-consuming and painstaking process to make it suitable for use on the new Pancha Tattva altar, undergoing various stages of production including sandblasting the names of donors onto them.

Watch this short video for a step-by-step explanation of how this is all done an

TEXT 25

dhyanenatmani pasyanti
kecid atmanam atmana
anye sankhyena yogena
karma-yogena capare

SYNONYMS

dhyanena--by meditation; atmani--self; pasyanti--see; kecit--one; atmanam--Supersoul; atmana--by the mind; anye--others; sankhyena--by philosophical discussion; yogena--by the yoga system; karma-yogena--by activities without fruitive desire; ca--also; apare--others.

TRANSLATION

That Supersoul is perceived by some through meditation, by some through the cultivation of knowledge, and by others throu

Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Due to hudhud cyclone our temple hall, Mechanised Kitchen,book godown, Rice godown,homeo Clinic,whole big shed with doors windows,goshalla,North side boundary wall,Guest house reception,guest house glass windows,water
tanks,Main gate,few vehicles,airconditions,all elctrical system have been extensively damaged.

Since we have to repair immediately,we again appeal to each and every devotee for some donation or tem

Dear Devotees,
The new book by Satyarja Prabhu  about Brahamananda and Srila Prabhupada is now available in India at our Torchlight offices in Mayapur.
Call or email us on Zakaya Burke <zakaya.burke@gmail.com> or phone on 800 167 5056

it is also available on amazon USA and will be available on amazon in other countries in next few days.

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TEXT 24

ya evam vetti purusam
prakrtim ca gunaih saha
sarvatha vartamano 'pi
na sa bhuyo 'bhijayate

SYNONYMS

yah--anyone; evam--thus; vetti--understands; purusam--the living entity; prakrtim--material nature; ca--and; gunaih--modes of material nature; saha--with; sarvatha--by all means; vartamanah--situated; api--in spite of; na--never; sah--he; bhuyah--again; abhijayate--takes his birth.

TRANSLATION

One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interacti

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

श्रीमद् भागवत (स्कन्ध 11 अध्याय 27) में भगवान् कृष्ण, उद्धव के पूँछने पर अर्चाविग्रह की नियत तथा विशिष्ट विधि का वर्णन इस प्रकार करते हैं :

भगवान् के अर्चाविग्रह रूप का आठ प्रकारों में अर्थात “पत्थर, काष्ठ, धातु, मिटटी, चित्र, बालू, मन या रत्न” में प्रकट होना बतलाया गया है | समस्त जीवों के शरण रूप भगवान् का अर्चाविग्रह दो प्रकारों से स्थापित किया जा सकता है, अस्थायी अथवा स्थायी रूप से | कि

The Glories of Govardhan

The Vedic scriptures proclaim that the glories of Lord Krishna are unlimited and eternal and no one is able to reach the end of them. In the same way, who can fully describe the splendid glories of Sri Giriraja-Govardhana, the best servant of the Lord and at the same time non-different from the Lord Himself? To protect his dear vrajavasis from Indra’s wrath, Sri Krishna held the Hill on the small finger of His divine hand for seven days. The area of Govardhan is f

6 schools of philosophy, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagvatam, 4 Purusharthas and Bhaktiyoga

                                                                                  -          Veerendra Ekbote

    The 6 schools of philosophy and the founder philosophers of these philosophies were Sage Gautam who propounded the Nyaya philosophy in which the cause of cosmic manifestation were from atomic particles.

 Maharshi Kanad in his Vaisheshika philosophy was more Vishesh or elaborate than Sage Gautam and propound

TEXT 23

upadrastanumanta ca
bharta bhokta mahesvarah
paramatmeti capy ukto
dehe 'smin purusah parah

SYNONYMS

upadrasta--overseer; anumanta--permitter; ca--also; bharta--master; bhokta--supreme enjoyer; maha-isvarah--the Supreme Lord; parama-atma--Supersoul; iti--also; ca--and; api uktah--is said; dehe--in this body; asmin--this; purusah--enjoyer; parah--transcendental.

TRANSLATION

Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the

Holi, or the Festival of Colors, which heralds spring and celebrates the pastimes of Lord Krishna and his eternal consort Srimati Radharani, was once an esoteric festival celebrated mainly in India.

But today, thanks to festivals like the one at the Hare Krishna temple in Utah, USA, it has become a phenomenon across the Western World.

The latest country to host the event is Brazil, with last year’s hugely successful “Festival das Cores” drawing 25,000 people to Villa Lobos Park in Sao Paulo.

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