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My dear devotees,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Most resolutions take the form of “do’s”–things I resolve to do–and “don’ts”–things I resolve to not do. And Vedic wisdom tells us that all do’s and don’ts should support one main do–always remember Krishna (God)–and one main don’t–never forget Him.

Now, practically, what can we do to always remember Krishna and never forget Him? The item most favorable for remembering Him is chanting and hearing: chanting and hearing

Krsna is within everyone. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. So He is called caitya-guru, means guru within the heart. And when Krsna understands... Because Krsna knows everything, whatever we are willing, whatever we are doing. He is the Paramatma; He's sitting within our hearts as witness. Anumanta upadrsta. Upadrsta means simply observing what we are doing, and what we are desiring. So as we desire, Krsna is very kind, He gives us facility. We have many times explain

Hare Krishna,

I am extremely sorry for the last post (now deleted). I was adding another page, copying whatever verses I had saved on the sweetness of Krishna, and instead of adding it like a page I sent it as a new blog, a fallout of waking up in the middle of the night on a spiritual burst!

Kindly check the new page entitled My Sweet Lord by clicking HERE.

I haven’t made new year resolutions since many years but right now I feel inspired to write that my new year resolution is that henceforth I w

Hare Krishna

30th Dec, 2014. Gurgaon

Over last some months I developed a habit that as I would read purports by Srila Prabhupada I will look for answers that Prabhupada has given in his writings. Many a times I have shared them on this blog as Q&A. I have tons of them, while reading on my phone or ipad I simply copy paste them on the device itself and hence its very convenient for me to do it.

Two days back I felt as if Srila Prabhupada is telling me that why am I holding all that information with

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 03 Text 11 We live not just in a universe but in a universal government by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in 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 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 16 Text 32 by HH Bhakti Nityananda Swami on 16 Dec 2014 at ISKCON Juhu

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Lecture on Disappearance Day of Srila Jiva Goswami by HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami at Dallas

(HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami joined ISKCON in 1969. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Since then he served as temple president in NY, Buffalo and San Diego, developed successful recruiting and training programs for new devotees)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 25 Text 39 The Human Life is For Spiritual Advancement by HH Romapada Swami on 14 Dec 2014 at Chicago

(HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago.)

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TEXT 8

sariram yad avapnoti
yac capy utkramatisvarah
grhitvaitani samyati
vayur gandhan ivasayat

SYNONYMS

sariram--body; yat--as much as; avapnoti--gets; yat--that which; ca--also; api--virtually; utkramati--gives up; isvarah--the lord of the body; grhitva--taking; etani--all these; samyati--goes away; vayuh--air; gandhan--smell; iva--like; asayat--from the flower.

TRANSLATION

The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries

So this material world is the prison house of God. Anyone who is living in this prison house, they are all prisoners. It may be demigod, as it is said, deva. Na vai vidur rsayo napi devah na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah. We are human being. There are other beings. They are called asuras. They are very powerful, asuras, but godless. Just like nowadays some portion of the world is occupied by the asuras. They are materially very powerful, but they are asuras because they do not believe in God. Tak

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07 Chapter 09 Text 08 Prahlada-The most humble servant by HH Indradyumna Swami on 12 Aug 1988 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(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.)

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Lecture On Sita Devi-Consort of Lord Rama by HH Bhakti Charu Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami was born in Bengal in 1945, he met with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at the end of 1976.From their very first meeting, Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness the assignment of translating his books into Bengali and made him his Secretary for Indian Affairs.)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 06 Their Great Warriors counter balance our greater strength by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in 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 Worshiping Supreme Personality of Godhead by HH Smita Krishna Swami on 25 May 2014 at ISKCON Slovenia

(HH Smita Krishna Swami was born in Sweden in 1952. He joined ISKCON in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany and recieved spiritual initiation from His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971. In 1973 he moved back to the Sweden with the first group of devotees to establish preaching of Krsna consciousness in Sweden.)

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Therefore we have to understand dharma from scriptures. Veda, veda means the book of knowledge. Veda means knowledge. Vetti veda vido jnanam. Jnana. So we have to take knowledge from authorized scriptures, authorized lawbook. A big lawyer means who is quite aware of the laws of the state. Similarly, a religious person means who knows completely, at least partially also, the laws of God. That is dharmic. That is dharma. So what is God? You have to understand. Then what does He say? You have to un

Lecture on Qualities of Devotee - Mercy by HG Gurusevananda Prabhu on 29 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Radhadesh

(HG Gurusevananda Prabhu is a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami. After preaching for several years in Brazil, his home country, He moved to Mayapur where he teaches Sanskrit at the Gurukula.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03 Chapter 14 Text 48 A Devotee is Decorded with saintly Qualities by HH Indradyumna Swami on 12 July 1990 at Poland

(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.)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 46 Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their Purpose by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in 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 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02 Chapter 01 Text 31 Difference between Common Sense and Intelligence by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 27 Jan 2006 at Mayapur

(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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Bhagvat- Katha @Pune

Excerpt : Day 2 Katha

Jay jay Radha Raman Hari bol.....

Naam- kirtan lila-kirtan & Dhaam-Kirtan all r kirtan...katha gatha

At the start of Katha....when song starts ...Katha starts at the same point

Katha can be Gadya or Padya (which is Sung)

In Maharashtra (state of India) Katha is known as Kirtan (Kirtankar is popular world- he sings bhajans, tells katha in between too) Shravan kirtan Shravan kirtan goes on...Smaran is result of these...once smaran (remembrance of Lord) is