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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-06 Chapter-12 Text-35  by HH Guru Prasad Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Juhu

(HH Srila Guru Prasad Swami, whom his disciples respectfully address as Srila Gurudeva or Srila Guru Maharaja, is one of the most outstanding preaching leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for the area of Latin America.)

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Lecture on Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-44 Mucukunda Passed the Test of Krishna  by HH Devamrita Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-51-53 The Art of Hearing  by HH Candramauli Swami on 18 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(HH Candramauli Swami, disciple of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement. Maharaja, who is based in Chicago and is an advisor for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Prison Ministries (IPM).)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-02 Chapter-04 Text-21 How to think of Krishna 24 Hours a day  by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 15 May 2014 at Sweden

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75)

I will tell you the story of André. Some of you may have heard it. There was a devotee in Holland who was always very eager to preach. He was the kind of person who was very friendly to everyone and with strangers, he would always be friendly. So, he was quite a bold preacher but he had one problem: with principle number four! That principle was a little difficult for him sometimes.

Anyway, one day he we

TEXT 22

purusah prakrti-stho hi
bhunkte prakrti-jan gunan
karanam guna-sango 'sya
sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

SYNONYMS

purusah--the living entity; prakrti-sthah--being situated in the material energy; hi--certainly; bhunkte--enjoys; prakrti-jan--produced by the material nature; gunan--modes of nature; karanam--cause; guna-sangah--association with the modes of nature; asya--of the living entity; sat-asat--good and bad; yoni--species of life; janmasu--birth.

TRANSLATION

The living entity in material nature

By Dusyanta dasa

If this were a boxing contest in a fight between the two opponents “margarine” and “butter” it would not be a fair contest. It’s like trying to compare a little girl or boy fighting against Muhammad Ali. In this example “butter” is Muhammad Ali because butter is a natural food product. Not only is butter a natural food product but more importantly the body recognises butter when butter is ingested. Because margarine spreads are not natural, when it is ingested into the body it

Hare Krishna,
Dandvat Pranam to all,

I have a doubt regarding the point that once a soul goes back to krishna he never returns to this material world.

My questions are:

1) Is the total number of souls constant?

2) If constant, then wouldn't the number of souls go on decreasing and tend to 0 because liberated souls never return back

3) Chaitanya mahaprabhu said to vasudeva datta, that just because of his desire all the souls in the material world were liberated at the instant itself, but a new batch wa

TEXT 21

karya-karana-kartrtve
hetuh prakrtir ucyate
purusah sukha-duhkhanam
bhoktrtve hetur ucyate

SYNONYMS

karya--effect; karana--cause; kartrtve--in the matter of creation; hetuh--instrument; prakrtih--material nature; ucyate--is said to be; purusah--the living entity; sukha--of happiness; duhkhanam--and distress; bhoktrtve--in enjoyment; hetuh--the instrument; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

Nature is said to be the cause of all material activities and effects, whereas the living entity is th

There is no question of darkness where there is light and Krishna Consciousness is the light that dispels the darkness of material sense enjoyment. Lecture, Ratha-yatra-San Francisco, June 27, 1971, Srila Prabhupada.  

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Tulasi-devi Chalīsa

Forty Stanzas for the Goddess of the Basil Tree

“Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the tulasī tree, which can immediately vanquish volumes of sinful activities. Simply by seeing or touching this tree one can become relieved from all distresses and diseases. Simply by offering obeisances to and pouring water on the tulasī tree, one can become freed from the fear of being sent to the court of Yamarāj.”—Skanda Purāṇa

“Tulasī is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seein

According to Bhavishya Puran (Pratisargparva – 1^st Khand) following kings were present in the 1^st day of 51^st birthday of Brahma (Vaivaswat manu, 28^th Chaturyug)

• Sat Yuga lasts 1728000 Years (Started on Vaishakh – Shukla Paksh, Akshay Tritiya). Following are the prominent kings and the years they ruled in Bhumandal – Jambudvip:

1. Vivaswan (Sun God)
2. Vaivaswat Manu (7^th Manu) (starts Suryavanshi)
3. Ikshvaku (36000 Years)
4. Vikukshi (35900 Years)
5. Ripunjaya (35800 Years)
6. Kakutstha (35700 Years)
7. Anena (35600 Year

Sorrow

can be avoided by Chanting.

The root cause of sorrow is our attachment to various objects.

By chanting,

we develop love for God

and our attachment to material objects reduces,

and sorrow disappears.

Dear souls 

Have you experienced the benefits of chanting ?

Lecture on And what do we learn from the mountains and the trees  by HH Sivarama Swami on 02 Oct 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. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-05 Chapter-26 Text-1 Glorification of Holy Name by HH Lokanath Swami on 07 Oct 2014 at Noida

(As he was coming from a traditional Indian family, thee was some initial resistance. However, Maharaj not just made them favorable but transformed his entire village into Krishna consciousness by opening a fantastic ISKCON temple.)

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Lecture on Spiritual Economics  by HH Romapada Swami on 21 March 2014 at St Louis

(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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Lecture on Don"t be worn out by the mind wear the mind out ;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.)

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TEXT 20

prakrtim purusam caiva
viddhy anadi ubhav api
vikarams ca gunams caiva
viddhi prakrti-sambhavan

SYNONYMS

prakrtim--material nature; purusam--living entities; ca--also; eva--certainly; viddhi--must know; anadi--without beginning; ubhau--both; api--also; vikaran--transformations; ca--also; gunan--three modes of nature; ca--also; eva--certainly; viddhi--know; prakrti--material nature; sambhavan--produced of.

TRANSLATION

Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginni

We happily welcome this most miraculous month of Kartik! As was announced by HG Radha Jivana Prabhu, the TOVP fundraising team prepared lamps for offering to the Lord on behalf of the Golden Brick donors.

We made list with around 700 donor’s names and are expecting this to increase. Our two cheerful sisters, Mitra Vrinda Devi Dasi and Nirguna Devi Dasi, who restlessly accept and fix all donations according to required legal procedure, both said simultaneously in a lively mood, “Along with ‘Damo