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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 51 Text 01 We See Yet We don't by HG Kaunteya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty on 14 Nov 2013

(H.G. Kaunteya Prabhu a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami has been serving as Co-Minister of the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (www.namahatta.org), as a member of the GBC Strategic Planning Team and as Co-Chair of the GBC Organizational Development Committee.)

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Lecture on Stress Management by HH Romapada Swami on 16 Sept 2014 at Brandeis University

(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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Prabhupada: Ah. Anyone who is Krsna conscious, who knows Krsna, he is guru. Otherwise all rascals. Why should you go to a rascal? Immediately you can understand he is guru who has fully surrendered to Krsna. He is guru. Others? They are all rascals. Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg. 7.15]. Who has not surrendered to Krsna, he is under these four groups: duskrtina, mudha, naradhama, mayayapahrta-jnana. They may talk of so much knowledge, but they are rascal fools because they ha

“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a" 



Develop the taste of hearing about Krsna …..………...... Nectarean Mellows 



As we become more advance in Krsna consciousness, it is not that we know everything and we just speak and we don’t want to hear from anyone else; it is the opposite. If we are actually making advancement, we are getting the taste in hearing about Krsna, we want to hear it again and again and again, we are eager to learn, we are eager to inquire so that message would be broadcasted agai

This is a story of a woman from Mumbai which I heard in the lecture of His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj. A woman who suffered in her life too much but one who still continued to live & give help to others; And of course achieved many good results.

It is a story which gave me HOPE * ENTHUSIASM * DETERMINATION TO MOVE FORWARD!

 She was 9 when she was forced to marry to a 30 years old man. When she was 19 she already had 2 sons and again pregnant with her daughter.

 Once husband beat her

TEXT 6-7

maha-bhutany ahankaro
buddhir avyaktam eva ca
indriyani dasaikam ca
panca cendriya-gocarah

iccha dvesah sukham duhkham
sanghatas cetana dhrtih
etat ksetram samasena
sa-vikaram udahrtam

SYNONYMS

maha-bhutani--great elements; ahankarah--false ego; buddhih--intelligence; avyaktam--the unmanifested; eva--certainly; ca--also; indriyani--senses; dasa-ekam--eleven; ca--also; panca--five; ca--also; indriya-go-carah--objects of the senses; iccha--desire; dvesah--hatred; sukham--happiness; duhkham--

Hare Krsna,

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

इस जगत में तथाकथित विद्द्वान मनुष्य देवताओं को भगवान के विभिन्न रूप मान लेते हैं | वस्तुतः ये देवता ईश्वर के विभिन्न अंश होते हैं जिन्हें भौतिक जगत का प्रबन्ध करने के लिए विभिन्न मात्रा में भौतिक शक्तियां प्राप्त हैं | ऐसे व्यक्ति इस जगत के कष्टों के स्थायी निवारण के लिए कृष्णभावनामृत की शरण नही लेते क्योंकि वे इन्द्रियभोग के पीछे दीवाने रहते हैं इसलिए वे देवताओं की पूजा में व्यस्त रहते है

TEXT 5

rsibhir bahudha gitam
chandobhir vividhaih prthak
brahma-sutra-padais caiva
hetumadbhir viniscitaih

SYNONYMS

rsibhih--by the wise sages; bahudha--in many ways; gitam--described; chandobhih--Vedic hymns; vividhaih--in various; prthak--variously; brahma-sutra--the Vedanta; padaih--aphorisms; ca--also; eva--certainly; hetu-madbhih--with cause and effect; viniscitaih--ascertain.

TRANSLATION

That knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in

Dear Devotees,

Hare Krsna!

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It is our great pleasure to announce ISKCON MAYAPUR's 2nd annual six day Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama during the most auspicious month of Kartik (organized by the Mayapur Chadnra's). The Parikram begins on October 22nd and will end on October 29th, 2014.

There will be two days break, one for Goverdhan puja (24th October) and the other for Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day (27th October), so

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tat ksetram yac ca yadrk ca
yad-vikari yatas ca yat
sa ca yo yat-prabhavas ca
tat samasena me srnu

SYNONYMS

tat--that; ksetram--field of activities; yat--as; ca--also; yadrk--as it is; ca--also; yat--what is; vikari--changes; yatah--from which; ca--also; yat--which; sah--he; ca--also; yah--one; yat--which; prabhavah ca--influence also; tat--that; samasena--in summary; me--from Me; srnu--understand.

TRANSLATION

Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is const

TEXT 3

ksetra-jnam capi mam viddhi
sarva-ksetresu bharata
ksetra-ksetrajnayor jnanam
yat taj jnanam matam mama

SYNONYMS

ksetra-jnam--the knower; ca--also; api--certainly; mam--Me; viddhi--know; sarva--all; ksetresu--in bodily fields; bharata--O son of Bharata; ksetra--field of activities (the body); ksetra-jnayoh--the knower of the field; jnanam--knowledge; yat--that which is taught; tat--that; jnanam--knowledge; matam--opinion; mama--that.

TRANSLATION

O scion of Bharata, you should understand that

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Hare Krsna,

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

भगवान की कामना- इस लेख का यह शीर्षक कुछ अजीब नही है? भगवान जो समस्त ब्रह्मांडों के तथा षड ऐश्वर्यों के पूर्णतम स्वामी हैं, क्या कोई कामना की इच्छा रखेंगे? लेकिन यह सच है | वे शुद्ध भक्तों की चरण-कमलों की धूल की कामना करते है ताकि उस धूल से अपने को पवित्र कर सके | वही भगवान, जिनका नाम ही इतना पवित्र है, लेने वाले भक्तों के हृदय की जन्मों की मैल को साफ़ कर देता है | 

शुद्ध भक्त जिसने भगवान को

Lecture by Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 21 Sep 2014 at Los Angeles

(Amal Bhakta was born in New York City and attended New York University. He moved to Santa Monica, California in 1954 and worked in motion pictures for three years.)

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Lecture on Radhastami by HG Shyamasundara Prabhu at Bangalore on 02 Sep 2014

(His Grace Shyamasundara Prabhu is a disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada since 1976. His is a Student of Vedic Astrology since 1977.)

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Hare Krsna,

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

चैतन्य महाप्रभु ने सनातन गोस्वामी को (मध्य लीला 24.334) हरिभक्ति विलास की रूपरेखा बताई जिसमे वे उनसे श्रीविग्रह की पूजा के विषय में बताते हुए कहते हैं तुम पांच,सोलह या पचास वस्तुओं की सूची के अनुसार भगवान की पूजा की विधि का वर्णन करना |

अर्चाविग्रह की पूजा के लिए 5 वस्तुएँ हैं:

1. सुगंध, 2. उत्तम फूल, 3. अगुरु (अगरबत्ती), 4. दीपक  तथा 5. खाद्य वस्तु |

षोडशोपचार में 16 वस्तुएँ होती हैं:

1.आसन