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2514984692?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 11, Text 07 Srila Rupa Goswami Gives Importance To Varnasrama by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami at Hebri

(His Holiness 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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Radhastami 2014

2514984532?profile=originalLecture on Radhastami 2014 by HG Shyamasundara Prabhu on on 02 Sept 2014 at Bangalore

(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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Forgetful As A Dog

2514984546?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 15, Text 43 Forgetful As A Dog by HH Prahladananda Swami on 02 July 2013

(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.16

TEXT 16

anapeksah sucir daksa
udasino gata-vyathah
sarvarambha-parityagi
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

 

SYNONYMS

anapeksah--neutral; sucih--pure; daksah--expert; udasinah--free from care; gata-vyathah--freed from all distress; sarva-arambha--all endeavors; parityagi--renouncer; yah--anyone; mat-bhaktah--My devotee; sah--he; me--Me; priyah--very dear.

 

TRANSLATION

A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does no

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Thought Of The Day

 Prabhupada: And therefore you have to learn from the guru. And if you directly take, then you remain a fool. Therefore you require a guru. That is the instruction of sruti. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. You have to learn sruti. You have to come to a guru.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Hare Krishna.

21st September, 2014. Gurgaon.

Quotes-by-Srila-Prabhupada-on-Difference-Between-A-Devotee-and-A-Non-Devotee

I recently heard two wonderful analogies about devotees, I am sharing them below.

As the many waves of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into Your mouths. (BG 11.28)

I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire. (BG 11.29)

The first was when I was listening to a lecture by HG Chaitnaya Charan Prabhuji on NoI and heard this amazing description of the above oft

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How the name of the Lord can help us ?

Please read carefully the short story below about 2514984664?profile=original. Everyone wanted to go see it, but they were afraid to leave no one at home as thieves would then come and steal everything. So one of them volunteered to stay behind and look after the house. Once others had left, and the house was quiet, robbers really came there to check if the house was empty. They threw a pebble at the window. The man thought to himself, if they know I am alone, they will come in and steal everything. So he thought of a tri

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Dance of Divine Love

2514984655?profile=originalLecture on Dance of Divine Love by Garuda Prabhu at Goteborg Temple

(His Grace Garuda Prabhuji is a disciple of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and known as Dr. Graham M. Schweig, at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Garuda was one of the first ISKCON devotees to pursue a formal education.)

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Turning Stressed into Desserts

2514984752?profile=originalLecture on Turning Stressed into Desserts by Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 17 Sep 2014 at South Africa

(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the name Raghubir Dasa. )

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Sanyassa Initiation-Krishna Kshetra Swami

2514984761?profile=originalLecture on Sanyassa Initiation-Krishna Kshetra Swami by Kadamba Kanana Swami on 17 Aug 2014
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02, Chapter 03, Text 14)

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Why is Lord Siva called Abhava

2514984743?profile=originalLecture on Why is Lord Siva called Abhava by Sivarama Swami on 18 Sep 2014 at Budapest

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973.)

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JAI SRILA PRABHUPADA

Formerly marriage, at least in India, at least up to our time, the marriage was taking place not on the liking of the boy and the girl. No. It was decided by the parents. So... Just like I was also married man. I was married when I was a stu­dent, and I did not know what will be the... But the parents arranged,

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.46 Los Angeles, December 24,1973)

 

Syamasundara: Children should be allowed to have sex life at fourteen years old.Prabhupada: Yes. That is psychological. They devel

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How to address a woman?

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Below is an article which I posted on dandavats some time ago. It was well received and read by more than four thousand devotees, and it was also posted on the GBC Conference.

A woman who has deep insights into the sweetness and beauty of spiritual culture would not be so pleased to be addressed as 'Prabhu'. Sheunderstands, that 'Mother' always includes being a master, but it expresses so much more than that: it also includes the selfless, affectionate mood of service which a true mother embodi

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Green Temple Invitation and Information

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Hare Krishna,

Please accept our humble obeisances!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We extend a warm welcome to all the Vaishnavas looking for an action pact engagement in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.

The Green Temple Project
An Expression of the Prayag Project: With the Blessings of HH Radhanth Swami Maharaj

If you were thinking that your prayers for service to Krishna are unanswered, well, here is the answer. We are offering a chance to serve Krishna through service to His eternal consort Mot

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.15

TEXT 15

yasman nodvijate loko
lokan nodvijate ca yah
harsamarsa-bhayodvegair
mukto yah sa ca me priyah

 

SYNONYMS

yasmat--from whom; na--never; udvijate--agitates; lokah--persons; lokat--persons; na--never; udvijate--disturbed; ca--also; yah--anyone; harsa--happiness; amarsa--distress; bhaya--fear; udvegaih--with anxiety; muktah--freed; yah--who; sah--anyone; ca--also; me--Mine; priyah--very dear.

 

TRANSLATION

He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.13-14

TEXT 13-14

advesta sarva-bhutanam
maitrah karuna eva ca
nirmamo nirahankarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami

santustah satatam yogi
yatatma drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

 

SYNONYMS

advesta--nonenvious; sarva-bhutanam--for all living entities; maitrah--friendly; karunah--kindly; eva--certainly; ca--also; nirmamah--with no sense of proprietorship; nirahankarah--without false ego; sama--equally; duhkha--distress; sukhah--happiness; ksami--forgiving; santustah--satisfied; s

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Thought Of The Day

 Prabhupada: Because he carries the message of Krsna. Krsna is friend, and he is carrying the friendly message. Therefore he is friend. If there is a nice friend and if somebody gives information of that nice friend, he is also friend. Therefore nobody can become friend except Krsna's representative. 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Lust to Love God

2514983998?profile=originalLecture on Lust to Love God by Dravida Prabhu on 14 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)

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From Horrible Lust to Astonishing Radha

2514983996?profile=originalLecture on From Horrible Lust to Astonishing Radha by Madhavananda Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014 

(Madhavananda Das, joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj to edit his lectures into publications.)

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