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Srila Prabhupadas Sannyasa

2514983709?profile=originalLecture on Srila Prabhupadas Sannyasa by Sivarama Swami on 10 Sep 2014 at New Vraja Dham

(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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Giving up Upadhis and Crying for God

2514983720?profile=originalLecture on Giving up Upadhis and Crying for God by Madhavananda Prabhu on 01 June 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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2514983594?profile=originalA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has written a song Boro Krpa Koile Krsna and the Official Name for this song is "Markine Bhagavata-Dharma(at Boston Harbor, September 18, 1965)". This song is taken from the book Gaudiya PatrikaPrabhupada says that we all are so materialistic yet Shri Krishna comes personally to deliver us. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada is praying to Govinda to give His causeless mercy so that he can distribute the Hari Nama to all the materialists. In this way the non devotees w

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.9

TEXT 9

atha cittam samadhatum
na saknosi mayi sthiram
abhyasa-yogena tato
mam icchaptum dhananjaya

 

SYNONYMS

atha--if, therefore; cittam--mind; samadhatum--fixing; na--not; saknosi--able; mayi--upon Me; sthiram--fixed; abhyasa--practice; yogena--by devotional service; tatah--therefore; mam--Me; iccha--desire; aptum--to get; dhanam-jaya--O Arjuna.

 

TRANSLATION

My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga.

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Shri Krishna liberated Demon Shatkasur

Source: http://krishnaseva.blogspot.in/2014/09/shri-krishna-liberated-demon-shatkasur.html

To celebrate Krishna's turning over in the bed, Yashoda organised festivities and performed ceremonial ablutions. After the function was over, Yashoda was busy attending to the guests. She placed Krishna under a cart outside the house and put him to sleep. This cart was a ghost named Shaktasur. 

Mother Yashoda carried on with zeal honouring the people of Vraja who had gathered there. She did not notice the c

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2514983579?profile=originalLecture on Faith is the necessary but not sufficient condition for knowledge by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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2514983543?profile=originalLecture on Importance of Spiritual Outlook in Approaching the Holyname by Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 25 Nov 2013  

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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The Nature and Destination of the Soul

2514983544?profile=originalLecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 5 The Nature and Destination of the Soul by HH Giriraj Swami at Berkley on 05 Sept 2014

(In the year following Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was appointed to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and he went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.8

TEXT 8

mayy eva mana adhatsva
mayi buddhim nivesaya
nivasisyasi mayy eva
ata urdhvam na samsayah

 

SYNONYMS

mayi--unto Me; eva--certainly; manah--mind; adhatsva--fix; mayi--upon Me; buddhim--intelligence; nivesaya--apply; nivasisyasi--you live; mayi--unto Me; eva--certainly; atah urdhvam--thereafter; na--never; samsayah--doubt.

 

TRANSLATION

Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.

 

PURPORT

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Yes. But everyone can become devotee. There is no harm. It is not that because one is in the lower species, he cannot become a devotee. Everyone can become a devotee. [break] ...yoni, they can also become perfect devotee. [break] This is the power of God. He can deliver anyone without any consideration. Therefore pandita is sama-darsinah, he does not make these divisions. He sees that "He is spirit soul. So let him be delivered." That's all. Panditah sama-darsinah [Bg. 5.18]. Materia

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On the 27th July 2014 HH Bhakti Charu Swami Gurumaharaj gave me 1st & 2nd (Harinam & Brahmin) Initiation ISKCON Gita Nagari Farm, USA, after a 24 year wait. My initiated name is Lakshman Ishvara Dasa.
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SRILA PRABHUPADA REGARDING INITIATION :

“I am the Spiritual Master of this institution, and all the members of the Society, they’re supposed to be my disciples. They follow th
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2514983419?profile=originalLecture on Krishna is the only worthy object of Meditation by Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Radhadesh on 01 April 2014
(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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2514983375?profile=originalLecture on Sense Gratification is the basis of Material Existence by Sivarama Swami on 30 June 2014 at Romania

(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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Hare Krishna.

World Holy Name Week:  5th -15th September 2014
 
World Holy Name Week Day 1.
Sept. 5, 2014, ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Swami Goshalla, Vrndavana,
For the first time, we set up a pandal and sound system on the parikrama marg in front of our new ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Swami Goshalla gate around 10 am.  
 
The kirtan is still going on, and we expect it to go till 6 or 7 pm.
 
Today is Ekadasi and thousands of devotees and pilgrims are walking the 10 kilometres around Vrndavana. As they walk
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Salvation of Demon Trinavarta by Lord Krishna

Source: http://krishnaseva.blogspot.in/2014/09/salvation-of-demon-trinavarta-by-lord.html

When Krishna's maternal uncle Kansa came to know that Baby Krishna also killed Shatkasur. Then he got very angry and called Trinavarta to execute the task of killing Baby Krishna. Kansa made Trinavarta aware of the powers of Little Krishna. Trinavarta assured Kansa that he has ha magnificent power of blowing away everything and he will surely blow away Krishna and will through him from the height that will f

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 12.6-7

TEXT 6-7

ye tu sarvani karmani
mayi sannyasya mat-parah
ananyenaiva yogena
mam dhyayanta upasate

tesam aham samuddharta
mrtyu-samsara-sagarat
bhavami na cirat partha
mayy avesita-cetasam

 

SYNONYMS

ye--one who; tu--but; sarvani--everything; karmani--activities; mayi--unto Me; sannyasya--giving up; mat-parah--being attached to Me; ananyena--without division; eva--certainly; yogena--by practice of such bhakti-yoga; mam--unto Me; dhyayantah--meditating; upasate--worship; tesam--of them; aham--I; samuddh

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Hare Krsna,

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

भगवान कृष्ण ने उद्धव से (श्रीमद् भागवतम के स्कन्द 11) भक्ति के उन सिद्धान्तों का वर्णन किया जिनको संपन्न करने से मनुष्य (मर्त्य प्राणी) दुर्जय मृत्यु पर विजय पा सकता है | इस मुक्तिप्रदायक ज्ञान के मुख्य अंश इस प्रकार है :

हे उद्धव! अनेक जन्मो के पश्चात् व्यक्ति को यह दुर्लभ मनुष्य शरीर प्राप्त होता है, जो अस्थायी होते हुए भी उसे जीवन की सर्वोच्च सिद्धि प्राप्त करने का अवसर प्रदान करता है |

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: And yes, just chant Hare Krsna. Cleanse your mind. All dirty things will go. Because you neglect to chant regularly, therefore the dirty things remain.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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