Lecture on Jaha Bhagavan ke Bhakt Upasthith hai waha bhgavan hai on 05 Aug 2014
(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)
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Lecture on Gentlemen by Niranjana Swami on 31 Aug 2014 at Hartford
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Appearance Day by Giriraj Swami on 18 Aug 2014 at Los Angeles
(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)
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Lecture on Appearance of Sri Lord Krishna by Laxmimoni Mataji on 17 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Alachua
(HG Laxmimoni Dasi was initiated by Srila Prabhuada in 1969 while attending the State University of New York at Buffalo. She received a B.A. in psychology after getting an "A" for her senior sociology project: "Life in a Krishna Temple.")
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Lecture on How to be Happy at Work on 12 June 2014 at Mauritius
(Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)
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Lecture on Whats Hell All About by Bir Krishna Goswami on 01 Jan 2013
(Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada’s disciple.)
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Lecture on How to behave with our friends who are Materialistic by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 22 Nov 2009 at ISKCON Ujjain
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
As par Nectar of Devotion,devotees can be divided into following three classes:
1. The first-class or uppermost devotee:
one is very expert in the study of relevant scriptures, and he is also expert in putting forward arguments in terms of those scriptures. He can very nicely present conclusions with perfect discretion and can consider the ways of devotional service in a decisive way. He un
TEXT 1
arjuna uvaca
evam satata-yukta ye
bhaktas tvam paryupasate
ye capy aksaram avyaktam
tesam ke yoga-vittamah
SYNONYMS
arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; evam--thus; satata--always; yuktah--engaged; ye--those; bhaktah--devotees; tvam--unto You; paryupasate--properly worship; ye--those; ca--also; api--again; aksaram--beyond the senses; avyaktam--unmanifested; tesam--of them; ke--who; yoga-vit-tamah--the most perfect.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna inquired: Which is considered to be
Lecture on Serving the Guru Vani Vapu and Mission by Anuttama Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014
(As a student in political and social science at Michigan State University, USA, Anuttama Dasa found the university incapable to provide answers to the most important questions in life. Thus he chose to not complete his formal education. After exploring varied traditions ranging from Zen Buddhism to Methodism,)
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Lecture on Krishna Consciousness is the Perfection of Religion by Nirantara Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014 at Los Angeles
(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. Pursuing the path of "sex, drugs and rock n roll", he tried to become famous and
Lecture on The Meaning of Representation by Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014 Giya Nagari
(Ravindra Svarupa Dasa received a BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and a Ph.D. in Religion from Temple University in 1980.)
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Lecture on No Sectarianism in Mahaprabhu by Madhavananda Prabhu on 31 July 2012
(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. For over ten years he has been serving as the director of ISKCON Gopal Jiu Publications, the editor of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Magazine, and the email magazine Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu.)
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Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
मनुष्य जीवन की सर्वोच्च सिद्धि भगवत्प्रेम प्राप्त करने के लिए प्रह्लाद महाराज (भगवत-धर्म को पूर्णतया जानने वाले बारह महाजन में एक) षड-भक्ति का वर्णन करते हैं, जिसका पहला व महत्वपूर्ण अंग है- प्रार्थना करना अर्थात भगवान से अहैतुकी भक्ति के लिए सुन्दर-सुन्दर प्रार्थनाएँ करना | प्रार्थना के माध्यम से हम भगवान से व्यक्तिगत साक्षात्कार करते हैं, इसलिए यह हृदय का संवाद होना चाहिए | हम अर्थात जी
By Iksvaku das (Outreach Coordinator)
On the auspicious day of Radhastami, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, co-minister of the Congregational Development in ISKCON, congratulated the Namahatta devotees from Sridhama Mayapur for having reached out to a record number of 15 million people in their last 35 years of preaching Krishna Consciousness. This is the result of continuous preaching initiatives aimed at encouraging congregations in their spiritual advancement. From innumerable home programs to l
Lecture on Secret to Accessing Mercy of Lord Chaitanya by Romapada Swami on 20 June 2014 at Seattle
(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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TEXT 55
mat-karma-krn mat-paramo
mad-bhaktah sanga-varjitah
nirvairah sarva-bhutesu
yah sa mam eti pandava
SYNONYMS
mat-karma-krt--engaged in doing My work; mat-paramah--considering Me the Supreme; mat-bhaktah--engaged in My devotional service; sanga-varjitah--freed from the contamination of previous activities and mental speculation; nirvairah--without an enemy; sarva-bhutesu--to every living entity yah--one who; sah--he; mam--unto Me; eti--comes; pandava--O son of Pandu.
TRANSLATION
My dear Arjun
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On the day of Radhastami, September 2, 2014 (coinciding this year with the
appearance day of Bhaktivinoda Thakur by the solar calendar), Wikipedia posted
a photograph of the Yogapith temple built by Bhaktivinoda as a “Picture of the
Day” feature on its Main page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The photograph had earlier been chosen by the Wikipedia community as a featured
picture, or one of the few "finest images” that Wikipedia has.
The blurb by the image reads:
The Yogapith temple
Lecture on Srimad Bhagvatam Canto 01 Chapter 01 text 20 Balarama is the Exemplar of Service by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 10 Aug 2014 at Zagreb
(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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