Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 17 Text 27 by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami on Aug 2013 at New Vrindavan
(HH 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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ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) concluded its annual midterm meeting with a daylong plenary session on October 19th in Tirupati, India.
The plenary session which had in attendance the GBC members along with Ministers and other guests saw several encouraging reports from different parts of the world detailing the growth and development in outreach efforts of ISKCON. Before beginning the meeting a guru-puja (worship) of Srila Prabhupada was performed with Loknath Swami leading the kirta
Sometimes we are asked where the Golden Bricks come from; who makes them? Well, they are made right here in Sridhama Mayapur at the Vishwakarma Workshop run by His Grace Sriman Dina Chaitanya prabhu. Each brick goes through a time-consuming and painstaking process to make it suitable for use on the new Pancha Tattva altar, undergoing various stages of production including sandblasting the names of donors onto them.
Watch this short video for a step-by-step explanation of how this is all done an
TEXT 25
dhyanenatmani pasyanti
kecid atmanam atmana
anye sankhyena yogena
karma-yogena capare
SYNONYMS
dhyanena--by meditation; atmani--self; pasyanti--see; kecit--one; atmanam--Supersoul; atmana--by the mind; anye--others; sankhyena--by philosophical discussion; yogena--by the yoga system; karma-yogena--by activities without fruitive desire; ca--also; apare--others.
TRANSLATION
That Supersoul is perceived by some through meditation, by some through the cultivation of knowledge, and by others throu
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Due to hudhud cyclone our temple hall, Mechanised Kitchen,book godown, Rice godown,homeo Clinic,whole big shed with doors windows,goshalla,North side boundary wall,Guest house reception,guest house glass windows,water
tanks,Main gate,few vehicles,airconditions,all elctrical system have been extensively damaged.
Since we have to repair immediately,we again appeal to each and every devotee for some donation or tem
Dear Devotees,
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TEXT 24
ya evam vetti purusam
prakrtim ca gunaih saha
sarvatha vartamano 'pi
na sa bhuyo 'bhijayate
SYNONYMS
yah--anyone; evam--thus; vetti--understands; purusam--the living entity; prakrtim--material nature; ca--and; gunaih--modes of material nature; saha--with; sarvatha--by all means; vartamanah--situated; api--in spite of; na--never; sah--he; bhuyah--again; abhijayate--takes his birth.
TRANSLATION
One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interacti
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
श्रीमद् भागवत (स्कन्ध 11 अध्याय 27) में भगवान् कृष्ण, उद्धव के पूँछने पर अर्चाविग्रह की नियत तथा विशिष्ट विधि का वर्णन इस प्रकार करते हैं :
भगवान् के अर्चाविग्रह रूप का आठ प्रकारों में अर्थात “पत्थर, काष्ठ, धातु, मिटटी, चित्र, बालू, मन या रत्न” में प्रकट होना बतलाया गया है | समस्त जीवों के शरण रूप भगवान् का अर्चाविग्रह दो प्रकारों से स्थापित किया जा सकता है, अस्थायी अथवा स्थायी रूप से | कि
| The Glories of Govardhan |  |
The Vedic scriptures proclaim that the glories of Lord Krishna are unlimited and eternal and no one is able to reach the end of them. In the same way, who can fully describe the splendid glories of Sri Giriraja-Govardhana, the best servant of the Lord and at the same time non-different from the Lord Himself? To protect his dear vrajavasis from Indra’s wrath, Sri Krishna held the Hill on the small finger of His divine hand for seven days. The area of Govardhan is f
6 schools of philosophy, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagvatam, 4 Purusharthas and Bhaktiyoga
- Veerendra Ekbote
The 6 schools of philosophy and the founder philosophers of these philosophies were Sage Gautam who propounded the Nyaya philosophy in which the cause of cosmic manifestation were from atomic particles.
Maharshi Kanad in his Vaisheshika philosophy was more Vishesh or elaborate than Sage Gautam and propound
Hare Krishna. This is posted in reference to misunderstood assumptions that blame the wife for spousal abuse. "Blaming" is often a losers position and in the case off blaming an abused spouse, it is both unhealthy and wrong.
When one’s mind is disturbed in so many ways, he satisfies himself by becoming angry with his poor wife and children. The wife and children are naturally dependent on the father, but the
TEXT 23
upadrastanumanta ca
bharta bhokta mahesvarah
paramatmeti capy ukto
dehe 'smin purusah parah
SYNONYMS
upadrasta--overseer; anumanta--permitter; ca--also; bharta--master; bhokta--supreme enjoyer; maha-isvarah--the Supreme Lord; parama-atma--Supersoul; iti--also; ca--and; api uktah--is said; dehe--in this body; asmin--this; purusah--enjoyer; parah--transcendental.
TRANSLATION
Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the
Holi, or the Festival of Colors, which heralds spring and celebrates the pastimes of Lord Krishna and his eternal consort Srimati Radharani, was once an esoteric festival celebrated mainly in India.
But today, thanks to festivals like the one at the Hare Krishna temple in Utah, USA, it has become a phenomenon across the Western World.
The latest country to host the event is Brazil, with last year’s hugely successful “Festival das Cores” drawing 25,000 people to Villa Lobos Park in Sao Paulo.
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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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