A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In June 1976 at New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna farm community in West Virginia, Srila Prabhupada fields questions sent to him from the editors of Bhavan’s Journal, one of Bombay’s leading cultural and religious periodicals.
Devotee: Here is the first question:
“It is said that the greatest strength of Hinduism is its catholicity, or breadth of outlook, but that this is also its greatest
By BB Govinda Swami:
HH Sivarama Swami singing Chalo Mana – Sri Vrindavan Dham, sweet rocking nectar! Enjoy! And let your mind take you to Vrindavan!
Here are the lyrics which you can all memorize by heart and quickly run to Vrindavan.
CHALO MANA – SRI VRINDAVAN DHAM
(Refrain) calo mana śrī vṛndāvana dhāma
(1)
jahā viharata nāgari arū nāgara, kuñjana āṭho jāma
(2)
bhūkha lage to rasikana jhūṭhana khāye lahiya viśrāma
(3)
pyāsa lage to tarūṇi tanujā taṭa
TEXT 8
duhkham ity eva yat karma
kaya-klesa-bhayat tyajet
sa krtva rajasam tyagam
naiva tyaga-phalam labhet
SYNONYMS
duhkham--unhappy; iti--thus; eva--certainly; yat--that which;karma--work; kaya--body; klesa--troublesome; bhayat--out of fear;tyajet--gives up; sah--that; krtva--after doing; rajasam--in the mode of passion; tyagam--renunciation; na eva--certainly not; tyaga--renounced; phalam--results; labhet--gain.
TRANSLATION
Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome, or out of fear, is s
Hare Krishna
7th April, 2015. Gurgaon
Q: What are the five layers of ignorance which covers a Jiva ?
Answer :
tāmisra: being envious of supreme Lord.
andha-tāmisra : considering death to be the ultimate end.
tamas : condition of not knowing anything about the spirit soul.
moha : illusion of the bodily concept of life, me and mine.
mahā-moha : to be mad after material enjoyment.
First of all, Brahmā created from his shadow the coverings of ignorance of the conditioned souls. They are five in number an
On Monday, March 30th, we drove to Towaco New Jersey for an entire week of evening programs with Jananivas prabhu at both the Towaco and Plainfield, New Jersey temples (March 30 – April 3). Every evening he spoke on subjects such as Deity worship, Mayapur Dhama, the TOVP, etc. We also visited the homes of Samik Rsi and Nilamani prabhus and their families during this time.
On Sunday, March 29th, we made our way by car to the newly purchased temple building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A crowd of almost 100 Indian devotees had gathered, including some devotees from Gita Nagari, for the evening celebration of Rama-navami.
The Padukas received an abhisheka to lively kirtan as Jananivas prabhu placed the Sitari on everyone’s head. Then Vrindaban Vijay, the temple president, introduced the TOVP Tea
On Saturday, March 28th, we celebrated Rama-navami at the Philadelphia temple in great bliss with over 125 devotees attending. The festival included an elaborate abhisheka of Sita Rama organized by Jananivas prabhu, kirtans by Visnu Gada prabhu and others and a lecture by Jananivas.
Sikhi Mahiti then introduced the TOVP Team and handed the program over to Radha Jivan. Radha Jivan then spoke, intertwining various stories from the Ramayana a
On Thursday, March 26th, we went to South Philadelphia to visit the temple/restaurant run by Haryasva prabhu for the last 20+ years.
He has been worshiping Gaur Nitai Deities made in Ekachakra made by the same devotee who made Aindra prabhu’s Deities. After enjoying his special veggie wraps we went on Harinama and then returned to the temple. In the evening Jananivas and Radha Jivan prabhus made a short TOVP presentation t
On Wednesday, March 25th, we brought the Padukas, Sitari and Jananivas prabhu to visit the historic Gita Nagari farm established by Srila Prabhupada and home of Sri Sri Radha Damodar, the beloved Deities of Visnujana Swami during the Radha Damodar Traveling Sankirtan Party days.
After being greeted by the devotees with kirtan, the Padukas and Sitari were placed on Srila Prabhupada’s head. We were taken on a tour and shown the Gita Nagari Creamery, th
Lecture on Finding Happiness by Giriraj Swami on 17 Mar 2014 at Leicester
(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 Why One Should Approach a Guru by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 25 Jan 2015 at Kanchipuram
(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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Lecture on How to Cross the Ocean of Nescience by HG Nirantara Prabhu on 03 Mar 2015
(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. - See more at: http://iskconleaders.com/nirantara-prabhu/#sthash.LRoHflha.dpuf)
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Lecture on Do's and Don'ts by Indradyumna Swami at ISKCON London on 07 Nov 1993
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 01, Text 22)
(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan ch
ARTISTIC HOLIDAYS AT PRABHUPADA DESH – ITALY
13-19 JULY 2015
TRANSCENDENTAL ART SEMINAR
with RAM DASA ABHIRAM DASA AND DHRTI DEVI DASI
For spreading Krsna conscious art and for the pleasure of those who are fond of art, we propose a seminar of painting. The intensive seminar will be conducted by two excellent and famous artists, direct disciples of Srila Prabhupada: Ram Dasa Abhirama and his wife Dhrti Devi Dasi.
They will accompany the students in a complete experience of art by teaching the
TEXT 7
niyatasya tu sannyasah
karmano nopapadyate
mohat tasya parityagas
tamasah parikirtitah
SYNONYMS
niyatasya--prescribed duties; tu--but; sannyasah--renunciation;karmanah--activities; na--never; upapadyate--is deserved; mohat--by illusion; tasya--of which; parityagah--renunciation; tamasah--in the mode of ignorance; parikirtitah--is declared.
TRANSLATION
Prescribed duties should never be renounced. If, by illusion, one gives up his prescribed duties, such renunciation is said to be in the mode of
Hema with her teammates at the award ceremony
By Mathura Lilesvari Devi dasi
Is that our “little” Hema?
It was indeed a proud moment last Friday, 27 March 2015 at the Inter-Continental Hotel,Kuala Lumpur when the Malaysia Law Awards for the Best Insurance In-House Team of the Year was conferred to a team from Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad, a 49% subsidiary of Sun Life Financials of Canada. This team of lawyers is le
26th of March 2015, saw the inauguration of ISKCON Mayapur’s second annual tribal convention called, ‘The festival of Gau, Ganga, Gita’. This three day convention hosted 600 members from 10 different tribal groups belonging to six Indian states. Some of the tribes that participated were Chakma (Tripura), Chenchus( Orissa), Khasis (Assam), Kuki (Manipur), Mikirs (Assam), Mundas( Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal). HH. Jayapataka Swami (ISKCON’s governing commissioner
Glorification of HH Jayapataka Swami by HH Radhanatha Swami
Jayapataka Swami is a senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja
Vyasa Puja Mahamahatsava ki Jaya
By Radhanath Swami
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami
Jayapataka Swami is a senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
He was born John Gordan Erdman on April 9, 1949 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA to John Hubert and Lorraine Erdman. He was born into opulent surroundings, his grand-fath
By Guru das
About my Vrindavan days from “By his example”:GOVARDHAN HILL
A few days hence, before sunrise, with a group of about thirty people, we began our walk around sacred Govardhan Hill. The entourage included the Maharaja of Bharatpur, two queens, the prince, various relatives, zamindhars (landowners loyal to the king), agents, a doctor, and eight soldiers dressed in Jat military uniforms, part of the Maharaja’s private army. Twelve servants carried the suppli
By Chaitanya Charana Dasa
A skeptical friend challenges a devotee’s faith after the devotee’s painful injury.
I recently came across a Gallup poll, conducted in 2011, in which Americans were asked, “Do you still believe in God?” Ninety percent answered yes.
The poll reminded me of an exchanged I had with a college friend that same year.
“Do you still believe in God when He didn’t – or couldn’t – protect you in His own temple?”
This blunt question in my friend’s email bro
