Lecture on Temporary Relief by HH Niranjana Swami on 19 July 2014 at Tiraspol
(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 Duties of A Devotee by HH Prahladananda Swami on 18 July 2014 in bulgaria
(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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TEXT 31
akhyahi me ko bhavan ugra-rupo
namo 'stu te deva-vara prasida
vijnatum icchami bhavantam adyam
na hi prajanami tava pravrttim
SYNONYMS
akhyahi--please explain; me--unto me; kah--who; bhavan--You; ugra-rupah--fierce form; namah astu--obeisances; te--unto You; deva-vara--the great one amongst the demigods; prasida--be gracious; vijnatum--just to know; icchami--I wish; bhavantam--You; adyam--the original; na--never; hi--certainly; prajanami--do I know; tava--Your; pravrttim--mission.
TRANSLAT
Hare Krishna.
25th July, 2014. Gurgaon.
As I read Srila Prabhupada’s book a little more carefully now, I marvel at the depth of his writings and realise the amount of gems scattered in every single page of his translations and commentaries. This inspires me to write more about them rather than my own baby realisations. I also feel that writing about my own self is not exactly a very Vaishanava thing to do. However being shameless I will still share them from time to time but if you will all allow
Real knowledge is expounded in Bhagavad-gita: “Just become Krishna conscious. Just worship Krishna and become a devotee of Krishna.” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.18, Srila Prabhupada
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Right Time for Everything by HG Urmila Mataji on 02 July 2014 at Soho Street
(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )
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Lecture on Is relationship with Krishna is decided by Krishna by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 03 Mar 2007 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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Lecture on Who is Really Krishna's Mother by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 01 June 2014 at Johannesburg
(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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Lecture on Why Krishna West Cannot Work by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 23 May 2014 at San Diego
(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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Dear All Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances
Please refer to the link below..it shows how cows are being ill-treated in the dairy farms of Cadbury and other chocolate industry.Please forward this to all your friends,relatives and colleagues so that at least on humanitarian grounds let them contribute their share in stopping such violence against mother cow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaYRWRq-whs
In service og Guru and Gauranga
TEXT 30
lelihyase grasamanah samantal
lokan samagran vadanair jvaladbhih
tejobhir apurya jagat samagram
bhasas tavograh pratapanti visno
SYNONYMS
lelihyase--licking; grasamanah--devouring; samantat--from all directions; lokan--people; samagran--completely; vadanaih--by the mouth; jvaladbhih--with blazing; tejobhih--by effulgence; apurya--covering; jagat--the universe; samagram--all; bhasah--illuminating; tava--Your; ugrah--terrible; pratapanti--scorching; visno--O all-pervading Lord.
TRANSLATION
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Lecture on Early Meditation by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 07 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Durban
(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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Lecture on Transforming Lust Back into Love by HH Giriraj Swami at Dallas on 09 April 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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Lecture on Generations of Sophisticated Animals by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 14 Jan 2005 at Pune
(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 Enthusiasm - An Important Element in Book Distribution by Gopal Krishna Goswami
(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)
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Prabhupada: And as soon as you go under the jurisdiction of Krsna, sarva-dharman paritiyaja mam ekam, then there is no jurisdiction of maya. Just like as soon as the sun rises there is no more darkness, automatically. You do not require to dissipate the darkness. As soon as there is sun, everything is light. (aside to passerby:) Hare Krsna. Jaya! Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam eta taranti te. This is the process. It is simple method. To become under the jurisdiction of maya it requires great labor
TEXT 29
yatha pradiptam jvalanam patanga
visanti nasaya samrddha-vegah
tathaiva nasaya visanti lokas
tavapi vaktrani samrddha-vegah
SYNONYMS
yatha--as; pradiptam--blazing; jvalanam--fire; patangah--moths; visanti--enters; nasaya--destruction; samrddha--full; vegah--speed; tatha eva--similarly; nasaya--for destruction; visanti--entering; lokah--all people; tava--unto You; api--also; vaktrani--in the mouths; samrddha-vegah--with full speed.
TRANSLATION
I see all people rushing with full speed into Yo
Dear devotees!
As many of you already know, the political situation in Ukraine is close to a civil war. After a short period of cease-fire, the government has launched a massive military offensive on the insurgent-controled parts of Eastern Ukraine, using heavy weaponry, aviation, and troops to subdue their resistance. Falling within the conflict-ravaged areas are such major, densely populated cities as Donetsk, Lugansk, Kramatorsk, and Slavyansk, where the civilian population, their residences
Prabhupada: Yes. So the jiva is between these two things. Therefore they are called tatastha, marginal. Sometimes you may be in darkness and sometimes you may be in jyoti. That is your position. So those who are accepting Krsna's word, they are in jyoti. And those who are interpreting Krsna in darkness, they are in darkness. Unless one has accepted Krsna as He is, he is in darkness. Therefore Krsna describing him, mudha, naradhama. That man might have been in the jyoti, but he is losing the chan
Lecture on Useless Love and Compassion by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 June 2014 at Charlotte
(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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