By Purushottam Kumar
In India the recent surge in rape cases has shaken the conscience of every right-thinking Indian. People were outraged when, in December 2012, a young girl was gang-raped in Delhi and later died. A similarly horrific incident occurred in August 2013 in Mumbai when a woman photojournalist was gang-raped. After the episode in Delhi there were widespread protests and demand for tougher rape laws, but there continue to be incidents noneth
TEXT 16
manah-prasadah saumyatvam
maunam atma-vinigrahah
bhava-samsuddhir ity etat
tapo manasam ucyate
SYNONYMS
manah-prasadah--satisfaction of the mind; saumyatvam--without duplicity towards others; maunam--gravity; atma--self; vinigrahah--control; bhava--nature; samsuddhih--purification; iti--thus; etat--that is; tapah--austerity; manasam--of the mind; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
And serenity, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purity of thought are the austerities of the mind.
PURPORT
To m
Global Sustainability Award to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj for Govardhan Eco Village
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj was conferred Global Sustainability Award for his Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) on World CSR Day at the 4th Enhanced Edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards recently held in Mumbai. also GEV Received Platinum Award from SKOCH Group for Water Conservation and provisionally certified with Five Star rating under GRIHA, the Indigenous Rating System for Green Buildings in Ind
I’ll tell one verse from Caitanya Caritamrta but this verse if quoted from Srimad Bhagavatam. As all of you know Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu He has not written any books upon His teachings except Siksastakam. So but He has by His discussions with different personalities, the five most important discussions took place, it is between Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Srila Rupa Goswami; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Sanatana Goswami; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Raya Ramananda; Caitanya Mahaprabhu-Prakasananda Sarasvati; and Caitan
Hare Krishna.
6th March, 2015. Gurgaon
Kindly accept my good wishes for Gaur Purnima and Holi.
I had the good fortune, or some sukriti, to be able to attend the sanyasa diksha of HG Ganganarayan Prabhuji, who is now HH Bhakti Prema Swami, at Ujjain yesterday. He is the first disciple of HH Bhakti Charu Swami to get sanyasa diksha. I took darshan of guru maharaj, that too on Gaur Purnima day, and association of so many senior vaishnavas and then saw an exceptionally qualified devotee & disciple bec
Rajan Jani prabhu, an ISKCON devotee from Kenya Africa, donates for a Golden Gratitude Coin ($108,000 U.S.) and promises another $400,000 before the finish of the project. He has been a great supporter of many ISKCON projects and now feels the ISKCON Mayapur temple is a crown that will decorate the body of ISKCON for the coming years. His message to the world is everyone should feel blessed to participate in building this temple. He has also encouraged his son to donate a large amount of money
In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 1 the order carriers of Yamarāja, the superintendent of death, come to take Ajāmila but Viṣṇudūtas prevent them. Yamadūtas argue that Ajāmila lived a very sinful life and has not undergone any atonement. Therefore he needs to be punished for his sinful actions. In Chapter 2, specifically from verse 1 through 20, Viṣṇudūtas explain how Ajāmila had already undergone atonement not only for sins of the current birth but for those of millions of his past lives as
Coloring India - ISKCON Chowpatty celebrated Holi festival in a grand way
6th March 2015
This festival of colors, Holi, is being celebrated all over India since ancient times. And celebration for devotees means another chance to offer a service to Radha Krishna. Thus at Radha Gopinath temple we play this festival with dry natural colors and colored water by smearing them at our Radha Gopijanavallabha Deities.
At Radha Gopinath temple we celebrate this festival the very next day of Gaur Poor
Sannyasa Waiting List By HH Prahladananda Swami
As on 1 March, 2015, the following are the candidates for sannyasa along with their respective waiting periods:
Adi Purusa Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 1 year
Adwaitacharya Das (GGS) (Bhubaneswar) 2 years
Agnideva Das (ACBSP) (Caribbean) 2 years with conditions
Akincana Das (BSDS) (Odisha) 2 years
Amala Bhakta Das (ACBSP) (Los Angeles) this year with conditions
Ambarish Das (GKG) (Russian Federation) 1 year
Ananda Caitanya Das (BCAIS) (Baltics/Russia/
A Very Exclusive video of Sannyasa Initiation of His Holiness Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj (H G Ganganarayan Prabhu) on 5th March 2015 Gaur Purnima Day at ISKCON Ujjain. HH Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj is a Disciple of HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj.
His Grace Ganga Narayan Prabhu received initiation in the family of JagatGuru Srila Prabhupada from His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj . He came in Krishna Consciousness in 1994 .Since 1994 , when he was 27 ,he is serving in the mission of His Divin
1) O my dear Lord Gauranga! Please show Your mercy to this lowly and destitute soul. O Lord! There is no one more fallen than myself in all the three worlds.
2) Holding grass between my teeth, O Lord Gaura, I am calling out to You now! Please be compassionate upon me and come to reside within the temple of my heart.
3) If You do not give Your mercy, seeing how fallen I am, then why are You known as Patita Pavana -- the merciful Savior of the fallen?
4) I am plunged amidst the violent hurricane-st
So we would like to welcome everyone to our class this morning. We have chosen something from the Caitanya Caritamrta and also we will be reading something from the Sri Caitanya Bhagavata, since today is a very auspicious day. We are very fortunate as Vaisnavas to have many festivals.
So three things that we will dwell on in the next 45 minutes. First of course is Santipura because today is Santipura festival. Many devotees have left by bus a little while ago. We will all together by the chari
TEXT 15
anudvega-karam vakyam
satyam priya-hitam ca yat
svadhyayabhyasanam caiva
van-mayam tapa ucyate
SYNONYMS
anudvega--not agitating; karam--producing; vakyam--words;satyam--truthful; priya--dear; hitam--beneficial; ca--also; yat--which;svadhyaya--Vedic study; abhyasanam--practice; ca--also; eva--certainly; van-mayam--of the voice; tapah--austerity; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
Austerity of speech consists in speaking truthfully and beneficially and in avoiding speech that offends. One shoul
Have we ever given any exam or even heard of it where the examinee is given the question and its answer beforehand lest he should not fail. Not just he is given the answer to the complex questions but even the solution is made so simple that the examinee does not have to undergo any mental or physical stress. Not just he is saved from the pain but even the process of preparation is made joyful. And to further compound the comfort of the student the examiner personally comes to teach him and even
Calf slaughter is finally banned in Maharashtra — a move that took almost two decades to materialize and was initiated during the previous Sena-BJP government.
The Maharashtra State Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill (1995) which came into existence during the previous Sena-BJP government — pending for approval for last 19 years (possibly one of the longest pending Bills) — has finally secured the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee.
A letter submitted t
TEXT 14
deva-dvija-guru-prajna-
pujanam saucam arjavam
brahmacaryam ahimsa ca
sariram tapa ucyate
SYNONYMS
deva--the Supreme Lord; dvija--the brahmana; guru--the spiritual master; prajna--worshipable personalities; pujanam--worship;saucam--cleanliness; arjavam--simplicity; brahmacaryam--celibacy;ahimsa--nonviolence; ca--also; sariram--pertaining to the body;tapah--austerity; ucyate--is said to be.
TRANSLATION
The austerity of the body consists in this: worship of the Supreme Lord, the brahmanas, the
So this is the process. The basic principle is the soul. The soul is acting through intelligence, and the intelligence is acting through mind, and the mind is expressed through the senses. This is the position. So as my mind is absorbed in something, some subject matter, my bodily symptoms also will work, or the senses will work according to that mind. Therefore for spiritual advancement also, you have to train your mind. Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane. If you
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's Meeting with the Hon’ble President of India
On February 28th, 2015 we met the Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. We were scheduled to meet him at 6.30 pm. We reached Rashtrapati Bhavan at 6.15 p.m. His Holiness Radhanath Swami, Gauranga Prabhu and Radharaman Prabhu accompanied me for the meeting. As we arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan the Hon’ble Presidents officers gave us warm reception. Then sharp at 6.30 pm we entere
ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission confirmed the Sannyasa applications for two senior disciples of HH Bhakti Charu Swam Maharaj: HG Ganganarayan Prabhu and HG Lilasuka Prabhu. This is the culmination of so many years of patiently waiting and their dedicated service to Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON and their Spiritual Master. The news was met with great jubilation here at Sridham Mayapur. Please shower them with your best wishes and prayers.
Maharaj has fixed the dates when he wishes to conduct the
