TEXT 15
alam dagdhair drumair dinaih khilanam sivam astu vah varksi hy esa vara kanya patnitve pratigrhyatam
TRANSLATION:
There is no need to burn these poor trees any longer. Let whatever trees still remain be happy. Indeed, you should also be happy. Now, here is a beautiful, well-qualified girl named Marisa, who was raised by the trees astheir daughter. You may accept this beautiful girl as your wife.
TEXT 16
ity amantrya vararoham kanyam apsarasim nrpa somo raja yayau dattva te dharmenopaye
TEXT 7
aharas tv api sarvasya
tri-vidho bhavati priyah
yajnas tapas tatha danam
tesam bhedam imam srnu
SYNONYMS
aharah--eating; tu--certainly; api--also; sarvasya--of everyone;tri-vidhah--three kinds; bhavati--there are; priyah--dear; yajnah--sacrifice; tapah--austerity; tatha--also; danam--charity; tesam--of them; bhedam--differences; imam--thus; srnu--hear.
TRANSLATION
Even food of which all partake is of three kinds, according to the three modes of material nature. The same is true of sacrifices,
Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Day 3
HOLY PLACES VISITED
2. Gomati River and Brahma Puskara
3. Kuruksetra and Naimisaranya
4. Pancaveni (Confluence of five holy rivers): Crossing Ganga by boat.
6. Bhajan Kutir of Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaj7. Sri Dhamesvara Mahaprabhu: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Deity worshiped by H
Hare Krishna.
24th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon
This is in continuation of my last blog on Krishna’s flutes. I am sharing the below nectar from a lecture by HH Radha Govinda Maharaj on Venu Gita. We are all aware that the Venu Gita (Song of Lord Krishna’s Flute Play) is a compilation of twenty verses in the 21st chapter of tenth canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
HH Radha Govinda Maharaj first recited the below verse.
gopyah kim acarad ayam kusalam sma venur damodaradhara-sudham api gopikanam
bhunkte svayam yad ava
TEXT 5-6
asastra-vihitam ghoram
tapyante ye tapo janah
dambhahankara-samyuktah
kama-raga-balanvitah
karsayantah sarira-stham
bhuta-gramam acetasah
mam caivantah sarira-stham
tan viddhy asura-niscayan
SYNONYMS
asastra--not mentioned in the scriptures; vihitam--directed;ghoram--harmful to others; tapyante--undergo penances; ye--those;tapah--austerities; janah--persons; dambha--pride; ahankara--egoism; samyuktah--engaged; kama--lust; raga--attachment; bala--force; anvitah--impelled by; karsayantah--tor
Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Day 2
Godrumadvipa (Process: kirtanam)
Route : Harihar-kshetra to Swarup Ganj
HOLY PLACES VISITED on Day 2 Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama
3. Gauradaha.
VERSE 13
antar dehesu bhutanam atmaste harir isvarah
sarvam tad-dhisnyam iksadhvam evam vas tosito hy asau
TRANSLATION:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated as the super soul within the cores of the hearts of all living entities, whether moving or nonmoving, including men, birds, animals, trees and, indeed, all living entities. Therefore you should consider every body a residence or temple of the Lord. By such vision you will satisfy the Lord. You should not angrily kill these living
The third day of the ISKCON GBC’s Annual General Meetings opened with a presentation by Madhavananda Dasa, a member of the ISKCON Chowpatty in Mumbai. He informed the GBC body of a mega kirtan festival, Chant for a Change, being planned in Jagannath Puri to coincide with the Navakalevara festival wherein the deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra are changed once in 16 years.
The most unique element of this kirtan festival would be the spiritual leaders and members of the four Vaish
In a gesture expressing unity of purpose for the service of ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, His Grace Praghosa Das, the newly appointed Chairman of the GBC, has announced in Mayapur that 2015, the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the Western world, is the Year of the TOVP.
“Having just accepted this wonderful service as the GBC Chairman, I’d like to start my term by announcing this as the Year of the TOVP. Fortunately, since 2010
The fifth day of the Annual General Meeting of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission focused on celebrating the 50th anniversary of ISKCON’s incorporation in 2016.
Pancaratna Dasa, a member of the 50th Anniversary International Steering Committee, presented an elaborate report on the progress made so far along with the list of events being planned. As this year also marks the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s departure to the West, devotees in Kolkata and Mayapur have been working on organi
TEXT 4
yajante sattvika devan
yaksa-raksamsi rajasah
pretan bhuta-ganams canye
yajante tamasa janah
SYNONYMS
yajante--worship; sattvikah--those who are in the mode of goodness; devan--demigods; yaksa-raksamsi rajasah--those who are in the mode of passion worship demons; pretan--dead spirits; bhuta-ganan--ghosts; ca anye--and others; yajante--worship; tamasah--in the mode of ignorance; janah--people.
TRANSLATION
Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the
So actually, either in this material world or in the spiritual world, all planets, Vaikuntha planets or kuntha planets... Here in this material world, kuntha planets. Kuntha means anxiety. Here, in any planet you go, the anxiety will be there. This is material. Sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat. Why anxiety? Because we have accepted something asat, which will not stay. But we are eternal, we want to stay. Our natural position is eternity. So we don't want this temporary body. Therefore we try t
Godrumadvipa (Process: kirtanam)
“Millions and Millions of Cintamani jewel may meet together in some other place. Lord Hari may personally appear in some other place before everyone’s eyes. Still, my body darkened with Godruma’s dust will never go to anywhere else.”
ROUTE: Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir to Harihara-ksetra
Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Day 1 Godrumadvipa (Process: Kirtanam)
HOLY PLACES VISITED on DAY 1
Easter Trip to Hare Krishna Castle in Radhadesh, Belgium
Have you ever lived in a castle? Which is also a temple and home of wonderful Deities and devotees! Radhadesh is truly amazing, surrounded by beautiful mountains and valleys ! Check out the website: www.radhadesh.com and discover for yourself the setting and open the attachment for the proposed itinerary.
This all inclusive trip is only £250/person and children up to 12’s years old are £200/child only !
Delicious food, excellent accommod
HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami awarded the order of sannyasa today Feb 21st 2015 to two Iskcon devotees, Dhirashanta dasa who is from England standing to the left of HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami and Ananda Chaitanya dasa who is from Lithuania standing to the right of HH Bhakti Chaitanya Swami, in Sri Dham Mayapur.
Lecture - New York, April 27, 1966
So here it is said, rasa-varjam raso 'py asya param drstva nivartate [Bg. 9.59]. One who is forcibly refrained from material enjoyment, oh, that sort of forcibly material enjoyment cannot last. There are many examples. There was a great muni, great sage, whose name was Visvamitra Muni. He was formerly a very powerful king. Now, in his later life he gave up everything and he wanted to be a transcendentalist and great meditator in the yoga principle of life. He
Hare Krishna.
21st Feb, 2015, Gurgaon
A few days back I heard the below verse from Sri Brahma Samhita and a brief commentary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj. The sweet description of Krishna’s flutes somehow inspired me to search more on it and write this blog for the pleasure of devotees. As I searched for the matter I became intoxicated with Krishna’s flute, I never knew such sweet pastimes happened because of it. Srila Prabhupada writes in Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 26, that “As far as Kr
VERSE 30
aviveka-kṛtaḥ puṁso hy artha-bheda ivātmani guṇa-doṣa-vikalpaś ca bhid eva srajivat kṛtaḥ
TRANSLATION
As one mistakenly considers a flower garland to be a snake or experiences happiness and distress in a dream, so, in the material world, by a lack of careful consideration, we differentiate between happiness and distress, considering one good and the other bad.
PURPORT
The happiness and distress of the material world of duality are both mistaken ideas. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ant
HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Hare Krishna. When Srila Prabhupada went to the West, Krishna actually created the perfect arrangement for Srila Prabhupada. The United States of America, at that time, was in a perfect situation to receive Srila Prabhupada. If we look at the history of America, then we can see that soon after the second world war, America reached the height of it's material prosperity. At the same time, the youth of America became disillusioned. They saw that money cannot buy everything.
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 17, 2015 Speaker: HH Sacinandana Swami
VERSE 26
namany anantasya hata-trapah pathan
guhyani bhadrani krtani ca smaran
gam paryatams tusta-mana gata-sprhah
kalam pratiksan vimado vimatsarah
TRANSLATION
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I travel
