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TEXT 5

sri-bhagavan uvaca
pasya me partha rupani
sataso 'tha sahasrasah
nana-vidhani divyani
nana-varnakrtini ca

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; pasya--just see; me--Mine; partha--O son of Prtha; rupani--forms; satasah--hundreds; atha--also; sahasrasah--thousands; nana-vidhani--variegated; divyani--divine; nana--variegated; varna--colors; akrtini--forms; ca--also.

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: My dear Arjuna, O son of Prtha, behold now My opulences, hundre

Prabhupada: Yes. So long you have a material body, you must suffer. Just like in prisonhouse. When the criminals are put there, they are punished different way according to the criminal offense, similarly, you are, we are all criminals, and for different types of suffering we have got different types of body. Different types of body means different types of suffering. Just like this tree is punished, "Stand here for three hundred years." This is punishment. Just like we do, "Stand up on the benc

On behalf of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama (VMP), we would like to invite all the devotees to participate in 28th VMP 2014.

Please find below the schedule of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2014

ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama 2014 Schedule : 
 

Jagad Bharta Prabhu (ACBSP) joined ISKCON in December 1973 in Brazil inspired by Siddhaswarupananda and Radhapati Prabhu. He lived in Siddhaswarupananda's temple until Radhapati returned to the U.S., when the temple was then closed. Upon Mahavira's arrival in Brazil, Jagad Bharta immediately joined him as the ISKCON Temple treasurer.

In 1975 he became one of the very first Brazilian devotees to be initiated by Srila Prabhupada. He served as temple commander, book distributor, pujari of the firs

Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru-parampara ki jaya!

This year's Kirtan Course in Radhadesh will open with a training in the secrets of the Holy Names given by HH Sacinandana Swami. It is based on Harinama Cintamani (the touchstone of the Holy Name) by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

This seminar takes place from 30th June to 6th July. We also welcome students who cannot attend the whole two months course.

The teaching sessions are called: "Mi

An interfaith panel discussion on the topic of “Spiritual Science and Modern Education” was held at the Macquarie University, Sydney on April 29, 2014. The panellists were Bhakti Rasamrita Swami who spoke on the topic from the perspective of Gaudiya Vaisnavasim and Mr. Kamal Saleh who spoke in the context of Islam.

The panel discussion was attended by several students of the university from various disciplines including law, journalism and liberal arts.

Mr. Kamal Saleh began the session with a

Hare Krishna.
21st June, 2014, Gurgaon

Q: What is `Yukta Vairagya’ and what is false renunciation. Also explain `niyamāgraha’.

Ans :

yukta-vairāgya-sthiti saba śikhāila
śuṣka-vairāgya-jñāna saba niṣedhila (CC Madhya 23.105)

Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then told Sanātana Gosvāmī about proper renunciation according to a particular situation, and the Lord forbade dry renunciation and speculative knowledge in all respects.

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport :

This is the technique for underst

Lecture on Don't Be A Miser by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 29 Jan 2009 at Salem

(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 Repetition of Birth and Death by HG Jivananda Prabhu on 14 Oct 2012 At Tucson

(The mother, a connoisseur of all Protestant faiths, began to attend Presbyterian churches, and there the future swami, at the age of thirteen, delivered his first Sunday sermon. Noting her son’s boredom and lack of challenge at school, his mother pushed for his acquiring a full scholarship plus living expenses to private boarding schools in New Hampshire, where he attended Exeter Academy during the summer a

Lecture on Narsimhadev Appearance Day by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 13 May 2014 at Kaunas

(Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)

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Lecture on Srivasa Thakura - The Summit of selfless service in offering everything for the Lord's Pleasure by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Never miss track of ultimate Goal of Life by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 13 Junr 2014 

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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Lecture on Lord Vamana by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 18 Aug 2010 at South Africa

(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 How the living entity acts as his own guru by HH Sivarama Swami on 17 June 2014 at ISKCON New Vraja Dham

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973. )

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Lecture on The Advantage the Present Age of Kali by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 15 June 2014 at Los Angeles

(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 Lying and Honesty by Hh Sivarama Swami on 19 June 2014 at Budapest

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973. )

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Lecture on What is Spiritual Intelligence by HG Jivananda Prabhu on 16 June 2013 At Tucson

(The mother, a connoisseur of all Protestant faiths, began to attend Presbyterian churches, and there the future swami, at the age of thirteen, delivered his first Sunday sermon. Noting her son’s boredom and lack of challenge at school, his mother pushed for his acquiring a full scholarship plus living expenses to private boarding schools in New Hampshire, where he attended Exeter Academy during the summer

Lecture on The Meaning of Cleaning the Heart by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu 

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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Lecture on Real Yoga and Cheating Yoga by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami at Sacramento on 17 May 2014

(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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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

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