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श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु जी ने कहा की जगत में कोई भी ईश्वर की दिव्य वाणी ,उपदेश ग्

But no. Duty is duty. After all, everyone will die; nobody will exist. So nobody should be afraid of death. This is Vedic civilization. Death is inevitable. "As sure as death." Who can avoid death? So being afraid of death, we should not deviate from our duties, real duty. That is Vedic civilization.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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sattvanurupa sarvasya 
sraddha bhavati bharata 
sraddha-mayo 'yam puruso 
yo yac-chraddhah sa eva sah

SYNONYMS

sattva-anurupa--according to the existence; sarvasya--of everyone; sraddha--faith; bhavati--becomes; bharata--O son of Bharata; sraddha--faith; mayah--full; ayam--this; purusah--living entity; yah--anyone; yat--that; sraddhah--faith; sah--that; eva--certainly; sah--he.

TRANSLATION

According to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The

Can you foretell death? Why did Srila Prabhupada not travel on Thursday afternoons? Why do sometimes our endeavors go futile? How come Srila Prabhupada predicted rain? Why are we considered to be under the grip of maya if we fail to recognize the signs and indications? What are the 64 traditional arts? Are these arts connected to Krishna consciousness? These are some very intriguing subject matters that are very intimately connected to Krishna consciousness, yet not easily revealed!

The first in

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sri-bhagavan uvaca 
tri-vidha bhavati sraddha 
dehinam sa svabhava-ja 
sattviki rajasi caiva 
tamasi ceti tam srnu

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;tri-vidha--three kinds; bhavati--become; sraddha--faith; dehinam--of the embodied; sa--that; sva-bhava-ja--according to his mode of material nature; sattviki--mode of goodness; rajasi--mode of passion;ca--also; eva--certainly; tamasi--mode of ignorance; ca--and; iti--thus; tam--that; srnu--hear from Me.

TRANSLATION

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So these six principles are there. Just like we are minute part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Fragment, very small fragment. So every one of us have got some money according to our capacity. Every one of us has got some strength or some reputation or some beauty or some knowledge. Comparatively it may be that your position may be greater than me or other's position may be greater than you, that not all of us on the same level. There are comparative positions. So bhagavan means you go on search

"It is to be concluded that while conceiving a child one's mind must be very sober and devotional. For this purpose the Garbhadhana-samskara is recommended in the Vedic scriptures. If the mind of the father is not sober, the semen discharged will not be very good. Thus the living entity, wrapped in the matter produced from the father and mother, will be demoniac like Hiraṇya̅kśa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. The conditions of conception are to be carefully studied. This is a very great science." 

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On coming Sunday, the 22nd of Feb we will conduct a very special program in connection with the Institute for Spiritual Culture.

It will begin in the afternoon, at 4:45 pm in the open area of the Goshala in Mayapur.

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US IN

CELEBRATING THE GLORIES OF OUR MOTHERS!

As we know, out of our seven mothers five of them are human:

- the physical mother
- the wife of a brahmana
- the wife of Guru (including Siksa Guru)
- the wife of a king
- the nurse

And within spiritual culture the

"It is to be concluded that while conceiving a child one's mind must be very sober and devotional. For this purpose the Garbhadhana-samskara is recommended in the Vedic scriptures. If the mind of the father is not sober, the semen discharged will not be very good. Thus the living entity, wrapped in the matter produced from the father and mother, will be demoniac like Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu. The conditions of conception are to be carefully studied. This is a very great science." (Srila Pra

Hare Krishna.
18th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon

I recently heard a very nice lecture by HG Vaisesika Prabhuji gave in Mayapur.

Translation
The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. (SB 3.25.2)

In his short lecture prabhuji was able to tell what is the result a vaishanava’s tapasya ? How a vaishanva is always compassionate on others and how should we see

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arjuna uvaca 
ye sastra-vidhim utsrjya 
yajante sraddhayanvitah 
tesam nistha tu ka krsna 
sattvam aho rajas tamah

SYNONYMS

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; ye--those; sastra-vidhim--the regulations of scripture; utsrjya--giving up; yajante--worship;sraddhaya--full faith; anvitah--possessed of; tesam--of them; nistha--faith; tu--but; ka--what is that; krsna--O Krsna; sattvam--in goodness;aho--said; rajah--in passion; tamah--in ignorance.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said, O Krsn

His Grace Jnanagamya Prabhu (John Partin) has left this world from Sri Dhama Mayapur this morning, February 17th 2015 at 9 am. Very devoted Prabhupada Man! Please join us in prayers for him.

Jnanagamya Prabhu had joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement in 1972. He had served in numerous ways, from leading sankirtan parties, maintaining and designing temples, producing graphics, exhibits, supervising construction, teaching to cooking chapatti. He was engaged in the production of a film ab

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tasmac chastram pramanam te 
karyakarya-vyavasthitau 
jnatva sastra-vidhanoktam 
karma kartum iharhasi

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; sastram--scriptures; pramanam--evidence; te--your; karya--duty; akarya--forbidden activities; vyavasthitau--in determining; jnatva--knowing; sastra--of scripture; vidhana--regulations; uktam--as declared; karma--work; kartum--to do; ihaarhasi--you should do it.

TRANSLATION

One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. K

THE IMPORTANCE OF LORD SHIVA in Vaishnava Sampradaya !!!!!

18th Feb 2015 is Shiva Ratri the appearance of Lord Shiva!. Lord Shiv is very important part of bhakti as without his mercy and permission we cannot enter any dham or pastime of Lord Radha Krsna

For example

In Vrindavan there is Gopeshwar Shiv was became in the form of gopi to enter krsna lila

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur offered these prayers wriiten for Gopishwara Mahadev when he visited the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneshwar on Jun

Sravan Utsav ended on 15th Feb. There was 8 hour of daily katha from 12th to 15th February 2015. Many sanyasis like HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj, HH Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami, HH Jay Pataka Maharaj, HH Radhanath Maharaj and HH Sacinandana Maharaj gave lectures during the event. The lecture topics included pastimes of Lord Gauranga and Nityananda, Harinaam sankirtan and also topics that are normally not heard. For instance, HH Bhakti Charu Maharaj gave lectu

tokanam pitarau bandhu drsah paksma striyah
patih patih prajanam bhiksunam grhy ajnanam budhah suhrt

TRANSLATION
As the father and mother are the friends and maintainers of their children, as the eyelid is the protector of the eye, as the husband is the maintainer and protector of a woman, as the householder is the maintainer and protector of beggars, and as the learned is the friend of the ignorant, so the king is the protector and giver of life to all his subjects. The trees are also subject

VERSE 10
yuyam ca pitranvadista deva-devena canaghah praja-sargaya hi katham vrksan nirdagdhum arhatha

TRANSLATION:
O pure-hearted ones, your father, Pracinabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?

VERSE 11
atisthata satam margam kopam yacchata dipitam pitra pitamahenapi justam vah prapitamahaih

TRANSLATION:
The path of

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yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya 
vartate kama-karatah 
na sa siddhim avapnoti 
na sukham na param gatim

SYNONYMS

yah--anyone; sastra-vidhim--the regulations of the scriptures;utsrjya--giving up; vartate--remains; kama-karatah--acting whimsically in lust; na--never; sah--he; siddhim--perfection;avapnoti--achieves; na--never; sukham--happiness; na--never; param--the supreme; gatim--perfectional stage.

TRANSLATION

But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neit