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TEXT 22

etair vimuktah kaunteya 
tamo-dvarais tribhir narah 
acaraty atmanah sreyas 
tato yati param gatim

SYNONYMS

etaih--by these; vimuktah--being liberated; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; tamah-dvaraih--the gates of ignorance; tribhih--three kinds of;narah--a person; acarati--performs; atmanah--self; sreyah--benediction; tatah--thereafter; yati--goes; param--supreme; gatim--destination.

TRANSLATION

The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to self-realizati

So we are so-called materially suffering and enjoying according to this body. Therefore this body, this human form of body, is a great opportunity, because God realization begins by engaging the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau [Brs. 1.2.234]. By engaging the tongue in the loving service of the Lord, one can make advance in Krsna consciousness, ultimate realization of God, the tongue. So this tongue in the human body can be engaged. In other body, in the cat's body, dog's body, tiger's body... Tig

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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 11, 2015
Speaker: HG Vaisesika Das
Verse: SB 6.4.5

drumebhyah krudhyamanas te tapo-dipita-manyavah 
mukhato vayum agnim ca sasrjus tad-didhaksaya

TRANSLATION: Because of having undergone long austerities in the water, the Pracetas were very angry at the trees. Desiring to burn them to ashes, they gener

TEXT 21

tri-vidham narakasyedam 
dvaram nasanam atmanah 
kamah krodhas tatha lobhas 
tasmad etat trayam tyajet

SYNONYMS

tri-vidham--three kinds of; narakasya--hellish; idam--this;dvaram--gate; nasanam--destructive; atmanah--of the self; kamah--lust; krodhah--anger; tatha--as well as; lobhah--greed; tasmat--therefore; etat--these; trayam--three; tyajet--must give up.

TRANSLATION

There are three gates leading to this hell--lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the de

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 12 Text 15 Awakening from our Dreams by HH Niranjana Swami on 12 Jan 2015 at Kharkov

(His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)

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Lecture on Fight Kali with the Holy Name by HG Ananda Krishna Prabhu on 22 Jan 2015

(HG Ananda Krishna Das was born in 1980 in Austria and joined 2002 in Vienna. He is initiated by HH Bhakti Bushana Swami Maharaja. He lived as a brahmacari in Vienna (Austria), Portland (USA), Berlin (Germany) and Simhachalam (Germany).)

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Lecture on Real Importance of Mahabharata is Krishna Katha by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 26 Aug 2008 at 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 Acorns In the Field Pumpkins In The Trees by Indradyumna Swami at Auckland on 10 April 1992
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 30, Text 42)

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introduc

TEXT 20

asurim yonim apanna 
mudha janmani janmani 
mam aprapyaiva kaunteya 
tato yanty adhamam gatim

SYNONYMS

asurim--demoniac; yonim--species; apannah--gaining; mudhah--the foolish; janmani janmani--in birth after birth; mam--unto Me;aprapya--without achieving; eva--certainly; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; tatah--thereafter; yanti--goes; adhamam--condemned; gatim--destination.

TRANSLATION

Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink

So the initiation process means to give the conditioned soul a chance. This chance can be available in this human form of life. The cats and dogs, they cannot take chance of entering into the spiritual kingdom, or they cannot... It is not possible they can take initiation for purifying the body. So everybody, every human being, should take advantage of this form of life, human form of life, and cultivate this Krsna consciousness. And it is very simple and easy also. For this age, Lord..., by the

From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Speaker: HG Hari Vilas dasa
Date: 9 February 2015
Subject: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Appearance day

So I am very humbled to be here in front of so many exalted Vaisnavas, my Godbrothers and Godsisters, and of course Srila Prabhupada, especially today, on the appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

Today I am going to talk about of course Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and his glorious disciple Srila Prabhupada and read some

Lecture on Glories of Maharaj Ambarish by HG Nitai Sevini Mataji at ISKCON Vizag

(H.G.Nitaisevini Devi Dasi was born in Mumbai in a Gujarati Business family, conventional followers of the Pushtimarg. Later she with her family shifted to Hyderabad in 1984, since then she was closely connected to ISKCON Secunderbad.)

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Lecture on Journey of Self Discovery Day 01  by HG Kamallochan Prabhu on 22 Sep 2014

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Lecture on BG 05.09 Contact of senses-Sense objects is not the problem infatuation with the contact is  by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Jan 2015

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC)

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Lecture on Honesty is the Best Policy by Indradyumna Swami at Perth on 17 Feb 1992
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 30, Text 42)

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan

TEXT 19

tan aham dvisatah kruran 
samsaresu naradhaman 
ksipamy ajasram asubhan 
asurisv eva yonisu

SYNONYMS

tan--those; aham--I; dvisatah--envious; kruran--mischievous;samsaresu--into the ocean of material existence; nara-adhaman--the lowest of mankind; ksipami--put; ajasram--innumerable; asubhan--inauspicious; asurisu--demoniac; eva--certainly; yonisu--in the wombs.

TRANSLATION

Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, int

Prabhupada: At any moment. You must be prepared. Krsna said, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. So if you have got intelligence, you can do it immediately. Where is the difficulty? But you'll not do it. They have done it, these young boys. They have no other business. And Krsna assures, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah: Don't hesitate. But we are hesitating. So there is no surrender. So all right, you remain under the clutches of maya and suffer. Daivi hy