So if you do not take Krsna consciousness seriously in this human form of life, then you must know that you are drinking poison knowingly. Don't neglect it. Try to understand. It is based on science, philosophy, sastra, knowledge. It is not a blind faith. And we are prepared to answer you in any way. The method is very simple; even a child can take advantage of it. Not that we are manufacturing. It is sanctioned in the sastra. Kaler dosa-nidhe rajann asti hy eko mahan gunah. This is the statemen
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Hare Krishna.
8th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon
If the maddened elephant of Vaishnava-aparadha enters the devotional garden, the creeper of bhakti will be uprooted and all its leaves will dry up. (CC 2.19.156)
`Vaishnava-aparadha’ is the last in the series of blogs based on `Madhurya Kadimbini’ and the seminar I heard on the same topic by HH Bhanu Maharaj. It is said that amongst all the offenses that a soul can commit, there is no offense more severe than criticism of a Vaisnava. Therefore, I decided to writ
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the guru of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, appeared in Sri Ksetra Dhama.(Jagannatha Puri) on 6 February 1874 as the son of Srila Sacidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura. In his childhood he quickly mastered the Vedas, memorized the Bhdgavad-gita, and relished his father's philosophical works. He became known as "The Living Encyclopedia" for his vast knowledge.
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From : Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 5, 2015
Speaker : HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
Subject : SB 6.3.31
tasmat sankirtanam visnor jagan-mangalam amhasam
mahatam api kauravya viddhy aikantika-niskrtam
"Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the sankirtana
ISKCON DAIVA VARNASRAMA MINISTRY (IDVM) Promoting Rural Development in India
IDVM Secretariat: Room 137, Cakra Bldg, Sri Mayapur, W. Bengal, India
My Dear Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Global Varnsrama Seminars 2015
The IDVM and SVC of the GBCSPN is pleased to announce the latest annual Global Varnasram seminar, to be held during the Gaura Purnima festival, at ISKCON Mayapur.
The theme for this year’s seminar taking place over four consecutive
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 4, 2015 Speaker: HH Romapada Swami
Subject: SB 6.3.30
tat knamyataa sa bhagavan purunau puraeo
narayaeau sva-purunair yad asat kataa nau
svanam aho na vidunaa racitaïjalenaa
knantir gareyasi namau purunaya bhumne
TRANSLATION:
Then Yamaraja, considering himself and his servants to be offenders, spoke as follows, begging pardon from the Lord. “O my Lo
GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Mayapur 2015: Part 4 of 5
Romapada Swami, GBC member of over twenty-two years leading ISKCON in New York, New Jersey and the Midwest of the USA, and also a member of the SPN's Organizational Development Committee, speaks on how strategic planning has helped him in his GBC service and how it can better assist ISKCON's leadership to respond to what is required of it - to bring the message of Lord Caitanya to the world while ensuring that the devotees' lives c
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Our own beloved Guru Maharaj Srila Prabhupada, he had such incredible positive thinking based on faith.” – Radhanath Swami
Many of you know the story. He left India when he was 69 years old, crossing the Arabian Sea on a cargo ship named Jaladuta. He had two heart attacks, sea sickness, and still he had to cross Africa, the Suez Canal, and the entire Atlantic O
Sivarama Swami, a GBC leader, preacher, and educator in Hungary, Romania and Turkey and a member of the SPN's Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee speaks on strategic planning work helping to insure that ISKCON can become the movement Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya envisioned it to be. After all, he says, everything in the spiritual world is strategically planned and organized to the highest standard, for Krishna's pleasure. In ISKCON we want to facilitate u
Today, Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member and a member of the SPN's Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee explains why the GBC is investing so much time and energy in planning for ISKCON's future.
http://gbc.iskcon.org/2015/01/29/why-do-strategic-planning/
Sesa Prabhu, a GBC member and a member of two SPN committees, Education and Constitution, speaks on Srila Prabhupada being the first strategic thinker among us, his vision for education being an example
Nityananda’s Paduka (Shoes) Bless the Grand Opening of TOVP Seva Office in Mayapur
On February 1st, 2015, Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s Appearance Day, the TOVP Seva Office in Mayapur officially opened with a grand celebration consisting of Lord Nityananda’s Paduka (shoes) leaving the altar for the first time to bless the occasion.
There was a grand procession with Srila Prabhupada taking the lead. The loud chanting of the Vedic Mantras by the Gurukul Boys of Sri Dham Mayapur added to the auspiciousn
Another new audiobook at bbtmedia.com:
"Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead" by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
French audiobook edition
Narrator: Nara-narayana Dasa
Fifty centuries ago Krishna descended from the transcendental world to show us His eternal spiritual activities. His acts reveal the fullest concept of God and attract us to join Him again. They are tangible subjects upon which to meditate.
Sri Krishna's life is fascinating and highly entertaining-e
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From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 3, 2015
Speaker: HH Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Swami
Subject: SB 6.3.29
Reading from SB 6.3.29, "Yamaraj Instructs His Messengers"
jihva na vakti bhagavad-guna-namadheyam
cetas ca na smarati tac-caranaravindam
krsnaya no namati yac-chira ekadapi
tan anayadhvam asato 'krta-visnu-krtyan
"My dear se
TEXT 18
ahankaram balam darpam
kamam krodham ca samsritah
mam atma-para-dehesu
pradvisanto 'bhyasuyakah
SYNONYMS
ahankaram--false ego; balam--strength; darpam--pride; kamam--lust; krodham--anger; ca--also; samsritah--having taken shelter of;mam--Me; atma--one's own; para dehesu--in other bodies;pradvisantah--blasphemes; abhyasuyakah--envious.
TRANSLATION
Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his ow
This is spiritual life. When we are not at all concerned with this body, material body, that is the beginning of spiritual life. And so long we are interested with the dead lump of matter without any information of the spirit soul within it, that is material life. This is the difference between material life and spiritual life.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Most of us are familiar with the name Bhagavad Gita – the Eternal song (Gita) of the Lord (Bhagavan – Shri Krishna). The similarity between Bhagavad Gita & Vibheeshana Gita is that, both were sung by the Lord and that too in the battlefield. Yet there is a difference. Lord Krishna gives the knowledge of the Self in Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna because Arjuna, despite of having the best of skills and knowledge, loses his identity and purpose of living at the time of war. To such an individual who is f
TEXT 17
atma-sambhavitah stabdha
dhana-mana-madanvitah
yajante nama-yajnais te
dambhenavidhi-purvakam
SYNONYMS
atma-sambhavitah--self-complacent; stabdhah--impudent; dhana-mana--wealth and false prestige; mada anvitah--absorbed in pride;yajante--perform sacrifices; nama--in name only; yajnaih--with such a sacrifice; te--they; dambhena--out of pride; avidhi-purvakam--without following any rules and regulations.
TRANSLATION
Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they
So the Krsna consciousness movement is very important movement. It is neither manufactured nor unauthorized. It is authorized, the oldest. Yogah proktah puratanah. Krsna said to Arjuna that "I am repeating the same yoga, puratanam. Krsna does not say that "I am manufacturing another system of yoga." No. "I am speaking to you the same yoga system."
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
Krishna consciousness, Dharmic and Abrahamic faiths
- Veerendra Ekbote
The most ancient literature revealed by Supreme God for mankind through the Sages namely the Rigveda proclaims that ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti’ which means the Supreme God is one, however wise people in different parts of the world call and worship him by different names as per their realizations. B
Hare Krishna
3rd, February, 2015, Gurgaon.
After the last blog on `demons in Krishna Lila‘ I thought let me share more anarthas as described in detail in Madhurya kadambini, I also took the help of VIHE book ‘demons in Vrindavana Lila’ to write this blog. This topic also connects with the earlier blog How to change our heart.
At one level we hear that bhakti is causeless meaning that there is no cause for bhakti (like pious deeds, austerity, penance, etc.), bhakti is independent. I heard a beautif
