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TEXT 16

aneka-citta-vibhranta 
moha-jala-samavrtah 
prasaktah kama-bhogesu 
patanti narake 'sucau

SYNONYMS

aneka--numerous; citta vibhrantah--perplexed by anxieties; moha--of illusions; jala--by a network; samavrtah--surrounded; prasaktah--attached; kama--lust; bhogesu--sense gratification; patanti--glides down; narake--into hell; asucau--unclean.

TRANSLATION

Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into

One who has got this divya-jnana, vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma, that is mahatma. But that is very, very rare. Otherwise, mahatma like me, they are loitering in the street. That is. So you should always remember this word, divya-jnana hrde prakasito. And because the spiritual master enlightens the divya-jnana, one feels obliged to him. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasya prasadan na gatih kuto 'pi **. So this guru-puja essential. As the Deity worship essential... It is not cheap adoration. I

Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON

By Basu Ghosh Das

Pictures can be seen on the  internet (google plus):

http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.

Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.

Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past

Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON

By Basu Ghosh Das

Pictures can be seen on the  internet (google plus):

http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.

Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.

Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past 4

Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore organzied by ISKCON

By Basu Ghosh Das

Pictures can be seen on the  internet (google plus):

http://tinyurl.com/oj2rg5p

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, ISKCON Indore organized a grand Jagannath Rathayatra festival.

Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, was visited by Srila Prabhupada and the first large group of disciples he brought to India back during 1970/1971.

Today, due to the rapid urbanization and industrialization of India over the past 4

Hare Krishna.
1st Feb, 2015, Gurgaon.

A very happy Nityananand Trayodasi to all the readers, I prayed to Lord Nityanananda for everyone today.

These days I am listening to multiple seminars on Sri Brahma Samhita by senior Vaishanavas. Listening to them is indeed a high point in my tiny devotional life so to speak, most surprisingly they match with whatever I am reading in Srimad Bhagavatam currently (canto 3). So many verses and their purports in Srimad Bhagavatam, and more so in Brahma Samhita, w

TEXT 13-15

idam adya maya labdham 
imam prapsye manoratham 
idam astidam api me 
bhavisyati punar dhanam

asau maya hatah satrur 
hanisye caparan api 
isvaro 'ham aham bhogi 
siddho 'ham balavan sukhi

adhyo 'bhijanavan asmi 
ko 'nyo 'sti sadrso maya 
yaksye dasyami modisya 
ity ajnana-vimohitah

SYNONYMS

idam--this; adya--today; maya--by me; labdham--gained; imam--this; prapsye--I shall gain; manah-ratham--according to my desires;idam--this; asti--there is; idam--this; api--also; me--mine; bhavisyati--will incr

Lecture on Talk on Holy Name and Kirtan by HH Niranjana Swami on 02 Jan 2015 at Cambridge

(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 I am Hurt But I am Here by HG Charu Prabhu

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)

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Lecture on Following Lord Caitanya's Footsteps by HH Romapada Swami in 04 Jan 2015 at Madurai

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)

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Lecture on (SB 03.01.19) Pilgrimage is meant for Purification by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 30 Mar 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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ISKCON DAIVA VARNASRAMA MINISTRY (IDVM) Promoting Rural Development in India

IDVM Secretariat: Room 137, Cakra Bldg, Sri Mayapur, W. Bengal, India

Dear all ,
Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry -INDIA is organising two courses,below are details,

Registraion : Please visit IDVM Secretariat,Room #137,Chakra Building,Sri Dham Mayapur.

WWW.iskconvarnasrama.com

Course 3 –  Organic Farming – By Sanat kumar prabhu/Kalakantha prabhu

So we should not remain vimudha. We should become intelligent. And to make us intelligent, Krsna comes, Krsna's devotees come, some messenger comes. And Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is one of the messengers of Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu to preach Krsna consciousness. And not only he preached, but he trained up many disciples to preach this Krsna consciousness all over the world. So by his grace we are also endeavoring to do something. This is called parampara system. So we should take

TEXT 11-12

cintam aparimeyam ca 
pralayantam upasritah 
kamopabhoga-parama 
etavad iti niscitah

asa-pasa-satair baddhah 
kama-krodha-parayanah 
ihante kama-bhogartham 
anyayenartha-sancayan

SYNONYMS

cintam--fears and anxieties; aparimeyam--unmeasurable; ca--and;pralaya-antam--unto the point of death; upasritah--having taken shelter of them; kama-upabhoga--sense gratification; paramah--the highest goal of life; etavat--thus; iti--in this way; niscitah--ascertained; asa-pasa--entanglements in the network of

Read more about Nityananda Trayodasi on www.harekrishnacalendar.com
Posters of Lord Nityananda on www.images.iskcondesiretree.info
Wallpapers of Lord Nityananda on www.harekrishnawallpapers.com 
Different Names of Lord Nityananda on www.spiritualvedicnames.com
Audio Lectures on Nityanada Trayodasi Festival on www.audio.iskcondesiretree.info
Video Lectures of Nityanada Trayodasi Festival on www.iskcondesiretree.net 

Hare Krishna
31st January, 2015, Gurgaon

We recently did a short class based on the seminar by HH Bhakti Vijana maharaj called `Change the heart’. This is a wonderful seminar by maharaj and I have heard it multiple times, shared with numerous devotees, always hoping that some parts may get absorbed in my polluted consciousness. The seminar is in two parts, in the first part Maharaj explains why we must change our heart and quotes the below verse from SB 1.2.17

Translation
Certainly that heart is s

His Holiness Giriraja Swami speaks about the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and the astounding thing Srila Prabhupada said to him about what would happen if we build this temple.

The cold, crisp 27th day of December dawned as the sankirtan team of ISKCON Silicon Valley was feeling grateful to Krsna for giving it one final opportunity to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books during the marathon.

The team members were already feeling confidence after an energizing conference call with sankirtan leaders the night before. And today they were bringing along their lucky charm, the Kids Sankirtan team, for the first time. As the team loaded books in cars, their faces lit up in