Lecture on Bhaktivedanta Hospital Annual Day by HH Radhanath Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at Mumbai
(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)
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Lecture On Appearance Day of Gopal Bhatt Goswami by Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami on 10 Jan 2015 at Punjabi Bagh
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Lecture on Illuminate your heart this Diwali 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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Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
On the most auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi, we have put together this special edition of NBS. In this issue, we have covered:
1) Nityananda Prabhu - The most munificent incarnation
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
2) If you do not believe in Lord Nityananda, you will fall down
Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami
3) The Divine Command of Çr
TEXT 10
kamam asritya duspuram
dambha-mana-madanvitah
mohad grhitvasad-grahan
pravartante 'suci-vratah
SYNONYMS
kamam--lust; asritya--taking shelter of; duspuram--insatiable;dambha--pride; mana--false prestige; mada-anvitah--absorbed in conceit; mohat--by illusion; grhitva--taking; asat--nonpermanent;grahan--things; pravartante--flourish; asuci--unclean; vratah--avowed.
TRANSLATION
The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn t
So India especially, we have got so much advantages, so many Vedic literatures, and instruction by Krsna, instruction by Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami. So we can very easily make our life perfect. In other countries they cannot. They haven't got the advantage. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission is that those who are born in India, special privilege, they should take advantage of this infallible experience of the great sages, saintly persons, even by God personally. Why you should neglect this
Lecture on Where Does Demoniac Tendencies Lead to by Jayadvaita Swami on 10 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty
(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07 Chapter 08 Text 47 Bhagavan Se Jyada Suddha Bhakto Ka Sanga Sreyaskar by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 20 Oct 2014 at Vallabh Vidyanagar
(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 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Vrindavan Visit by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 02 Jan 2015 at Bhaktivedanta Manor
(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)
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Lecture on Should Disciples give Diksa to devotees by HH Sivarama Swami on 13 Jan 2015 at UK
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)
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TEXT 9
etam drstim avastabhya
nastatmano 'lpa-buddhayah
prabhavanty ugra-karmanah
ksayaya jagato 'hitah
SYNONYMS
etam--thus; drstim--vision; avastabhya--accepting; nasta--lost;atmanah--self; alpa-buddhayah--less intelligent; prabhavanti--flourish; ugra-karmanah--in painful activities; ksayaya--for destruction; jagatah--of the world; ahitah--unbeneficial.
TRANSLATION
Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible work
Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita by HG Devakinandana Prabhu on 01 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Juhu
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 17 Text 08 by Nava Yogendra Swami at Punjabi Bagh on 20 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Juhu
(Nava Yogendra Swami Naishtik Brahmachari left home at a very young age of 9 years to become Sadhu and lived in jungles. Returned home and again left at the age of 17 years and lived at Shri Vrindavana dham. Became the disciple of His Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in the year 1974.)
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Lecture on One Spark of Krishna's Opulence by Jayadvaita Swami on 18 Jan 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty
(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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Lecture on Should Disciples give Diksa to devotees by HH Sivarama Swami on 11 Jan 2015 at UK
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)
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TEXT 8
asatyam apratistham te
jagad ahur anisvaram
aparaspara-sambhutam
kim anyat kama-haitukam
SYNONYMS
asatyam--unreal; apratistham--without foundation; te--they; jagat--the cosmic manifestation; ahuh--is said; anisvaram--with no controller; aparaspara--by mutual lust; sambhutam--cause; kim anyat--there is no other cause; kama-haitukam--it is due to lust only.
TRANSLATION
They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desir
Mahatma Prabhu just released a new CD. (You can hear samples of it, download songs or order the CD at:
http://mahatmadas.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7e17f0fb67f8dbab3113e139&id=c27177ed81&e=18e9d139c7).
He also made a music video of one song and is asking devotees to send the link to as many people as possible, share it with their email address books, on their FB page, etc. and send it with the message below.
I am sending you a link to a very special music video that has just been rele
TEXT 7
pravrttim ca nivrttim ca
jana na vidur asurah
na saucam napi cacaro
na satyam tesu vidyate
SYNONYMS
pravrttim--proper action; ca--also; nivrttim--improper action; ca--and; janah--persons; na--never; viduh--know; asurah--demoniac qualities; na--never; saucam--cleanliness; na--nor; api--also; ca--and;acarah--behavior; na--never; satyam--truth; tesu--in them; vidyate--there is.
TRANSLATION
Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor pr
So this spiritual platform, to reach, requires gradually process of cultivation, and there is no difficulty to reach the spiritual platform. But first of all, the training of the mind is practiced by the yoga system. Yoga means to control the mind. Our mind at the present moment, being too much attached to this body, it is busy in bodily comforts. Therefore the real yoga system is to divert the mind towards God, to control the mind from material engagement and divert it to spiritual engagement,
31st January, Varaha Dvadasi will mark 12 years since the opening of our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate, we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads on 8 Feb. Programs will be going on from 31 jan-15 Feb.
We will depart almost every morning from Krishna Balaram Mandir by bus and go on parikrama to different pastime places o
