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TEXT 37

vrsninam vasudevo 'smi
pandavanam dhananjayah
muninam apy aham vyasah
kavinam usana kavih

SYNONYMS

vrsninam--of the descendants of Vrsni; vasudevah--Krsna in Dvaraka; asmi--I am; pandavanam--of the Pandavas; dhananjayah--Arjuna; muninam--of the sages; api--also; aham--I am; vyasah--Vyasa, the compiler of all Vedic literature; kavinam--of all great thinkers; usana--Usana; kavih--the thinker.

TRANSLATION

Of the descendants of Vrsni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages

Prabhupada: Yes. That is conditioning, certainly. The position is that you must be under certain condition. That is your position. So if you become conditioned by God, that is your perfection. And if you become conditioned by maya, that is your trouble. You must be conditioned. That is your position. You cannot be independent. And therefore, if you become naturally conditioned, then that is your happy life. Just as child, he must be conditioned. But when he is conditioned by his parents, that is

Hare Krishna.

9th June, 2014, Gurgaon.

Q: Can one advance in Krishna consciousness without the Association of devotees ? What are the benefits in taking association of devotees ?

Ans: One cannot advance in Krishna consciousness without the association of devotees.

satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati.

‘The spiritually powerful message of Godhead can be properly discussed only in a society of devote

TEXT 36

dyutam chalayatam asmi
tejas tejasvinam aham
jayo 'smi vyavasayo 'smi
sattvam sattvavatam aham

SYNONYMS

dyutam--gambling; chalayatam--of all cheats; asmi--I am; tejah--splendid; tejasvinam--of everything splendid; aham--I am; jayah--victory; asmi--I am; vyavasayah--adventure; asmi--I am; sattvam--strength; sattva-vatam--of all the strong; aham--I am.

TRANSLATION

I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of th

So that one God is supplying the necessities of life. That is His condition. Suppose you are giving me all necessities of life. Then it is, the best part of my valor is to live under your control. That's all. I cannot be independent. It is not possible. That is the wrong philosophy, that these rascals are thinking of complete independence. That means they are becoming more and more conditioned by this material external energy.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Unfortunately, the managers of the office building did not share the optimistic views of Srila Prabhupada and his followers. They disapproved of our loud kirtanas and received constant complaints from the building's other occupants, protesting the strong, pungent odors which bellowed out from the rear window into the offices above whenever prasadam was prepared. Suddenly, without prior warning, the management served a t

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada's personal experiences and his instructions encouraged the devotees to carry on with their activities. Prabhupada worked with great concentration on his translation of the Bhagavatam, while Dayananda, in his off hours after work, looked for a new temple location, and the sankirtana party went out daily for chanting and Back to Godhead distribution. Prabhupada would still hold evening programs, but now, withou

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Overall, Prabhupada was very pleased with this new facility. He was eager to establish Srila Prabhupada said a regular temple program as quickly as possible. It had not been easy for his disciples. Spread out in different locations, it had been difficult to keep everyone enthused. He had done as best as he could by holding regular evening classes, but without a proper temple, the preaching could not be developed properl

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda

Bhagavad-Gita proposes, that is wonderful thing, if you can stop death. And whole spiritual life means how to stop death.

It is advised in the Bhagavatam, “Don’t accept guru, don’t be father, don’t be mother, if you cannot stop death.” Either you don’t accept, or don’t become. Just like they want a guru (spiritual master) – so don’t accept a guru who cannot stop you

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Our sankirtana party had been going out daily, pushing Back to Godhead distribution and holding kirtanas throughout the city. The small house which we had rented was easy to maintain, and the low rent allowed us to save a major part of our collections. Prabhupada had discussed with me the possibility of a world tour beginning in Europe, and I had been saving money with this in mind. Our days were free of worry as we conc

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Just few weeks before His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaj left this world, His Holiness had requested Srila Guru Maharaja to visit the West African countries and to care for His disciples there. Since the time His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami left this material world, Srila Guru Maharaja had visited Ghana and Nigeria once in the Year 2006 and 2007 respectively. Unfortunately, Srila Guru Maharaja had not visited the West African countries ever since Srila Guru Maharaja fell ill in 2008.

Now

Prabhupada: Unless we are very sincere, we cannot cope with maya. That is not possible. If you remain a servant of maya, you cannot conquer over maya. You must be very sincere servant of Krsna. Then you can conquer. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te. It is clearly said. Otherwise you are subjected to the tricks of maya.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (02.09.36) by Vedavyasapriya Swami on 26 May 2014 at ISKCON Melbourne

(His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaja, born in an Audichya Sahasra Brahmana family on 1st August 1944 in the town of Kadod, Gujarat, India, on Sravan Sud Dwadashi, also celebrated as Pavitra Dwadashi, that follows Pavitraropana Ekadashi.)

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