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Śrī Vasudevāshṭakam

(1) So comfortably attired in Thy saffron robes of silk;

So tired from Thy constant work as cosmos’s Upkeeper;

Supine upon Thy serpent couch across the sea of milk…

O Vasudeva, waken in my heart, Thou sacred Sleeper!

(2)   Thou danced on Kāliya’s snake heads & with each pretty Gopi,

And claimed the three worlds with Thy strides, the universe’s Leaper,

So why so still within my heart, just dreaming, drooping dopey?

O Vasudeva, waken in my heart, Thou sacred Sleeper!

(3)   Oh how to

Śrī Hari Vilāpa Chaturdasha-stōtram

Holy Sonnet:

Complaint to our Lord Hari

Our Hari, in my heart’s no charity—

It’s rife with vice & vile conceit,

And, miserly of love, doth cheat

Thee, Lord, in sin’s error’s insincerity.

When will my mind fix on Thy lotus feet

Where’s pinned our Lady of Prosperity,

And, meditating in austerity,

Not fidget, fickle in its yoga seat?

Pray whirl in me Thy dazzling discus blade

To turn my stuck heart chakra’s cog so rusted!

Please wash with lotus dew my mind bedusted!

May on Th

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Dear Devotees,
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 36 The Quality of Forgiveness by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 24 July 2014 at Dobromysh

(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 Srimad Bhagvatam Canto 04 Chapter 22 Text 22 Increasing Attachment to Supreme Lord by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 2014 at Lithuania

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami is mostly engaged in traveling and spreading Krsna consciousness in an authoritative and accessible way. His permanent base is Durban, where his gentle and saintly presence provides stability.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 64-65 Glories of Raghunandan Thakur and Vamsidas Babaji Maharaj by Vishwarup Prabhu on 31 July 2014

(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)

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TEXT 38

tvam adi-devah purusah puranas
tvam asya visvasya param nidhanam
vettasi vedyam ca param ca dhama
tvaya tatam visvam ananta-rupa

SYNONYMS

tvam--You; adi-devah--the original Supreme God; purusah--personality; puranah--old; tvam--You; asya--this; visvasya--universe; param--transcendental; nidhanam--refuge; vetta--knower; asi--You are; vedyam ca--and the knowable; param ca--and transcendental; dhama--refuge; tvaya--by You; tatam--pervaded; visvam--universe; ananta-rupa--unlimited form.

TRANSL

Prabhupada: Samsara-dava. You are singing daily. Samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam **. One who can deliver from this entanglement of material, miserable condition of life, he is guru. That is the first definition of guru. Samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam, praptasya kalyana -- one who has obtained this qualification -- vande guroh sri caranara..., he is guru **.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by Vedavyasapriya Swami on 24 Aug 2010 at Canberra

(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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Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 21 Aug 2013 at Radhadesh

(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 The Pure Intention bestows the Perfect Destination by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on July 2014

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Lila 14-01-05 by HG Vaisesika Prabhu on 02 Aug 2014 at Los Angeles

(For thirty-six years Vaisesika Prabhu has been traveling, lecturing, counseling and inspiring devotees and other serious aspirants of spiritual life throughout the world.)

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TEXT 37

kasmac ca te na nameran mahatman
gariyase brahmano 'py adi-kartre
ananta devesa jagan-nivasa
tvam aksaram sad-asat tat param yat

SYNONYMS

kasmat--why; ca--also; te--unto You; na--not; nameran--offer proper obeisances; maha-atman--O great one; gariyase--You are better than; brahmanah--Brahma; api--although; adi-kartre--the supreme creator; ananta--unlimited; deva-isa--God of the gods; jagat-nivasa--O refuge of the universe; tvam--You are; aksaram--imperishable; sat-asat--cause and effect; t

Real knowledge is expounded in Bhagavad-gita: “Just become Krishna conscious. Just worship Krishna and become a devotee of Krishna.” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.18, Srila Prabhupada

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Śrī Bāla Gopālāshṭakam

Octet to Lord Kṛishṇa as our Child Protector of Cattle

(1) Grant strength, I pray, Gopāla, superhuman powered Tot

Who raised the hill, pulled down two trees, & kicked apart the cart!

And as Thou pilfered from the sleeping cowherd’s yogurt pot,

So please steal sweet devotion from my simple dormant heart.

(2) All poison draughts from Pūtanā Thy cursèd nurse Thou suckled:

Thus, Hari, drain away all evils sickening my breast!

As Gopi wives seduced by flute for Thee made cowherds cuc

. The Hare Krishna Movement, The Positive Alternative 

This is the story of one young teenager who eventually became a devotee of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna by first going into the main Cathedral in Melbourne to pray to Jesus in February 1972. 

When this young man entered the Church as a last resort to find some meaning and purpose to life, he went down on his knees in total helplessness and, with tears in his eyes, prayed to Jesus, “Please use me in your service, in your plan, my life is now us

Hare Krishna.

2nd August, 2014, Gurgaon.

I was sharing yet another mercy of Tulasi maharani at our home with ShyamSundar prabhu yesterday morning. While continuing our conversation over phone, as usual, our discussions went over from one topic to another and in the end we discussed how some devotees should have done such and such thing better and then the conversation ended. After ending our conversation I realised that from sharing a realisation and mercy I went into a judging mood about other de

Lecture on Jeevan ka Antim Lakshya by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 10 Feb 2014 at ISKCON 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 The Only Option by Prahladananada Swami on 18 July 2010 at Los Angeles

(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship.)

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