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Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It’s been a year since Mayapurmemories.com – online devotional store has been launched. Its been a fun year for the few of us who are providing service to devotees worldwide by sending devotional goods right at your door from Mayapur Dham.

We really appreciate all the kind support devotees all over have given to us and encouraged us to provide this service. By your blessing we hope to continue to grow in quality of

TEXT 6

dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin 
daiva asura eva ca 
daivo vistarasah prokta 
asuram partha me srnu

SYNONYMS

dvau--two; bhuta-sargau--created living beings; loke--in the world; asmin--this; daivah--godly; asurah--demoniac; eva--certainly;ca--and; daivah--divine; vistarasah--at great length; proktah--said;asuram--demoniac; partha--O son of Prtha; me--from Me; srnu--just hear.

TRANSLATION

O son of Prtha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demoni

It was a strange sight: In the middle of a vacant lot strewn with rubble and the metal bars that had once supported the temple structure were the beautiful Radha-Krsna Deities, Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari, dressed in Their green and silver outfits and garlanded with flowers. They stood on Their carved teakwood altar amid the fragrant scent of burning incense and the warm glow of ghee lamps. Only two or three small pieces of the roof over Them had been removed; otherwise, They and Their Deity room

TEXT 5

daivi sampad vimoksaya 
nibandhayasuri mata 
ma sucah sampadam daivim 
abhijato 'si pandava

SYNONYMS

daivi--transcendental; sampat--nature; vimoksaya--meant for liberation; nibandhaya--for bondage; asuri--demoniac qualities;mata--it is considered; ma--do not; sucah--worry; sampadam--nature;daivim--transcendental; abhijatah--born; asi--you are; pandava--O son of Pandu.

TRANSLATION

The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not w

In year 1999, when I was in final year of BTech program from VRCE Nagpur (Now VNIT Nagpur), His Grace Muneesh Garg came to our hostel in Nagpur. His Grace Muneesh Garg after being selected in UPSC exam joined IRS Training center at Nagpur. Earlier he was pursuing his MTech From  IIT Delhi where he started spiritual practices under guidance of Dr PV Krishnan (His Grace Krishna Smarana Prabhu) who was Associate Professor in department of Applied Mechanics. Dr PV Krishnan Used to conduct spiritual

Hare Krishna

17th Jan, 2015, Gurgaon.

More than a year back, HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj came to ISKCON Gurgaon centre and spoke a verse from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta which somehow slowly, yet firmly, got settled inside my heart. Maharaj instructed everyone to memorise this wonderful verse. The verse was

sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa
mathurā-vāsa, śrī-mūrtira śraddhāya sevana

“One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, reside at Ma

TEXT 4

dambho darpo 'bhimanas ca 
krodhah parusyam eva ca 
ajnanam cabhijatasya 
partha sampadam asurim

SYNONYMS

dambhah--pride; darpah--arrogance; abhimanah--conceit; ca--and; krodhah--anger; parusyam--harshness; eva--certainly; ca--and;ajnanam--ignorance; ca--and; abhijatasya--one who is born of;partha--O son of Prtha; sampadam--nature; asurim--demoniac.

TRANSLATION

Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance--these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Prtha.

PURPORT

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"Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher" by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

English audiobook edition Narrator: Michael Scherer

"Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher" tells the inspiring story of a remarkable man and his remarkable achievement. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - philosopher, scholar, religious leader, author - founded the Hare Krishna movement in 1966, effectively transplanting India's spiritual culture of bhakti yoga from India to America. In his seventies and with almos

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

We are happy to announce the first event this year in Vrndavana Dhama in honor of the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's historic journey on the Jaladutta to start this wonderful ISKCON mission, AND in honor of the 40th anniversary of the historic Opening of the Krishna Balarama Mandir. On Vasant Pancami, 24, January  2015 we will inaugaurate a fantastic presentation of the  Changing Bodies Diorama upstairs

TEXT 1-3

sri-bhagavan uvaca 
abhayam sattva-samsuddhir 
jnana-yoga-vyavasthitih 
danam damas ca yajnas ca 
svadhyayas tapa arjavam

ahimsa satyam akrodhas 
tyagah santir apaisunam 
daya bhutesv aloluptvam 
mardavam hrir acapalam

tejah ksama dhrtih saucam 
adroho nati-manita 
bhavanti sampadam daivim 
abhijatasya bharata

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;abhayam--fearlessness; sattva-samsuddhih--purification of one's existence; jnana--knowledge; yoga--of linking up; vyavasthiti

Lecture on What is the real happiness how to achieve it by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(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 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 31 Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization  by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Dec 2014

(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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Lecture on Harihara Kshetra-About Harihara Dieties by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on Nov 2014 at Mayapur

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Lecture on Leading Marriage Life Knowing Well Its Purpose by Jayadvaita Swami on 11 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 Study the Exhalted by Indradyumna Swami at Auckland on 12 March 1991
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 01, Text 04-06)

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 71 Peace comes not by relocation but by Renunciation  by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Oct 2014

(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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TEXT 20

iti guhyatamam sastram 
idam uktam mayanagha 
etad buddhva buddhiman syat 
krta-krtyas ca bharata

SYNONYMS

iti--thus; guhya-tamam--the most confidential; sastram--revealed scripture; idam--this; uktam--disclosed; maya--by Me; anagha--O sinless one; etat--this; buddhva--understanding; buddhi-man--intelligent; syat--one becomes; krta-krtyah--the most perfect; ca--and;bharata--O son of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is disclose