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TEXT 12

yad aditya-gatam tejo
jagad bhasayate 'khilam
yac candramasi yac cagnau
tat tejo viddhi mamakam

SYNONYMS

yat--that which; aditya-gatam--in the sunshine; tejah--splendor; jagat--the whole world; bhasayate--illuminates; akhilam--entirely; yat--that which; candramasi--in the moon; yat--that which; ca--also; agnau--in the fire; tat--that; tejah--splendor; viddhi--understand; mamakam--from Me.

TRANSLATION

The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. An

So nobody can kill God. The demons, godless society, they simply want to kill God. But actually, God is never killed, but the demon is killed by God. That is the law of nature. This is the instruction from Prahlada Maharaja's life. We can understand that as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuh sarva-haras caham [Bg. 10.34]. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that "I am also death in the shape of taking away everything, whatever you possess." We are very much proud of possessing material things

TEXT 11

yatanto yoginas cainam
pasyanty atmany avasthitam
yatanto 'py akrtatmano
nainam pasyanty acetasah

SYNONYMS

yatantah--endeavoring; yoginah--transcendentalists; ca--also; enam--this; pasyanti--can see; atmani--in the self; avasthitam--situated; yatantah--although endeavoring; api--although; akrta-atmanah--without self-realization; na--does not; enam--this; pasyanti--can see; acetasah--undeveloped mind.

TRANSLATION

The endeavoring transcendentalist, who is situated in self-realization, can see a

The immediate result and remote result is described in Sanskrit word, sreyas and preyas. Preyas means immediate benefit and sreyas means ultimate benefit. So those who are interested in the ultimate benefit go back to home, back to Godhead. For them, worshiping the Supreme Lord is most beneficial. And those who are interested in the matter of temporary benefit, dhanam dehi, rupam dehi, yaso dehi. Just like by worshiping goddess Durga we want all these things. But we forget that whatever we get,

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dear Devotees,

Feel fortunate and blessed being a ISKCON Devotee and more so blessed by the LORD to worship HIM.

I have been designing costumes and have been doing customized stitching for women and always had a passion to design outfits for the LORD seeing their costumes at the ISKCON TEMPLE.

I  have been a regular at JUHU ISKCON and felt very elated, blessed and happy to have been given an opportunity to design the outfit for the LORD for the Jhark

 Jayadeva Goswami has written this song "Sri Sri Dasavatara Stotra". This song is taken from the book Gita Govinda.

(1)
pralaya-payodhi-jale dhritavan asi vedam vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam
kesava dhrita-mina-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

(2)
kshitir iha vipulatare tishthati tava prishthe
dharani-dharana-kina-cakra-garishthe
kesava dhrita-kurma-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

(3)
vasati dasana-sikhare dharani tava lagna
sasini kalanka-kaleva nimagna
kesava dhrita-sukara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

(4)
tava kara-kamala-

Predictions vs. protection

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 October 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.18)

There was a pujari in Mayapur, in the early days, worshipping Radha Madhava. He was a grhasta; he had a family and a few children.

One day, he went to an astrologer and an astrologer who looked at his chart and his palm and he said, “Oh, within three months from now, you will leave your family and you will start a new family.”

He said, “Ah, come on, you know. Nah, that is too m

I found a very inspiring mail so sharing eher.I hope this will inspires others also..

Seeing good in everyone

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Many times when we are placed in trying situations, we lose our patience and try to always retaliate the people who trouble us. Even if that person is elder or younger to us, anger blinds us. And all we want is to shout back and prove that we are right and that they are

TEXT 10

utkramantam sthitam vapi
bhunjanam va gunanvitam
vimudha nanupasyanti
pasyanti jnana-caksusah

SYNONYMS

utkramantam--quitting the body; sthitam--situated in the body; va api--either; bhunjanam--enjoying; va--or; guna-anvitam--under the spell of the modes of material nature; vimudhah--foolish persons; na--never; anupasyanti--can see; pasyanti--one can see; jnana-caksusah--one who has the eyes of knowledge.

TRANSLATION

The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We would like to bring your attention to our latest newsletter.

Within the newsletter contains a highlight on an AFFCAP-certified gaushala, a Day in the Life of an AFFCAP inspector, etc. In addition, there are two articles of note, one by Shivali Miglani, who writes profoundly on the importance of cow protection and ends with a request to sign a petition advocating the adoption of recommendations from t

The TOVP Fundraising Team announces yet another opportunity to help build the Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: The Radha Madhava Brick. Sri Sri Radha Madhava and the Ashta Sakhis have been in their current “temporary” building since 1972, waiting now for 42 years for Their new temple to be built. With the progress of the TOVP steadily moving along Their new home and altar will be ready for Them by 2022. 

So we must be very serious to understand Bhagavatam. If we can understand even one line, one verse, our life becomes sublime. It is so nice. There is no comparison of this literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam. That we are actually finding in the Western countries, how nicely they are receiving these granthas. We have translated into English, and they're enjoying. Actually that is the fact. Nityam bhagavata-sevaya [SB 1.2.18]. Now, our problem, what is this problem? Problem is that we have got so many d

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

By the mercy of sadhus and Vaishanavas, attached is the third issue of NBS.

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 13 Text 04-09 You Are committing Sins on the Strength of Chanting by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 01 Dec 2014 at New Goloka

(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Dhruva Charitra by HH Lokanath Swami on 25 Dec 2014 at Pune

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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So Pariksit Maharaja had a notice of death for seven days, but we do not know what is the notice. We can die immediately. So how much for us it is necessary to chant Hare Krsna mantra. Pariksit Maharaja had some time. This Bhagavata-saptaha is imitated under Pariksit Maharaja's... Pariksit Maharaja had only seven days' time, so he might have listened to the Bhagavata lesson for seven days. But for us, it is not that we observe a Bhagavata-saptaha and finish our business. No. Our business is nity

Recently a movie "PK" has been released. In this movie certain spiritual practices have not been represented in a proper way. There is a possibility that innocent people may get a wrong idea about religion.

Click here to view an excellent review of the movie by His Grace Chaitanya Charan Das based on teachings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 16 Text 40 by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 02 Dec 2014 at Punjabi Bagh

(HH Gopal Krishna Maharaj appeared on the auspicious day of Ekadasi, on August 14, 1944 in New Delhi, India. After graduating from the Delhi University, His Holiness studied Business Management at the University of Paris in Sorbonne and later obtained his Master's degree in Business Administration.)

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