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Narasimha Kavacha 01 - Verses 01-08 - Meditate on the Lord without & within to invoke his protection

 

 Narasimha Kavacha 02 - Verses 09-20 - Remember the Lord for protection of all bodily limbs

 

 Narasimha Kavacha 03 - Verse 21-31 - The reciprocal Lord blesses us according to how we approach him

 

Sri Nrisimha-kavaca-stotram

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nrisimha-kavacam vakshye
prahladenoditam pura
sarva-raksha-karam punyam
sarvopadrava-nasanam


I shall now recite the Nrisimha-kavaca, formerly spoken by Pr

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ISKCON's Contributions to India


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Internationalization of India's spiritual culture - ISKCON's contributions to India Part 2

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Non discrimination in sharing spirituality - ISKCON's contributions to India Part 3

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Development - ISKCON's contributions to India Part 4

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Infrastructure provision for spiritual practice in modern times - ISKCON's contributions to India 5

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Appreciation of India's spiritual culture among Indian youth - ISK
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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Yes. That is good. Whatever possible facility is available from any person, we beg for it for Krsna's service, not for our personal benefit. [break] ...they forget Krsna. They forget Krsna. When they go to worship some other demigod, they forget Krsna, kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah [Bg. 7.20], because they have got so strong material desires that they forget Krsna. That is harmful. Antavat tu phalam tesam [Bg. 7.23]. They get some benefit out of the demigod, but that will not stay. Al

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2514970071?profile=originalSrimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter, 02, text 06 Unfulfillment in Devotional Service by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 10 April 2014 at South Africa

Bhakti Caitanya Swami initially served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and also distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books from 1973 until 1980.Then Bhakti Caitanya Swami moved to South Africa, where, from 1980 to 1982, he served as temple president in the rural community of Cato Ridge. Thereafter he did fund raising for the building of the Temple of Underst

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2514970272?profile=originalVarious - Give Krishna an excuse to save you by HH Sivarama Swami on 2014 May 07 at Budapest

(In 1980 Sivarama Swami moved to the UK, becoming the president of Caitanya College, and the UK’s National Sankirtana leader. He was requested to accept the responsibility and service of a GBC member and ISKCON initiating guru in 1986. In 1988 he took up the leadership of ISKCON in Hungary, while in June 2003, Sivarama Swami stepped down from his GBC duties in UK and Ireland to be able to concentrate on

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2514969931?profile=originalFestivals - Sita Devi-Determined Devotion refuses to choose the easy way out no matter what the Justification by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on May 2014

(He is the associate-editor of ISKCON's global magazine, Back to Godhead. Presently he conducts seminars at various reputed educational institutes all over India including IITs and NITs as well as leading MNCs like Tech Mahindra. He serves as the spokesperson for ISKCON, Pune. He has presented papers on the interface of science and spirituality a

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2514969932?profile=originalHindi Seminars - Ram Katha Day 01 Part 01 by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami - 2014 ISKCON Vrindavan

(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)

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Prabhupada: With gun or without, gun, you will die. The fascist will die and the other party also will die. Gun or without gun, he cannot exist. But our fight is to stop death. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti [Bg. 4.9]. Our fight is for this purpose, no more death. This is real fight.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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The need for spiritual desires

The need for spiritual desire (Excerpts have been used from the lecture “Develop the greed for Krishna” given by HH Bhakti Vijnana Gosvami)  In our daily life we are all influenced by some or the other desires. We all want to do something and that to do something is a desire.  So desire is the basis of our existence. Sastras reveal that we fell into this material world just because of our desire to live independently from Krishna, desire to lord over the material world. According to the degree o
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Touched by Tsunami

This poem was written when Tsunami struck Japan in 2011.

I wrote it in praise for my Lord.

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It always was an unforseen future,

with change Thy will governing nature..

Yet failing to adapt, I remain so blind,

lacking fortitude, fearful creature.. 

One waft of your silent expression,

brings senses alive to realisation,

a reminder of ideals we tend to forget,

to have faith, gratefulness and hold no regret..

Tsunami struck, wars lost,

people astray and gone,

Thank you for m

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 10.26

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asvatthah sarva-vrksanam
devarsinam ca naradah
gandharvanam citrarathah
siddhanam kapilo munih

 

SYNONYMS

asvatthah--the banyan tree; sarva-vrksanam--of all trees; deva-rsinam--of all the sages amongst the demigods; ca--and; naradah--Narada; gandharvanam--the citizens of the Gandharva planet; citrarathah--Citraratha; siddhanam--of all those who are perfected; kapilah munih--Kapila Muni.

 

TRANSLATION

Of all trees I am the holy fig tree, and among sages and demigods I am Narada. Of the singers o

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Thought Of The Day

So Bhagavata says that people are, in the Kali-yuga, they will reduce their strength, their duration of life, their sense of mercifulness, bodily strength. In this way, eight kinds of things will be reduced gradually, and the duration of age will be twenty to thirty years by the end of Kali-yuga.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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08 May 2014

08 May 2014 - Appearance Day of Srimati Sita Devi

Srimati Sita DeviSita Devi, a manifestation of the goddess of fortune, Laksmi Devi, is the eternal consort of Lord Ramacandra.
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08 May 2014 - Disappearance Day of Sri Madhu Pandita

Sri Madhu PanditaMadhu Pandita, a disciple of Sri Gadadhara Pandita, established the temple of Gopinatha in Vrndavana, India.
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08 May 2014 - Appearance Day of Srimati Jahnava Devi

Srimati Jahnava DeviJahnava Mata was the wife of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. Especially after the disappearance of Lord Caitan

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Two Types of Knowledge

2514969022?profile=originalLecture on Two Types of Knowledge by Devamrita Swami at Los Angeles on 04 May 2014

(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)

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