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TEXT 15
arjuna uvaca
pasyami devams tava deva dehe
sarvams tatha bhuta-visesa-sanghan
brahmanam isam kamalasana-stham
rsims ca sarvan uragams ca divyan
SYNONYMS
arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; pasyami--I see; devan--all the demigods; tava--Your; deva--O Lord; dehe--in the body; sarvan--all; tatha--also; bhuta--living entities; visesa-sanghan--specifically assembled; brahmanam--Lord Brahma; isam--Lord Siva; kamala-asana-stham--sitting on the lotus flower; rsin--great sages; ca--also; sarvan--all; uraga
Lecture on When Suffering is Mercy by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 20 June 2011 at Kornas Gard
(Madhavananda Das, joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj to edit his lectures into publications.)
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Lecture on Modern Civilization is failing by Giriraj Swami on 26 June 2014 at Santa Barbara
(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)
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Lecture on Spiritual Medicine Material Disease by His Grace Nirantara Prabhu on 29 June 2014
(His Grace Nirantara Prabhu got his 2nd birth. From 1973 until 1980 he served the mission as a brahmacari in the capacity of book distribution, either directly or as a back-up helper. From 1980 until the present, he has tried to serve the will of Srila Prabhupada by preaching through lectures and music concerts. )
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Lecture on Having entered into world of inert matter the jiva becomes bewildered and lonely by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 19 Dec 2013
(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)
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Lecture on Chanting by HH Niranjana Swami on 28 Jan 2014 at Germany
(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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Lecture on Life and Work of Bhakti Vinoda Thakur 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 How to avoid fault finding and respect others by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 22 Aug 2013 at Pune
(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 Complex and Simple Reality by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 26 May 2014 at Los Angeles
(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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By Basu Ghosh Das
Pictures posted on the internet: http://tinyurl.com/p527h3n
On Sunday, June 29, 2014, corresponding to aashaadh shukla dvitiya, ISKCON Baroda organized a massive Jagannath Rathayatra procession and festival through the streets of Baroda City.
Before the Rathayatra procession began in the afternoon, prominent political and social leaders of the city visited the Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar Mandir at ISKCON Baroda in the morning for darshan of the Deities at 8:00 am.
Among the dign
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.
भगवद्-भक्त के 28 गुण :
श्री कृष्ण ने श्री उद्धव को बद्ध तथा मुक्त जीवों के लक्षण बताते समय भगवद्-भक्त (सन्त पुरुष) के इन 28 गुणों का वर्णन किया (SB.11.11.29-32):
1. वह अन्यों के कष्ट को सहन न करने वाला होता है |
2. वह कभी दूसरों को हानि नहीं पहुंचाता |
3. दूसरों के आक्रामक होने पर भी वह सहिष्णु होता है |
4. सारे जीवों को क्षमा करने वाला होता है |
5. उसकी शक्ति तथा जीवन की सार्थकता
TEXT 14
tatah sa vismayavisto
hrsta-roma dhananjayah
pranamya sirasa devam
krtanjalir abhasata
SYNONYMS
tatah--thereafter; sah--he; vismaya-avistah--being overwhelmed with wonder; hrsta-roma--with his bodily hairs standing on end due to his great ecstasy; dhananjayah--Arjuna; pranamya--offering obeisances; sirasa--with the head; devam--to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krta-anjalih--with folded hands; abhasata--began to say.
TRANSLATION
Then, bewildered and astonished, his hair standing on end
TEXT 13
tatraika-stham jagat krtsnam
pravibhaktam anekadha
apasyad deva-devasya
sarire pandavas tada
SYNONYMS
tatra--there; eka-stham--one place; jagat--universe; krtsnam--completely; pravibhaktam--divided in; anekadha--many kinds; apasyat--could see; deva-devasya--of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarire--in the universal form; pandavah--Arjuna; tada--at that time.
TRANSLATION
At that time Arjuna could see in the universal form of the Lord the unlimited expansions of the universe situated in
In the Fall of 2011 I was privileged to visit a place which I found after walking the ground to be a sort of heaven on earth. I fell in love with this piece of land set back in the hill of West Virginia. I also fell in love with the people who lived there, the devotee of Krishna. One person in particular, after being introduced to her, became a mother to me and took me under her wing. She loved me even though I am a stubborn quirky sort. This is her grace Malati Devi Dasi. She gave me less
The pioneer of 24 Hours Kirtan
H.G. Aindra Prabhu received harinama-diksa on Nityananda Trayodasi in 1974 from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Washington D.C. For many years, he was serving as a pujari at the temple and was regularly going out on harinama-sankirtana and book distribution in that area.
After several visits to Sri Vrindavan-dhama, he then got the inspiration within his heart to re-inaugurate the 24 hour-kirtana which had originally been established by Srila Prabhupada i
Hare Krishna
dandavat pranam
In Mayapur, there are some mothers alone with their children. I thought it may be appropriate to share this memory of a Prabhupada conversation/incident in this regard. It was told to me by my god-sister Kisori who cooked for Srila Prabhupada, mostly when he was in Vrndavan.
Kisori was in the habit of sitting quietly almost invisible in the corner of Prabhupada's room hoping for an opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada, meanwhile absorbing all the instructions and
I have a very eclectic spiritual belief system. I was brought up on a wonderful foundation of Judaism and Christianity. Most of my life I have been a Christian minister, preacher, teacher, and counselor. I studied Krishna Consciousnesses as a teenager when questioning everything, parents encouraged me to find my path. I then put it away, as accepting it as a part of God, but not for me at the time. Later in life I picked it up again. I am one to read all ancient scripture and accept as rele
TEXT 12
divi surya-sahasrasya
bhaved yugapad utthita
yadi bhah sadrsi sa syad
bhasas tasya mahatmanah
SYNONYMS
divi--in the sky; surya--sun; sahasrasya--of many thousands; bhavet--there were; yugapat--simultaneously; utthita--present; yadi--if; bhah--light; sadrsi--like that; sa--that; syat--may be; bhasah--effulgence; tasya--there is; maha-atmanah--of the great Lord.
TRANSLATION
If hundreds of thousands of suns rose up at once into the sky, they might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person
Dear devotees and friends,
A new audio book is out now –
“The Nectar of Instruction” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: http://bbtmedia.com/en/audiobook/en-noi
There have also been a few additions to our ebooks family recently –
Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrita, Part One, by Srila Sanatana Goswami: http://bbtmedia.com/en/ebook/en-bb1
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto One, in Russian: http://bbtmedia.com/en/ebook/ru-sb-1
As well as two Bhagavad-gitas:
In Hungarian: http://bbtmedia.com/e
