Lecture on Hitting Life's Curve Balls by HG Charu Prabhu
(Caru Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)
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Lecture on Never Lose heart by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Oct 2014
(His Grace 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 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02 Chapter 05 Text 04 Follow the orders of your Guru dont Speculate by HH Indradyumna Swami on 14 March 1979 at New Mayapur
(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.)
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Lecture on Sri Gopastami by HG Jananivas Prabhu on 31 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur
(HG Jananivas prabhu, the head pujari of Mayapur and the most senior and respected pujari in ISKCON. On order of Srila Prabhupada, he shifted to Mayapur and took up the seva of being a pujari. He and his brother, His Grace Pankajanghri Prabhu have been serving in Mayapur for many decades. Soft spoken but deep with realisations.)
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Mayapur Chandra and his wife Campakalata were born and raised as devotees of Krishna, though they spent most of their lives in America. Both children of Srila Prabhupada disciples, they maintained their faith in devotion to Radha and Krishna, and in 2005 fulfilled their heart’s desire to come and live with their family in the holy dham. They made their home in Anyor, the site of Krishna’s original Govardhan Puja and Annakut festival.
Desiring to combine their residence in the holy land with som
On the 19th of October, the youngsters of Patna, capital of Bihar state, participated in the greatest youth festival ever conducted by ISKCON there. A total of 1800 students took part in this festival called, ‘Maha Umang - the festival of joy and inspiration’, which was held in Krishna Memorial Auditorium. Most of the students were from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), National Institute of Technology (NIT), and Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), R P Sharma Institute of T
TEXT 31
yada bhuta-prthag-bhavam
eka-stham anupasyati
tata eva ca vistaram
brahma sampadyate tada
SYNONYMS
yada--when; bhuta--living entities; prthak-bhavam--separated identities; eka-stham--situated in one; anupasyati--tries to see through authority; tatah eva--thereafter; ca--also; vistaram--expanded; brahma--the Absolute; sampadyate--attains; tada--at that time.
TRANSLATION
When a sensible man ceases to see different identities, which are due to different material bodies, he attains to the Brahm
So duration of life is very uncertain in this age. At any moment we can die. But this life, this human form of life, is meant for a sublime gain. What is that? To make a permanent solution of the miserable condition of our life. In this... So long we are in this material form, this body, we have to change from one body to another, one body to another. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg. 13.9]. Repeated birth, repeated death. Soul is immortal, eternal, but changing, just like you are changing the dress.
So duration of life is very uncertain in this age. At any moment we can die. But this life, this human form of life, is meant for a sublime gain. What is that? To make a permanent solution of the miserable condition of our life. In this... So long we are in this material form, this body, we have to change from one body to another, one body to another. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg. 13.9]. Repeated birth, repeated death. Soul is immortal, eternal, but changing, just like you are changing the dress.
So duration of life is very uncertain in this age. At any moment we can die. But this life, this human form of life, is meant for a sublime gain. What is that? To make a permanent solution of the miserable condition of our life. In this... So long we are in this material form, this body, we have to change from one body to another, one body to another. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg. 13.9]. Repeated birth, repeated death. Soul is immortal, eternal, but changing, just like you are changing the dress.
Lecture on Perfect Philosophy Practice and Lifestyle by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 26 Sep 2014 at Damodaradesh
(HH 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 Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 14 Text 17 What is Real Detachment by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 30 Sep 2014 at Brisbane
(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. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada’s scholarship and saintliness.)
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Lecture on Need for Growth by HH Vishwarup Prabhu on 07 Aug 2014 at PV Doshi
(He is a spiritual counsellor at Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Gopal's Garden High School & at ISKCON Chowpatty temple. He is a regular spiritual speaker on TV. He loves preaching & takes devotees on yatra regularly. Besides being a counsellor, he also serves ISKCON by playing the role of administrator trustee at the school and hospital.)
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Lecture on Attaining the Land of Faith by HH Sivarama Swami on 25 Oct 2014 at India
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)
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TEXT 30
prakrtyaiva ca karmani
kriyamanani sarvasah
yah pasyati tathatmanam
akartaram sa pasyati
SYNONYMS
prakrtya--by material nature; eva--certainly; ca--also; karmani--activities; kriyamanani--engaged in performing; sarvasah--in all respects; yah--anyone who; pasyati--sees; tatha--also; atmanam--himself; akartaram--non-doer; sah--he; pasyati--sees perfectly.
TRANSLATION
One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self does
Prabhupada: Yes. So this material world is perverted reflection of the original energy. So this "Hare" means we are directly approaching the original energy of the Supreme Lord. "Please accept me, under You. Now I am under reflection. I am trying to get substance from the reflection." Suppose a tree is reflected by the bank of a river, the exact. So if somebody dives into the river and tries to take fruit from that tree, it will not be possible because that is reflection. One has to go to the re
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 April 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture)
Whenever we discuss kanistha, madhyama and uttama, it starts to feel like we are beginning to measure vaisnavas with a measuring tape! As soon as you start measuring vaisnavas with a measuring tape, there is a great risk to minimize the vaisnavas because a vaisnava is so difficult to measure. No one fits into a box; everyone has done something extraordinary for Krsna! Therefore who fits into any box – kanistha, madhyama, utta
Seminar on The Story of Arjuna by HH Sachinandana Swami on 21 Oct 2014
(Born in 1954 in Hamburg, Germany, At a young age, he began searching for answers anywhere they could be found—from the esoteric teachings of the old world spiritual traditions to the modern theories of psychology and parapsychology.)
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