A Response by Giriraj Swami
December 16, 2007
Chowpatty, Mumbai

After discussing a verse from the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 12, at a Sunday
program at Chowpatty, I invited questions and comments, and a senior
brahmacari preacher responded:

Gauranga dasa: Thank you for a wonderful class. In this same Bhagavad-gita
chapter, entitled “Devotional Service,” in the thirteenth verse, Krsna
speaks about the qualities of pure devotees, thus establishing how pure
devotional service is the highest. Could you pl

Hare Krishna.

20th March, 2014, Gurgaon.

I had a needless argument with HG Shyam Sundar Prabhuji the other day on some particular service which I wanted to undertake. The result of this silly argument (all from my side), however, was a beautiful mail which I received from Prabhuji. I am posting that mail 'as it is' for the benefit of all readers

Hare Krishna Prabhuji,

Dandavat Pranam...PAMHO.

We all know that the most important part of  being Krishna Consciousness is to comprehend and accept that we

H.H Radha Govind Maharaj mentions this incident on his flight from kenya to India...his flight had a transit via kuwait. due to some delay he had to wait for 4-5 hrs at Kuwait.

While chanting Hare Krishna in the airport lounge, 1 airport official watching the indian swami became intrigued and called him over to speak.

At first Maharaj was feeling somewhat reluctant to go ...as he was in a country which may not appreciate his path.

Gathering courage with faith in his Lord, Maharaj went to me

Sri Sri Radha Giridhari, ISKCON San Diego

In the San Diego ISKCON temple in USA, there was a gentleman called *Mr. Prakash*. He was a reserved type of person who would come regularly to the temple feasts but never really showed a lot of enthusiasm. 

One day he had a severe heart attack and was rushed to hospital. During the surgery he almost passed away on four occasions. It was touch and go and he slipped into a coma. He remained that way for several weeks after.

Badrinaraya Prabhu is a seni

ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE AMAZING. HUGE! INCREDIBLE!

1. Between 1968. and 1977. He dictated total of 22,000 pages of text

2. He translated and wrote purports to 18,000 verses of only Srimad Bhagavatam.

3. Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 49.31 years to complete

4. He translated and wrote the purports to the 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita

5. Reading one verse with purport daily would take two years to complete

6. He translated and wrote the purports to the 17 volumes of Ca

Srila Prabhupada: The Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, authored by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, is officially endorsed by ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC).

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Jananivas Prabhu’s service was to bring frankincense to Srila Prabhupada’s room in the evening. He mentioned that usually after you fill a room with frankincense, you open the doors and windows so that the mosquitos go out with the smoke. Srila Prabhupada however liked to keep the smoke within the room and stopped Jananivas Prabhu from opening the doors and windows. Since it was Srila Prabhupada’s darshan time, there would usually be many western devotees in the room and these western devotees

Today we are celebrating Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day, which is the first festival of our Telugu calendar and the first big festival that comes after Sankranti.

Our Andhra festival is known by different names in different states of India like “Gudi Padwa” in Maharastra and “Ugadi” in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Whatever the name this festival takes in different regions, it heralds the dawn of Vasanth Rutu (Spring Season), which is considered the first season of the year (Chaitra Maasam). Ugad

  The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around. The flame of the forest (trees with bright red flowers that blossom during holi) are in full bloom signifying an affluent season.It is believed that the creator of the Hindu pantheon Lord Brahma started creation on this day - Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskarachar

Yugādi, (Ugādi 'Samvatsarādi Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ Yugadi Telugu:Ugadi (ఉగాది/యుగాది), , Konkani/Marathi: युगादि yugādi) is the New Year's Day for the people of the Deccan region of India. The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age". It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra(March–April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new

TEXT 2

na me viduh sura-ganah
prabhavam na maharsayah
aham adir hi devanam
maharsinam ca sarvasah

SYNONYMS

na--never; me--My; viduh--knows; sura-ganah--demigods; prabhavam--opulences; na--never; maha-rsayah--great sages; aham--I am; adih--the origin; hi--certainly; devanam--of the demigods; maha-rsinam--of the great sages; ca--also; sarvasah--in all respects.

TRANSLATION

Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the

Prabhupada: That is another thing. But first of all, the basic principle is we have to understand that our senses are imperfect, and whatever knowledge we gather by these imperfect senses, they are imperfect. So if we want perfect knowledge, then we have to approach somebody whose senses are perfect, whose knowledge is perfect. That is the principle. That is the Vedic principle. Therefore the Vedic principle says, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. You know Sanskrit, yes. "In o

• Me

  i am discussing with my friends as they are non hindus like muslims and christians and they posed me so many questions, hope that i will get answers so that i can go back to them

• can i ask?

• • Me

    the first question is why the god created the souls? if he is full and everything what the need for creating this world and that to living beings, even he created the animals why he created the man with mind and brain i.e full of wants and greed, lust and etc

  • the second question is why he introduced the soul

Hare Krishna.

29th March, 2014, Gurgaon.

Q1: How many types of Bhakti is explained in Caitanya-caritāmṛta ? Explain them.

Answer : Srila Prabupada writes in the purport of CC Adi 4.21-22 :

In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta three kinds of devotional service are described — namely, bhakti (ordinary devotional service), śuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service) and viddha-bhakti (mixed devotional service).

When devotional service is executed with some material purpose, involving fruitive activities, mental spe

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There was once a world-famous artist. He had an extraordinary talent for figure and portrait painting.
He came to Krishna, in his capital city of Dvaraka, and wanted to paint Krishna's portrait.
With a beaming smile Krishna said, "Well, if you want to paint my image you can certainly do so. Tell me
what I should do."
The artist requested, "Swami, if you would kindly just sit still for an hour in the same place, I will draw
a

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A person without wearing a tulsi Kanthi offering even water, that waters is considered as Alchol :( Sad, people do not care about our old Vedic Practise. Tusli Kanti should always be worn by everybody.

Scientifically - Astma can be cured just by wearing a kanthi, it helps us purify polluted air while inhaling.

Even if a sinner wears a tulsi Kanthi Yamraja orders Chitraketu to tear the page from his book of good/bad deeds