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The Glories of Govardhan

The Vedic scriptures proclaim that the glories of Lord Krishna are unlimited and eternal and no one is able to reach the end of them. In the same way, who can fully describe the splendid glories of Sri Giriraja-Govardhana, the best servant of the Lord and at the same time non-different from the Lord Himself? To protect his dear vrajavasis from Indra’s wrath, Sri Krishna held the Hill on the small finger of His divine hand for seven days. The area of Govardhan is f

6 schools of philosophy, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagvatam, 4 Purusharthas and Bhaktiyoga

                                                                                  -          Veerendra Ekbote

    The 6 schools of philosophy and the founder philosophers of these philosophies were Sage Gautam who propounded the Nyaya philosophy in which the cause of cosmic manifestation were from atomic particles.

 Maharshi Kanad in his Vaisheshika philosophy was more Vishesh or elaborate than Sage Gautam and propound

TEXT 23

upadrastanumanta ca
bharta bhokta mahesvarah
paramatmeti capy ukto
dehe 'smin purusah parah

SYNONYMS

upadrasta--overseer; anumanta--permitter; ca--also; bharta--master; bhokta--supreme enjoyer; maha-isvarah--the Supreme Lord; parama-atma--Supersoul; iti--also; ca--and; api uktah--is said; dehe--in this body; asmin--this; purusah--enjoyer; parah--transcendental.

TRANSLATION

Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the

Holi, or the Festival of Colors, which heralds spring and celebrates the pastimes of Lord Krishna and his eternal consort Srimati Radharani, was once an esoteric festival celebrated mainly in India.

But today, thanks to festivals like the one at the Hare Krishna temple in Utah, USA, it has become a phenomenon across the Western World.

The latest country to host the event is Brazil, with last year’s hugely successful “Festival das Cores” drawing 25,000 people to Villa Lobos Park in Sao Paulo.

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-06 Chapter-12 Text-35  by HH Guru Prasad Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Juhu

(HH Srila Guru Prasad Swami, whom his disciples respectfully address as Srila Gurudeva or Srila Guru Maharaja, is one of the most outstanding preaching leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for the area of Latin America.)

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Lecture on Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-44 Mucukunda Passed the Test of Krishna  by HH Devamrita Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-51-53 The Art of Hearing  by HH Candramauli Swami on 18 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(HH Candramauli Swami, disciple of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement. Maharaja, who is based in Chicago and is an advisor for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Prison Ministries (IPM).)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-02 Chapter-04 Text-21 How to think of Krishna 24 Hours a day  by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 15 May 2014 at Sweden

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75)

I will tell you the story of André. Some of you may have heard it. There was a devotee in Holland who was always very eager to preach. He was the kind of person who was very friendly to everyone and with strangers, he would always be friendly. So, he was quite a bold preacher but he had one problem: with principle number four! That principle was a little difficult for him sometimes.

Anyway, one day he we

TEXT 22

purusah prakrti-stho hi
bhunkte prakrti-jan gunan
karanam guna-sango 'sya
sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

SYNONYMS

purusah--the living entity; prakrti-sthah--being situated in the material energy; hi--certainly; bhunkte--enjoys; prakrti-jan--produced by the material nature; gunan--modes of nature; karanam--cause; guna-sangah--association with the modes of nature; asya--of the living entity; sat-asat--good and bad; yoni--species of life; janmasu--birth.

TRANSLATION

The living entity in material nature

By Dusyanta dasa

If this were a boxing contest in a fight between the two opponents “margarine” and “butter” it would not be a fair contest. It’s like trying to compare a little girl or boy fighting against Muhammad Ali. In this example “butter” is Muhammad Ali because butter is a natural food product. Not only is butter a natural food product but more importantly the body recognises butter when butter is ingested. Because margarine spreads are not natural, when it is ingested into the body it

Hare Krishna,
Dandvat Pranam to all,

I have a doubt regarding the point that once a soul goes back to krishna he never returns to this material world.

My questions are:

1) Is the total number of souls constant?

2) If constant, then wouldn't the number of souls go on decreasing and tend to 0 because liberated souls never return back

3) Chaitanya mahaprabhu said to vasudeva datta, that just because of his desire all the souls in the material world were liberated at the instant itself, but a new batch wa

TEXT 21

karya-karana-kartrtve
hetuh prakrtir ucyate
purusah sukha-duhkhanam
bhoktrtve hetur ucyate

SYNONYMS

karya--effect; karana--cause; kartrtve--in the matter of creation; hetuh--instrument; prakrtih--material nature; ucyate--is said to be; purusah--the living entity; sukha--of happiness; duhkhanam--and distress; bhoktrtve--in enjoyment; hetuh--the instrument; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

Nature is said to be the cause of all material activities and effects, whereas the living entity is th

There is no question of darkness where there is light and Krishna Consciousness is the light that dispels the darkness of material sense enjoyment. Lecture, Ratha-yatra-San Francisco, June 27, 1971, Srila Prabhupada.  

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Tulasi-devi Chalīsa

Forty Stanzas for the Goddess of the Basil Tree

“Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the tulasī tree, which can immediately vanquish volumes of sinful activities. Simply by seeing or touching this tree one can become relieved from all distresses and diseases. Simply by offering obeisances to and pouring water on the tulasī tree, one can become freed from the fear of being sent to the court of Yamarāj.”—Skanda Purāṇa

“Tulasī is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seein

According to Bhavishya Puran (Pratisargparva – 1^st Khand) following kings were present in the 1^st day of 51^st birthday of Brahma (Vaivaswat manu, 28^th Chaturyug)

• Sat Yuga lasts 1728000 Years (Started on Vaishakh – Shukla Paksh, Akshay Tritiya). Following are the prominent kings and the years they ruled in Bhumandal – Jambudvip:

1. Vivaswan (Sun God)
2. Vaivaswat Manu (7^th Manu) (starts Suryavanshi)
3. Ikshvaku (36000 Years)
4. Vikukshi (35900 Years)
5. Ripunjaya (35800 Years)
6. Kakutstha (35700 Years)
7. Anena (35600 Year

Sorrow

can be avoided by Chanting.

The root cause of sorrow is our attachment to various objects.

By chanting,

we develop love for God

and our attachment to material objects reduces,

and sorrow disappears.

Dear souls 

Have you experienced the benefits of chanting ?