Lecture on Dance of Divine Love by Garuda Prabhu at Goteborg Temple
(His Grace Garuda Prabhuji is a disciple of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and known as Dr. Graham M. Schweig, at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Garuda was one of the first ISKCON devotees to pursue a formal education.)
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Lecture on Turning Stressed into Desserts by Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 17 Sep 2014 at South Africa
(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the name Raghubir Dasa. )
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Lecture on Sanyassa Initiation-Krishna Kshetra Swami by Kadamba Kanana Swami on 17 Aug 2014
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02, Chapter 03, Text 14)
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)
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Lecture on Why is Lord Siva called Abhava by Sivarama Swami on 18 Sep 2014 at Budapest
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973.)
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Formerly marriage, at least in India, at least up to our time, the marriage was taking place not on the liking of the boy and the girl. No. It was decided by the parents. So... Just like I was also married man. I was married when I was a student, and I did not know what will be the... But the parents arranged,
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.46 Los Angeles, December 24,1973)
Syamasundara: Children should be allowed to have sex life at fourteen years old.Prabhupada: Yes. That is psychological. They devel
A woman who has deep insights into the sweetness and beauty of spiritual culture would not be so pleased to be addressed as 'Prabhu'. Sheunderstands, that 'Mother' always includes being a master, but it expresses so much more than that: it also includes the selfless, affectionate mood of service which a true mother embodi
Hare Krishna,
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We extend a warm welcome to all the Vaishnavas looking for an action pact engagement in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
The Green Temple Project
An Expression of the Prayag Project: With the Blessings of HH Radhanth Swami Maharaj
If you were thinking that your prayers for service to Krishna are unanswered, well, here is the answer. We are offering a chance to serve Krishna through service to His eternal consort Mot
TEXT 15
yasman nodvijate loko
lokan nodvijate ca yah
harsamarsa-bhayodvegair
mukto yah sa ca me priyah
SYNONYMS
yasmat--from whom; na--never; udvijate--agitates; lokah--persons; lokat--persons; na--never; udvijate--disturbed; ca--also; yah--anyone; harsa--happiness; amarsa--distress; bhaya--fear; udvegaih--with anxiety; muktah--freed; yah--who; sah--anyone; ca--also; me--Mine; priyah--very dear.
TRANSLATION
He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady
TEXT 13-14
advesta sarva-bhutanam
maitrah karuna eva ca
nirmamo nirahankarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami
santustah satatam yogi
yatatma drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah
SYNONYMS
advesta--nonenvious; sarva-bhutanam--for all living entities; maitrah--friendly; karunah--kindly; eva--certainly; ca--also; nirmamah--with no sense of proprietorship; nirahankarah--without false ego; sama--equally; duhkha--distress; sukhah--happiness; ksami--forgiving; santustah--satisfied; s
Prabhupada: Because he carries the message of Krsna. Krsna is friend, and he is carrying the friendly message. Therefore he is friend. If there is a nice friend and if somebody gives information of that nice friend, he is also friend. Therefore nobody can become friend except Krsna's representative.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Lust to Love God by Dravida Prabhu on 14 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Alachua
(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)
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Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Melbourne on 11 Aug 2014
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(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)
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Lecture on From Horrible Lust to Astonishing Radha by Madhavananda Prabhu on 31 Aug 2014
(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 Srila Prabhupada Arrival in the USA by HG Nirantara Prabhu
(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. Pursuing the path of "sex, drugs and rock n roll", he tried to become famous and successful as a singer. But by 1972 the r
TEXT 12
sreyo hi jnanam abhyasaj
jnanad dhyanam visisyate
dhyanat karma-phala-tyagas
tyagac chantir anantaram
SYNONYMS
sreyah--better; hi--certainly; jnanam--knowledge; abhyasat--by practice; jnanat--better than knowledge; dhyanam--meditation; visisyate--especially considered; dhyanat--from meditation; karma-phala-tyagah--renunciation of the results of fruitive action; tyagat--by such renunciation; santih--peace; anantaram--thereafter.
TRANSLATION
If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yo
When Krishna came to planet earth, Shiva goes to Gokul for a glimpse of child Krishna (just like he went to Ayodhya when Ramji took incarnation).
Once Shiva wished also see the manifestation Shri Krishna in the form of small child. Lord Shiva arrived in Gokul and reached at
ISKCON opposes a birth-based caste system. Caste system is divided according to work (religious,farming,business) but not on the RELIGIOUS rights.
let's take a wonderful example to understand caste system :
The current Indian system is something like accepting the sons of supreme court judges as supreme court judges… It’s nonsense. They have to be qualified, they have to attend the university and pass the course, then they have to work under a qualified judge and get the practical experience, then
Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obeisencess.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
WELCOME
TO
Sri Ksetra Puri Parikrama
8th to 11th November 2014
A Four-day Spiritual Tour
ISKCON
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We are happy to invite devotees from around the world to perform the most auspicious Sri Ksetra Parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 11th November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 21 Km. This pa
Dear Devotees
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
40 years ago the ISKCON Edinburgh centre closed and everyone involved, including Srila Prabhupada, was extremely disappointed. Since then we have not had a preaching centre in Edinburgh and even in forming a Vaishnava community we faced many difficulties, but recently Krishna consciousness has started to flourish here.
A few years ago devotees started to appear in Edinburgh. Some joined us from abroad and some
Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
An updated edition of “Searching For Vedic India” by Devamrita Swami is now available as an ebook in all flavors at bbtmedia.com.
The sages of India's lost past delighted in knowledge of the nonmaterial. But they testified that they also knew how to produce material benefits without industry. Dare we consider that the subcontinent of India, thousands of years ago, was the center of the greatest spiritual wis
