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aho nr-janmakhila-janma-sobhanam
kim janmabhis tv aparair apy amusmin
na yad dhrsikesa-yasah-krtatmanam
mahatmanam vah pracurah samagamah

TRANSLATION: King Rahugana said: This birth as a human being is the best of all. Even birth among the demigods in the heavenly planets is not as glorious as birth as a human being on this earth. What is the use of the exalted position of a demigod? In the heavenly planets, due to profuse material comforts, there is no possibility of associating wi

TEXT 24

aham hi sarva-yajnanam
bhokta ca prabhur eva ca
na tu mam abhijananti
tattvenatas cyavanti te

SYNONYMS

aham--I; hi--surely; sarva--of all; yajnanam--sacrifices; bhokta--enjoyer; ca--and; prabhuh--Lord; eva--also; ca--and; na--not; tu--but; mam--Me; abhijananti--know; tattvena--in reality; atah--therefore; cyavanti--fall down; te--they.

TRANSLATION

I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.

PURPORT

Here it is cle

-          You did your duty very late; you must to do this and that, like this and like that…;

-          But…

I came after my visit to Holy Dham Mayapur to my duty place. Since many days past services doubled in size so I tried my best to do things done be it late, but as a response got notices of dissatisfaction.

I thought:  ‘what to do?’

Why people do not understand me?

People whom I trusted my life, show such like suspicions in my service. I felt lost. I started to worry about my future: w

Lecture on Making Our Emotion Closer To Krishna's Emotion by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 04 Mar 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Truth is Transcendental by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 09 Feb 2014 at Panvila, Sri Lanka

(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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Lecture on Outside Navadvipa is Lord Caitanya in his original form by Sivarama Swami

(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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Lecture on Appearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur by Dina Bandhu Prabhu on 20 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Vrindavan

(Dina Bandhu Prabhu is settled in braja. Although from a foreign country, he looks exaclty like one of the local brijawasis. He speaks the local braja language & nicely interacts with the locals.)

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HH Danavir Goswami:

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

S.B. 5th Canto, Chapter 13, Rahugana converses with Jada Bharatha, text 20.

rahugana tvam api hy adhvano 'sya
sannyasta-dandah krta-bhuta-maitrah
asaj-jitatma hari-sevaya sitam
jñanasim adaya tarati-param

(Word to word meaning is read)

TRANSLATION: My dear King Rahugana, you are also a victim of the external energy, being situated on the path of attraction to material pleasure. So t

Hare Krsna

17. Grateful

18. Determined

19. Expert Judge of Time and Circumstance

“Any person who is conscious of his friend’s beneficent activities and never forgets his service is called grateful.” (NOD, Chap. 21, p. 166) Lord Krsnaa was grateful to Draupadî because while He was away from her, she cried with folded hands, “He Govinda!” Krsnastates, “This call for Me has put Me in her debt, and that indebtedness is gradually increasing in My heart!” The mahå-mantra (Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krs

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Text One

vibhavari sesa, aloka-pravesa,
nidra chari' utho jiva
bolo hari hari, mukunda murari,
rama krsna hayagriva

SYNONYMS

vibhavari–the night; sesa–has come to an end; aloka-pravesa–the light of dawn is entering; nidra chadi'–giving up your sleep; utho–arise; jiva–O soul!; bolo hari hari–chant the holy names of Lord Hari; mukunda–the giver of liberation; murari–the enemy of the Mura demon; rama–the supreme enjoyer; krsna–the all-attractive one; hayagriva–the horse-headed incarnation.

TRAN

I came accross the following poem by complete chance - absolutely beautiful!

From an early age, Lord Krishna stole butter
In Gokul, he always did create a flutter
He broke earthen pots with a flourish
For the Lord, there was no need of cup or dish

The village of Gokul was surrounded by meadows
Around Mount Govardhan and its shadows
The Yamuna swept past in slow undulation
The pastures green with verdant vegetation

The cows and calves frolicked all day with Lord Krishna,
Their friends, the gopals, the gop

In this month the sun moves into Mesha rasi (Aries), and the new year begins according to many calanders.

Keshava Vrata starts; for one month one should control the senses, sleep on the earth, bath twice daily in a river, worship the Lord and give cloth, sugar, sesame, rice, and gold to the brahmanas. If one worships Madhsudana in this month one gains the benefits of one years worship.

While Keshava Vrata lasts one may hang a pot with a hole in it, fill it with water and drip water over Tulasi

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Today we came across a following nice instructive quote on how to be happy. "If we want others to be happy, we should practise compassion. If we want to be happy, we should  practise compassion." Most of the time, we fail to understand others' pain and so we become careless in our dealings with others. Compassion means, 'your pain in my heart'. Vaishnavas are described as 'para duhkha duhkhi'. When we are compassionate to others, we will try to see how we could help them. Even if we ar

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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
an outline, and then later on I will fill in the details."
Krishna

Hare Krsna

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There are very few people who do not pray to get a good life.  Everyone wishes to have a pleasant life . When the life becomes smooth, one can fulfill his responsibilities on time without bowing down to  others. 

A Bhakta is a broad minded . He knows that his good life is the gift of Bhagavan Sri Krishna . He gladly spends part of his wealth for Bhagavan and his needy Bhaktas .

On the contrary , an Atheist is selfish. He accumulates wealth by any means and spends it only for the pleasure

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Everyone is eating. We are also eating. But we don’t eat directly. Whatever we prepare and whatever we collect, we first of all offer to Krishna. Because we think —and it is a fact—that everything belongs to Krishna. Krishna has given. You cannot manufacture rice, dhal or wheat in your factory, neither fruit, nor milk. It is given by Krishna. Eko bahūnām vidadhāti kāmān. He is giving and one has to acknowledge that, “Yes, it is given by Krishna. It is Krishna’s. So let me first offer i

People generally go to guru, "Sir, I have got some pain. Give me some ashirvad so that my pain may be cured." "But why you have come here for curing your pain? You can go to some doctor, or you can take some tablet. Is it the purpose of coming to guru?" But generally they come to guru and ask for blessing for some material benefit. It is not the guru's task to supply gold and medicine. Not that "I have got some pain here, I have some trouble or some..." These are not problems. This problem one s

When Srimati Radharani first saw Krishna, She suddenly became conscious of all transcendental happiness, and the functions of Her different limbs were stunned. When Lalita, Her constant companion, whispered into Her ear, the holy name of Krishna, Radharani immediately opened Her eyes wide. (Nectar of Devotion, pg 259)

"One day, in a joking mood, Krishna informed Radharani, 'My dear Radharani, I am going to give up Your Company.' Upon saying this, He immediately disappeared, and because of this, R