Lecture on Free Preaching From The Heart by Nirantara Prabhu 13 Aug 2014

(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

Lecture on Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur Appearance Day by Bhakti Vidyapurna Swami on 07 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur

(His Holiness Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami comes from a Jewish American background. He is a person of high integrity who had traveled a long way to find a spiritual framework in which he could live happily.)

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Become a Servant

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Krishna performed His wonderful pastimes to attract our hearts and our minds to His loving service. He spoke the Gita to teach us how to strictly follow a lifestyle by which we can purify our existence and become pure servitors of the Lord. Bhagavad Gita is not simply meant to study as a theoretic scholarly practice. Bhagavad Gita is not meant simply to memorize and show the world how we can recite cloaks in perfect Sans

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What Makes Good People Do Bad Things?

Bhagavad-gita 3.39.

“What makes good people do bad things?” This is a question that has vexed thinking people throughout history. We all have probably witnessed acquaintances suddenly behaving in uncharacteristically ugly ways. In fact, we need to look no further than the mirror to find living evidence for humanity’s susceptibility to iniquity.

Some religious traditions ascribe this t

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Quotes by His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj:

When difficulties, hardships come in our spiritual life, then we should take them as Krishna's servants giving us opportunities to purify your heart. Don't give up.

As soon as we think that I am better than anyone in any way, the snake of pride enters our heart and we are swollowed by maya.

If in the midst of our sufferings and misery, we bow down to Krishna in an attitude of

TEXT 5

kleso 'dhikataras tesam
avyaktasakta-cetasam
avyakta hi gatir duhkham
dehavadbhir avapyate

SYNONYMS

klesah--trouble; adhika-tarah--more troublesome; tesam--of them; avyakta--to unmanifested; asakta--being attached; cetasam--of those whose minds; avyakta--toward the unmanifested; hi--certainly; gatih duhkham--progress is troublesome; deha-vadbhih--of the embodiments; avapyate--achieve.

TRANSLATION

For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advan

Prabhupada: That is intelligence. When one remembers that this world is duhkhalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15], is a place of misery, then we can go. As long as we shall think, "Oh, it is very nice place," we have to remain. Krsna is so kind, "All right, remain in this very nice place."

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

In the Western world, people are living more with their pets than family members as loneliness is on rise.

In 2012, 62 percent of American households included at least one pet. Americans spent more than $50 billion on their beloved cats, dogs, and other animal companions! 

Indians have this habit of aping Americans. That is why, India doesn't want to be lagged behind in this matter. India has a ratio of one dog per 15 people in the city areas. Many don't even take care of their parents yet they ha

The Anantacaturdasi-vrata (Bhadrapada sukla caturdasi), also called 'Anantapadmanabha-vrata' is the day Lord Visnu is believed to have appeared as Padmanabha lying on the couch of Ananta (the thousand-hooded serpent).

Here is what Srila Prabhupada says:

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What is the benefit of mantra meditation? 

Answer Summary: Its principal benefits can be summarized as three ‘p’s: peace, purity and pleasure.

Answer:

Sonic spirituality – or approaching the spiritual level of reality through sanctified sound – is an integral part of most world traditions. The Vedic wisdom-tradition takes sonic spirituality to the level of a sophisticated science involving theoretical analysis and exper

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There is a famous saying that Health is wealth. Many a times we don't realise the value of good-health, until it comes to a point when we are not even able to do basic things, because of lack of it. When body doesn't co-operate with us, we even start losing interest and enthusiasm to do services which we used to do with great eagerness. Few days ago I was going through an inspiring correspondence between His Divine Grace

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Attentive Chanting

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Too much obsession with oneself and with the material world makes people mad. It is not an allegorical statement but it’s a hard core fact. People actually become mad.

Once with few devotees I visited a psychiatric rehabilitation centre. Devotees used to conduct spiritual programs there helping patients to come out from their pathetic condition. The program comprised of spiritual discourse, kirtan and prasad (sanctified

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Being Merciful

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Q: What are different debts a person owes to demigods, sages, forefathers, living entities, etc. ?

Ans: Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport of verse Cc madhya 22.140 'After birth, every man is indebted in so many ways.

He is indebted to the demigods for their supplying necessities like air, light and water.

When one takes advantage of the

TEXT 3-4

ye tv aksaram anirdesyam
avyaktam paryupasate
sarvatra-gam acintyam ca
kuta-stham acalam dhruvam

sanniyamyendriya-gramam
sarvatra sama-buddhayah
te prapnuvanti mam eva
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

SYNONYMS

ye--those; tu--but; aksaram--which is beyond the perception of the senses; anirdesyam--indefinite; avyaktam--unmanifested; paryupasate--completely engages; sarvatra-gam--all-pervading; acintyam--inconceivable; ca--also; kuta-stham--in the center; acalam--immovable; dhruvam--fixed; sanniyamya--