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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.53

TEXT 53

naham vedair na tapasa
na danena na cejyaya
sakya evam-vidho drastum
drstavan asi mam yatha

 

SYNONYMS

na--never; aham--I; vedaih--by study of the Vedas; na--never; tapasa--by serious penances; na--never; danena--by charity; na--never; ca--also; ijyaya--by worship; sakyah--it is possible; evam-vidhah--like this; drastum--to see; drstavan--seeing; asi--you are; mam--Me; yatha--as.

 

TRANSLATION

The form which you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying th

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

भक्त शिरोमणि प्रह्लाद ने अपने दैत्य सहपाठियों को जीवन का परम लक्ष्य भक्ति-योग तथा भागवत धर्म का सरल वर्णन किया जिसे समझ कर एक बद्ध जीवात्मा भी भगवद्-धाम वापस जा सके (स्कन्द 7: अध्याय 6-7) :

प्रह्लाद महाराज कहते हैं: बुद्धिमान मनुष्य को चाहिए कि वह जीवन के प्रारम्भ से ही अन्य सारे कार्यो को छोड़ कर भक्ति-कार्यो के अभ्यास में इस मानव शरीर का उपयोग करे | यह मनुष्य शरीर अत्यंत दुर्लभ है और अन्य

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

श्रीमद् भागवतम (7.11.2 & 8-12) में महाराज युधिष्ठर जीवन के परम लक्ष्य भक्ति को प्राप्त करने के लिए धर्म के सिद्धांतों के विषय में नारद मुनि से बतलाने को कहते हैं | नारद मुनि जीवों के धार्मिक सिद्धांतों के संरक्षक भगवान कृष्ण को नमस्कार कर कहते हैं कि, सभी मनुष्यों को कृष्ण भक्ति प्राप्त करने के लिए जिन सामान्य धार्मिक नियमों का पालन करना होता है, वे इस प्रकार हैं:

1.   सत्य बोलना |

2.   दया

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Secrets of Devotional Service Revealed

2514982135?profile=originalLecture on Secrets of Devotional Service Revealed by HG Sankarsana Prabhu at Melbourne on 26 Aug 2014

(HG Sankarsana Prabhu fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)

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How Brahma Stole the gopas from Goloka

2514982136?profile=originalLecture on How Brahma Stole the gopas from Goloka by HH Sivarama Swami on 26 Aug 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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Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja Offering

2514982099?profile=originalSrila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja Offering by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(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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Radhastami 2011

2514982190?profile=originalLecture on Radhastami by HH Guru Prasad Swami on 04 Sept 2011

(Guru Prasad Swami’s early contribution in ISKCON Costa Rica centered on administrative services and distributing BBT publications beginning in 1975 in the USA and from 1976-1978 in Central America. )

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Srila Prabhupada’s frist disciple, Acarya Prabhakar Misra, was a respectable Sanskrit scholar and teacher, who held an MA and PhD title. In an interview for the Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita in the 1970's, conducted by Bahushiras das, Acarya Prabhakar stated in 1954 that he was with Srila Prabhupada on Krsna Janmastami in Jhansi. He related how he woke up at 1:00 am and heard Srila Prabhupada ecstatically playing mridanga in the temple room upstairs.

When he went upstairs and saw Srila Prabhupa

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Crying for Krishna

2514982162?profile=originalLecture on Crying for Krishna by HH Romapada Swami in 20 June 2014 at Seattle

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)

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On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:04 AM, Giriraja Swami  wrote:

My dear devotees,

Please accept my prostrated obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to our beloved eternal spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

After Srila Prabhupada left us on November 14, 1977, I came across a section in Srimad-Bhagavatam--Canto 4, Chapter 28--in which he explicitly discusses the disappearance of the spiritual master and how the disciple is to serve him--even in separation. The

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.52

TEXT 52

sri-bhagavan uvaca
su-durdarsam idam rupam
drstavan asi yan mama
deva apy asya rupasya
nityam darsana-kanksinah

 

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; su-durdarsam--very difficult to be seen; idam--this; rupam--form; drstavan asi--as you have seen; yat--which; mama--of Mine; devah--the demigods; api asya--also this; rupasya--form; nityam--eternally; darsana-kanksinah--always aspire to see.

 

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: My dear Arjuna, the form which you a

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

श्रीमद् भागवतम (3.28.12-36) में भगवान कपिल ने अपनी माता देवहुति को भक्ति-योग का वर्णन करते समय भक्ति साधना के लिए भगवान के स्वरुप पर ध्यान लगाने की विधि का वर्णन इस प्रकार किया:

भगवान कपिल कहते हैं: मनुष्य को चाहिए कि अधखुली आँखों से नाक के अग्रभाग में ध्यान को केन्द्रित करके भगवान के स्वरुप को इस प्रकार देखे | भगवान का मुख उत्फुल्ल कमल के समान है और लाल लाल ऑंखें कमल के कोश के समान है | उ

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

भगवान कपिल ने अपनी माता देवहूति के पूछने पर इन्द्रियतृप्ति के बन्धन से मुक्त होने तथा दिव्य साक्षात्कार के लिए भक्तियोग का ऐसा सरल वर्णन किया जिसे एक स्त्री भी भलीभांति समझ सके व भगवद्-धाम वापस जा सके (स्कन्द 3: अध्याय 25-33):

भगवान कपिल कहते हैं: जो योग पद्धति जीवात्मा को भगवान से जोडती है, जो भौतिक जगत में समस्त सुखों तथा दुखों से विरक्ति उत्पन्न करती है वही सर्वोच्च योग पद्धति है (25.13)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.51

TEXT 51

arjuna uvaca
drstvedam manusam rupam
tava saumyam janardana
idanim asmi samvrttah
sa-cetah prakrtim gatah

 

SYNONYMS

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; drstva--seeing; idam--this; manusam--human being; rupam--form; tava--Your; saumyam--very beautiful; janardana--O chastiser of the enemies; idanim--just now; asmi--I am; samvrttah--settled; sa-cetah--in my consciousness; prakrtim--my own; gatah--I am.

 

TRANSLATION

When Arjuna thus saw Krsna in His original form, he said: Seeing this humanlike form, so

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Important and Unimportant

2514981789?profile=originalLecture on Important and Unimportant by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 09 Aug 2014 at Lika

(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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Balaram Jayanti 2014

2514981796?profile=originalLecture on Balaram Jayanti by HH Radha Raman Swami on 10 Aug 2014 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(His Holiness Radha Raman is a famous for his Vraja parikramas. He is a very good orator and speaks non stop on the pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna. He is very simple and humble. He is brother of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.)

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The Six Symptoms of Pure Devotion

2514981651?profile=originalLecture on The Six Symptoms of Pure Devotion by Sivarama Swami 09 July 2014 at Eger

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)

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