Srimad Bhagavatam 4.2.14-15

pretavases?u ghores?u

pretair bhuta-gan?air vr?tah?

at?aty unmattavan nagno

vyupta-keso hasan rudan

cita-bhasma-kr?ta-snanah?

preta-sran-nrasthi-bhus?an?ah?

sivapadeso hy asivo

matto matta-jana-priyah?

patih? pramatha-nathanam´

tamo-matratmakatmanam

SYNONYMS

preta-avases?u — at the burning places of dead bodies; ghores?u — horrible; pretaih? — by the Pretas; bhuta-gan?aih? — by the Bhutas; vr?tah? — accompanied by; at?ati — he wanders; unmatta-vat — like a madman; nagnah? — naked

THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION

1. Krishna

2. Brahma

3. Narada

4. Vyasa

5. Madhva

6. Padmanabha

7. Narahari

8. Madhava

9. Akshobhya

10. Jaya Tirtha

11. Jnanasindhu

12. Dayanidhi

13. Vidyanidhi

14. Rajendra

15. Jayadharma

16. Purusottama

17. Brahmanya Tirtha

18. Vyasa Tirtha

19. Lakshmipati

20. Madhavendra Puri

21. Ishvara Puri, (Nityananda, Advaita)

22. Lord Chaitanya

23. Rupa Goswami, (Svarupa, Sanatana Goswami)

24. Raghunatha, Jiva Goswami

25. Krishnadasa

26. Narottama

27. Vishvanatha

28. Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja,(

HH Niranjana Swami Maharaja:

jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
jaya advaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

(Call and response)

Reading today from Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila chapter 8, verse 16.

bahu janma kare yadi sravana, kirtana
tabu ta' na paya krsna-pade prema-dhana

(Call and response + word to word meaning)

TRANSLATION

If one is infested with the ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kr_s_n_a mah_-mantra, despite his endeavor to chant the Holy Name for many births

Sun, Mar 16 – Gaura Purnima Festival
o 5pm Aarati
o 5:30p – Abhishek
o 6 p – class
o 6:45 – 8:15 – Cultural programs
o 8p – prasadam

Around five-hundred years ago, the very personification of the Lord’s Mercy descended upon this planet and gave us one of the most precious and beautiful of treasures – the means to attain the Love of God. That personality was none other than Lo

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The Supreme Lord reveals Himself to us through His countless energies.

A lecture given in Mumbai, India, on February 23, 1974

raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu

"O son of Kunti, Arjuna, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras. I am the sound in ether and ability

TEXT 19

tapamy aham aham varsam
nigrhnamy utsrjami ca
amrtam caiva mrtyus ca
sad asac caham arjuna

SYNONYMS

tapami--give heat; aham--I; aham--I; varsam--rain; nigrhnami--withhold; utsrjami--send forth; ca--and; amrtam--immortality; ca--and; eva--certainly; mrtyuh--death; ca--and; sat--being; asat--nonbeing; ca--and; aham--I; arjuna--O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION

O Arjuna, I control heat, the rain and the drought. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both being and nonbeing are in Me.

PURPORT

K

Prabhupada: So we are simply trying to revive people's dormant Krsna consciousness. So every sane man, every good government, everyone should come forward to help this movement. It is not a personal affair. We are not presenting that "I am avatara, I am God." We are presenting science, philosophy. You see? Why we are taking so much trouble to write so many books? If we... We want to convince people through science, philosophy, logic, religious principle, by practical behavior. All these boys are

TEXT 18

gatir bharta prabhuh saksi
nivasah saranam suhrt
prabhavah pralayah sthanam
nidhanam bijam avyayam

SYNONYMS

gatih--goal; bharta--sustainer; prabhuh--Lord; saksi--witness; nivasah--abode; saranam--refuge; su-hrt--most intimate friend; prabhavah--creation; pralayah--dissolution; sthanam--ground; nidhanam--resting place; bijam--seed; avyayam--imperishable.

TRANSLATION

I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and th

Prabhupada: This is the process. If you hear about Krsna, then Krsna is within yourself. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. When he sees you are anxious, then he helps you in cleansing the dirty things within your heart.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna..These two things are always side by side...maya and Krishna...Krishna is service and maya is sense gratification. Our duty is therefore to be very very carefull. The poison is personal ambition.

(1)
bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re
durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge
taroho e bhava-sindhu re

(2)
śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa
e dina jāminī jāgi re
biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-laba lāgi' re

(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re

(4)
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana,
pāda-sevana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re

TRANSLATION

1) O mind just worship the lotus

(1)
bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re
durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge
taroho e bhava-sindhu re

(2)
śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa
e dina jāminī jāgi re
biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-laba lāgi' re

(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re

(4)
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana,
pāda-sevana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re

TRANSLATION

1) O mind just worship the lotus

(1)
bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re
durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge
taroho e bhava-sindhu re

(2)
śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa
e dina jāminī jāgi re
biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-laba lāgi' re

(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re

(4)
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana,
pāda-sevana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re

TRANSLATION

1) O mind just worship the lotus

(1)
bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caraṇāravinda re
durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge
taroho e bhava-sindhu re

(2)
śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa
e dina jāminī jāgi re
biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana
capala sukha-laba lāgi' re

(3)
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re

(4)
śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana,
pāda-sevana, dāsya re
pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana
govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re

TRANSLATION

1) O mind just worship the lotus

antah krishnam bahir gauram

darshitangadi-vaibhavam

kalau sankirtanadyaih smah

krishna-chaitanyam ashritah

In this Age of Kali we have taken shelter of Krishna Chaitanya by congregationally chanting the Lord’s holy names and performing other devotional practices. Blackish within but golden without, He exhibits all His opulences, beginning with His bodily features.-Bhagavat Sandharbha  Text 2

Purport by Gopiparanadhana prabhu

This original verse by Shri Jiva Gosvami restates the previous text. In t

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In these exquisite verses of 'Dhyana Vidhi Prakaranam' Acharya

Shankara has described the transcendental beauty and the irresistible attraction of Lord Krishna

yamunA nikaTa taTa sthita
vrindAvana kAnane mahAramye

kalpa druma talabhUmau
caraNaM caraNopari sthApya

tishTaMtaM ghana nIlaM
sva tejasA bhAsayanta miha vizvaM

pItAmbara paridhAnaM
candana karpUra lipta sarvAGgam

Visualize Lord Krishna standing with 
one leg crossed over the other,
under the wish-yielding Kalpa. tree,
in a most beautiful flowery bow

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

If you throw a stone into the middle of a pool of water, a circle will expand to the limit of the bank. Similarly, radio waves expand in a circle, and when you capture the waves with your radio you can hear the message. In the same way, our loving feeling can also expand.

At the beginning of our life, we simply want to eat. Whatever a small child grabs, he wants to eat. He has only personal interest. Then, when the child