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Krishna has been given many names and titles by his devotees.
Achala - The still one
Achyuta - Infallible
Baanke Bihari -corrupt form of Van Ke Vihari which means one who loves to sport in the forests particularly vrindavan
Bihari - One who plays
Brajesh - Lord of Braja
Chakradhari - the bearer of a discus (chakra)
Damodara (Daamodarah) - the Lord when He was tied with a cord (daama) round His waist (udara)
Dinabandu - Friend of the afflicted
Dînânâth - Refuge of destitutes
Dwarakadish - Lord of

SRI SRI RADHIKA ASTOTTARA SATA-NAMA STOTRAM
by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

aviksatmesvari kascid vrndavana-mahesvarim
tat padamboja-matraika gati dasyati katara
patita tat-saras tire ruda tyartha-ravakulam
tac chri-vaktreksanavaptyai namanyetani sanjagau
radha gandharvika gosthayuva-rajaika-kamita
gandharva radhika candrakantir madhava-sangini
damodaradvaita-sakhi kartikotkirtidesvari
mukunda dayita-vrnda dhammilla mani-manjari
bhaskaropasika varsabhanavi vrsabhanuja
ananga manjari jyestha sr

Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess. She is most always seen with Lord Krishna. It is described that She is the chief associate and devotee of Lord Krishna, and topmost of all goddesses. Her name means that She is the most excellent worshiper of Lord Krishna. However, She is also an expansion of the Lord's energy. Since She is also an extension of Krishna, She is the feminine aspect of God. Thus, in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, God is both male and female. They are one, but Krishna expa

So today they have asked me to speak, to inaugurate the upcoming Kirtan Mela. This evening there will be the adhivas ceremony of the Kirtan Mela and then after that kirtan will actually begin. So in a sense today is the first day of the Kirtan Mela and somehow or other this year our Sacinandana Swami who has been the MC for the last few years wasn't able to come and then they asked me to take over as the MC. That's why they asked me to give this lecture. That's how it happened.

I chose two v

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namo devyai mahaa devyai
surabhyai cha namo namaha |
gaavam beeja swaroopaaya
namaste jagadaambike || 1 ||

namo raadhaa priyaayai cha
padmaamshaya namo namaha |
namah krishNa priyaayai cha
gaavam maatre namo namaha || 2 ||

kalpa vruksha swaroopaayai
sarveshaam satatam pare |
ksheeraadaayai dhanadaayai
buddhidaayai namo namaha || 3 ||

shubhaayai subhadraayai
gopradaayai namo namaha |
yashodaayai keertidaayai
dharmadaayai namo namaha || 4 ||

stotra shravaNa maatreNa
dushTa hrushTa jagatprasu |

HH Kesava Bharati Swami Maharaja:

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

This morning we are reading from Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 9, chapter 4, text 68. Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni.

sadhavo hrdayam mahyam
sadhunam hrdayam tv aham
mad-anyat te na jananti
naham tebhyo manag api

(Word to word meaning is read)

TRANSLATION:

The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. M

TEXT 15

jnana-yajnena capy anye
yajanto mam upasate
ekatvena prthaktvena
bahudha visvato-mukham

SYNONYMS

jnana-yajnena--by cultivation of knowledge; ca--also; api--certainly; anye--others; yajantah--worshiping; mam--Me; upasate--worship; ekatvena--in oneness; prthaktvena--in duality; bahudha--diversity; visvatah-mukham--in the universal form.

TRANSLATION

Others, who are engaged in the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, diverse in many, and in the univers

Prabhupada: No, where is faith if we do not execute tapasya? Where is faith? Visvasa sudrdha niscaya. That is visvasa, the same thing. This is visvasa: "Krsna said this; I shall do." This is visvasa. And if you do not do anything, what Krsna says, where is visvasa? There is no visvasa. Krsna says, satatam kirtayanto mam: [Bg. 9.14] "Anyone who is chanting Me, Hare Krsna..." So Krsna says; I must do it. That is visvasa. If you do not do that, where is visvasa? What do you mean by visvasa? Visvasa

     All glories to Srila Prabhupad,......   Hare Krishna,

                                                                                The human beings,in this dangerous Kali Yug,are all surrounded by number of material & shuttle defects. Rectification of these defects are some times so difficult or even impossible.The various ways of material life and association with the 'Anarthas' are therefore termed as "Sansara Dabanala" meaning the destructive fire are bound to make it all difficult to

Lecture on Advaita Saptami Katha by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 07 Feb 2014 at Rajapur, West Bengal

(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 Anand kahan milta hai by Sarvabhauma Prabhu

(Sarvabhauma Prabhu was born on 6th Feb 1952, in a Puskarana Vaishnava Brahmin family, having a Radha Krishna temple for eight generations in Mithi, which is part of Rajasthan in Sindh province of Pakistan.)

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Lecture on Krishna is Pleased by Simple Offerings Of Love And Devotion by Radhanath Swami on 25 Jan 2014

(Radhanath Swami has a special interest in the holy places in India and leads thousands of devotees on pilgrimage each year. Radhanath Swami is a trustee of Bhaktivedanta College, Belgium, by providing his spiritual support and encouragement.)

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Lecture on Mathura Lila by Radha Govinda Swami

(H.H. Radha Govinda Swami, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), lives in Vrindavan, India.)

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Achyutam Keshwam, Krishna Damodaram
Ram Narayanam, Janaki Valabham,
Kaun kehate hai Bhagwan atte nahi
tum Meera ke jaisi bulate nahi
Achyutam Keshwam, Krishna Damodaram
Ram Narayanam, Janaki Valabham,
Kaun kehate hai Bhagwan khate nahi
Ber Sabri ke jaisi kilate nahi
Achyutam Keshwam, Krishna Damodaram
Ram Narayanam, Janaki Valabham,
Kaun kehate hai Bhagwan sote nahi
Achyutam Keshwam, Krishna Damodaram
Ram Narayanam, Janaki Valabham,
maa Yashoda ke jaisi sulate nahi
Kaun kehate hai Bhagwan nachte

[This great prayer occurs in the great epic Mahabharatha. The Grand old man of Mahabharatha is Bheeshma, the son of King Santhanu and the grand father of Pandavas and Kouravas. Since he lived with Dritharashtra, he decided to join the war on the side of the Kouravas. Lord Krishna who refused to participate in the war took an oath that he would not take part in the war but be a charioteer to Arjuna. He also took an oath that he will never raise any weapon during the war. Bheeshma who is a great d

An Introduction to Bhagawad Gita
The followers of Sanathana Dharma (otherwise called as Hindus) did notfall back on any single prophet or a single book as the basis of theirreligion. Right from the beginning, this religion (thought process) hada pluralistic view. On one hand the religion appeared to depend onrituals, prayers and rites and on the other hand it appeared to dependon a very democratic exchange of philosophic ideas between the teacherand the student as in the Upanishads, which were a

Satyabhama is the third wife of Lord Krishna, known for her strong will and tantrums. She is believed to an Avatar of Bhudevi.
Marriage
Satyabhama was the daughter of Satrajit who owned the Syamantaka jewel. Satrajit, who secured the jewel from Surya, and would not part with it even when Krishna the Lord of Dwarka, asked for it saying it would be safe with him. Shortly thereafter, Prasena, the brother of Satrajit went out hunting wearing the jewel but was killed by a lion. Jambavan, known for hi

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Bahvricha Upanishad
Translated by Dr. A. G. Krishna Warrier
Published by The Theosophical Publishing House, Chennai

Om ! Speech is rooted in my thought (mind) and my thought is rooted in my speech.
Be manifest, patent, to me; be ye two, for me, the lynch-pins of the Veda.
Let not Vedic lore desert me.
With this mastered lore, I join day with night.
I shall speak what is right; I shall speak what is true.
Let that protect me; let that protect the spea