The surest path to happiness is to live by the principles laid down by the Lord and not disobey His established laws, which are enacted in the Vedas and the Puranasfor the forgetful living entities. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.13, Srila Prabhupada
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Śrī Hari Bol Sūktā
Reverend Quatrains on the Injunction to Chant Hari’s Names
Supreme His Names, this Names sublime
Of Substrate & of Supersoul!
Repeat Rām Rām, released from time
And māyā’s measures, Hari bol!
No noun His Name beyond declension,
Unbound by sound or rounds that toll,
For transcendental of dimension,
This unstruck noise AUM, Hari bol!
All speech doth reek with karma’s taint
But for God’s Glories, Lore, & Rule;
With no ill echo, as a saint
Speak solely holy—Hari bol!
Through all thoughts ke
Lecture on CC Madhya Lila 09-15-29, Smaller than a Period on a page by Prahladananada Swami on 04 July 2010 at Los Angeles
(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship.)
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Lecture on What does Make a Devotee Senior by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 06 June 2014 at Gujrat
(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 What happens in Nandagrama when Nanda Maharaja is away by HH Sivarama Swami on 30 July 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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Following is a stotra a glorification for Srila Prabhupada composed and recited by a scholar in vrndavana named Ananta Shastri in front of Srila Prabhupada in the presence of devotees is his last days. This prayer used to be recited in front of Srila Prabhupada Samadhi Mandir before Prabhupada Samadhi Mangala Arati in 1980-1990. Its very good prayer so devotees can take advantage and recite everyday and get special mercy of Srila Prabhupada. Translated by - Prem Nidhi Das (Vrindavana)
Srila Pra
TEXT 35
sanjaya uvaca
etac chrutva vacanam kesavasya
krtanjalir vepamanah kiriti
namaskrtva bhuya evaha krsnam
sa-gadgadam bhita-bhitah pranamya
SYNONYMS
sanjayah uvaca--Sanjaya said; etat--thus; srutva--hearing; vacanam--speech; kesavasya--of Krsna; krta-anjalih--with folded hands; vepamanah--trembling; kiriti--Arjuna; namaskrtva--offering obeisances; bhuyah--again; eva--also; aha krsnam--said unto Krsna; sa-gadgadam--faltering; bhita-bhitah--fearful; pranamya--offering obeisances.
TRANSLATION
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Ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. Bhagavad-gita 4.40, Srila Prabhupada By H.D.G Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on The Only Option, Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya Lila 07-01-14, by Prahladananada Swami on 02 July 2010 at Slovenia
(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship.)
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Lecture on Keshava Kashmiri Defeated by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 22 Sep 2014 at ISKCON Cape Town
(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the name Raghubir Dasa. )
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Lecture on What Color is the Brahmajyoti by HH Sivarama Swami on 29 July 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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TEXT 34
dronam ca bhismam ca jayadratham ca
karnam tathanyan api yodha-viran
maya hatams tvam jahi ma vyathistha
yudhyasva jetasi rane sapatnan
SYNONYMS
dronam ca--also Drona; bhismam ca--also Bhisma; jayadratham ca--also Jayadratha; karnam--also Karna; tatha--also; anyan--others; api--certainly; yodha-viran--great warriors; maya--by Me; hatan--already killed; tvam--you; jahi--become victorious; ma--never; vyathisthah--be disturbed; yudhyasva--just fight; jeta asi--just conquer; rane--in the fight
Prabhupada: Responsibility is that you have got this human form of life. Realize God. This is your responsibility. Otherwise you are finished. Three words: "You have got this human form of life. Your only responsibility is to understand God. This is your responsibility." That is Vedic culture.
By H.D.G Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krishna.
31st July, 2014. Gurgaon.
Q: How to improve my Bhakti ? (This is a question from Jitendra Prasad Prabhuji, Fiji)
Ans:
There could be many answers to this question. Prabhuji shared with me that he is already chanting 16 rounds and following four regulative principles hence I am sharing the verses I read today morning in Chaitanaya Charitramrita.
These verses are spoken by Mahāprabhu in his teachings to Sri Sanatana Goswami and explain 64 important items in devotional service after one is
Lecture on Internet Ecstacy by Prahladananada Swami on 13 July 2014 at Bulgaria, Bulgarian Translation
(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada. He helped open temples and distributed Srila Prabhpada's books and preached in universities. He also served as the president of several temples in Texas.)
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Lecture on How to balance our Studies and Chanting, Question and Answer by Bhakti Charu Swami at Ujjain on 12 Nov 2009
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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Lecture on School means Contamination manipulation not Education by Bhakti Vikasa Swami at Mumbai on 20 July 2006
(From 1977 to 1979 His Holiness was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal preaching Krishna consciousness and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. He then spent the following ten years helping to pioneer ISKCON's preaching in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia. In 1989 he was granted the order of sannyasa, receiving the name Bhakti Vikasa Swami, and again made his
Lecture on Glories of Jhulan Yatra by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami at ISKCON Mayapur on 29 July 2012
(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the name Raghubir Dasa. Eleven years later in Mayapur,
TEXT 33
tasmat tvam uttistha yaso labhasva
jitva satrun bhunksva rajyam samrddham
mayaivaite nihatah purvam eva
nimitta-matram bhava savya-sacin
SYNONYMS
tasmat--therefore; tvam--you; uttistha--get up; yasah--fame; labhasva--gain; jitva--conquering; satrun--enemies; bhunksva--enjoy; rajyam--kingdom; samrddham--flourishing; maya--by Me; eva--certainly; ete--all these; nihatah--already killed; purvam eva--by previous arrangement; nimitta-matram--just the cause; bhava--become; savya-sacin--O Savyasac
Prabhupada: Dhira means one who is not disturbed by this bodily concept of life. He is dhira because he knows that "I am not this body," even there is some trouble in respect of body. So Krsna advised that titiksasva bharata. : "Even there is some disturbance, tolerate it. Don't be disturbed."
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
