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Who is Really Krishna's Mother

2514979651?profile=originalLecture on Who is Really Krishna's Mother by HG Madhavananda Prabhu on 01 June 2014 at Johannesburg

(Madhavananda Das, joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj to edit his lectures into publications.)

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Why Krishna West Cannot Work

2514979758?profile=originalLecture on Why Krishna West Cannot Work by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 23 May 2014 at San Diego

(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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Beware of Milk Chocolate!!

Dear All Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances

Please refer to the link below..it shows how cows are being ill-treated in the dairy farms of Cadbury and other chocolate industry.Please forward this to all your friends,relatives and colleagues so that at least on humanitarian grounds let them contribute their share in stopping such violence against mother cow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaYRWRq-whs

In service og Guru and Gauranga

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.30

TEXT 30

lelihyase grasamanah samantal
lokan samagran vadanair jvaladbhih
tejobhir apurya jagat samagram
bhasas tavograh pratapanti visno

 

SYNONYMS

lelihyase--licking; grasamanah--devouring; samantat--from all directions; lokan--people; samagran--completely; vadanaih--by the mouth; jvaladbhih--with blazing; tejobhih--by effulgence; apurya--covering; jagat--the universe; samagram--all; bhasah--illuminating; tava--Your; ugrah--terrible; pratapanti--scorching; visno--O all-pervading Lord.

 

TRANSLATION

O

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Early Meditation

2514979702?profile=originalLecture on Early Meditation by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 07 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Durban

(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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Transforming Lust Back into Love

2514979662?profile=originalLecture on Transforming Lust Back into Love by HH Giriraj Swami at Dallas on 09 April 2014

(In the year following Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was appointed to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and he went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.)

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Generations of Sophisticated Animals

2514979669?profile=originalLecture on Generations of Sophisticated Animals by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 14 Jan 2005 at Pune

(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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2514979695?profile=originalLecture on Enthusiasm - An Important Element in Book Distribution by Gopal Krishna Goswami

(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: And as soon as you go under the jurisdiction of Krsna, sarva-dharman paritiyaja mam ekam, then there is no jurisdiction of maya. Just like as soon as the sun rises there is no more darkness, automatically. You do not require to dissipate the darkness. As soon as there is sun, everything is light. (aside to passerby:) Hare Krsna. Jaya! Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam eta taranti te. This is the process. It is simple method. To become under the jurisdiction of maya it requires great labor

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.29

TEXT 29

yatha pradiptam jvalanam patanga
visanti nasaya samrddha-vegah
tathaiva nasaya visanti lokas
tavapi vaktrani samrddha-vegah

 

SYNONYMS

yatha--as; pradiptam--blazing; jvalanam--fire; patangah--moths; visanti--enters; nasaya--destruction; samrddha--full; vegah--speed; tatha eva--similarly; nasaya--for destruction; visanti--entering; lokah--all people; tava--unto You; api--also; vaktrani--in the mouths; samrddha-vegah--with full speed.

 

TRANSLATION

I see all people rushing with full speed into Yo

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Dear devotees!

As many of you already know, the political situation in Ukraine is close to a civil war. After a short period of cease-fire, the government has launched a massive military offensive on the insurgent-controled parts of Eastern Ukraine, using heavy weaponry, aviation, and troops to subdue their resistance. Falling within the conflict-ravaged areas are such major, densely populated cities as Donetsk, Lugansk, Kramatorsk, and Slavyansk, where the civilian population, their residences

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Yes. So the jiva is between these two things. Therefore they are called tatastha, marginal. Sometimes you may be in darkness and sometimes you may be in jyoti. That is your position. So those who are accepting Krsna's word, they are in jyoti. And those who are interpreting Krsna in darkness, they are in darkness. Unless one has accepted Krsna as He is, he is in darkness. Therefore Krsna describing him, mudha, naradhama. That man might have been in the jyoti, but he is losing the chan

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Useless Love and Compassion

2514979135?profile=originalLecture on Useless Love and Compassion by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 June 2014 at Charlotte

(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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2514979048?profile=originalLecture on Bhagavan ke Naam aur Bhagavan mai Koi Antar nahi hai by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 04 Oct 2010 at ISKCON Surat

(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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Smaller than a Period on a page

2514979303?profile=originalLecture on Smaller than a Period on a page by HH Prahladananda Swami on 04 July 2014

(HH 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.)

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High Speed Japa: the Math

Japa

Ever heard of the 3-minute round? Ever seen Krishna devotees who chant relatively slow finish their 16 rounds in one and a half hour? I have, and still do, and it never fails to amaze me.

The maha-mantra consists of 16 names, of 2 syllables each:

hare krishna hare krishna
krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare

You will find that with some practice, you can chant this mantra fairly quickly and still maintain an accurate pronunciation. However, to chant 108 of these man

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षड-भक्ति

Hare Krsna,

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

षड-भक्ति:

प्रहलाद महाराज ने अपने पिता दैत्य-राज हिरन्यकशिपू के पूछने पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ  शिक्षा के रूप में नवधा भक्ति का वर्णन किया था | प्रह्लाद महाराज अपने पिता के भगवान द्वारा मारे जाने पर भगवान नरसिंह की प्रार्थना करते हुए भक्ति की श्रेष्ठता का वर्णन करते हुए कहते हैं: “न तो भौतिक प्रकृति के तीन गुण, न इन तीन गुणों के नियामक अधिष्ठाता देव, न पांच स्थूल तत्व, न देवता, न मनुष्य ही आपको समझ सक

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.28

TEXT 28

yatha nadinam bahavo 'mbu-vegah
samudram evabhimukha dravanti
tatha tavami nara-loka-vira
visanti vaktrany abhivijvalanti

 

SYNONYMS

yatha--as; nadinam--of the rivers; bahavah--many; ambu-vegah--waves of the waters; samudram--ocean; eva--certainly; abhimukhah--towards; dravanti--gliding; tatha--similarly; tava--Your; ami--all those; nara-loka-virah--the kings of human society; visanti--entering; vaktrani--into the mouths; abhivijvalanti--blazing.

 

TRANSLATION

As the rivers flow into the sea, s

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 11.26-27

TEXT 26-27

ami ca tvam dhrtarastrasya putrah
sarve sahaivavani-pala-sanghaih
bhismo dronah suta-putras tathasau
sahasmadiyair api yodha-mukhyaih

vaktrani te tvaramana visanti
damstra-karalani bhayanakani
kecid vilagna dasanantaresu
sandrsyante curnitair uttamangaih

 

SYNONYMS

ami--all those; ca--also; tvam--You; dhrtarastrasya--of Dhrtarastra; putrah--sons; sarve--all; saha eva--along with; avani-pala--warrior kings; sanghaih--the groups; bhismah--Bhismadeva; dronah--Dronacarya; suta-putrah--Karna; t

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: To become faithful, surrender. That is. Therefore Krsna says, "You rascal, surrender. You are not faithful; therefore you are condemned. You surrender first. Then next thing." So unless he becomes a surrendered soul, there is no hope. There is no hope. He will never understand.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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