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Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Overturning of the Cart

1. When mother Yasoda's baby Krsna was slanting His body to attempt to rise and turn around, this attempt was observed by a Vedic ceremony. In such a ceremony, called utthana, the child is properly bathed. Just after Krsna turned three months old, mother Yasoda celebrated this ceremony with other women of the neighbourhood.

2. After completion of the bath, Yasoda found that her child closed His eyes in sleep

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)

1. When will Vrndavana's queen Radha, Her eyes restless with love and Her limbs like waves in the flooding ocean of nectar, place Her merciful glance upon me?

2. O queen of Vrndavana, I take shelter of your lotus feet, which are flooded with nectar, which are cool and pleasing, and which, placed over Lord Krsna's heart, extinguish the blazing fire of desire that torments Him.

3. I pray that my heart

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta

1. One day, a year after Krsna's appearance, mother Yasoda was patting her son on her lap. But suddenly she felt the child to be heavier than a mountain peak, and she could no longer bear His weight.

2. Feeling the child to be as heavy as the entire universe, the astonished mother Yasoda put the child down on the ground.

3. While the child was sitting on the ground, a demon named Trnavarta, who was

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Naming Ceremony

1. One day, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Gargamuni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Maharaja at his home.

2. Nanda duly received him and said, “You are versed in the Vedas. The science of astrology has been propounded by you. Please perform the naming ceremony of these two boys (Krsna and Balaram).”

3. Gargamuni said: My dear Nanda Maharaja, I am the

Radha-Krishna one soul two bodies - an excerpt from Sri Prema-Samput
by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

1. anyonyacittavidusau nu parasparatmanityasthiteriti
nrsu prathitau yadavam
taccaupacarikamaho dvitayatvam eva
naikasya sambhavati karhicidatmano nau

Sri Radhika says to sakhi: “Common people say, ‘Radha and Krsna are eternally present in each others’ hearts, and that is why They know each others’ minds.’ Factually, the real truth is this: We are one soul. It is not possible for one soul to be

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth

1. One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates, including Balarama and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came together and lodged a complaint to mother Yasoda. "Mother," they submitted, "Krsna has eaten earth."

2. Upon hearing this from Krsna's playmates, mother Yasoda, who was always full of anxiety over Krsna's welfare, picked Krsna up with her hands to look

Prem Ras Madira

Dharu Nandanandana ko dhyan re.
Oh, my mind! Lovingly meditate on Nandanandana Shri Krishna.

Jako dhyan dharat nishi vasar, vidhi hari har bhagavan re.
Even Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar, who are supreme God, continuously meditate upon Shri Krishna.

Mor mukut lakuti lapati pat, lajavati bhrikuti kaman re.
A crown embellished with peacock feathers is adorning His head. The yellow silken shawl that graces His shoulders is wrapped around His staff. The arch of His eyebrows puts to shame the

Prabhupada: That's all right. If you believe Krsna is the Supreme Lord, if that is your version, then you have to see who are much addicted to Krsna directly. For argument's sake. That these people are twenty-four hours chanting Krsna, and another person who has no, not a single word Krsna, how he can become devotee of Krsna? How he can become representative of Krsna, who does not utter even the name of Krsna? If Krsna is authority accepted, therefore who are directly addicted to Krsna, they are

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Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how material life is pleasing one’s senses and spiritual life means pleasing Krishna]

Bob: Let me ask you about something else; then maybe I'll come back to this. I find that I think of myself too much, and this way I can't think of God so much. I think of myself in too many places. How can I forget about myself so I can concentrate on other, more important things?

Srila Prabhupada: As they [the devotees] have done.

Bob: [Laughs.] You are saying to me that

Why do we see some priests and monks have a shaved head with a tuft of hair in the back? First of all, this tuft of hair is called a shikha. When long enough, it tied in a knot at the crown-point (right above the suture) on the central top of the head. This point is given distinctive importance in the science of yoga and spirituality as the point of contact with the brain-centre of intellectual and emotional sensitivity. It also indicates the body as a temple.

The Shikha symbolizes the presen

(Caitanya-Caritamrta Adi-Lila 1.2) It is said that the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are more cooling than millions of moons and the shadow of those lotus feet can cool down the entire universe. So, this idea that the universe needs to be cooled down, we also find in the Srimad Bhagavatam when Prahlad Maharaja says in the fifth canto:svasty astu visvasya khalah prasidatam, (Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9).

He was praying that there may be auspiciousness in the entire universe and that all the envi

MANTRAS FOR DRINKING CHARANAMRTA

One should drink the nectar from the lotus feet of the Lord (the bathwater) and take the used garlands upon one's body. The mantra for drinking the caranamrta (the general mantra) is:

akala-mrtyu-haranam
sarva-vyadhi-vinasanam
visnoh padodakam pitva
sirasa dharayamy aham

"Having drunk the water from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu, which destroys all disease and takes away the chance of dying untimely, I hold that water on my head."

The mantra for taking the spiritual m

The Glories of Taking the Salagram Charan-amrita:

SANKHA STHITANTU YAT TOYAM BHRAMITAM KESAVOPARI
VANDATE SIRASA NITYAM GANGA SNANE TASYA KIM

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/4 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Brahma and
Narada Muni)

The water which is within the conchshell, which is circled around the head of
Lord Sri Kesava, if anyone puts such water on his head, what is the need for
him to go take bath in the Ganges?

NA DAHO NA KLAMO NARTIR NARAKA AGNI BHAYAM NA HI
YASYA SANKHA UDAKAM MURDHNI KRSNA D

Dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Mayapur dham ki Jai!

Mayapur is becoming livelier with world leaders of ISKCON congregating at Sri Mayapur dhama for the ISKCON leadership Sanga. Today is the day of Devotee Care. HH Radhanath Swami and HH Jayapataka Swami gave morning Bhagavatam class on the topic of devotee care. The budding spiritual city of Mayapur with festivals conducted all over the year is an example of the devotee care that Sril

Prabhupada: Yes, that is called death. You separate from this body; you accept another body. This period is called death. (German) So the body which you occupied previously, that is false now. Now the body which you have occupied now, that is important now. So you are giving stress on the body which I am changing after few years. That is the problem, misunderstanding.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 9

na ca mam tani karmani
nibadhnanti dhananjaya
udasina-vad asinam
asaktam tesu karmasu

SYNONYMS

na--never; ca--also; mam--Me; tani--all those; karmani--activities; nibadhnanti--bind; dhananjaya--O conqueror of riches; udasina-vat--as neutral; asinam--situated; asaktam--without attraction; tesu--in them; karmasu--in activities.

TRANSLATION

O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached, seated as though neutral.

PURPORT

One should not think, in this connection, that the Supreme

By Chaitanya Charan Das (The Spiritual Scientist)

(He is a editor of Back to Godhead and  member of ISKCON's Shastric Adivsory Council (SAC). His writings have been published in newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, and Sakaal Times.)
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Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This is to inform all the devotees that now we offer free shipping in India for most of our products and for international devotees now you can estimate shipping charges for your country on our website.

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(Bhakti Caitanya Swami is mostly engaged in traveling and spreading Krsna consciousness in an authoritative and accessible way. His permanent base is Durban, where his gentle and saintly presence provides stability.)

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