Lecture on Sincere Willingness to Serve Attracts Krishna's Mercy by Radhanath Swami on 22 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Pune, NVCC
(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 What happens in the Lords Heart when we Chant by Sachinanadana Swami on 08 Feb 2014
(Sacinandana Swami shared many of his insights in his books: "Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name", "The Gayatri Book" and "The Way of the Great Departure".)
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TEXT 7
sarva-bhutani kaunteya
prakrtim yanti mamikam
kalpa-ksaye punas tani
kalpadau visrjamy aham
SYNONYMS
sarva-bhutani--all created entities; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; prakrtim--nature; yanti--enter; mamikam--unto Me; kalpa-ksaye--at the end of the millennium; punah--again; tani--all those; kalpa-adau--in the beginning of the millennium; visrjami--I create; aham--I.
TRANSLATION
O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium every material manifestation enters into My nature, and at the beginning o
Prabhupada: Yes. This is only business, to become Krsna conscious and avoid this botheration of repeating body, tatha dehantara-praptih [Bg. 2.13]. Dehantara-praptih is there. If you want to stop dehantara-praptih, then you have to become Krsna conscious. There is no other way. But if you think that it is very pleasure to enter within the womb of mother and accept one body, and again come out and again work, and again die, and again enter. Bhutva bhutva praliyate [Bg. 8.19]. If you want this bus
The Lord ordered Yogamaya: O My potency, who are worshipable for the entire world and whose nature is to bestow good fortune upon all living entities, go to Vraja, where there live many cowherd men and their wives. In that very beautiful land, where many cows reside, Rohini, the wife of Vasudeva, is living at the home of Nanda Maharaja. Other wives of Vasudeva are also living there incognito because of fear of Kamsa. Please go there. (SB10. 2. 7)
O all-auspicious Yogamaya, I shall then appear wit
The Lord is not approachable by everyone because He is curtained by His yogamaya potency. But one should not wrongly conclude that the Lord was formerly unmanifested and has now manifested Himself in the human form. This misconception of the formlessness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is due to the yogamaya curtain of the Lord and can be removed only by the supreme will, as soon as the conditioned soul surrenders unto Him. (SB 2. 5. 20p)
The reason is that the Lord reserves the right of no
The Lord exchanges transcendental relations in five ways, as proprietor, master, friend, son and lover , and in each of these pastimes He plays fully by the potency of yogamaya, the internal potency. (SB 1. 11. 39p)
When the Lord, however, appears in His person as Lord Sri Krishna, His other plenary portions also join in Him by His inconceivable potency called yogamaya, and thus the Lord Krishna of Vrindavana is different from the Lord Krishna of Mathura or the Lord Krishna of Dvaraka. (SB 1. 14.
The energy of the Lord called avidya is the bewildering fact or of the conditioned souls. The material nature is called avidya, or ignorance, but to the devotees of the Lord engaged in pure devotional service, this energy becomes vidya, or pure knowledge. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita. The energy of the Lord transforms from mahamaya to yogamaya and appears to pure devotees in her real feature. (SB 3. 10. 17p)
The Supreme Lord has two energies, material and spiritual. The living entities are
Kamsa dispatches Akrura to bring Krishna Balram from Vrindavan.
----- By Veerendra Ekbote
As the title suggests there are 4 personalities involved in this story.
The first character involved in this story is the demon-king Kamsa who is illegally ruling the kingdom of Mathura after usurping the throne from his father Ugrasena. Since he is Devaki’s brother he is also the maternal uncle of Krishna and Balra
"Brahmaji wanted to create the whole cosmic situation as it was in the previous millennium, and because, in the last devastation, knowledge of the Absolute Truth was altogether erased from the universe, he desired that the same knowledge again be renovated; otherwise there would be no meaning in the creation. Because transcendental knowledge is a prime necessity, the ever-conditioned souls are given a chance for liberation in every millennium of creation.
This mission of Brahmaji was fulfilled by
"Lord Siva is described here as caracara-guru, the spiritual master of all animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhutanatha, which means "the worshipable deity of the dull-headed." Bhuta is also sometimes taken to indicate the ghosts. Lord Siva takes charge of reforming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and demoniac and the highly learned Vaisnavas. It is also stated, vaisnav
"The Ramanuja-sampradaya, they are called Sri-sampradaya. They worship Laksmi-Narayana. Everyone worships the Lord and His potency, spiritual potency. Just like we worship Radha-Krsna, similarly, the Ramanuja-sampradaya, they worship Laksmi-Narayana or Sita-Rama. So we should follow the sampradaya. Sampradaya - vihina ye mantras te viphala matah."
Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 02-25-76, Mayapur
"Thus Krsna should not be thought of as being alone but should be considered as eterna
"Brahma is mahajana. Or there are twelve, twelve mahajanas stated in the sastras, and Brahma is one of them. Svayambhu. Brahma's name is Svayambhu. The other day we were discussing Svayambhu. Or Atmabhu. Atmabhu. Because he is born out of the abdomen of the father, not of the mother. ...Father is the seed-giving, life-giving agent. So this life was not transferred to anyone else to take the body. The life-giver, father, gave him the body. Therefore Brahma is called Svayambhu."
Srila Prabhupada L
"The Mayavadis say that the world created by maya is false, and that actually there is no living entity but only one spiritual effulgence. They further say that God is imaginary, that people think of God only because of ignorance, and that when the Supreme Absolute Truth is befooled by the external energy, maya, He becomes a jiva, or living entity. Upon hearing all these nonsensical ideas from the nondevotee, a devotee is greatly afflicted, as if his heart and soul were broken."
Caitanya-caritam
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada had difficulty sleeping this past night, because of the disturbance from different sounds during my shift. I received a report from Jayapataka Swami, and knowing Srila Prabhupada was eager to hear about Mayapur, I read the letter to him. We were asked to leave Bangladesh because of the Mayapur incident.
Prabhavisnu Prabhu, who was in charge of the Dacca preaching, brought the letter. He came to see Sr
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Nityananda Trayodasi – Apperance Day of Nityananda
Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, He serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His devotees. He is the second body of the Lord, manifesting as Balarama to Sri Krishna, Lakshmana to Sri Rama and Nityan
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupada desired to taste South Indian-style cooking. Abhirama's wife had made iddli previously, but they had been hard, like stone. So Prabhupada asked that Palika come for a few days. After lunch, however, Srila Prabhupada said, "There is no need to call her. I have no taste, so what is the use?"
In the afternoon, Prabhupada called me and Srila Prabhupada said, "I was very happy when you dropped Palika. Now you
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda
London 29 June, 1971To, Bill Gainesville, Florida
My Dear Bill,
Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated 19th May, 1971 and have noted the contents. I am so glad to learn that Hrdayananda Prabhu has joined you in Gainesville and that you have got a nice plac
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
14-Feb-2014 - Appearance Day of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
Appearing as the son of a king, Shri Narottama Dasa Thakura (Shri Thakura Mahasaya) showed all the bodily symptoms of a mahapurusha (an exalted divine person). He had long arms, a deep navel, golden-complexion, beautiful eyes shaped like the lotus petals. In school, he was a sruti dhara (able to memorize whatever he hears) Although he quickly mastered Sanskrit
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
