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TEXT 24

agnir jyotir ahah suklah
san-masa uttarayanam
tatra prayata gacchanti
brahma brahma-vido janah

SYNONYMS

agnih--fire; jyotih--light; ahah--day; suklah--white; sat-masah--six months; uttara-ayanam--when the sun passes on the northern side; tatra--there; prayatah--one who goes; gacchanti--passes away; brahma--to the Absolute; brahma-vidah--one who knows the Absolute; janah--person.

TRANSLATION

Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in

Next month will be 11 years since the opening of our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate, we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Programs will be going on from 14-27 Feb.

The Vrindavan Festival after Gaura Purnima is usually quite hot so better to come to Vrindavan before! One year, a devotee told me that he never knew th

By Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya's infinite mercy, here all the books and material distributed from the Alachua, Florida IPM office in 2013:

Prabhupada’s Books total: 2,717
Magazines (10 to 50 pages): 864
Small: 816
Medium: 242
Big: 311
Maha-Big: 484

Books by other devotee authors: 332
BTGs: 758
Audio tapes: 104
CDs: 343
DVDs: 24
Japa Mala Sets: 97
Neck Beads: 25

GRAND TOTAL of all Books and BTGs in 2013: 3,807 !!!

In 2014, we would like to make more DVDs and CDs available to the inmates. They need to be

Article by Inmate Bhakta Joseph P.

     Galesburg, Illinois

        The time I spend chanting the Maha-mantra in the quiet early mornings is one of my most favorite times of the day. It is that special time spent in direct association with our dear Lord Sri Krsna. But there are days when I don’t feel anything special, that even in this most auspicious transcendental activity, I feel alone, and oh, so far from my dear Lord. When this happens, it is easy to wonder if I am actually receiving His me

Lecture on Sansar Yatra ki Sikhsya by Sarvabhauma Prabhu on 29 Jan 2012 at Surat

(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 Katha Ruci by Serving Great Souls at Home by HH Romapada Swami on 24 Dec 2013 at Chicago

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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03 Dec 2012

by The Hare Krishna Movement in Letters by Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada vani Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, American boys and girls, distribute books, Krishna, Krishna consciousness, letter to Sudama das, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, New York city, Srila Prabhupada vani, Sudama das

Śrīla Prabhupāda vāṇī
Submitted by Vidura dasa

“When I was alone in your New York, I was thinking, who will listen to me in this horrible, sinful place? All right, I shall sta

10 Jan 2013

by The Hare Krishna Movement in Ananda devi dasi, Guru & Disciple, Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada vani Tags: all these are instructions from the Spiritual Master, Ananda devi dasi, books, disciple, instructions of the spiritual master, Letters, spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, tapes, vani, Vani Seva, vaphu, verbal instructions, videos

Vani Seva
by Ananda devi dasi
May 12 2009, UK

In Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.47 we read: “The disciple and spiritual master are never separated because

06 Jan 2013 Leave a Comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Quotes by Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada Conversations, Srila Prabhupada vani, Srimad Bhagavatam Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bali Maharaja, devotee, Hara means taking away, Krishna, Krsna, Krsna's Mercy, Lord Krishna, Lord Visnu, special favor, special mercy of the Lord, Srila Prabhupada, Supreme Personality of Godhead, takes away, takes away valuable things, taking away material op

I AM YOUR MASTER !!!

Srila Prabhupada Vani...

"All Indians should seriously take up the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and should perfect their lives, by adopting the process of devotional service. After perfecting their lives, they should broadcast this message all over the world for the welfare of all human beings. A vaishnava is especially interested in para upakara, doing good to others. pralhada maharaja was also interested in this. He did not want to be delivered alone; rather, he wante

Lecture on Universal Form Explained by Nirantara Prabhu on 14 Dec 2013 at Dadlani

(In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious "Global Excellence Award" for congregational preaching services from ISKCON.)

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Chaitanya Charitamrita (Madhya Lila) by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 25 Jan 2014
Chaitanya Charitamrita (Madhya Lila 08-138)

(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)

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From the Rik-parisistha:

"Srimati Radharani is always to be found with Sri Krishna, and Madhava is always to be seen with Radhika. One is never without the other's company."

From the Gopalottara-tapani:

"She is the embodiment of maha-bhava, or the highest transcendental ecstasy, and none of the other gopis, or cowherd damsels of Vrindavan, possesses Her excellent qualities. Radharani is therefore known as the most famous Gandharva."

In the Padma Purana Narada Muni describes Srimati Radharani

Brahma-Samhita

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency [hladini]. Their companions are Her who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa.” B.S. 5.37

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami

C.C. Adi 1.6

Desiring to understand the glory of Radharani’s love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She a

Aja - Annada Ekadasi Sri Yudhisthira Maharaja said, "Oh Janardana, protector of all living entities, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September)." The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, then replied, "Oh King, hear Me attentively. The name of this sin-removing, sacred Ekadasi is Aja. Any person who fasts completely on this day and worships Hrishikesha, the master of the senses, becomes free of all reactions to his sins. Even

TEXT 23

yatra kale tv anavrttim
avrttim caiva yoginah
prayata yanti tam kalam
vaksyami bharatarsabha

SYNONYMS

yatra--in that; kale--time; tu--but; anavrttim--no return; avrttim--return; ca--also; eva--certainly; yoginah--of different kinds of mystics; prayatah--one who goes; yanti--departs; tam--that; kalam--time; vaksyami--describing; bharatarsabha--O best of the Bharatas.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Bharatas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, one

Dear Devotees,
Hare Krishna.

It is with great joy that I would like to invite devotees from all over the world to attend the grand inauguration of the Sri Sri Radha Govind Dev temple and Bhaktivedanta Academy, as well as the installations of Sri Sri Radha Govind Dev, Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaur Nitai, on the most auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi, 12 February 2014.

A temple opening is a once off event and the organising team would like to welcome you t