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History of Remuna - Kheer Chora Gopinath

KHIRACHORA GOPINATH

ब्रजे वसंतम  नवनीत चौरम 
ब्रजांगनानाम  वसनैका  चौरम 
अनेक  जन्मार्जित पाप चौरम 
चौराग्रगंयम पुरुषं नमामि

Braje Vasantam Navaneta Chauram,
Brajagananam Vasanaika Charam
Aneka Janmarjita Papa Chauram
Chauragraganyam Purusam Namami

Meaning—Everyone is scared in Gokul a dangerous thief (chor), has sneaked into Brij secretly, so oh Residents of Gokul ! Be careful. One resident asked what does that dangerous chor steals. Reply goes, He steal

LORD CHAITANYA & CONVERSION OF PRAKASHANANDA SARASWATI

Lord Chaitanya

Lord Chaitanya in Sankirtana

At that time (during the year 1515) Vārāṇasī was headed by a great sannyāsī of the Māyāvāda school named Śrīpāda Prakāshananda Sarasvatī. When the Lord was at Vārāṇasī, the people in general became more attracted to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on account of His mass sańkīrtana movement. Wherever He visited, especially the Vishvanātha temple, thousands of pilgrims would follow Him. Some were attracted by

             BHAKTA AMBARISHA STORY                

(Origin from of sacred text of  “Ambarishopakhyanam” of Shrimad Bhagavatam in the 9th Skanda which was narrated by Vyasa Mahamuni.)

Durvasha created demon 'Krucha"

Ambarisha’s story is very unique and special in itself. One can say that there has never been an incident either in the past or in the present that is even very close to this incident where one person with the power of his steadfast devotion to the Lord has escaped a curse from any Br

LORD CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU's AMAZING LEELAS 

Lord Chaitanya

Lord Chaitanya

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Lord Chaitanya was born on February 27, 1486 AD. Lord Chaitanya was born in Navadvipa,West Bengal, India, a large city straddling both sides of the Ganga. Navadvipa was famous during Lord Chaitanya’s time as a center of learning and culture. At Lord Chaitanya’s birth, which fell on the full- moon night of the Bengali month of Phalguna, there was a lunar eclipse. As was the custom on such occasions, the people of Navadv

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Prabhupada: Yes. Chanting is a spiritual method for cleansing our heart. Because all dirty things are there in the heart, if the heart becomes clean, then we can understand things as they are. The first misunderstanding, that everyone is thinking that he is this body, this is due to ignorance. So when one is cleansed he can understand that he is not this body; he is separate from the body; he lives within this body. Therefore when the person leaves this body it is dead lump of matter. So people

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Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja Prabhupada.
All glories to Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja.

The auspicious occasion of the disappearance day of our beloved Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja is soon approaching; the day is 20 February 2014.

For the pleasure of our Gaudiya Vaisnava rupanuga guru-varga the Tattva Vicara Publications team encourage all interested devotees to submit a written offering

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Bhakti Charu Swami says on Krsna Consciousness:
The first condition to be happy is to remain detached. Do not get too entangled.

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                                                               Hare Krishna

Those who follow path of DHARMA should cultivate 10 characteristis of dharma within.

1. The first one is DHARTI or PATIENCE. In the spiritual sphere, if someone expects immediate results after starting the practice of Trantra, that would not be realistic. Therefore, be patient. Thus, dharti is the first characteristic of dharma. 
2. The second one is KSHAMA or FOREGIVENESS. Each and every action produces an equal and opposite rea

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Dayananda Swami on 04 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor

(Formerly known as Abhay Prabhu, he took sannyasa in 2010 on the auspicious appearance day of Sri Ramanujacarya to become the 100th sannyasi in ISKCON.)

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Lecture on Exploring Appreciation by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 16 Dec 2012 at ISKCON Phoenix

(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 Intelligently Modified Desire by HH Prahladananda Swami on 04 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Dallas

(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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Lecture on When God Fails by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 15 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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TEXT 15

mam upetya punar janma
duhkhalayam asasvatam
napnuvanti mahatmanah
samsiddhim paramam gatah

SYNONYMS

mam--unto Me; upetya--achieving; punah--again; janma--birth; duhkha-alayam--a place of miseries; asasvatam--temporary; na--never; apnuvanti--attain; maha-atmanah--the great souls; samsiddhim--perfection; paramam--ultimate; gatah--achieved.

TRANSLATION

After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they

By His Holiness A.C. Bhaktivaibhava Swami

Congregational members naturally need more encouragement because of the material duties they have to perform. Most of them have to maintain families and go to work. They need so much more association and encouragement from other devotees. For spiritual life, it is in one sense easier to live in the temple complex in the tight association of the devotees. It is easier to practice Krishna consciousness. But if we think only in these terms, we will not have

Âcârya: bona fide, controllable, refutable, selfrealized, spiritual teacher (guru) who instructs by example representing the paramparâ.
Acinthya-bhedâbheda-tattva: Lord Caitanya's doctrine of Krishna as the "inconceivable oneness and difference" of God and His energies.
- The heuristic, the rule of thumb of the  Caitanya-vaishnava who poses: He is Me, but I am not Him; He is the unity in the manifold of the to Him only qualitatively equal parts and parcels; He is the Person of God that is the un