Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Below is an approximate translation of articles in Dainik Bhaskar (India’s leading Hindi Daily) on 3rd November regarding the Mayapur Project.
The largest temple in the world, although constructed only one third it is visible from 10 Km.
This is no stadium being constructed. 130 Km. from Kolkata. More than 500 skilled people are giving shape this building. This is the biggest temple in the world. When full
In the mall's central atrium, a diorama of Little Damodar and Mother Yashoda welcomed visitors
Today urban India dwells on malls for their needs and entertainment. They are great places to hang out and have some fun. Diwali season probably sees the maximum visitors to shopping malls in India, with Express Avenue Mall at Chennai being no exception.
Apart from the exciting festive offers, attractive gifts and crowded food courts, Express Avenue had more to offer this November. Owners of the m
TEXT 24
avyaktam vyaktim apannam
manyante mam abuddhayah
param bhavam ajananto
mamavyayam anuttamam
SYNONYMS
avyaktam--nonmanifested; vyaktim--personality; apannam--achieved; manyante--think; mam--unto Me; abuddhayah--less intelligent persons; param--supreme; bhavam--state of being; ajanantah--without knowing; mama--My; avyayam--imperishable; anuttamam--the finest.
TRANSLATION
Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they
Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
What does it mean to be enlightened? It means to be out of darkness and in the light of Krsna consciousness. If we're facing the sun can we be in darkness? The material world is a dark place where the main interest in peoples mind is in trying to satisfy the senses which can never be satisfied, this means they've turned their face from Krsna to maya, darkness. To be in the bodily consciousness means to be in dark
Prabhupada: No, this is for spiritual realization. If you chant, then, gradually, you realize yourself that you are a spiritual being; you are not this body. Then his spiritual life begins. Actually human life is meant for spiritual realization, and if one does not spiritually realize his identity, then he remains an animal. That is the difference between animal and man. Man is supposed to be spiritually realized.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on The Art of Book Distribution by HG Navina Nirada Prabhu on 01 Sept 2009 at Atlanta
(HG Navina Nirada Prabhu gave lecture on Fearless and Honest Person.)
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Lecture on Material Happiness Is Sweet Rice Mixed With Sand by Shikshashtakam Prabhu on 07
Aug 2005
(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu joined full time as a bramachari ISKCON in 1998)
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Lecture on The Journey to Improve Japa by HH Indradyumna Swami on 28 March 2007 at New York
(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 27 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 31, Text 24)
(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
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Hearing and reciting a special story on
Ganesa Caturthi awards great benediction
(Based on Skanda Purana)
There was a city called Candra Jyoti. It was reigned by a king Dharmakanta, who was very much involved in religious activities. He was very kind to all the subjects and animals. Dharmakanta had a splendid queen called Svarnakanta. She was intently devoted and loyal to her husband and was very sober and polite.
Once, the
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada
New Vrndavana 30 June, 1976 To, His Holiness Satsvarupa Goswami ISKCON 1014 Emerson St. Evanston, Illinois 60201
My dear Satsvarupa Goswami,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 28, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.
We are concerned with service. What is the meaning of the post, that is, president, secretary, etc.,
TEXT 23
antavat tu phalam tesam
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
SYNONYMS
anta-vat tu--limited and temporary; phalam--fruits; tesam--their; tat--that; bhavati--becomes; alpa-medhasam--of those of small intelligence; devan--demigods' planets; deva-yajah--worshipers of demigods; yanti--achieve; mat--My; bhaktah--devotees; yanti--attain; mam--to Me; api--surely.
TRANSLATION
Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporar
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The size of the soul is one ten - thousandth part of the tip of the hair. It means that if we take the tip of the hair and cut it into one ten - thousand parts then that extremely tiny part is the actual size of the soul.
Svetasvatara Upanisad (5.9) confirms the size of the soul:
balagra – sata – bhagasya
satadha kalpitasya ca
bhago jivah sa vijneyah
sa canantyaya kalpate
“When the upper point of a hair is divided into one hundred parts and again each of such parts is further divided into one hundr
Prabhupada: So that is the defect, that the modern civilization, they are not taking care of the spirit soul; they are simply taking care of the machine, body. Therefore the problems are there. You asked, "How to solve the problems?" The problems are there on account of this, that they are not taking care of the driver; they are simply taking care of the machine body. So if you take care of the driver, then he will remain sane, he will drive nicely, the body will not be disastrous, he will live
