Prabhupada: No, this Bhagavad-gita contains everything -- politics, sociology, religion, philosophy. So this culture should be spread; this India's culture, original culture, should be spread. And we are endeavoring that. And it is becoming successful.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
हरे कृष्ण
हरे कृष्ण
कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे |
हरे राम
हरे राम
राम राम हरे हरे ||
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! he
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! he
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! rakṣa mām
kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! kṛṣṇa! pāhi mām
rāma! rāghava! rāma! rāghava! rāma! rāghava! rakṣa mām
kṛṣṇa! keśava! kṛṣṇa! keśava! kṛṣṇa! keśava! pāhi mām
Caitanya-cari
Lecture on Glories of Narahari Sarakara Thakura by Radhanath Swami on 27 November 2005
(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 How Bhakti is the Supreme Dharma by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(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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Lecture on The Essence of Spiritual Life by HG Sesa Prabhu on 22 November 2013 at ISKCON Gainesville
(Sesa Dasa joined ISKCON in 1973 inspired by the political activism of the In God We Trust Party for Purified Leaders, organized by members of ISKCON.He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party.)
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Lecture on Travels with Srila Prabhupada by Hari Sauri Prabhu oN 21 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Alachua
(Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia where, on the second day of his arrival, he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement.)
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By Visnujana prabhu
(Visnujana prabhu is from Slovakia and is travelling the world with a group of devotees performing sankirtana from country to country, town to town, wherever they are invited. They literally live from day to day and depend on the holy names for their maintenance.)
We spent two weeks in Peru and during that time we distributed 2,000 books alongside the Harinama. The devotees and the public really appreciated the Harinama.
Every day, 20-30 devotees are joining the Harinama pa
TEXT 22
sa taya sraddhaya yuktas
tasyaradhanam ihate
labhate ca tatah kaman
mayaiva vihitan hi tan
SYNONYMS
sah--he; taya--with that; sraddhaya--with faith; yuktah--endowed; tasya--his; aradhanam--worship; ihate--seeks; labhate--obtains; ca--and; tatah--from which; kaman--desires; maya--by Me; eva--alone; vihitan--regulated; hi--for; tan--those.
TRANSLATION
Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me
Some scholars masquerading as spiritualists opine that in Hinduism there are 33 crore gods and one can chose anyone and worship as per their liking. It’s just like a quack telling a diseased person to choose any medicine as per his taste and it will cure his disease. In the present age many such spiritual quacks swarm the world misguiding the people.
The various gods which are mentioned in the Vedic literatures are in fact demigods who have been given certain responsibilities by the Supreme Lord.
Prabhupada: So we should know... Happiness is described in the Bhagavad-gita: sukham atyantikam yat tad atindriyam grahyam [Bg. 6.21]. What is happiness, that is beyond the senses. The sense happiness is there by the pig and the man. But his standard of sense happiness is different from the man's. Standard may be different, but the happiness derived from the subject matter is the same. There is no difference.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Lecture on Glorification of Jagannath Puri Dham by Krishnananda Prabhu 06 July 2013 at Jagannath Puri
(His Grace Krishnananda Prabhu is a disciple of H.H. Radhanath Swami, from Radha-Gopinath Mandir in Mumbai. He travels around India mostly, preaching the glories of the Lord.)
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Lecture on Faith in the Holy Name by Sacinandana Swami 18 March 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavana
(HH Sacinandana Swami left home only 16 years old to meet devotees and to become a disciple of Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Maharaja’s first years in ISKCON were spent by translating Srila Prabhupada’s books from English to German and later he joined the book distribution party in Germany. Desiring to deepen his preaching, Maharaja soon started to visit people, who already got our books to encourage them to ac
Lecture on Association with Devotees by HG Urmila Mataji
(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )
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Lecture on Best Service to Krishna Book Distribution by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami
(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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TEXT 21
yo yo yam yam tanum bhaktah
sraddhayarcitum icchati
tasya tasyacalam sraddham
tam eva vidadhamy aham
SYNONYMS
yah--that; yah--that; yam--which; yam--which; tanum--form of the demigods; bhaktah--devotee; sraddhaya--with faith; arcitum--to worship; icchati--desires; tasya--of that; tasya--of that; acalam--steady; sraddham--faith; tam--him; eva--surely; vidadhami--give; aham--I.
TRANSLATION
I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his fa
By His Holiness Devamrita Swami
As our ISKCON mission approaches the 21st century, fundamental questions about book distribution arise. The real issue is not, of course, whether or not books should be distributed, but who are the book distributors?
Is book distribution an elitist activity, or a natural part of the life of every spiritually aspiring man and woman? Is book distribution the exclusive nectar of a few fortunate souls, those specialized commandos whose gallant deeds we rely upon for sur
Kunti Maharani ki Prarthana - Bhag 01
Kunti Maharani ki Prarthana - Bhag 02
Kunti Maharani ki Prarthana - Bhag 03
By H.G. GANESAN.T.K
We have been celebrating the Damodara Program in our area (Jaganathan nagar, Coimbatore) during the auspicious Kartika month.
With the blessings and guidance of H.H. Bhakti Vinoda Swami, we (Ganesan, Bkn.Thirupura Sundari, Bkn.Subasri, Bkn.Selvam mataji, H.G. Anupama Madhavi devi dasi and Bkn.Gandhimathi mataji) have been arranging kirtan, lamps and prasadam in 73 different homes.
We request your blessings to improve further in our spiritual lives and so the entire area can be c
Prabhupada: These are all material necessities. So if you come to the spiritual platform, the test is that you have no material necessities. So long you are diseased, you require medicine, but when you are not diseased there is no need of medicine. It is the healthy state. So so long we are materially diseased, we require all these material necessities. So when you are on the spiritual platform there is no material (indistinct). Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau **, then you conquer over even our pri
