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Granthraj Srimad Bhagavatam ki Jai…!

"Happy moments, praise Krishna

Difficult moments, seek Krishna

Peaceful moments, worship Krishna

Every moment, thank Krishna” 29-12-11

"You be with Bhagavatam and all the difficulties will evaporate. Difficulties can't remain in the presence of Bhagavatam” 13-1-12

"Unless we improve our own behaviour, these slokas have no meaning really. No doubt we take advantage of chanting the vibrations but vibrations are not enough. They will not sustain long, so you have to i

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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Vijaya Prabhu on 02 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Los Angeles

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Sunday Feast Lecture on Bhisma Stuti by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 03 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Mira Road

(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 Disappearance Day of Srila Prabhupada by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 17 Nov 2012 at ISKCON Juhu

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 17 Nov 2012 at ISKCON Orlando

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

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TEXT 10

bijam mam sarva-bhutanam
viddhi partha sanatanam
buddhir buddhimatam asmi
tejas tejasvinam aham

SYNONYMS

bijam--the seed; mam--unto Me; sarva-bhutanam--of all living entities; viddhi--try to understand; partha--O son of Prtha; sanatanam--original, eternal; buddhih--intelligence; buddhi-matam--of the intelligent; asmi--I am; tejah--prowess; tejasvinam--of the powerful; aham--I am.

TRANSLATION

O son of Prtha, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intellig

Prabhupada: What you want more? It is up to you. He has explained everything, what is karma-yoga, what is jnana-yoga, what is dhyana-yoga, what is bhakti-yoga, what is the ultimate goal-sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam [Bg. 18.66] --  He has explained everything. Now it is up to you to think over it and do whatever you like. There is no force. You are at liberty. Your question has no standing. You have to decide, if you have got intelligence, to take up the instruction of Krsna and by h

  Mention the word Mahabharat, which warrior comes to your mind? Most probably Arjun. How many people would say Krishna? It was Arjun who killed the great Bhishma. It was Arjun who killed Drona. It was Arjun who killed Jaydrata. How about Krishna? Krishna was just a charioteer, following the commands of Arjun.

  While Arjun was standing in his elevated beautiful chariot under the shade of a very beautiful umbrella, Krishna was sitting at his feet, under the hot sun, dutifully driving the chariot

TEXT 9

punyo gandhah prthivyam ca
tejas casmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarva-bhutesu
tapas casmi tapasvisu

SYNONYMS

punyah--original; gandhah--fragrance; prthivyam--in the earth; ca--also; tejah--temperature; ca--also; asmi--I am; vibhavasau--in the fire; jivanam--life; sarva--all; bhutesu--living entities; tapah--penance; ca--also; asmi--I am; tapasvisu--in those who practice penance.

TRANSLATION

I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I

Prabhupada: Krsna has many names. Krsna has name Govinda. It is not three letters. It is more than that. Krsna has so many thousands names. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta. So therefore Krsna advises for the beginners, "Just try to remember Me in this way-raso 'ham apsu kaunteya [Bg. 7.8] -- I am the taste of the water." The water you must be drinking twice, thrice, four times. So when you drink water, the taste satisfies your thirst. So if you simply remember, "This taste is Krsna," that is Krsn

Srila Prabhupada comes to America by HG Nirantara Prabhu

(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. Pursuing the path of "sex, drugs and rock n roll", he tried to become famous and successful as a singer. But by 1972 the reactions of fo

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu

(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. He was duly accepted as an initiated disciple by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 9th, 1972 in Sydney)

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Srila Prabhupada brings mercy of Lord Jagannath to the Whole World by HH Romapada Swami

(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. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971. Despite being admitted as a pre-med student, he decided to follow his spiritual path 100% and never

Realizing our Unborn Nature by HG Urmila Devi Dasi

(Her Grace Urmila Devi Dasi was born in 1955 in New York City. She joined ISKCON in 1973 in Chicago. She received first initiation in 1973 and second initiation in 1975 from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. She had several opportunities, along with her family, to meet with him personally.)

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I would say that in our movement, one of the great causes why devotees are becoming dry in their spiritual practices is because they don’t get absorbed in reading. Because you see, chanting is something you do because we measure it- 16 rounds- so it is sort of very clear. But we don’t do like one hour of…we don’t vow one hour reading, we just don’t vow it. So we don’t give it the same urgency but it practically has the same urgency. It’s very important- very, very important. If we are not readin

Types of prayers

(from Gauòéya Vaiñëava Abhidhana)

1. Samprarthanatmika - direct prayer glorifying the Lord. We have many examples of this type of prayer in Narottama Dasa's Prarthana.

2. Svadhainyabodhika - expressing humility and embarrassment, informing the Lord: I am very fallen.

3. Manah-siksa - examples are Bhajahu Re Mana by Govinda das or Manah-siksa by Raghunatha das Gosvami. In this type of prayer the mind becomes a disciple and we teach it how to deal with the senses and relate to inte