Lecture on The Cry of the Beggar by Indradyumna Swami on 18 Oct 2010
(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.)
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Lecture onSrimad Bhagavatam Class by Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 30, Text 38)
(Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami Maharaja was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in London in 1971. A year later he received second initiation. He has been preaching for over last twenty five years in Asian countries such as India, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.)
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A few days back, one devotee came up to me and told me how inspired she was to put more faith in the Lord since the time she had heard me mention the phrase - Rakhe Krsna, mare ke in one of my earlier classes in Raichur. I was reflecting on the miraculous incident that occurred just the day before and how when the Lord decides to protect, the fortunate living entity beats the odds and survives.
The miraculous sequence of events unfolded before our eyes on the tuesday, the day before the Bakrid. B
Lecture on Perverse Perspective on Krishna by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 12 Sept 2013 at Munich
(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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TEXT 47
yoginam api sarvesam
mad-gatenantar-atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah
SYNONYMS
yoginam--of all yogis; api--also; sarvesam--all types of; mat-gatena--abiding in Me; antah-atmana--always thinking of Me within; sraddha-van--in full faith; bhajate--renders transcendental loving service; yah--one who; mam--Me (the Supreme Lord); sah--he; me--Mine; yukta-tamah--the greatest yogi; matah--is considered.
TRANSLATION
And of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith,
By His Holiness Prahladananda Swami
yare deka, tare kaha krsna upadesa
amara ajnaya guru hana tara’ ei desa
— Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 7.128
Lord Caitanya said: “Whomever you meet, tell them about Krishna”. In the
Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna stated:
mac citta mad gata prana
bodhayantah parasparam
kathayantas ca mam nityam
tusyanti ca ramanti ca
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightenin
The Srimad Bhagavatam describes how the trees in Vrindavana are bowing down due to their heavy fruits. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu explained this by describing how a person who has the fruits of good qualities is like a tree with good fruits. The weights of the fruits cause the tree to bow down to everyone. But a tree that doesn’t have good fruits stands up very straight, doesn’t bow to anyone.
A person who has character, amanina manadena, is eager to offer respect to the divinity, the spiritual ess
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
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What am I doing here?
So the Vaisnava philosophy is... They want to remain predominated by the supreme predominator. And the Mayavada philosophy, the monists, they want to merge into the predominator. Their idea is to become themselves predominator. When they fail to become predominator in this material world... We are all trying to become predominator. Everyone is trying. Bhokta. "I shall..." Competition is going on.
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Our eyes close - the eyelid closes them. But Vishnu's eye never closes. Therefore He is called animisa. Therefore the gopis condemned Brahma, “Why have you awarded us these nonsense eyelids? It sometimes closes the eye and we cannot see Krishna.” This is the desire of the gopis - they want to see Krishna always, without being disturbed by the eyelids. This is Krishna consciousness. The moment, when the eyes are closed b
Hare Krsna
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Srila Prabhupada Says - [Rascal Scientists]
Where is your science? Why the scientists dying? Why they cannot invent some means, a tablet, that "At the time of my death, push this tablet in my belly. I'll not die"? Why they are unable to do so? Who can answer this? Why the rascal scientists do not manufacture such things that there'll be no death for the scientists? Hm? What do you say? Anyone for scientists can plead? (l
Hare Krsna
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Here, in a few words, Srila Prabhupada explains many major points. The essence is that simple truths are elusive, sometimes even invisible.
" Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam... [Bg. 18.66]. That is the beginning of pure devotional service. No other engagement. Simply Krsna. That is pure devotional service. But that is very difficult to achieve. People will not accept the simple thing. You give them big, big formulas,
Hare Krsna
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Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how the Bhagavad Gita was originally spoken from the mouth of Lord Kṛṣṇa and if we read the Bhagavad Gita in the same appreciative manner in which Arjuna heard from Lord Kṛṣṇa we can also understand the words spoken by Lord Sri Krsna]
“We are all fools like that. Arjuna is not fool. Arjuna has been been described as Guḍakesa. How he can be fool? But he is playing the part of fool. If he
Hare Krsna
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"It is important to take to Krsna consciousness immediately, because we do not know how much time is left before death. When your time in this body expires, no one can stop your death. The arrangement of material nature is so strong."
"Just try to give this Krishna philosophy to the intelligent class of men, and distribute our books as many as possible, and your all efforts will come out successful. Know it for certain
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sanatan Dharma
The Only Religion Of The World
There is no ritual of "conversion" in Sanatan Dharma because you don't convert to it, you can only return to it.
So when you feel you've lost your way and when you realise that what you left behind was true happiness and joy, then you return home, to Sanatan Dharma.
Meaning in Hindi !
सनातन धर्म में धर्म परिवर्तन की कोई विधि नहीं है ,
क्योंकि सनातन धर्म में परिवर्तन नहीं हो सकता ,
सनातन धर्म में तो सिर्फ लौटा जा सकता है !
इसलिए जब आप अपनी राह भूल जाएँ और महस
Prabhupada: Guru more murkha dekhi' karila sasana [Cc. Adi 7.71]. Caitanya Mahaprabhu also presented Himself as idiot number one. He said to Prakasananda Sarasvati. Prakasananda Sarasvati asked Him that "You are a sannyasi. You do not read Vedanta and You chant and dance. What is this?" So He answered, guru more murkha dekhi' karila sasana. "My guru found Me a fool number one, so he has chastised Me, 'You rascal, You are fool, You cannot read Vedanta. You Chant Hare Krsna.' " So it is good that
Everyone wants to become God, imitator. Imitation. Therefore they say, "Why Kṛṣṇa shall be alone God? I am God."
You are God. That's all right. But you are not the Supreme God. Why you forget that? You may be a God at home of your wife, but when you go to your office, you are not god; your master is god. He directs you to do something; you have to do it.
So we may claim that "Every one of us, we are God," but nobody can claim that "We are supreme; I am Supreme God." That is not possible. That
are the followers of the mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya (1486-1534). Sri Chaitanya worshiped Radha and Krishna and popularized the practice of kirtan (congregational chanting of the names of God). His followers revere him as an incarnation of Krishna, prophesied in the later chapters of The Srimad Bhagavam, who appeared to teach the path of Bhakti.
Sri Chaitanya taught the belief in one supreme God, the ultimate manifestation being in the form of Krishna, accompanied by Radha, whose power and majes
