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Lecture on Real Relationship with Krishna by HH Bhakti Vijnana Goswami at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Bhakti Vijnana Goswami was born in Tashkent, former Soviet Union. He took to spiritual life in 1980, during a difficult time during the communist era in the former Soviet Union, when the National Security forces were harassing any type of spiritual practitioner.)

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Lecture on Saving the Ancestors by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 06 Oct 2013 at ISKCON Lenasia

(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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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Akuti Mataji at Alachua on 16 Oct 2013
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 27, Text 05)

(Her Grace Akuti Devi Dasi is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and the spearhead behind the new Krishna Lunch program at Santa Fe Community College,)

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Lecture on Dont Try to Become a Big Devotee Just Try To Become A Devotee by HH Prahladananada Swami on 12 Sept 2010

(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship.)

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"All holy places reside in the month of Kartika, which is eternally dear to Lord Krishna. Whatever pious deeds one performs to please Lord Visnu during the month of Kartika brings benefit that is eternal. O Narada, I speak to you the truth." -Skanda Purana

TEXT 46

tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogi
jnanibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikah
karmibhyas cadhiko yogi
tasmad yogi bhavarjuna

SYNONYMS

tapasvibhyah--than the ascetic; adhikah--greater; yogi--the yogi; jnanibhyah--than the wise; api--also; matah--considered; adhikah--greater than; karmibhyah--than the fruitive worker; ca--also; adhikah--greater than; yogi--the yogi; tasmat--therefore; yogi--a transcendentalist; bhava--just become; arjuna--O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION

A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiri

Prabhupada: You can do the best to train your child to become Krsna conscious. That is in your power. That you can do. That is the best service, not anything else. That is not possible. If you become yourself Krsna conscious, and if you try to make your son Krsna conscious, that you can do. And that is the duty, real duty. Other things, you cannot do anything. That is destiny. And if you make him Krsna conscious, then destiny can also be changed. This is the concession of Krsna consciousness. De

Struggle with Sex Desire

Transcription By: Shalini Ahaluwalia Mataji

Edited By: Murlidhar Prabhu (Murli Thundi)

Question: If bhakti gives us higher taste which makes lower pleasures insignificant then why do sometimes even senior devotees struggle with sex desire?

Answer:  There can be many reasons for this. First of all, sex desire is a very deep-rooted desire and it takes time to get purified of that desire. It’s not just a desire of this lifetime but has been going on for many, many lifetimes. Th

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Srutakirti Prabhu on 16 Oct 2013 at Los Angeles
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 13, Text 46)

(His Grace Srutakirti Prabhu would travel with Srila Prabhupada to various countries. He noted the details of his travels and thus he is one of the greatest speakers on Srila Prabhupada's pastimes.)

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Lecture on Life of Raghunath Dasa Goswami, Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami by HH Kavichandra Swami at ISKCON Chowpatty on 16 Oct 2013

(Kavichandra Swami met the Hare Krishna devotees in 1967 and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1971. He joined the temple in Tucson, Arizona, and since that time he has served in various capacities in the United States and around the world.)

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Lecture on What are Good Qualities by Bir Krishna Goswami at Suva on 28 Sept 2013

(Bir Krishna Goswami became directly involved in the publication of Srila Prabhupada’s books in English and Spanish.)

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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita by Tamohara Prabhu

(Tamohara Dasa has a doctorate in educational psychology and has been a faculty member and administrator in several graduate schools and universities, including dean of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.)

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By His Holiness Sridhar Swami

There is a saying that if you have to do something, there is two ways that you can do it. One is in an organized way and the other is in a disorganized way. Now, if you do things in a disorganized way, you may not get such good results, but if you have a plan, if you have a system, a technique, a method, the chances are that you will get better results. This is common sense. 

As an institution, we are not that old. In fact, we are still in diapers practically. Still “

God Retires! A presumptuous headline beamed through all the major dailies of India in Oct. The occasion was the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar, one of the most celebrated cricketers of modern times. His fans eulogized him: “Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God”.

It showcases the illiteracy which has penetrated in Indian society about God and religion. It seems that Indians have forgotten the meaning of God and religion. Considered to be the holiest place on earth; people from all over the

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