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My Dear Humans,

YOU HAVE FEELINGS, WE ALSO HAVE FEELINGS
YOU FEEL PAIN, WE ALSO FEEL PAIN
YOU ARE FEARFUL, WE ARE ALSO FEARFUL
YOU HAVE A FAMILY, WE ALSO HAVE A FAMILY
YOU WANT TO LIVE, WE ALSO WANT TO LIVE
YOU ARE LIVING BEINGS, WE ARE ALSO LIVING BEINGS
YOU WERE CREATED BY GOD, WE WERE ALSO CREATED BY THE SAME GOD|
YOU HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS, WE ALSO HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS
YOU HAVE A SOUL, WE ALSO HAVE A SOUL
YOU WOULDN’T LIKE TO HAVE YOUR THROAT CUT, WE WOULDN’T EITHER
YOU ARE NOT FOOD FOR US, WE

Lecture on About Donating 50 Percent to ISKCON by Sivarama Swami 15 Nov 2013 at India

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)

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Lecture on Why Are You Not A Paramahamsa by HH Prahladananda Swami on July 2009

(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Understanding the Pastimes of Damodara by HH Niranjana Swami on 14 Nov 2013 at Taichung, Taiwan

(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 Nov 2013 at Vrindavan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 31, Text 07)

(From 1977 to 1979 His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal preaching Krishna consciousness and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.)

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Prabhupada: So it is not a sectarian religious sentimental movement. It is a movement for giving real education, knowledge, to the people all over the world without any discrimination. So at least those who are intelligent class of men, they should join and study this movement and try to broadcast for the good of the human society.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada 

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 Prabhupada

ByHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee Chanting Hare Krishna on Beads

 

nityam dadāti kāmasya

cchidram tam anu ye ‘rayah

yoginah krta-maitrasya

patyur jāyeva pumścalī

[Srimad Bhagavatam 5.6.4]

TRANSLATION

An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by her paramours. If the yogi gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, h

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Those who are spiritually situated are always joyful because they don’t hanker or lament. We must recognize that lamenting and hankering are the two diseases of the material existence and we can free ourselves from these two diseases by taking to the process of devotional service.

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Gainesville on 15 Nov 2011
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 15, Text 25-26)

(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)

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Lecture on The Glance of Lord Vishnu Creates the Desires of the Devotees by Giriraj Swami on 11 Nov 2013 at Chowpatty

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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TEXT 19

bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah

SYNONYMS

bahunam--many; janmanam--births; ante--after; jnana-van--he possessing knowledge; mam--unto Me; prapadyate--surrenders; vasudevah--cause of all causes; sarvam--all; iti--thus; sah--such; maha-atma--great soul; su-durlabhah--very rare.

TRANSLATION

After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a g

The aim of human life is param gatim. Param gatim means the supreme perfection. Gatim means progress, and param means the supreme. Our life is progressive. By evolution we have come to this human form of life through many forms of life.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

A person who remains undisturbed and unbewildered amidst internal and external chaos is called self controlled. One of the foremost reasons as why a person fails to accomplish his coveted goal is because of his inability to rein in on his emotions.  Just like a person possessed by alcohol becomes insane, similarly a person overpowered by his emotions behaves irrationally.  A person may possess the intelligence and may have abundant talents to succeed in life but if he does not have the ability t

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 14 Nov 2013 at Los angeles
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 14, Text 36)

(Amal Bhakta was born in New York City and attended New York University. He moved to Santa Monica, California in 1954 and worked in motion pictures for three years.)

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Lecture on Whether Krishna will take away the Taste of Devotion by Sivarama Swami on 11 Nov 2013 in India

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973.)

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