English Amalaki Vrata Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor
Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

TEXT 21

te tam bhuktva svarga-lokam visalam
ksine punye martya-lokam visanti
evam trayi-dharmam anuprapanna
gatagatam kama-kama labhante

SYNONYMS

te--they; tam--that; bhuktva--enjoying; svarga-lokam--heaven; visalam--vast; ksine--being exhausted; punye--merits; martya-lokam--mortal earth; visanti--fall down; evam--thus; trayi--three Vedas; dharmam--doctrines; anuprapannah--following; gata-agatam--death and birth; kama-kamah--desiring sense enjoyments; labhante--attain.

TRANSLATION

When they have th

By Iksvaku Das

It is nearly 100 years since the last time the great Congregational preacher; Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was present on this planet. With the intention of acknowledging his legacy, ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry is suggesting different ways to celebrate this memorable event:

1. Support the creation of a local working-team responsible for the celebration of the anniversary.

2. Help to set up an event (or a series of them) to raise awareness of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

3.

So reading today from the Srimad Bhagavatam Canto Five Chapter Thirteen entitled “Rahugana converses with Jada Bharata'

tair vañcito hamsa-kulam samavisann
arocayan silam upaiti vanaran
taj-jati-rasena sunirvrtendriyah
parasparodviksana-vismrtavadhih
(SB 5.13.17)

Translation: “Being cheated by them, the living entity in the forest of the material world tries to give up the association of these so-called yogis, swamis and incarnations and come to the association of real devotees, but due to m

Krsna Book 83:

My dear Queen Draupadī, please take it from us that we are not after any opulence such as a kingdom, an empire or a position of heavenly enjoyment. We do not want to enjoy such material opulences, nor do we desire to achieve the yogic perfections, nor the exalted post of Lord Brahmā. Nor do we want any of the different kinds of liberation—sārūpya, sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya or sāyujya. We are not at all attracted by any of these opulences. Our only ambition is to bear on our heads li

Lecture on BG 2.12 -- New York, March 9, 1966:

Prabhupāda: S, A, R, U, P, Y, A. Sārūpya. Yes. Sārūpya. This is called sārūpya-mukti. And...

Woman: Mukti, or mukhi?

Prabhupāda: Mukti, yes.

Woman: And three?

Prabhupāda: And three... The two I have explained, sāyujya and sārūpya. Then sālokya. Sālokya. Sālokya means you can, one can, get habitation, residence, in the same planet where God is there. That is sālokya. And then the next is sārṣṭi. Sārṣṭi. S, A, R, S, T, I, sārṣṭi. Sārṣṭi means to get the sa

Lecture on SB 5.5.2 -- Boston, April 28, 1969:

Vimukti. Mukti means liberation, and, adding the word, vi... Vi means specifically liberation. There are five kinds of liberation. One liberation is to merge into the Supreme. Another liberation is to live with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the same planet. Another liberation is to achieve the status quo of life as good as God. Sārūpya, sāyujya, sālokya, sāmīpya. You can associate yourself with God. That is another liberation. In this way, th

Lecture on SB 2.9.11 -- Tokyo, April 27, 1972:

If you want to merge in His existence—the Māyāvādīs—all right, you can get it. But that it not real profit. Real profit is here described, in Vaikuṇṭha, how they are face to face seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, having the same body, and same ornaments, same opulence, everything same. Sārūpya, sālokya, sāyujya. Sāyujya is damn rascals. Sāyujya-mukti, never, merging, never, no Vaiṣṇava will take. But sārūpya, so far our Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava is c

Lecture on Glories of Ekadashi by Sachinanadana Swami

(Sacinandana Swami shared many of his insights in his books: "Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name", "The Gayatri Book" and "The Way of the Great Departure".)

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Lecture on From Distress to taking deep shelter to Gratitude 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.)

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TEXT 20

trai-vidya mam soma-pah puta-papa
yajnair istva svar-gatim prarthayante
te punyam asadya surendra-lokam
asnanti divyan divi deva-bhogan

SYNONYMS

trai-vidyah--the knowers of the three Vedas; mam--unto Me; soma-pah--drinkers of soma juice; puta--purified; papah--sins; yajnaih--with sacrifices; istva--after worshiping; svah-gatim--passage to heaven; prarthayante--pray; te--they; punyam--virtue; asadya--enjoying; sura-indra--of Indra; lokam--the world; asnanti--enjoy; divyan--celestial; divi--

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (05.12.15) by Kavichandra Swami

(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 Why we should hear about Krishna by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 Feb 2014 at Colombo

(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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narayanam namaskrtya
naram caiva narottamam
devim sarasvatim vyasam
tato jayam udirayet
[SB 1.2.4]

Before reciting this Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is our very means of conquest, we should offer respectful obeisances unto Lord Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, unto Nara-narayana Rsi, the supermost human being, unto Mother Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, unto Srila Vyasadeva, the author, and unto to Srila Prabhupada, the translator, commentator, and our spiritual master.

nasta-pr

Prabhupada: No, varnasrama. Vanaprastha, just like we have got this building. Now, if somebody retires and engages himself in Krsna consciousness movement, they are welcome. They can take prasadam and stay here. It is not possible at the present moment that gentleman will live in the forest. That is not possible. Then here is a place, Vrndavana, holy place. We have constructed this building, and people should take vanaprastha, or retirement, and may come here and live peacefully and cultivate sp

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.2.14-15

pretavases?u ghores?u

pretair bhuta-gan?air vr?tah?

at?aty unmattavan nagno

vyupta-keso hasan rudan

cita-bhasma-kr?ta-snanah?

preta-sran-nrasthi-bhus?an?ah?

sivapadeso hy asivo

matto matta-jana-priyah?

patih? pramatha-nathanam´

tamo-matratmakatmanam

SYNONYMS

preta-avases?u — at the burning places of dead bodies; ghores?u — horrible; pretaih? — by the Pretas; bhuta-gan?aih? — by the Bhutas; vr?tah? — accompanied by; at?ati — he wanders; unmatta-vat — like a madman; nagnah? — naked