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Why did we leave the Spiritual World

2514927807?profile=originalLecture on why did we leave the Spiritual World by Giridhari Swami

(Giridhari Maharaja joined the GBC in 1996, as several devotees as well as His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja felt that it would increase his service in various ways. He became GBC chairman in 2002.)

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Being Original

2514927764?profile=originalLecture on Being Original by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 10 Aug 2013 at Lika

(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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Srila Prabhupada Vani

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24 Hrs engaged in Service


Persons who are twenty-four hours engaged, satata-yuktanam... Satata means twenty-four hours. Not that five minutes or fifteen minutes meditation, and then do all nonsense. No. Twenty-four hours one should be engaged in the service of the Lord. Twenty-four hours. That we are doing. Whatever he knows, whatever talent he has got, use for Krishna. That is twenty-four hours’ engagement. (Srimad-Bhag

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Duties of an Ideal Husband

2514927467?profile=originalLecture on Duties of an Ideal Husband by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKOCN Pune on 28 Sept 2013

(He served as temple president in Mumbai, Belgaum and Vrindavan- which is the spiritual hub of world wide ISKCON temples. He has been preaching in many prestigious educational institutions all over India.)

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Answer Summary: Yes, they definitely have that right, but the issue is not of rights, but of sending the right message about ourselves to others. When rights blind us to the right, we brand the right - modest dressing - as wrong, as old-fashioned.
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Today’s culture makes women believe that they have the right to wear any kind of dress, no matter how revealing. Those women who buy into this belief bristle at any sugge
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Hare Krsna

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Devotional service to Hari is known as Suddha-Vaishnava-Dharma, Nitya-Dharma, Jaiva-Dharma, Bhagavata-Dharma, Paramatma-Dharma, and Para-Dharma.  All religious principles that have arisen from the predisposition towardBrahman and Paramatma are temporary (because they are materiallymotivated).  There is a material motive behind searching for the impersonal Brahman.  Therefore, such searching is causal and therefore tempo
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Exposing a person purity level 
 
The deeds cannot be against the words of the Satras & the thoughts of the Sadhu
 
The Difference is in the Mood. Mood is internal that gets exposed with the deeds performed externally reflects the motivation of that person if it is selfish or selfless. 
 
Sometimes it is had to figure the ill motives of a person but when such a  person opens His mouth then it becomes easy to discriminate wrong
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P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens

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A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with bright light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This, the man did, day after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down with his shoulders set squarely against the co

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Being a Krishna-bhakta, is a divine experienceEnjoying the compassion of Bhakta-priya Sri Krishna is the privilege of Bhaktas.

Recently, a lady Krishna-Bhakta’s aged father was diagonised with a serious illness.For further check-up and treatment, the patient was to be shifted to a far away super-speciality hospital The poor lady was in tearsShe did not know what to do .Even her close relatives were unwilling to help

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When once acts for selfish enjoyment, that is called karma-kanda.  When one desires to attain freedom from activity through knowledge, action karma-kanda becomes jnana-yoga or karma-yoga.  When such activities are performed in a way that is conductive to the attainment of Bhakti, they are called jnana-bhakta-yoga or subsidiary devotional practices.  But only those activities characterized by the principles of pure worshi
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A Glimpse of ISKCON CARACAS

Placed on the crossing corner that makes both Avenida Marqués Del Toro and Avenida Los Próceres in San Bernardino, ISKCON CARACAS Mandira intends to be an open place of concord, peace and spiritual gifts as Srila Prabhupada stated in his many books, letters, and darshans that he built a house wherein the whole world may live: ISKCON. 

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 6.36

TEXT 36

asamyatatmana yogo
dusprapa iti me matih
vasyatmana tu yatata
sakyo 'vaptum upayatah

 

SYNONYMS

asamyata--unbridled; atmana--by the mind; yogah--self-realization; dusprapah--difficult to obtain; iti--thus; me--My; matih--opinion; vasya--controlled; atmana--by the mind; tu--but; yatata--while endeavoring; sakyah--practical; avaptum--to achieve; upayatah--appropriate means.

 

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For one whose mind is unbridled, self-realization is difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled and who s

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Chapter 9: The Most Confidential Knowledge
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.30

api cet su-durācāro
bhajate mām ananya-bhāk
sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ
samyag vyavasito hi saḥ
SYNONYMS

api — even; cet — if; su-durācāraḥ — one committing the most abominable actions; bhajate — is engaged in devotional service; mām — unto Me; ananya-bhāk — without deviation; sādhuḥ — a saint; eva — certainly; saḥ — he; mantavyaḥ — is to be considered; samyak — completely; vyavasitaḥ — situated in determinat

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Radhastami

2514927396?profile=originalLecture on Radhastami by HH Radhanath Swami on 13 Sept 2013 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(In 1979, he left his pujari service and caring for cows at the farming community to pioneer educational programs in colleges and universities in the United States.Radhanath Swami took the vows of sannyasa in 1986 and returned to India.)

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Qualifications of Parikshit Maharaj

2514927391?profile=originalLecture on Qualifications of Parikshit Maharaj by Romapada Swami on 18 Aug 2013 at Detroit

(His devotional career began with management, first as president of the Manhattan temple (1977-78), then as regional secretary for New England (1979-82), and then again as president of the Brooklyn temple (1982-83). From 1996 up to 2008, he served continuously as a member of the North American Executive Committee (NA EC), and he was the chairman of the GBC EC in 2009-2010.)

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Sunday Feast Lecture

2514927463?profile=originalSunday Feast Lecture by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 29 Sept 2013

(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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Srimad Bhagavatam Class

2514927520?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Radha Govinda Swami at ISKCON Juhu on 27 Sept 2013
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 01, Text 15)

(H.H. Radha Govinda Swami, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), lives in Vrindavan, India.)

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Bhagvan Avashya Raksha Karte Hai

2514927491?profile=originalLecture on Bhagvan Avashya Raksha Karte Hai by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKCON Mira Road on 01 Oct 2013

(He served as temple president in Mumbai, Belgaum and Vrindavan- which is the spiritual hub of world wide ISKCON temples. He has been preaching in many prestigious educational institutions all over India.)

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Chanting Brings Material Prosperity

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It brings material prosperity

Scarcity of food in this age can be counteracted by propagation of sankirtana−yajna, chanting of the holy name:

[The personified earth planet to King Prthu]: Due to being stocked for a very long time, all the grain seeds within me have certainly deteriorated. Therefore you shoult immediately arrange to take these seeds out by the standard process, which is recommended by the acaryas or sastr

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Destiny

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Destiny

Source: [granthraj]

 

While reading Srila Prabhupada's book I came across a very nice realization that destiny cannot be changed. But in spite of our destiny, if we try for Krishna consciousness, we can achieve spiritual success. We should not waste our energy for material happiness, because we cannot get more than what we are destined to have. That is why Prahlada Maharaja urged his friends, kaumara aacaret praajn

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