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You are falsely thinking "I am everything. I can, by technological understanding, improve the condition." But the real problem is, as it is put forward by Bhagavad-gita, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9]. We are eternal, na hanyate hanyamane sarire [Bg. 2.20]. We are put under the laws of material nature, by which we have to accept birth, death, old age and disease. This is our real problem. So unless you make a solution of these problems, there is actually no advancement

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Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada

2514934644?profile=originalLecture on Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 20 Sept 2013 at Yaroslavi

(After visiting the ISKCON temple in Montreal, Canada in September of 1967, Gopal Krishna Goswami yearned to meet a Vaishnava guru and got the opportunity to meet Srila Prabhupada there in 1968.)

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Srimad Bhagavatam Class

2514934665?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Vedavyasapriya Swami on 01 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Melbourne
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02, Chapter 04, Text 13)

(Vedavyasapriya Swami worked as a research biochemist first in East Africa and then later when he migrated to USA. Within a week of arrival in the USA, he met the devotees, disciples of His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada)

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Srila Prabhupada comes to America

2514934674?profile=originalLecture on Srila Prabhupada comes to America by Nirantara Prabhu

(In his spare time (when not going out for preaching) he composes and records original recordings of the Shrila Prabhupada's teachings of what he calls "Bhaktivedanta yoga" in western musical format using guitar, keyboard, and bass.)

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Radharani Steals Krishnas Flute

2514934708?profile=originalLecture on Radharani Steals Krishnas Flute by HH Indradyumna Swami on 08 Nov 2013

(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. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)

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Just Add Krishna and subtract sin

2514934672?profile=originalLecture on Just Add Krishna and subtract sin by HG Urmila Mataji on 03 Oct 2013 at Hawaii

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 7.14

TEXT 14

daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te

 

SYNONYMS

daivi--transcendental; hi--certainly; esa--this; guna-mayi--consisting of the three modes of material nature; mama--My; maya--energy; duratyaya--very difficult to overcome; mam--unto Me; eva--certainly; ye--those; prapadyante--surrender; mayam etam--this illusory energy; taranti--overcome; te--they.

 

TRANSLATION

This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is diff

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: But if you don't follow the instruction in Bhagavad-gita directly or indirectly.... Krsna says sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66], if you do not do that and because you may not understand Krsna.... But Krsna also says tad viddhi pranipatena... You do not go to a seer, then how you'll understand Krsna? You do not understand directly or indirectly. Then you are hopeless.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioning

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Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioning
by Brynne Sissom

The physiological effects of reading Sanskrit are
similar to those experienced during the Transcendental
Meditation® technique, according to research recently
completed by Dr. Fred Travis, director of the
ERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University of
Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.

Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passages
from the Bhagavad-Gita in Sanskrit and in modern
foreign languages (Spanish, French, or Ge

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A Taste of Salted Bread

In the former Soviet Union, Hare Krishna devotees risked being imprisoned and tortured for distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.

The following excerpts are from Sarvabhavana Dasa's book Salted Bread, which focuses on how he and his friend Sachisuta Dasa served Lord Krishna and spread His teachings in the Soviet Union. The book emphasizes Sachisuta's dedication and subsequent imprisonment. These excerpts, drawn from most of the chapters in Salted Bread, were selected by BTG Associate Editor Urmil
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 7.13

TEXT 13

tribhir guna-mayair bhavair
ebhih sarvam idam jagat
mohitam nabhijanati
mam ebhyah param avyayam

 

SYNONYMS

tribhih--three; guna-mayaih--by the three gunas; bhavaih--state of being; ebhih--all these; sarvam--the whole world; idam--in this world; jagat--universe; mohitam--deluded; na abhijanati--do not know; mam--Me; ebhyah--above these; param--the Supreme; avyayam--inexhaustible.

 

TRANSLATION

Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me who am

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Surrender as He says, sarva-dharman... You have nothing to do. You have simply to do what Krsna says. That is surrender. You cannot reserve anything, that "I do it something for me and something for Krsna." That is not surrender. You have nothing to do except what Krsna says. That is surrender.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 7.12

TEXT 12

ye caiva sattvika bhava
rajasas tamasas ca ye
matta eveti tan viddhi
na tv aham tesu te mayi

 

SYNONYMS

ye--all those; ca--and; eva--certainly; sattvikah--in goodness; bhavah--states of being; rajasah--mode of passion; tamasah--mode of ignorance; ca--also; ye--although; mattah--from Me; eva--certainly; iti--thus; tan--those; viddhi--try to know; na--not; tu--but; aham--I; tesu--in those; te--they; mayi--unto Me.

 

TRANSLATION

All states of being--be they of goodness, passion or ignorance--are m

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Disappearance Day of Srila Prabhupada


Today is His Divine Disappeance day of our most worshipable Sri Srimad Swami Prabhupada.


Devotees observed Srila Prabhupada's tirobhava tithi maha-mahotsava with his internal presence with great pomp and affection. There was abhishek of Srila Prabhupada by HG Balabhadra das,HG Rasrasik Das,HG Rantidev das and other devotees.


The melodious Hare Krishna maha-mantra was recited and later Krishna Prasadam was distributed.


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Qualification for knowing Krishna

2514933931?profile=originalLecture on Qualification for knowing Krishna by HH Romapada Swami in 2013 at Guyana

(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. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971. Despite being admitted as a pre-med student, he decided to follow his spiritual path 100% and never look

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2514934020?profile=originalLecture on Disappearance Day of Srila Gaura Kishora Das Babaji HH Giriraj Swami on 09 Nov 2008

(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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Mind Body Words Affection

2514933999?profile=originalLecture on Mind Body Words Affection by HG Urmila Mataji on 19 Sept 2013 at Hawaii

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Strong Speaking about Miscreansts

2514933953?profile=originalLecture on Strong Speaking about Miscreansts by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 05 Oct 2013 in Manchester, UK

(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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