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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
"Radha-Krishna prana mora jugala-kisora, jivane marane gati aro nahi mora."
"The divine couple, Sri Radha and Krsna, are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them." -- Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
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hari hari! bifale janama gonainu manusya-janama paiya, radha-krsn
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
This day celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna over the demon Narakasura. Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi of the month of Karttika is known as Naraka Chaturdashi. Bhaumasura, who was also known as Narakasura was the son of Dharitri, the earth goddess, by the Lord Himself. But he became a demon due to the bad association of Bana, another demon. An atheist is called a demon, and it is a fact that even a person born of good par
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
One night there was a woman at the airport who had to wait for several hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a book and a pack of biscuits to spend the time. She looked for a place to sit and waited.
She was deep into her book, when suddenly she realized that there was a young man sitting next to her who was stretching his hand and, with no concern whatsoever, and grabbing the pack of cookies
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution.
The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
“How does it taste?” – The Master asked.
“Terrible.” – spat the apprentice.
The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in sil
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Utility of Kusa Grasa by Lord Balrama: Lord Balarama Creating a Missile from Kusa Grass
"This holy place, Naimisaranya, is still existing in India, and in ancient times it was especially used for the meetings of great sages and saintly persons with the aim of understanding spiritual life and self-realization. When Lord Balarama visited that place there was a great sacrifice being performed by a great assembly of transce
TEXT 8
raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu
SYNONYMS
rasah--taste; aham--I; apsu--in water; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; prabha asmi--I am the light; sasi-suryayoh--in the sun and the moon; pranavah--the letters A.U.M.; sarva--in all; vedesu--in the Vedas; sabdah--sound vibration; khe--in the ether; paurusam--ability; nrsu--in man.
TRANSLATION
O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om i
Pradyumna: (reading) "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada and of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada by whose inspiration I have been engaged in the matter of compiling this summary study of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. This is the sublime science of devotional service as propounded by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who appeared 500 years ago in West Bengal, India, to propagate the movement of Krsna consciousness. Srila Rupa Gosvami begi
When you feel like breaking down,
run away, an open ground...
When tears don't stop, you cry,
some one fails to understand why...
When this moment you waited since long ago,
is not the same, for all you know...
When aspirations may pass you by,
you cannot hold on nor let them go...
When rage of thunder, fills your mind
you crave for peace, but cannot find...
Then unto Him you surrender, for it's the most you need,
count upon your blessings my friend, you are the happiest person indeed...
By His Holiness Bir Krishna dasa Goswami
• Leaders help and facilitate the devotees becoming Krishna conscious
• A real leader is a servant leader. He respects the individuality of others
• A real leader listens to what other persons need, so he can actually help them
• Leaders lose their authority the moment they say “I am your authority” or “You have to do this!” Our movement is based on cooperation, love and trust
• Individual initiative should not be destroyed or harmed
• Engage the devotees in Kr
Bhakti begins when is..., one is actually liberated from the influence of the modes of material nature. That is real bhakti. Otherwise, when you are, we are in training, that is called prakrta-bhakta. Actually, we are in the material state, but we are being trained up, the Deity worship. This is, following the rules and regulations under the instruction of spiritual master. Or Vedic injunction, this is training period. But even in the training period, if one is sincere and serious, he's liberate
Pradyumna: "The impersonalists sometimes misunderstand devotional service in such a way that they divide Krsna from His paraphernalia and pastimes. For example, the Bhagavad-gita is spoken on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and the impersonalists say that although Krsna is of interest, the Battlefield of Kuruksetra isn't. The devotees, however, also know that the Battlefield of Kuruksetra by itself has nothing to do with their business, but in addition they know that 'Krsna' does not mean just Kr
This knowledge, Vedic knowledge, is received by parampara system. Just like Krsna said to sun-god,
imam vivasvate yogam
proktavan aham avyayam
vivasvan manave praha
manur iksvakave 'bravit
[Bg. 4.1]
evam parampara-praptam
imam rajarsayo viduh
[Bg. 4.2]
Krsna said that "This yoga system, first of all I explained to the sun-god, and he explained to his son, Manu, and Manu explained to his son, Iskvaku. In this way, by the parampara system, by the disciplic succession, the knowledge is coming." Sa kaleneh
Similarly, yogis, they also want power, material power. Anima laghima siddhi. Asta-siddhi. So if you have some power, you can fly in the air, you can walk over the water, you can get anything you desire immediately. These are yoga-siddhi. So that is also satisfying own sense gratification. So except bhakti, everything is for sense gratification. That is unfavorable. Krsna does not want to satisfy anyone's senses. That is not Krsna's business. Krsna is the Supreme. He wants everyone should serve
Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 20, 2014. Following the ISKCON GBC Society's Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by a GBC member, to be submitted by December 31, 2013. This will allow adequate time for the GBC Secretariat and Deputies to prepare the proposals for presentation at the meeting.
Please follow the Sta
TEXT 7
mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva
SYNONYMS
mattah--beyond Myself; para-taram--superior; na--not; anyat kincit--anything else; asti--there is; dhananjaya--O conqueror of wealth; mayi--in Me; sarvam--all that be; idam--which we see; protam--strung; sutre--on a thread; mani-ganah--pearls; iva--likened.
TRANSLATION
O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.
Prabhupada: Yes. You cannot fix anything. You can simply think that "I am now fixed up." That is not possible. Even if you fix up one type of suffering, another type of suffering will come. So suffering must be there. The body means suffering. One should understand this, that asann api klesada asa dehah [SB 5.5.4]. Na sadhu manye yato atmano 'yam asannapi klesada asa dehah. You are trying to adjust things, threefold miserable condition, but you should understand that as soon as you get this mate
