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Disppearance Day of Haridas Thakura

2514926034?profile=originalLecture on Disppearance Day of Haridas Thakura by HH Subhag Swami on 18 Sept 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan

(His Holiness Subhag Swami (Milan Kumar Talukdar) was born on 21st December, 1940 in the aristocratic Talukdar family of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He completed his intermediate studies from the Scottish Churches’ College, Kolkata and obtained his Bachelors’ Degree in Chemistry with highest degrees from Maharaja Munundra Chandra College.)

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2514925928?profile=originalLecture on Disppearance Day of Haridas Thakura by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 08 Sept 2013 at ISKCON Mira Road

(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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Ganga Jal – The Holy water of Ganga

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Antibacterial Nature of Ganges Water

In 1896, E. Hanbury Hankin (a British physician) after testing the water of Ganga wrote in a paper published in the French journalAnnales de IInstitut Pasteur ,
The bacterium Vibrio Cholerae which causes the deadly Cholera disease, when put into the waters of Ganga died within three hours! The same bacteria continued to thrive in distilled water even after 48 hours!
He also suggested that the water of this river and its tributary Yamuna were responsible fo

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 6.28

TEXT 28

yunjann evam sadatmanam
yogi vigata-kalmasah
sukhena brahma-samsparsam
atyantam sukham asnute

 

SYNONYMS

yunjan--thus being engaged in yoga practice; evam--thus; sada--always; atmanam--self; yogi--one who is in touch with the Supreme Self; vigata--is freed from; kalmasah--all material contamination; sukhena--in transcendental happiness; brahma-samsparsam--being in constant touch with the Supreme; atyantam--highest; sukham--happiness; asnute--attains.

 

TRANSLATION

Steady in the Self, being free

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Hare Krishna Family in CharlotteUptown Charlotte has long served as an open-air church for Christian street preachers, waving their Bibles and preaching the Gospel to busy passersby.


In what may be a testament to the city’s increasingly diverse religious landscape, add a chanting family of Hare Krishnas to the mix.


Most days, you’ll find Devaprastha Dasa and Jennifer Rawson at Trade and Tryon streets, playing drums and hand cymbals, and chanting nonstop praises to Krishna, or God. Their children, Anuradha, 12, and Govinda, 1

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A Conversation with a Muslim Student

A Conversation with a Muslim student

A Muslim boy visited us yesterday and said he was doing a study on comparative religion. He said that he was reading Zakir Naik’s writings. He started to ask us some questions.

Muslim student: Our respected Dr. Zakir Naik says there is no such thing as the Hindu religion. It’s supposed to be called varnasrama dharma. Or the followers could be called Vedantists, followers of the Vedas.

Gopal Das: Yes, this is true. We are not claiming to be Hindus. We are followe

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Thought Of The Day

Krsna is God; whatever He likes, you have to supply. That is God. Why He likes, we cannot question. That is not the business of the servant. So as servant we simply obey the orders. That's all. That is real servant.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

 

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given one line of Vaishnava behavior: asat-sanga tyāga ei vaishnava ācāra [Cc. Madhya 22.87]. Simply give up these rascals’ association. Rascal means the Māyāvādī, karmījnānīyogi – they are all rascals. It is our open declaration. So we have to give up the company of these rascals. If we are actually serious about advancing in Krishna co

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Finding a New Spring

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Once upon a time a certain tradesman was leading a caravan to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a severe hot-sand desert. They asked about, and found that during the daytime the sun heats up the fine sand until it's as hot as charcoal, so no one can walk on it - not even bullocks or camels! So the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could tr
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Where is technology taking us?

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We live in the age of technology. We commute by automobiles and airplanes and communicate by emails and mobiles. The media and the Internet provide us the latest information from all over the world. Movies filled with hi-tech special effects entertain us. Air conditioners and room heaters keep our life comfortable despite climatic inconveniences….The list goes on. Technology has transformed almost every aspect of our liv

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Propensity of Fear

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The propensity of fear is due to a strong bodily attachment. We are very much attached to this body. You know that the body will suffer but since you want to use the body as the medium of sense enjoyment; you don’t want the body to suffer. If you could get the sense enjoyment without the body then you would not care for this body.

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English Lecture on Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada by Caitanya Charan Prabhu

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Hindi Lecture on Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada by Caitanya Charan Prabhu

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English Narration: Chaitanya Charan Prabhu (RNS)
Hindi Narration:  Chaitanya Charan Prabhu (RNS)
Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

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Attentive Chanting

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Many a times we come in spiritual life, we get initiated but anchor is still stuck to our material attachments, to our possessions etc. so even if you keep rowing the boat, it does not move forward.Therefore, we should carefully and attentively chant the holy names. On doing so, you will be able to make spiritual advancement. Attentive chanting means that when you sit down to do sixteen rounds of japa we should focus fo

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Do not focus primarily on the negative

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It’s extremely seductive, when sharing with others about your workday, to focus primarily on the negative. A fairly typical response to the question, “How was your day?” is, “I had a really tough one.”

 If you elaborate, it’s likely that you’ll focus on how little time you had, the tough issues and conflicts, problems, difficult people, hassles, your sense of hurry and being rushed, negative employees, all the things that

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Radha prem makes Krishna mad

2514925508?profile=originalLecture on Radha prem makes Krishna mad by HH Gour Govinda Swami on 03 Sept 1992

(His Holiness Gour Govinda Maharaj discribes Love of Sri Krishna and Srimati Radharani on Apperance of Srimati Radharani at Bhubaneswar, India.)

 

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 6.27

TEXT 27

prasanta-manasam hy enam
yoginam sukham uttamam
upaiti santa-rajasam
brahma-bhutam akalmasam

 

SYNONYMS

prasanta--mind fixed on the lotus feet of Krsna; manasam--of one whose mind is so fixed; hi--certainly; enam--this; yoginam--the yogi; sukham--happiness; uttamam--the highest; upaiti--attains; santa-rajasam--pacified passion; brahma-bhutam--liberation by identification with the Absolute; akalmasam--freed from all past sinful reaction.

 

TRANSLATION

The yogi whose mind is fixed on Me verily at

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Thought Of The Day

There are two living entities. One is trying to forget God, and another is trying to remember God. That's all. There are two kinds of people, or men. Men, not the animals. Animals cannot understand what is God. It is the business of human beings. So if you want to know God sincerely, seriously, then God is within yourself. He'll give you intelligence how you can know Him. But if you want to forget God, challenge God, "There is no God. God is dead," then He'll give you such intelligence that you'

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Radha Ashtami Sandesh

Why is Shri Radhaji's name not openly stated in the Shrimad Bhagavat?


Today is the birthday of Shri Radhaji. On this holy day, enjoy reading Pujya Bhaishri's Sandesh on the significance of Shri Radhaji and why her name is not explicitly stated in the entire Shrimad Bhagavat. Many people say, "Bhagavat is mainly the story of Lord Krishna but Shri Radhaji is not explicitly mentioned anywhere within it!"


It is true that Shri Radhaji's name is not mentioned in the Shrimad Bhagavat, but it is untru

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