The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) joins the world in mourning and paying tribute to the foremost human rights icon of current times. We offer our condolences to the Mandela family and to the entire South African nation.
In 1990 at the age of 72, after 27 years of being imprisoned by the apartheid government, he reached out to his oppressors and chartered a peaceful transformation to democracy in a country where the minority was gripped with fear for what the future m
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Lecture on Humans Four Defects by Vedavyasapriya Swami on Sept 2008 at ISKCON Melbourne
(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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Lecture on Power of Association by Shikshashtakam Prabhu
(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship.
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Lecture on We are Happy only in Krishna Consciousness by Trivikrama Swamion 13 April 2003
(His Holiness Trivikrama Swami, was born in 1941, he was initiated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1969 and given sannyas initiation in 1971.)
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Lecture on Watering the Root Satisfies Whole Tree by Danavir Goswami
(Danavir Goswami proceeded to inaugurate Bhakta Programs elsewhere in America, Europe, Africa, India, etc. Presently this comprehensive educational system for new devotees is standard throughout ISKCON. He is the author of many books.)
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TEXT 26
vedaham samatitani
vartamanani carjuna
bhavisyani ca bhutani
mam tu veda na kascana
SYNONYMS
veda--know; aham--I; sama--equally; a titani--past; vartamanani--present; ca--and; arjuna--O Arjuna; bhavisyani--future; ca--also; bhutani--living entities; mam--Me; tu--but; veda--knows; na--not; kascana--anyone.
TRANSLATION
O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I a
Prabhupada: Yes. Therefore the Vedic scripture says, isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah [Bs. 5.1]. His person is different. Sac-cid-ananda. That is not exactly with our personality. This is material. This is temporary personality. Now I am man. Next time I may become dog, Next time become demigod. It is changing. It is not eternal, sat. So God is not like that. Just like Krsna says, sambhavamy atma-mayaya [Bg. 4.6]. He does not come here being forced by the material energy. He comes
TEXT 25
naham prakasah sarvasya
yoga-maya-samavrtah
mudho 'yam nabhijanati
loko mam ajam avyayam
SYNONYMS
na--nor; aham--I; prakasah--manifest; sarvasya--to everyone; yoga-maya--internal potency; samavrtah--covered; mudhah--foolish; ayam--this; na--not; abhijanati--can understand; lokah--such less intelligent persons; mam--Me; ajam--unborn; avyayam--inexhaustible.
TRANSLATION
I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yoga-maya]; and
Just For Chanting Hare Krishna !
Recently I have taken a 4 month break from my spiritual practice of many years chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. Instead I began hanging out with fundamentalist Christians reading the bible; then leaving that path more or less, I explored what the new age movement had to offer: I became interested in the process of sitting in mediation, discussions about how we are liberated as well as our position as creator of our own individual reality. It's all been wonderful
Lecture on Deity Worship by Lilasuka Prabhu on 30 Jan 2013 at Paris
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Lecture on Sex is a blood sucker by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 22 June 2012 at Sydney
(Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)
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Lecture on Place of Renunciation in Devotional Life by Yadunanadana Swami on 08 Nov 2011 at ISKCON Radhadesh
(Yadunandana Swami principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor is a sannyasi (monk, religious mendicant) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).)
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Lecture on How to cope with Material World and Pratice Krishna Conciousness by Kratu Prabhu in 2011 at Celje
(During high schooling years, he became president of the students union and went on to receive a bachelor degree in engineering from the M.S. University, Baroda.)
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Lecture on Reasons to take up Krsna consciousness by Sridhar Swami on 22 Aug 1997 at Weisbadan
(In Sridhar Swami's life, Srila Prabhupada's sparked a 35 year spiritual journey that began far from its ending point in holy India. Sridhar Swami described himself as a shy person before coming to Krsna consciousness.)
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