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The economic downturn being experienced by the Indian economy is bottoming out.
The political and economic leadership is reposing its trust in the potential of corporate India as well as the locked value in our state owned enterprises (maharatnas, navratnas and miniratnas). India is on its way to regain its glory of 7-8 percent GDP growth and nothing can stop the Indian economy from becoming the 3rd or 4th largest in GDP terms soon, said P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister, while deliver
My Dear Humans,
YOU HAVE FEELINGS, WE ALSO HAVE FEELINGS
YOU FEEL PAIN, WE ALSO FEEL PAIN
YOU ARE FEARFUL, WE ARE ALSO FEARFUL
YOU HAVE A FAMILY, WE ALSO HAVE A FAMILY
YOU WANT TO LIVE, WE ALSO WANT TO LIVE
YOU ARE LIVING BEINGS, WE ARE ALSO LIVING BEINGS
YOU WERE CREATED BY GOD, WE WERE ALSO CREATED BY THE SAME GOD|
YOU HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS, WE ALSO HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS
YOU HAVE A SOUL, WE ALSO HAVE A SOUL
YOU WOULDN’T LIKE TO HAVE YOUR THROAT CUT, WE WOULDN’T EITHER
YOU ARE NOT FOOD FOR US, WE
Lecture on About Donating 50 Percent to ISKCON by Sivarama Swami 15 Nov 2013 at India
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)
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Lecture on Why Are You Not A Paramahamsa by HH Prahladananda Swami on July 2009
(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Understanding the Pastimes of Damodara by HH Niranjana Swami on 14 Nov 2013 at Taichung, Taiwan
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 08 Nov 2013 at Vrindavan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 31, Text 07)
(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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Prabhupada: So it is not a sectarian religious sentimental movement. It is a movement for giving real education, knowledge, to the people all over the world without any discrimination. So at least those who are intelligent class of men, they should join and study this movement and try to broadcast for the good of the human society.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Today, at 69 years old, Chaitanya Prema Dasa is a robust, healthy devotee,
visiting the Potomac, Maryland ISKCON temple every Sunday and working at the
Pentagon, where he has served for twenty-five years in the Department of the
Defense Inspector General. He keeps a small altar with Srila Prabhupada and
a large, beautiful picture of Lord Krishna in his office, so that his boss
and co-workers see the Lord every time they have m
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
BG 18.78 - In other words, the living entity is situated between the two energies of the Lord, and because he belongs to the superior energy of the Lord, he has a particle of independence. By proper use of thatindependence he comes under the direct order of Kṛṣṇa. Thus he attains his normal
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa
Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Pṛthu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?
These are nice instructions for milking a cow. The cow must first have a calf so that out of affection for the calf she will voluntarily give sufficient milk. There must also be an expert m
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
ByHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Devotee Chanting Hare Krishna on Beads
nityam dadāti kāmasya cchidram tam anu ye ‘rayah yoginah krta-maitrasya patyur jāyeva pumścalī
[Srimad Bhagavatam 5.6.4]
TRANSLATION
An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by her paramours. If the yogi gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, h
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bombay 10 January, 1976
To Locanananda dasa Amsterdam
My dear Locanananda dasa,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated November 28th, 1975. Your letter was received late so it was not possible to send you a reply in time for your Deity installation ceremony.
I have received the names of all the candidates for initiation and I acce
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada
Calcutta
13 November, 1967
My Dear Gargamuni,
Please accept my blessings! I am in due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 8, 1967. You have written to say that your wife and you have a problem on which you require my help. The whole world, beginning with the highest planet to the lowest in this material world is facing this problem. Combination of husband and
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Those who are spiritually situated are always joyful because they don’t hanker or lament. We must recognize that lamenting and hankering are the two diseases of the material existence and we can free ourselves from these two diseases by taking to the process of devotional service.
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Gainesville on 15 Nov 2011
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 15, Text 25-26)
(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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Lecture on The Glance of Lord Vishnu Creates the Desires of the Devotees by Giriraj Swami on 11 Nov 2013 at Chowpatty
(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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TEXT 19
bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah
SYNONYMS
bahunam--many; janmanam--births; ante--after; jnana-van--he possessing knowledge; mam--unto Me; prapadyate--surrenders; vasudevah--cause of all causes; sarvam--all; iti--thus; sah--such; maha-atma--great soul; su-durlabhah--very rare.
TRANSLATION
After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a g
The aim of human life is param gatim. Param gatim means the supreme perfection. Gatim means progress, and param means the supreme. Our life is progressive. By evolution we have come to this human form of life through many forms of life.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
