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TEXT 41

prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto 'bhijayate

SYNONYMS

prapya--after achieving; punya-krtam--of those who performed pious activities; lokan--planets; usitva--after dwelling; sasvatih--many; samah--years; sucinam--of the pious; sri-matam--of the prosperous; gehe--in the house of; yoga-bhrastah--one who is fallen from the path of self-realization; abhijayate--takes his birth.

TRANSLATION

The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Kavichandra Swami on 09 Oct 2013
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 05, Text 14)

(Kavichandra Swami met the Hare Krishna devotees in 1967 and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1971. He joined the temple in Tucson, Arizona, and since that time he has served in various capacities in the United States and around the world.)

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Lecture on Devotees become like a treasurehouse of Jewels by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Melbourne on 08 Oct 2013

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Seminar on Ram Katha by Lokanath Swami

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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Seminar on Govardhan Lila by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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By His Holiness Lokanatha

As a padayatri, I was told a number of times that in Prabhupada’s letters, correspondence, conversations, that if you just search the word book distribution, you will find it a thousand times, thousands of times. When you search for the word padayatra, it may appear 2 or 3 times. This was the argument that some of our leaders used to prove that padayatra was not Prabhupada’s mood. Prabhupada was into book distribution. Padayatra is my personal service that Prabhupada gav

We can also become one of them, eternally liberated. But we are not admitted in the spiritual kingdom unless we have given up this false sense of lording it over the material nature. Here, the conditioned souls, everyone is trying to become the lord, imitating. Everyone is trying. But there is clash. You are trying to become lord, I am trying to become lord. Therefore there is clash. And in the spiritual world the Lord is one and there is no competition of lording it over. Therefore in the spiri

इतना तो करना स्वामी

Itna To Karna Swami

Song Name: Itna To Karna Swami

Official Name: None

Author:  Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: HINDI

इतना तो करना स्वामी , जब प्राण तन से निकले

गोविन्द नाम लेके , तब प्राण तन से निकले ! 1.

(refrain)

itnā to karnā svāmi, jab prāṇa tan se nikale

govinda nāma leke, tab prāṇa tan se nikale 1.

श्री गंगा जी का तट हो , जमुना का वंशीवट हो

मेरा साँवरा निकट हो , जब प्राण तन से निकले ! 2.

śri gańgā jī kā taṭa ho yamunā kā vaḿśī-vaṭa ho

mera sāńvarā nikaṭa ho jab prāṇa tan

जयति तेऽधिकं जन्मना व्रजः
श्रयत इन्दिरा शश्वदत्र हि .
दयित दृश्यतां दिक्षु तावका-
स्त्वयि धृतासवस्त्वां विचिन्वते .. १..
शरदुदाशये साधुजातस-
त्सरसिजोदरश्रीमुषा दृशा .
सुरतनाथ तेऽशुल्कदासिका
वरद निघ्नतो नेह किं वधः .. २..
विषजलाप्ययाद्व्यालराक्षसा-
द्वर्षमारुताद्वैद्युतानलात् .
वृषमयात्मजाद्विश्वतोभया-
दृषभ ते वयं रक्षिता मुहुः .. ३..
न खलु गोपिकानन्दनो भवा-
नखिलदेहिनामन्तरात्मदृक् .
विखनसार्थितो विश्वगुप्तये
सख उदेयिवान्सात्वतां कुले .. ४..
विरचिताभयं वृष्णिधुर्य ते
चरणमीयुषां संसृतेर्भयात्

Lecture on Faith Develops in the Association of Devotees by Giriraj Swami on 05 Oct 2006 at Dallas

(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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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Bhakti Purshottam Swami 08 Oct 2013 at ISKCON Juhu

(His Holiness Bhakti Purusottama Swami travels to many other parts of the globe encouraging others in their spiritual life.)

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Lecture on Living in Truth by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Durban on 14 Sept 2013

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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TEXT 40

sri-bhagavan uvaca
partha naiveha namutra
vinasas tasya vidyate
na hi kalyana-krt kascid
durgatim tata gacchati

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; partha--O son of Prtha; na eva--never is it so; iha--in this material world; na--never; amutra--in the next life; vinasah--destruction; tasya--his; vidyate--exists; na--never; hi--certainly; kalyana-krt--one who is engaged in auspicious activities; kascit--anyone; durgatim--degradation; tata--thereafter; gaccha

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. It is said that Lord Sri Krsna's name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated, premanjanacchurita.... One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towa

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Simply we have to desire to please Him (Krishna), and not desire anythingfor ourselves.  Then we become simply instruments for His (Krishna’s)will.  This is the important essence of Krishna consciousness.

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada