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English Pavitropana Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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Hindi Pavitropana Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor

Hindi Narration: Madhava Das (BVKS)

Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

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Sriksetra Puri Parikrama 2013

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SRIKSETRA PURI PARIKRAMA 2013
Org. by ISKCON
Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


We are happy to invite devotees from around the world to perform the most auspicious Sri Ksetra Parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 22nd November.On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 19 Km. This parikrama has been performed since the time Vidyapati visited Sri Ksetra. ISKCON has been organizing this parikrama for t

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Divine Vision

2514921778?profile=originalSeminar on Divine Vision by Gopal Krishna Goswami

(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)

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2514921819?profile=originalLecture on Disappearance of Raghunandana Thakura and Vamsidasa Babaji by Mahavishnu Goswami at ISKCON Radhadesh

(Mahavishnu Goswami was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations.)

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Lord Chaitanya's Miraculous Pastimes

2514921864?profile=originalLecture on Lord Chaitanya's Miraculous Pastimes by Giridhari Swami

(Giridhari Maharaja would very often and intensely pray to God, asking God to show him the answer, point the way. Shortly after that, in 1974, believing it to be Krishna’s arrangement, he somehow or other went to a second-hand bookstore.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.24

TEXT 24

yo 'ntah-sukho 'ntar-aramas
tathantar-jyotir eva yah
sa yogi brahma-nirvanam
brahma-bhuto 'dhigacchati

 

SYNONYMS

yah--one who; antah-sukhah--happy from within; antah-aramah--active within; tatha--as well as; antah-jyotih--aiming within; eva--certainly; yah--anyone; sah--he; yogi--mystic; brahma-nirvanam--liberated in the Supreme; brahma-bhutah--self-realized; adhigacchati--attains.

 

TRANSLATION

One whose happiness is within, who is active within, who rejoices within and is illumined within, i

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Thought Of The Day

Krsna is called Yogesvara. He's also the master of all yogic mystic power. Therefore a bhakta, a true devotee of Krsna, he does not endeavor personally to achieve all these yogic mystic power. He depends on Krsna, and if there is necessity of exhibiting some yogic power, Krsna will show. Krsna will exhibit. Yatra yogesvarah harih. So although Arjuna did not manifest any yogic power, but, by Krsna's grace everything was so wonderfully performed in the Battle of Kuruksetra. Otherwise Arjuna was a,

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Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school founded by H.G Gopiparanadhana Prabhu,is inviting applicants to join its program at the start of its seventh year of operation on November 8, 2013.

Bhagavata Sastri Course

The Bhagavata Sastri course offered at the school is unique in many ways:

  • The students are taught the art of reading the acaryas' commentaries on the Srimad-Bhagavatam and translating Sans
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Since last one week or so I was trying to read NOI as I realised that even after reading it in the past I don't know much about it, beyond the surface level reading. I downloaded various lectures by senior devotees and downloaded few notes posted on iskcondesiretree and was unsuccessfully trying to learn the `deeper' meaning of each verse.

Today morning as I sat again to learn the first and second verse I opened pocketveda on my ipad and as I started reading the verse first and then instead of go

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Srila Raghunandana Thakura

Sri Mukunda Das, Madhava Das and Sri Narahari Sorkar Thakur were three brothers who lived in the village of Sri Khanda. Raghunandan was the son of Sri Mukunda Das. [C. C. Mad 15]

In the house of Sri Mukunda Das, who lives at Sri Khanda, Lord Sri Gopinath is served with great devotion. One day Mukunda was called out to do some work, and then he instructed his son Raghunandan to worship the deity a

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Some of the Characteristic Of Vaisnavas

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Visnur aradhana means one must become a Vaisnava, and Vaisnava means regulated life, not destroyed everything, finished, to become hogs. That is not Vaisnava. Vaisnava means regulated, end—to, how to satisfy Visnu. (BG lecture 1.43, London, July 30, 1973)
 
Sarve sukhino bhavantu. Vaisnava desire is not exploitation. Vaisnava desire is that "How others will be happy, how they will understand Krsna, how they will get happin
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Hare Krsna

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Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja used to sit on the side of a latrine to chant Hare Krishna. Many materialistic persons used to come and bother him and disturb his daily routine of chanting, so to avoid their company he used to sit by the side of a latrine, where materialistic persons would not go because of the filth and the obnoxious smell. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.2.18 Purport)
In this age, no one is expected to be highly
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First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna. Letter to Narayani, June 11, 1972.
 
Lord Chaitanya, although Krishna Himself, appealed t
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Thought Of The Day

The reactions of our sinful activities we are suffering. As soon as we get a material body -- it doesn't matter whether a rich man's body or a poor man's, poor man's body -- the material body is itself subjected to threefold miseries of this material condition. Therefore Arjuna was advised by Krsna: agama apayino anityah tams titiksasva bharata. You cannot avoid the miserable condition of this body. That is not possible. So we have to tolerate. There is no other excuse. But do not create another

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The Bhakti Yoga Handbook

I just got "The Bhakti Yoga Handbook" by Stephen Knapp for my Kindle. I've only read the introduction so far, and judging from that, I think this is going to be the perfect book to optimize my sadhana.

I'm going to use this blog to share the things I learn as I study this book and actually stick myself to a schedule. Haribol!

If If you want to get this book and study it with me, here's the link:

 http://www.amazon.com/The-Bhakti-yoga-Handbook-Essentials-Devotional/dp/149030228X

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Preacher's mood of compassion

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One who identifies himself as a follower of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should feel like Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who said, iha-sabara kon mate ha-ibe nistara: "How will all these yavanas be delivered?" Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was always anxious to deliver the fallen souls because their fallen condition gave Him great unhappiness. That is the platform on which one can propagate the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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Domain knowledge is very important

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There was a family with one kid. One day the mother was out and dad was in charge of the kid who just turned three.

Someone had given the kid a little 'tea set' as a birthday gift and it was one of his favorite toys. Dad was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when kid brought dad a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. 

After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea from father, kid's mo

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