Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how morality to a devotee means to please Lord Sri Krsna and to please Him one must at least follow the 4 regulative principles]

Hayagriva: Now the following quotes are taken from a, a much later book, one of the last books he wrote, called The Undiscovered Self. And it's very popular, and in it he discusses religion, in certain ways almost anticipates the Krsna consciousness movement. A

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how the modern liberalist has no idea of dharma and therefore irreligion, immorality and impiety abound and there is no question of 'human' life only animal life]

"Of course, human life does not actually begin until there is some conception of religion (dharma). But in the present age, Kali-yuga, dharma is practically nil—there is no religion or morality, and there are no pious activitie

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how one should learn to discriminate between proper and improper conversation]

Another impediment is prajalpa, unnecessary talking. When we mix with a few friends, we immediately begin unnecessary talking, sounding just like croaking toads. If we must talk, we should talk about the Krsna consciousness movement. Those outside of the Krsna consciousness movement are interested in reading h

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada: So this chanting Hare Krsna mantra is purifying your existence. Yasmad suddhyed sattvam. Sattvam means existence. You are existing, I am existing, God is existing eternally. The temporary existence that we see at the present moment, this is not our existence. This is our diseased condition, crazy condition. Pisaci paile yena mati-cchana haya. Pisaci means ghost or witches. When one is haunted by ghost he beco

Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor.

With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the auspicious Kartika Festival in Vrindavan. We have organized

Lecture on Bad Qualities of kaliyuga by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 02 June 2009
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 01)

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared has since travelled widely throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. His Holiness also travels to and preaches Krishna consciousness in other parts of the world. He continues to write books and magazine articles.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Compiled by Mayesa dasa, edited by Gauragopala dasa.

Part one. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn

Their distances per Srimad Bhagavatam 5th Canto, is explained here. I shall be using the symbol / for division and the symbol x for multiplication.

In our previous calculations we have used the 0 degree celestial or planetary orbit around Earth's equator for our equations. Now we must use Venus's lowest orbit to derive the distance to Mars.

Venus 's orbit around the equator must be divided by cos (27.8). The

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 07 Chapter 13 Text 12 Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 19 Sept 2013 at Los Angeles

(Amal Bhakta was born in New York City and attended New York University. He moved to Santa Monica, California in 1954 and worked in motion pictures for three years.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Lecture on Who Am I Beyond The Dracula Dream by HH Prahladananda Swami on 25 July 2013 at Timisoara

(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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Seminar on Gaura 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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Compiled by Mayesa dasa, edited by Gauragopala dasa

On April 27, 1976, Srila Prabhupada wrote Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Maharaja, "So now all you must carefully study the details of the Fifth Canto and make a working model of the universe. If we can explain the passing seasons, eclipses, phases of the moon, passing of day and night, etc., then it will be very powerful propaganda."

At first glance, the 5th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam deals only with a picturesque vision of the universe. While wo

Lecture on Humility and Kirtan by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 28 July 2013 at Russia

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Madana, or Cupid means sex attraction and Krishna is called Madana-mohana. One can neglect even sex attraction if one is attracted to Krishna.Madana is attracting in this material world – everyone is attracted by sex life. The whole material world exists on sex life. This is the fact. Yan maithunādi-grhamedhi-suhkham hi tuccham. Here, the so-called happiness – is ma

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

TEXT 31

sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam
bhajaty ekatvam asthitah
sarvatha vartamano 'pi
sa yogi mayi vartate

SYNONYMS

sarva-bhuta-sthitam--situated in everyone's heart; yah--he who; mam--unto Me; bhajati--serves in devotional service; ekatvam--oneness; asthitah--thus situated; sarvatha--in all respects; varta-manah--being situated; api--in spite of; sah--he; yogi--transcendentalist; mayi--unto Me; vartate--remains.

TRANSLATION

The yogi who knows that I and the Supersoul within all creatures are one wors

A Conversation

With A Christian

David: Hi. Where do you come from?

Gopal Das: Hare Krishna. I come from Italy.

David: I am David Raja. What is you name?

Gopal Das: Gopal Das.

David: Oh, you have changed your name. What is your original name?

Gopal Das: Spiritual name is the original name.

David: No, I mean the name that your parents gave you.

Gopal Das: I had so many names, so many parents, so many lives. All these things I have changed, but the spiritual name refers to the spirit soul, and the soul is n

Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita - Adi Lila by Rohini Suta Prabhu on 14 Sep 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan

(Rohini Suta Prabhu joined ISKCON in 1974 and is initiated by Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he was engaged in book distribution, mostly in Switzerland and Germany.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Lecture on Glories of Bhakti Vinoda Thakura based on the acronym BHAKTIVINOD by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner)

To Listen and Download - click here

Sunday Feast Lecture on Srila Prabhupada's Arrival in USA by His Grace Nirantara Prabhu on 07 Oct 2013 at Los Angeles

(His Grace Nirantara Prabhu got his 2nd birth. From 1973 until 1980 he served the mission as a brahmacari in the capacity of book distribution, either directly or as a back-up helper. From 1980 until the present, he has tried to serve the will of Srila Prabhupada by preaching through lectures and music concerts. )

To Listen and Download - click here

Bengali Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Arrival in the USA by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 07 Oct 2012

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

To Listen and Download - click here