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By His Holiness Radhanatha Swami

The Housing Committee tries to get the congregation to help devotees who need housing. Once Rohini Kumar and Radha Sakhi, his wife, were married, the congregation raised enough money, more than 15,000 US dollars to buy them an apartment. The congregation bought the house, put it completely in their name, and then arranged an employment for Rohini Kumar. The idea is that a person who was for many years a renunciant, if he wants to get married, he shouldn’t need to

Attachment makes us blind – blind to everything other than the object of our attachment. The Bhagavad-gita (01.01) indicates this blinding power of attachment through its starting question, its only verse spoken by the blind Dhritarashtra. His biased enquiry about the fate of his forces reveals that his blindness went far deeper than the physical. He couldn’t see the obvious reality: the inevitable futility of defying the will of the Supreme. Hoping to avoid the unavoidable and attain the unatta

The sacred city of Puri is one of India’s most popular attractions for pilgrims and tourists. Situated on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, this city of 80,000 is most famous for its colossal temple of Jagannatha, the Lord of the universe. Overlooking Puri from atop Nila Hill, the temple’s 215-foot solid-stone tower is visible for miles around. The original structure disappeared long ago through a series of reconstructions, the present design dating from the first century A.D. The location of the

“One should not give up anything which can be utilized in the service of the Lord. For instance, we are using many machines for the advancement of our present Krishna consciousness movement, machines like typewriters, dictaphones, tape recorders, microphones and airplanes. Sometimes people ask us, ‘Why are you utilizing material products if you condemn the advancement of material civilization?’ But actually we do not condemn. We simply ask people to do whatever they are doing in Krishna consciou

Very often the readers of BACK TO GODHEAD become puzzled when they see a picture of Lord Krishna. Usually they have been exposed only to Western religious philosophy, which hints that God is a person—the eternal father of every living entity—but gives scanty information about His form. For this reason many people think God is formless or void. But by using a little logic we can easily understand that if God is our eternal father, He must have form. Our fathers are persons with form. And if we co

“The cause of it [the world's malady] is spiritual. We are suffering from having sold our souls to the pursuit of an objective which is both spiritually wrong and practically unobtainable. We have to reconsider our objective and change it. And until we do this, we shall not have peace, either amongst ourselves or within each of us. ”
Arnold Toynbee
London Observer
25 October 1972

The reason for Mr. Toynbee’s remark is that, at present, governmental plans for social development around the world rely

I have read in a Book called The Practice of Brahmacharya by Swami Sivananda that One Who Practices Strict Brahmacharya or Celibacy for 12 Years and Never Loses a Single Drop of Semen in 12 Years of Such Practices Can Raise his Semen up to the Brain. I Think in Sanskrit Such a Brahmachari is called Urdhva-Retah Brahmachari One Who Can Lift his Semen Up to the Brain.The Four-Kumaras the Sons of Brahma are Such Brahmacharis.This Practice was also Possible by Sadhus and Yogis Who Lived in Previous

Please accept my respectful obeisances.Hare Krsna to All Serious Brahmacharis.I Wish to Share with You Some of My Good Realizations That I Have of Brahmacharya Or Celibacy For the Last 22 Years and How Important it is To Preserve Semen. I was Born In a Gujarati Brahmana Family in Mombasa Kenya East Africa. I am now 50 Years Old and Live here in London and Work for the British Library.My Parents Worshipped Lord Siva and Ramacandra. When I came in Touch with Srila Prabhupada’s Books in 1976 was th

Prabhupada: Consciousness is the symptom of atma. Because the atma is within your body, therefore your consciousness is there. Now, because the atma is within the body, if I pinch or if you pinch my body, I feel pains and pleasures. As soon as the atma is not there, it will be cut with a chopper, there is no protest. So, that atma is present within this body, that is understood by the presence of consciousness. Just like we are here in this room, but this light is the reflection of the sunshine.

What is the Essence of Pure Bhakti by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Book Distribution by Kavichandra Swami on 06 Oct 2013 at Pune

(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 What I Learned in Bengal (Part 01) by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 21 Sept 2013 at Almviks

(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.)

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Lecture on Rama Ekadashi Mahanidhi Swami

(Mahanidhi Swami’s spiritual journey began in his early years when he was raised in a Christian family. His early education included an extensive study of the Bible.)

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English Rama Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Madan Manjari Devi Dasi (RNS)

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TEXT 5

apareyam itas tv anyam
prakrtim viddhi me param
jiva-bhutam maha-baho
yayedam dharyate jagat

SYNONYMS

apara--inferior; iyam--this; itah--besides this; tu--but; anyam--another; prakrtim--energy; viddhi--just try to understand; me--My; param--superior; jiva-bhutam--the living entities; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; yaya--by whom; idam--this; dharyate--being utilized or exploited; jagat--the material world.

TRANSLATION

Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior en

Prabhupada: It is very simple thing, that "I am changing my body, and similarly, I'll change this body." This should be understood by my present circumstances of life, and it is confirmed by the greatest authority, Krsna. Knowledge by authority and knowledge by experience, both things are there. And still, the rascals do not understand. Knowledge is gathered by experience, and knowledge is gathered from the authority. Just like I ask my father, "What is this?" Father says, "This is bell." So thi

Damodarashtakam Verse 01 

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Damodarashtakam Verse 02 

Bhagavan kevala bhakti se bandhe jate hai - Click Here

Damodarashtakam Verse 03

Bhagavan aishvarya bhava me sthita bhakton ko apna madhurya darshate hai - Click Here

Damodarashtakam Verse 04 

Bhagavan hi Bhagavan ke sabse bade ashirvad hai - Click Here

Damodarashtakam Verse 05 

Bhagavan bhakton ke iccha ke anusaar rupa prakata karte hai - Click Here

Damodarashtakam Verse 06

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam by Rohini Suta Prabhu on 19 Oct 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 30, Text 41)

(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.)

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