Seminar on Happiness Simplified by Bhakti Charu Swami
(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. )
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TEXT 20
na prahrsyet priyam prapya
nodvijet prapya capriyam
sthira-buddhir asammudho
brahma-vid brahmani sthitah
SYNONYMS
na--never; prahrsyet--rejoice; priyam--pleasant; prapya--achieving; na--does not; udvijet--agitated; prapya--obtaining; ca--also; apriyam--unpleasant; sthira-buddhih--self-intelligent; asammudhah--unbewildered; brahma-vit--one who knows the Supreme perfectly; brahmani--in the transcendence; sthitah--situated.
TRANSLATION
A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something ple
Seminar on Vaisnava Personalities by Bhakti Caitanya Swami
(Bhakti Caitanya Swami initially served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and also distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books from 1973 until 1980.Then Bhakti Caitanya Swami moved to South Africa, where, from 1980 to 1982, he served as temple president in the rural community of Cato Ridge.)
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Lecture on After Death by Jayadvaita Swami on 26 Feb 2013 at Durban
(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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This service should be spontaneous, not forced. Just like a father loves his son spontaneously. A young man likes to love a young girl spontaneously. So bhakti should be like that. As soon as one hears the name of Krsna, immediately, spontaneously, he should be ready to serve Him. That is pure devotion. Not that forced. In the beginning, we have to force, that "You rise early in the morning. There is mangala aratrika. You have to perform it." But when this function will be done spontaneously, "O
For many, giving up old bad habits appears to be impossible. Subconsciously we convince ourselves that it is impossible for me to give up my habits. “I am like that only”, we often fret. It is true that changing old habits isn’t so easy. And so we compromise and start seeking pleasure or relief by indulging in those activities. The more we indulge in bad habits the more that habit gets reinforced in our life. A smoker knows that smoking is injurious to health but he is so accustomed to smoking t
We can study the example of a topmost Vaiṣṇavi, Queen Kuntī, who prayed for calamity to remember her Lord again and again. Of course, she is the personified zenith of devotional dependence, but we can greatly benefit by trying to at least get a glimpse of her mood.
SB 1.8.25
vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam
I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing Yo
We may be desirous to tread the right path and our heart may long to get closer to God but still we may find that our endeavours are not bringing desired results. Our old bad habits crop up anytime or we may not find sufficient enthusiasm to sustain our devotional desire.
Achieving the love of God isn’t difficult as most of us presume. For e.g. for a child achieving the affection of father is very simple. The child just needs to reciprocate with the father’s love. Similarly Krishna is eagerly wai
An IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh, Durga Shakti Nagpal, has been suspended by the UP government. Her crime is that she did her constitutional duty fearlessly without getting intimidated by the government. This phenomenon is not just confined to UP but it is widespread. Not just the politicians but even the bureaucrats need to be equally blamed for this sorry state of affairs. Today politicians can go to any extent to grab and retain the power and simultaneously there are bureaucrats who are read
In recent times we find that there is a considerable growth in the business of self proclaimed Godman and spiritual organization all having their self made philosophy without having any authenticated root in time less Vedanta or if some claiming they are following Vedanta they take limited portion of Vedanta to support their notion of God being ultimately impersonal or in worst case they themselves are God. So if we have to trace back the root of the conception of Supreme being impersonal we can
Lecture on Every action has a Reaction by Kavichandra Swami
(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 Journey of Faith by Kadamba Kanana Swami on 23 July 2013 at Durban South Africa
(Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)
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Lecture on The Glories of Vaisnavas by Kesava Bharati Das Goswami on 23 Aug 2009 at New Vraja Dham
(Kesava Bharati Das Goswami met his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in 1972.)
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Lecture on Modes of Goodness by Jayadvaita Swami on 03 July 2013 at Columbus
(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)
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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
First of all, engage chanting Hare Krsna. There is Radha and Krsna. Hara is Radha, and Krsna, there is. But don't try to understand by the present senses, but simply chant their holy name, Hare Krsna. Then ceto-darpana-marjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12]. When your, the dust on the mirror of your heart will be cleansed, and it will cleanse by simply chanting, ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, and there will be
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 Krishna!
The devotees of would cordially like to invite you to attend Vancouver's 40th Annual Jagannatha RathaYatra
on Sunday August 11th from 11:30 AM - Dusk
Some Special guests who will be attending include;
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami
His Holiness Bir Krishna Goswami
His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami
His Grace Nirantara Prabhu
His Grace Amala Bhakta Prabhu
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So this maya cannot approach to a person who is always engaged in Krsna consciousness. This is the version of Lord Caitanya, and with evidences. So if we want to be free from the clutches of maya, then this is the only path -- to become Krsna conscious. There is no other means. Because here it is clearly stated, krsna surya-sama. Just try to understand the argument. Krsna surya-sama: Krsna is just like sun. Maya andhakara: and the maya is just like darkness. It is darkness. So just you cannot im
