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From the Rik-parisistha:

"Srimati Radharani is always to be found with Sri Krishna, and Madhava is always to be seen with Radhika. One is never without the other's company."

From the Gopalottara-tapani:

"She is the embodiment of maha-bhava, or the highest transcendental ecstasy, and none of the other gopis, or cowherd damsels of Vrindavan, possesses Her excellent qualities. Radharani is therefore known as the most famous Gandharva."

In the Padma Purana Narada Muni describes Srimati Radharani

Brahma-Samhita

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency [hladini]. Their companions are Her who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa.” B.S. 5.37

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami

C.C. Adi 1.6

Desiring to understand the glory of Radharani’s love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She a

Aja - Annada Ekadasi Sri Yudhisthira Maharaja said, "Oh Janardana, protector of all living entities, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September)." The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, then replied, "Oh King, hear Me attentively. The name of this sin-removing, sacred Ekadasi is Aja. Any person who fasts completely on this day and worships Hrishikesha, the master of the senses, becomes free of all reactions to his sins. Even

TEXT 23

yatra kale tv anavrttim
avrttim caiva yoginah
prayata yanti tam kalam
vaksyami bharatarsabha

SYNONYMS

yatra--in that; kale--time; tu--but; anavrttim--no return; avrttim--return; ca--also; eva--certainly; yoginah--of different kinds of mystics; prayatah--one who goes; yanti--departs; tam--that; kalam--time; vaksyami--describing; bharatarsabha--O best of the Bharatas.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Bharatas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, one

Dear Devotees,
Hare Krishna.

It is with great joy that I would like to invite devotees from all over the world to attend the grand inauguration of the Sri Sri Radha Govind Dev temple and Bhaktivedanta Academy, as well as the installations of Sri Sri Radha Govind Dev, Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaur Nitai, on the most auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi, 12 February 2014.

A temple opening is a once off event and the organising team would like to welcome you t

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Svāṁśa means God, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu-tattva.

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

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This morning, Srila Prabhupada arose; and looking at his hands and legs one by one while still lying down, Srila Prabhupada said, "It is reducing so much; soon I will be only bones."

Today, Srila Prabhupada received a copy of the first published German translation of The Nectar of Devotion from Harikesa Swami.  The accompanying report from the German BBT showed publishing work proceeding in thirteen languages, with huge

Bhakti Charu Swami says on Krishna:

The only prescribed duty in the age of kali is to serve Krishna.Therefore one should chant and serve Krishna.

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Lecture on 36th Anniversary of ISKCON Juhu Temple by HH Bhurijana Prabhu on 15 Jan 2014

(HG Bhurijana Prabhu first meet Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center.)

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Lecture on The glories of Hearing and Chanting by Dravida Prabhu on 23 Dec 2013 at Chicago

(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)

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“Initiation means receiving the pure knowledge of spiritual consciousness.”

- Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 9:63 Purport

“From 1922 to 1933 practically I was not initiated, but I got the impression of preaching Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult. And that was the initiation by my Guru Maharaja.

- Lecture in Hyderabad, December 10, 1970

"So if from your center, the surrounding villages are drawn to the attention of Krishna consciousness simply by the distribution of prasadam and chanting of Hare Krishna Ma

In 1972, when Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on The Nectar of Devotion for one month in Vrindavan, a thought was plaguing me. When I first joined, I'd been taught that the parampara system is like a chain, and if you're not initiated, if you're not linked up to this chain, then you can't go back to Godhead. I thought, "We're distributing so many books, but if the people who read them are not initiated, then they can't go back to Godhead." So, one day I followed Prabhupada from Rupa Goswami

Lecture on Hitting the Target of the Absolute Truth by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 03 Jan 2014 at Salem

(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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The unique position of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is supported as follows:As the Acharya of his movement -
"I wish that each and every center shall keep the Acharya in the center and keep their separate identity."
- 1967 letter

His unique position as the foremost spiritual authority for the golden age -
"My books will be the law books for the next ten thousand years."
- Srila Prabhupada statement in Los Angeles, 1976.

Statement by Lochana das Thakura
(mid

Lectures, January 15, 1971, Allahabad

So the Vishnudutas say that "Even though one has committed so many sinful activities, if once he utters the holy name of Narayana, he becomes free immediately." That's a fact. It is not exaggeration. A sinful man, someway or other, if he chants this Hare Krishna mantra, he immediately becomes free from all reaction. But the difficulty is that he commits again. That is namaparadha, offense. There are ten kinds of offenses. This is the severest offense, that af