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There are two living entities. One is trying to forget God, and another is trying to remember God. That's all. There are two kinds of people, or men. Men, not the animals. Animals cannot understand what is God. It is the business of human beings. So if you want to know God sincerely, seriously, then God is within yourself. He'll give you intelligence how you can know Him. But if you want to forget God, challenge God, "There is no God. God is dead," then He'll give you such intelligence that you'
Why is Shri Radhaji's name not openly stated in the Shrimad Bhagavat?
Today is the birthday of Shri Radhaji. On this holy day, enjoy reading Pujya Bhaishri's Sandesh on the significance of Shri Radhaji and why her name is not explicitly stated in the entire Shrimad Bhagavat. Many people say, "Bhagavat is mainly the story of Lord Krishna but Shri Radhaji is not explicitly mentioned anywhere within it!"
It is true that Shri Radhaji's name is not mentioned in the Shrimad Bhagavat, but it is untru
Question Answer Session from a Lecture by H.H. Giriraj Swami Maharaj at San Diego, CA on 21 Aug 2004 on Sri Radhastami
Devotee : Swamiji, you said that Srimati Radharani is supervising the devotional service. Is it because She knows what the standard of the service is that She is able to supervise the service?
Giriraj Swami : Yes, that is true. She Herself exemplifies the highest standard of pure devotional service to Krsna. But we cannot expect Her to personally supervise our service. For that
Lecture on Disppearance Day of Haridas Thakura by HG Revati Raman Prabhu on 29 Sept 2012 at ISKCON Tirupati
(His Grace Revathi Raman Prabhu born in the year 1956 on July 21 in a Sri Vaishnava family. From the childhood he is a dynamic, straight and enthusiastic person.)
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Lecture on Visvaroop and Prabhupada's Sanyas Pastime by HH Radhanath Swami on 27 Sept 1996 at Mumbai
(Vishvarupa was the elder brother of Lord Caitanya. He is considered a partial expansion of Lord Nityananda. At an early age he left home to take sannyasa.)
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Lecture on Srila Prabhupada accepting Sanyasa by HG Radha Vallabh Prabhu on 23 Sept 2010 at ISKCON Chowpatty
(One night, Abhay had an unusual dream. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta appeared before him, beckoning. He was asking Abhay to leave home and take sannyasa.)
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Hello all
please accept my pranam all hari bhakts.
all glory to shri krishna.
i would like to share a small story which can change the life .
once there was this king was enlighten and continuously worried about his kingdom and people.
so one good day he invites all scholars from his kingdom to discuss .
he asked them give him one statement which can help in bad times and awake him in good times
all scholars went into deep discussion but could not find the answer ,
so after taking leave from king and
Lecture on Disppearance Day of Haridas Thakura by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 11 Sept 2011 at Novgorod
(Haridasa Thakura is considered the namacarya, the spiritual master in chanting the holy name of Krishna.)
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Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Listen Audio Lecture on 11 glories of Bhaktivinoda Thakur based on the acronym BHAKTIVINODA : Click Here
TEXT 26
yato yato niscalati
manas cancalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
atmany eva vasam nayet
SYNONYMS
yatah--whatever; yatah--wherever; niscalati--verily agitated; manah--the mind; cancalam--flickering; asthiram--unsteady; tatah--from there; tatah--and thereafter; niyamya--regulating; etat--this; atmani--in the self; eva--certainly; vasam--control; nayet--must bring in.
TRANSLATION
From whatever and wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdra
Morning walk notes, Venice Beach, L.A.
I asked Srila Prabhupada whether a sannyasi should worship a Deity while traveling. He said a sannyasi is not required to worship the Deity. He said, Lord Caitanya never carried a Deity. I asked about the danda. Is it a Deity? No, he said. I asked if you could offer food to the danda (as with a Deity)? He laughed and said, No. He said that the danda means body, mind, and words dedicated to Krsna's service. He said hari-nama is the thing for a sannyasi. Th
A free application for Android phones
Hare Krishna.
In this fast paced world, the need for information to be readily available at one’s fingertips is paramount. ISKCON Convention Centre, Bangalore felt that an application that will help you stay connected with the temple on your mobile phone will help. This thought led to the development of an application for Android phones which will enable you to see content and posts on the temple website immediately.
Some of the spec
The difficulties of life may come as seasonal change but we should not be disturbed by all those difficulties. Our process is to chant and that process will gradually clear everything in due course.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Let's flood the world with the holy name...
This year World Holy Name Week is from September 17 - September 26.
Here are some of the ideas, from WHNW committee, on what we can do during
WHNW.
1. Nagar Sankirtan - Harinaam processions with WHNW and mahamantra banners.
2. 24 hours and/or 12 hours Sankirtan yajna - Non-stop kirtan for 24/12
hours.
3. Japathon - Pledges from devotees and congregation to chant extra rounds
during this period.
4. Morning Bhagvatam class on Holy names as the theme - M
The next day was Vyasa-puja, Prabhupada's seventy-fourth birthday, and he went to the Tokyo ISKCON temple. The temple was only two rooms-one for living, one for worshiping-with Japanese grass mats on the floor. Prabhupada sat to the right of the altar, looking at Lord Jagannatha, while his disciples sat on the floor before him, singing Gurv-aṣṭaka prayers glorifying the spiritual master. None of them, however, knew exactly how to conduct the Vyasa-puja ceremony, and after a while they ended the
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
A man or woman who indulges in sexual intercourse with an unworthy member of the opposite sex is punished after death by the assistants of Yamarāja in the hell known as Taptasūrmi. There such men and women are beaten with whips. The man is forced to embrace a red-hot iron form of a woman, and the woman is forced to embrace a similar form of a man. Such is the punish
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how unless you submit/surrender to the Acarya then you cannot understand his instructions]
Bhurijana: Prabhupada, I think my illusion is not yet dispelled.
Prabhupada: Then unfortunate.
Bhurijana: Yes.
Prabhupada: Continue. (laughter) Who can check?
Bhurijana: I want to understand in this sense though, exactly how far your instructions are because I know I want to do it, what you say, but I
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how in ISKCON we must accept his authority and not think we have a better idea understanding or interpretation]
"Disciple means who voluntarily accepts the spiritual master to be..., regulate. Disciple means one who is regulated by higher authority. He is disciple. The higher authority is called the spiritual master, and the person who voluntarily submits to him for being regulated, he i
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how we can understand the activities of Lord Caitanya because they were written/recorded by his nitya siddha disciples. We are most fortunate that we can understand Srila Prabhupada because his voice and written word are directly available to us through his various tape recordings, books and other literature]
“Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami witnessed Caitanya Mahap
