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Repaying our Mothers

2514918518?profile=originalLecture on Repaying our Mothers by Rtadhvaja Swami 11 May 2013 at Houston

(While serving as the sankirtana leader and bhakta leader in Gainesville, his service attitude caught the eye of H.H. Hridayananda Maharaja, and he was asked to become Maharaja's traveling servant and secretary.)

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Chaturmasya begins on 22nd July 2013

Hare Krishna dear devotees

Monday, 22nd July, is the starting of Chaturmasya in Lagos, Nigeria. The CHATURMASYA VRATA is for FOUR MONTHS. The dates to be followed for these months, with some details regarding the importance of these months are as below.
2514918557?profile=original 22nd July 2013 to 19th August 2013 - First month of Chaturmasya. (Fast from Shak, green leafy vegetables, for one month)
2514918609?profile=original 20th August 2013 to 18th September 2013- Second Month of Chaturmasya. (Fasting from yogurt for one month)
2514918590?profile=original 19th Septembe
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
श्लोक 1 . 14
 
ततः श्र्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ |
माधवः पाण्डवश्र्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः || १४ ||

ततः – तत्पश्चात्; श्र्वैतैः – श्र्वेत; हयैः – घोड़ों से; युक्ते – युक्त; महति – विशाल; स्यन्दने – रथ में; स्थितौ – आसीन; माधवः – कृष्ण (लक्ष्मीपति) ने; पाण्डव – अर्जुन (पाण्डुपुत्र) ने; – तथा; एव – निश्चय ही; दिव्यौ – दिव्य; शङखौ – शंख; प्रदध्मतुः – बजाये |

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दूसरी ओर से श्र्वेत घोड़ों द्वारा खींचे जाने वाले विशाल रथ पर आसीन क
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
श्लोक 1 . 13
 
ततः शङ्खाश्र्च भेर्यश्र्च पणवानकगोमुखाः |
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोSभवत् || १३ ||

 
ततः – तत्पश्चात्; शङखाः – शंख; भेर्यः – बड़े-बड़े ढोल, नगाड़े; – तथा; पणव-आनक – ढोल तथा मृदंग; गोमुखाः – शृंग; सहसा – अचानक; एव – निश्चय ही; अभ्यहन्यन्त – एकसाथ बजाये गये; सः – वह; शब्दः – समवेत स्वर; तुमुलः – कोलाहलपूर्ण; अभवत् – हो गया |

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तत्पश्चात् शंख, नगाड़े, बिगुल, तुरही तथा सींग सहसा एकसाथ बज उठे | वह समवेत स्वर अत्यन्त कोलाहलपू

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Hare Krsna to all Devotees, PAMHO, AGTSP.

I'm one of the translator , doing a Multi-lingual Project in Translating Srila Prabhupada's 1080 Audio Clips in Youtube as Sub-titles.

I'm translating Srila Prabhupada's audio clips into Indian Marathi language. We need devotees to come forward and offer the seva in favor of our be-loving Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada. Following is the message by Visnu Murti Dasa the project head . Kindly read the message and contact him directly to vanimedia.org@gmail

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
श्लोक 1 . 12
 
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः |
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् || १२ ||
 
तस्य – उसका; सञ्जयनयन् – बढाते हुए; हर्शम् – हर्ष; कुरु-वृद्धः – कुरुवंश के वयोवृद्ध (भीष्म); पितामहः – पितामह, बाबा; सिंह-नादम् – सिंह की सी गर्जना; विनद्य – गरज कर; उच्चैः - उच्च स्वर से; शङखम् – शंख; दध्मौ – बजाया; प्रताप-वान् – बलशाली |
 

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तब कुरुवंश के वयोवृद्ध परम प्रतापी एवं वृद्ध पितामह ने सिंह-गर्जना की सी ध्वनि करने वाले अपने
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
श्लोक 1 . 11
 
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः |
भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि || ११ ||

अयनेषु - मोर्चों में; - भी; सर्वेषु - सर्वत्र; यथा-भागम् - अपने-अपने स्थानों पर; अवस्थिताः - स्थित; भीष्मम् - भीष्म पितामह की; एव - निश्चय ही; अभिरक्षन्तु - सहायता करनी चाहिए; भवन्तः - आप; सर्वे - सब के सब; एव हि - निश्चय ही ।
 
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अतएव सैन्यव्यूह में अपने-अपने मोर्चों पर खड़े रहकर आप सभी भीष्म पितामह को पूरी-पूरी सहायता दें ।
 
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.10

TEXT 10

brahmany adhaya karmani
sangam tyaktva karoti yah
lipyate na sa papena
padma-patram ivambhasa

 

SYNONYMS

brahmani--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhaya--resigning unto; karmani--all works; sangam--attachment; tyaktva--giving up; karoti--performs; yah--who; lipyate--is affected; na--never; sah--he; papena--by sin; padma-patram--lotus leaf; iva--like; ambhasa--in the water.

 

TRANSLATION

One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme God, is not affe

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Thought Of The Day

We should always think that we are in the modes of ignorance. We are just trying to make progress from ignorance to goodness and then transcend. This is the process of spiritual realization. Nobody should think that we are perfect. We cannot be. God is... Only God is perfect, and we are all imperfect. Even our so-called liberated stage, we are still imperfect. Therefore one has to take shelter of authority because, constitutionally, we are imperfect. Lord Caitanya says, ama-saba jivera haya sast

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True story ! Sri Krishna feeds His Bhakta !

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A Vaishnava Sannyasi was travelling by train to Vrindavan He was without any food since last two days as he had no money to buy anythingHis fellow traveler was a rich business who being an Atheist had utmost contempt towards SannyasisThere was a change of train in between Both the Swami and the Businessman sat on the platform bench . The Businessman started eating his delicious lunch  He Smiled at the Sannyasi

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Hare Krsna

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Answer Summary: Real guilt comes between us and the things that take us away from Krishna, not between us and Krishna. If guilt stops or slows us in taking shelter of Krishna, then we should recognize it to be pseudo-guilt, the temptation for self-centeredness masquerading as guilt. By firmly rejecting pseudo-guilt, we can regain our devotional enthusiasm.
Answer: Just as nature has provided us an immune system that prot
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

A woman baked chapatti (roti) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” This went on, day after day. Every day, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and uttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?” One day, exasperated, she decided to do away with him. “I shall get rid of this hunchback,” she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the chapatti she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said. Immediately, she threw the chapatti into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window sill. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” The hunchback proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Every day, as the woman placed the chapatti on the window sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return. That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m here. While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapatti. As he gave it to me, he said, “This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!” ” As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapatti that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she realized the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” Do good and Don’t ever stop doing good, even if it is not appreciated at that time. If you like this, share it with others and I bet so many lives would be touched.
A woman baked chapatti (roti) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” This went on, day after day. Eve
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The Need of the Spirit Soul

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The self is beyond the gross body and subtle mind. He is the potent active principle of the body and mind. Without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply with emolument of the body and mind. The body and the mind are but superfluous outer coverings of the spirit soul. The spirit soul's needs must be fulfilled. Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird. One must actu

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Spiritual Medicine

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If one does not chant and hear Krsna-katha then one’s spiritual life will be finished. Spiritual medicine is consumed through the ears, not through the eyes.

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The Power of Love

2514918521?profile=originalLecture on The Power of Love by Krishnabhishek Prabhu 28 Dec 2008

(Krishnabhishek Prabhu was born and brought up in a Vaishnava family in Bengal and took to devotional practices seriously when he was ten.)

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Kaliyuga ka Dharma kya hai

2514918459?profile=originalLecture on Kaliyuga ka Dharma kya hai by Nava Yogendra Swami

(Nava Yogendra Swami Naishtik Brahmachari left home at a very young age of 9 years to become Sadhu and lived in jungles. Returned home and again left at the age of 17 years and lived at Shri Vrindavana dham.)

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Srila Sanatana Goswami

2514918460?profile=originalSeminar on Srila Sanatana Goswami by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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Wash My Feet Its an Etiquette!

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Washing Special Guest's Feet: Refreshing and Rejuvenating.
[October 6, 1972, ISKCON Berkeley, USA]

Srila Prabhupada stayed in Berkeley for a few days at the cottage of some well- wishers. His disciples showed him around the house.

"Is there any prasadam?" Srila Prabhupada asked after being seated. There was nothing available.

"So, bring some fruit," he instructed. "Bring something for washing my feet. Bring a towel and some water. This is common etiquette. You should wash a person's feet wh
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Janmastami

I just spoke to Jaya Krishna das, the temple president of New Vrindaban. I'm going to go visit and stay in the ashram for the week of Janmastami. I'm really excited because it's been many years since I spent some time staying at a temple. I can't wait to go and serve Krishna and His devotees!

Lord Gauranga-Krishna is so merciful to me! I am so unworthy of His Grace but He's so wonderful to me that it inspires me to chant His glories even more. Jaya Sri Krishna-Caitanya!

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Pls note the exact address is Toa Payoh Sports hall stadium 297 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, 319389

Hare Krsna ! Pls join us for Sri Rathoyatra festival Mahamaotsava in Singapore Toa Payoh Stadium on 28th july 2013 hosted by Sri Bangla Samaaj devotees starts from 5pm onwards ends with wonderful kirtans & prasadam come & pull the chariots of the Lord Sri JAgannatha Baladeva Subhadra mai ki jAya

 Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 13.78

 jayati jayati devo devaki-nandano 'sau

 jayati jayati krsno vrsni-vam´sa-prad

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