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TEXT 8-9

naiva kincit karomiti
yukto manyeta tattva-vit
pasyan srnvan sprsan jighrann
asnan gacchan svapan svasan

pralapan visrjan grhnann
unmisan nimisann api
indriyanindriyarthesu
vartanta iti dharayan

SYNONYMS

na--never; eva--certainly; kincit--anything; karomi--I do; iti--thus; yuktah--engaged in the divine consciousness; manyeta--thinks; tattva-vit--one who knows the truth; pasyan--seeing; srnvan--hearing; sprsan--touching; jighran--smelling; asnan--eating; gacchan--going; svapan--dreaming; sv

Now, kalau, kalau, "in this age," especially meant. Now, how to worship Him? Does He require any grandeur, any throne or any decoration? No. Nothing. Anywhere and everywhere you can worship Him. How? Sankirtanaih, this chanting. Keep the picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates, this, as picture we are painting, we have got, and any part of the world, you sit down and go on chanting, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama... So no expense, no nothing. This is the recommend

Respected Devotees,

Hare Krishna Dandavat Pranam.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Gauranga and Srila Prabhupada !

During a discussion with one of the senior devotees, I remembered Maharaj's wonderful lecture that he gave in Los Angeles that I listened some 3-4 years back. Its one of those impromptu lecture that Maharaj gave in his ever mellifluous voice that I can never forget.

The lecture started with a western aspiring devotee asking a question: Maharaj, why d

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I was doing my evening kirtan/puja the other day and I saw the burning incense stick, pl see the attached picture in this blog.

And in a flash I saw myself in it.

The incense stand is ISKCON, rising up and shining bright in a dull world.

The incense stick is my Guru Maharaj, holding me, without him I am nothing.

The incense on the stick is myself. brown in color, neither good nor bad, a nobody, was living an animal's life.

Ash signifies that under the protection of Guru and with the associat

Lecture on Aliens does exist or just a fake by Caitanya Charan Prabhu

(Chaitanya Charan Das is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune.)

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Lecture on Responsibility Of An Indian Spread Message Of Godhead by Pankajanghri Prabhu on 05 Dec 2010 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Pankajanghri Prabhu has served in Sri Dham Mayapur since 1971. He and his twin brother, Jananivasa Prabhu, have become world famous as the exemplary “pujari brothers”. For nearly forty years, they have been serving the Deities in Mayapur with steady dedication as instructed by Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Mayavada Khandana by Radhakrishna Prabhu

(His Grace Radhakrishna Das Brahmachari Prabhu of Sridham Vrindavan is a duly initiated disciple of His Holiness Sri Srimad Gopala krishna Goswami Maharaj.

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Andhra Pradesh government and ISKCON Secunderabad are back in news again, after a lull of five long years. This time it is skyrail and the government wants to plough it right through the ISKCON temple. And the determined temple devotees are giving them a tough fight.

In last few days, the issue has incensed public sentiments and media is providing daily coverage. Hindu organizations, prominent citizens and political factions have offered their support for the temple cause. So far 985 devotees

Lecture on Spell Of Maya by Subhag Swami at Kolkata

(His Holiness Subhag Swami (Milan Kumar Talukdar) was born on 21st December, 1940 in the aristocratic Talukdar family of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.)

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 “Salted Bread - A True Story” is all about two great Russian Souls – Sakris Ohanjanyan (Sako) and Gagik Buniatyan (Gago) who risked and sacrificed their lives to spread the Krishna Consciousness Movement in the former Soviet Union.  They are tortured in a Russian prison camp for two years and in Psychic Hospitals, giving shock treatments and unbearable drugs, making them physically and mentally week, and as a result Sarkis died just one month before his release…..

It is a 327 pages biography, a

So the more we will pass this Kali-yuga, the symptoms will be more acute, intolerable. So we should care. We should take care of this so that we may not come back again to this Kali-yuga. (laughter) You see? This life should be utilized. Now we are conscious, Krsna conscious. It should be so utilized that no more coming back to United States of America and no more coming back of this condemned earthly planet. That should be the aim. Yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama [Bg. 15.6]. We h

TEXT 7

yoga-yukto visuddhatma
vijitatma jitendriyah
sarva-bhutatma-bhutatma
kurvann api na lipyate

SYNONYMS

yoga-yuktah--engaged in devotional service; visuddha-atma--a purified soul; vijita-atma--self-controlled; jita-indriyah--having conquered the senses; sarva-bhuta--to all living entities; atma-bhuta-atma--compassionate; kurvan api--although engaged in work; na--never; lipyate--is entangled.

TRANSLATION

One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses, is dear

When a Vaishnava dies, he goes back to Godhead as he has no attachment for his body or relatives. Sometimes he flies to Goloka by a divya vimaan (a divine aeroplane), sometimes by a divine chariot or sometimes by a Garuda etc. In the Goloka, he gets a spiritual body which resembles Krishna.

When a materialistic person dies, his soul lingers around his body. This is because he has an attachment towards his body and bodily relatives. This is why Hindus cremate a departed person's body in a fire. Th

Lecture on Do The Needful by Aindra Prabhu

(H.G. Aindra Prabhu received Harinama Diksa on Nityananda Trayodasi in 1974 from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Washington D.C.)

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Lecture on Ashadi Ekadashi by Vrindavan Prabhu

(The Ekadashi after the new moon in the Hindu month of Ashada is of special significance to the devotees of Lord Vitthal, a manifestation of Lord Vishnu.)

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Lecture on The Advent of Lord Krishna by Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 11 Aug 2009 at Los Angeles

(Amal Bhakta was born in New York City and attended New York University. He moved to Santa Monica, California in 1954 and worked in motion pictures for three years.)

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Lecture on Glories of Return Rath Yatra of Lord Jaganath by Jayapataka Swami on 28 June 2012 at ISKCON Mayapur

(ayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school.)

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TEXT 6

sannyasas tu maha-baho
duhkham aptum ayogatah
yoga-yukto munir brahma
na cirenadhigacchati

SYNONYMS

sannyasah--the renounced order of life; tu--but; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; duhkham--distress; aptum--afflicts one with; ayogatah--without devotional service; yoga-yuktah--one engaged in devotional service; munih--a thinker; brahma--the Supreme; na cirena--without delay; adhigacchati--attains.

TRANSLATION

Unless one is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation of act

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada