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Hare Krishna.

The next three days were in complete bliss of Hari Nama and association of wonderful devotees.

Day 2: Maharaj touched the below topics

a. Role of japa in Bhakti and mechanical chanting.

b. Forgiveness and Humility

c. Preparing for 64 rounds of japa on day 3rd

Maharaj spoke how it is very important to do our japa early in the morning and we should try to fix a sitting place for the same. This place should not not offer any distractions while we are chanting our Japa. He also stressed tha

Lecture on The Meaning of Vyasa Puja in relation to Srila Prabhupada by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 29 August 2013 at Ireland

(From 1977 to 1979 His Holiness was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal preaching Krishna consciousness and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books.)

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• Rajesh Sharma

  Hare Krishna dandvats Mataji Please see the below link and learn YOGA (pranayama) which is Indian exercise to keep body internally fit and fine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Jnra2O9Fc&feature=relmfu Lets learn the ABCD of Krishna consciousness A- Association of devotees, B- Reading of the books of Srila Prabhupada, Bhagwad Gita, Srimad Bhagwatam, Chaitanya Charitamrita, C- Chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra, D – Diet – eating only Krishna prasadam the remnants of Krishna – H

Hare Krishna.

I had the fortune to attend the Namamrita Seminar of His Holiness Bhakti Brhat Bhagavad Swami Maharaja during the third week of September.  I had heard a great deal about the seminar from HG Chitralekha Devi Dasi mataji in her news letters in the past. It was difficult to leave work for 3 days but then the Lord arranged everything to fall perfectly in place as seminar finished by lunch time everyday.

Maharaj spoke about Holy name and reinforced how Holy name is non different from Kri

Hare Krishna.

I read another pastime  of Srila Prabhupada today morning by Janananda Maharaj sent by HG Chitralekha Devi Dasi mataji. It read:

Prabhupada asked for water. Amogha, who was holding the microphone at the time, got up and went to the kitchen.

Amogha: "In the kitchen a lady handed me a silver tray on which was a pitcher of cold water, with ice in it, and a drinking cup or goblet upside down. The drinking cup had a long slender base that widened at the bottom. As I brought it in I couldn

Hare Krishna.

I left the evening before for Vrindavan, reaching Vrindavan Dham around 9pm. The temple was closed,  I paid my dandvat pranam inside the courtyard and then had a quick dinner at Govinda.

Got a room in my regular guest house, Sri Krishna Sudama Dham, and slept around 11pm after reading a bit.

Radha Ashtami

I got up early and attended Prabhupada's Arti in the temple after many months, it was wonderful to be just there.

Then it was 4.30 am and time for Mangal Arti. The doors opened and it

Tirupati Balaji Brahmotsavam festival :

Tirumala Brahmotsavam is an annual festival celebrated for nine days in September and October at the Tirumala Venkateswara Krishna Temple. The celebration attracts pilgrims and tourists from all parts of the country.
 

Tirupati Balaji Brahmotsavam festival
  

The Brahmotsavam festival is one of the most important and auspicious functions in Tirupati. Popular stories trace the origin of this celebration to Brahma, the creator God, who first conducted thi

TEXT 41

prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto 'bhijayate

SYNONYMS

prapya--after achieving; punya-krtam--of those who performed pious activities; lokan--planets; usitva--after dwelling; sasvatih--many; samah--years; sucinam--of the pious; sri-matam--of the prosperous; gehe--in the house of; yoga-bhrastah--one who is fallen from the path of self-realization; abhijayate--takes his birth.

TRANSLATION

The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Kavichandra Swami on 09 Oct 2013
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 05, Text 14)

(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 Devotees become like a treasurehouse of Jewels by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Melbourne on 08 Oct 2013

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Seminar on Ram Katha by Lokanath Swami

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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Seminar on Govardhan Lila by HH 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. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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By His Holiness Lokanatha

As a padayatri, I was told a number of times that in Prabhupada’s letters, correspondence, conversations, that if you just search the word book distribution, you will find it a thousand times, thousands of times. When you search for the word padayatra, it may appear 2 or 3 times. This was the argument that some of our leaders used to prove that padayatra was not Prabhupada’s mood. Prabhupada was into book distribution. Padayatra is my personal service that Prabhupada gav

We can also become one of them, eternally liberated. But we are not admitted in the spiritual kingdom unless we have given up this false sense of lording it over the material nature. Here, the conditioned souls, everyone is trying to become the lord, imitating. Everyone is trying. But there is clash. You are trying to become lord, I am trying to become lord. Therefore there is clash. And in the spiritual world the Lord is one and there is no competition of lording it over. Therefore in the spiri

इतना तो करना स्वामी

Itna To Karna Swami

Song Name: Itna To Karna Swami

Official Name: None

Author:  Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: HINDI

इतना तो करना स्वामी , जब प्राण तन से निकले

गोविन्द नाम लेके , तब प्राण तन से निकले ! 1.

(refrain)

itnā to karnā svāmi, jab prāṇa tan se nikale

govinda nāma leke, tab prāṇa tan se nikale 1.

श्री गंगा जी का तट हो , जमुना का वंशीवट हो

मेरा साँवरा निकट हो , जब प्राण तन से निकले ! 2.

śri gańgā jī kā taṭa ho yamunā kā vaḿśī-vaṭa ho

mera sāńvarā nikaṭa ho jab prāṇa tan

जयति तेऽधिकं जन्मना व्रजः
श्रयत इन्दिरा शश्वदत्र हि .
दयित दृश्यतां दिक्षु तावका-
स्त्वयि धृतासवस्त्वां विचिन्वते .. १..
शरदुदाशये साधुजातस-
त्सरसिजोदरश्रीमुषा दृशा .
सुरतनाथ तेऽशुल्कदासिका
वरद निघ्नतो नेह किं वधः .. २..
विषजलाप्ययाद्व्यालराक्षसा-
द्वर्षमारुताद्वैद्युतानलात् .
वृषमयात्मजाद्विश्वतोभया-
दृषभ ते वयं रक्षिता मुहुः .. ३..
न खलु गोपिकानन्दनो भवा-
नखिलदेहिनामन्तरात्मदृक् .
विखनसार्थितो विश्वगुप्तये
सख उदेयिवान्सात्वतां कुले .. ४..
विरचिताभयं वृष्णिधुर्य ते
चरणमीयुषां संसृतेर्भयात्