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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada : Not only is the chanter of the maha-mantra purified, but the heart of anyone who happens to hear the transcendental vibration of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is also cleansed. (The Nectar of Instruction: TEXT 4)
 
One must chant God's name, not, as the Mayavadi philosophers say, any name, such as a demigod's name or the names of God's energies
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Quotes from Vaisnava Literatures

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The following definitions of a Vaishnava are given by Sri Jiva Gosvami in his Bhakti-sandarbha:
 
Earlier the greatness of different categories of Vaishnavas was related. Now different kinds of bhakti which were previously described together are discriminated between and compared with each other. Now various classes of Vaishnavas are considered along with fruitive workers.
 
Then Jiva Gosvami proceeds to cite three verses in
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.26

TEXT 26

kama-krodha-vimuktanam
yatinam yata-cetasam
abhito brahma-nirvanam
vartate viditatmanam

 

SYNONYMS

kama--desires; krodha--anger; vimuktanam--of those who are so liberated; yatinam--of the saintly persons; yata-cetasam--of persons who have full control over the mind; abhitah--assured in the near future; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; vartate--is there; vidita-atmanam--of those who are self-realized.

 

TRANSLATION

Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-r

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Thought Of The Day

The practice, following the rules and regulations of sastra and acarya, direction of the spiritual master, that is called sadhana-bhakti. That, every, anyone can do, provided he's serious. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sanga atha bhajana-kriya [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. This bhajana-kriya means sadhana-bhakti. So if our bhajana-kriya is proper and in the line, then anartha-nivrttih syat, then all the anarthas, unwanted things, bad habits, that will be immediately vanquished. After anartha-nivrttih, tato

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Judging our Spiritual Advancement

2514921827?profile=originalLecture on Judging our Spiritual Advancement by Bhakti Siddhanta Swami 23 Aug 2007 at ISKCON Melbourne

(His Holines Bhaktisiddhanta Swami is a disciple of Jayapataka Swami since 1979. He has preached all over the world. He has been in Mayapur and Vrindavan for the last 10 months.)

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Thought Of The Day

So people do not know that our only business is to take shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna. That is the only business. We have no other business. Any other business means we are becoming entangled in this material world. And the aim of human life is to get out of these clutches of material world. People do not know it. They do not know. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum [SB 7.5.31]. So it is very difficult; still, Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered to distribute this knowledge all over the world. So

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The Pastime of Stealing Krishna's Flute

Taken from Ananda Vrindavana Champu

After enjoying the rasa-lila in the autumn season, Krishna relishes the  pastimes of Holi and having His flute stolen which take place in the  spring season.

One night, Govinda and Rama (Balarama) went to the forest of Vrndavana to  enjoy the pastime of Holi (festival of throwing colors), which is enacted  either in the morning or evening. The skillful festival perfor­mance  exactly matched the local customs. The devatas were very enthusi­astic to  observe this

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.25

TEXT 25

labhante brahma-nirvanam
rsayah ksina-kalmasah
chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

 

SYNONYMS

labhante--achieve; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; rsayah--those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah--who are devoid of all sins; chinna--torn off; dvaidhah--duality; yata-atmanah--engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhuta--in all living entities; hite--in welfare work; ratah--engaged.

 

TRANSLATION

One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is alwa

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Material life

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When a fire burns us, we immediately move away from it towards something cooling and healing.

Yet when the fire of lust burns us, we imagine that moving closer to that fire will cool and heal us.

That's how lust covers and perverts our intelligence. The Bhagavad-gita (03.39) indicates that lust is like a fire that is insatiable (dushpurenanalena). Further, it obstructs and obscures our knowledge (avritam jnanam), leaving u
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Hare Krsna

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Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Aryans. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7 Purport)
 
To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Just as a student in a law class is to be understood to have already graduated from general education, anyone who is engaged in the chanting of the holy name of the Lord must have already passed all lower stages. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7 Purport)
 
Those who simply chant the holy name with the tip of the tongue are glorious. One does not even have to chant the holy name and understand the whole procedure, namely the offen
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Prabhupada Vani

Hare Krsna

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Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how pure devotees see that all pastimes of Krsna are equally alluring as opposed to only hearing the intimate pastimes of the Lord with the Gopis]
 
Devotees of Krsna are always anxious to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord. His activities of fighting, kidnapping and running away from the battlefield are all transcendental, being on the absolute platform, and devotees ta
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Take Advantage of the time you have Left

2514921843?profile=originalLecture on Take Advantage of the time you have Left by Jayapataka Swami on 31 Oct 1982 at Bangkok

(Jayapataka 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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The three elements of Vandanam

2514921773?profile=originalLecture on The three elements of Vandanam by Dravida Prabhu at ISKCON 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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the abode of my beloved

the Abode of my beloved is one which is supreme, 

which is peaceful, lovely, transcendental, 

where there is no pain, no pleasure, no hatred, no vices, no loneliness, no age, no agelessness, no day, no night,

neither is there heat not is there cold,

no friends not foes, 

no nothing, no everything,

the abode of my beloved is transcendental, 

it is bliss itself, it has no flowers, it has fragrance, it has no sugar, it has all sweetness,

it has no me, neither is there a you,

the abode of my beloved is where

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English Pavitropana Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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Hindi Pavitropana Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Bhakta Neeraj Kapoor

Hindi Narration: Madhava Das (BVKS)

Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

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Sriksetra Puri Parikrama 2013

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SRIKSETRA PURI PARIKRAMA 2013
Org. by ISKCON
Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


We are happy to invite devotees from around the world to perform the most auspicious Sri Ksetra Parikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 22nd November.On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Ksetra dhama, a distance of around 19 Km. This parikrama has been performed since the time Vidyapati visited Sri Ksetra. ISKCON has been organizing this parikrama for t

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Divine Vision

2514921778?profile=originalSeminar on Divine Vision by Gopal Krishna Goswami

(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)

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2514921819?profile=originalLecture on Disappearance of Raghunandana Thakura and Vamsidasa Babaji by Mahavishnu Goswami at ISKCON Radhadesh

(Mahavishnu Goswami was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations.)

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