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Interview with H.H. Jayapataka Swami
Interviewer: How did the Nama-hatta start in ISKCON Mayapur?
H.H. Jayapataka Swami: In 1977, there was a change in government and the new government was the Left Front government. Somehow or other our temple was attacked. That is another story but that was the cause for us to organize a response. So we organized about 3000 persons in a procession to all the main roads of West Bengal, a shanti procession- that they shouldn’t attack devotees, we want peace. The
GOVINDAASHTAKAM
सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं नित्यमनाकाशं परमाकाशम् । गोष्ठप्राङ्गणरिङ्खणलोलमनायासं परमायासम् ।
मायाकल्पितनानाकारमनाकारं भुवनाकारम् । क्ष्मामानाथमनाथं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 1 ॥
मृत्स्नामत्सीहेति यशोदाताडनशैशव सन्त्रासम् । व्यादितवक्त्रालोकितलोकालोकचतुर्दशलोकालिम् ।
लोकत्रयपुरमूलस्तम्भं लोकालोकमनालोकम् । लोकेशं परमेशं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥ 2 ॥
त्रैविष्टपरिपुवीरघ्नं क्षितिभारघ्नं भवरोगघ्नम् । कैवल्यं नवनीताहारमनाहारं भुवनाहारम् ।
वैमल्यस्फुटचेतोवृत्तिविशेषाभासमनाभासम् । शैवं केवलश
Bhakti Charu Swami says on Devotees:
In spiritual life one important consideration is sadhu sangha. Then failure will become the pillars of success. Therefore one should stay in association of devotees.
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Strategic Preaching based on Fear for hell is not Vaisnava Strategy
Room Conversation -- December 12, 1971, Delhi:
Prabhupāda: So what Christ teaches? Let us see what Christ teaches, then we can understand whether only through Christ we can... What is his teaching?
Devotee (1) (lady): His first teaching is that, "Love the Lord thy God with all they heart, with all thy might, with all thy (indistinct)."
Prabhupāda: That's ni
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When the living entity feels spiritual separation from Krishna (Krishna viraha), he has achieved the prime success of life. When one becomes disinterested in material things, he is simply experiencing the other side of attraction for material things. However, feeling separation from Krishna and engaging in the service of the Lord to fulfill His mission constitute the best example of love of Krishna. Sri Caitanya Mahäp
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
What is the attitude
of those who has love for Krishna ?
It is natural for those who have developed intense love for Kåñëa not to care for personal inconvenience and impediments. Such devotees are simply determined to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative, the spiritual master. In all circumstances, even amidst the greatest dangers, they undeviatingly carry on with the greatest de
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
What process should a practitioner who is full of anarthas follow
in the course of chanting the holy names ?
Every day a person should give up the disturbance caused by materialenjoyment and chant with love for a while in a solitary place. Gradually heshould try to increase the duration of this process. Finally, a wonderfulmood will be awakened in him and will remain constantly.
- Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur,
in
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Topic : Suffering.
….. So why don't you take the remedy ? Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti. Why you are so much disturbed by maya ? Just surrender to Krsna. So it is ourchoice. We do not do that, and we suffer. Mam aprapya nivartante mrtyu-samsara... Krsna is giving personally. He has taken you, and we are not accepting. What can be done ? Theknowledge is there, the process is there, the authority is there,
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam verse 9.4.68, Srila Prabhupada writes, "The Lord says, 'saadhavo hrdayam mahyam' - The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart." The Lord's feelings are like those of a father, who feels pain when his child is in pain. Therefore, offences at the lotus feet of a devotee are serious. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has very strongly recommended that one not commit any offence at the lotu
All glories to Srila Prabhupad,.......... Hare Krishna,...
The human intelligence has never ceased to discover/invent the means for highest level of perfection in almost all fields.Likewise in the field of spiritual realization,man has been ceaselessly trying to unfold the mystery of every aspect of the concept. The great spiritual masters (Sad Gurus) have been sacrificing their whole life/major po
Dear Devotees and Friends,
For those of you who like (to improve) chanting Hare Krishna on Japa, in the association of devotees, we offer you a great opportunity.
This year from 26/02 - 07/03 we have organized a Mantra Yoga Intensive, a 10-day retreat with 8 days of chanting 4 times 2 hours a day.
We have rented a property in the east of Holland with comfortable accomodation. 10 sleeping rooms give place for 20 participants.
Delicious prasadam will be supplied.
And on top of that: your seat is ful
By His Grace Aniruddha Dasa
Four core activities are found in every ISKCON community: book distribution, prasada distribution, harinama and deity worship. These programs are our outreach. So as long as we are doing these activities, we will attract people to Krishna consciousness.
Not everybody is going to live in the temple because the temples are not big enough, for a start, and also because the householders have to have jobs to maintain themselves. If they are sincere devotees, then they will a
SB 7.8.1: Narada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahlada Maharaja and took them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic instructions given by their teachers, Shanda and Amarka.
SB 7.8.2: When Shanda and Amarka, the sons of Sukracarya, observed that all the students, the sons of the demons, were becoming advanced in Krishna consciousness because of the association of Prahlada Maharaja, they were afraid. They approache
The war lasted eighteen days, and it was every bit as ugly as the vision Arjuna had received, every bit as ugly as any war has ever been. The war was corrupting: at some point or another during it, virtually every warrior, including Yudhishtira and Arjuna, resorted to trickery and deceit to accomplish his purpose. Bhima fulfilled his vows; he killed all hundred of Dritarashtra’s sons, and broke the old blind hero’s heart.The great war of the Bharatas destroyed all the promise in the world and al
Krishna was born in a tense historical period preceeding a devastating war. The warring factions built up so many weapons that the burden on the earth became unbearable. Finally the goddess of Earth took the form of a cow and prayed to Lord Brahma for relief. Lord Brahma called all the demigods to the shore of the Milk Ocean to hear Mother Earth and to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu. Lord Brahma fell into trance reciting the Vedic hymns known a
Sri Sri Radha Krishna Pastimes
"When Srimati Radharani first saw Krishna, She suddenly became conscious of all transcendental happiness, and the functions of Her different limbs were stunned. When Lalita, Her constant companion, whispered into Her ear, the holy name of Krishna, Radharani immediately opened Her eyes wide. (Nectar of Devotion, pg 259)
"One day, in a joking mood, Krishna informed Radharani, 'My dear Radharani, I am going to give up Your Company.' Upon saying this, He immediately disa
When this story was being narrated by Sukadeva Gosvami, Maharaja Pariksit became eager to hear more about Krsna's childhood pastimes. He inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how Krsna chastised Kaliya, who was living in the water for many years. Actually, Maharaja Pariksit was becoming more |
When He understood that the water of the Yamuna was being polluted by the black serpent Kaliya, Lord Krsna took action against him and made him leave the Yamuna and go elsewhere, and thus the water became purified. The Passing on of Lord Krishna Dwarka was the hometown of Lord Krishna and his brother Balram as well as the entire Yadu race. One day, three great sages paid a visit to this city as Krishna's guests. And one day, during their stay, the youngsters of the Royal family got into a state of intoxication and dressed up Krishna's son Shamva as a woman who needed to be blessed with a son. They took him to the three sages and asked them to predict the birth and future of the son of the disguised Shamva
