Blog

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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

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.)

To Listen and Download - click here

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

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

India's great Emperor Akbar and his queen, the Begum, had fallen in love at first glance and had spent many happy years together, but had recently begun to feel a little friction in their relationship.
Akbar began to spend more and more time in court, and the time they did spend together was fraught with moodiness and impatience. They both became increasingly miserable. One afternoon, after a
particularly bitter argument,

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

*Samskara*(Culture) is very crucial . Be it an individual or a nation, culture is most important.

The ancient nation *BhArath* (India) is rooted on it's divine Vedic-culture. The great Rishis have had established and developed the great culture, for the benefit of entire humanity. World's alI-time greatest intellectuals like Mr.Albert Einstein  have deeply admired the Vedic culture and adapted to it faithfully . The secre

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

So if you adherently be always engaged in some sort of service, twenty-four hours in the service of the Supreme Lord Krsna in Krsna consciousness, there is no power in the world who can drag you into this sense gratification province. You at once become nirguna. This is the process. So we have to stick to this principle: "How I can serve Krsna always, always?" Iha yasya harer dasye. If you cannot do, if you simply think, "How can I do? How can I do? How can I do?" simply this, if you practically

Lecture on Eternal Source of Pleasure by Bhakti Ananta Krishna Goswami on 02 Aug 2010 at Moscow

(Before he came to Krishna consciousness, he was in Russian Navy. He was working on testing grounds of nuclear weapons.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Lecture on Kapila and Devahuti katha by Radha Govinda Swami

(H.H. Radha Govinda Swami, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), lives in Vrindavan, India.)

To Listen and Download - click here

Last three Sundays were dedicated to the Glories of Lord Sri Sri Jaganaath and HIS Pure Devotees.  Here are the few that were covered during this Sunday:

Once, there was a very famous tailor in Delhi, named after Paramesti, who used to stitch dresses for Bhadsha(King) of Delhi.  Paramesti was a very great devotee of Lord Jaganaath.  Once, king gives very beautiful and very soft cloth and cotton to Paramesti and orders him to stitch two pillows.

Seeing the beauty and softness of the cloth and cot