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2514912401?profile=originalLecture on What is Religion by Bhakti Charu Swami

(ISKCON members are known to appreciate Bhakti Charu Swami’s gentle ways and sweet singing of devotional songs and mantras. He assisted many devotees in understanding the etiquette of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as one of the original teachers at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) and continues to educate ISKCON’s members.

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The 2003 marathon and the new year

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Dear devotees,


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


I hope everyone had a successful 2003 Prabhupada marathon, we'll get the results in a few weeks. One nice thing about our transendental book distribution competition is that everyone is a winner. Someone may go out to distribute and give everything he has, although there may not be much result he gets the reward of Krsna's satisfaction and thus his own.


Another nice aspect of the marathon is that because there h

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Thought Of The Day

So for their different stages, karma, jnana, yoga, so many things, they have been described. But here, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His mercy is that He directly gives this highest instruction -- what Krsna could not give, but Krsna Caitanya, or Krsna in His incarnation as Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He gave us. Therefore He is considered the most munificent, charitable personality, man of charity. Rupa Gosvami offered his respect, that namo maha-vadanyaya: "You are the greatest munificent personality

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् |
पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् || १० ||

अपर्याप्तम् - अपरिमेय; तत् - वह; अस्माकम् - हमारी; बलम् - शक्ति; भीष्म - भीष्म पितामह द्वारा; अभिरक्षितम् - भलीभाँति संरक्षित; पर्याप्तम् - सीमित; तु - लेकिन; इदम् - यह सब; एतेषाम् - पाण्डवों की; बलम् - शक्ति; भीम - भीम द्वारा; अभिरक्षितम् - भलीभाँति सुरक्षित ।
 
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हमारी शक्ति अपरिमेय है और हम सब पितामह द्वारा भलीभाँति संरक्षित हैं, जबकि
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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अन्य च बहवः श्रूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः |
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः || ९ ||
अन्ये - अन्य सब; - भी; बहवः - अनेक; शूराः - वीर; मत्-अर्थे - मेरे लिए; त्यक्त-जीविताः - जीवन का उत्सर्ग करने वाले; नाना - अनेक; शस्त्र - आयुध; प्रहरणाः - से युक्त, सुसज्जित; सर्वे - सभी; युद्ध-विशारदाः - युद्धविद्या में निपुण ।
 
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ऐसे अन्य वीर भी हैं जो मेरे लिए अपना जीवन त्याग करने के लिए उद्यत हैं । वे विविध प्रकार के हथियारों से सुसज्जित
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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भवान्भीष्मश्र्च कर्णश्र्च कृपश्र्च समितिंजयः |
अश्र्वत्थामा विकर्णश्र्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च || ८ ||
भवान् - आप; भीष्मः - भीष्म पितामह; - भी; कर्णः - कर्ण; - और; कृपः - कृपाचार्य; - तथा; समितिञ्जयः - सदा संग्राम-विजयी; अश्र्वत्थामा - अश्र्वत्थामा; विकर्णः - विकर्ण; - तथा; सौमदत्तिः - सोमदत्त का पुत्र; तथा - भी; एव - निश्चय ही; - भी।
 
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मेरी सेना में स्वयं आप, भीष्म, कर्ण, कृपाचार्य; अश्र्वत्थामा, विकर्ण तथा सोमदत्त का पुत्र
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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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युधामन्युश्र्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्र्च वीर्यवान् |
सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्र्च सर्व एव महारथाः || ६ ||
युधामन्युः - युधामन्यु; - तथा; विक्रान्तः - पराक्रमी; उत्तमौजाः - उत्तमौजा; - तथा; विर्यवान् - अत्यन्त शक्तिशाली; सौभद्रः - सुभद्रा का पुत्र; द्रौपदेवाः - द्रोपदी के पुत्र; - तथा; सर्वे - सभी; एव - निश्चय ही; महारथाः - महारथी । 

 

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पराक्रमी युधामन्यु, अत्यन्त शक्तिशाली उत्तमौजा, सुभद्रा का पुत्र तथा द्रोपदी के पुत्र - ये सभी म

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम |
नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान्ब्रवीमि ते || ७ ||
अस्माकम् - हमारे; तु - लेकिन; विशिष्टाः - विशेष शक्तिशाली; ये - जो; निबोध - जरा जान लीजिये, जानकारी प्राप्त कर लें, द्विज-उत्तम - हे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ; नायकाः - सेनापति, कप्तान; मम - मेरी; सैन्यस्य - सेना के; संज्ञा-अर्थम् - सूचना के लिए; तान् - उन्हें; ब्रवीमि - बता रहा हूँ; ते - आपको ।

 

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किन्तु हे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ! आपकी सूचना के लिए

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अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण
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धृष्टकेतुश्र्चेकितानः काशिराजश्र्च वीर्यवान् |
पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्र्च शैब्यश्र्च नरपुङ्गवः || ५ ||




धृष्टकेतु: - धृष्टकेतु; चेकितानः - चेकितान; काशिराजः - काशिराज; - भी; वीर्यवान् - अत्यन्त शक्तिशाली; पुरुजित् - पुरुजित्; कुन्तिभोजः - कुन्तिभोज; - तथा; शैब्यः - शैब्य; - तथा; नरपुङ्गवः - मानव समाज के वीर ।

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इनके साथ ही धृष्टकेतु, चेकितान, काशिराज, पुरुजित्, कुन्तिभोज तथा शैब्य जैसे महान शक्तिशाली योद्धा भी हैं ।

 

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Ananta Shanti das's glorious life

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Dear Prabhus and Maharajs,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.


I am appealing to you for an unusual request. I request that our society deeply consider honoring this devotee who lived and died to spread Krishna consciousness, by observing his appearance day yearly, as we do Jayananda prabhu's.

Now there are many devotees who have lived and died to spread KC, but as young man, Ananta Shanti das attentively heard from Srila Prabhupada for only a couple days. Th

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Hare Krishna! dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisancies.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Today Ananta Shanti - the first and only initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada left his body either from stroke or heart-attack (reports aren't clear), in Moscow.

He was the first one in Russia to meet and recieve direct training from Srila Prabhupada personally. Srila Prabhupada was in Moscow only few days, he really focussed on Anatoliy, who shortly became Ananta Shanti, Srila Prabhupada impar

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How to overcome the Evil of Good

2514912228?profile=originalLecture on How to overcome the Evil of Good by Govinda Prabhu on 09 July 2011 at New Jersey

(Govinda Prabhu is a senior disciple of H.H.Radhanath Swami, his interest in Krishna Consciousness dawned during his youth days.)

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Does Real Love Exist

2514912075?profile=originalLecture on Does Real Love Exist by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 06 June 2011 at India

(Sankarshan Das fully dedicated his life for serving the order of his spiritual master to become a guru and deliver the world. For the last 40 years he has uninterruptedly served his spiritual master’s movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in various capacities.)

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Concept of Knowledge

2514912174?profile=originalLecture on Concept of Knowledge by Dravida Prabhu on 26 Dec 2010 at San Diego

(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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2514912239?profile=originalLecture on Does too much Seriousness in Spiritual life make one Irresponsible and Unambitious by Caitanya Charan Prabhu

(Chaitanya Charan Prabhu's writings have been published in newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, and Sakaal Times.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.24

TEXT 24

brahmarpanam brahma havir
brahmagnau brahmana hutam
brahmaiva tena gantavyam
brahma-karma-samadhina

 

SYNONYMS

brahma--spiritual in nature; arpanam--contribution; brahma--the Supreme; havih--butter; brahma--spiritual; agnau--in the fire of consummation; brahmana--by the spirit soul; hutam--offered; brahma--spiritual kingdom; eva--certainly; tena--by him; gantavyam--to be reached; brahma--spiritual; karma--activities; samadhina--by complete absorption.

 

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A person who is fully absorbe

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Social ills such as crime, divorce, abortion, and inaccessible health care.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Howling Blue Jackals
Myriad social ills, such as war, crime, pollution, police brutality, and animal slaughter, can also be traced to poor government. 
 
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Ethically, the Vedas present the concept of a society based on dharma, or religious principles. In the Bhagavata Purana, dharma is compar
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How Lord Protects Dharma

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To protect dharma (paritrāṇāya sādhūnām), the Lord always wants the ruler of the earth to be a devotee. Then everything goes on nicely for the benefit of everyone. As soon as a demon rules the earth, everything becomes chaotic. At the present moment, the world is inclined toward the democratic process, but the people in general are all contaminated by the modes of passion and ignorance. Consequently they cannot select th
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There are swine, dogs, camels, asses, etc., whose economic necessities are just as important to them as ours are to us, but the economic problems of these animals are solved only under nasty and unpleasant conditions. The human being is given all facilities for a comfortable life by the laws of nature because the human form of life is more important and valuable than animal life. Why is man given a better life than that
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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Yesterday on the auspiscious day of Apara Ekadasi, at around 3:30 am, brahma muhurtha time, one of our dear God-brothers, HG Anaadi nidhanam Krishna Prabhu, left his body in Trivandrum Kerala.

The following is the extract of message from HG Devakinandan Prabhuji, glorifying the life of HG Anaadi nidhanam Prabhuji.

HG Anaadi nidhanam Prabhu was a law student, young, livel

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