Lecture on The Wheel of Needs by Sachinanadana Swami on 24 June 2012
(Sacinandana Swami shared many of his insights in his books: "Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name", "The Gayatri Book" and "The Way of the Great Departure".Beside teaching in Bhaktivedanta College (Radhadesh, Belgium), Maharaja's new emphasis lies on a unique preaching concept of presenting the culture of Krishna Consciousness to the people in Veda Academy.)
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Lecture on Desire Vs Effort by Romapada Swami on 10 Dec 2012 at Detroit
(In his efforts to share Krishna consciousness with others, Romapada Swami draws on the benefits he himself gained from the University outreach programs he attended in the 1960s. Thus, he continues to encourage programs that fulfill students’ spiritual needs.)
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मूल:
का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः, संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः।
कस्य त्वं कुत आयातः, तत्त्वं चिन्तयं यदिदं भ्रातः॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।
हिन्दी:
कान्ता तेरी कौन, कौन सुत? यह अपार संसार महा-अद्भूत,
किसका, कौन, कहाँ से आया? चिन्तन कर तू बन्धु, ध्यान्युत॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।
भाई, तुम्हारी पत्नी कौन है? तुम्हारा पुत्र कहाँ से आया? कौन किसका है? तुम स्वयं कौन हो? ये सब बातें अति विचित्र हैं व्यर्थ चिन्ताओं में समय नष्ट न करके इन बातों पर भी जरा विचार करो।
इस श्लोक में श्
TEXT 20
tyaktva karma-phalasangam
nitya-trpto nirasrayah
karmany abhipravrtto 'pi
naiva kincit karoti sah
SYNONYMS
tyaktva--having given up; karma-phala-asangam--attachment for fruitive results; nitya--always; trptah--being satisfied; nirasrayah--without any shelter; karmani--in activity; abhipravrttah--being fully engaged; api--in spite of; na--does not; eva--certainly; kincit--anything; karoti--do; sah--he.
TRANSLATION
Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and
HH Indradyumna Swami Diary Volume III, Chapter 12 :
In 1971, I flew with Srila Prabhupada and several Godbrothers from New York to London. As our plane descended into Heathrow Airport, I was looking forward to seeing the ISKCON temple at 7 Bury Place and participating in the devotees’ reception for Srila Prabhupada. However, when we arrived at the airport, one of Srila Prabhupada’s suitcases was missing. It was the suitcase that contained his books of commentaries by the previous acaryas, and
So in this way, in one life we may practice how to become free from this material contamination and execute devotional service as it is prescribed in the sastra and by the instruction of spiritual master. If we keep ourself pure without material contamination, then we become fit to enter into the family of Krsna. This is the process.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I have been blessed with the opportunity to engage in the wonderful Smart-Box book-distribution program in Hillcroft, the "Little India" of Houston, Texas. I had the chance to maintain the Smart Boxes there yesterday, and it was a very enlivening experience.
I have four locations in the Sugar Land section of Hillcroft that I maintain. Usually I say hello to the owner or workers, remove the laxmi, coun
Vaishnava cloth is in the mode pure goodness.
So let’s understand how modes look like:
Ignorance is the state of sleep, laziness, in food for example in pomegranate the seed is in ignorance and fleshy part is in the mode of goodness; banana most parts are in the mode of goodness. Because it is easy to eat it even not washing, just removed the skin and one can eat. Also it is soft, not too much hard…lemon has little more sour taste which shows that it is in the mode of passion for much
Seminar on Seven Habits by Sridhar Swami
(In Sridhar Swami's life, Srila Prabhupada's sparked a 35 year spiritual journey that began far from its ending point in holy India. Sridhar Swami described himself as a shy person before coming to Krsna consciousness.)
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Lecture on Vedic Root of Western Tradition by Suhotra Swami in 1998 at Helsinki
(A year later he based himself in Germany, from where he later expanded his preaching to East – European countries and Scandinavia. In 1982 he took to the sannyasa asram.)
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Lecture on The cure for all dispondency by Satsvarup Das Goswami on 17 April 2013 at Brindavana Morrisville
(Satsvarupa Das Goswami is a senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the west as the Hare Krishna movement.)
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Lecture on Material Force and Efficient Course by Yadunanadana Swami on 16 Feb 2013 at ISKCON Amsterdam
(Yadunandana Swami principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor is a sannyasi (monk, religious mendicant) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).)
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The old man looked up, stared at me, and then looked down again at the paper. “One thousand years ago,” he said, “you were a king in Karnataka. You were very wealthy and distributed much of your wealth to hospitals, schools, and temples. At end of that life you retired to the forest.
“In your previous birth you had two wives. At the end of that life you prayed, ‘If I take birth again I don’t want to be a grhastha. I want to be a sannyasi and devote all my life to God.’ So in this birth you to
Radhanath Swami narrated that in 1978, Bhakti Tirtha Swami was in India. At that time in history, not a single foreigner had ever been inside Jagannath’s temple in Puri, in the state of Orissa. Bhakti Tirtha Swami had been once told by his guru that in this lifetime he would see God. So he thought, “Maybe I will see God as Lord Jagannath in this temple.” He had a black complexion and thought perhaps the ever vigilant temple priests at Puri may think he is from from South India and they would a
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
At the Friday-night harinam in Auckland, I was lurking around the peripheries of the devotees and talking to passersby. I saw a respectable-looking Maori woman sitting on the steps of Aotea Square watching the harinam. I felt a bit intimidated to talk to her, as she held herself with gravity and had a look on her face which I grossly mistook to be fear or at the least distaste. I approached her anyway, and in response to my attempts at small talk, she reached into her handbag and pulled out “J
TEXT 19
yasya sarve samarambhah
kama-sankalpa-varjitah
jnanagni-dagdha-karmanam
tam ahuh panditam budhah
SYNONYMS
yasya--one whose; sarve--all sorts of; samarambhah--in all attempts; kama--desire for sense gratification; sankalpa--determination; varjitah--are devoid of; jnana--of perfect knowledge; agni--fire; dagdha--being burnt by; karmanam--the performer; tam--him; ahuh--declare; panditam--learned; budhah--of those who know.
TRANSLATION
One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every act i
