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I was talking with a close devotee friend, Sumeet Gupta Prabhuji, yesterday evening. While talking to him I realised how so many senior devotees have left their mark on me. I am sharing some of them to show my deep appreciation for them. And there are hundreds of others senior devotees in ISKCON from whom we get inspiration every day.

The first one to leave his imprint, continues to do it, HG Rukmini Krishna Das Prabhuji, he is the temple president of Sri Sri Radha Radhika Raman and Krishna Balr

HH Bhakti Charu Swami is going to take to take a seminar on Udhav Gita in December at Ujjain and I thought let me read the book first as I was keen to attend it.

I went through all my e books and got Udhav Sandesh and started reading it. Foolishly I thought they were same books. It was after a while when I realised my mistake but I continued it as it is a short book and it held my attention. Udhava Sandesh entails Krishna asking Udhava to go to Vrindavan and inform all the Vrajawasis that Krishn

TEXT 23

saknotihaiva yah sodhum
prak sarira-vimoksanat
kama-krodhodbhavam vegam
sa yuktah sa sukhi narah

SYNONYMS

saknoti--able to do; iha eva--in the present body; yah--one who; sodhum--to tolerate; prak--before; sarira--body; vimoksanat--give up; kama--desire; krodha--anger; udbhavam--generated from; vegam--urge; sah--he; yuktah--in trance; sah--he; sukhi--happy; narah--human being.

TRANSLATION

Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and che

We are wandering, life after life, in different species of life, different forms of life, in different planetary system. And that is going on. This is not progress. Where is progress? You are conditioned within this universe. Where is your progress? Suppose you... Just like if I jump with a limited space, where is my progress? Real progress is Krsna consciousness. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9]. If we actually want to make progress, then we must take to Krsna consciousness so that aft

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

No Fiction or Rumors or Gossips in Krishna-Bhakti. Bhagavan leads His Bhaktas by His own personal example. One main intention of Bhagavan's *avataram* ( incarnation) is to demonstrate Vedic-leaving to His Bhaktas .

In Rama-avatar, Bhagavan shows us how to lead a virtuous life in accordance with the Vedic-shastras . In Krishna-avatar , Bhagavan demonstrates how to remain connected to Bhagavan by Bhakti-yoga. In fact, any p

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Every person or soul in all of existence is most dear to Krishna because that soul is an eternal emanation from Krishna manifested specifically for the purpose of having a sweet, loving relationship with Krishna both for Krishna's satisfaction and for that soul's satisfaction. In other words by nature everyone is a lover of God. There's no such thing of anyone being a demon by nature. Those who are demoniac are temporari

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

"He is happy in all conditions; sometimes he may get very palatable foodstuffs, sometimes not, but he is satisfied. Nor does he care for any residential facility. He may sometimes live underneath a tree, and he may sometimes live in a very palatial building; he is attracted to neither. He is called fixed because he is fixed in his determination and knowledge. We may find some repetition in the descriptions of the qualifi

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

How Sri Krishna helps His followers in their day-to-day life ?

From their own experiences, all full-time Krishna-Bhaktas confirm that, Sri Krishna is a live-factor in their day-to-day activities. They receive warning message, before danger is struck .  So, adequate precautions are taken well in advance . In the event of unpredictable situations beyond human control, an invisible divine grace tilts the balance in favor of

Hare Krsna

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What are the qualities of salt? When you put salt in a preparation, if there is too much it is unpalatable. If there is too little it can be tasteless. Salt has to be very carefully balanced. Similarly a true devotee is balanced. They do not take extremes. They are not superstitious, or sentimentalists. At the same time they are not dry philosophers, fundamentalists or lukewarm about their spiritual lives.  They are very

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There is a heavy load on the lord because the Lord is very concerned seeing the living entity suffer and therefore if the devotees of the Lord help the Lord take this load off, the Lord becomes very indebted to them.

Freedom by surrender

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Lecture on Appearance of Sri Narada Muni by Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami

(Bhakti Vighna Vinasa Narasimha Swami Maharaja was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in London in 1971. A year later he received second initiation. He has been preaching for over last twenty five years in Asian countries such as India, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.)

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Lecture on Krishna Becomes Dependent Upon His Devotee by Bhanu Swami on 06 Dec 2002

(Bhanu Swami was born in Canada and holds a BA in Oriental fine arts history from the University of British Colombia. He joined the Hare Krishna movement in India in 1970.)

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Seminar on How to make Advancement in Krsna Consciousness by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Does Life come from Matter by Bhakti Swarupa Damodara Swami on 22 Aug 2007

(He would sometimes refer to Sripada Maharaja affectionately as, "Our Dr. Svarupa Damodara" and "our scientist, Svarupa Damaodara", and there were hours of conversations between Prabhupada and Sripada Maharaja.)

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Qualities of Salt....….. Nectarean Mellows

What are the qualities of salt? When you put salt in a preparation, if there is too much it is unpalatable. If there is too little it can be tasteless. Salt has to be very carefully balanced. Similarly a true devotee is balanced. They do not take extremes. They are not superstitious, or sentimentalists. At the same time they are not dry philosophers, fundamentalists or lukewarm about their spiritual lives.  They are very well balanced. In the Bhagava

Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We stand at a unique juncture in ISKCON’s development. Through a global, cooperative effort, many Vaishnavas are founding new Krishna conscious schools, helping to galvanize, enrich and sustain our communities. Undoubtedly, these exciting initiatives will stimulate their students both spiritually and academically, as well as provide many enlivening career options.

The main challenge facing these initiatives

TEXT 22

ye hi samsparsa-ja bhoga
duhkha-yonaya eva te
ady-antavantah kaunteya
na tesu ramate budhah

SYNONYMS

ye--those; hi--certainly; samsparsa-jah--by contact with the material senses; bhogah--enjoyments; duhkha--distress; yonayah--sources of; eva--certainly; te--they are; adi--beginning; anta--end; vantah--subject to; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; na--never; tesu--in those; ramate--takes delight; budhah--the intelligent person.

TRANSLATION

An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of m

So we should directly take to the nine different processes of devotional service, sravanam kirtanam visnoh [SB 7.5.23]. That we are stressing specifically every time, that hearing about Krsna is very important. Sravanam. As it is described in the Bhagavatam, srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah [SB 1.2.17]. Srnvatam. Simply hearing, srnvatam, those who are hearing... Caitanya Mahaprabhu has also recommended, sthane sthitah sruti-gatam tanu-van-manobhih. One may stay in his position as a brahmana, as a ksa