Guru means one who has seen the Absolute Truth. That is guru. Tattva-darsinah, tattva means the Absolute Truth, and darsinah, one who has seen. So this movement, our Krsna consciousness movement, is for this purpose, to see the Absolute Truth, to understand the Absolute Truth, to know the problems of life and how to make a solution. These things are our subject matter. Our subject matter is not material things, that somehow or other you get a car and a good apartment and a good wife, then all yo
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Question: It is often stressed that devotees should read Srila Prabhupada's books and that this is the hearing process. Could you pleases explain that in the light of this purport from Srimad Bhagavatam.
"The acarya or the gosvami must be well acquainted with all these literatures. To hear and explain them is more important than reading them. One can assimilate the knowledge of the revealed scriptures only by hearing and
Hare Krsna
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Everyone is hankering for happiness because by nature we are happy: anandamayo 'bhyasat (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.12). As spirit souls we are naturally happy, blissful. But we are suffering because we have been covered by five gross material elements -- earth, water, fire, air, and ether -- and three subtle material elements -- mind, intelligence, and false ego. Materialists, identifying themselves with these coverings, seek sa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Only those averse to Lord Hari and whose only assets are their defective material senses find fault with Vaishanvas. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna states that His devotees neverperish. Can those who worship the Lord without deviationever fall down ? They certainly achieve perfection. Sinceour vision is polluted we find fault with others and thereby ruin ourselves. When we thus become materialists we becomebereft of s
A Conversation with
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada
In the following conversation His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and Dr. Gregory Benford, a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, discuss the Vedic concepts of the self and consciousness as they relate to the views of modern science.
Shrila Prabhupada: By "scientific advancement" do you mean the advancemen
Dear devotees Hare Krishna!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
One more Ratha Yatra is approaching, another Chariot Festival in Rijeka, 11th in the order. The date is 29th June, at 5 pm, departure from Jelačić Square, near the fountain. At about 7 pm program on stage will start (near Radio Rijeka). Special guest of the festival is H.H. Candramauli Swami. Prasadam distribution would be at 7,30 also near Radio Rijeka, and near the stage.
Here's a link to the l
TEXT 29
apane juhvati pranam
prane 'panam tathapare
pranapana-gati ruddhva
pranayama-parayanah
apare niyataharah
pranan pranesu juhvati
SYNONYMS
apane--air which acts downward; juhvati--offers; pranam--air which acts outward; prane--in the air going outward; apanam--air going downward; tatha--as also; apare--others; prana--air going outward; apana--air going downward; gati--movement; ruddhva--checking; prana-ayama--trance induced by stopping all breathing; parayanah--so inclined; apare--others; ni
The town centre hosted a traditional east Indian street festival on Sunday.
The Rathayatra festival, which was first held more than 5,000 years ago, is believed to be the world’s oldest street festival.
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/video/2483261664001/?ref=vidshare
Organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and Croydon BID, the annual event was held in Croydon for the third time.
The diverse and colourful event, involved pulling Lord Jagannath- a form of the
Dear Maharaj/Prabhu,
Please accept our humble obeisances! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are happy to inform you that ISKCON Siliguri will be celebrating Annual Ratha Yatra of Their Lordships Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra Devi on Wednesday 10th July 2013 starting from 2.00pm onwards.
You are cordially invited to attend the Ratha Yatra along with your temple devotees and congregation. We will be happy to host you.
Please confirm your visit and the number of devotees who will be comin
Guru means one who has seen the Absolute Truth. That is guru. Tattva-darsinah, tattva means the Absolute Truth, and darsinah, one who has seen. So this movement, our Krsna consciousness movement, is for this purpose, to see the Absolute Truth, to understand the Absolute Truth, to know the problems of life and how to make a solution. These things are our subject matter. Our subject matter is not material things, that somehow or other you get a car and a good apartment and a good wife, then all yo
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
An independent person cannot worship Hari or become a devotee. One’s benefit lies in following in the footsteps of one’s acharya. People with independent natures maintaindifferent opinions. If millions of gopis have millions of opinions, then there will certainly be disturbances in their discharge of service to Krishna. No one has the power to please Sri Madhava without subordinating themselves to thedaughter of Vrisa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
You write that you have desire to avail of my association again, but why do you forget that you are always in association with me ? When you are helping my missionaryactivities I am always thinking of you, and you are alwaysthinking of me. That is real association. Just like I amalways thinking of my Guru Maharaja at every moment, although he is not physically present, and because I am trying toserve him to my best capac
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Unless one thinks himself a servant, he cannot serve. Devotionalservice requires a relationship between servant and master. We are trying to become masters rather than servants in this world.How then can we serve ? Only a servant can serve.
“ I will hear, see, chant, and remember with a spirit ofenjoyment”. This is the karmi’s conception, the conception of a non-devotee. If one wishes to progress, he has to renounce
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Every learned man knows very well that attachment for thematerial is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul. But that sameattachment, when applied to the self-realized devotees, opens the door of liberation.
Here it is clearly stated that attachment for one thing is the cause of bondage in conditioned life, and the sameattachment, when applied to something else, opens the door of liberation. Attachment cannot be
The Principle of Reincarnation
By Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami
The scientific study of reincarnation may shed new light on many subtle phenomena inexplicable by currently accepted theories-phenomena such as the wide variety of living forms, innate abilities clearly not acquired from the environment, and near-death experiences. In recent years scholars in various disciplines have shown great interest in studying reincarnation, but to study it meaningfully we must first know whether life is an eter
Lecture on Our Intelligence is more Powerful by Candramauli Swami at Prabhupada Desh
(Born in New Jersey, USA, in 1947, Candramauli Swami came in contact with the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) in Denver, Cororado, at the age of twenty-four.)
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Lecture on Gangamata Goswamini Life Story by Romapada Swami on 26 Dec 2010 at Puri
(His devotional career began with management, first as president of the Manhattan temple (1977-78), then as regional secretary for New England (1979-82), and then again as president of the Brooklyn temple (1982-83). From 1996 up to 2008, he served continuously as a member of the North American Executive Committee (NA EC), and he was the chairman of the GBC EC in 2009-2010.)
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Lecture on Gangamata Goswamini Pastimes by Niranjana Swami on 03 june 2000 at kiev
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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Lecture on A Revolution against Materialism by Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 29 Feb 2013 at Baroda
(He has since travelled widely throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. His Holiness also travels to and preaches Krishna consciousness in other parts of the world. He continues to write books and magazine articles. His books have been translated into more than fifteen languages.)
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TEXT 29
apane juhvati pranam
prane 'panam tathapare
pranapana-gati ruddhva
pranayama-parayanah
apare niyataharah
pranan pranesu juhvati
SYNONYMS
apane--air which acts downward; juhvati--offers; pranam--air which acts outward; prane--in the air going outward; apanam--air going downward; tatha--as also; apare--others; prana--air going outward; apana--air going downward; gati--movement; ruddhva--checking; prana-ayama--trance induced by stopping all breathing; parayanah--so inclined; apare--others; ni
