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Bhakti Is Only For Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture given in Bombay, April 1, 1974

kanksantah karmanam siddhim
yajanta iha devatah
ksipram hi manuse loke
siddhir bhavati karma-ja

"Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world." – Bhagavad-gita 4.12

Last night we were discussing the previous vers

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Three Yogas Three Results

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Paris – June 13, 1974

Of the three main types of yoga discussed in the Gita, only one gives complete knowledge.

sri-bhagavan uvaca
mayy asakta-manah partha
yogam yunjan mad-asrayah
asamsayam samagram mam
yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me,

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Redirected Love

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

London ‐ August 15, 1973

Lord Krsna tells us how to find the fulfillment
of our natural desire to love and be loved.

sanjaya uvaca
evam uktva hrsikesam
gudakesah parantapa
na yotsya iti govindam
uktva tusnim babhuva ha

"Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Krsna, 'Govinda, I shall not light,' and fell silent." Bhagavad-gita 2.9

Back To Godhead - Redirected Love

IN THE previous

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Mother's womb were Two Babies

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In a mother's womb were two babies. One asked the other:

"Do you believe in life after delivery?" The other replies, "why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.

"Nonsense," says the other. "There is no life after delivery. What would that life be?"

"I don't know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths."

The other says "This is absurd! Walking is impossi

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The main articles in this edition include:

Grand ceremony marks the 40th Anniversary

40th Anniversary at the House of Lords

Under the Full Moon: Lord Caitanya is born

Mentorship Retreat

“Hare Krishna in the Modern World” (new book published by Arktos)

View Latest Bhaktivedanta Manor Newsletter April 2013

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Thought Of The Day

Krsna says, "He's first-class yogi." Who? "Who is always trying to see Krsna within the heart." So it is very difficult task? In our bhakti-yoga we can teach this art of seeing Krsna within the core of the heart in one minute. It is so simple. You are seeing Krsna here. You must have impression and try to keep that impression within your heart always. Then you become first-class yogi. Why so much gymnastic and pressing the nose? No. Take directly. If you are engaged twenty-four hours in the serv

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 3.43

TEXT 43

evam buddheh param buddhva
samstabhyatmanam atmana
jahi satrum maha-baho
kama-rupam durasadam

 

SYNONYMS

evam--thus; buddheh--of intelligence; param--superior; buddhva--so knowing; samstabhya--by steadying; atmanam--of the mind; atmana--by deliberate intelligence; jahi--conquer; satrum--the enemy; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; kama-rupam--the form of lust; durasadam--formidable.

 

TRANSLATION

Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to material senses, mind and intelligence, one should contro

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A Message From Beyond

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While we were in New Plymouth the other day to run a few errands, Syama-gauri and I thought we'd try selling a few Gitas to a small quasi-spiritual book store in town, which also specializes in crystals, magic potions, fairy statues and incense sticks. A few weeks back, Syama-gauri had by chance meet one of the staff who worked there, and mentioned in passing that we had the Bhagavad-gita and other books from the East, and the store might like to buy some from us to display on their shelves. The

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Hare Krishna,

Shri Shri Bhrahma Samhita Verse 54.

TRANSLATION
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who burns up to their roots all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion and impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one's activities, of all those who walk
in the path of work, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works, no less in the case of the tiny insect that bears the name of indragopa than in that of Indra, king of the devas.
PURPORT
Go

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The 37th annual Rathayatra - Panihati festival of ISKCON Atlanta will be held Friday - May 31st, Saturday - June 1st, and Sunday - June 2nd.

This year His Grace Acyutananda das, the first disciple of Srila Prabhupada to reside in West Bengal will be in attendance.

Acyutananda das built the bhajan kutir for Srila Prabhupada in Mayapur, compiled the Vaisnava Song book, and trained many devotees including HH Jayapataka Swami on living as Gaudiya Vaisnavas in West Bengal. He has author his memor

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An explanation of a song
by the great spiritual teacher Narottama dasa Thakura,
some fourteen years ago in the Los Angeles Hare Krsna center.

Narottama dasa Thakura, who has written this song, is a famous acarya [spiritual master], and his compositions are accepted as Vedic truth. In this song he represents himself as a common man, as one of us. He laments, appealing

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Fifty centuries ago, a far-seeing sage wrote a book of Vedic
wisdom that speaks directly to our troubled times.

anarthopasamam saksad
bhakti-yogam adhoksaje
lokasyajanato vidvams
cakre satvata-samhitam

"The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service to Lord Krsna. But the mas

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Prabhupada on Mercy Killing

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada: You should be careful. Why should you commit mistake? But if unconsciously, by mistake it is done, that is another thing.
Brahmananda: He wants to know does the ant receive benefit?
Prabhupada: No. Then he will be lenient to kill them to give them benefit. [laughter] He'll be so...
Brahmananda: Like they say "mercy killing," that "This is good for you. I will kill you and it is good for you."
Prabhupada: Yes. You
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Dhruva Maharaja Musical CD


Click on the link to listen to the first two songs of this musical
http://www.parividha.com/2009/07/soundtracks.html

CD incl. package and posting 10 euro - US $15 ( Paypal) - GB £10


Narrator

Arjuna das

Dhruva Maharaja / Queen Suniti

Gaurangi dasi

Narada Muni / Sage

Parividha das

Kuvera / Manu / Sage / Vishnu-dutas 

Jagi Bibanovic

King Uttanapada

Jayadeva das

Queen Suruci

Haraprana dasi

Lord Vishnu

Kripamoya das


Keyboards and musical arrangements by Jagi Bibanov

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 3.42

TEXT 42

indriyani parany ahur
indriyebhyah param manah
manasas tu para buddhir
yo buddheh paratas tu sah

 

SYNONYMS

indriyani--senses; parani--superior; ahuh--is said; indriyebhyah--more than the senses; param--superior; manah--the mind; manasah--more than the mind; tu--also; para--superior; buddhih--intelligence; yah--one who; buddheh--more than the intelligence; paratah--superior; tu--but; sah--he.

 

TRANSLATION

The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intellige

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Thought Of The Day

Prakrti means under the control of the purusa. That is natural. We cannot conceive equal rights of purusa and prakrti. That is not Vedic conception. Vedic conception is purusa, the superior, Supreme, and prakrti means subordinate. Purusa is predominator, and prakrti is predominated. So we living entities, we are prakrti. Falsely if we try to become purusa, that is maya. We should remain prakrti, subservient, predominated. That is this Krsna consciousness movement. Because generally the people ar

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 3.41

TEXT 41

tasmat tvam indriyany adau
niyamya bharatarsabha
papmanam prajahi hy enam
jnana-vijnana-nasanam

 

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; tvam--you; indriyani--senses; adau--in the beginning; niyamya--by regulating; bharata-rsabha--O chief amongst the descendants of Bharata; papmanam--the great symbol of sin; prajahi--curb; hi--certainly; enam--this; jnana--knowledge; vijnana--scientific knowledge of the pure soul; nasanam--the destroyer.

 

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bharatas, in the very

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The Essence of Veda in Two Verses

"Ruchinam vaichitryad rijukutil nana path jusham;

nrinam ekogamyastvamasi pyasamarnavmiti"

"Due to the differences in individual dispositions, people follow different paths, but you are the only destination of all of them, just as the sea is the destination of all the waters"

Akashat patitam toyam sagaram prati gacchati,

sarva deva namaskaram Keshavam prati gacchati"

"All the water fallen from the sky goes to the sea,

salutations to all the gods reaches to the one Lord Hari"

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Thought Of The Day

So it is not possible to understand Krsna, but Krsna is giving about, knowledge about Himself, as far as we can understand. That is Bhagavad-gita. So at least you try to understand Krsna as far instruction in the Bhagavad-gita... Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended, yare dekha tare kaha krsna-upadesa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. The human life is meant for understanding Krsna. There is no other business. If you simply stick to this business, your life is successful. Our Krsna consciousness movement is me

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