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Awareness: that’s what distinguishes the living from the non-living. Though all living beings are aware, most are aware only of material reality.

The capacity to be aware of spiritual reality: that’s what distinguishes human beings among other living beings. Though all human beings have this capacity, few utilize it.

The awareness of spiritual reality: that’s what distinguishes spiritualists among other human beings. Not a

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

You're on the phone with a supplier, while quietly typing up notes about your previous phone call. As soon as you hang up, a colleague sends you an instant message, which you read over while dialing your manager's extension number. During your phone conversation, you start updating your week's to-do list.

To boost our productivity, many of us multitask like this to some degree. And, in a world where the pace of life is of

Lecture on Spiritual Science by Smita Krishna Swami on 15 Feb 2007

(HH Smita Krishna Swami was born in Sweden in 1952. He joined ISKCON in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany and recieved spiritual initiation from His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971.)

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Lecture on Repaying our Mothers by Rtadhvaja Swami on 11 Feb 2013 at Houston

(His Holiness Rtadhvaja Swami Maharaja was born and raised in a rural farming community in North Dakota, U.S.A. His first encounter with the devotees was in 1972, when some of the Radha Damodara Traveling Sankirtana Party came to his house and asked if they could take some flowers from his front yard.)

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Lecture on Economic situation and its solution by Romapada Swami on 24 April 2009

(The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971. Despite being admitted as a pre-med student, he decided to follow his spiritual path 100% and never looked back. He took sannyasa in 1983 and became an initiating spiritual master in 1985.

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मूल:
सत्संगत्वे निस्संगत्व, निस्संगत्वे निर्मोहत्वम्।
निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलचित्तं, निश्चलचित्ते जीवन्मुक्तिः॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।

हिन्दी:
सत्संगति में है संग का क्षय, संग-क्षय से सर्व-मोह का लय,
मोह-विलय में अचलचित्तता, अचल-चित्त जब, तब मुक्ति अमृतमय।
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।

इस श्लोक में श्री शंकराचार्य सज्जनों के समीप रहकर अपने मन से आशा-पाशों को हटाने का प्रयत्न करने की बात करते हैं। सत्संगति अपार शक्तिदायक होती है, यह कौन नहीं जानता है। मन पर सत्संगति का प्र

TEXT 26

srotradinindriyany anye
samyamagnisu juhvati
sabdadin visayan anya
indriyagnisu juhvati

SYNONYMS

srotra-adini--hearing process; indriyani--senses; anye--others; samyama--of restraint; agnisu--in the fire; juhvati--offers; sabda-adin--sound vibration, etc.; visayan--objects of sense gratification; anye--others; indriya--of sense organs; agnisu--in the fire; juhvati--sacrifice.

TRANSLATION

Some of them sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of the controlled mind, and others

Krsna says, "Out of many millions of persons, one is interested how to become siddha." Siddha means liberated, one who is not entangled with this material atmosphere. He is called siddha. So out of many millions of people, one may be interested how to become free from this material entanglement. And yatatam api siddhanam [Bg. 7.3], and out of many such siddhas, one may understand Krsna. Kascid vetti mam tattvatah. So it is not so easy to understand Krsna, but when Krsna comes personally as a dev

Hare Krsna

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The English word "religion" is a little different from sanatana-dharma. Religion conveys the idea of faith, and faith may change. One may have faith in a particular process, and he may change this faith and adopt another, but sanatana-dharma refers to that activity which cannot be changed. For instance, liquidity cannot be taken from water, nor can heat be taken from fire. Similarly, the eternal function of the eternal

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Yet man professes to belong to a particular type of faith with reference to particular time and circumstance and thus claims to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect. Such designations are non-sanatana-dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Muslim, or a Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu, or a Christian may change his faith and so on. But in all circumstances the change of religi

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"DONT PURCHASE MEAT FROM SLAUGHTERHOUSE. WE SHALL SUPPLY YOU THE COW AFTER HER DEATH" WHERE IS THE DIFFICULTY?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes, this is our proposal: "Why should you kill the cow? Let the cow be protected." You can take the cow's milk and use this milk for making so many nutritious, delicious preparations. Aside from that, as far as meat-eating is concerned, every cow will die—so you just wait a while, and there wi

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When Prabhupada saw a banner on bamboo poles-"Welcome Srila Prabhupada!"-he remarked, "I don't know if my Godbrothers will like this." He had already heard that some of his Godbrothers objected to his taking the same title as their spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. He had not actually taken the name, but his disciples had given him the name a few years ago in America. In May 1968 while in Boston, P

Hare Krsna

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

Hare Krsna

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

Non-sanatana religious faith may have some beginning in the annals of human history, but there is no beginning to the history of sanatana-dharma because it remains eternally with the living entities. Insofar as the living entities are concerned, the authoritative sastras state that the living entity has neither birth nor death. In the Gīta it is stated that the living entity is never born, and he never dies. He is etern

TEXT 25

daivam evapare yajnam
yoginah paryupasate
brahmagnav apare yajnam
yajnenaivopajuhvati

SYNONYMS

daivam--in worshiping the demigods; eva--like this; apare--some; yajnam--sacrifices; yoginah--the mystics; paryupasate--worship perfectly; brahma--the Absolute Truth; agnau--in the fire of; apare--others; yajnam--sacrifice; yajnena--by sacrifice; eva--thus; upajuhvati--worship.

TRANSLATION

Some yogis perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them offer sa

Lecture on Purpose of Life by Gopal Krishna Goswami at Mayapur India

(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)

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Lecture on Offences and their Consequences by Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami at ISKCON Mauritius

(His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami is from West Africa. He is the first Sannyas disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami. He is known for his years of dedicated services to ISKCON.

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Lecture on In Vedic age women were Protected by Bhakti Purusottama Swami

(Bhakti Purusottama Swami first joined ISKCON in Mayapur, India, in 1978. He is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami and is an integral part of the organization of the Headquarters of ISKCON in Mayapur, where he is based.

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Lecture 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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