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How Lord Narsimha Appeared

2514909412?profile=originalLecture on How Lord Narsimha Appeared by HG Gopiparanadhana Prabhu at Vrindavan

(Gopiparanadhana Prabhu was Co-director in Govardhana and head teacher of the Sanskrit academy. Although from United States, he stayed most of the time in Govardhan.)

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Is God Personal or Impersonal

2514909312?profile=originalLecture on Is God Personal or Impersonal by HH Caitanya Charan Prabhu (RNS)

(Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He subsequently served as a software engineer in a multinational software company, Patni Computer Systems.)

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Who is Prabhupada

2514909218?profile=originalLecture on Who is Srila Prabhupada by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 06 Aug 2007 at Radhadesh

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.11

TEXT 11

ye yatha mam prapadyante
tams tathaiva bhajamy aham
mama vartmanuvartante
manusyah partha sarvasah

 

SYNONYMS

ye--all of them; yatha--as; mam--unto Me; prapadyante--surrender; tan--unto them; tatha--so; eva--certainly; bhajami--do I reward; aham--I; mama--My; vartma--path; anuvartante--do follow; manusyah--all men; partha--O son of Prtha; sarvasah--in all respects.

 

TRANSLATION

All of them--as they surrender unto Me--I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prth

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“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

The greatest pleasure of our life.......................Nectarean Mellows

A selfish person eats and feels happy. A selfless person finds more happiness in feeding others. Yes? A father has some love for the child, has some affection for the child. What brings the father more happiness – doing something for the child or doing something for himself? If there’s affection, obviously you would be more happy doing something for the child, even if you hav

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Narsimhadev Appearance

2514909331?profile=originalLecture on Narsimhadev Appearance by HH Romapada Swami

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969.)

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Narsimha Lila

2514909361?profile=originalLecture on Narsimha Lila by HH 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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Narsimha Leela

2514909403?profile=originalLecture on Narsimha Leela by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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2514909282?profile=originalLecture on Glories of Sri Sri Narsimhadev Bhagwan by HH Bhakti Vidhya Purna Swami on 15 May 2013 at ISKCON Mayapur

(His Holiness Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami comes from a Jewish American background. He had spent some time in Israel before taking shelter of Srila Prabhupada.)

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2514909276?profile=originalLecture on Attaining Perfection Through One's Occupation by HH Giriraj Swami on 13 May 2013 at ISKCON Houston

(In 1972 Giriraj was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Since then, he has made many significant contributions to Srila Prabhupada’s mission, most notably overseeing all aspects of the development of Hare Krishna Land in Juhu, Bombay.)

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Thought Of The Day

So Krsna worship is so easy, universal. Other worshiping method you have to collect so many things, then you can worship. Or you must have temple, you must have church, you must have worshiping place. But Krsna is everywhere. And you can collect this patram puspam phalam anywhere. You can worship Krsna anywhere, but you have to learn how to worship. What is that learning? Bhaktya, that is the method. Therefore Krsna says patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. This patram puspam is

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.10

TEXT 10

vita-raga-bhaya-krodha
man-maya mam upasritah
bahavo jnana-tapasa
puta mad-bhavam agatah

 

SYNONYMS

vita--freed from; raga--attachment; bhaya--fear; krodhah--anger; mat-maya--fully in Me; mam--unto Me; upasritah--being fully situated; bahavah--many; jnana--knowledge; tapasa--by penance; putah--being purified; mat-bhavam--transcendental love for Me; agatah--attained.

 

TRANSLATION

Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons

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“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

The greatest pleasure is selfless service.......................Nectarean Mellows

If we have selfish motivations then it is not really love on the spiritual platform. It is karma. What goes in the name of love in this world is mutual – if you give me pleasure, I’ll give you pleasure. To the degree that selfless spirit is not there, we find what happens. If we do not give each other the proper pleasure then divorce. In America, 70% of marriages are

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Hare Krishna -
 
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Krishna and to all of his pure devotees and aspiring devotees.
 
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Sri Krsna’s sixty-four qualities and symptoms

 

Vrajanatha: Babaji Mahasaya, there is no doubt that Bhagavan Sri Hari is para-tattva, but what is the position of the devatas such as Brahma, Siva, Indra, Sürya, and Ganesa? Please be merciful and explain this to me. Many brahmanas worship Mahadeva as the highest brahma-tattva. I took birth in one such brähmana f

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Symptoms of the Liberated

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Paris June 15, 1974

How we can recognize a person truly free from the influence of material nature.

prayena munayo rajan
nivrtta vidhi-sedhatah
nairgunya-stha ramante sma
gunanukathane hareh

Back To Godhead - Symptoms Of The Liberated

"O King Pariksit, mainly the topmost transcendentalists who are above the regulative principles and restrictions take pleasure in describing the glories of the Lord." (Srimad-Bhagavat

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Lord Krsna – The One Above All Others

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Nairobi october 26, 1975
 
The authoritative scriptures and saints in the Vedic tradition agree that Krsna stands above all others, with no competition.
 
svayam bhagavan krsna ekale isvara
advitiya, nandatmaja, rasika-sekhara
 

Srila Prabhupada

"Krsna, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme Personaliry of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No one is greater than or equal to S
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Worshipable By Everyone

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Nairobi-October 26, 1975

Everyone bows before the power of God, some willingly, some by force 

apicya-darsanam sasvat
sarva-loka-namaskrtam
santam vayasi kaisore
bhrtyanugraha-kataram
 
The Lord is eternally very beautiful, and He is worshipable by all the inhabitants of every planer. He is ever youthful and always eager to bestow His blessing upon His devotees.- Srimad-Bh
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Deity Worship at Home

2514909220?profile=originalLecture on Deity Worship at Home by HH Romapada Swami on 11 May 2013 at Seattle

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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