One of our aims is to promote the activities of the youth in ISKCON. Thus, we are happy to share an interview we had with Caitanya Cintamani devi dasi, co-ordinator of Mayapur- Youth Entertainment Seva.
ISKCON CDM: How do you feel being a youth in ISKCON?
Caitanya Cintamani devi dasi: I feel very privileged to have been born into ISKCON and raised in a Krishna conscious atmosphere. I thank Srila Prabhupada often for the chance to have joined this movement from an “inside source” and for the fact t
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TEXT 8
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
SYNONYMS
paritranaya--for the deliverance; sadhunam--of the devotees; vinasaya--for the annihilation; ca--also; duskrtam--of the miscreants; dharma--principles of religion; samsthapana-arthaya--to reestablish; sambhavami--I do appear; yuge--millennium; yuge--after millennium.
TRANSLATION
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I
My Guru is the very life of me.
He is Caitanaya MaharaPrabhu for me, though I am completely unqualified, he took me under his shelter
and told me my relationship with Krishna.
He is Sanatana Goswami for me, who has convinced me about this relationship.
He is Rupa Goswami for me, who is teaching me how to do my prescribed duties.
He is Raghunath Das Goswami for me, who is teaching me what is the goal of my life.
By his mercy alone I can dream of having, one day, the pure love of Krishna within my heart
SB.3.31.29
saha dehena mänena
vardhamänena manyunä
karoti vigrahaà kämé
kämiñv antäya cätmanaù
TRANSLATION
With the growth of the body, the living entity, in order to vanquish his soul, increases his false prestige and anger and thereby creates enmity towards similarly lusty people.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gétä, Third Chapter, verse 36, Arjuna inquired from Kåñëa about the cause of a living being's lust. It is said that a living entity is eternal and, as such, qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord. Then w
O ! Giriraj Govardhan,
O ! Giriraj, the best of the devotee,
O ! Giriraj, the incarnation of Krishna,
O ! Beautiful Giriraj,
Even with these material eyes I can admire your beauty
You are full of beautiful flowers, waterfalls, caves, deers, trees and what not.
O ! Giriraj, I offer my humble obesiances to You.
O ! Giriraj, please accept these incense sticks,
please accept this ghee lamp,
in this lamp's light I can see your more wonderful aspects.
O ! Giriraj, Please accept these flowers,
O ! Giriraj, Please
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Krishna consciousness is our original consciousness because every living being is part and parcel of Krishna. Krishna has many expansions. They are called personal expansions and separated expansions. We living entities are His separated expansions. Although we are very intimately connected with Krishna, somehow or other we are now separated because of our contact with material nature. We have practically forgotten that
HH BPS: So for Gaur Purnima, from today we'll start discussing on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Today's selected verse is from Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila Text 4. This verse is mentioned in Mangalacarana by Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraj Goswami and he has quoted this verse from Vidagdha Madhava by Srila Rupa Goswami. So we will read this verse first and then we'll discuss.
anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sa
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Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 13
Dedicated to HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Since the end of this deployment is near, the time of family issues usually come out now. While most are happy to be going home, others are scared. Their marriages have drifted apart and they are finding it hard to accept the realities that await them on the home front. One on my soldiers, came and found me the other night in hysteria. He was crying and explained to me that he was thinking of killing himself and ha
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Los Angeles, December 4, 1968
Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **. (three times with devotees responding)
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmigovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.29]
(three times with devotees responding) Thank yo
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.9.3 --Melbourne, April 5, 1972
Prabhupada: ... We have to keep some cows. Never mind we are totake payment from others. That is not cow protection. Cow protection meansjust like Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is tending thecows. He is going, taking the cows personally from His royal palace going tothe forest whole day, working there. Is it not, cowherds boy? And taken somelittle fruit
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.1 -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1973
So similarly, vaisya. Vaisya, they should be trained in three things, productive -- krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [Bg. 18.44] -- krsi, agriculture; go-raksya, cow protection. Go-raksya. That is essential, agricultural and cow protection. And vanijyam. Vanijyam means trade. If there is excess milk product, if there is excess grain product, then
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.6.19 Purport
There are so many facilities afforded by cow protection, but people have forgotten these arts. The importance of protecting cows is therefore stressed by Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhavajam [Bg. 18.44]). Even now in the Indian villages surrounding Vrndavana, the villagers live happily simply by giving protection to the cow. They keep cow dung very care
Lecture on Why women in ISKCON are obliged to overdress? by Hh Sivarama Swami on 13 Oct 2010
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973. )
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Lecture on The Importance Of Chastity by HH Radhanath Swami on 06 May 1991 at Mumbai
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 09 Chapter 10 Text 24-27)
(In 1979, he left his pujari service and caring for cows at the farming community to pioneer educational programs in colleges and universities in the United States.Radhanath Swami took the vows of sannyasa in 1986 and returned to India.)
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Lecture on Were Women exploited in the Vedic Culture? by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 03 Chapter 24 Text 14)
(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 Be Engaged In Krishna Consciousness Performing Your Prescribed Duties by HH Prahladananada Swami on 14 May 1994
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 07 Chapter 10 Text 23)
(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada. He helped open temples and distributed Srila Prabhpada's books and preached in universitie
Lecture on Terrorism Why and What to do by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 30 April 2013 at Salem
(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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TEXT 7
yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
SYNONYMS
yada--whenever; yada--wherever; hi--certainly; dharmasya--of religion; glanih--discrepancies; bhavati--manifested, becomes; bharata--O descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam--predominance; adharmasya--of irreligion; tada--at that time; atmanam--self; srjami--manifest; aham--I.
TRANSLATION
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant
Sunday Love Feast Lecture on Worlds leaders are dogs hogs Camels and Asses by HG Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 20 Nov 2011 at Pune
(In the year 2000, in recognition for his full dedication to Srila Prabhupada’s mission, ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) gave him their blessings to initiate disciples.)
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