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HH Bhanu Swami: (invocation prayers)

bhavita visrutah putro
‘navamo brahmano gunaih
ya etam atma-viryena
tri-lokim purayisyati

Translation: You will have a nice son, who will be in no way inferior to Lord Brahma. Consequently, he will be very famous all over the universe, and the sons and grandsons generated by him will fill the three worlds.

Srila Prabhupadas Purport: As explained in the next verse, the Pracetas will marry the daughter of the great sage Kandu. It is suggested that the son’s nam

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Maha Shivratri

Hare Krishna,please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Sadashiva-the greatest devotee of lord Krsna.today phalgun krsna caturdashi,the great day of appearance of lord Shiva and his union with Parvati devi-aspect of Krsna's energy and also his dear sister.May Shivji and Umadevi bless u all with love,devotion and refuge in Sri Krsna's lotus feet.

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Marathon Experiences by Harish Rana, India

Bhagavad Gita


Dear Mahabhagavat Prabhu,

Thank you very much for your detailed marathon report. It's very enlivening and very motivating every time I read it. Its amazing that you can keep yourself going during the full marathon period despite of odd weather and circumstances.

I totally agree with you that India is much more pouplated than Canada or other countries and has upper edge and moreover most of the people here at least believe in God or some power, even though most of them are confused about who the Su

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Come To My Eternal Place

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Hyderabad, India November 29, 1972

Lord Krsna wants us to give up our rebelliousness and return to Him for a life of perfect happiness.

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
avikaryo 'yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi

"It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body." Bhagavad-gita 2.25

Come To Eternal Place

IN SO MA

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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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The-devotional-form-of-krsna-

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Mayapur, India March 27, 1975

Learning how to love and serve God is so important that God Himself comes to teach it.

yad advaitam brahmopanisadi tad apy asya tanu-bha
ya atmantar-yami purusa iti so 'syamsa-vibhavah
sad-aisvaryaih purno ya iha bhagavan sa svayam ayam
na caitanyat krsnaj jagati para-tattvam param iha

"What the Upanisads describe as the impersonal Brahman i

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2514900263?profile=originalHare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev!

The following is a transcription of the glorification and remembrance of HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, by HG Devakinandan prabhuji on the occasion of disappearance day on 25th January, 2013 (English calendar date) in ISKCON Sri Radha-Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty.

"The disappearance day of a Vaishnava is considered to be more glorious than his appearance. We may not know how g

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Morning walk with Srila PrabhupadaIn Chapultepec Park Srila Prabhupada liked to walk on the narrow Road of the Philosophers. The early mornings were cold, and he wore his long saffron coat with hood. The simple canvas shoes he wore would become wet from the dew on the grass. His rapid pace made his younger disciples hustle to keep up. Often Prabhupada's words would go untranslated, and the Mexican boys could catch only a phrase or two. But they were happy to be with their spiritual master. He was interested in the many varieties

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Course on Cow Protection

Save Mother Cow

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 Join 5 days practicle training course on
'Protecting and Taking care of 
Mother Cow'

from 5th March - 10th March


At 2nd floor, Caitnaya bhavan, Mayapur Institute


Benefits : importance of Mother cow in our daily life, taking care of Cow and bulls, Making Ghee, Panchagavaya Medicine, Organic fertilizer etc


for registration please contact
At Mayapur institutes office
2nd floor, caitnaya bhavan


Holy Cow

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yad yuyam pitur adesam
agrahishta mudanvitah
atho va usati kirtir
lokan anu bhavishyati

Because you have with pleasure accepted within your hearts the orders of your father and have executed those orders very faithfully, your attractive qualities will be celebrated all over the world.

Purport: Since every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has small independence. Sometimes unintelligent men ask why one is put into a miserable condition, even though everyon

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Ambika Kalna is an historic town for Gaudiya Vaisnavas. Situated 70 kilometers from Sri Mayapura Dhama it is the place where Lord Nityananda married Jahnava mata and her sister Vasudha.

Just down the street is the home of Gauri das Pandit where Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda once visited to take prasadam. Gauri das Pandit's famous Gaura Nitai deities are still being worshipped there. Local tradition says that in the temple is a copy Bhagavad Gita written by the hand of Lord Caitanya Mahapra

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Krishna means the highest pleasure

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna—this sound is transcendental. Krishna means the highest pleasure. All of us, every living being, seeks pleasure. But we do not know how to seek pleasure perfectly. With a materialistic concept of life, we are frustrated at every step in satisfying our pleasure because we have no information regarding the real level on which to have real pleasure.

We have to understand the fact that, we are not this body; we are co

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 3.9

TEXT 9

yajnarthat karmano 'nyatra
loko 'yam karma-bandhanah
tad-artham karma kaunteya
mukta-sangah samacara

 

SYNONYMS

yajna-arthat--only for the sake of Yajna, or Visnu; karmanah--work done; anyatra--otherwise; lokah--this world; ayam--this; karma-bandhanah--bondage by work; tat--Him; artham--for the sake; karma--work; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; mukta-sangah--liberated from association; samacara--do perfectly.

 

TRANSLATION

Work done as a sacrifice for Visnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds on

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Thought Of The Day

When Caitanya Mahaprabhu was questioned by Prakasananda Sarasvati at Benares, follower of Sankara philosophy, that... There was meeting between Caitanya Mahaprabhu... Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like to meet the Mayavadi sannyasis. He used to live alone. But sometimes these Mayavadi sannyasis, they were criticizing Him that "This Bengali sannyasi comes from Bengal, and He does not indulge in reading Brahma-sutra or Vedanta-sutra. He dances and chants with some ecstatic people. What kind of sanny

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Liquid Beauty

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Why is the attraction between male and female so powerful? 
What is the essence of this attraction? 
And why does the Vedic literature call it illusion?

A lecture given in Montreal in 1968

isavasyam idam sarvam
yat kinca jagatyam jagat
tena tyaktena bhunjitha
ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

"Everything animate and inanimate within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord

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The Sense to Know God

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An integral connection exists between the senses, devotional service, and God realization.

A lecture given in Hamburg in 1969 

visnu-saktih para prokta
ksetra-jnakhya tatha para
avidya-karma-samjnaya
trtiya saktir isyate

"Lord Visnu's potency is summarized in three categories namely the spiritual potency, the living entities, and ignorance. The spiritual potency is full of

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Austerity and the Way to God

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

No matter what level of self-realization you choose, 
one essential quality stands out as common to all.

A lecture given in Dallas in 1975 

tapasaiva param jyotir
bhagavantam adhoksajam
sarva-bhuta-guhavasam
anjasa vindate puman

"By austerity only can one even approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is within the heart of every living entity and at the same time b

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