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TEXT 26
yato yato niscalati
manas cancalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
atmany eva vasam nayet
SYNONYMS
yatah--whatever; yatah--wherever; niscalati--verily agitated; manah--the mind; cancalam--flickering; asthiram--unsteady; tatah--from there; tatah--and thereafter; niyamya--regulating; etat--this; atmani--in the self; eva--certainly; vasam--control; nayet--must bring in.
TRANSLATION
From whatever and wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdra
Morning walk notes, Venice Beach, L.A.
I asked Srila Prabhupada whether a sannyasi should worship a Deity while traveling. He said a sannyasi is not required to worship the Deity. He said, Lord Caitanya never carried a Deity. I asked about the danda. Is it a Deity? No, he said. I asked if you could offer food to the danda (as with a Deity)? He laughed and said, No. He said that the danda means body, mind, and words dedicated to Krsna's service. He said hari-nama is the thing for a sannyasi. Th
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Hare Krishna.
In this fast paced world, the need for information to be readily available at one’s fingertips is paramount. ISKCON Convention Centre, Bangalore felt that an application that will help you stay connected with the temple on your mobile phone will help. This thought led to the development of an application for Android phones which will enable you to see content and posts on the temple website immediately.
Some of the spec
The difficulties of life may come as seasonal change but we should not be disturbed by all those difficulties. Our process is to chant and that process will gradually clear everything in due course.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Let's flood the world with the holy name...
This year World Holy Name Week is from September 17 - September 26.
Here are some of the ideas, from WHNW committee, on what we can do during
WHNW.
1. Nagar Sankirtan - Harinaam processions with WHNW and mahamantra banners.
2. 24 hours and/or 12 hours Sankirtan yajna - Non-stop kirtan for 24/12
hours.
3. Japathon - Pledges from devotees and congregation to chant extra rounds
during this period.
4. Morning Bhagvatam class on Holy names as the theme - M
The next day was Vyasa-puja, Prabhupada's seventy-fourth birthday, and he went to the Tokyo ISKCON temple. The temple was only two rooms-one for living, one for worshiping-with Japanese grass mats on the floor. Prabhupada sat to the right of the altar, looking at Lord Jagannatha, while his disciples sat on the floor before him, singing Gurv-aṣṭaka prayers glorifying the spiritual master. None of them, however, knew exactly how to conduct the Vyasa-puja ceremony, and after a while they ended the
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
ByHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
A man or woman who indulges in sexual intercourse with an unworthy member of the opposite sex is punished after death by the assistants of Yamarāja in the hell known as Taptasūrmi. There such men and women are beaten with whips. The man is forced to embrace a red-hot iron form of a woman, and the woman is forced to embrace a similar form of a man. Such is the punish
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how unless you submit/surrender to the Acarya then you cannot understand his instructions]
Bhurijana: Prabhupada, I think my illusion is not yet dispelled.
Prabhupada: Then unfortunate.
Bhurijana: Yes.
Prabhupada: Continue. (laughter) Who can check?
Bhurijana: I want to understand in this sense though, exactly how far your instructions are because I know I want to do it, what you say, but I
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how in ISKCON we must accept his authority and not think we have a better idea understanding or interpretation]
"Disciple means who voluntarily accepts the spiritual master to be..., regulate. Disciple means one who is regulated by higher authority. He is disciple. The higher authority is called the spiritual master, and the person who voluntarily submits to him for being regulated, he i
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says – [Regarding how we can understand the activities of Lord Caitanya because they were written/recorded by his nitya siddha disciples. We are most fortunate that we can understand Srila Prabhupada because his voice and written word are directly available to us through his various tape recordings, books and other literature]
“Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami witnessed Caitanya Mahap
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda-namine
gaura-sakti-svarupaya rupanuga-varaya te
"I bow down to Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura, who is the embodiment of the energy of Sri Gaurasundara [Chaitanya Mahaprabhu] and a great sadhu in the line of the followers of Sri Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada."
Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura was born with the name Sri Kedarnath Dutta on September 2, 1838. He appeared in the vil
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srimad Narayaneeyam describes the past times of Vamana-avatara, as follows:
· The Asura King Bali was killed in the battle by Indra, but his body was revived by Shukraachaarya. By performing the Vishwajit Sacrifice he grew in prowess and being a descendent of Prahlaad, he was not afraid of anyone. So Devas had to flee in fear of the victorious Bali who conquered the three worlds where the Devas had hid themselves
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
SB 4.13.19-20 - My dear Vidura, when great sages curse, their words are as invincible as a thunderbolt. Thus when they cursed King Vena out of anger, he died. After his death, since there was no king, all the rogues and thieves flourished, the kingdom became unregulated, and all the citizens suffered greatly. On seeing this, the great sages took the right hand of Vena as a churning rod, and as a result of their churning,
Today we are celebrating the most auspicious appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. He was a government magistrate and despite this, he managed to chant sixty-four rounds daily, wrote many books and songs, actively preached and worked on establishing the entire Nama-hatta movement.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s revolutionary and practical vision for worldwide preaching is revealed in his newsletter the Godruma Kalpatavi. For members of ISKCON today, when almost all of us live and work outsi
TEXT 25
sanaih sanair uparamed
buddhya dhrti-grhitaya
atma-samstham manah krtva
na kincid api cintayet
SYNONYMS
sanaih--gradually; sanaih--step by step; uparamet--hesitated; buddhya--by intelligence; dhrti-grhitaya--carrying the conviction; atma-samstham--placed in transcendence; manah--mind; krtva--doing so; na--not; kincit--anything else; api--even; cintayet--be thinking of.
TRANSLATION
Gradually, step by step, with full conviction, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence, a
SUNDAY 15th Sept is actually Ekadasi but we don't fast on that day because the presence of dashami during the Brahma muhurta pollutes the Ekadasi, according to Sanatana Goswami. The GCAL agrees with this.
Monday 16th Sept is Dvadasi and so fasting for both the Parsva Parivartana Ekadasi and the most auspicious appearance day of Lord Vamanadeva is observed. The fasting for Lord Vamanadeva can be for just a half day and the feast must be strictly Ekadasi prasada only. See Ref 1. below. Monday is
This life, human life, is distinguished from animal life because the animal cannot inquire about transcendence. The human life, if it is not interested in transcendence, then he is animal. If simply he is interested with the bodily demands of life, namely eating, sleeping, sex and defense, these are bodily demands of life. So if we think that "Dog is eating on the street, and we are eating very palatable dishes, nicely made, very tasteful. That is advancement of civilization," that is not advanc
All glories to Srila Prabhupad,
Ekadashi observation is an important step forward God's satisfaction. According to Vaisnav Philosophy, to keep away from some grains on the day develops one devotee's status,which he desires of. It is said in the "SASTRA" that sin stays in some grains on the day of The Ekadashi. So these grains are avoided in eating on the day,despite these are Maha Prasad. However the 'ANU KALPA
Lecture on Appearance Day of Lord Vamana Deva by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 31 August 2009 at ISKCON New Goloka
(Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada’s disciple.)
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