Rupa Sanatana Prabhu at Bhaktivedanta Hospice in Vrindavan
by HH Giriraj Swami
Yesterdayat 7:45 p.m. Rupa Sanatana dasa, a disciple of Romapada Swami and a former temple president of ISKCON St. Louis, left his body at Bhaktivedanta Hospice in Vrindavan, surrounded by devotees chanting Lord Krishna’s holy names. The kirtana, which was being led by Panchagauda Prabhu, had been going on for several hours.
Two weeks ago, Rupa Sanatana came to the hospice with advanced, terminal cancer. Romapada Sw
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
There are certain cause-and-effect relationships in life. If you jump off a fifty-story building, for example, you’re not going to live. If you put your hand on a burning stove, it’s going to hurt. If you put a giant cork at the bottom of a lake, it’s going to rise to the surface. These are laws of nature.
Most of us, treat every day events – traffic, hard work, conflict, mistakes, being criticized, and so forth – with a
Therefore our Krsna consciousness movement is just to teach people how to become Krsna conscious, surrender unto Him. Then they will be happy. This is the way of Krsna consciousness movement. We want to create some ideal men. People will see them, and at least they will understand that "Here are the ideal men." They will be ashamed. So those who are in Krsna consciousness movement, they should be sreyan-yad yad acarati sreyan -- the best men in the society. Otherwise useless.
By H.D.G. Srila Pra
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On the Auspicious day of Nityananda Trayodasi - Sri Sri Gaur Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chander, Sri Sri Jaganath Baladev, Subhadra Devi & Sri Balaji installation and grand inauguration of new Vedic cultural center (ISKCON Pune NVCC) took place in presence of His Highness President of India Sri Pranab Mukherjee. More than 40000 devotees participated from all over the world & 2
ISKCON devotees established a large camp at the Maha Kumbha Mela in Prayag (Allahabad) from January 14th to February 15th, bringing kirtan, prasadam and Srila Prabhupada’s books to the largest religious gathering in the world.
ISKCON devotees first attended the Ardha Kumbha Mela which occurs every six years as opposed to every twelve like the Maha Kumbha Mela in 1971, along with Srila Prabhupada. At the gathering, which like this year’s was also in Allahabad, they set up one brightly colored pa
Dated: 3rd Sept, 2008 S.B 7.15.25
This morning we read from Srimad Bhagvatam canto 7, chapter 15 , text no. 25 translation and purport by Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada ki ……………jai
“rajas tamas ca sattvena rajas tamas ca sattvena sattvam copasamena ca
etat sarvam gurau bhaktya puruso hy anjasa jayet”
TRANSLATION: One must conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by developing the mode of goodness, and then one must become detached from the mode of goodness by promoting oneself to the plat
TEXT 4
na karmanam anarambhan
naiskarmyam puruso 'snute
na ca sannyasanad eva
siddhim samadhigacchati
SYNONYMS
na--without; karmanam--of the prescribed duties; anarambhat--nonperformance; naiskarmyam--freedom from reaction; purusah--man; asnute--achieve; na--nor; ca--also; sannyasanat--by renunciation; eva--simply; siddhim--success; samadhigacchati--attain.
TRANSLATION
Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection.
PURP
Because it takes us away from the real world! We may disagree with this harsh reality but the fact on which every one of us will agree is that none of us are fully satisfied with our present life. Movies take us to the fantasy world, where we instantly identify ourselves with the hero. Movies help us to achieve all those things which we were never able to accomplish in our real life. There we sing, we dance, we romance, we fight and we perform several extraordinary deeds. There we are glorified,
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
DHATARASTRA was the eldest son of his father, and therefore according to law he was to be installed on the throne of Hastinapura. He was disqualified, however, from his rightful claim because he was blind from birth. Nevertheless he could not forget this bereavement, and his disappointment was somewhat compensated after the death of Pandu, his younger brother.
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In Srimad Bhagavatam we read about the fight between the demigods and demons for the nectar. During the fight the nectar dropped on four places on earth ie:- Prayag (Allahabad), Nasik, Ujjain, Haridwar. It is believed that the same nectar still comes to these places once every 12 years during certain planetary configurations and it is celebrated as Kumbha mela. This year the Kumbha mela was celebrated in Allahabad and mi
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Some planning, anticipating, and looking forward to future events and accomplishments are an important and necessary part of success. You need to know where you’d like to go in order to get there.
However, most of us take this planning far too seriously and engage in futuristic thinking far too often. We sacrifice the actual moments of life in exchange for moments that exist only in our imaginations. An imagined future m
TEXT 3
sri-bhagavan uvaca
loke 'smin dvi-vidha nistha
pura prokta mayanagha
jnana-yogena sankhyanam
karma-yogena yoginam
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; loke--in the world; asmin--this; dvi-vidha--two kinds of; nistha--faith; pura--formerly; prokta--were said; maya--by Me; anagha--O sinless one; jnana-yogena--by the linking process of knowledge; sankhyanam--of the empiric philosophers; karma-yogena--by the linking process of devotion; yoginam--of the devotees.
So we should always remember that Krsna is very, very kind, and a slight devotional service to Him will please Him, and therefore He is begging, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati [Bg. 9.26]. What you will give to Krsna? He is self-sufficient. But if you give something to Krsna, your life becomes successful.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
What he would have eaten the night before or whether he was able to even eat something? What he might be feeling? How he would have reacted on seeing the noose? How much pain he would have experienced during his last moments? The recent hanging of the terrorists in India may have been celebrated by some and condemned by others - let us not get into the ethical aspect of death sentence. But one thing which everyone discussed and thought about was as how these people would have reacted during thei
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Krsna was very pleased with the atmosphere of the forest, where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed very jubilantly. While the birds, trees and branches were all looking very happy, Krsna, tending the cows and accompanied by Sri Balarama and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. After hearing the vibration, the gopis in Vrndavana rememb
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
At Vidyanagara in South India there were once two brahmanas who decided to make a long tour to see different places of pilgrimage. First they visited Gaya, then Kasi, then Prayaga. Finally, with great pleasure, they came to Mathura. There they visited all twelve forests of Vrndavana, saw Govardhana Hill and at last came to the town of Vrndavana itself.
In Vrndavana, a
