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When God started running!

Lord Vishnu was having his prasad and mother Lakshmi was serving him. Suddenly Lord Vishnu got up and immediately started running.  Lakshmi could not understand anything. But soon the Lord returned back. Lakshmi inquired, “What happened? Why did you rush so desperately and then returned back so quickly”. Lord Vishnu replied, “One of my children was in abject misery. He was being chased by a tiger. In desperation he called my name. Hearing his call, I immediately rushed towards him to save him. B

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The Soul’s Fall

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Responding to our desire, Krsna gives us a chance to forget Him.

A lecture given in Tokyo, on April 20, 1972

sri-suka uvaca
atma-mayam rte rajan
parasyanubhavatmanah
na ghatetartha-sambandhah
svapna-drastur ivanjasa

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O king, unless one is influenced by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the relationship of the

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Reaching Krsna His Way

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

No need to guess Krsna lets us know which method of reaching Him will work.

A lecture given in New York City, on November 28, 1966

na sadhayati mam yogo na sankhyam dharma uddhava
na svadhyayas tapas tyago yatha bhaktir mamorjita

[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, said:] "My dear Uddhava, neither through astanga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses

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Our Happiness Is Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A.C.Swami Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Material life means struggling to find happiness, 
but people don't know where to look.

A lecture given in Los Angeles, on September 28, 1972

This issue of Back to Godhead coincides with Janmastami, the anniversary of Lord Krsna's appearance, so we've selected a lecture in which Srila Prabhupada discusses Lord Krsna's appearance and activities. All Hare Krsna centers ho

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is-Bg. 2.48

TEXT 48

 

yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi
saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā
samatvaṁ yoga ucyate
 
SYNONYMS
 
yoga-sthaḥ—steadfast in yoga; kuru—perform; karmāṇi—your duty; saṅgam—attachment; tyaktvā—having abandoned; dhanañjaya—O Dhanañjaya; siddhi-asiddhyoḥ—in success and failure; samaḥ—the same; bhūtvā—having become; samatvam—evenness of mind; yogaḥ-yoga; ucyate—is called.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such
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Fearlessness is indeed possible!

A thief may dress smartly but within his heart he is extremely fearful. He is always afraid of unseen danger and the chance of being caught. But a law abiding citizen lives a carefree life.

In this world misery afflicts those who mess up with the laws of nature. But those who live as per the injunctions of the revealed scriptures are always happy and hearty. The revealed scriptures such as Bhagavad – Gita, Srimad – Bhagavatam etc. should be our manual for life.  If we purchase any equipment then

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Thought Of The Day

Krsna says that this place is duhkhalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15]. This material world, where we are now living under different change of body one after another, it is duhkhalayam. Why I have to change my body? Why not... I am permanent. Na hanyate hanyamane sarire [Bg. 2.20]. Therefore we have to learn, we have to be educated, we have to receive knowledge from the perfect. And Krsna personally, the Supreme Perfect Person, is giving you knowledge. And if we are so unfortunate that we do not take th

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Krsna, One Hundred Percent God

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Lord Krsna

Lord Krsna reveals the process for knowing Him.

A lecture given in Hyderabad, India, on November 18, 1972

dehino 'smin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvanam jara
tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewilde

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Take Perfect Knowledge from Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

"By education you prepare for the future. 
But how are you preparing for the next life?"

Adapted from a lecture given in Bombay, India, on March 21, 1974

sri bhagavan uvaca
imam vivasvate yogam
proktavan aham avyayam
vivasvan manave praha 
manur iksvakave 'bravit

The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god,

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Thought Of The Day

So it is clear that the soul is different from the body. But because we are fools and rascals, we learn it after death. That is foolishness. Not in the beginning. In the beginning the Bhagavad-gita says, Krsna says, that asmin dehe, "Within this body, the soul is there." "No, no. I don't believe." Dull brain cannot understand. But after death, he sees, "Yes. The body's not my son. The body's not my husband." So that is foolishness. The foolish person understands late, and the intelligent person

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Thought Of The Day

So actually, that is the position of all living entities within this material world. Encaged by maya, illusion, they have forgotten what is the self-interest. The self-interest is: go back to home, back to Godhead. That is real-self interest. So every intelligent man should first of all see to his self-interest, how to become free from this repetition of birth and death and go back to home, back to God. That is self-interest. And if we do not know, we do not execute in that way -- that means Krs

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How a girl was able to die peacefully?

A survey conducted by Sunday Times of India (March 6, 2011) threw up a surprise.  Contrary to the perception that young people in India are becoming disinclined towards spirituality the survey shows that younger people are more & more becoming interested in spirituality.

A person may be a billionaire, own palatial bungalows & fleet of cars, and may have all the comforts of this world but still he may feel hollow from within.

Suppose that we take a fish out of water & place it in a beautiful golden

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Mercy for Gujaratis at a Garba

Mercy for Gujaratis at a Garba

Dandiya Dance


by Minakshi-devi Dasi

* Gujarati Garba Event *

On Saturday, October 13th, we had the opportunity to do book distribution at the Ontario Soccer Centre, where there was a Garba Event. Imagine LOUD P-U-L-S-I-N-G LIVE MUSIC, with hundreds of people dancing with dandiya sticks and us, Srila Prabhupada's book distributors, trying to deliver these souls. The sankirtan warriors included Mayur Prabhu, Vijay Patel Prabhu, Radhapriya, and me.

I had approached a couple of older me

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Rise Above Animal Consciousness

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

If we pursue only bodily happiness and fail to inquire into
the cause of our suffering, are we any better than the animals?

Adapted from a lecture given in Buffalo, New York on April 23, 1969

rsabha uvaca
nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke
kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye
tapo divyam putraka yena sattvam
suddhyed yasmad brahma-saukhyam tv anantam

"Lord Rsabhadeva told His sons:

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Why We Must Know Who God Is

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Lord Krishna

Evidence about the identity of God is available, but are we willing to see it?

A lecture in Vrndavana, India, on August 16, 1974

yad atra kriyate karma 
bhagavat-paritosanam 
jnanam yat tad adhinam hi 
bhakti-yoga-samanvitam

"Whatever work is done here in this life for the satisfaction of the mission of the Lord is called bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service to th

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BEING TRUE TO ONESELF

Being true and sincere to onself is too important ,Krishna afterall only sees our bhava our pure love for him it is our honesty which matters the most.It is not easy to develope pure love for Krishna but atleast it is easy to b sincere and strict with oneself ,if our motives are sincere ultimately Krishna will help us to achieve pure prema for him but first of all we must b sincere aand disciplined in his service .If we make a habit to b sincere and strict then it can be just wonderful. bad habi

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Thought Of The Day

So not only in these activities, in every activity we are very busy with material activities. And we do not know that on my back side death is standing. He will take everything, what I have got. Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuh sarva-haras ca aham. The death is also Krsna. He said, aham, mrtyuh sarva-haras ca aham: "I am death. You cannot see God. You are very much proud of your eyes. Now you see I have come. I will take away everything, what have you got. Now you protect yourself and you

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Seriousness in Devotional service

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Our maturity in devotional service does not depend upon the number of years we practise bhakti, but it depends upon how we are genuinely seeing Krishna in everyone and remembering Krishna in all our activities. In order to achieve this stage Srila Prabhupada delineates three fundamental requirements of self realization or Krishna consciousness. His Divine Grace gives the wonderful definition of self realisation in such a

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