“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
Love is selfless.......................Nectarean Mellows
The Bhagavatam declares that the supreme occupation for all humanity is to act in the loving service of the Supreme. Such service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self. To the degree our actions are selfish, which means egoistic, it cannot satisfy the heart. A selfless act is that in which we are truly giving ourselves for the object of our love. We give the exa
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana, October 21, 1972
A devotee of Krsna has no desire for material
gains; he only wants to serve God.
The Krsna consciousness message is Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [Bhag.1.3.28]. There is no other Bhagavan. Bhagavan means full of six opulences. So Krsna is completely, cent percent full of all opulences. Even Narayana, He is ninety-six percent. And Lord Siva is eig
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana, October 24, 1972
We want to love Krsna, but without information of Krsna and
without Krsna consciousness, our loving propensity is limited.
Pradyumna: (reading) “The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even a
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sri-bhagavan uvaca
bahuni me vyatitani
janmani tava carjuna
tany aham veda sarvani
na tvam vettha parantapa
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Personality of Godhead said; bahuni--many; me--of Mine; vyatitani--have passed; janmani--births; tava--of yours; ca--and also; arjuna--O Arjuna; tani--all those; aham--I; veda--do know; sarvani--all; na--not; tvam--yourself; vettha--know; parantapa--O subduer of the enemy.
TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lord said: Many, many births both you and I have passed.
So our civilization is like that, that in the gradual process of evolution we have come to the platform of human being. This human being is meant for understanding God, but they are forgetting God. Therefore the next stage is punar musiko bhava, "Again become monkey." That is waiting us. The nature's law is like that, that from monkey we have become human being, and in the human being we are dancing like monkey. So nature will say, "All right, again you become monkey." You cannot check that. Tha
“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
what Krishna sees from within our hearts.......................Nectarean Mellows
The most appropriate medicine for the heart, or let us say for the soul, to cure us of the disease of forgetfulness. And the symptoms of that disease of ignorance is lust, envy, anger, pride, greed and illusion. God’s name is the most powerful medicine. Why? because the Lord has incarnated within the name. The power, the opulence and the beauty and the sweetness of the
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
If we'll just do as Krsna asks, He'll remove the covering from our eyes.
A lecture given in Hyderabad, India, November 29, 1972
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
In So Many Ways K
Lecture on The Difference Between Speculation and Reality by HH Giriraj Swami at Houston on 09 May 2013
(In the year following Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was appointed to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and he went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.)
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Lecture on Liberty Equality Fraternity by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 05 August 2006
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 06 Chapter 03 Text 16)
(From 1977 to 1979 His Holiness was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal preaching Krishna consciousness and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. He then spent the following ten years helping to pioneer ISKCON's preaching in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia.)
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Excerpt from a class by H.H Mahavishnu Goswami in Minneapolis, USA
durlabh maanava janam satsange -
The way to utilise human birth is shown and that is satsange - good association.
Good association is always God association. In "good" and "God", there is only one "o" difference. If you take out "o" from good, it is God. If you add "o" to God, then it is good. So good and God are very near.
And the determination should be there not to terminate these things. Terminate means to stop. De-termin
Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Pastimes by HH Bhakti Charu Swami at ISKCON Alachua on 12 May 2013
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 04 Chapter - 39 Text - 19 by HH Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami at ISKCON Mayapur on 12 May 2013
(His Holiness Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami comes from a Jewish American background. He had spent some time in Israel before taking shelter of Srila Prabhupada.)
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Many news about prehistoric founds and their possible meaning reached the world in the last decades. One of them, found in South Germany, puts scientist around the world in amazement. The centerpiece is the “lion man”, an idol that is made from the tusk of a mammoth in the form of a human body with a lion head. Amazingly it is dated back 32,000 years from now.
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arjuna uvaca
aparam bhavato janma
param janma vivasvatah
katham etad vijaniyam
tvam adau proktavan iti
SYNONYMS
arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; aparam--junior; bhavatah--Your; janma--birth; param--superior; janma--birth; vivasvatah--of the sun-god; katham--how; etat--this; vijaniyam--shall I understand; tvam--You; adau--in the beginning; proktavan--instructed; iti--thus.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvan is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You inst
So if we are sincerely Krsna conscious, if we believe Krsna... We have to believe. You believe or not believe, the words of Krsna cannot be false. That's a fact. You may be rascal, you do not believe, but those who are dhira, they believe. They believe. If you have love for Krsna... There is no question of love or no love. This is the fact. So one has to become... This is the ultimate goal of life, that one has to become dhira, not like cats and dogs, jumping here and there. That is not human li
There is a GBC policy paper describing the dynamics of the relationships between ISKCON's diksha gurus, temple presidents, and the local and international GBC. It is an interesting and important document for ISKCON devotees to read.
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Navina Nirada Dasa
HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness through books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers.
Srila Prabhupada's Blessings
I was distributing books in a factory and had just signed up one hundred workers to each take a set of books (fifteen books in each set). When I went to see the director for payment, he sent me to the chief accountant, but she refused to give me the money, saying she had nothing in the treasury.
A few days
