HOUSTON: A fun-filled Gita Camp was held the week of July 8 at the Hare Krishna Dham (ISKCON) temple. There were over 55 children, ages three to thirteen, from all across the greater Houston area in attendance for each of the five full-days.
The camp combined activities with traditional Vedic learning and values. There were over a dozen adult volunteers on hand to help with the various activities, lessons and cooking. The camp was conducted on the temple grounds including the temple itself as
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sarva-karmani manasa
sannyasyaste sukham vasi
nava-dvare pure dehi
naiva kurvan na karayan
SYNONYMS
sarva--all; karmani--activities; manasa--by the mind; sannyasya--giving up; aste--remains; sukham--in happiness; vasi--one who is controlled; nava-dvare--in the place where there are nine gates; pure--in the city; dehi--the embodied soul; na--never; eva--certainly; kurvan--doing anything; na--not; karayan--causing to be done.
TRANSLATION
When the embodied living being controls his nature and
Difficulties of life may come as seasonal changes 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
The main service I would like to do for Krishna is to help people by writing books that use all the knowledge of religion, philosophy, science, and psychology that I've learned to explain the intricacies of Krishna Consciousness to people of other religious faiths so that they can see how it corresponds to their own religion. I want to point out to them also all the other religions' correspondences with each other, to benefit everyone who has to deal with people in their daily lives who seriousl
Next week is Kamika Ekadasi. This Ekadasi has special benedictions which you can read about elsewhere on this website. But the ones I am most concerned with are as follows:
"This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.
Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, "One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.
'Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throu
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GLORIES TO SRILA A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA
WE SHOULD NOT BE FRUSTRATED IN DEVOTIONAL LIFE BUT SHOULD BE CONFIDENT.
SB Canto 4
Even if one attains a heavenly planet, he cannot avoid the distresses of birth, old age, disease and death. Someone may argue that even devotees have to undergo many distresses in executing austerities and penances connected with devotional service. Of course, for the neophytes the routine of devotional service may be very painful, but at least they have th
Lecture on Gopal Bhatta Goswami Disappearance by Mahanidhi Swami
(Mahanidhi Swami’s spiritual journey began in his early years when he was raised in a Christian family. His early education included an extensive study of the Bible.)
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Lecture on About Stri Dharma by Bhakti Vikasa Swami
(He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Disappearance by Giriraj Swami on 11 Apr 2003
(In 1972 Giriraj was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Since then, he has made many significant contributions to Srila Prabhupada’s mission.)
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Lecture on Tasting Krishna with Covered Senses by Prahladananda Swami on 16 July 2013 at Balkan
(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)
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I need devotees help in how to become a better preacher to my wife. I am married to a non-devotee, but she is exceptionally supportive of me because I have woken her up to the spiritual life. She is a Psychologist by profession, and has an amazing grasp of the human mind. She is also trained in Reiki, and is naturally very psychically sensitive (she sees auras and can feel people's energies). Nonetheless, I have to tread carefully when it comes to talking about God because of her ingrained funda
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The Nava Bharat Times of Bombay had published sometimes before a news from Mount Abu dated 18th Nov. 1958 where our Prime Minister Shri Nehru had spoken of misuse of public fund in the name of religion. It is rampant all over the country nay all over the world as much as there is misuse of public fund in the name of political progress. We have a number of cases of this nature in the High Courts of
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The Black-marketeers who have been recently raided in large scale by the police in Bihar, are almost in all cases rich merchants, millionaires, landlords etc. It would not have been possible for them to hoard such huge quantity of clothes and foodgrains if they would not have possessed extra wealth to do the mischief. These people were not needy men but they amassed money and hoarded commodities
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Lord Caitanya describes the many blessings obtained by chanting the holy names of the Lord.
The first ve rse of Lord Caitanya’s Siksastakam (“Eight Instructions”) describes the seven tongues of the flame of the sacrifice of chanting Krishna’s holy names. Lord Caitanya explains how seven stages of transcendental purification and elevation take place when we chant Hare Krishna.
Rem
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Radhanath Swami - Audio Lecture
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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Radhanath Swami - Video Lecture
Skyscrapers are well-known for their deep foundations. The calculation of
depth is primarily based on three things:
The height of the building
The softness of the soil
The severity of the weather conditions
As long as you have a good foundation, you can build as high as you like.
The building of our life can rise high. We can adopt challenging projects, accept multiple responsibilities, tackle stressful situations and fly high in the skies of successi as long as we have deep spiritual founda
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yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva
santim apnoti naisthikim
ayuktah kama-karena
phale sakto nibadhyate
SYNONYMS
yuktah--one who is engaged in devotional service; karma-phalam--the results of all activities; tyaktva--giving up; santim--perfect peace; apnoti--achieves; naisthikim--unflinching; ayuktah--one who is not in Krsna consciousness; kama-karena--for enjoying the result of work; phale--in the result; saktah--attached; nibadhyate--becomes entangled.
TRANSLATION
The steadily devoted soul attain
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
