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Thought Of The Day

So in the Kali-yuga, this age, there is no such king. There is no such government. Therefore people are becoming polluted. It is the duty of the guru, the duty of the parents, duty of the government to train people in such a way that they may become pious, sinless. But they do not believe, even in the next life, that "If we act impiously, then we have to suffer next life." They avoid to believe that there is next life. But there is next life. In the morning we were talking about this. How you ca

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Samadhi for Yamuna Devi will Built in VrindavanaAfter a groundswell of support from ISKCON devotees and leaders, a Samadhi (mausoleum) is being constructed in the sacred land of Vrindavana, India for Srila Prabhupada’s famous early disciple Yamuna Devi. Yamuna is well-known for singing the Govindam song played at ISKCON temples around the world every morning, for writing the award-winning cookbook Lord Krishna’s Cuisine, and for being an ISKCON pioneer in the UK. She passed away on December 20th, 2011 at the age of 69 due to heart complicati

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Poem of Narottama Dasa Thakur

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Although I have come to this human form
My Lord I have passed my life uselessly.
I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna
Yet I have swallowed poison carelessly.

Hare Krishna comes straight from Krishna Loka,
But with chanting I have no connection.
Day and night I'm burning in this dark world
Without working to make the correction.

Lord Krishna has appeared as Sachi's Son,
B

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Easy Vs Difficult

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Easy is to judge the mistakes of others    
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes

Easy is to talk without thinking    
Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone 
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others    
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

Easy is to set rules    
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to show victory
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to promise somethi

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Be Reasonable

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada


“Reasonable” suggests the ability to see things fairly, without the self-serving justification that so often clouds our vision. 

It’s the ability to see your own contribution to a problem and the willingness to listen to and learn from other's point of view. Being reasonable includes the ability to put yourself in the shoes of others, being able to see the bigger picture, and to maintain perspective. 

People who are reason

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Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

Venue: ISKCON Chowpatty Mumbai.

Dated: 1st June, 2012

Occasion: Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

Hare krishna…..(devotees) Hare Krishna, thank you very much Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi ki ………………..jai (On the occasion of Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi 16 hours kirtan was organized in ISKCON Chowpatty Mumbai) when I heard this event is being organized the kirtan is being organized initially I was bit surprised normally we do 64 rounds, 108 rounds this is the first time we are having such event the kirtan on Nirjala Ekad

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.37

TEXT 37
 
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ
jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya
yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
hataḥ—being killed; vā—either; prāpsyasi—you gain; svargam—the heavenly kingdom; jitvā—by conquering; vā—or; bhokṣyase—you enjoy; mahīm—the world; tasmāt—therefore; uttiṣṭha—get up; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; yuddhāya—to fight; kṛta—determination; niścayaḥ—uncertainty.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O son of Kuntī, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will c
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Thought Of The Day

So this is the profit of Krsna conscious person. Krsna is so attractive that if anyone only once has fully applied his mind in thinking of Krsna and surrendering, then he becomes immediately saved from all miserable condition of this material life. So that is our perfection of life. Somehow or other, we surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna. So here it is stressed, sakrt. Sakrt means "only once." So if so much profit is there simply once thinking of Krsna, then we can imagine, those who are alway

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad . . . .
Holy Invitation
Dear Friends .... Namaste ......!!

If you ever wanted to be truly happy all by yourself without depending on money, friends
And social slaveries then this holy invitation is for YOU.

Welcome To Celebrate ‘’ The Festival Of Oneness With The Universe ‘’ In Incredible Electrodynamic Field Of Spiritual Wizards ,

Month Long Sacred Vacationing In The Greatest Of All Powerspots Mahakumbh Mela 2013….. January 14th - To

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Bhagavad-gita As It - Bg. 2.36

TEXT 36
 
avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn
vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ
tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim
 
SYNONYMS
 
avācya—unkind; vādān—fabricated words; ca—also; bahūn—many; vadiṣyanti—will say; tava—your; ahitāḥ—enemies; nindantaḥ—while vilifying; tava—your; sāmarthyam—ability; tataḥ—thereafter; duḥkhataram—more painful; nu—of course; kim—what is there.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Kṛṣṇa was as
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Thought Of The Day

So we have to understand that what is the aim of life. Aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead. Unless we understand this, our life is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah [SB 7.5.31]. We are trying to be happy in this place of miserable condition, manufacturing so many ways of life. In the modern age they are thinking that "If we have got a very nice car and nice residential quarter and nice wife..." Oh, people also do not care now for wife an
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What is a Goswami?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

IN THE PRESENT material world people are interested in understanding the atma (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Medical science, physiology and biology are concerned with the body, and psychology is concerned with the mind, with thinking, feeling and willing. Unfortunately, however, no one is studying the deepest meaning of atma-that

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Religion – Material and Spiritual

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In 1971 Srila Prabhupada lectured at a series of Krsna conscious festivals held in a huge pandal, or exhibition tent, in downtown Delhi, India. This is one lecture from that series.

Srila Prabhupada

According to our Vedic system, there are two kinds of religion. First we must try to understand what religion is. Religion refers to our constitutional position. Religion is different from

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Song of the Soul

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Song of the Soul

Heartly Dedicated to:

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Founder Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness

&

My dear spiritual master His Holiness Mahavisnu Swami Maharaj

Singer: Nirdosh Nitai Das (Nirmal sapkota)

It's really Song of the Soul, not the body.

The world's famous chanting of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and other super new melodies professionally recorded by expert musicians.

Tracks

1. Hare Krishna (Separation) listen 1 listen 2

2. Jaya Radha Madha

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Yogindra Gets A Second Chance to Distribute Books

Nectar of Instruction


For several months, I had practically given up distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and even feeling connected to the spirit of sharing Krsna consciousness.

Nothing prevented me from going out on books I just lost my enthusiasm. Usually, I would go alone, which probably had something to do with it.

This is the one thing that definitely changed, having left the association of fellow monks, whose enthusiasm kept me bound to the spirited sharing of Kr

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Placing Our Love in Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A talk given in September 1968

at the Hare Krsna temple in Seattle.

Lord Krsna

Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. Our program is to worship Govinda, the original person, with love and devotion. This is Krsna consciousness. We are teaching people to love Krsna. That's all. Our program is to direct your love toward the proper place. Everyone wants to love, but they're being fru

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Ascendance to the Personal World of Krsna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A talk given in December 1966

at the Hare Krsna temple in New York City.

yanti deva-vrata devan
pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
bhutani yanti bhutejya
yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam

"Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods, those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings, and those who worship Me will live with Me" (Bhagavad-gita, 9.25).

Lord Krishna

S

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How to See and Know God

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A talk given in October 1968, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, at the Hare Krsna center in Seattle.

We are worshiping Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. And this song we were just singing govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami is reaching Him. He's hearing it. You cannot say He's not hearing it. Espec

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.35

TEXT 35

bhayād raṇād uparataṁ

maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ

yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato

bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
 
SYNONYMS
 
bhayāt—out of fear; raṇāt—from the battlefield; uparatam—ceased; maṁsyante—will consider; tvām—unto you; mahā-rathāḥ—the great generals; yeṣām—of those who; ca—also; tvam—you; bahu-mataḥ—in great estimation; bhūtvā—will become; yāsyasi—will go; lāghavam—decreased in value.
 
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The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlef
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Thought Of The Day

Therefore the greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'... Because they are in ignorance, nobody can give them knowledge, neither they can take. Therefore in the human society there is institution for giving knowledge. That is the greatest contribution. And that knowledge, the supreme knowledge, is there in the Vedas. Vedais ca sarvaih. And all the Vedas ascertain that one should know what i

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