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The English word "religion" is a little different from sanatana-dharma. Religion conveys the idea of faith, and faith may change. One may have faith in a particular process, and he may change this faith and adopt another, but sanatana-dharma refers to that activity which cannot be changed. For instance, liquidity cannot be taken from water, nor can heat be taken from fire. Similarly, the eternal function of the eternal

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

Yet man professes to belong to a particular type of faith with reference to particular time and circumstance and thus claims to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect. Such designations are non-sanatana-dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Muslim, or a Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu, or a Christian may change his faith and so on. But in all circumstances the change of religi

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

"DONT PURCHASE MEAT FROM SLAUGHTERHOUSE. WE SHALL SUPPLY YOU THE COW AFTER HER DEATH" WHERE IS THE DIFFICULTY?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes, this is our proposal: "Why should you kill the cow? Let the cow be protected." You can take the cow's milk and use this milk for making so many nutritious, delicious preparations. Aside from that, as far as meat-eating is concerned, every cow will die—so you just wait a while, and there wi

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

When Prabhupada saw a banner on bamboo poles-"Welcome Srila Prabhupada!"-he remarked, "I don't know if my Godbrothers will like this." He had already heard that some of his Godbrothers objected to his taking the same title as their spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. He had not actually taken the name, but his disciples had given him the name a few years ago in America. In May 1968 while in Boston, P

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

Non-sanatana religious faith may have some beginning in the annals of human history, but there is no beginning to the history of sanatana-dharma because it remains eternally with the living entities. Insofar as the living entities are concerned, the authoritative sastras state that the living entity has neither birth nor death. In the Gīta it is stated that the living entity is never born, and he never dies. He is etern

TEXT 25

daivam evapare yajnam
yoginah paryupasate
brahmagnav apare yajnam
yajnenaivopajuhvati

SYNONYMS

daivam--in worshiping the demigods; eva--like this; apare--some; yajnam--sacrifices; yoginah--the mystics; paryupasate--worship perfectly; brahma--the Absolute Truth; agnau--in the fire of; apare--others; yajnam--sacrifice; yajnena--by sacrifice; eva--thus; upajuhvati--worship.

TRANSLATION

Some yogis perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them offer sa

Lecture on Purpose of Life by Gopal Krishna Goswami at Mayapur India

(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)

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Lecture on Offences and their Consequences by Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami at ISKCON Mauritius

(His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami is from West Africa. He is the first Sannyas disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami. He is known for his years of dedicated services to ISKCON.

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Lecture on In Vedic age women were Protected by Bhakti Purusottama Swami

(Bhakti Purusottama Swami first joined ISKCON in Mayapur, India, in 1978. He is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami and is an integral part of the organization of the Headquarters of ISKCON in Mayapur, where he is based.

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Lecture on What is Religion by Bhakti Charu Swami

(ISKCON members are known to appreciate Bhakti Charu Swami’s gentle ways and sweet singing of devotional songs and mantras. He assisted many devotees in understanding the etiquette of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as one of the original teachers at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) and continues to educate ISKCON’s members.

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Dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope everyone had a successful 2003 Prabhupada marathon, we'll get the results in a few weeks. One nice thing about our transendental book distribution competition is that everyone is a winner. Someone may go out to distribute and give everything he has, although there may not be much result he gets the reward of Krsna's satisfaction and thus his own.

Another nice aspect of the marathon is that because there h

So for their different stages, karma, jnana, yoga, so many things, they have been described. But here, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His mercy is that He directly gives this highest instruction -- what Krsna could not give, but Krsna Caitanya, or Krsna in His incarnation as Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He gave us. Therefore He is considered the most munificent, charitable personality, man of charity. Rupa Gosvami offered his respect, that namo maha-vadanyaya: "You are the greatest munificent personality

भावार्थ

पराक्रमी युधामन्यु, अत्यन्त शक्तिशाली उत्तमौजा, सुभद्रा का पुत्र तथा द्रोपदी के पुत्र - ये सभी म

धृष्टकेतु: - धृष्टकेतु; चेकितानः - चेकितान; काशिराजः - काशिराज; च - भी; वीर्यवान् - अत्यन्त शक्तिशाली; पुरुजित् - पुरुजित्; कुन्तिभोजः - कुन्तिभोज; च - तथा; शैब्यः - शैब्य; च - तथा; नरपुङ्गवः - मानव समाज के वीर ।

भावार्थ

इनके साथ ही धृष्टकेतु, चेकितान, काशिराज, पुरुजित्, कुन्तिभोज तथा शैब्य जैसे महान शक्तिशाली योद्धा भी हैं ।