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In October they had a Bhakti-vriksha review session for the temples in Bangalore, in which many positives outcomes were reported! By the conclusion of these meetings they hope to help the Bhakti-Vriksha program leaders to rectify their mistakes and reassure themselves for better understanding of Bhakti-Vriksha concepts for greater efficiency and overall productivity.

The Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram temple had around 50 devotees who are leaders and potential leaders that participated. They are

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Mathura Parikrama (fourth day Vraj Mandal Parikrama 2012)

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Sannyasis in attendance:

1. HH Radha Raman Swami
2. HH Ram Govinda Swami
3. HH Bhakti Narasimha Swami

In the land of Madhupuri, Mathura the Vraja Mandala Parikrama (VMP) pandal was already teeming with devotees as the Mangala Arotik conch was blown over the PA system. The reverbating sound of the conch sent chills of joy in the consciousness of the devotees signaling the beginning of the day’s spiritual festivities.

The Mangala Arotik had bar

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.11

TEXT 11
 
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ
prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase
gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca
nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; aśocyān—that which is not worthy of lamentation; anvaśocaḥ—you are lamenting; tvam—you; prajñā-vādāḥ—learned talks; ca—also; bhāṣase—speaking; gata—lost; asūn—life; agata—not past; asūn—life; ca—also; na—never; anuśocanti—lament; paṇḍitāḥ—the learned.
 
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words,
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Thought Of The Day

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He delivered Jagai-Madhai... This Jagai-Madhai was debauch, drinking, illicit sex, meat eating and these things, degradation. These four principles are the four pillars of degradation. Therefore we prohibit. That if you want to make progress in Krsna consciousness, you must give up these four principles. So, Caitanya Mahaprabhu made this condition, that if you promise that you will give up these four principles of sinful life, then I will accept you. Never mind whate

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.10

TEXT 10
 
tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ
prahasann iva bhārata
senayor ubhayor madhye
viṣīdantam idaṁ vacaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
tam—unto him; uvāca—said; hṛṣīkeśaḥ—the master of the senses, Kṛṣṇa; prahasan—smiling; iva—like that; bhārata—O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Bharata; senayoḥ—of the armies; ubhayoḥ—of both parties; madhye—between; viṣīdantam—unto the lamenting one; idam—the following; vacaḥ—words.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O descendant of Bharata, at that time Kṛṣṇa, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following
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Duties For The Body And The Soul

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In Krsna's instructions to Arjuna, He emphasizes duty both 
for the common man and for the self-realized soul.

sva-dharmam api caveksya
na vikampitum arhasi
dharmyad dhi yuddhac chreyo 'nyat
ksatriyasya na vidyate

"Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is

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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).

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Free and Happy Within Prison Walls

by Mother Vinata, from Rejika Croatia

 

     "Where is your tilak?“ Candramauli Swami asked us as we gathered in front of Karlovac vege restaurant club, managed by local devotees, preparing to go for a preaching progam in a nearby prison. Quickly running to refresh my already invisible vaisnava marking, I overheard Maharaja quoting Prabhupada on the importance of wearing tilak and vaisnava clothes and remembered Sridhar Maharaja's instruction, "If you are unable to preach by explaining philosophy,

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.9

TEXT 9
 
sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṁ
guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ
na yotsya iti govindam
uktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha
 
SYNONYMS
 
sañjayaḥ uvāca—Sañjaya said; evam—thus; uktvā—speaking; hṛṣīkeśam—unto Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses; guḍākeśaḥ—Arjuna, the master at curbing ignorance; parantapaḥ—the chastiser of the enemies; na yotsye—I shall not fight; iti—thus; govindam—unto Kṛṣṇa, the giver of pleasure; uktvā—saying; tūṣṇīm—silent; babhūva—became; ha—certainly.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, A
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Thought Of The Day

Krsna consciousness is described by Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. That's all. Always think of Me, man-manah, and bhava mad-bhaktah, be ready always to serve Me. Bhakta means, where there is bhakti and Bhagavan. Then bhakta. If there is no Bhagavan, and there is no activities to serve Bhagavan, there is no bhakta also. They are demons. So bhakta means there must be Bhagavan. Sevya, sevaka, and seva. Sevya sevaka seva, three things. Sevya means who is to be served, the ma

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ONE WHO BECOMES GOD BY MEDITATION IS A DOG

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Brahma worships Lord Krishna

Nowadays it is becoming fashionable for people to claim that they are becoming God by meditation. This means that by meditation it is possible to transform oneself into God; in other words, God meditates, and by His meditation He becomes God. This is all nonsense. God is God, and He was always God and will always be God. Even as an infan

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BE CAREFUL IN SPIRITUAL LIF

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If you are passing through thorns, you must be very careful. Otherwise the thorns will get stuck up with your garment, and you will be inconvenienced. It is said in the Vedas, ksurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā1. Just like we shave with a razor – the razor is very sharp. So if we can carefully handle the razor, we get our cheeks very clean and the business is done. Bu

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The word pāpa-yonayah means “born into a lower class.”  According to the Vedic system of classification, women, vaisyas, and sudras belong to a lower social order. A low life means a life without Krishna consciousness. High and low positions in society are calculated by considering a person’s Krishna consciousness. A brāhmana is considered to be on the highest plat

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Once upon a time during the culmination of Satyayuga, there lived a Brahmana belonging to the lineage of Muni Atri in Haridwara whose name was Devasharma. He was very Expert in the knowledge of the Vedas and its sub parts and was very regular in performing various religious practices.He had one daughter who name was Gunavati, who was married to his disciple named as Chandra. Chandra was properly trained in the matter of sense control and was very dear to his father in law-Devasharma.

Once upon a

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VTE Nectar of Instruction ONLINE Course

VTE Nectar of Instruction ONLINE Course
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Dear Vaishnavas, Please accept my sincere obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Guru-parampara ki jaya!

In 4 days from now (12th of November) we are starting with the Nectar of Instruction Bhakti Sastri online module. You are free to enroll to the module. As previously, we are keeping limited number of attendees in the class (30 max.)

For six weeks we will be discovering Srila Prabhupada's translation and commentary to Srila Rupa Goswami's Upadesamrita. Rupa Gos

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'Coffee Break' For IDT Sevaks

Time was passing!

The sound of fans as usually was the prominent sound as like cars in Mumbai streets.

Every one of Devotees were sitting before the computer and doing their service.

But suddenly! All sound disappeared. It became darker.

And this peace told us that POWER HAS GONE!

-          Oh Gopinath!

-          Oh Madhav!

-          Oh Giridhari!

-          Oh Govinda! …

And etc were the guilty responses of my friends according to their beloved Forms of Krishna.

Since our duty really was not

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