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Joy of Surrender

When a person surrenders to his enemy then he loses all his glory. The surrender is too painful for him. But when one surrenders to the will of the Lord then the surrender is not painful but it’s joyful. It brings joy to both – the Lord and the one who surrenders to him.

Every one of us has to surrender to Lord at some point of time. The decision is ours. We have to decide when we want to surrender. If we do not surrender to Krishna willingly then at the time of death we will be forced to surrend

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We need your help to win iGive Challenge!!!

Greetings from Annamrita!

 

We are excited to inform you that we are participating in the India Giving Challenge 2012! The India Giving Challenge is an event under the Joy of Giving Week - a platform for all Indians across the country and abroad to celebrate the joy of giving. It is an online fund raising marathon where winners get an amount equivalent to the funds collected during the challenge. We need your support to win this race!

 

Today, we are feeding a nutritious and delicious lunch to 1.2 m

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg 1.16-18

TEXTS 16-18
 
anantavijayaṁ rājā
kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
 
kāśyaś ca parameṣv-āsaḥ
śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca
sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ
 
drupado draupadeyāś ca
sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate
saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ
śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak
 
SYNONYMS
 
ananta-vijayam—the conch named Ananta-vijaya; rājā—the king; kuntī-putraḥ—the son of Kuntī; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ—Yudhiṣṭhira; nakulaḥ—Nakula; sahadevaḥ—Sahadeva; ca—and; sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau—the conches named Sughoṣa
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An Old Love Revived

An Old Love Revived
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by Mahatama dd

While staying in Stratford, Connecticut, employed as a care-giver, I try to go out every weekend to do some book distribution. Sometimes I went to New York City with some Gitas. One cold morning I arrived at the Metro North Station in Stratfordand and spotted a nice young Indian gentleman. My first thought was "He could be a good prospect to receive a Gita." But then I noticed he was smoking a cigarette, so I decided to wait for a while, not wanting to approach h

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Announcement from Bhaktivedanta College BBT Vrindavan

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Dear devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are happy to announce that the Sixth Bhagavata Sastri course at Srimad-Bhagavatam Vidyapitham is now open for admission.

Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school is now located in Sri Vrindavan after the departure of H.G Gopiparanadhana Prabhu. The school is still going strong under the guidance of senior devotees and is in

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Thought Of The Day

So we have come to this material world. Krsna is always anxious to get us back to home, back to Godhead. Therefore He comes. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati [Bg. 4.7]. What is that dharma? That dharma is not this dharma, Hindu dharma, Mussulman dharma. No. That dharma is sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. That's... So in this way, our position, although we are both in this material world, one is the controller; one is the controlled. And the one who is controlled

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 


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dyūtaḿ chalayatām asmi
tejas tejasvinām aham
jayo 'smi vyavasāyo 'smi
sattvaḿ sattvavatām aham

TRANSLATION
I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.

PURPORT
There are many kinds of cheaters all over the universe. Of all cheating processes, gambling stands supreme and therefore represents Kṛṣṇa. As the Supreme, Kṛṣṇa can be more de
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curriculum_ISO.jpg?width=150Sri Isopanisad one of the 108 principal Vedic scriptures known as the Upanisads. Sri Isopanisad is a conceptual text, rather than a description of the Lord's pastimes. Reading and studying this book is meant to advance one's view of life; to teach one how to re-spiritualize every endeavor of one's actions.

Teacher: Raghupati Dasa

Registration can be done here:
  www.bhaktivedantaonline.com
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Mathematician Richard L. Thompson discovered evidence for extremely early astronomical observations in India. Six traditional Indian astronomical texts (the Surya-siddhanta, the Paitamahasiddhanta of the Visnudharmottara Purana, the Brahmagupta-siddhanta, the Lalla Tantra, the Damodariya B. Tulya, and the Graha-laghava) provide polar longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates for 35 stars. But these coordinates differ from modern coordinates for these stars by a significant amount. Dr. Thompson wr

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Markandeya Rsi Receives Benedictions By Lord Shiva

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Once, as Lord Siva was traveling in the sky with his wife, Parvati, he came across Sri Markandeya merged in meditative trance. At the request of Parvati, Lord Siva presented himself before the sage to grant him the result of his austerities. Coming out of his trance, Sri Markaṇḍeya saw Lord Siva, the spiritual master of the three worlds, together with Parvati, and he worshiped them by offering them obeisances, words of
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How to deal with the cheaters ?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Question to HH Radhanath Swami:
 
How should we deal with people who clearly are out to cheat the world, clearly are more towards evil than good? What should be our attitude towards them ?
 
 
Answer by HH Radhanath Swami:
 
To a certain extent we have the power to change our environment. But ultimately it is very limited; we may not be able to change the whole world or how people think or how people act or why people do what t
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The Ultimate, TRUTH !!!

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Are not all people are equal to God? So He should provide happiness to all. But, some people suffer terribly throughout their lifeSome others enjoy good luck and happiness from birth to deathIs such a partiality , appropriate to God?

Most people have the above doubtThe reason for this is , ignorance of  the Supreme Truth.

The origin is one and only *Paramathma* (God) A tiny bit of it becomes the individual sole (

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Bhagavat gita -- a brief analysis

Introduction

om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya 
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah 
sri-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthapitam yena bhu-tale 
svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam

I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him. When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelt

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Anti material world

Delhi, Saturday 20th February, 1960

Modern materialistic science has discovered anti-material world which was so long unknown to the wranglers of gross-materialism. In the Times of India dt. 27.10.59 a news service, dated at Stockholm 26.10.59, was published as follows:--

"Two American atomic scientists were awarded 1959 Nobel Physics Prize to-day for the Discovery of Anti-Proton, proving that matter exists in two forms as particles and anti-particles."

"They are Italian-born Dr. Emilio Segre 69 an

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Controller of the Controllers

 

Everyone of us nourishes a desire to control something. From a small ant to the huge elephant, from a pauper on the street to the President of a state, everyone thinks that “I am the controller”. An ant thinks, “I am the controller of the little grain of sugar”, an elephant thinks “I am the controller of the entire trees of the forest”, a pauper thinks, “I am the controller of my begging bowl” and a President thinks, “I am the controller of the entire nation”.  It’s true that we have tiny littl

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Book Distribution Stories

Book Distribution Stories

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Yadavendra Das


THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT
Yesterday I sold a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is to Betty, a 79 year old. Tomorrow 3 rd of July 2011 is her birthday anniversary. She cared to make the following statement: ” Hello, I am Betty from Central Queensland, Australia. Next Sunday 3 rd of July 2011 is my birthday anniversary and my age will then be 79. Today, July 1st I have purchased one copy of Bhagavad-Gita As Is It from a travelling sales person from the Hare Krishna Movement. I

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Thought Of The Day

So it is exactly like that. We are in this material world on account of this iccha and dvesa. We wanted to satisfy the senses, material senses, independently. And we wanted to disobey the orders of the Supreme Lord. These are the two causes for which we are put into this material world. So we have to rectify this mentality, that "I am independent. I am God. I can do whatever we like." This mentality has to be rectified. For that rectification we are in this material world, and we are undergoing

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In remote corners of Vrndavana, Pilgrims find little known places of Krsna's  pastimes and get a clearer view Into their own hearts.

THE VRAJA Mandala Parikrama* is a walking pilgrimage throughout the land of Vraja, or Mathura, the district in North India where Lord Krsna appeared five thousand years ago. Devotees walk the entire parikrama path, stopping at the places where Krsna performed His pastimes. Vraja Mandala Parikrama can be considered pada-sevanam (serving Sri Krsna's lotus feet), one o

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Damodara Program

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As you may know, this year, Kartika starts at the end of October, which is later than usual, giving us more time to prepare for the Damodara program!


Countries such as Malaysia, India, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, England and Mauritius are actively celebrating this wonderful program and encouraging thousands to offer lamps to Lord Damodara.


Be part of the Damodara program effort!


If you are already hosting this program, please let us know so that we can add you to o

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