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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.30

TEXT 30
 
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ
bhramatīva ca me manaḥ
nimittāni ca paśyāmi
viparītāni keśava
 
SYNONYMS
 
na—nor; ca—also; śaknomi—am I able; avasthātum—to stay; bhramati—forgetting; iva—as; ca—and; me—my; manaḥ—mind; nimittāni—causes; ca—also; paśyāmi—I foresee; viparītāni—just the opposite; keśava—O killer of the demon Keśī (Kṛṣṇa).
 
TRANSLATION
 
I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I foresee only evil, O killer of the Keśī demon.
 
PURPORT
 
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Thought Of The Day

This is beginning of successful life. Adau sraddha, this sraddha, or this niscayatmika buddhi, or vyavasayatmika buddhi, is the beginning of spiritual life. If one has no faith in the words of the authorities, then he has no hope. Samsayatma vinasyati. Vinasyati means he does not get any chance to enter into spiritual life. We are in the material world. We are... Vinasyatsu. We are in an atmosphere of being finished. That everyone, we know. This body... I am concerned with this body, and the bod

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
I would like to share some of the very powerful realizations that our Guru Maharaj H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj shared in one of his lectures in Rajkot.
 
1. If we want to be peaceful in spiritual life we must be very expert in material life.
 
2. Computer is a cu
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

January 14, 1970

Editor
Los Angeles Times

Dear Sir: With reference to your article in the Los Angeles Times dated Sunday, January 11, 1970, under the heading “Krishna Chant,” I beg to point out that the Hindu religion is perfectly based on the personal conception of God, or Vishnu.The impersonal conception of God is a side issue, or one of the three features of God. The Absolute Truth is ultimately the Supreme Personality

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

On January 11, 1970, an article in the Los Angeles Times reported that faculty members at the University of California at Berkeley, including Dr. J. F. Staal, professor of philosophy and South Asian languages, had turned down a request to grant credit for an experimental course in Krishna consciousness to havebeen taught by Hans Kary, president of the Hare Krishna movement’s Berkeley center. In rejecting the proposed co

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

January 23, 1970
Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Dear Swamiji:

Thank you very much for sending me a copy of your letter to the Los Angeles Times, now also published in the Daily Californian. I think you will agree with me that apart from publicity, little is gained by discussing religious or philosophic issues through interviews and letters in the press; but allow me to make two brief observations.

First, I know that devotion to Kr

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
This is in continuation of the transcription of Maharaj's nectarean class in London on the topic "Fire of Bhakti". In the previous offering we heard from Maharaj:
 
1. With Krishna we are heroes; without Krishna we are zeroes.
2. Fortune and bliss follows wh
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Srila Prabhupada was sent by the Lord to fulfil Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction "Prtvithe ache yata nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara haibe more nama" - In every town and village of the world, My name will be heard. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote in his Sajjona-tosani, “Soon there will be a time when the chanting of Krishna’s name will be heard in England, France, Russia, Germany and America.”

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In 1965, at the age of 69, when ordinary persons are thinking of retirement, he left Vrindavan &

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Bring Yamuna Back to Braj Vrindavan

The River Yamuna….. Millions have depended on it since eternity, millions still do. 

Rivers are natural resources to the world. 

The river Yamuna is one of the two biggest rivers (other being Ganges) which flow through the world’s largest river basin- The Ganga river Basin. This basin area is approximately 1,086,000 square kilometers and has a population of 500 million. This area is also the land to one of the most ancient civilization known.

Officially Dead -  Ironically, the river once pride of I

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the transcription of Maharaj's nectarean class in London on the topic "Fire of Bhakti". In the previous offering we heard from Maharaj:

1. With Krishna we are heroes; without Krishna we are zeroes.
2. Fortune and bliss follows when
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Be careful of chocolates please

Even one wrong habit can disturb your health permanently. We all know drinking spoils the liver,smoking spoils the lungs,I have been proud about having no such vice, but one thing got me down- chocolates. Being a non-smoker,non-alcoholic,and a pure vegetarian,I was sure things would work out fine on my health front, but I was in for a shock.I had developed a habit of munching chocolates whenever I got a chance.I would make sure the chocolate did not contain eggs, and would then feast on them.Thi

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Get Ready For Kumbh Mela 2013

What is Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela will be the largest human gathering on the earth. Last time, 70 million people visited the festival site. This festival is celebrated in the cities of Allahabad (Prayag), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, Indiaand happens once every 12 years in each city. In January 2013, Kumbh Mela will be held at Allahabad.  Don't miss this opportunity; plan your itinerary now.  you will get the latest updates on Maha Kumbh Mela festival with photos and videos direct from the festival 

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The Supreme Controller

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It is natural that a philosophical mind wants to know about the origin of the creation. At night he sees the stars in the sky, and he naturally speculates about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for man because man has a developed consciousness which is higher than that of the animals. The author of Srimad-Bhagavatam (Vyasadeva) gives a direct answer to such inquiries. He says that the Lord Sri Krishna is th

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Hare Krsna

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As told to Rama by Agastya Rsi
 
There lived on Mount Sumeru a powerful Vanara leader named Keshari. His wife, Anjana, was beautiful beyond compare. One day Vayu, the wind god, saw her standing alone and he desired union with her. After uniting with her in his mystical yoga form, she conceived a child who was named Hanuman. He cried out in hunger and Anjana placed him down amid some reeds while she went to collect forest
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Yogesvara Krsna & Yogisvara Shiva

Hare Krsna

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yoga-isvara-isvarah — the master of all masters of yoga- Krishna 
(the source of all mystic powers)
 
Great Master of yoga Lord Shiva

There are many different types of yoga. Yoga means the system, and yogi means the person who practices that system. Yoga is mystic power 

Krsna is called 
Yogesvarah (Yoga Iswara) the source of all mystic powers and Lord Siva is called Yogisvara (Yogi Iswara). So it is to be understood that
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.29

TEXT 29
 
vepathuś ca śarīre me
roma-harṣaś ca jāyate
gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt
tvak caiva paridahyate
 
SYNONYMS
 
vepathuḥ—trembling of the body; ca—also; śarīre—on the body; me—my; roma-harṣaḥ—standing of hair on end; ca—also; jāyate—is taking place; gāṇḍīvam—the bow of Arjuna; sraṁsate—is slipping; hastāt—from the hands; tvak—skin; ca—also; eva—certainly; paridahyate—burning.
 
TRANSLATION
 
My whole body is trembling, and my hair is standing on end. My bow Gāṇḍīva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is
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The power of reading Scriptures

An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-gita
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