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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.45

TEXT 45
 
yadi mām apratīkāram
aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus
tan me kṣemataraṁ bhavet
 
SYNONYMS
 
yadi—even if; mām—unto me; apratīkāram—without being resistant; aśastram—without being fully equipped; śastra-pāṇayaḥ—those with weapons in hand; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ—the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; raṇe—in the battlefield; hanyuḥ—may kill; tat—that; me—mine; kṣemataram—better; bhavet—become.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I would consider it better for the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather t
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Hari-nama, this chanting of Hare Krsna mantra, one should practice always. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. So preksaniya ihitam dhyayet. This is meditation. Dhyayet chuddha-bhavena, suddha-bhavena. Not artificial. But even if you do artificially, you will be purified by chanting. Artificially, if we do... That is in the sastra. Still, the chanting of the holy name is so powerful that it will make you... Because it is directly associatin

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
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Lord Krishna declares in Bhagavad Gita verse 9.26 and 27
 
patram pushpam phalam toyam / yo me bhaktyaa prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam / ashnaami prayataatmanah
yat karoshi yad ashnaasi / yaj juhoshi dadaasi yat
yat tapasyas
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Go-Matha says

Gokul Ashram,30/1,PrabhupadNagar,Chinnamoolakarai,Moolakaraipatti,Nanguneri,

Tirunelveli 627354,Tamil Nadu India.

Go-matha says ---              

         Do you know, when you were born ,your mother did not have enough breast milk to feed you. So she has to depend on me to feed you with milk. I give milk not only for my child but also to all .Now I am old and sick .People are neglecting me .They don’t even hesitate to sell me to the butcher. By neglecting me people are committing a lot of sins .Be

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Better Than the Animals

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The first lesson in spiritual education draws a 
clear line between who is and who isn't.

A lecture in Los Angeles in April 1973 

dehino 'smin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvanam jara
tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sobe

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Avatar Credentials

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

New York City – December 26, 1966:

If we know where to look, we can find out who's an authentic incarnation of the Lord, and who's not.

sarvajna munira vakya sastra 'paramana'
ama-saba jivera haya sastra-dvara 'jnana'

"The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahamuni Vyasadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.44

TEXT 44
 
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ
kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam
yad rājya-sukha-lobhena
hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
ahaḥ—alas; bata—how strange it is; mahat—great; pāpam—sins; kartum—to perform; vyavasitāḥ—decided; vayam—we; yat—so that; rājya—kingdom; sukha-lobhena—driven by greed for royal happiness; hantum—to kill; svajanam—kinsmen; udyatāḥ—trying for.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.
 
PURPORT
 
Driven
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And as soon as you come to Krsna consciousness, then you are in direct touch. We are direct in touch with Krsna, but it is covered by some cloud of ignorance. Otherwise, nothing can exist without Krsna's touch. That is not possible. Maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina [Bg. 9.4]. Krsna is... One Krsna is expanded all over the creation. Maya tatam idam sarvam. Isavasyam idam sarvam [Iso mantra 1]. Krsna is everywhere, but due to the contamination of material modes of nature, we are thinki

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 Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
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Our beloved Gurudev HH Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj says while talking about humility, "We have to be humble. That should be our nature. You do not have to open your mouth and tell that you are humble. It becomes showy humil

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Beyond the Senses

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture in London, England, on August 24, 1973, 

antavanta ime deha
nityasyoktah saririnah
anasino 'prameyasya
tasmad yudhyasva bharata

"The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata." (Bhagavad-gita 2.18)

Here Krsna is convincing Arjuna that the soul is different from

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A Study in Mysticism

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An explanation of the mystic techniques offered by the great 
Teachers of Vedic wisdom and their value to contemporary man.

Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures. Lord Sri Krishna is that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of Yoga, Krishna's Name is "Yog

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A Choice of Destinies

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

speaks with Jon Nordheimer of The New York Times in a conversation recorded in
September 1972 at New Vrindaban, the Society's farm community near Wheeling, West Virginia.

Srila Prabhupada: When we speak of Krsna, we mean God. Everyone has some vague idea of God, hut no clear idea. Therefore God descends to show what He is. If we speculate on God, someone will think on

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
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 In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says in verses 16.23-24
 
yah shaastra vidhim utsrjya / vartate kaama kaaratah
na sa siddhim avaapnoti / na sukham na paraam gatim
tasmaac chaastram pramaanam te / kaaryaakaarya vyavasthit
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Krishna has a unique quality – he blinks his eyes & he does not blink his eyes. Krishna blinks to overlook our mistakes & he never blinks when he sees us sincerely being engaged in devotional service.

In this world we find just the opposite. People blink when you do something good to them and never blink if you are doing something which is unpalatable to them.

For e.g. A person may work tirelessly for a company but the company does not hesitate even for a moment to throw him out, if the management

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Without the blessings of Guru, we cannot progress even a bit in our life. Spiritual master blesses the disciple whole-heartedly when he is pleased by the behaviour and service attitude of the disciple. Even when Lord Krishna
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Guru Prabhupada explains about wealth

Sākara Mallika (Rūpa Gosvāmī), (before taking sannyasi) returned home with an immense amount of money which he had acquired during his government service. 
Indeed, the silver and gold coins h

e brought back filled a large boat. 

After arriving home, he divided the accumulated wealth first in twain and distributed one part to the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas. 
Thus for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he distributed fifty percent of his accumulated wealth to persons engaged in th
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“YOU ARE THE PARENT OF YOUR PARENTS”

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By Madhusūdana dāsa

In the early days of our movement—in the little storefront temple at 26 Second Avenue in the East Village—Śrīla Prabhupāda would lecture in the evening and then retire to his upstairs apartment, All of us would be very eager to accompany him, in hopes of getting some personal advice or just hearing him talk more informally. As an excuse to go upstairs, each of us would carry up one of the things Śrīla

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VISHNU WORSHIP IS NOT ALWAYS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE

Hare Krsna

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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee: The Bhagavad-gītā says that if one performs devotional service, then its result is never lost. Then how was it possible for Ajāmila to lose all his devotional service to Vishnu by associating with a prostitute?

Prabhupāda: He was not in devotional service.

Devotee: He was not serving Vishnu?

Prabhupāda: He was trained in Vishnu worship. Vishnu worship is not

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Hare Krsna

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Do not be unforgiving of yourself if you commit a mistake or make an error. Life didn’t come with a fool-proof manual. Most of us are doing the best that we can. We’re not perfect. We learn from our mistakes and from stumbling. 

Like almost everyone else, I have a great number of responsibilities. In fact, it usually seems like I’m juggling ten or twenty balls in the air simultaneously. So, to assume, I’ll never make

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.43

TEXT 43
 
utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ
manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana
narake niyataṁ vāso
bhavatīty anuśuśruma
 
SYNONYMS
 
utsanna—spoiled; kula-dharmāṇām—of those who have the family traditions; manuṣyāṇām—of such men; janārdana—O Kṛṣṇa; narake—in hell; niyatam—always; vāsaḥ—residence; bhavati—it so becomes; iti—thus; anuśuśruma—I have heard by disciplic succession.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O Kṛṣṇa, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hell.
 
PURPORT
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