TEXT 40
indriyani mano buddhir
asyadhisthanam ucyate
etair vimohayaty esa
jnanam avrtya dehinam
SYNONYMS
indriyani--the senses; manah--the mind; buddhih--the intelligence; asya--of the lust; adhisthanam--sitting place; ucyate--called; etaih--by all these; vimohayati--bewilders; esah--of this; jnanam--knowledge; avrtya--covering; dehinam--the embodied.
TRANSLATION
The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust, which veils the real knowledge of the living entity and be
So we should always depend on Krsna's assurance. In any circumstances, any dangerous position, Krsna... Avasya raksibe krsna visvasa palana. This is surrender. Surrender means... One of the item is full faith in Krsna, that "In execution of my devotional service there may be so many dangers, but because I have taken shelter of Krsna's lotus feet, I am safe." This, this faith for Krsna.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Dear devotees,
The Mayapur jiva doya ladies sankirtan wants to announce the youngest participant last Saturday. Ksanavani, 3 years, who came with her fahter, Nrsmhananda Prabhu. Nitya Kishora dd met him after the feast and boldly challenged him, after hearing the most inspiring Prabhupada katha by the Prabhupada disciples in the pandal. "Prabhu, please come to our book table and distribute 3 books for Srila Prabhupada today, you can do it."
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When the transmigrating soul finally reaches human life,
he inherits great social and spiritual responsibilities.
A lecture in New York in April 1973
catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
"According to the three modes of nature and the work associated With them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Too much stress on working for the body and too little on acquiring spiritual
knowledge destroy the vitality of human society.
A lecture in New York in January 1967
buddhir jnanam asammohah
ksama satyam damah samah
sukham duhkham bhavo 'bhavo
bhayam cabhayam eva ca
ahimsa samata tustis
tapo danam yaso 'yasah
bhavanti bhava bhutanam
matta eva prthag-vidhah
"Intelligence, knowled
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Under the sway of maya illusion we succumb to bodily identification and sense
indulgence. The self-realized soul can cure us of this disease.
A lecture in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, in 1968
nunam pramattah kurute vikarma
yad indriya-pritaya aprnoti
na sadhu manye yata atmano 'yam
asann api klesada asa dehah
"When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he
Seminar on Gita inspired Parenting by HG Urmila Mataji
(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )
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Lecture on How to attain Peace of Mind by HG Amal Bhakta Prabhu on 02 Dec 2012 at ISKCON Los Angeles
(HG Amal Bhakta Prabhu was born in New York City and attended New York University. He moved to Santa Monica, California in 1954 and worked in motion pictures for three years. )
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TEXT 39
avrtam jnanam etena
jnanino nitya-vairina
kama-rupena kaunteya
duspurenanalena ca
SYNONYMS
avrtam--covered; jnanam--pure consciousness; etena--by this; jnaninah--of the knower; nitya-vairina--eternal enemy; kama-rupena--in the form of lust; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; duspurena--never to be satisfied; analena--by the fire; ca--also.
TRANSLATION
Thus, a man's pure consciousness is covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.
PURPORT
It is
Lecture on Restarting your Heart by HG Caru Prabhu
(HG Caru Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)
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Lecture on The Power of Association by HH Giriraj Swami on 26 April 2013 at ISKCON Dallas
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 02, Chapter 04, Text - 18)
(HH Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton, the only son of a respected Chicago lawyer who was later appointed judge. In March of 1969, while studying at Brandeis University in Boston, he met Srila Prabhupada, from whom, he felt, he learned more in one brief exchange than he had learned in his many years of academic education.)
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Devotees in Kolkata, India headed by GBC Radhanath Swami, have purchased Srila Prabhupada’s birthplace and plan to develop it as a beautiful memorial to the ISKCON founder Acharya. Fifteen years ago, devotees acquired a house and land in the Tollygunge suburb of Kolkata that had belonged to Prabhupada’s maternal grandfather. But the exact site where Prabhupada was born on September 1st, 1896 remained elusive until now.
“One hundred yards away from his maternal grandfather’s house is a small
Dear Devotees, Mother Lore, the mother of Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami left her body most auspiciously at 1:08 pm on 30 April 2013 at Hare Krishna Dham of Houston.
Surrounded by devotees chanting the Holy Name, Sri Giriraj sila resting on her forehead, with Srila Prabhupada's and Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami's picture on her chest and holding Nrsimha Sila with both hands she left this world most peacefully without any diificulty.
She was lovingly cared for by devotees round the clock leading
Guru is described, yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah: "By the mercy of guru one can achieve the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Yasya prasada. Yasya aprasadat: "If guru is not pleased, then he has no place." Na gatih kuto 'pi. Why the spiritual master position is so great? Because he is very, very confidential servant of Krsna; therefore his position is so great.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
This year in India I had my most ecstatic time. First off, usually I don't distribute books in Mayapur during the festival, because there's so much going on. But upon seeing so many book distributors this year, I got inspired to distribute.
Interesting: there were so many devotees, so what I found was that I had to look for the people who didn't have beadbags and didn't wear dhotis and kurtas. They had to be wearing pants and shirt and no tilak.
It was pretty easy. I would just ask, " Do you li
“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
Every living being is seeking pleasure.......................Nectarean Mellows
The Supreme Absolute Truth is the embodiment of all pleasure and every living being who is part and parcel of the Supreme Absolute Truth is by nature seeking pleasure. Every living being is seeking pleasure. In human society, the most developed species of life, where there is such discrimination, such power of free will, we see the whole technology and science is oriente
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Human life is distinguished from animal life due to its heavy responsibilities. Those who are cognizant of these responsibilities and who work in that spirit are called suras (godly persons), and those who are neglectful of these responsibilities or who have no information of them are called asuras (demons). Throughout the universe there are only these two types of human being. In the Ṛg Veda it is stated that the suras
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
