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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.37

TEXT 37
 
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ
jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya
yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
hataḥ—being killed; vā—either; prāpsyasi—you gain; svargam—the heavenly kingdom; jitvā—by conquering; vā—or; bhokṣyase—you enjoy; mahīm—the world; tasmāt—therefore; uttiṣṭha—get up; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; yuddhāya—to fight; kṛta—determination; niścayaḥ—uncertainty.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O son of Kuntī, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will c
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Thought Of The Day

So this is the profit of Krsna conscious person. Krsna is so attractive that if anyone only once has fully applied his mind in thinking of Krsna and surrendering, then he becomes immediately saved from all miserable condition of this material life. So that is our perfection of life. Somehow or other, we surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna. So here it is stressed, sakrt. Sakrt means "only once." So if so much profit is there simply once thinking of Krsna, then we can imagine, those who are alway

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad . . . .
Holy Invitation
Dear Friends .... Namaste ......!!

If you ever wanted to be truly happy all by yourself without depending on money, friends
And social slaveries then this holy invitation is for YOU.

Welcome To Celebrate ‘’ The Festival Of Oneness With The Universe ‘’ In Incredible Electrodynamic Field Of Spiritual Wizards ,

Month Long Sacred Vacationing In The Greatest Of All Powerspots Mahakumbh Mela 2013….. January 14th - To

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Bhagavad-gita As It - Bg. 2.36

TEXT 36
 
avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn
vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ
tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim
 
SYNONYMS
 
avācya—unkind; vādān—fabricated words; ca—also; bahūn—many; vadiṣyanti—will say; tava—your; ahitāḥ—enemies; nindantaḥ—while vilifying; tava—your; sāmarthyam—ability; tataḥ—thereafter; duḥkhataram—more painful; nu—of course; kim—what is there.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Kṛṣṇa was as
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Thought Of The Day

So we have to understand that what is the aim of life. Aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead. Unless we understand this, our life is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah [SB 7.5.31]. We are trying to be happy in this place of miserable condition, manufacturing so many ways of life. In the modern age they are thinking that "If we have got a very nice car and nice residential quarter and nice wife..." Oh, people also do not care now for wife an
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What is a Goswami?

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

IN THE PRESENT material world people are interested in understanding the atma (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Medical science, physiology and biology are concerned with the body, and psychology is concerned with the mind, with thinking, feeling and willing. Unfortunately, however, no one is studying the deepest meaning of atma-that

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Religion – Material and Spiritual

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In 1971 Srila Prabhupada lectured at a series of Krsna conscious festivals held in a huge pandal, or exhibition tent, in downtown Delhi, India. This is one lecture from that series.

Srila Prabhupada

According to our Vedic system, there are two kinds of religion. First we must try to understand what religion is. Religion refers to our constitutional position. Religion is different from

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Song of the Soul

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Song of the Soul

Heartly Dedicated to:

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Founder Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness

&

My dear spiritual master His Holiness Mahavisnu Swami Maharaj

Singer: Nirdosh Nitai Das (Nirmal sapkota)

It's really Song of the Soul, not the body.

The world's famous chanting of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and other super new melodies professionally recorded by expert musicians.

Tracks

1. Hare Krishna (Separation) listen 1 listen 2

2. Jaya Radha Madha

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Yogindra Gets A Second Chance to Distribute Books

Nectar of Instruction


For several months, I had practically given up distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and even feeling connected to the spirit of sharing Krsna consciousness.

Nothing prevented me from going out on books I just lost my enthusiasm. Usually, I would go alone, which probably had something to do with it.

This is the one thing that definitely changed, having left the association of fellow monks, whose enthusiasm kept me bound to the spirited sharing of Kr

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Placing Our Love in 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 September 1968

at the Hare Krsna temple in Seattle.

Lord Krsna

Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami. Our program is to worship Govinda, the original person, with love and devotion. This is Krsna consciousness. We are teaching people to love Krsna. That's all. Our program is to direct your love toward the proper place. Everyone wants to love, but they're being fru

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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).

Lord Krishna

S

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How to See and Know God

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 October 1968, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, at the Hare Krsna center in Seattle.

We are worshiping Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. And this song we were just singing govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami is reaching Him. He's hearing it. You cannot say He's not hearing it. Espec

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.35

TEXT 35

bhayād raṇād uparataṁ

maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ

yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato

bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
 
SYNONYMS
 
bhayāt—out of fear; raṇāt—from the battlefield; uparatam—ceased; maṁsyante—will consider; tvām—unto you; mahā-rathāḥ—the great generals; yeṣām—of those who; ca—also; tvam—you; bahu-mataḥ—in great estimation; bhūtvā—will become; yāsyasi—will go; lāghavam—decreased in value.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlef
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Thought Of The Day

Therefore the greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'... Because they are in ignorance, nobody can give them knowledge, neither they can take. Therefore in the human society there is institution for giving knowledge. That is the greatest contribution. And that knowledge, the supreme knowledge, is there in the Vedas. Vedais ca sarvaih. And all the Vedas ascertain that one should know what i

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Service or Slavery – The Choice Is Yours

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture given in September 1968 

At the Hare Krsna center in Seattle.

In this material world, everyone is trying to search out happiness and get relief from misery. There are three kinds of miseries caused by our material condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika. Adhyatmika miseries are those caused by the body and mind themselves. For example, when ther

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The Final Point for the Bubble of Illusion

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An explanation of a song
by the great spiritual teacher Narottama dasa Thakura,
some fourteen years ago in the Los Angeles Hare Krsna center.

Narottama dasa Thakura, who has written this song, is a famous acarya [spiritual master], and his compositions are accepted as Vedic truth. In this song he represents himself as a common man, as one of us. He laments, appealing to

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Krsna’s Blessings In the Chanting of His Name

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Hare Krsna movement has just arrived in Great Britain. And a gathering
of Londoners interested in the movement listens to this message recorded for them

Ladies and gentlemen: Please accept my greetings for the happy new year of 1969. and please accept the blessings of Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for your kindly participating in this happy meetin

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Vedic Temples: Making Them More Effective

 The best way to protect, preserve, promote, and perpetuate Vedic Dharma is through the temples. Imparting the universal spiritual truths as found in Sanatana-dharma, the Vedic traditions, is like spreading a cultural and spiritual revolution. And the center of that cultural revolution is the Vedic temples. The temples are the main facility to preserve this spiritual heritage and also to disseminate it through what temples provide for people to participate. This is also important for handing it

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Chapter 2 BG

The first chapter is better named "Arjuna Geetha" rather than Krishna Geetha. Overcome by sorrow and delusion, Arjuna turns from war and keeps aside his weapons; he is dejected in his chariot, halted between the two opposing forces; he turns this way and that, puzzled and perturbed; he surveys the faces of his kith and kin; he is overcome by pity; his famous bow slips from his grasp, he is too weak to stand or even sit; his mind wanders into the dictates of the Purva Mimaamsa school of thought.

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BG Jayanthi

To understand the meaning of the Geetha, the reverential approach is necessary. You must take up its study in an attitude of submission and expectancy. For the Geetha is the "milk" of the Upanishads, "drawn" by the cowherd Krishna with the help of Arjuna, "the calf", for all the "dull-witted" to drink and draw sustenance from. There are some who argue that the Geetha as a sacred poem was a creation later than the Mahabharatha, of which it is a part; but whatever may be said of the composition of

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