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10,000 enemy soldiers poised--The King ordered kirtan.
from a lecture by HH Jayapataka Swami, Los Angeles April 17, 2010
There's the deity at Bankura in Bishnupur established by Srinivas Acharya. He is different than Srivas Thakur. After Jiva Goswami he was the next to protect the sampradaya.
About 300 years after Lord Caitanya there was one atheistic so called pandit. He was called Bhaskara Pandit.
At that time the Moghul ruler was a bit weaker. He amassed an army and he was attacking different
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Why Lord Krishna is the authority we must turn to for faultless answers to the questions of life?
A lecture given in Bombay on March 21, 1974 by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
sri-bhagavan uvaca
imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam
vivasvan manave praha manur iksvakave 'bravit
The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, s
A person can be completely engaged in Krsna consciousness business if he is completely sinless. Of course, by becoming Krsna conscious, even there is little tinge of sin, it is evaded gradually. But one should be very alert. It is not that "Because I am Krsna conscious, and by becoming Krsna conscious or chanting Hare Krsna mantra, I am getting out of the jurisdiction of sinful activities..." This should never be thought of. We should be very much alert, because maya is very strong. As soon as s
EKADASI or Ekadashi - Eleventh day of the Hindu Lunar Month. In every fortnight, there comes an Ekadashi. Jyeshta Shukla Ekadashi, which is called Nirjala or Bhimsaini Ekadashi is more auspicious and fruitful for good health, longevity, social comfort and salvation. Nirjala = Nir + Jala means Fasting without Water. Lord Vishnu is worshipped on this day. A metal utensil or Earthen pot filled with water covered by a white cloth and fruits are donated to a vedic scholar. Nirjala Ekadasi Story: Once
!! Radhey radhey !!EK BHAKT MAYI
Ek baar jagnnath puri mandir me jagnnath ji ke darshano ke liye badi bheed thi,mandir me pair rakhne ki jagah bhi na thi,
Ki tabhi chaitanya mahaprabhu ne mandir me pravesh kiya, mandir me bahkto ki bhed dekh ke wo mandir ke garud stambh ke sath khade ho gaye, jab kapat khule tab etni bhed hone ki wajah se darshan thik se nahi ho pa rahe the ki tabhi ek virdh aurat joki mahaprabhu ke thik peeche khadi thi wo mahaprabhu ke kandhe pe pair rakhte huye unke upar chad g
Yoga Maya and Maha Maya
by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Gosvami Maharaja
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written of the principle of energy. The three modes of material nature is material energy called 'Maha-Maya and is responsible fore the material activities like creation and destruction. As long as the living entity is engrossed in sense gratification; till then he comes under this influence of illusory energy. He is able to escape from this abominable material energy only on reali
The Blue Mountain Children's wonderland at the Durban Festival of Chariots this Easter weekend
Dear Devotees ,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Please check out this really wonderful project we are undertaking at the Durban (South Africa) Festival of Chariots this Easter weekend. Please shower your blessings upon us so that we might please Lord Jagannatha, Srila Prabhupada, and all the assembled children!
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
A person was advised by a holy man to gift a vegetable a day and told that he would attain great merit by doing so.
The poor man strictly followed the advice. After death, he was reborn in a royal family and grew up to become a king. He was able to recall what he had done in his past birth. So, he continued to gift a vegetable a day.
Surprisingly, after death, he was reborn as a beggar. The man was unable to comprehend t
So there are different classes of men, crow society and swan society. The swan society is different from the crow society. How you can make equal? The people are making, try to make classless society. It is not possible to make classless society because every living entity is being controlled by a different quality. So the qualitative distinction must be there. You cannot make them classless. It is all imagination. The crow class, the swan class, the pigeon class, the dog class, even in the anim
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Barbarika (Belarsen) and his dialog with Krishna
The legend begins with the Mahābhārata. Barbarika was a grandson of Bhima, Second of the Pandava brothers. He was the son of Ghatotkacha (who in turn was son of Bhima) and Kamkantkata Ma Morwi . Even in his childhood, Barbarika was a very brave warrior. He learnt the art of warfare from his mother. God Shiva, pleased with him, gave him the three infallible arrows (Teen Baan
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In order to become a devotee of Krishna we must associate with devotees — satam prasangan mama virya-samvidah [associating with pure devotees through discussions of Krishna's wonderful activities] [Bhag. 3.25.25]. If there is some piety in ones background then one will come in contact with a devotee. By mixing, associating with a devotee, our knowledge about salvation
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Once a warrior asked a monk: "What is the difference between heaven and hell?"
The monk replied: "You ignorant brute, you are nothing but a savage. Why would I waste my time on you?"
Filled with anger and hatred, the warrior started beating the monk.
After a few minutes, the warrior realised what a heinous act he was committing and stopped.
The monk smiled and said: "That fit of anger is hell".
The warrior was so ashamed of h
Krishna Consciousness !
Once a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada that what is required for me to become Krishna Conscious?
Srila Prabhupada gave one word answer, desire.
That is what required to become Krishna conscious.
Everything is based on our desire. Even when we chant the holy names, Krishna responds according to our desire. When we are reading Shrimad Bhagvatam, Bhagvad Gita, Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Krishna reveals the essence of these messages according to our desire. By associating with
Radhey Radhey...
O'er the neue Jahr weekend maid, me and mom landed in Vrindavan. I'd been wanting to go there a while, and it was strange that in all these years in Delhi, I never had. The first sight, isn't pretty. There are animals all around like the cows and pigs you see in India, blocking traffic, jumping from one open drain to another, feeding on food from open garbage dumps- which are visible in every galli and kucha. And that's not pretty, you could call me snobbish, but seriously.
We b
hough the issue of freedom has long since revolved around government’s restriction of it, the real yearning for liberty comes from within the spirit soul, who cannot even act out its natural propensity when residing within a large body and having a giant field to run on. Only through the proper outlets is the natural love found within the heart allowed to be set free, to run in every which direction without exhaustion. For a soul constantly in touch with the divine consciousness, a liberated ind
Prabhupada: ...He was traveling in South India. He saw one brahmana reading Bhagavad-gita. And persons who knew him, that "That man was illiterate," it was not possible for him to read Bhagavad-gita... But still, he was trying to read it, and crying also. So while others were criticizing, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to him, "Brahmana, what you are reading?" So he could understand that "This person, He's not come here to criticize me. He's serious." So he talked seriously, "Sir, I am reading Bhagav
Bhakti Caru Swami learns Sanskrit
Once I [Bhakti Caru Swami] expressed a desire to learn Sanskrit to Srila Prabhupada. But Srila Prabhupada discouraged me asking, "Why you want to learn Sanskrit?" I gave him various reasons but Srila Prabhupada said, "No, there is no need to learn Sanskrit." But then he finally said, "You read my books and you will learn Sanskrit." But then he elaborated, "What is the point in learning Sanskrit? There are so many Sanskrit scholars but what are they doing? They ar
Posted: 26 May 2012 09:41 PM PDT
“Do you think you’ll have peace just because there’s no war?” Prabhupada asked at one lecture. “How can you ever have peace as long as there’s birth, old age, disease, and death?” From “Vrindaban Days” by Hayagriva Prabhu
