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Later that morning, Srila Prabhupada conducted an initiation ceremony in the temple room. He had already sanctified his relationship with his new disciples around the fire at the temple inauguration. Now he was formalising that relationship.

Nineteen devotees were to receive initiation. Prabhupada sat on his vyasasana, and as Madhudvisa called their names, those receiving first initiation came up one by one, offered prostrated obeisances on the marble floor, and stood to receiv

The morning walk in the Botanic Gardens was spiced with lively questions and answers. Hari-sauri cited a recent newspaper article advertising a new book on the evolution of man. The book claimed that there were approximately two million varieties of life on the planet. Prabhupada did not agree. "Two millions? No. Eight million, four hundred thousand."

Amogha wondered whether the 400,000 species of human beings mentioned in the Padma Purana were calculated according to na

After the evening program, a feast was served in "Parampara Hall". One of the items cooked -- apple crumble -- had become the centre of an on-going controversy. Apple crumble consisted of a layer of thinly sliced apples sprinkled with cinnamon and raisins, topped with a mixture of oats and brown sugar combined with melted butter. The whole thing was baked until the apples were soft and the topping crisp and golden. It was the oats that were the object of critical scrutiny. Some d

At night, before another full audience, Srila Prabhupada continued to discuss the plight of the great Maharaja Pariksit. The Emperor had been cursed to die. Now he had to make preparations for that final important event -- death.

The human form, Prabhupada explained, was a unique opportunity to understand death and the change of body. In all other species that facility was absent; only after passing through at least 8,000,000 species did one come to the valuable human birth. Still,

As was usual with most teachers of his discipline, Professor Ferrel, although respectful and friendly, thought that one should have a liberal and "well-rounded" point of view, when it came to understanding "Indian philosophy". He wondered why the devotees only accepted the conclusion of Lord Caitanya, and didn't study other books. "My point is," he said, "that there are other texts, other Gitas."

Prabhupada was frank. "No, that is not authorised. Therefore we say specifically

In the afternoon, Srila Prabhupada met with Professor Don Ferrel from La Trobe University's Department of Modern Indian History. Originally from America, Professor Ferrel had invited devotees there to address some of his classes while he was still in the US, and had, over the years, collected a number of Srila Prabhupada's books.

When Amogha reminded Prabhupada that La Trobe was the campus where students had disrupted his lecture the previous year, Prabhupada was characterist

Actually, Krsna does not want you to do anything else except to become Krsna conscious. That is Krsna's desire. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. That is His desire. People say foolishly, "What is the desire of God?" And here is the the desire of God. Openly it is said that "You give up all other occupations. Simply take to this occupation, how to become a devotee." Man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. That is Krsna's desire. But we shall not do that thing. We shall do everythi

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How is Krishna the greatest scientist? Because He knows everything. Science means to know the thing correctly. A scientist is one who knows a subject matter thoroughly. Krishna knows everything. If I say that heat is the energy of Krishna, you cannot deny it, because it is not your energy. In your body there is some certain amount of heat. Similarly, heat is someone's energy. And who is that person? That is Krishna. Kri

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The scientific community is given credit for bringing the civilization to the modern technological advanced age, conveniently labeling the history as dark ages. There was a rapid development in scientific community in terms of discoveries and inventions which led to Industrial Revolution. This revolution changed the face of the earth as we see it.

This advent of revolution was manifested in the form of consumerism. The fa

So Krsna has got two kinds of existence: prakata and aprakata. Prakata means when you see Krsna personally. When Krsna is present on this planet, everyone can see Krsna. And actually, everyone saw. But only the devotees could understand that "Here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." So that is called prakata, "physically present." And there is another phase, which is called aprakata, "not physically present." But that does not mean Krsna is dead or God is dead. That does not mean. Prakata or

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मधुवन की लताओं में घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं ! घनघोर
घटाओं में घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं !!
यमुना का किनारा हो , निर्मल जल धरा हो !
वहां झुला झुलाते हुए घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं !! जागृत
की अवस्था में, तुम सामने हो मेरे ! सो जाऊ
तो सपनों में घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं !! वृन्दावन
की गल्लियाँ हो, संग चंचल सखियाँ हो! वहां रास
रचाते हुए घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं !! टेढे हो खड़े मोहन,
टेढा है मुकुट तेरा ! अधरों पे धरे मुरली घनश्याम
तुम्हें देखूं !! मधुवन की लताओं में घनश्याम तुम्हें देखूं !
घनघोर घटाओं में घनश्याम तुम्

हरि नाम रस क्या है? जब हम भजन में गहरे उतरते
हैं, ध्यान में परमात्मा के गुणगान में जब
समूची इंद्रिया पूरी तरह डूब जाती है तब
हरि नाम रस के उत्पत्ति होती है. इसके बाद
संसार के विषय आकर्षित नहीं करते. मन भगवान
के चरणविन्द में अधिक लगने लगता है.
इस हरिनाम रस को पाना चाहते
हो तो सभी को सुख प्रदान करो, आनंद प्रदान
करो. यदि दिल में अशांति है
तो समझाना चाहिये की हमने ठीक तरह से
भगवान के चरणों का सहारा नहीं लिया,
क्योकि भगवत-शरणागति ही सब समस्याओं
का समाधान व सब क्लेशो का निवारण करने
की रामबाण औषधि है.

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A very interesting story , A Swamiji,

before he retired from service and took Sannyasa, was known as Mr. Rao and was in the army where his job was to train typists. This was in the pre-Independence days when India was ruled by the British. One of the students in Mr. Rao's class was a young Englishman named Thomas who continued to type badly despite all possible coaching. One day Mr. Rao got tired of him and asked him a st

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Question: Why it seems that when the soul comes into contact with material nature it becomes contaminated?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Question: What is the nature of our relationship with God?

Guru Maharaj's itinerary in Southern California (Updated)

HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja's itinerary and Seminar on Krishna's Dvaraka Pastimes  (Updated)

Monday, May 7 - arrival into LAX at 4:30pm from Honolulu, Hawaii via Hawaiian Airlines flight HA10

Friday, May 11 - Initiation ceremony at Panihati temple, Laguna Beach at 6:30 PM- we will try to stream it live
Temple address ISKCON Laguna Temple 285 Legion St., Laguna Beach, CA 92651 www.lagunatemple.com

 

Seminar on Krishna's Dvaraka Pastimes

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Ratha Yatra in Rijeka, Croatia

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are happy to inform you that our 10th jubilee Ratha-yatra festival in Rijeka, Croatia, will be taking place on Saturday, 9th of June.

The procession will proceed by the already established route: from the fountain on Jelachich trg (square) by way of whole Korzo to the fountain on Jadranski trg (in front of Erste Bank); and going back to Radio Rijeka on Korzo – to the locat