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Question to Radhanath Swami :How can one be happy regardless of external situations?

Radhanath Swami narrates from the Vedic Text, Srimad Bhagavatam

The Srimad Bhagavatam speaks of a great king named Yadu. Once when he was travelling through a forest he saw an Avdhut, a person who apparently was a social outcaste. He was laying in the forest like a python. From a material and from a social consideration, he was a failure. But Yadu, being a religious man, could see the person was bright faced and h

Tamal Krishna Goswami has served on ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since its inception in 1970. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life (sannyasa) from his spiritual master, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Jaipur, India. He served as ISKCON's first GBC Secretary for India from 1970-74.

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So if we become Krsna conscious, there cannot be any darkness. There cannot be any ignorance. There cannot be any sinful life. Everything bright, everything peaceful. Therefore we must take to Krsna consciousness if we want to save from the clutches of maya.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Appointment with Krishna 12/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

During his recent visit to Abu Dhabi, our beloved Guru Maharaja gave a very enlightening and practical explanation on the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam 8.3.1:

sri-baadaraayanir uvaaca
evam vyavasito buddhyaa
samaadhaaya mano hrdi
jajaapa paramam jaapyam
praag-janmany anusiksitam

"Thereafter, the King of the elephants, Gajendra, fixed his min

Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971:

Prabhupāda: ...of Brahman. You are also Brahman. So your manifestation and Lord Śiva's manifestation is not the same. So there are different grades of manifestation. We have to know that. Although the thing is one but there are different manifestation, not that because everything is one, that everyone is the same. No. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Haṁsadūta: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda just gave a wonderful example which I will repeat. He said that everything is one

The nature is so kind that in whichever way you want to enjoy this material world, she will give you a suitable body under the direction of the Lord. Because Lord is situated everyone's heart. So He knows everything, that you still want something material. He will give you. "Yes, you take it." Krsna wants that you get full experience that by material gain, you'll never be happy. This is Krsna's business. It's full freedom. Although we have got minute quantity of freedom, because we are part and

Appointment with Krishna 11/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

We are always wondering as to why we are not making any progress in our spiritual life and we are expert at blaming so many things and people around us for all the impediments we face in devotional service. Maharaja completely thrashed this idea and made us understand that our devotional service is not advancing because we do not have Bhakti as our

Hare Krishna dear devotees,

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So this is the lack of knowledge at the present moment. We do not take instruction from the jagad-guru, Krsna, and still, we are M.A., Ph.D., "Doctor Frog." So this will not help. This will not help. He must know that this maya... Just like a police. Police business is to give trouble to the criminal so that he can understand that "Government is most powerful. I cannot violate the rules and regulations of the government." This is police business. If you follow, if you obey the government's rules

Appointment with Krishna 10/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

Srila Prabhupada writes in CC Madhya Lila 20.117 that we have forgotten our relationship with the Lord from time immemorial ("anaadi bahir mukha") because of the influence of material nature for so many years and it is really very difficult to revive our eternal relationship with Him. But this revival is easily possible just by keeping in touch wit

Appointment with Krishna 9/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

As His Grace Devakinandan Prabhuji said, what is coming out of Srila Gurudev's lotus mouth is not knowledge, but realization. This needs to be sunk into our polluted heart and thereby some cleaning is possible for us in this life time. As I was astounded by our loving Gurudev’s transcendental activities and in a bit of over enthusiasm I enquired him

LYRICS:

(1)
'gaurāńga' bolite habe pulaka-śarīra
'hari hari' bolite nayane ba' be nīra

(2)
āra kabe nitāi-cānder koruṇā hoibe
saḿsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha'be

(3)
viṣaya chāriyā kabe śuddha ha 'be mana
kabe hāma herabo śrī-bṛndābana

(4)
rūpa-raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti
kabe hāma bujhabo se jugala-pīriti

(5)
rūpa-raghunātha-pade rahu mora āśa
prārthanā koroye sadā narottama-dāsa

TRANSLATION

1) When will that opportune moment come to us when there will be shivering of the body as soon as we chant Lord Ga

Fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi


Vijaya Ekadasi
Yudhisthira Maharaj said, "Oh Lord Sri Krishna, O glorious son of Vasudeva,
please be merciful to me and describe the EkAdasii that occurs during the
dark fortnight of the month of PhAlguna (February-March)"

Lord Sri Krishna replied, "Oh Yudhisthira, Oh king of kings, gladly I shall
tell you about this great fast, known as VijayA EkAdasii. Whoever observes
it certainly achieves success in this life and the next. All the sins of one
who fasts on this EkAdasii and

So Krsna is jagad-guru. He is the original teacher. That teacher is teaching personally in the Bhagavad-gita, and we rascals, we do not take the lesson. Just see. Therefore we are mudhas. Anyone who is unfit to take the lessons given by the jagad-guru, he is mudha. Therefore our test tube is: if one does not know Krsna, if one does not know how to follow Bhagavad-gita, we immediately take him as a rascal. That's all. Never mind he... He may be prime minister, he may be high court judge.

By H.D.G

Appointment with Krishna 8/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

We are all tested when we have to face the reverses. Otherwise we have the tendency to come and hear the discourses also for enjoyment. But the discourses are not for sense gratification but they are meant to force us to reduce our sense gratification. They help us to become immune to any tragedy we are bound to see. Maharaja made it very very clear