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“pada-samvahanam”  is called “pada-samvahanam,” massaging the feet.

Kecit tasya mahatmanah apare hata-papmano vyajanaih samavajayan (S.B 10.15.17)

They make fanning, “vyajanaih,” take some leaves, make little fan, (Maharaj is asking the audience looking at the painting of Krishna, Balaram and cowherd boys is someone fanning there? Must be, otherwise, this painting is incomplete). They fan Krishna.

anye tad-anurapanih manojnani mahatmanah gayanti sma maha-raja (S.B 10.15.18)

Some sing, glorifying, ye

vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam
jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah
sarvam apimam prthivim sa sisyat

Translation:  A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.

The six agents of sense gratification are

1. the tongue,
2. the genitals,
3. the belly,
4. anger, the
5. mind and
6. words.

Glorification of Srila Prabhupada

Here is a very grave and deep realization on Srila Prabhupada from the pages of H. H. Mahavishnu Maharaj’s diary.

Pure devotion acknowledges no technique while humility and absolute surrender are the stage on which the drama of divine love is eternally performed. His Divine Grace had such humility, such surrender, although he was at the same time often very demanding, insisting on high standard from his d

I watched as the father broke the news to his daughter. The alliance for her marriage had been rejected yet again. I observed dispassionately as she ran into her room and flung herself on the bed, sobbing bitterly. She was doomed to suffer that way. After all, she had committed one of the most abominable sins for a young girl.

She had been born with a dark complexion.

Enter Fairy Godmother. She compassionately assured the girl that all was not yet lost. She bestowed upon her, the blessing of the m

Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.62 Lecture
August 29, 1975, Vrindavana

Prabhupada:

stambhayann atmanatmanam
yavat sattvam yatha-shrutam
na shashaka samadhatum
mano madana-vepitam
[SB 6.1.62]

So his mind became very much agitated, young man, and he is seeing in his front that another young man and woman embracing and kissing. It is very difficult to restrain. Unless one is very advanced, it is not possible. That I was reciting, the verse by Yamunacarya, yadavadhi mama cettah padaravinde, krshna-padaravinde nava-na

The Krsna consciousness movement is not for the wretched, unfortunate class of men. No. It is meant for the most fortunate man. Anyone who has taken to Krsna consciousness, he is to be considered as the most fortunate man because he has got the line of action how his life will be perfect.

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

Sanskrit Is The Mother of All Languages

(Please visit http://mvg.ctfm.org to hear lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

Maharaj gave some interesting findings of how many modern languages like English were transformed from Sanskrit.

* The word Fever comes from the Sanskrit word jvara which was initially used as jever which means “an abnormal temperature”.

* The word Dyspepsia (bad digestion) comes from dushpacanashaya.

* The word Know comes from jna.

* The word Muscle comes from mousal.

* The wor

A NASA article on Sanskrit

Modern scientists hail the ancient language of the gods as the only unambiguous natural language on the planet
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This interesting article refers to a NASA article

on Sanskrit in AI(Artificial Intelligence) Magazine
in Spring of 1985 written by NASA researcher, Rick Briggs.

In ancient India the intention to discover truth was so consuming, t

Reading Sanskrit

Improves Brain Functioning
by Brynne Sissom

(Please visit http://mvg.ctfm.org to hear lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

The physiological effects of reading Sanskrit are similar to those experienced during the Transcendental Meditation® technique, according to research recently completed by Dr. Fred Travis, director of the ERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.

Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passages from the Bhagav

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People are affected with three kinds of material qualities: goodness, passion and ignorance. Generally, they are affected by the lower two qualities -- ignorance and passion. Rajas-tamah. How do we know that "This man is in the modes of goodness and this man is in the modes of passion and this man is in the modes of ignorance"? How do we know? By the symptoms. By the symptoms. When one is affected by the lower qualities, rajas-tamah, passion and ignorance, his symptoms are that he is very greedy

Golden Moon Poetry Contest

On behalf of the BBT, the Bhakti Writer Community is sponsoring a poetry competition. Submit a poem by March 7 to win an Amazon.com gift card. 

The great golden dancer, Lord Chaitanya and his brother Lord Nityananda are sublime subjects for poetry and prose. Let's celebrate their appearance days by publishing poetry in their praise. 

The first place winner will receive a 25 dollar gift card to Amazon.com.

All participants' poetry will be published on the site and the  firs

So He is within and without. Simply we have to purify our eyes to see Him. That's all. You can see God without and within, but you cannot see with these eyes. These materially contaminated eyes or materially contaminated senses, you cannot understand by these senses. But God can be perceived, can be seen, by these senses, by these eyes, when you purify it. That purificatory process is Krsna consciousness.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada