Having controlled the senses.We have to control these things, then the special favor will be there. (reading purport) "In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says ‘All the Vedas are searching after Me.' Lord Sri Caitanya says that in the Vedas the subject matters are only three, namely to establish the relation of the living entities with the Personality of Godhead, perform the relative duties in devotional service, and thus achieve the ultimate goal, back to Godhead.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
hk i heard ths prayer in a temple swami mohe na bisario chahe laakh log mil jayen ham se tum ko bahut hain par tum se ham ko nahin diin dayal ko vinatisuno gareeb navaz jo ham daas kudaas hain so hain prabhu teri laaj
HARE CHRISHNA - MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Devotee: Sometimes we have the idea that sadhu-sanga means anyone who is chanting Hare Krishna, performing devotional activities, and following the morning programs very strictly. We say that person is a sadhu. But then there is also a deeper definition of sadhu?
Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja: Sadhu means one who is a manifestation of svarupa-sakti. That is sadhu — one who has developed krsna-prema. The sadhu-mukhya-laksana, the chief symptom of a sadhu, is one who is completely surrendered. That s
Lecture by: Lokanath Swami Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.36
so ‘py etaya caramaya manaso nivrittya
tasmin mahimny avasitah sukha-dukha-bahye
hetutvam apy asati kartari duhkhayor yat
svatman vidhatta upalabdha-paratma-kasthah
SYNONYMS
sah — the yogi; api — moreover; etaya — by this; caramaya — ultimate; manasah — of the mind; nivrittya — by cessation of material reaction; tasmin — in his;mahimni — ultimate glory; avasitah — situated; sukha-duhkha-bahye — outside of happiness and distress; hetutvam — the cause
There was a window of hope for Hungarian Krishna-believers and many other religious organizations when on the 19th of December, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Hungary struck down the restrictive religious law. However, it all evaporated less than two days later.
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the government of India to consider representing the country before the court in Russia to defend the Bhagwad Gita, the holy Hindu scripture which is facing a ban there.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi has also asked the Centre to inform the court about what action it has initiated to monitor the issue on the next date of hearing on January 9, 2012.
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While Uddhava, the c
Srila Prabhupada continued to speak with Satsvarupa dasa Goswami and others about the program at St Paschal's.
"So, the priestly order this morning, they liked it very much."
Cittahari confirmed that they had. He made mention of a priest from another monastery who had attended the lecture and commented to the devotees how he felt that Srila Prabhupada had genuine respect for Jesus.
Prabhupada agreed. "Yes. We must have respect. Respectable person must be respected. This is Caitanya M
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Why so much anxiety? The reason, Prabhupada pointed out
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He explained t
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Thursday, 27 June 1974
The venue for the morning walk was Melbourne's Botanic Gardens. The sun barely shone through the heavy morning mist. Srila Prabhupada, once again well-wrapped against the cold in chaddar, scarf and knitted cap, walked briskly along the tree-lined pathways. Prabhupada occasionally stopped, and as he did so the devotees with him would immediately huddle close to listen. At one such unscheduled pause, Prabhupada explained the reason why there were so many livi
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Duncan McLay: It was a hive of activity at the Hare Krsna shop in Little Lonsdale Street. Devotees were working furiously on the accessories for the chariots for Saturday's Ratha-yatra parade. Some were sewing the colourful canvases, and others were carving life-size polyurethane foam horses. I was helping Dhaumya on the finishing touches of the huge statue of Lor
