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By H H Lokanath Swami – Chant for Change Seminar at Pandharpur
Hare Krishna !! You are all welcome. Pandharpur dham ki jay.
Pandharpur dham is known for chanting. Lot of chanting goes on here. Lot of singing. Varkaris (walking pilgrims) also sing. Gaudiya vaishnavas also sing. Prabhupada writes in the purport. They chant, they dance and they chant and they dance along with mridangas (drums), and kartalas (hand cymbals). Prabhupada compares like this the Caitanya Caritamrita. There is a descripti
62nd Vyasa Puja of HH Lokanath Swami -11th July, 2011.
How many Hindi speaking people are there? O quite a lot! How many do not know Marathi? So what should we do? (Chorus of Hindi!) The Marathi people have kept quiet?
I was thinking that today I have to only hear and not speak, then Ishtadev prabhu reminded me that I need to speak as well.
Today is my own birthday so what should I say? For you the topic is…no the topic is not Hindi! (responding to a prabhu’s call of Hindi from the audience)
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Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s,
All glories to Srila Prabhupad.
Dandvat Pranam,
I have a daily KC mails group in which I send daily KC mails (Pastimes of Lord Krishna, Stories, Previous Acaryas Quotes etc.)to so many devotees if you want to receive the mails simply mail me on sachin.kguptaa@gmail.com with subject "add me" so I can added you in my group & send you daily KC mails.
One more thing i have a daily SMS group also which i send daily SMS(Previous Acaryas's Quotes, BG Quot
Therefore, that is the mission of every devotee. Just like Arjuna is asking herewith. He knows everything. He is Krsna's friend, personal friend. He is always living wi
come to such a level of gratitude that we can just say, "Thank you Lord for allowing me to be sick and giving me this opportunity to read more. Thank
you for this opportunity to be more introspective. Thank you for giving me this chance to appreciate health and use it more efficiently when I have
it." When someone criticizes us, we can thank them for helpi
But in fact they are like the shadow, and Krishna’s activities are the original and pure. These are not real relationships. These are a play, a kind of toy
Question: Why Chanting Does Not Make Me Happy? |
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Hare Krishna Maharaja, |
Krsna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance
Sri Badarayani said: Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.
The moon then rose, anointing the face of the eastern horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays, and thus dispelling the pain of all who watched him rise. The moon was like a bel
An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, 'Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bhagavad Gita do?' The Grandfather quietly turned
tasya prapannakhila-lokapanam
avasthitanam anusasane sve
arthaya jatasya yadusv ajasya
vartam sakhe kirtaya tirtha-kirteh
tasya -- His; prapanna -- surrendered; akhila-loka-panam -- all rulers of the entire universe; avasthitanam -- situated in; anusasane -- under the control of; sve -- own self; arthaya -- for the interest of; jatasya -- of the born; yadusu -- in the family of the Yadus; ajasya -- of the unborn; vartam -- topics; sakhe -- O my friend; ki
Krishna's friends were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when they woke up and Krishna returned before them, they considered that only a moment had passed.
Prabhupada further explained by citing yet another example -- that of Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers at a gateway to Vaikuntha, who once refused entrance to the four great sages, the Kumaras, and were subsequently cursed by them to fall to the material world:
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1. Preparations are made according to the instructions in the "Sri Srimurti Puja" booklet, published by ISKCON Los Angeles
2. The couple should wear newly bought clothes.
3. Sankirtana
4. The bride sits to the right of the groom. Garlands are offered to the priest and couple after they have been touched to the Deities' feet. Incense is lit and placed around the spot where the sacrificial fire is to be lit.
5. The priest says th
IT is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor, children nor learning. If it be That will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love you without the hope of reward--'love'' unselfishly for love's sake.
By: Swami Vivekananda
Respected Devotees,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.
As a part of the “Heal the World” Project, Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation is planning to organize a Newspaper Collection Drive, in order to discourage the use of Plastic bags and promote the use of newspaper bags which is both ecofriendly and also economical. Plastic bags are a great threat to the environment in various ways, also known to be th
Respected Devotees,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.
As a part of the “Heal the World” Project, Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation is planning to organize a Newspaper Collection Drive, in order to discourage the use of Plastic bags and promote the use of newspaper bags which is both ecofriendly and also economical. Plastic bags are a great threat to the environment in various ways, also known to be th
The southern-most city on the African continent and famous for landmarks such as the confluence point of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, Table Mountain and Robben Island, Cape Town is also home to Sri Sri Nitai Mayapurchandra, the presiding Deities of a cosmopolitan temple/preaching centre. Maharaja arrived here late on Friday afternoon and immediately attended a house program.
The evening began with an energetic, hour-long bhajana session. The theme of FAITH dominated the class that followed and
"8TH MEDITERRANEAN TRAVELING "FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2011"
Hare Krishna PAMHO AGTSP
Greetings to you all,
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Perfect Friendship:
“In an ideal spiritual society, one no doubt does have millions of friends, but deep, spiritual friendship requires spiritual maturity.
For a lasting friendship, friends must have a common goal, a common object of love.
If our friendship is founded on pleasing Krishna without material considerations, there is hope of achieving an absolute and perfect friendship.”
[Rohininandana das, Back to Godhead magazine #24, 1989]