Two weeks after the first initiation I heard that Prabhupada was holding another initiation. I decided that this time I would not miss out. Prabhupada was going to hold the second initiation on September 23, 1966, on the appearance day of Radharani, Krsna's eternal consort. A week before that date, I went to Prabhupada's apartment and asked him if I could be initiated. "You know you'll have to be a strict vegetarian," Srila Prabhupada said.
"Oh," I replied, "I already am." Then Srila Prabhupada
Verse 60
agre samagrayati kâm-api keli-laxmi-
manyasu dikshmu-api vilochanam-eva sâkshi,
hâ hanta hasta-patha-duram-aho kimetad,
âshâ-kishoram-aya-amba jagat-trayam me.60.
Translation
Sri Krishna is performing such amazing love-sports in front of me! I can see such beautiful scenes all around me! My eyes are the very witnesses. Alas! Alas! I am trying to catch Him, but He is moving away. Oooh mummy! What is this! The whole universe has taken the form of the divine Kishor! 60.
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rila Kavirâj Goswâ
agre samagrayati kâm-api keli-laxmi-
manyasu dikshmu-api vilochanam-eva sâkshi,
hâ hanta hasta-patha-duram-aho kimetad,
âshâ-kishoram-aya-amba jagat-trayam me.60.
Translation
Sri Krishna is performing such amazing love-sports in front of me! I can see such beautiful scenes all around me! My eyes are the very witnesses. Alas! Alas! I am trying to catch Him, but He is moving away. Oooh mummy! What is this! The whole universe has taken the form of the divine Kishor! 60.
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rila Kavirâj Goswâmipâd sa
Verse 58
pâdau vâda vânirjita-ambuja-vânau padma-laya-lambitau,
pâni venu-vinodana-pranayinau paryâpta-shilpa-shriyau,
bahu dohada-bhajanam mriga-drishâm mâdhurya-dhârâ-kirau,
vaktram vâgvishayabhi-langhitam-aho bâlang kim-etân-mahah.58.
Translation
Aho! His feet vanquish the pride of a lotus-forest and so Padmâlaya-kamalâ has taken His shelter. His lotus-hands holding the flute are experts in casting a spell. As also in all other arts, His arms shower sweetness and thus ful
Adhi Shankaracharya wrote a number of vedantic works for imparting knowledge of the self and the universal spirit. He also composed a number of hymns to foster Bhakthi in the hearts of men. One of these hymns is the famous Bhaja govindam.
The way of devotion, is not different from the way of knowledge
Verse 101
galad-breedâ lolâ madana-vinatâ gopa-vanitâ
mada-speetam veetang kimapi madhurâ châpaladhurâ,
samujjantâ gumphâ madhurimakirâm mâdrisha-girân
twayi sthâne yâte dadhati chapalan janmasafalam.101.
Translation
Your love made the Gopa-vadhus lose their shame; it agitated their hearts and made them humble. When they got You with Your surging youth they considered their lives worthy. In the same manner, today my sweet poetic words have obtained Your shelte
Verse 101
galad-breedâ lolâ madana-vinatâ gopa-vanitâ
mada-speetam veetang kimapi madhurâ châpaladhurâ,
samujjantâ gumphâ madhurimakirâm mâdrisha-girân
twayi sthâne yâte dadhati chapalan janmasafalam.101.
Translation
Your love made the Gopa-vadhus lose their shame; it agitated their hearts and made them humble. When they got You with Your surging youth they considered their lives worthy. In the same manner, today my sweet poetic words have obtained Your shelte
Why does Sri Lilâshuk call Sri Krishna ‘emerald-like’ although He has a blue complexion?
When Murali-Manohar encounters the Vraja Gopis, their golden splendour mingles with His blue sapphire-like complexion and makes Him look like an emerald. E.g.-
“Sri Krishna looked exceptionally beautiful on the Râs-floor and He dazzled like an exquisite emerald amidst golden gems.”
- (S.B. 10.33.6)
“Srimati Râdhârâni’s lightning-like lustre makes Sri Krishna’s splendour resemble an emerald and Sri Kr
Shri Krishna-Candrashtakam
Shrila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami
ambudanjanendra-nila-nindi-kanti-dambarah
kunkumodyad-arka-vidyud-amshu-divyad-ambarah
shrimad-anga-carcitendu-pitanakta-candanah
svanghri-dasyado ’stu me sa ballavendra-nandanah (1)
Shri Krishna’s effulgent bodily complexion defeats the luster of a fresh monsoon cloud,
anjana (collyrium used to line the eyes), and blue sapphire; His yellow cloth is more
effulgent than kunkuma, the rising sun, and a flash of lightning; and His entire form
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etan-nâma vibhushanâm bahumatâng veshaya sheshairâlam
vaktran dwitri-vishesha-kânti-lahari-vinyâsa-dhanya-adharam,
shilpair-alpadhiyam-agamya-vibhâvih shringâra-bhangimâyan
chitran chitram-aho vichitram-aha-aho chitram vichitram mahah.59.
Translation
His face is the best ornament – why does He need any other jewellery? Moreover, it has beautiful lips that radiate splendour all around. This mass of radiance has an erotic style, has so many artistic abilities that it is beyond the comprehen
Production of the most expensive pint of milk in the UK will be expanded after Hare Krishna farmers in Aldenham agreed a deal with a Kent dairy.Ahimsa milk, costing £2.40 per litre, or £1.70 a pint, is currently produced at Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hilfield Lane, Aldenham, but officials at the temple have penned a deal to increase production.The Lotus Trust, which manages sales of the produce through its Ahimsa Milk Foundation, has agreed a deal with Commonwork Organic Dairy, in Kent, to produce
SAD END TO A BRILLIANT CAREER : DOMINIQUE STRAUSS – KAHN
The untimely end to Dominique Strauss – Kahn’s ( hereinafter referred to as DSK ) brilliant career at IMF, precipitated by a momentary “indiscretion”, while trying to have forced sex with the hotel’s housekeeping staff, a Guinean lady, and having been indicted by a NY court on all of seven counts, and now on house arrest and awaiting trial, is a classic example of degeneration of our collective values in modern times.
If the chambermaid ha
THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Most educated and sensitive persons, having seen the divisions in our traditional Indian society into the four classes of men, BRAHMANAS, KSHATRIYAS, VAISHYAS and SHUDRAS, and the practice of social injustices on the basis of this classification, including untouchability ( an unexpected spin off, which occurred later down the centuries ), abhor this classification system, considering it ill conceived and ‘counterproductive’. As we move into ‘flatter’ social st
Bhurijana prabhu - Pastime of prabhupad
Brave preacher - Prabhupada
While in Calcutta, Prabhupäda took his morning walk at the Victoria Memorial. I scooped up dirt from his footprints. Years before, on a similar walk in Calcutta, Prabhupäda had pointed to the Victoria Memorial and reminisced how he had climbed the construction scaffolding during his youth. A devotee noted the height of the memorial and remarked to Prabhupada, "You must have been very brave." Prabhupäda replied, "I am still brave
Bhurijana prabhu - Pastime of prabhupad
Brave preacher - Prabhupada
While in Calcutta, Prabhupäda took his morning walk at the Victoria Memorial. I scooped up dirt from his footprints. Years before, on a similar walk in Calcutta, Prabhupäda had pointed to the Victoria Memorial and reminisced how he had climbed the construction scaffolding during his youth. A devotee noted the height of the memorial and remarked to Prabhupada, "You must have been very brave." Prabhupäda replied, "I am still b
