How To Satisfy Krishna
(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)
Today I was listening to a Bhagavatam class given by H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaja in Shree Shree Radha NeelMadhava dhama on 9 Dec 2008.
While speaking to a grihastha devotee, Maharaja said, "Ashram doesn't matter really, whatever ashram we are, we have to remember Krishna's words.”
caatur-varnyam mayaa srstam
guna-karma-vibhaagasah
tasya kartaaram api maam
viddhy akartaaram avyayam
"Acco
Introduction
Nonviolence in politics may be a diplomacy, but it is never a factor or principle.
In the religious law books it is stated:
ahavesu mitho 'nyonyam
jighamsanto mahi-ksitah
yuddhamanah param saktya
svargam yanty aparan-mukhah
yajnesu pasavo brahman
hanyante satatam dvijaih
samskrtah kila mantrais ca
te 'pi svargam avapnuvan
"In the battlefield, a king or ksatriya, while fighting another king envious of him, is eligible for achieving heavenly planets after death, as the brahmanas also attain the
Why did Lord Shiva preach Mayavada?
In Kali yuga, about a thousand years ago, Lord Shiva appeared as Shankaracharya and preached the monistic philosophy all over India. This philosophy, also known as Mayavada. says that the form, qualities, attributes of the Supreme Lord are all maya (illusion); the Absolute Truth, in the ultimate analysis, is formless and impersonal; the living entity and the Lord are equal in all respects or, in other words, we are all God. A question naturally arises, "Why d
The 2012 North American Governing Body and Temple President meetings opened on January 13, in Dallas, Texas, with more than sixty leaders from across the US and Canada in attendance.
The meeting was inaugurated with a kirtan, devotional songs, led by fifteen primary school children from the Dallas day school, the TKG Academy, under the direction of its principal Jayanti dasi.
During the first morning session, twenty disciples of Srila Prabhupada shared the stage to relate some of their personal me
Nama-Sankirtana by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura
Translated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(1)
hari haraya namah krsna yadavaya namah
yadavaya madhavaya keshavaya namah
(2)
gopala govinda rama sri-madhusudana
giridhari gopinatha madana-mohana
(3)
sri-caitanya-nityananda sri-adwaita-sita
hari guru vaisnaba bhagavata gita
(4)
sri-rupa sanatana bhatta-raghunath
sri-jiva gopala-bhatta dasa-raghunath
(5)
ei chay gosai kori carana vandan
jaha hoite bighna-nas abhista-puran
(6)
ei chay
Listening and chanting of Sri Hayagriva Ashtottara Satanama stotram bestows knowledge,peace and bliss. Lord Hayagriva, in Hinduism, is considered a minor incarnation of Vishnu; an avatar associated with wisdom and knowledge.
At the request of Brahma, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas stolen by two demons from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form, he has a head of a horse and eight hands. His attributes are the book (Veda), horse’s mane, and rosary plus the attributes of Vishnu.
Purification of Existence
(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)
Normally when we walk on the roads in India we step on so many contaminations in the street and therefore we come home and wash our body and legs for purification to avoid contamination in our external body. Cleaning process is a must or otherwise we will become diseased. We do it naturally because we know that we are contaminated with so many germs and bacteria which will affect o
"Not a grass moves without the sanction of God." So without sanction of God, we cannot do anything. You may say that when we do something bad, why God gives us sanction? God does not give us sanction, but we force Him to give us sanction. Therefore He gives us sanction. Otherwise, He does not give sanction. But because we want to do it persistently, so God gives us sanction: "All right. You can do it. And you have to enjoy or suffer the result." Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita, the last instructi
हिन्दी अनुवाद : भक्तिन बेनु
निम्नलिखित हमारे गुरु महाराज महाविष्णु गोस्वामी जी के द्वारा 16.12.2006 को श्रीमद्भागवतम के 11.7.5 श्लोक पर दिए गए प्रवचन का हिस्सा है। यह प्रवचन उन्होंने श्री श्री राधा नीलमाधव धाम, राजकोट में दिया था।
ना वस्ताव्यम त्वयेवेहा माया त्यक्ते महि टेल।
जानो भद्र रुचिर भद्र भविष्यति कलु युगे।।
“मेरे प्रिय उद्धव, जब मैं धरती से विलुप्त हो जाऊँगा तब तुम्हें भी यहाँ नहीं रहना चाहिए। मेरे प्रिय भक्त, तुम निष्पाप हो, लेकिन कलयुग में लोग भिन्न प्रकार की पापमयी गतिविधियों में संल
Market vendors and passengers at the Suva bus station took advantage of free lunches yesterday provided by the Hare Krishna movement.
The members of the Hare Krishna faith distributed 1000 serves of food to passers-by.
There were no restrictions on the number of serves they could take so some were seen with more than one takeaway pack of vegetarian curry and rice. Hare Krishna devotee Manoj Kumar said the distribution of food marked their last day on a pilgrimage.
"Devotees went on a pilgrimage
With a new year rolling in, many may be wondering what will happen with the damaged economy, the upcoming U.S. elections, and people’s likeliness to transcend all this and turn to spirituality. Then again, the world might end on December 21st, if we’re to believe some interpretations of the Mayan Calendar.
We asked three prominent Vedic Astrologers to shed some light on all this: Hamsa-Avatar Dasa, who runs the Vedic Cultural Fellowship organization in Ocala, Florida; Nalini-Kanta Dasa, author
On December 24th Radhanath Swami presided over the official opening of the Govardhan Eco-village and Farm Community (GEV) spread over a scenic landscape of 60 acres near the Sahyadri mountain range, a two hour drive from the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The inauguration ceremony was marked with the presence of Mr. Nana Saheb Patil, the Ex-secretary of the Agricultural Ministry for the Government of Maharashtra, and 150 senior members of the Radha Gopinath temple congregation.
Under th
If you want to see God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you can do so easily. All you have to do is purify your consciousness by regularly chanting His holy names on a daily basis. In this way you will attract the attention of the Supreme Lord, who will personally reveal Himself to you when you heart becomes free from all material contamination.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
ISKCON Pandharpur is celebrating their 3rd Annual Rathyatra Festival on the Auspicious day of Makarasankranti. H.H.Lokanath Swami Maharaj,H.H.Ramagovinda Swami Maharaj will Grace the Festival by their ivine presence.Many devotess from all over Maharastra and India will also join for the Festival
A couple of days after the Tomsk court dismissed the case against ISKCON in relation to Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Bhakti Vijnana Swami, GBC for ISKCON Russia was personally invited by the Russian Ambassador to India, Alexander M. Kadakin on occasion of unveiling a bust of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, at Nehru Science Center. Mr. Kadakin recited a verse from Bhagavad-gita and explained how it glorified pioneers like Gagarin.
It shall be recalled that the court case in Tomsk sparked internat
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