Just like a man has got several sons, but all of them, in the
beginning, they are illiterate. Now, in their grown-up age, by accepting
different departmental knowledge, one becomes a medical practitioner, one becomes
engineer, one becomes lawyer, or one becomes vagabond. So not by birth, one
becomes engineer or medical man or this or... No. Everything by culture, by
education. Similarly, the Vedic culture means everyone is given the chance to
become first-class brahmana. That is called brahminical cul

Posted on November 27, 2011
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Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc):
atra sura mahesvasa
bhimarjuna-sama yudhi
yuyudhano viratas ca
drupadas ca maha-rathah
[Bg. 1.4]
Translation: “Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in
fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana,
Virata and Drupada.”
Prabhupada: So all these heroes are mentioned not only in this verse, in
several other verses also. So people may ask that “By mentioning these great
fighter, w

Posted on November 25, 2011
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Prabhupada: There must be something to repose my love. So they have no
family, no Krsna. So naturally keep dog. [break] …must be there, to love.
That is my tendency, but if I have nothing, then I will have to catch the
dog. What can be done? [break] …furnish this television. Dog and
television and whiskey and cigarette. That’s all. (laughter) Is it not?
[break] …in India these things are entering: dog, television. And
cigarette, wine, has already e

Posted on November 26, 2011
Filed under BVKS Sanga

If Krsna saves, nobody can kill; and if Krsna wants to kill, nobody can
save. Therefore our conclusion should be that we should always be under the
protection of Krsna. Avasya raksibe krsna. This is saranagati. Saranagati,
surrender. Surrender means that “I am surrendering to Krsna with full faith
that He is quite competent and able to give me protection.” This is called
surrender. Not that hesitation: “Oh, I will surrender to Krsna, and in case
of

I am following his lectures on you tube and is he RIVIK or authorized by ISKCON?

Thanks

mathuranath dasa

Srila Prabhupada Puja and Murti Care Standards

Temple Room Srila Prabhupada Murti

By the GBC

Dress:

Daily change Srila Prabhupada into clean clothes. Ensure the clothes are freshly washed and ironed, without holes, stains, and odor, or in disrepair. The clothes should fit properly. Pure silk or cotton are the best fabrics to use for Srila Prabhupada’s clothes. Synthetic cloth should never be offered

Dress Srila Prabhupada in the style and color of clothes he wore when he was physically present

Devote

HK

PAMHO

I found this article on IDT, thought I'd share it.

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When we are chanting our surrender is simply to hear because our mind

will have many objects about what to contemplate on. The mind has so

many attachments, desires, fears and aspirations. It is a great

priority that we make a offering of our heart by concentrating and

hearing the Holy Name. This is how we can wors

It is really joyful journey from Non-Devotee to 16 rounder Devotee. Though it not an achievement, but the journey was very wonderful and each step it was adding a lot of joy.

Earlier life was really under big stress and tensions. It was a lot of struggle with madness and anger in the mind. Everyday was hectic and stressful giving a list of curces to number of people. Every night was sleepless night, worrying situation and it was asking revenge . . revenge . . revenge.

After joining ISKCON, we unde

While ISKCON’s culture and spiritual traditions hail from ancient India, many of our members live in Christian countries, come from Christian backgrounds, and send their children to Christian schools.

As a result of unavoidable interaction with the larger culture, many ISKCON devotees assimilate and participate in at least a small part of its practices—one of the greatest of which is, of course, Christmas Day.

This Christmas, devotees at the ISKCON temple in Washin

There are eight kinds of forms recommended for the devotees to see. The forms may be made out of

1. sand,
2. clay,
3. wood or
4. stone,
5. they may be contemplated within the mind or
6. made of jewels,
7. metal or
8. painted colors,

but all the forms are of the same value. It is not that one who meditates on the form within the mind sees differently from one who worships the form in the temple. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is absolute, and there is therefore no difference between the two.

Prabhupada: ...our guest. Because somebody is guest, paying guest, therefore

we shall admit anyone in any kind of dress?
Aksayananda: No.
Gopala Krsna: We don't admit people who look like hippies or something.
Aksayananda: That girl, I told her she had to wear a sari. And she did for
some time, but then again she stopped.
Prabhupada: That I am speaking, that sa yadi kriyate raja.
Aksayananda: Due to habit.
Prabhupada: Sakrn nasnuta pahanam (?) That is the difficulty. It will be
very bad example. People

The Perfection of the Liberated Soul

by Niscala Dasi

Posted July 31, 2011

Gaurav Mittal’s article, “Avoid Misunderstanding of Bhakti”, has sparked a lot of discussion in the devotee community. Some feel that he may be committing the “mad elephant offense” by suggesting that some statements of Srila Prabhupada were simply wrong. The implication of Srila Prabhupada being wrong, is that he is not a liberated soul, free from the four defects- the propensity to cheat, to become illusioned, to have imper

hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

 (1)
sarva-ceta-harah krsnas tasya cittam haraty asau
vaidagdhi-sara-vistarair ato radha hara mata

Krishna steals everyone’s mind, but Radharani steals even His when She makes use of Her divine talents. Therefore She is known as Hara.

(2)

karsati sviya-lavanya-murali-kala-nihsvanaih
zri-radham mohana-gunalagkrtah Krsna iryate

Because He forcibly pulls Radha from Her home with the sound of His flute filled with His love

Devakinandana Dasa Thakur was the one of the three disciples of Purushottama dasa Thakura. Devakinandana dasa was a great Vaisnava poet. He composed many devotional songs and specifically a book glorifying all the Vaisnavas name Vaisnav Vandane.

Bhajan of Devakinandana Dasa Thakura

bhattacaryah sarvabhaumah purasid gishpatir divi

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was formerly Brihaspati, the guru of the gods.
(Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 119)
 
Sarvabhauma’s Scholarship
 
When Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami lists the branches of Sri Chaitanya, after listing those devotees like Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodar who came to join the Lord in Jagannath Puri, he enumerates those Bengali devotees who were already living in Puri when the Lord arrived there and who then met him for the very first ti