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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 16
sa ittham atyulbana-karna-banair
bhratuh puro marmasu tadito 'pi
svayam dhanur dvari nidhaya mayam
gata-vyatho 'yad uru manayanah


sah -- he (Vidura); ittham -- like this; ati-ulbana -- severely; karna -- ear; banaih -- by the arrows; bhratuh -- brother's; purah -- from the palace; marmasu -- in the core of the heart; taditah -- being afflicted; api -- in spite of; svayam -- he himself; dhanuh dvari -- bow on the door; nidhaya -- keeping; mayam -- the exte
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 15
ka enam atropajuhava jihmam
dasyah sutam yad-balinaiva pustah
tasmin pratipah parakrtya aste
nirvasyatam asu purac chvasanah


kah -- who; enam -- this; atra -- here; upajuhava -- called for; jihmam -- crooked; dasyah -- of a kept mistress; sutam -- son; yat -- whose; balina -- by whose subsistence; eva -- certainly; pustah -- grown up; tasmin -- unto him; pratipah -- enmity; parakrtya -- enemy's interest; aste -- situated; nirvasyatam -- get him out; asu -
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 14
ity ucivams tatra suyodhanena
pravrddha-kopa-sphuritadharena
asat-krtah sat-sprhaniya-silah
ksatta sakarnanuja-saubalena


iti -- thus; ucivan -- while speaking; tatra -- there; suyodhanena -- by Duryodhana; pravrddha -- swollen with; kopa -- anger; sphurita -- flapping; adharena -- lips; asat-krtah -- insulted; sat -- respectable; sprhaniya-silah -- desirable qualities; ksatta -- Vidura; sa -- with; karna -- Karna; anuja -- younger brothers; saubalena -- w
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 13
sa esa dosah purusa-dvid aste
grhan pravisto yam apatya-matya
pusnasi krsnad vimukho gata-sris
tyajasv asaivam kula-kausalaya


sah -- he; esah -- this; dosah -- offense personified; purusa-dvit -- envious of Lord Krsna; aste -- exists; grhan -- household; pravistah -- entered; yam -- whom; apatya-matya -- thinking to be your son; pusnasi -- maintaining; krsnat -- from Krsna; vimukhah -- in opposition; gata-srih -- devoid of everything auspicious; tyaja --
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Preaching at Melbourne Town Hall

The tinkling bells announced evening arati. Accompanied by Hanuman Prasada Goswami, and his secretary, Syamasundara, Srila Prabhupada walked slowly down the stairs from his quarters. They entered the small temple room and offered obeisances to the golden Deities of Radha and Krsna.

Apart from the pujari, Srila Prabhupada and his entourage, the temple was deserted. The devotees were all busy decorating the cavernous Melbourne Town Hall with flowers, and unloading in
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Interest is one

Although Prabhupada took it as his primary business to work solidly on his writing, he was generally always available to talk to guests. But whenever someone would come to see him, he wouldn't waste time -- he talked philosophy and logic. He constantly argued against atheism and impersonalism and, to prove the existence of God and the universality of Krsna consciousness, he often spoke strongly.

Later in the morning, he was visited by a group of followers of the Maharishi Mahesh Yo
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Heart-cracking sound

Friday, 7 April 1972

Each day in Melbourne (as he had done for years), Prabhupada worked in the very early hours of the morning, combing through the Sanskrit and Bengali Srimad-Bhagavatam commentaries of the great acaryas. Following their explanations, he would select passages from them, adding his own knowledge and realisation, and then laboriously weave it all together into his Bhaktivedanta purports. It was a great, demanding task, and required the utmost concentration.

It w
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Preaching at Tarrawarra abbey -2

In question time, a soft-spoken priest with a distinct Irish brogue asked Srila Prabhupada what had been written about the future of civilisation. "Will we have a happy human family ever on the earth, or will there always be conflict .." Prabhupada's answer followed the theme of his lecture: "That we are experiencing. This Godless civilisation means there is no peace. Although we are improving -- just like I was talking yesterday -- we have discovered this airplan
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God is Great, and Sweet

"I would believe only in a god who could dance," wrote German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. During his times, God was generally portrayed as a frozen perfection—remote, static, and wholly unsociable. No wonder Nietzsche was disillusioned.He might have been pleasantly surprised to hear about Krishna, the God who dances with spellbinding expertise on the hoods of the venomous serpent Kaliya; the God who dances to the tune of His mother just to get butter; the God who dances with the gopis durin
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Amogha's memories of Prabhupada

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His Divine Grace arrives, Melbourne 1974

 

Dear Devotees,

I recorded memories of times I was with Srila Prabhupada, including audio clips of him speaking on various topics during morning walks when I was present. I love to hear him blast the scientists so effectively, and set our minds right about everything. Apologies if the kirtan lead seems a bit sentimental. I kept this recording for a long time and recently decided to release it.

 

The link is at www.narasimhalila.com/prabhupada.html. It is in m

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Srila Prabhupada acknowledged that most people are going to colleges and universities now days. So, Prabhupada’s idea was to present Krishna Consciousness at the colleges and universities in a format suitable for the students so that they can appreciate the principles of Bhagavat Gita and the principles of Srimad Bhagavatam. 

 

( Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami, 13th Aug 1983, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Thought Of The Day

Radha-Krishna. Radha’s name is first. Why ? Nobody can be better devotee than Radharani. As soon as Radha’s name is there, Krishna is more pleased. That is the way. If we glorify the devotees, the character of the devotees, before the Lord, He is more pleased than to glorify Himself, He directly.(Converstions, Hawaii, 24th Apr, 1969).

 

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Dear highly esteemed devotees,

Please accept my warmest greetings and pranams. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The Bhaktivinoda Thakura Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 1,008 book distributors is on!
Devotees all over the world are joining and everyone’s talking  about this. This is huge. We already have surpassed 800+ strong network of devotees worldwide and it is catching up like wild fire.


Thousands of devotees from all over the world are joining together to distribute mercy to the people of the w

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Please Come Regularly To Temple

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Please continue to come regularly to these programs, and if any of your god-brothers or god-sisters do not come, you should be Krishna’s agent and tell him, “why aren’t you coming to the temple program? It is so lively. You will feel so spiritually strong.” We should all act like Krishna’s agents and encourage everyone to take part in these programs for the pleasure of the lord.

 

 

(His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, Freedom by surrender)

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Thought Of The Day

A pure devotee always thinks himself as not-devotee. If one thinks he is big devotee, that is not good - thinking that he is first degree. We should not be puffed up. A devotee avoids it - remaining always in the second degree. Krishnahas given everyone something extraordinary, and to serve Krishna with one’sextraordinary talent means successful life.(Letter to Sukadeva, 17th March, 1973).

 

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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If we represent ourselves very nicely, the whole world will appreciate Srila Prabhupada, the whole world will appreciate Krishna Consciousness. Bus if we don’t represent ourselves properly, then the good names of the spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, and other previous acharyas and even the principle of Krishna Consciousness will be tainted with some misunderstanding.

 

(Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami, 13 aug, 1983, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Thought Of The Day

When ones mind is attached to Krsna, one can fulfill the mission of life in one human birth. If one misses this opportunity, one does not know where he is going, how long he will remain in the cycle of birth and death, and when he will achieve the human form of life and the chance to return home, back to Godhead. The most intelligent person, therefore, uses every moment of his life to render loving service to the Lord.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.9.42, Purport).

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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