A Swami and His Father

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 9, 2011 at 9:00am

A Swami and His Father

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to sit down and have a conversation with Dr. Cornel West -- a brilliant thinker and someone I have come to regard as a heartfelt friend and spiritual brother. Among the many profound things Dr. West spoke that evening at Princeton, one thing he said struck me deeply. "I am who I am," he said, "because someone loved me." As I reflected on his words, images of various mentors and teachers flashed in my mind. I thought of all the ki

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Posted by Abhilasha Tripathi on July 8, 2011 at 7:03pm

"Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare"

[ Pronounced as: Hare - ( Ha'ray), Rama - (Raa'maa) &

Krishna - ( Kri-Sh'-Naa) ]

'Hare Krishna' is the mantra which is known to maximum number of western seekers thanks to the commendable work done by His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad (founder of ISKON - International Society for Krishna Consciousness in spreading its awareness world wide. George Harrison, the popular sing

Change Your Thinking

Posted by Mihir Ganatra on July 8, 2011 at 1:16pm

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room's only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end...

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation..

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window co

My Initial Resolve for Bhajana

Posted by Deepika Shrivastava on July 8, 2011 at 12:26pm

Was it not possible for me to stay in my normal worldly life to practice devotional service to Krishna?

Of course I certainly could have remained there, but I would have had to cater to the tastes of others. This was the main obstruction I faced in living amongst those who were antagonistic to shri Krishna’s service. That was unpleasant. I never wanted to make my valuable life unsuccessful by spending even a moment of it in activities other than serving shri Krishna.

To attain the opportunity to c

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Thirtieth Annual Jagannath Rathayatra Festival, ISKCON Baroda

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 8, 2011 at 11:15am

Jul 06, 2011 - INDIA (SUN) — On Sunday, July 3, 2011, corresponding to "aashaadh shukla dvitiyaa" (the second day of the waxing fortnight of the month of aashaadh), ISKCON Baroda observed the thirtieth annual Jagannath Rathayatra mahotsav ("festival of the Chariot").

The Rathayatra began at 2:30 PM, the traditional time, at the traditional place, the Baroda Railway Station. The Honorable Mayor of Baroda, Smt. Dr. Jyotiben Pandya, inaugurated the Rathayatra by performing arati to Their Lordships

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100 000 Copies of Bhagavad-gita in US Motels

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 8, 2011 at 10:02am

On June 16-17, 2011, ISKCON devotees from the Motel Gita Project attended the annual convention of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, requesting the owners of hotels and motels to include a copy of “Bhagavad-gita As It Is” in their guest rooms, as is commonly done with Gideon’s Bibles. The Motel Gita project previously had booths at AAHOA’s annual national conventions last year in Chicago and in 2009 in Washington, D.C., as well as in smaller, regional conv

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Enlightening Others With Krishna Consciousness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:04am

Enlightening Others With Krishna Consciousness

Thank you so much for sacrificing so much of yourself in helping others revive their original consciousness and in so doing taking them out of their miseries. Maharaja, I wanted to ask how to enlighten others in the science of Krishna consciousness. I am trying to give Krishna consciousness to my eldest brother, but I think I am coming across as fanatical. It hurts to see him stuck and bewildered by this material world. I want to give him the tool by

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Please do not misrepresent us

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:03am

Please do not misrepresent us

During Prabhupada's stay in Auckland, it was his habit to regularly see anyone and everyone who came to his room. Practically any time of the day, whoever would come to his door, Prabhupada would gesture warmly and say, "Come on," indicating them to come in and sit down, no matter whom he was speaking to at the time. His mood was always peaceful and relaxed; it seemed like he had time for everyone. After the engagement at the art gallery, all the devotees again crowd

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Second coming

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:03am

Second coming

Prabhupada concluded that if one actually wanted to become an artist, he should try to understand, or try to be intimately associated with the greatest artist, Krsna. And for this purpose the International Society for Krsna Consciousness has been established, wherein the members are trained to see in everything the display of Krsna's artistic sense. "That is Krsna consciousness. In everything the devotee sees the artistic hand of Krsna."

Prabhupada encouraged the attentive crowd to a

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - I am like a lion when I am preaching

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:02am

I am like a lion when I am preaching

The remaining questions confirmed the audience's gross misconceptions of Vedic philosophy. One man suggested that as one became more advanced in spiritual life, the chanting would drop away as being less important. Prabhupada's answer drew laughs from the devotees: "No. No, chanting is eternal. After you become perfect, you will also chant more loudly."

An argumentative guest brought the program to a close. "I have one question. Swamiji, you accept Krsna as the

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - As he did not accept me, I did not accept him

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:02am

As he did not accept me, I did not accept him

Saturday, 15 April 1972

Srila Prabhupada received a letter from Jadurani dasi, his artist disciple in America, along with an enclosed sketch for the proposed cover of the upcoming unpublished volume of the Fourth Canto, Volume One of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The sketch showed Lord Visnu sitting on the back of his eagle carrier, Garuda. In his eight arms he held, in a clockwise direction, a conch, an arrow, a bow, a disc, a lotus, sword, shield and club.

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preaching at Auckland Town Hall

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:02am

Preaching at Auckland Town Hall

The Auckland Town Hall was an ornate, Victorian-style building standing beside the Square in the centre of the city. The smaller of its two halls, the concert chamber, had been booked as the venue for an evening lecture by Srila Prabhupada.

Aksayananda's stepfather, Hector (Robbie) Robertson, had volunteered to drive Prabhupada to the hall. Early in the evening, the same quaint old car that had picked up Srila Prabhupada at the airport that morning coughed and splut

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Stay in New Zealand

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:01am

Stay in New Zealand

155 Landscape Road, Mount Eden

A small, burgundy-coloured prefabricated house now served as New Zealand's first Hare Krsna Temple. Mount Eden was situated at the end of a lava flow from an old volcano. Auckland was cradled in a nest of 60 such volcanoes, and Landscape Road displayed an abundance of the characteristic large volcanic boulders of the area.

In front of the little bungalow was a small, wooden veranda, and a tiny garden. The backyard was slightly bigger, with a revolv

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 36

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:01am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 36
api sva-dorbhyam vijayacyutabhyam
dharmena dharmah paripati setum
duryodhano 'tapyata yat-sabhayam
samrajya-laksmya vijayanuvrttya

api -- as also; sva-dorbhyam -- own arms; vijaya -- Arjuna; acyuta-bhyam -- along with Sri Krsna; dharmena -- on religious principles; dharmah -- King Yudhisthira; paripati -- maintains; setum -- the respect of religion; duryodhanah -- Duryodhana; atapyata -- envied; yat -- whose; sabhayam -- royal assembly; samrajya -- imperi

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 35

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 35
apisvid anye ca nijatma-daivam
ananya-vrttya samanuvrata ye
hrdika-satyatmaja-carudesna-
gadadayah svasti caranti saumya

api -- as also; svit -- whether; anye -- others; ca -- and; nija-atma -- of one's own self; daivam -- Sri Krsna; ananya -- absolutely; vrttya -- faith; samanuvratah -- followers; ye -- all those who; hrdika -- Hrdika; satya-atmaja -- the son of Satyabhama; carudesna -- Carudesna; gada -- Gada; adayah -- and others; svasti -- all well; c

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 34

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 9:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 34
apisvid aste bhagavan sukham vo
yah satvatam kama-dugho 'niruddhah
yam amananti sma hi sabda-yonim
mano-mayam sattva-turiya-tattvam

api -- as also; svit -- whether; aste -- does He; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; sukham -- all happiness; vah -- of you; yah -- one who; satvatam -- of the devotees; kama-dughah -- source of all desires; aniruddhah -- the plenary expansion Aniruddha; yam -- whom; amananti -- they accept; sma -- from yore; hi -- certa

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 33

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 8:59am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 33
kaccic chivam devaka-bhoja-putrya
visnu-prajaya iva deva-matuh
ya vai sva-garbhena dadhara devam
trayi yatha yajna-vitanam artham

kaccit -- whether; sivam -- everything well; devaka-bhoja-putryah -- of the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja; visnu-prajayah -- of she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead; iva -- like that of; deva-matuh -- of the mother of the demigods (Aditi); ya -- one who; vai -- indeed; sva-garbhena -- by her own womb; dadhara -- con

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 32

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 8:58am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 32
kaccid budhah svasty anamiva aste
svaphalka-putro bhagavat-prapannah
yah krsna-padankita-marga-pamsusv
acestata prema-vibhinna-dhairyah

kaccit -- whether; budhah -- very learned; svasti -- well; anamivah -- faultless; aste -- does exist; svaphalka-putrah -- the son of Svaphalka, Akrura; bhagavat -- regarding the Personality of Godhead; prapannah -- surrendered; yah -- one who; krsna -- the Lord; pada-ankita -- marked with footprints; marga -- path; pamsus

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 31

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 8:58am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 31
ksemam sa kaccid yuyudhana aste
yah phalgunal labdha-dhanu-rahasyah
lebhe 'njasadhoksaja-sevayaiva
gatim tadiyam yatibhir durapam

ksemam -- all good; sah -- he; kaccit -- whether; yuyudhanah -- Satyaki; aste -- is there; yah -- one who; phalgunat -- from Arjuna; labdha -- has achieved; dhanuh-rahasyah -- one who understands the intricacies of military art; lebhe -- also achieved; anjasa -- easily; adhoksaja -- of the Transcendence; sevaya -- by service; e

Whether man or woman

Posted by Sriman John Martini Krishna Dasa on July 8, 2011 at 1:53am

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