Every day Mother Ganges taught many lessons to Richard (now Radhanath Swami). One day Richard observed that although being in the swift current of the river, one is greatly affected but sitting on the bank, we can observe the flow with detachment. Similarly if we detach ourselves from the mind and the world, we too can observe life soberly and thus gain wisdom. One day he meditated on the millions of years of history that had been enacted on the banks of Ganges. From the age of Aryans to the med
The Jagannatha Rathayatra held at Puri is famous all over the world ever since Srila Prabhupada first initiated it overseas in San Francisco in 1967. In Puri, huge well decorated wooden rathas (chariots) moved on wheels are constructed and the Deities of the Divine siblings of Jagannatha (Krishna), Balarama and Subhadra are mounted and pulled through roads from Jagannatha Puri main temple to Gundicha temple, where They remain for a minimum of one week and return after nine days. It is an absolut
See it to believe it! The Lord Himself will make a public appearance in Singapore!
On 24th July 2011 Their Lordships Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra will be granting us their Divine darshan during an unprecedented festival of chariots (Ratha Yatra) at the Toa Payoh stadium.
All are invited to be a part of this grand celebration - a matchless feast for the eyes, ears and tongue.
Special feature: The Rath (chariot) of Their Lordships is made from pure silver and will be kindly lent to us for the o
Question: Why Did I Not Become Self-Realized? |
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A few years ago I was meditating without any goal and to my surprise my thinking stopped completely and there was only the feeling of existence, without any body or anything else. When I returned from this state I felt a great euphoria and love for everything. But it didn't last long. I am still identifying with the body after this experience. Why didn't I become self-realized? |
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Answer: You Did Not |
The Kirtan Standards Committee (KSC) was established by the GBC to formulate clear standards and guidelines for kirtan within ISKCON based on the statements of Srila Prabhupada, and to present their findings for approval by the GBC body. The below are the first of such approved standards and guidelines.
Musical Instruments to be used for Kirtan and Bhajan in Temple Worship and Public Presentations in ISKCON
In our analysis of Srila Prabhupada's various instructions concerning instrument use during
By H H Lokanath Swami – Chant for Change Seminar at Pandharpur
Hare Krishna !! You are all welcome. Pandharpur dham ki jay.
Pandharpur dham is known for chanting. Lot of chanting goes on here. Lot of singing. Varkaris (walking pilgrims) also sing. Gaudiya vaishnavas also sing. Prabhupada writes in the purport. They chant, they dance and they chant and they dance along with mridangas (drums), and kartalas (hand cymbals). Prabhupada compares like this the Caitanya Caritamrita. There is a descripti
62nd Vyasa Puja of HH Lokanath Swami -11th July, 2011.
How many Hindi speaking people are there? O quite a lot! How many do not know Marathi? So what should we do? (Chorus of Hindi!) The Marathi people have kept quiet?
I was thinking that today I have to only hear and not speak, then Ishtadev prabhu reminded me that I need to speak as well.
Today is my own birthday so what should I say? For you the topic is…no the topic is not Hindi! (responding to a prabhu’s call of Hindi from the audience)
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Hare Krsna,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s,
All glories to Srila Prabhupad.
Dandvat Pranam,
I have a daily KC mails group in which I send daily KC mails (Pastimes of Lord Krishna, Stories, Previous Acaryas Quotes etc.)to so many devotees if you want to receive the mails simply mail me on sachin.kguptaa@gmail.com with subject "add me" so I can added you in my group & send you daily KC mails.
One more thing i have a daily SMS group also which i send daily SMS(Previous Acaryas's Quotes, BG Quot
