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Verses nine through twelve of Swami B. V. Tripurari’s Gopala-tapani Upanisad.
9. tad iha sloka bhavanti
sat-pundarika-nayanam meghabham vaidyutambaram |
dvi-bhujam jnana-mudradhyam vana-malinam isvaram ||
The following verses are a meditation on Krishna’s form that are meant to accompany the eighteen-syllable mantra: Lord Krishna’s eyes are like perfect lotus petals, his bodily color is that of a monsoon cloud, and his garments are the color of lightning. He has two arms, and his hands are held in t
Can meditation solve our everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? During a visit to South Africa in 1976, Srila Prabhupada answered these and other questions for interviewer Bill Faill of the Durban Natal Mercury.
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is a name for God that means “all-attractive.” Unless one is all-attractive he cannot be God. So Krishna consciousness means God consciousness. All of us are small particles of God, equal in quality with Him. Ou
Sat-tila Ekadasi
Sri Daalbhya Rishi said to Palastya Muni, "When the spirit soul comes in
contact with the material energy, he immediately begins to perform sinful
activities, such as stealing, killing, and illicit sex. He may even perform
many other terrible deeds, such as killing a brahmin. Oh purest of
personalities, please tell me how these unfortunate souls may escape the
punishment of being sent to hellish regions of creation. Kindly inform me
how, by giving even a little in charity, one may be
Many of our readers are habituated to eating and onions and garlic and do not understand why devotees of Lord Krishna strictly avoid eating them. I have been asked this question so many times that I decided to devote an article to it.
Our reason for not taking onions and garlic is very simple. It is not at all complicated. According to the instructions very clearly given in the Bhagavad-gita, devotees of Lord Krishna are meant to eat only the remnants of food offered with love and devotion to Lor
My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for attending this meeting. We are spreading this Krishna consciousness movement because there is a great need of this consciousness throughout the world. And the process is very easy -- that is the advantage. First of all, we must try to understand what the transcendental platform is. As far as our present condition is concerned, we are on various platforms. So we have to first of all stand on the transcendental
Birth appearance at midnight of Shravana k8 to Devakee (July 19/20, year 3228 BC)
-taken by Vasudeva from Mathuraa to Nanda and Yasodaa in Gokula
Untill 3 years
-lived in Gokula
-killed Pootanaa, Shakataasura, Trinavarta demons
3 – 6 years
-moved to Vrindaavana
-killed Bakaasura, Aghaasura, Dhenukaasura (Balaraama killed Pralambaasura)
-moved to Nandagraama
7-10 years
-Brahmaa steals and returns cowherd boys
-Govardhana-poojaa
-played raasa-leelaa with the gopees
-taken to Mathuraa for wrestling match
Mc Donalds vs ISKCON Mauritius: The battle is on
The Mac Donald has already done everything like building, the permits, the legal notices. however ISKCON recently discovered about this and now they are protesting againest it for many reasons like,
Much of print and electronic media has been devoted to delineate the positive as well as negative effects of modern civilization and the scientific revolution of the previous century. We have endless discussions and debates in our living rooms, schools, colleges, corporate circles, social bodies and the like, about the radical change that is taking place around us. Proponents of scientific progress and super-industrialization claim that the average man’s standard of living has improved dramatica
Undoubtedly the soul is present in the heart of the living entity, and it is the source of all the energies for maintaining the body. The energy of the soul is spread all over the body, and this is known as consciousness. Since this consciousness spreads the energy of the soul all over the body, one can feel pains and pleasures in any part of the body. The soul is individual, and he is transmigrating from one body to another, just as a person transmigrates from babyhood to
Radhanath Swami: How do you know there is no God? Can anyone actually prove that there is no God? There are so many theories, but what really is the evidence? Was anyone there to actually eye-witness the Big Bang with a video camera? It is just a concept born in peoples’ minds which seems to make sense due to certain phenomenon that they are witnessing today. But the obvious question is, is it more logical that everything comes from nothi
We are not these material bodies, we are the spiritual force, the spiritual spark, the soul within. These bodies are simply an outward dress only. As I change my clothes yet still remain the same person so I also change my bodies but I am still the same person.
I am not an Australian, an Indian, a man, a woman, a human being or an animal, I am eternally a part and parcel of the Supreme Person, Krishna, so I have the same qualities as Him, although He has the qualities in fullness whereas I have
However, how can we mistake the rope for a snake unless we know what a snake is? The conception of
SRI SRI RADHIKA ASTOTTARA SATA NAMA STOTRAM
by Srila
Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
aviksatmesvari kascid vrndavana-mahesvarim
tat padamboja-maka gati dasyati katara
patita tat-saras tire ruda tyartha-ravakulam
tac chri-vaktreksanavaptyai namanyetani sanjagau
Some maidservant, unable to find her mistress, has
fallen on the bank of Radhakunda, crying in great
anxiety, being very eager to take exclusive
shelter of
Her lotus feet, glorifying Her by singing the
following names of Her:
radha gandharvika gosthayuva-
bhagvad geeta ends with sarvadharman paritaya ....then starts the srimad bhagvatam which expounds on how to surrender the srimad bhagvatam ends with 12.13.23
näma-saìkértanaà yasya
sarva-päpa praëäçanam
praëämo duùkha-çamanas
taà namämi harià param
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Hari, the congregational chanting of whose holy names destroys all sinful reactions, and the offering of obeisances unto whom relieves all material suffering.
then starts the chaitanya cha
The Hindu front held a press conference on Tuesday. “We are a tolerant society. We are not against development in the country but there is a limit to everything,” said Srinjay Das, secretary of ISKCON.
According to Das, the most important point for objection is the smell of food items made from beef and poultry. “This will bother the devotees who are vegetarian,” he said, adding that cow protection is a fundamental Hindu religious principle.
“The restaurant that proposes to start operations im
greater well-wishing friend to any living entity than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is so kindly disposed towards everyone that in spite of our completely forgetting our relationship with the Supreme Lord, He comes Himself--sometimes personally, as Lord Krsna appeared on this earth, and sometimes as His devotee, as did Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu--and sometimes He
The relevance of Srimad Bhagavad Gita in today’s age
The question of relevance for such topics comes into picture whenever certain systems of knowledge and certain practices are perceived to be outdated due to dynamically changing social structures and a widespread discomfort for anything labeled as religious, dogmatic or sectarian. The focus for this article is to try and brush aside these biases and objectively study the relevance of this very old but thoroughly timely system of knowledge in th
HRIDAYA MEIN BAS GAYA BRAJ KA GWALA...
SHYAM SALONA GOPINATHA JASUMATI-NAND KA LALA..
PEET VASTRA TAN,KAR MEIN BANSI...
KAMAL NAYAN ,AGHA AADI DWANSI..
MOR MUKUT SAR,GAL BANMALAA...
HRIDAYA MEIN,BAS GAYA BRAJ KA GWALA..1..
NAYAN BAND KAR SRI CHABI DHYAAUN...
JIT DEKHUN TIT USKO PAAYUN...
KANO MEIN GUNJE BANSI DHAARA..
JISNE GOPIYON KA MAN HAARA...
MUKH KE BOLU GOVIND GOPALA...2...
HRIDAYA MEIN, BAS GAYA BRAJ KA GWALA..2..
DAS KAMAL MANGE VARDAANA...
DIL MEIN BASO BAS TUM EK KANHAA...
JO SUMIRE SO TARE TAT
Devotional service to krishna,in full conciousness,is most confidental knowledge and that is essence of Bhagvad Gita.
