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Friendship between Vaishnavas: Conquer the Heart

 

The family of vaishnavas is somehow or other our support. Prabhupada made this movement a very personal one. In the beginning, we overlook how important relationships are because we are not used to it. In the material world, when a relationship doesn’t work, you just cut it off and try another one.... then another one and another one.

 

Now I’m not talking just about friendships... so many friends came and went in our lives in the material world but

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2514816961?profile=originalDear Devotees,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

With great joy in our hearts we would like to announce the First Worldwide Kirtana Mela, to be held in a beautiful festival camp near Leipzig, Germany,
from August 29 through September 4 this year.

We will have

* Five days of twelve-hour kirtanas with a number of respected gurus and ISKCON's best kirtaniyas.

* A huge Ratha-yatra with hundreds of devotees singing and dancing through the historic town o

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On the fifth day of the dark lunar fortnight of the month of Govinda [corresponding to February 6th, 1874 A.D. by the western calendar], at 3:30 in the afternoon, Bimala Prasad Datta, later to be known as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, made his appearance in Purusottama Ksetra [Jagannatha Puri] in the state of Orissa, not far from the temple of Lord Jagannatha. He was the fourth son of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Sriyukta Bhagavati Devi, and at the time of his birth all thirty-two b

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Srila prabhupada said...!!!

 

The building at 5364 West Pico Boulevard was a small storefront in a middle-class black neighborhood of Los Angeles. With his key, Aniruddha opened the rear door, and Srila Prabhupada entered, followed by a few disciples.

The room was stark. A Brijabasi print of Lord Krsna sat atop the altar, which was no more than two orange crates covered with an old madras. A tamboura and a mrdanga on end stood in one corner, and a curtain hung over the front window. Prabhupada's seat, a simple raised platfor

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A Lesson to be Learnt...???

One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely." 

Another tree said, "Dear pine, do not be sad, we can not have everything."

The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this forest." A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. Yo
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Quality of a devotee

In his Bhagavatam class, Prabhupada said that a Vaisnava is always sympathetic. Draupadi, who had lost five sons, was concerned that Asvatthama's mother not have the same distress inflicted upon her. Similarly, Prahlada Maharaja felt compassion for his father, even though he had tried to kill him in so many ways.

The lesson, Prabhupada said, is that a Vaisnava can tolerate any inconvenience and cannot be unhappy in any circumstance. To demonstrate this he told two stories, pro
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 36
etavad eva jijnasyam
tattva-jijnasunatmanah
anvaya-vyatirekabhyam
yat syat sarvatra sarvada


etavat -- up to this; eva -- certainly; jijnasyam -- is to be inquired; tattva -- the Absolute Truth; jijnasuna -- by the student; atmanah -- of the Self; anvaya -- directly; vyatirekabhyam -- indirectly; yat -- whatever; syat -- it may be; sarvatra -- in all space and time; sarvada -- in all circumstances.


TRANSLATION
A person who is searching after the Supreme Abso
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Q&A _Lake of Death

The Question & Answer Session between Yaksa and Yudhistra on the Lake of Death.

Q - “What makes the soul rise out of his entanglement in matter? Who keeps him company, who is his guide on that spiritual journey, and on what is he established?”

A -“It is knowledge of the Supreme Lord which makes the soul rise. Godly qualities are his companions, dharma is his guide, and he is established on truth.”

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Q -”What makes one learned? How does one attain t

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Say 'No' to TV

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

 

In Bhagavad Gita verse 5.22, Lord Krishna says

 

ye hi samsparsha jaa bhogaa / duhkha yonaya eva te
aady antavantah kaunteya / na teshu ramate budhah

 

An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.

 

The wo

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Vyasa-puja of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Date: February 26, 2008 (Vyasa-puja of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
Speakers: HH Bhakti Charu Swami & HH Jayapataka
Swami

 

[invocatory prayers]

Bhakti Charu Swami: To understand Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and his activities we have to understand the purpose of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance and the progress of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtan movement. A remarkable thing is that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in order to inundate this world with Krsna consciousness and t

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Goloka Vrndavana

2514816901?profile=originalThe original spiritual planet, which resembles the whorl of a lotus flower, is called Goloka Vrndavana and is the abode of Lord Krishna. This original planet is located in the spiritual sky, beyond the limits of the material creation. Also in the spiritual sky are unlimited spiritual planets called Vaikunthas. These Vaikuntha planets are each dominated by a specific expansion of Lord Krishna and the inhabitants there are ever-liberated living beings.<br/>The material creation is a product of the

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my words for u krishna.....

Few words with my dear lord …at 9:00m pm on 16th feb  

 

Hare Krishna hare krishna …krishna Krishna hare hare ,

 

Hare ram hare ram , ram ram hare hare!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wo ek din tha jab tumko dekha lalla………….

 

Hazaro jyoth me chamakte hue ….radharani k sang …..chehre par wo tez ….

 

jise dekh kisi ka bhi mann apne sthal se bhatak jaye …

 

Mere Mann me ek hi khayal aya uss waqt……………………

 

Kya me bhi Pyaar sakti hu apne bache jaisa apko………………….

 

Mere man me apka ma banne ka moh hua……………..

 

ek waqt tha ..jab ye sochti

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 12
pravala-vaidurya-mrnala-varcasah
parisphurat-kundala-mauli-malinah


pravala -- coral; vaidurya -- a special diamond; mrnala -- celestial lotus; varcasah -- rays; parisphurat -- blooming; kundala -- earring; mauli -- heads; malinah -- with garlands.


TRANSLATION
Some of them are effulgent like coral and diamonds in complexion and have garlands on their heads, blooming like lotus flowers, and some wear earrings.
PURPORT

There are some inhabitants who have attai
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 11
syamavadatah sata-patra-locanah
pisanga-vastrah surucah supesasah
sarve catur-bahava unmisan-mani-
praveka-niskabharanah suvarcasah


syama -- sky-bluish; avadatah -- glowing; sata-patra -- lotus flower; locanah -- eyes; pisanga -- yellowish; vastrah -- clothing; su-rucah -- greatly attractive; su-pesasah -- growing youthful; sarve -- all of them; catuh -- four; bahavah -- hands; unmisan -- rising luster; mani -- pearls; praveka -- superior quality; niska-a
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 10
pravartate yatra rajas tamas tayoh
sattvam ca misram na ca kala-vikramah
na yatra maya kim utapare harer
anuvrata yatra surasurarcitah


pravartate -- prevail; yatra -- wherein; rajah tamah -- the modes of passion and ignorance; tayoh -- of both of them; sattvam -- the mode of goodness; ca -- and; misram -- mixture; na -- never; ca -- and; kala -- time; vikramah -- influence; na -- neither; yatra -- therein; maya -- illusory, external energy; kim -- what; u
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 9
tasmai sva-lokam bhagavan sabhajitah
sandarsayam asa param na yat-param
vyapeta-sanklesa-vimoha-sadhvasam
sva-drstavadbhir purusair abhistutam


tasmai -- unto him; sva-lokam -- His own planet or abode; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; sabhajitah -- being pleased by the penance of Brahma; sandarsayam asa -- manifested; param -- the supreme; na -- not; yat -- of which; param -- further supreme; vyapeta -- completely given up; sanklesa -- five kinds of
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 8
divyam sahasrabdam amogha-darsano
jitanilatma vijitobhayendriyah
atapyata smakhila-loka-tapanam
tapas tapiyams tapatam samahitah


divyam -- pertaining to the demigods in the higher planets; sahasra -- one thousand; abdam -- years; amogha -- spotless, without a tinge of impurity; darsanah -- one who has such a vision of life; jita -- controlled; anila -- life; atma -- mind; vijita -- controlled over; ubhaya -- both; indriyah -- one who has such senses; atapy
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 7
nisamya tad-vaktr-didrksaya diso
vilokya tatranyad apasyamanah
svadhisnyam asthaya vimrsya tad-dhitam
tapasy upadista ivadadhe manah


nisamya -- after hearing; tat -- that; vaktr -- the speaker; didrksaya -- just to find out who spoke; disah -- all sides; vilokya -- seeing; tatra -- there; anyat -- any other; apasyamanah -- not to be found; svadhisnyam -- on his lotus seat; asthaya -- sit down; vimrsya -- thinking; tat -- it; hitam -- welfare; tapasi -- in
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 6
sa cintayan dvy-aksaram ekadambhasy
upasrnod dvir-gaditam vaco vibhuh
sparsesu yat sodasam ekavimsam
niskincananam nrpa yad dhanam viduh


sah -- he; cintayan -- while thus thinking; dvi -- two; aksaram -- syllables; ekada -- once upon a time; ambhasi -- in the water; upasrnot -- heard it nearby; dvih -- twice; gaditam -- uttered; vacah -- words; vibhuh -- the great; sparsesu -- in the sparsa letters; yat -- which; sodasam -- the sixteenth; ekavimsam -- and
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Taking vratas

I decided that during Kartika I would only eat once a day, and on Ekadasi I would observe a complete fast. I also chanted thirty-two rounds today. Unfortunately, when it came to doing Prabhupada's massage this evening, I was so weak that after about twenty-five minutes I had to stop, and Prabhupada let me take rest. So, for practical reasons I have abandoned the idea and I will carry on with my normal schedule.

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Bhagatji comes into the kitchen in Prabhupada's back garden every
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