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" NEW DWARKA DHAM "
On 12th of April 2011, Mombasa, Kenya celebrated a very special Ram Navami festival as a beautiful new ISKCON temple was opened and Their Lordships Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksman Hanuman were installed and welcomed to reside in Nyali to give Their blessings to all the residents of Mombasa.
The festivities of the grand opening of New Dwarikadham Temple in Nyali, Mombasa were spread over five days beginning with Nagar sankirtana in the Nyali area on Saturday 9th April 2011.
On Sunday 1
The festivities of the grand opening of New Dwarikadham Temple in Nyali, Mombasa were spread over five days beginning with Nagar sankirtana in the Nyali area on Saturday 9th April 2011.
On Sunday 1
You must have that firm conviction that Krishna is the controller of everything and whatever Krishna does, he does it for your benefit.
-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami
Recently, in South Africa, the new Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) division there managed to print a book in Zulu, and the book was launched on a main stage during the Durban Ratha Yatra festival. BBT trustee Jayadvaita Swami introduced the book in the company of other swamis, and copies were given to enthusiastic,Zulu-speaking children onstage. It made an impact on the largely Indian audience, who cheered and smiled.
Swarupa Damodara Dasa, the Durban temple president, later said about the event:
The Nine Stages of Bhakti Yoga
1. sraddha: faith
2. sadhu-sanga: association with
devotees
3. bhajana-kriya: performance of devotional service
4. anartha
nivrtti: decreasing of unwanted attachments
5. nistha: steadiness
6. ruci:
taste
7. asakti: attachment
8. bhava: love
9. prema: pure love for
Krsna
2. sadhu-sanga: association with
devotees
3. bhajana-kriya: performance of devotional service
4. anartha
nivrtti: decreasing of unwanted attachments
5. nistha: steadiness
6. ruci:
taste
7. asakti: attachment
8. bhava: love
9. prema: pure love for
Krsna
The
Nine Processes of Devotional Service
1. HEARING (sravanam)
2. CHANTING
(kirtanam)
3. REMEMBERING( visnu smaranam)
...4. SERVING THE
LORD'S LOTUS FEET (pada sevanam)
5. DEITY-WORSHIP (arcanam)
6.PRAYING
(vandana
Nine Processes of Devotional Service
1. HEARING (sravanam)
2. CHANTING
(kirtanam)
3. REMEMBERING( visnu smaranam)
...4. SERVING THE
LORD'S LOTUS FEET (pada sevanam)
5. DEITY-WORSHIP (arcanam)
6.PRAYING
(vandana
Introduction
Vedic literatures confirm that there are 8,400,000 varieties of life. Each form is unique in itself. And the living entity transmigrates into different forms based on the stringent laws of material nature as a reaction to one’s actions. But to revolve in the cycle of transmigration in a series of these vast varieties of lives is an imprisoned life for the condemned conditioned souls. The human form of life is a chance to get out of this imprisoned life, and as such the only occupati
Just like we were discussing in this beach morning about the spiritual world. Spiritual world is exactly like the material world, varieties. There is also house. There is also tree. There is also road. There is also chariot. There is... Everything is there -- but without inebriety, without inebriety. There, cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam [Bs. 5.29]. For example, just like there is tree also. Cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa. But they, those trees a
only happens when we put our self in the center.
Otherwise if we see someone else prospering better than us, we are
happy. We are in ecstasy. Because we are thinking Krishna must very
much enjoy seeing this person being empowered in the spiritual
setting. This person is doing such wonderful service. Krishna is
enjoying seeing this person’s service. Why should I compare myself to
that person?
Garland maker, someone makes better garland th
Hare Krsna dear devotees. Here is a very beautiful prayer so the mind can engage in the proper activities related to the Lord.
O my dear mind, in order to attain the direct service of Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, who are always entranced by amorous desires, and the service of Their eternal associates, one should drink the pancamrita described by Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. This pancamrita is ambroasial nectar comprised by the following ingredients of service:
1) Arcana, worship of Sri Yugala
2) Sankirtana,
(Said to be composed by Lord Chaitanya)
1)
kadacit kalindi-tata-vipina-sangitaka-ravo
mudabhiri-nari-vadana-kamalasvada-madhupah
rama-sambhu-brahmamara-pati-ganesarcita-pado
jagannathah svami nayana-patha-gami bhavatu me
With songs and sweet music, strolling gaily through groves, by the Kalindi.
A bee seeking nectar from the lotus-like faces of the gopis.
Praising him are Shiva, Brahma, Indra, Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi.
Jagannatha Swami, Lord of all beings, be visible to me.
2)
bhuje savye venum sirasi s
In Bhagavad-gītā (4.11) it is said, ye yathā māḿ prapadyante tāḿs tathaiva bhajāmy aham: the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme judge who rewards or punishes different persons according to their surrender unto His lotus feet. Therefore it can actually be seen that although karmīs and bhaktas may work in the same place, at the same time, with the same energy and with the same ambition, they achieve different results. The karmīs transmigra
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare as
a great means of propaganda for spreading love of God. It is not that
it is recommended only for Kali-yuga. Actually, it is recommended for
every age. There have always been many devotees who have chanted and
reached perfection in all ages. That is the beauty of this Krsna
consciousness movement. It is not simply for one age, or for one
country, or for one class o
In human society there are various activities performed for the protection of one's wealth and life by one's words, one's mind and one's actions, but they are all performed for one's personal or extended sense gratification with reference to the body. All these activities are baffled because of being separate from devotional service. But when the same activities are performed for the satisfaction of the Lord, the beneficial results are distributed
material desires inside. Just put them all inside, close the box and
in big capital letters write on that box: "My material desires!"
Tie it up nicely, put it on the shelf and then get busy in service to
Krishna. One day when you don't have so much to do, you think: "Today
is the day that I'm going to play with my material desires!"
And you take the old box of the shelf, you look inside the box, and
what do you see?
"Half of them gon
Just like a person is diseased. He is advised by the doctor that "You shall not take such and such things." So he is starving or he is fasting. Suppose in the typhoid fever the doctor has advised him not to take any solid food. So under the instruction of the doctor, he is not taking any solid food. But suppose his brother is eating some bread. Oh, he likes that "If I could eat." That means within himself he has got the tendency for eating. But out of fear that "If I eat, there will be very bad
They recrossed the rather sparse backyard and entered the small shop-front that had been a grocery store, at the fore of the semi-detached building next door to the temple. Mohanananda described to Srila Prabhupada how he
praja-patin manun devan
rsin pitr-ganan prthak
siddha-carana-gandharvan
vidyadhrasura-guhyakan
kinnarapsaraso nagan
sarpan kimpurusan naran
matr raksah-pisacams ca
preta-bhuta-vinayakan
kusmandonmada-vetalan
yatudhanan grahan api
khagan mrgan pasun vrksan
girin nrpa sarisrpan
dvi-vidhas catur-vidha ye 'nye
jala-sthala-nabhaukasah
kusalakusala misrah
karmanam gatayas tv imah
praja-patin -- Brahma and his sons like Daksa and others; manun -- the periodical heads li
Practical devotion is the secret to understanding the Sastras. My Guru Maharaja used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar. One who thinks the books are the thing is content in this way. But we should learn the secret to open the jar and taste the honey. In this way, if we can simply understand one book, or one sloka, the perfection is there.
-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
I think many of the devotees will agree with me that they were ignorant of Yamuna's absence in Vrindavan. Whenever we visit Sri Vrindavan Dham we make sure to go for Vrindavan Parikrama. And as we pass through the stretch overlooking Yamuna we just walk on thinking about the bad condition she is in. But never thought of the solution for the problem.
One fine day I got a SMS that a rally is being organised by Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Forum at Girgaum Chowpatty and I thought of checking it out
CHANTING YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY REMEDY.........
THINKING OF YOU IS THE ONLY WAY............
TO MEET YOU MY LORD...THE SCRIPTURES SAY........
SERVING YOUR LOTUS FEET SHOULD BE ONLY THE AIM.....
THINKING OF YOUR PASTIMES...WITH INTENSE LOVE.
SEEING YOU EVERYWHERE BELOW AND ABOVE.......
THOUSANDS OF CUPID SERVE YOUR LOTUS FEET....
YOU ARE INDEED BEAUTY PERSONIFIED.....
SAYS YOUR SERVANT KAMAL NAYAN ...ATTAINED YOU WHOEVER IN YOUR LOVE CRIED.........
