The nations of the world, irrespective of race and religion, can only be truly united in love and harmony by following the path of prema-bhakti (love of God) as laid down by Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Love (prema) is even greater than the concept of non-violence. love or prema is a positive action; it is the effort to do good towards others. In reality, all talk about non-violence is in fact quite superficial, for in this life none can exist without harming another. True non-violence is
Sometimes our devotees say that I have been exploited or
that I have been overused, but there is no question of spiritual exploitation,
Whatever service one has done stays to one’s eternal spiritual credit,
otherwise the whole Bhagavad-Gita would become false.Freedom by surrender
-By H.H.Gopal Krishan Goswami Maharaj
We should never forget that our business is to engage in devotional service 24 hours a day. Prabhupada used to say that when the devotee goes to sleep, he dreams about Krishna. This way the devotee is always engaged in the process of devotional service.
(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami, Freedom by Surrender)
This is in continuation of the previous offering transcribing the Srimad Bhagavatam class delivered by HG Devakinandan prabhuji, on 29th April 2011 in Abudhabi on the following verse from Kunti Mata’s prayers SB 1.8.27
namo 'kincana-vittaaya / nivrtta-guna-vrttaye
aatmaaraamaaya shaantaaya / kaivalya-pataye namah
The following is a humble effort to transcribe the Srimad Bhagavatam class delivered by HG Devakinandan prabhuji, our beloved God brother from Singapore on 29th April 2011, in Abudhabi on the following verse from Kunti Mata’s prayers SB 1.8.27
namo 'kincana-vittaaya / nivrtta-guna-vrttaye
aatmaaraamaaya shaantaaya / kaivalya-pataye namah
Without awareness of any relationship, love for Bhagavan cannot be experienced. It is the knowledge of relationships that gives birth to love. Even in our day to day lives, whenever someone desires to know our identity, we rattle off a string of relationships such as: 'I am the child of that mother or father,' 'I am the mother or father of that child,' 'I am the husband or wife of that person,' etc. Carrying with us the concept that our identity is comprised of such mundane types of relations
PRESENTERS INVITED FOR VAISHNAVI RETREAT
Presenters wanted for 10th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat: 2011
Sept. 30th, Oct. 1st & 2nd
New Vrindaban: Land of Lord Krishna
As the Retreat enters it’s tenth year, we cordially invite interested Vaishnavi’s to consider sharing their talent and expertise, their wisdom and spiritual knowledge during this special occasion. Topics can be diverse with the under laying criteria being to connect with the teachings of Srila Prabhupada in practice. Br
Rathayatra invitation
Respected Maharaj and Prabhu.
PAMHO.AGTSP.
We are very happy to inform you that ISKCON Visakhapatnam will be celebrating Jagannath Rathayatra for the third consecutive year On Sunday July 3, 2011.
The Rathayatra procession will begin at 4:30 PM from VUDA Park on the beach Road and end at Gurujada Kala Kshetram.This time we have changed the route since it is falling on a sunday and thus the Ratha will move through the Beach Road, where thousands of people will have darsha
In the initial stages we may execute devotional service as a matter of duty, but if we sincerely do it as a matter of duty, that duty will culminate in love, then we will want to lovingly serve Krsna.Freedom by surrender
-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
