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Transcription :  Ranga Radhika Dasi, Bhaktin Ramola, Shyama-Mohini Dasi, Sacikumar Dasa, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

 

THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON THURSDAY JULY 1ST 2010, AT THE NORTH AMERICAN RETREAT, VRAJ, PENNSYLVANIA (RAMAYAN DAY 5)

Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Asatotara  Sri SrimanAbhayaCaranaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ki Jaya! Ananta kotiVaisnava Vrinda ki Jaya! Namacarya Srila H

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THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARUSWAMI ON THURSDAY JULY 1ST 2010, AT THE NORTH AMERICAN RETREAT, VRAJ,PENNSYLVANIA (RAMAYAN DAY 4)

Transcription  : Suvarna Manjari Dasi

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

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HH Bhakti Charu Swami leads a sweet, melodious kirtan, thereafterstarts the class. Hare Krishna So out of seven kandas we have coveredup to five, until yesterday. We did up to Sundara kanda. Hanumanbringing the message of Sita Devi from

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THE FOLLOWING IS A SPECIAL PRABHUPADA KATHA GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON JULY 2010, AT ISKCON NEW YORK MANHATTEN

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Transcribers : Sacikumar Dasa, Shyama Mohini Dasi, Bhaktin Ramola, Ranga Radhika Dasi, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

 

Welcome to the Sri Sri Radha-Murlidhara here at the Bhakti-centre.Thank you very much for coming. This evening we have a very greatspeaker, we are very fortunate, one of the intima

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Speaker:   HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Venue:     Sri Sri Nitai Gaura-Hari Mandir, Johannesburg, South Africa
Occasion:  Evening program on the eve of Randburg Ratha Yatra
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[The class continued after chanting Madhurastakam.]

 

Hare Krishna. I am sorry that this is a little complicated tune butyou did very well. Generally the way we sing it, we sing first twolines together and then the third line single. O

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Guru Maharaja’s Transcribed Janmastami Morning Lecture Ujjain 2010Transcription : Archana DasiEditing : Ramananda Raya DasaOkay, that is some austerity that you perform for Krishna’s pleasure. When you perform some austerity then Krishna becomes pleased and you derive some benefit. And what is the spiritual benefit ? The spiritual benefit is that Krishna becomes pleased and you make spiritual advancement.I am very happy that you all came and I hope that you are enjoying your stay here. Are you e
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Speaker:   HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Venue:     Sri Sri Nitai Gaura-Hari Mandir, Johannesburg, South Africa
Occasion:  Evening program on the eve of Randburg Ratha Yatra
Transcription sent in by Madri Dasi

 

Hare Krishna. [Chants Jaya Radha Madhava]
Gaurapremanande Hari-hari bol!

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

Hare Krishna. So how is eve

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Hare Krishna!!!!!! AGTSP , All glories to guru and gauranga.......

Please forgive my offences if i am wrong somewhere.

Kunti maharni prays to lord Krishna 'O Lord please give me more and more troubles so that i can remember you more and more during these times of trouble'.

If we see the history of Pandavas life, we can observe that it was full of troubles.They had to go to forest for 12 years and then 1 yr agatvas, although they were pure devotees of Lord. So Lord keeps testing us how  staunch our

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Seeing Krishna

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Seeing Krishna through hearing. Nectarean Mellows

We cannot see Krishna through our eyes but we see Krishna through hearing the subject matter from the scriptures and from the vaisnavas.

Bhaktisiddhant Saraswati Thakur, when he would go to Jagannath temple in Puri, he would stand behind the Garuda Sthamba, same place Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would stand. The reason He did this? He said, “It is because Garuda is a param vaisnava. He is a great devotee. He is a lover of Lord Jagannath.

Jagannath would

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How to Cultivate Bhakthi???

Hare Krishna…

 

I have received a call from one of our God Brothers from Pune, who has got my mobile number on iskcondesiretree.net and inquired me how to cultivate Bhakti???

 

With whatever little knowledge I am acquiring by washing my feet with the waves, coming from the Ocean of ISKCON (under the guidance of my Counselor Shri Adbhuta Gauranga Das (Anand) Prabhuji of Hyderabad), I am sharing my Spiritual Realizations with you.

 

Krishna’s first mercy on a person is to crush him & thus the wretched f

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Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Javata

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Once, Mother Yasoda was in her storeroom, organising some skirts, blouses, shawls and other expensive clothes and ornaments to be placed in a large chest, when mischievous Krsna burst into the room. He came up behind her, put His arms behind her neck and insisted on knowing what she was doing. "Maiya, is it My birthday today?" He asked. "Are you preparing all of these clothes and ornaments for Me?"

"Go and play now," Maiya answered with some irr
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The Awakening

All glories to Radha Kunjabihari !  All glories to Srila Prabhupada !! All glories to all Guru and Gauranga !!!

 

This is one of the story, which my father had narrated me in my childhood, but only after coming to ISKCON, I realized the meaning of the story.

 

Raghu at early dawn, as usual headed towards his boat at the bank of the river.  It was the early morning of spring and the skies were clear also the weather was pleasant . He wanted to reach his boat before anyone could reach there, as his bo

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Why Krishna Puts Devotees in Trouble?

BG 7.21: I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity.


Question: Why Krishna Puts Devotees in Trouble? 

It just came through the news that there was explosion On 3rd September at the ISKCON Hare Krishna temple on Thoresby Street, in Leicester, England. The cause of the explosion has now been confirmed to be a gas leak in the kitchen area.

Why did Krishna let such a thing happ

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sukha-duhkhe same krtva
labhalabhau jayajayau
tato yuddhaya yujyasva
naivam papam avapsyasi
[Bhagavad-gita 2.37]

Here, in this material world, when you work, there are two things,
either loss or gain. Either happiness or distress, sukha-duhkha. Loss
or gain, victory or Defeat. Because it is the world of duality. There
must be something dual, black-white, darkness-light, sukha,
happiness-distress, father-son. There must be. This is called relative
world. One thing, if you understand one thing, you must kno
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Hare Krishna Vaishnavas and Vaishnavis

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Please accept the blessings of Their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannatha, Sri Baldeva and Subhadra Maharani.

 

With the blessings of H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Senior Vaisnavas and under the able leadership of our JCC chairman H.G. Ved Vyasa prabhu and JCC Festival chairman H.G. M L Satija we are celebrating 1st ever Festival of Chariots - Sri Jagannatha Ratha-yatra in South Delhi in M

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 5
sa adi-devo jagatam paro guruh
svadhisnyam asthaya sisrksayaiksata
tam nadhyagacchad drsam atra sammatam
prapanca-nirmana-vidhir yaya bhavet


sah -- he; adi-devah -- the first demigod; jagatam -- of the universe; parah -- supreme; guruh -- spiritual master; svadhisnyam -- his lotus seat; asthaya -- to find the source of it; sisrksaya -- for the matter of creating the universal affairs; aiksata -- began to think; tam -- in that matter; na -- could not; adhya
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 4
atma-tattva-visuddhy-artham
yad aha bhagavan rtam
brahmane darsayan rupam
avyalika-vratadrtah


atma-tattva -- the science of God or that of the living entity; visuddhi -- purification; artham -- goal; yat -- that which; aha -- said; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; rtam -- in reality; brahmane -- unto Lord Brahma; darsayan -- by showing; rupam -- eternal form; avyalika -- without any deceptive motive; vrata -- vow; adrtah -- worshiped.


TRANSLATION
O Ki
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 3
yarhi vava mahimni sve
parasmin kala-mayayoh
rameta gata-sammohas
tyaktvodaste tadobhayam


yarhi -- at any time; vava -- certainly; mahimni -- in the glory; sve -- of himself; parasmin -- in the Supreme; kala -- time; mayayoh -- of the material energy; rameta -- enjoys; gata-sammohah -- being freed from the misconception; tyaktva -- giving up; udaste -- in fullness; tada -- then; ubhayam -- both (the misconceptions of I and mine).


TRANSLATION
As soon as the l
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 2
bahu-rupa ivabhati
mayaya bahu-rupaya
ramamano gunesv asya
mamaham iti manyate


bahu-rupah -- multiforms; iva -- as it were; abhati -- manifested; mayaya -- by the influence of the exterior energy; bahu-rupaya -- in multifarious forms; ramamanah -- enjoying as it were; gunesu -- in the modes of different qualities; asyah -- of the external energy; mama -- mine; aham -- I; iti -- thus; manyate -- thinks.


TRANSLATION
The illusioned living entity appears in so m
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 1
sri-suka uvaca
atma-mayam rte rajan
parasyanubhavatmanah
na ghatetartha-sambandhah
svapna-drastur ivanjasa


sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atma -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mayam -- energy; rte -- without; rajan -- O King; parasya -- of the pure soul; anubhava-atmanah -- of the purely conscious; na -- never; ghateta -- it can so happen; artha -- meaning; sambandhah -- relation with the material body; svapna -- dream; drastuh -- of th
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