Mangalacarana verse of Bhagavat_arca_marici_mala by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

O my Lord, Sri Krsna, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Sri Krsna because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond H

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 15
bhu-patala-kakub-vyoma-
graha-naksatra-bhubhrtam
sarit-samudra-dvipanam
sambhavas caitad-okasam


bhu-patala -- underneath the land; kakup -- the four sides of the heavens; vyoma -- the sky; graha -- the planets; naksatra -- the stars; bhubhrtam -- of the hills; sarit -- the river; samudra -- the sea; dvipanam -- of the islands; sambhavah -- appearance; ca -- also; etat -- their; okasam -- of the inhabitants.


TRANSLATION
O best of the brahmanas, please also d

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 14
yasmin karma-samavayo
yatha yenopagrhyate
gunanam guninam caiva
parinamam abhipsatam


yasmin -- in which; karma -- actions; samavayah -- accumulation; yatha -- as far as; yena -- by which; upagrhyate -- takes over; gunanam -- of the different modes of material nature; guninam -- of the living beings; ca -- also; eva -- certainly; parinamam -- resultant; abhipsatam -- of the desires.


TRANSLATION
Then again, kindly describe how the proportionate accumulation o

Preaching is done alone

Gour Govinda Maharaja sent a long letter from Bhubaneswar, lamenting the lack of association and help for pushing on the preaching. "I often feel myself dejected and desperate in doing Hari Kirtan, because Kirtan is never done alone. It requires the company of devotees. I know not how unfortunate I am that sufficient number of suitable devotees are not coming here to help me with Kirtan." He has two foreign devotees with him, but others seem to just come and go. "They cann

Without philosophy, there is no management

"In Bengal it is said if a brahmana is black, he is dangerous. That means he's not pure brahmana; brahmana cannot be black. Just like a European, if he becomes black, that means he has mixture. European and American, if he's black, that means mixture. So brahmana family, it must be very fair, sukla. Brahmana, ksatriya family must be very beautiful, if he's pure." He quoted the Bengali saying again. "It is a slang language, kala brahmana. Brahmana should

November 21, 2010
By Indradyumna Swami

"The Sacred Necklace"

One morning in Vrindavana, I was sitting in my house chanting my rounds when my disciple Narottam Das Thakur Das came to see me. He offered his respectful obeisances and then spoke. "Guru Maharaja," he said, "it's been a long time since I have visited Govardhana Hill. If you don't have any service for me today, I would like your blessings to go on Govardhana parikrama." "You're free to go," I said. "Just be back in t

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Sahasi-kunda

Here, the sakhis encouraged and arranged for Radhaji to meet with Krsna. The sakhis would hang a beautiful swing from the nearby banyan tree, and swing Radha and Krsna while singing songs in malhara and other ragas. Sometimes Krsna came here to meet with Radhika and enjoy pastimes with Her.

Another name of Sahasi-kunda is Sarasi-kunda. Krsna and Balarama were inseperable. They would eat together, play together and even sleep together. Once

Complete unconditional surrender to the Lotus Feet of Supreme Lord Sree Krishna can only bestow on us eternal peace. The moment we shall submit to Sree Krishna unconditionally, our all ills and sufferings will go. 'Sharanagati ' is the best medicine for cure of all afflictions and the solution of all problems. False egos create false interests and by that clashing of interests we see the forest fire in this world. Supreme Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has said, if individual spirit souls can have th

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Its Radha Londonisvara’s 41st Birthday!! Hope you all remember what a bash we had last year for the 40th anniversary with Shyamsundar and Gurudas Prabhus and Mothers Malati and Jamuna and so many devotees from the yesteryears.

And this year we will be having a 2 days festivities on 11th Dec, 2010 (Saturday) and 12th Dec, 2010 (Sunday) for the 41st Anniversary of the Appearance of Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara with sever

teṣām ahaḿ samuddhartā
mṛtyu-saḿsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha
mayy āveśita-cetasām

"For those who are engaged in devotional service & whose minds are
constantly fixed on Me without deviation, I am the swift deliverer
from the ocean of birth and death" [BG 12.7]

Rupa Goswami says that if one takes to that line of activities, Krsna
consciousness, then all things, all regulation, will follow just like
a servant follows a master. If the master starts, the servant follows.
The Lord says, ksipram dharma:

A nun in Warsaw, Poland, filed a case against ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). The case came up in court.

The nun remarked that ISKCON was spreading its activities and gaining followers in Poland. She wanted ISKCON banned because its followers were glorifying a character called Krishna “who had loose morals,” having married 16,000 women called Gopikas.

The ISKCON defendant to the Judge: “Please ask the nun to repeat the oath she took when she was ordained as a nun.”

The Jud

We should never think of our so-called advancement as being conditioned by or dependent upon some set of material circumstances such as marriage, vanaprastha, or this or that. Mature understanding of Krsna consciousness means that whatever condition of life I am in at present, that is Krsna's special mercy upon me, therefore let me take advantage in the best way possible to spread this Krsna consciousness movement and conduct my spiritual master's mission. If I consider my own personal progress

Boys are dull

Referring to the Indian government's program of enforced sterilization being imposed on the general population, Prabhupada said, "Now they're making propaganda for sterilization. And if we advise make a brahmacari-asrama from the beginning, they will not take. 'What is this nonsense, brahmacari?'"

Aksayananda wondered why they reject the idea. "Is it because they cannot do it?"

Prabhupada said they can do it if they want. 'Just like by training you have given up so many things. You we

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 13
kalasyanugatir ya tu
laksyate 'nvi brhaty api
yavatyah karma-gatayo
yadrsir dvija-sattama


kalasya -- of eternal time; anugatih -- beginning; ya tu -- as they are; laksyate -- experienced; anvi -- small; brhati -- great; api -- even; yavatyah -- as long as; karma-gatayah -- in terms of the work performed; yadrsih -- as it may; dvija-sattama -- O purest of all brahmanas.


TRANSLATION
O purest of the brahmanas, please also explain the cause of the different dur

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Akrura’s Vision

1. Having been honored so much by Lord Balarama and Lord Krsna, Akrura, seated comfortably on a couch, felt that all the desires he had contemplated on the road were now fulfilled.

2. What is unattainable for one who has satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the shelter of the goddess of fortune? Even so, those who are dedicated to His devotional service never want anything from Him.

3. After the evening meal,