Hare Krishna
Following is an extract (Its bigger this time) from the lecture given by HH Indrayumna Swami Maharaj on 27th Nov,'1998 at Moscow (Russia).
[I got this transcription as "pdf" file from one devotee and while I was going through it, I really felt that Maharaj was speaking to me. Its such an amazing, mind-blowing, truly ISKCONite, and above all close to Srila Prabhupada's mood. Please grasp it much and praise the glories of, Srila Prabhupada created, ISKCON. Its our very great fortune to
For the 1st Blog regarding ISKCON (Part 1), please click on the following link:
http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/profiles/blogs/iskcon-should-do-this-that
Beside the previous topic in Part-1, I thought to add 'GLORIFICATION OF ISKCON' too in my future blogs. "My" blogs will ONLY consist of different quotes from various lectures or books/manuals etc. by various senior devotees related to, the ever graceful and love by all, a society: ISKCON.
Following is an extract from a lecture given by HH Indray
Hare krishna,PAMHO AGTSP!
please kindly help me for this answer,hare krishna,
trying to serve
servant
Vaishnava Arts Council Reaches out to British Devotee Artists
An exclusive event in Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Theater this February 9th will launch the Vaishnava Arts Council UK (VAC), which aims to represent British devotee artists, and connect them with each other and with potential clients.
About forty devotees representing various areas of the arts will attend, including writers, musicians, actors, dancers, film-makers, producers, fine artists, illustrators, photographers, brand consultants, and
Shiva works for the benefit of everyone, and tries to help the living beings make spiritual advancement. This is why he has his own line of disciplic succession. This is also why he says to the sons of King Pracinibarhi, “Any person who is surrendered to the Supreme Personality of God, Lord Krishna, the controller of everything, is very dear to me.”1
The sons of the King were going to practice austeri
Becoming Free from Sex Desire
By Stephen Knapp
The greatest happiness for the soul starts with complete freedom: freedom from misery, unhappiness, suffering, freedom from the dictates of desires, and, ultimately, freedom from being trapped in a material body. But what keeps us ensnared in such a condition are the desires for sensual and mental pleasures. And the hardest freedom to attain is freedom from sex desire.
Yoga is for attaining this kind of complete freedom. However, this mea
While Europe, as if weary of its medieval concepts of God, turned with new interest toward man and the mundane, a spiritual revolution in India—destined to spread worldwide—was revealing the dynamic nature of the Absolute Truth.
Europe in the fifteenth century was undergoing that awesome social and cultural transformation that the historian Jules Michelet, looking back in reverence, named the Renaissance, the “rebirth.” That long medieval period, with its vision so entranced by splendid images of
From Kavi Karnapura's
Ananda Vrindavana Campu,
Second Chapter
THE BACKGROUND FOR THE LORD’S APPEARANCE
Now we will discuss the truth about the transcendental birthplace of Bhagavan and the appearance of Lord Sri Krishna. Once upon a time, Bhumi, the predominating deity of the earth, felt overburdened by different demons posing as members of the royal order. Feeling aggrieved upon seeing her miserable condition, the lotus-born Brahma appealed to Ksirodakasayi Visnu, the
10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
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Since past few years i am nursing a secret desire within my heart. I would like to confess today. I know I am no Hemingway or Shakespeare for that matter. But definitely i have been always a voracious reader of books. No wonder then when the thought came
Despite a dire economic situation in the U.S., the North American branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust—ISKCON’s publishing arm—saw sales soar last year, its best since 2004.
Selling over $1 million worth of books on Krishna consciousness, the company, established by ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada in 1972, saw a thirty-two per cent increase in sales since 2008.
The BBT’s best years were 1973 to 1977, each of which yielded sales of around $4 million worth of books. Of
HARE KRISHNA -THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
Oh people of this world who feel the hot sun of suffering burning down your head. Oh people of this world who have no one to turn to. Oh people of this world who are struggling to keep body and soul together. oh people of this world who have nothing to look forward in life. Oh people of this world for whom the beginning of each day is like a heavy burden on the head and who would prefer death then living. Who choose to commit suicide rather than face life head
"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Vaishnava aparadh: Krsna takes it so seriously ……………….Nectarean Mellows
So therefore Srila Prabhupada is giving us this very very vital instruction, that real non-violence is not just ceasing murder and bloodshed. That’s the grossest form of non-violence. But vaisnava aparadha that is violence not only of the body but can be violence of the mouth; speaking in such a way to hurt another person’s heart out of carelessness or out of envy or out of ego
namas te narasiḿhāya
prahlādāhlāda-dāyine
hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-
śilā-ṭańka-nakhālaye
ito nṛsiḿhaḥ parato nṛsiḿho
yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiḿhaḥ
bahir nṛsiḿho hṛdaye nṛsiḿho
nṛsiḿham ādiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapadye
tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛńgaḿ
dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛńgam
keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare
Lord Krishna is the central and most powerful God in the Hindu pantheon. He represents all aspects of Human emotion. He is also the creator as well as the destroyer. Lord Krishna is omnipresentin Hindu thought and philosophy. He is the most powerful of the Gods and his presence is all pervading. He is also a God who was a non-Brahman and the Bhagwad Gita or the Song Divine is attributed to him. The Bhagwad Gita lays down the essence of the Hindu faith and brings out the immortality of the soul.
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By
His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami (Calcutta)
The word pada-yatra literally means to walk on foot. In early India people used to travel by chariot, horseback, elephant, bullock-cart, or palanquin. But saintly persons, having renounced such worldly comforts, would travel by foot. Their main concern was to teach the glories of God to the conditioned living entities and thereby deliver them from their miserable materialistic lives. Walking was the best means of contacting the common people and accom
ये रथ जा रहा किस ओर
कहाँ चले हे नंदकिशोर.
जा रहा क्यूं व्रज को तू छोड़
हमसे सारे रिश्तों को तोड़.
ज़रा बता दे गलती हमारी
हो गया क्या हमसे कसूर.
क्षण का विरह सहा नही जाता
जा रहा तू अब इतनी दूर.
दिन को बांसुरी बजा बुलाया
रात को संग में रास रचाया.
कैसी आग लगी मथुरा में कि
तूने आज वो सब कुछ भुलाया.
प्यार था तेरा या था छलावा
अपनापन का था वो दिखावा.
हम तो ठहरी गावं की ग्वालन
प्रेम समझ उसे सिर पे चढ़ाया.
व्रज के रक्षक कहलाते थे और
आज प्राण हमारे लिए जा रहे.
हम हुए थे तेरे सबको छोड़
आज जाके अपनी किसे कहे.
निकुंज की बा
