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te vai vidanty atitaranti ca deva-mayam
stri-sudra-huna-sabara api papa-jivah
yady adbhuta-krama-parayana-sila-siksas
tiryag-jana api kim u sruta-dharana ye
te -- such persons; vai -- undoubtedly; vidanti -- do know; atitaranti -- surpass; ca -- also; deva-mayam -- the covering energy of the Lord; stri -- such as women; sudra -- the laborer class of men; huna -- the mountaineers; sabarah -- the Siberians, or those lower than the sudras; api -- although; p
Gurudeva, give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.
I offer you all respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.
When will such mercy fall to this one who is weak and devoid of strength and intelligence? Allow me to be with you.
If you examine me, you will find no qual
A story is told about a mountain climber, who was also a devotee, liked to climb tall mountains for fun and to impress his friends. After years of preparation and training he felt he could handle any mountainterrain in the world, regardless of the degree of difficulty.
During a climbing trip, with five other devotees, he decided he would make the final climb to the summit, solo, so he could get there first and claim the glory, while the others slept. After the rest of the climbing partyturned-in
Introduction
Lord Krsna is referred to as Hrsikesa because He is the owner of all senses. The living entities are part and parcel of Him, and therefore the senses of the living entities are also part and parcel of His senses. The impersonalists cannot account for the senses of the living entities, and therefore they are always anxious to describe all living entities as senseless, or impersonal.
Lord directs the senses
The Lord, situated in the hearts of all living entities, directs their senses. Bu
vedaham anga paramasya hi yoga-mayam
yuyam bhavas ca bhagavan atha daitya-varyah
patni manoh sa ca manus ca tad-atmajas ca
pracinabarhir rbhur anga uta dhruvas ca
iksvakur aila-mucukunda-videha-gadhi-
raghv-ambarisa-sagara gaya-nahusadyah
mandhatr-alarka-satadhanv-anu-rantideva
devavrato balir amurttarayo dilipah
saubhary-utanka-sibi-devala-pippalada-
sarasvatoddhava-parasara-bhurisenah
ye 'nye vibhisana-hanumad-upendradatta-
partharstisena-vidura-srutadeva-v
yesam sa esa bhagavan dayayed anantah
sarvatmanasrita-pado yadi nirvyalikam
te dustaram atitaranti ca deva-mayam
naisam mamaham iti dhih sva-srgala-bhaksye
yesam -- unto those only; sah -- the Lord; esah -- the; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; dayayet -- does bestow His mercy; anantah -- the unlimited potential; sarva-atmana -- by all means, without reservation; asrita-padah -- surrendered soul; yadi -- if such surrender; nirvyalikam -- without pr
nantam vidamy aham ami munayo 'gra-jas te
maya-balasya purusasya kuto 'vara ye
gayan gunan dasa-satanana adi-devah
seso 'dhunapi samavasyati nasya param
na -- never; antam -- end; vidami -- do I know; aham -- myself; ami -- and all those; munayah -- great sages; agra-jah -- born prior to you; te -- you; maya-balasya -- of the omnipotent; purusasya -- of the Personality of Godhead; kutah -- what to speak of others; avarah -- born after us; ye -- those; gay
visnor nu virya-gananam katamo 'rhatiha
yah parthivany api kavir vimame rajamsi
caskambha yah sva-rahasaskhalata tri-prstham
yasmat tri-samya-sadanad uru-kampayanam
visnoh -- of Lord Visnu; nu -- but; virya -- prowess; gananam -- in the matter of accounting; katamah -- who else; arhati -- is able to do it; iha -- in this world; yah -- one who; parthivani -- the atoms; api -- also; kavih -- great scientist; vimame -- might have counted; rajamsi -- particle
sarge tapo 'ham rsayo nava ye prajesah
sthane 'tha dharma-makha-manv-amaravanisah
ante tv adharma-hara-manyu-vasasuradya
maya-vibhutaya imah puru-sakti-bhajah
sarge -- in the beginning of the creation; tapah -- penance; aham -- myself; rsayah -- sages; nava -- nine; ye prajesah -- those who would generate; sthane -- in the middle while maintaining the creation; atha -- certainly; dharma -- religion; makha -- Lord Visnu; manu -- the father of mankind; amar
For class, which was short, he spoke from th
I asked Prabhupada and he replied, "Yes, tulasi can be offered in any condition. Tulasi is never bad."
August 25th, 1976
This morning Prabhupada accepted an invitation to visit the house of a leading Madwari business man. Formerly the Madwari community has not paid very much attention to us. But a
Soon after this, in 1978, he was in India. At that time in history, not a single foreign devotee of ISKCON had ever been inside Jagannath’s temple in Puri. In one exchange between Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaj andPrabhupada, Prabhupada was so pleased with his service that he toldhim, “You will see Krishna in this lifetime.” So, Bhakti Tirtha SwamiMaharaj thought, “may be I will see Krishna as Jagannatha in thislifetime”. He calculated, “I have a black complexion, perhaps they willthink I am from S
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura describes in Krishna-samhita that in each of the pastimes of Krishna where confrontations come, like with either demons or in some cases with Indra or Brahma, Krishna is removing the obstacles on the path of bhakti. In this case of Damodara-lila with Nalakuvera and Manigriva, Krishna is removing the pride and arrogance coming from the feeling that one has an aristocratic birth and is wealthy. Just exactly as Narada described in his contemplation, this kind of pride giv
*Grand opening of the 'Five Star Hilton' for Krishna cows*
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On 6th November His Holiness Bhakti Cari Swami and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, the Attorney General for the British government opened the new farm complex, called New Gokul, at Bhaktivedanta Manor. Other dignitaries present included ISKCON author Rachor Prime, His Excellency Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise the Ambassador of Nepal, Lord Dolar Popat, Joyce D'Silver from Compassion in World Farming and many others.
Praising Gokul farm for its e
Taken from the book "The butter thief"
Mother Yasoda held Krishna, and began to scold Him. “I’ll give You such a beating!“ she threatened. “I know You go from house to house, stealing. You are a thief (caura)!“ Krishna replied, “Oh! Why are you saying that I am a
thief? There is no thief in My dynasty, in Nanda Baba’s dynasty. Perhaps there is a thief in your dynasty.“
He was so cheeky. He had heard Yasoda Maiya and Nanda Baba talking about Mother Yasoda’s forefather called
Caura Gho
