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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It is with deeply sad hearts that we have come to know about the sudden passing of His Grace Aindra Prabhu.
There is possibly no devotee in the entire world of ISKCON who has not heard one of Aindra Prabhu’s kirtans, either live or from a recording, and has been left wondering whether this celestial singing was coming from this earth or from ano
Breaking down false ego
In the Caitanya-caritamrta in the chapter called the bheda kirtans we see a description of how Lord Caitanya divided the devotees into various kirtan groups. There were four kirtan groups each having twomrdanga players, and eight kartal players, That's sixteen kartala players and six lead singers, simultaneously singing the lead with six lead responders simultaneously responding.
I have incorporated that standard to a large extent in my own endeavors t
(The following is an interview with Sripad Aindra dasa done last year for the forthcoming book Kirtan Meditations The Mood and Technique of Bhakti Kirtan compiled by Dhanurdhara Swami and Akincana Krishna dasa. Due to the unexpected loss of this great soul I decided to release his interview quite before the editing has been finished. I hope it gives some pleasure and solace to the congregation of the devotees feeling the loss of this great soul.)
AINDRA DASA
Doing
In Hari-bhakti-vilasa, verse 2.147, Srila Sanatan Goswami quotes
Sammohana-tantra:
gopayed devatam istam gopayed gurum atmanah
gopayec ca nijam mantram gopayen nija-malikam
One should hide one's ista-deva, one should hide one's guru, one should hide
one's mantra, and one should hide one's japa-mala.
Wise persons keep their valuables in a confidential place. Similarly, an
intelligent sadhaka does not advertise his or her guru, nor do they
broadcast themselves as disciples of their guru. Considering thems
If we pursue only bodily happiness
and fail to inquire into the cause
of our suffering, are we any
better than the animals?
Adapted from a lecture given in Buffalo, New York on April 23, 1969
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
rsabha uvaca
nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke
kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye
tapo divyam putraka yena sattvam
suddhyed yasmad brahma-saukhyam tv anantam
"Lord
All Glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Nitai Gaura Premanande, HARI HARI BOLO!
Patitanam Pavanebhyo Vaisn•avebhyo Namo Namah•!
Respected devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisance - dandavat pran•ama,
Krishna-Priya Dasi: Saved by Lord Krishna’s Song
By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010
Krishna-priya Dasi
For young Kumud Jeendgar, life had never been easy. From the day of her birth
in
Jaipur, India in 1972, she had had severe physical disabiliti
How does
a devotee take suffering ?
When there is suffering given by Krishna, a devotee does not take seriously suffering. A devotee thinks, “It is thefavour of Krishna that He has put me into suffering.” They never see suffering as suffering. It is favour of Krishna. That is devotee’s vision. It is exactly like a son who knows his father well. If the father slaps, the son never protests. He knows that “It is good for me.” Similarly, a devotee is never disturbed when there is suffering given by Kr
Why should we change the quality of engagement of our mind ?
The mind is not to be killed. Mind or desire cannot be stopped, but to develop a desire to function for spiritual realization, the quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed. The mind is the pivot of the active sense organs, and as such if the quality of thinking, feeling and willing is changed, naturally the quality of actions by the instrumental senses will also change.
Srimad Bhagavatham, 2.1.17.
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sarvasunam ca vayos ca
tan-nase paramayane
asvinor osadhinam ca
ghrano moda-pramodayoh
sarva -- all; asunam -- different kinds of life air; ca -- and; vayoh -- of the air; ca -- also; tat -- His; nase -- in the nose; parama-ayane -- in the transcendental generating center; asvinoh -- of the Asvini-kumara demigods; osadhinam -- of all medicinal herbs; ca -- also; ghranah -- His smelling power; moda -- pleasure; pramodayoh -- specific sport.
Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi
(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)
1. O Radha, O girl whose splendid braids are decorated with newly blossoming jasmine flowers, whose belt tinkles on broad hips, whose anklets tinkle, whose vine arms are splendid with bracelets, armlets, and other ornaments, and whose breasts are golden lotus-buds, when with my own eyes will I drink the nectar of seeing You?
2. O Radha, O girl whose body rocks to and fro, tossed by the waves in the
And someone says, “What are you doing man?” He says, “I am watering this tree.” “That’s not how you do it! Just put water at one place on the roots and through the roots, the tree will carry water to every single leaf.”
So the root of existenc
All glories to Srila Prabhupada & sri RadhaShyamsundar & world wide Sankirtan movement.
Prabhuji / mathaji, please accept my humble obesiences.
aindra prabhuji was my guru & his sudden depature made all of us a very loss & shocking.i was busy in my exams so i got the informaton very lately, i never atteneded he last journey as well the pushpanjali day on 20 th july , so i request to iskcon vrndavan , all godprabhuji's to accept my humble requst to keep a very big memorable day for AIN