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Chapter-1 Bhagavad Gita

An Overview

1. In verse 1.1,The importance of Kurukṣetra has been described.

a. Kurukṣetra has been described as -Sacred place of pilgrimage -Also referred as dharma-kṣetra because on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present on the side of Arjuna

b. The doubt of Dhṛtarāṣṭra has been described about the possibility of his sons' ultimate victory. So, he asked his secretary about the situation of battlefield. He was fearful

Srila Prabhupada came to lecture at Upsala University in Sweden. After the lecture a student raised his hand and said, "In his book Siddhartha, Hermeann Hesse says......" and he went on talking for sometime. Prabhupada let him speak and when he was finished, Prabhupada said,"Who is Hermann Hesse ?" At that time Hermann Hesse was popular. If you didn't know who Hermann Hesse was, you were nobody.

The student replied, "You don't know who Hermann Hesse is? He is the author of this and that."

Prabhupa

, H H Radha Raman Swami:

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

ISKCON’s 24th Vraja Mandala Parikrama will be held this year from Oct 23 till Nov 21. The Parikrama schedule is pasted at the end of this article. The Parikrama will start on Saturday 23rd October after mangal-arati at 5:00 am. The participants are requested to reach Vrindavan latest by the evening of Oct 22.

Please note that the participant will have to arrange own accommodation in Vrindavan

Get Spiritually RICH!

"It is not required to live as a monk in the temple. Everyone receives benefit according to the faith and devotion he gives, whether big or small. Whatever devotion one has, he invests and gets profit. Thus one's capital accrues. Then he reinvests the enhanced capital. In this way one will very soon be Spiritually Rich.

To reside within a temple, one should be on the level of bhajana-kriya or anartha-nivrtti. But those living at home can be on any level, higher or lower. And

The Supreme Bargain!

"In America, some companies offer rebate coupons. This means that after a person has purchased the particular product, he is mailed a cheque of, say, twenty percent of what he had paid, or sent some other offer. But whatever price one pays in the market of the holy name, he receives a rebate of many, many times that amount.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is describing the Supreme Bargain. In the material world we give our love and faith to people, but they can hardly reciprocate a

Guranga and Murarigupta, Part 4

BY: SUN STAFF

Jan 07, CANADA (SUN) — A five-part series from 'Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu', edited by Srimad Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Goswami Maharaj, Founder Acharya of the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, Ganjam,Orissa.

Sri Chaitanya then described the grades of Bhakti. According to Him from Sadhana Bhakti (the culture of pure devotion through regulations) sprouts up Rati (permanent seed of love). When Rati isdeepened it becomes Love for Prema. Intensified prema takes the fo