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yasma adad udadhir udha-bhayanga-vepo
margam sapady ari-puram haravad didhaksoh
dure suhrn-mathita-rosa-susona-drstya
tatapyamana-makaroraga-nakra-cakrah
yasmai -- unto whom; adat -- gave; udadhih -- the great Indian Ocean; udha-bhaya -- affected by fear; anga-vepah -- bodily trembling; margam -- way; sapadi -- quickly; ari-puram -- the city of the enemy; hara-vat -- like that of Hara (Mahadeva); didhaksoh -- desiring to burn to ashes; dure -- at a long d
Ashwina-Shukla Ekaadashi or PAASHAANKUSHAA (Paapa-ankushaa) EKAADASHI or PAKSHA-VARDHINI MAHAA-DVAADASHI
Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me.
The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna replied, Oh king, please listen as I explain the glories of this Ekadasi - Papankusha Ekadasi - which removes all sins. On this day one should worship the Dei
color:maroon"">Question: If Guru's Order Is Not Krishna Conscious"Times New Roman""">
We are taught that we should follow our guru and his instructions throughout our life. I also feel so. However, if our guru asks us to do something which seems to beKrishna conscious but is not, then what happens? Am I liable for that bad karmaor is the guru?
Your Servant
Ravi
color:maroon"">Answer: Don't Accept Such A Guru "Times New Roman"""> |
This is why Srila Prabhupada advises in the Nectar of Instruction that o
Question: How Do You Eat on the Airplane?
How do you manage your meals while travelling on the airplane? Even though they serve either vegetarian or non
vegetarian food, the utensils used to prepare the vegetarian food may also been
used to cut meat. So, do you carry your own meals, or how do you manage?
Deepak
Answer: Better than Anyone Else
Our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, instructed us not to take any food, even vegetarian food, cooked by
non-devotees. So we carefully follow his instructi
A new sankirtan initative has started in the Benelux, in a devotee friendly way. With no pressure and based on fun, the monthly festival of Sankirtan Saturday was created. It started on the weekend of Oct. 8th and 9th. Some factors were: language barriers (the books are in Dutch, French, and English) and devotees feeling scared to go. Ninety percent of them never have done sankirtana.
Posters flooded the castle walls of Radhadesh: Sankirtana Saturday.
On Friday morning, Partha-sarathi gave the Bha
The Gopis search for Krsna

1. When Lord Krsna disappeared so suddenly, the gopis felt great sorrow at losing sight of Him, like a group of female elephants who have lost their mate.
2. As the cowherd women remembered Lord Krsna, their hearts were overwhelmed by His movements and loving smiles, His playful glances and enchanting talks, and by the many other pastimes He would enjoy with them. Thus absorbed in thoughts of Krsna, the Lo
Introduction
Bhagavad-gita is a transcendental literature which one should read very carefully. 'Gita-sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman'. If one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all miseries and anxieties in this life, and one's next life will be spiritual. Visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya-sokadi-varjitah. (Gita-mahatmya 1)
Proclamation of the Lord
Apart from the aforementioned benefit there is also a further advantage:
gitadhyayana-silasya
pranayama-pa
asmat-prasada-sumukhah kalaya kalesa
iksvaku-vamsa avatirya guror nidese
tisthan vanam sa-dayitanuja avivesa
yasmin virudhya dasa-kandhara artim arcchat
asmat -- unto us, beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant ant; prasada -- causeless mercy; sumukhah -- so inclined; kalaya -- with His plenary extensions; kalesah -- the Lord of all potencies; iksvaku -- Maharaja Iksvaku, in the dynasty of the sun; vamse -- family; avatirya -- by descending in; gu
OFFERING
TO RADHA RANI
Often we lament upon the loses suffered during our lifetime to such an extent that we star disregarding the life itself which is the most precious gift of the supreme. This occurs due our forgetful nature that we are the part and parcels of supreme personality of Godhead and are his eternal servant. We keep forgetting that happiness and misery appear and disappear as day comes after night and night comes after day.
Krsna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance

1. Sri Krsna is the supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.
2. The moon then rose, anointing the face of the western horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays, and thus dispelling the pain o
Tulasi Dasa Ramayana
Jayapataka said that his ambition was to make the Gitar-gana so popular that it would be sung at every gathering. "When we can hear over the loudspeakers Gitar-gana being sung, then we will feel very happy. When the public begin to recite Gitar-gana at their functions, like they're doing this Tulasidasa Ramayana, if they start that in Bengal, Gitar-gana, then it will be a big success."
Prabhupada commented that the reason that Tulasidasa's Ramayana was popular was because ther
All other auspicious pious results including liberation can be quite easily achieved
ksatram ksayaya vidhinopabhrtam mahatma
brahma-dhrug ujjhita-patham narakarti-lipsu
uddhanty asav avanikantakam ugra-viryas
trih-sapta-krtva urudhara-parasvadhena
ksatram -- the royal order; ksayaya -- for the sake of diminishing; vidhina -- by destination; upabhrtam -- increased in proportion; mahatma -- the Lord in the form of the great sage Parasurama; brahma-dhruk -- the ultimate truth in Brahman; ujjhita-patham -- those who have given up the path of
Interview of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta by
Mr. Willion Henri Jan Vandor Stok of Batavia
Q: -- Your Holiness, kindly enlighten me about the different aspects of human pursuits.
A: -- In India as in Europe we find people holding different views, but here we have attempted to classify them into three divisions. One class of people are seekers of fruits of their action. Another class wish to annihilate their individuality. And the third class want, in their true selves as absolute infintesimals, to be in t