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On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service
The preacher is the carrier of the Absolute Truth. It is his duty to tell people the truth. Unless devotees tell them, how will they ever know? Our message has to be explicitly presented to clearly distinguish it from non-Truth. In so doing, we should not be afraid. Even if people dislike us, or even if other devotees criticize us, Krsna will protect us. Krsna is God and He wants His message propagated. Surely He will protect His loyal servants.
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On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service
This is an important point that Srila Prabhupada often stressed: that his strong words were not his personal opinion, but that he was simply repeating what Krsna had said.
Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah. These are the words used in the Bhagavad-gita. It is not our manufactured word. People may be very unhappy or angry, but we have to quote from these scriptures.
Krsna speaks strongly. He says,
na mam duskrtino mudhah
prapadyante narad
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 6
naham veda param hy asmin
naparam na samam vibho
nama-rupa-gunair bhavyam
sad-asat kincid anyatah
na -- do not; aham -- myself; veda -- know; param -- superior; hi -- for; asmin -- in this world; na -- neither; aparam -- inferior; na -- nor; samam -- equal; vibho -- O great one; nama -- name; rupa -- characteristics; gunaih -- by qualification; bhavyam -- all that is created; sat -- eternal; asat -- temporary; kincit -- or anything like that; anyatah -- fr
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 5
atman bhavayase tani
na parabhavayan svayam
atma-saktim avastabhya
urnanabhir ivaklamah
atman (atmani)-by self; bhavayase -- manifest; tani -- all those; na -- not; parabhavayan -- being defeated; svayam -- yourself; atma-saktim -- self-sufficient power; avastabhya -- being employed; urna-nabhih -- the spider; iva -- like; aklamah -- without help.
TRANSLATION
As the spider very easily creates the network of its cobweb and manifests its power of creation with
pamho...
Inattentive chanting .....An invitation to self Destruction.It is like cutting same branch in which we are sitting.
By not chanting attentively we are inviting maya.
The first connection of the Jeeva with Krishna in Material world is the Holy name.
If you will dial even a single number wrong, while making a call you won't be able to contact the require person.So by chanting and hearing attentively every single word, of the Hare krishna mahamantra will only connect us to the lord Krishna...
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yat-pāda-padmaḿ mahatāḿ mano-'libhir
niṣevitaḿ brahma-rasāsavārthibhiḥ
lokasya yad varṣati cāśiṣo 'rthinas
tasmai bhavān druhyati viśva-bandhave
SYNONYMS:
yat-pāda-padmam — the lotus feet of whom; mahatām — of the higher personalities; manaḥ-alibhiḥ — by the bees of the mind; niṣevitam — being engaged at; brahma-rasa — of transcendental bliss (brahmānanda); āsava-arthibhiḥ — seeking the nectar; lokasya — of the common man; yat — which; varṣati — he fulfills; ca — a
December 5, 1975
Vrindavana, India
SRILA PRABHUPÄDA would sometimes sit in his darsana room after breakfast and
chat with his servants for a while, usually commenting on the state of the
world in the present day. These moments were especially sweet—to be with
Prabhupäda as he sat, relaxed and casual, and bathe in the warmth of his
intimate association.
This morning was particularly memorable. The sun was shining brightly
through the tall, narrow windows, casting patches of dazzling light on the
clean whi
But if we become careless, become impersonal or sahajiya, we just start offending Krishna, offending the Vaishnavas, it's a
This is my first blog to the Iskcon Desire Tree Network.As this is my first blog I would like to share my some views on the Founder Acharaya His Divine Grace Shri Shri A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Shrila Prabhupada.
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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada(Srila Prabhupada)
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada) was born in 1896 in Calcutta, India.
He first met his spiritual
The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahma
1. The incident of Krsna's saving Himself and His associates from death and of giving deliverance to Aghasura, who had assumed the form of a python, took place when Krsna was five years old. It was disclosed in Vrajabhumi after one year, as if it had taken place on that very day. It happened like this:
2. After saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghasura, who was death personif
yad dvy-akṣaraḿ nāma gireritaḿ nṛṇāḿ
sakṛt prasańgād agham āśu hanti tat
pavitra-kīrtiḿ tam alańghya-śāsanaḿ
bhavān aho dveṣṭi śivaḿ śivetaraḥ
SYNONYMS:
yat — which; dvi-akṣaram — consisting of two letters; nāma — named; girā īritam — merely being pronounced by the tongue; nṛṇām — persons; sakṛt — once; prasańgāt — from the heart; agham — sinful activities; āśu — immediately; hanti — destroys; tat — that; pavitra-kīrtim — whose fame is pure; tam — him; alańghy
Prabhupada was fearless. Once a professor came to meet him. Srila Prabhupada inquired, ''What do you teach?'' ''Hinduism,'' the man said
yad-vijnano yad-adharo
yat-paras tvam yad-atmakah
ekah srjasi bhutani
bhutair evatma-mayaya
yat-vijnanah -- the source of knowledge; yat-adharah -- under whose protection; yat-parah -- under whose subordination; tvam -- you; yat-atmakah -- in what capacity; ekah -- alone; srjasi -- you are creating; bhutani -- the living entities; bhutaih -- with the help of the material elements; eva -- certainly; atma -- self; mayaya -- by potency.
nāścaryam etad yad asatsu sarvadā
mahad-vinindā kuṇapātma-vādiṣu
serṣyaḿ mahāpūruṣa-pāda-pāḿsubhir
nirasta-tejaḥsu tad eva śobhanam
SYNONYMS:
na — not; āścaryam — wonderful; etat — this; yat — which; asatsu — evil; sarvadā — always; mahat-vinindā — the deriding of great souls; kuṇapa-ātma-vādiṣu — among those who have accepted the dead body as the self; sa-īrṣyam — envy; mahā-pūruṣa — of great personalities; pāda-pāḿsubhiḥ — by the dust of the feet; nirasta-tejaḥ
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami
When Radha saw Krsna enjoying affectionate exchanges with all the cowherd maidens in the groves of Vrndavana, she became indignant because he had not acknowledged her eminence. She immediately departed for another part of the forest and hid herself inside a shady bower that resounded with the drone of bumblebees.
atha tam gantum asaktam ciram anuraktam lata-grhe drstva
tac-caritam govinde manasija-mande sakhi praha
Translation
Radha was
