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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.3.13

kathaḿ sutāyāḥ pitṛ-geha-kautukaḿ
niśamya dehaḥ sura-varya neńgate
anāhutā apy abhiyanti sauhṛdaḿ
bhartur guror deha-kṛtaś ca ketanam

SYNONYMS:
katham — how; sutāyāḥ — of a daughter; pitṛ-geha-kautukam — the festival in the house of her father; niśamya — hearing; dehaḥ — the body; sura-varya — O best of the demigods; na — not; ińgate — disturbed; anāhutāḥ — without being called; api — even; abhiyanti — goes; sauhṛdam — a friend; bhartuḥ — of the husband; guroḥ —
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Gita Govinda

Gita Govinda - Meeting of Sakhi with Krsna
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami

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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. Bewildered by love for Radha, Krsna was sitting in a dense grove on the Yamuna riverside feeling deeply depressed. Rad
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Guru, Sadhu, Sastra

We are all familiar with the refrain Guru, Sastra, and Sadhu as being the spiritually scientific methodology utilized in order to authorize every aspect of the Krsna Consciousness process. Much heated discussion has taken place within the Vaisnava community regarding the clarification of the position and pre-requisite qualifications of a "bona fide" diksa/siksa guru. Each person, group and/or institution consults the Sastra as well as the recorded statements of the Guru (Srila Prabhupada) and th
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Abhinandan Prabhu, a 67-year young devotee is a veteran book
distributor in
Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty. He has undergone 15
operations
including hernia, prostate, ear and abdominal wall, and suffers from
diabetes, high BP, partial deafness and vertigo. Yet his spirits are
indomitable. He recalls his experience of 2009 December Marathon:

The whole of 2009 I was terribly sick. I had severe abdominal pain due
to
an umbilical hernia. The Doctors decided not to operate and strictly
advised me not
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Sri Sri Shikshashtaka

Sri Sri Shikshashtaka
by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu

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(1)cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambhdhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtanam

Glory to the Shri Krishna sankirtana (congregational chanting of the Lord's holy names), which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. T
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Lord Jagannath Temple

The present Shree Jagannath Temple is the mystery of 12th century A.D. This temple is one of the tallest monument in the country. It was built by the king Ananta Barma Chodaganga Dev during 12th century A.D (1135) and was completed by his grandson Ananga Bhima Dev. Shree Jagannath temple is a ‘Rekha Deula’ with curvilinear tower on a ‘Pancha Ratha’ plan. The height of the temple is 214 feet 8 inch from the ground level and 181 feet from inner base (ANTARVEDI). It stands on an elevated platform o
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Names Of Lord Jagannath

There are different names of Shree Jagannath (or 'Sri Jagannath' or 'Shri Jagannath'), which are generaly used by people, 'Puranas' and 'Vedas'. The names of Shree Jagannath represent the activity, nature, characteristics of the Lord.

Jagannath was called "Purusottama" since his origin at Puri or ‘Purusottam Kshetra’ (the abode of Purusottam) since pre-historic times. The Rig Veda refers to him as the ‘Daru’ (sacred log of wood) of Purusottama, afloat on the eastern sea. The name "Jagannath” (Lo
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Navakalebar literary means New Body Ceremony of the deities. When one lunar month of Ashadha is followed by another lunar month of Aashadha, the deities change their bodies during the leap month. Last four new body ceremonies of the Lords were celebrated in the year 1950, 1969, 1977 and 1996. On such occasions Puri Witnesses the largest crowd in her fold.

The Daitas plays an important role during Nabakalebar, the ritual in connection with changing of wooden bodies of the deities. It is said that
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Sonic technology awakens our potential
By Chaitanya Charan das

Question: In the Vedic tradition, there seems to be a lot of emphasis on
sound, on hearing from a spiritual master. Why this emphasis?

Answer: Sonic technology is central to the Vedic program of spiritual
redemption.

The Vedic texts explain that all of us are afflicted by spiritual amnesia.
As spiritual beings, we are eternal and indestructible. But due to
forgetting our spiritual identity, we live in anxiety and fear caused by the
fragility
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Counter it!

Came across these beautiful thoughts to counter the Mayavada philosophy (taken from Bhakta's handbook):

1. Since we possess individuality, it is not logical that our ultimate source doesn't possess individuality. Since we can normally observe that personality is superior to an impersonal energy, we can conclude that personality is superior to impersonal energy. Since the Vedanta sutra explains that the Absolute Truth is the source of all existence, it must also be the source of personality and po

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The appearance of Sri Govardhana in Vraja

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According to Adi-varah Purana, during the advent of Sri Ramacandra, monkeys and bears all brought large rocks and stones from many places to construct a bridge across the ocean. Hanuman also received the order from Sri Ramacandra to help build the bridge. Hanuman uprooted Govardhana from Uttarancala, but while carrying him to the ocean he heard a divine sound that announced, "The ocean bridge is now complete. No more rocks are required."

Hearing this, Hanu
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Story Of Chokhamela

Here is the story of a great devotee named Chokha mela. He was a staunch devotee of Krishna. He sang and danced before the temple of Panduranga in Pandari puram. Ironically enough the devotees who thronged before the temple were lured to his music like a snake which danced to the juggler’s music. But the minute his music and dance came to a stand still, their interest in him vanished. He became an untouchable and was prohibited the darshan of Lord Krishna. He would dance to his heart’s content a
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Madhava Prema prabhu has passed away on 5 April.
Him and his wife used to be engaged in Mayapur Project in late 90-s into
2000s, they did a lot of research work on Bengali culture, collected lots of
archeological samples and accumulated research material in order to publish
a book on history of Bengaly temples... Their research work started in
connection with preparations for building ToVP.

They were initiated by Harikesa Sw/Prabhu/ as Vrajabhumi and Madhukantha,
got re-initiated as Audarya Dhama devi
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PARAMA EKADASHI 10-05-2010

Sri Yudhishthira MahArAja said, “Oh Supreme Lord, what is the name and character of that EkAdasii that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the extra, leap year month of Purushottama. Also, Oh master of all the universes, what is the process for observing it properly? Kindly narrate all of this to me?”

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, replied, “Oh Yudhishthira, this meritorious day is called ParamA EkAdasii. It bestows the great benediction of an enjoyable lif

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Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's
Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi
(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)

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1. O Sri Radha, when will I, a maidservant standing at the door, suddenly fall into a lake of nectar as I overhear Your words mixed with the tinkling of Your ornaments as You enjoy a nectar festival in a secluded forest grove?

2. May Sri Radha, who, taking the sweet sounding Madhumati vina in Her hand, and then singing many songs describing Her pastimes with the crest jewel of lovers, suddenly burst
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This is a true story of a young devotee named Yash Prabhu who happens to be from SRI SRI JAGNNATH
TEMPLE, LUDHIANA run by International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(ISKCON) and left his body in perfect Krishna Consciousness way.

When Yash prabhu born his mother saw as if Yash prabhu chant the Holy Name on his finger
tips as if he is chanting on beads.

When his horoscope was made, pandit predicted that the child will become a great man and his name
must be sound as “yea” and thus he was called Ya
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ONE SHOULD FULLY DEPEND ON KRISHNA

We should always do all our wordly activities for KRISHNA,direct all our activity towards KRISHNA inorder to convert them into spiritual.

As Lord KRISHNA HIMSELF Says"In all activities depend upon ME and work always under MY protection.

In such devotional service,be fully conscious of ME."(18.57)

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Whenever there is KRSNA,THE MASTER OF ALL MYSTICS,AND WHEREVER THERE IS Arjuna ,the supreme archer,there will also certainly be opulence,victory,extraordinary power,and morality."

so, always feel presence of LORD ,HE is with us ,our LORD is waiting for HIS children but its our misfortune that we forget our LORD and engage in our wordly life which is mithya.

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On Fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's Desires


Srila Prabhupada told us that the only question he asked of his Guru Maharaja was, "How can I serve you ?" Now, several years after Prabhupada's apparent departure from this world, there is sometimes confusion and disagreement over how we should best serve him. "What does Srila Prabhupada want of us? What do we have to do now to please him?" The answer is simple, for Srila Prabhupada made it clear what he wanted: a world revolution of Krsna consciousness.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 11
suta uvaca
ity upamantrito rajna
gunanukathane hareh
hrsikesam anusmrtya
prativaktum pracakrame


sutah uvaca -- Suta Gosvami said; iti -- thus; upamantritah -- being requested; rajna -- by the King; guna-anukathane -- in describing the transcendental attributes of the Lord; hareh -- of the Personality of Godhead; hrsikesam -- the master of the senses; anusmrtya -- properly remembering; prativaktum -- just to reply; pracakrame -- executed the preliminaries.


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