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The Power of Reading Sacred Scripture

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 12, 2010 at 10:44am

An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-git

सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया,हाथ में वंशी साथ में गैया

Posted by Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi on July 12, 2010 at 10:22am

सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया

हाथ में वंशी,साथ में गैया

दाऊ पुकारे कह के कान्हा

लल्ला कहती है उनकी मैया

जीवन की धूप में है छैंया

भवसागर की है वो ही नैया

मटकी फोड़ी,माखन भी लूटा

उसपे ये नखरे हाय दैया

मन का मीत,जन्मों का साथी

राधारानी का है वो सैंया

सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया

हाथ में वंशी,साथ में गैया

Devotion Through Discipline!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on July 12, 2010 at 9:40am

GURUVAKYA

"The Lord instructs that one has to become fully Krishna conscious to discharge duties as if in a military discipline. Such an injunction may make things a little difficult; nevertheless duties must be carried out, with dependence on Krishna, because that is the constitutional position of the living entity.

The living entity cannot be happy independent of the cooperation of the Supreme Lord because the eternal constitutional position of the living entity is to become subordinate to the d

Jagannath Rathyatra Festival...

Posted by Vinayak Yadav on July 11, 2010 at 1:30pm

Jagannath Puri, is the abode of Lord Jagannath or Purushotham, the Lord ofthe Universe or the Supreme Personality of the Universe.

Jagannath Puri Dham or Jagannath Puri or even Puri as it is called, is situatedon the sea shore of the Bay of Bengal in the State of Orissa (India). It is one of thefour Holy Kshetras of India including temples at Rameshwaram, Dwaraka, Badrinath and Puri. The Annual Rathyatra Festival is the high point of all the festivals celebrated and has been attracting lakhs of

The Divine Encounter

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 10, 2010 at 11:16am

For your personal advancement I would like to suggest a powerful meditation with which you can establish a conscious connection with Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
In this world there are many things that divert us from our relationship with God – things that focus us on other relationships with other people, our job, society, our dreams, etc. All these relationships are like smoke; one day they will simply float away into the air. At that time we will be left with the only one, eternal relationship.

RADHIKA ASHTKAM

Posted by shailendra badriprasad sharma on July 9, 2010 at 6:03pm

Shri RadhikastakamEight Prayers Glorifying Sri Radhikaby Shrila Raghunatha dasa GosvamiText 1rasa-valita-mrgaksi-mauli-manikya-laksmihpramudita-muravairi-prema-vapi-maralivraja-vara-vrsabhanoh punya-girvana-vallisnapayatu nija-dasye radhika mam kada nuWhen will Sri Radhika, who is a splendid ruby in the crown of all nectarean doe-eyed girls, a swan swimming in the lake of love for jubilant Lord Krsna, and a celestial vine sprouted from Vraja's exalted King Vrsabhanu, bathe me in Her service?Text

Glories of Jagannatha Puri Dhama

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 9, 2010 at 10:02am

Some of you are contemplating to also visit Jagannath Puri. Wonderful!

Here is short glorification of Puri - where the Lord Purusottama (the best of all persons) resides in this form of Jagannatha. It is taken from the Chaitanya Bhagavat:

From afar seeing the Jagannatha-temple flag, the Lord became plunged in an ocean of bliss. The wonderful, indescribable Lord loudly roared. His entire body trembled. He looked and looked in the direction of the temple. As He walked, the Lord recited a verse. In t

Radha Rani...Nectar of Divine Love

Posted by Vishnupriya on July 8, 2010 at 9:13pm

Jai Radhey rani ...
Jai Vrindavan Vilasini Radhey...
Jai Krishnapriya Devi...
Jai Krishnaswarupini...

Radha Rani is Sri Krishna's supreme bhakta. She is the heart and soul of our lord...No one knows Krishna better than Radhika. Sri Krishna controls everything as he is the supreme controller but It is Radha Rani who controls Krishna. Radha is Krishna and Krishna is Radha... they do not have distinct identities.

Radha ji is very sensitive,loving and innocent by nature...she loves Krishna unconditional

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - THE METHOD TO ACCEPT THE BHAGAVAD GITA

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on July 8, 2010 at 3:33pm

Bhagavad-gita should be taken up in a spirit of devotion. One should not think that he is equal to Krishna, nor should he think that Krishna is an ordinary personality or even a very great personality. Lord Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So according to the statements of Bhagavad-gita or the statements of Arjuna, the person who is trying to understand the Bhagavad-gita, we should at least theoretically accept Sri Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and with that su

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2010 at 2:29pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

In front of our residence our neighbor's daughter-in-law was beating her child. So I inquired through my servant, Why is this young woman beating her child? The servant brought me the news that this boy gave parata to his elder brother who is suffering from typhoid. In typhoid fever, solid food is strictly forbidden, but the boy did not know. He asked his younger brother that "If you steal one parata and if you give me, I am very much hungry." So

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 33

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 8, 2010 at 2:29pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 33
tada samhatya canyonyam
bhagavac-chakti-coditah
sad-asattvam upadaya
cobhayam sasrjur hy adah

tada -- all those; samhatya -- being assembled; ca -- also; anyonyam -- one another; bhagavat -- by the Personality of Godhead; sakti -- energy; coditah -- being applied; sat-asattvam -- primarily and secondarily; upadaya -- accepting; ca -- also; ubhayam -- both; sasrjuh -- came into existence; hi -- certainly; adah -- this universe.

TRANSLATION
Thus when all thes

लल्ला मेरा

Posted by Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi on July 8, 2010 at 12:38pm

पाँच साल का लल्ला मेरा

जा रहा है मधुवन में

गैया नही, बछड़े है साथ

बछड़े ही चरायेगा न बचपन में

सखाओं से घिरा है वो

दाऊ भी हैं उसके संग

ऐसे सज रहा है वो जैसे

तारों में सजे चाँद का रंग

बछड़े चर रहे हैं और

ये खेल खेलते हैं

कभी लल्ला को पकडते हैं

तो कभी गले मिलते हैं

कभी फूल तोडते हैं ये

तो कभी फूलों की माला बनाते हैं

कभी पत्ते से सजते हैं

कभी लल्ला को माला पहनाते हैं

खेलते-खेलते थक गए

उन्हें अब भूख सता रही है

दोपहर का समय है

उन्हें अब कलेवा बुला रही है

पेड़ के नीचे बैठ गए सारे

लेकर अपनी-अपनी पोटलियाँ

कोई हाथ पे ही खाना प

यहाँ भी आनंद है देख तो कृष्णा को केंद्र में रखकर

Posted by Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi on July 8, 2010 at 12:38pm

हर रिश्ते हैं खोखले

माया की बिछायी जाल

नातों में उलझाकर

ठगनी चलती है चाल

हर चीज है क्षणिक

क्षणिक मिलन,क्षणिक जुदाई

फंसकर इसमें करते हम

जन्म-जन्मांतर तक भरपाई

हर सुख यहाँ का

दुःख की जड़ निकलता है

फिर भी जाने क्यों मानव

सुख देख फिर फिसलता है

दुनिया में दिल लगाता है

टूटना तो था ही,

फिर बैठ आँसू बहाता है

टूटे दिल को जोडने के लिए

नासमझ इंसान,

फिर किसी और को आजमाता है

दिल की तो फितरत ही है

लगाना

लगाने को ही दिल मिला है

पर सबका दिलवर एक ही है

कृष्णा

लगानेवाले को मिला सिला है

दिल लगाना है तो कृष्णा से लगा

प्यार करना है तो उससे

How Much Should We Want Krishna

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 8, 2010 at 12:19pm

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. When they met, Socrates asked the young man to walk with him into the river. When the water reached their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and dunked him under the water. The boy struggled to get out, but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Finally, Socrates pulled his head out of the water, and the first thing the young m

The Kitchen of Srimandir - Biggest in the World.

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 8, 2010 at 12:00pm

Sri Jagannath is the Lord of the Universe. His Kitchen is considered as the largest and the biggest Kitchen in the world. It is situated south-east direction of the outer compound of Srimandir. The length of the Kitchen is 150 feet, breadth is 100 feet and height is about 20 feet. It consists of 32 rooms with 250 earthen ovens within these. Around 600cooks(Suaras) and 400 assistants serve here everyday for preparing Lord's food.

These are three types of hearths in the Kitchen of Srimandir such as

Never Forget Krishna

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 8, 2010 at 10:42am

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap in its shade.... He loved the tree, and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by. The little boy grew up, and he no longer played around the tree everyday. One day, the boy came back to the tree with a sad look on his face.

"Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy.

"I am no longer a kid, I don’t play around trees anymore." The boy

Fourth Annual BBT Art Seminar now open for registration

Posted by Pancharatna dasa on July 8, 2010 at 2:24am

The BBT will be holding its fourth annual art seminar in Vrindavana, India, from November 5 25, 2010. Once again, the seminar will led by veteran ISKCON artists Dhriti Dasi and Ramdas Abhirama Dasa, teaching both new and repeat students practical techniques as well as the mood essential in producing devotional art.

A new website dedicated to the seminar is now online at http://artseminar.bbt.info.

The course is free for the fifteen most-qualified applicants, with priority given to students who hav

Big Name

Posted by Krishna Mazumdar. on July 7, 2010 at 8:00pm

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krishna Himself appeared in a form,richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.

Lord Krishna personally descends in this material world for two reasons-He wants to taste the sweet essence of His transcendental mellowes and He wants to propagate within the world of devotional services on the platform of spontaneous love.After Lord Krishna disappeared from this world He thought,”For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service upon the in

Question and Answer - True Love

Posted by Krishna Mazumdar. on July 7, 2010 at 7:30pm

What is love?

Love is Lord Krishna’s transcendental mellows.He is the reservoir of all rasas(mellows), to understand love we have to know Lord Krishna the Absolute Truth.

How is it done?

To know the process of love how it is done our heart should be pure , this is the basic need, then we should practice to know Lord Krishna and Shrimati Radharani. Gradually by the mercy of their Lordship we may get the intelligence of understanding how divine is love ,then we will get the answer how it is done .

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Amazing Story of Jananivas Pr and Lord Jagannatha! MUST READ!

Posted by Ekalavya Das on July 7, 2010 at 3:57pm

Dear Maharaja's and Prabhus,Pamho. Agtsp.I would like to share an amazing story that a devotee announced this morning here in Kolkata.Yesterday, Jananivas Prabhu, our head priest in ISKCON Mayapur, was repainting the Lord Jagannatha Deity. He left without finishing the job, because he had to go to another program, the Disappearence Festival of H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja. He was planning to continue the painting work the following day.Last night Jananivas dreamt that Jagannatha's brother, Balade

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The Power of Reading Sacred Scripture

सुन्दर-सुन्दर कृष्ण कन्हैया,हाथ में वंशी साथ में गैया

Devotion Through Discipline!

Jagannath Rathyatra Festival...

The Divine Encounter

RADHIKA ASHTKAM

Glories of Jagannatha Puri Dhama

Radha Rani...Nectar of Divine Love

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - THE METHOD TO ACCEPT THE BHAGAVAD GITA

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 33

लल्ला मेरा

यहाँ भी आनंद है देख तो कृष्णा को केंद्र में रखकर

How Much Should We Want Krishna

The Kitchen of Srimandir - Biggest in the World.

Never Forget Krishna

Fourth Annual BBT Art Seminar now open for registration

Big Name

Question and Answer - True Love

Amazing Story of Jananivas Pr and Lord Jagannatha! MUST READ!

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