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The 4 Step Japa Mala Technique

The 4 step japa mala technique

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Step 1--Make a sankalpa to hear ONE mantra.

A sankalpa is a resolution or determination to do something. So the 1st step is to tell the mind to resolve to just hear one hare krishna maha mantra.

The idea is that it is a doable request. If we tell the mind to hear 16 rounds of mantra, or even 1 round....the mind is to powerful to heed such a big request. But if we tell the mind "Just hear this one mantra..." we have it in our power to force the mind to comply to at
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HH Bhakti Vikas Swami - Gaura-lila

Date: February 27th, 2010
Verse: Gaura-lila
Speaker: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami
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Okay someone go around and wipe away all the tears! Gauranga bolite habe
pulaka-sarira
hari hari bolite nayane ba'be nira. We should all be crying according to
Narottama dasa.
One of the first of the very profound statements I have ever heard after
being allowed in the doors of this movement was from Gurudas. Not you. You
weren't even born then in this body. So he said, "Y
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Date: February 26th, 2010
Verse: Disappearance of Sri Madhavendra Puri [Cc Antya 8.28-36]
Speaker: HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami
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HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami: Today marks the anniversary of the
Disappearance Day of Srila Madhavendra Puri. I will read the translation
to the song that we just sung, Saparsada-bhagavad-viraha-janita-vilapa -
Lamentation Due to Separation from the Lord and His Associates
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The 16 Names of Shri Radha

The 16 Names of Shri Radha
by Lord Narayana in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Shri Krishna Janm Khanda 17.220-240:

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Radha - She who is the bestower of ultimate divine bliss.
Rasesvari - She Who is the Goddess of the rasa dance.
Rasa-Vasini - She Who always lives with the rasa dance.
Rasikesvari - She Who is the Goddess of those who relish divine mellows.
Krsna-Pranadhika - She Who is dearer to Krishna than His own life.
Krsna-Priya - She Who is Krishna's most dearly beloved companion.
Krsna-Svarupini
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How to overcome Anarthas ???

Once a college student confided to Srila Sarawati Thakur, " We are doing wrong. We know it is not good, yet we commit sin again and again, then repent again and again. Why do we fluctuate like this ?"

Srila Saraswati Thakur said," It is hrdya-daurbalyam (Weakness of heart). Your conscience and discrimination are not strong, thus you commit sins. But if you associate with a Krsna Conscious sadhu, his influence will be injected into you. At that the heart will be purified. Sadhu-sanga, sadhu-krpa,
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The Scholar and the Boatman

The Scholar and the Boatman

Though a mass of gray was moving in across the northwest sky, the sun was still shining. As he ambled down the shrubby slope to the beachfront below, the man felt a chilly breeze coming through the trees. He turned up his collar and made his way more quickly to the little boat dock, with its slats of soggy old wood.

"Boatman! Take me across!"

"Yes sir—climb aboard!"

Professor Perkins wasn't what you'd call an old man—graying, to be sure; but still sprightly, even athletic

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Surrender to God

Radhe Radhe,

Surrender to God

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Surrender means to yield ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider ours: our property, our time, our "rights." When we surrender to God, we are simply acknowledging that what we "own" actually belongs to Him. He is the giver of all good things. We are responsible to care for what God has given us, as stewards of His property, but by surrendering to God, we admit that He is ultimately in control of everything, including our present circumstances. Surrende
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*New Book Releases.*

*New Book Releases.*


Hot off the printing press and appearing in Sri Mayapur Dham this
festival time are two new books.


Srila Candramauli Swami Maharaja has written a very inspiring book
called Holy Jail.

This book is about the Iskcon Prison Ministry and the effective results
it is having on prisoners around America and India.

The prisoners very beautifully with great depth express how they came to
Krsna through the help of the Iskcon Prison Ministry and how their lives
have been changed for the better t
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Why We Should Read the Bhagavad Gita

This is a beautiful story - it might inspire you!

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.

Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the

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Date: February 25th, 2010
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila [Cc Adi 3.49]
Speaker: HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami
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So very soon after a few days we are going to celebrate the appearance day
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore from today onwards we will discuss
different topics on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to develop our Caitanya
consciousness. This year is a very special year that we are celebrating five
hundredth anniversary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taking sannyasa.
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GauraPurnima 2010 Kansas City, MO

GauraPurnima 2010

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Rupanuga Vedic College
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(816) 924-5619
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Prayers in Worship of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda

These are verses in praise of Lord Sri Caitanya (Nimai), the most recent incarnation of the Supreme, Lord Krishna, who appeared 500 years ago. Then there is the 108 names of Lord Caitanya. These are followed by prayers to Lord Nityananda (Nitai), the incarnation of Lord Krishna's brother, Balarama.
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adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

h.rdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (1)

vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (2)

venurmadhuro renurmadhura

panirmadhura padau madhurau

n.rtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram (3)

gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

madhuradhipate

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Jaya Radha-Madhava

Jaya Radha-Madhava
(written by Shrila Bhaktinoda Thakura)

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jaya radha-madhava kunja-bihari
gopi-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhari
yashoda-nandana braja-jana-ranjana
jamuna-tira-vana-chari

Translation

Krishna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrindavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of Mother Yashoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the b
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Ujjain Temple Feeds 28,000 School Children Daily

Ujjain Temple Feeds 28,000 School Children Daily

Bhakti Caru Swami inspects the dahl used to prepare meals for Ujjain's school kids.

Ujjain, Madyapradesh-In this central Indian city, best known as the place where Lord Krishna studied at the school of his guru, Sandipani Muni, during His childhood pastimes, today's school children are healthier and happier due to the free food program provided by the ISKCON Ujjain Temple to the 170 schools in the local district.

Since July 2007, more than 28,000 sch

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Guru Seminar in ujjain Promotes Cooperation, Keeping Prabhupada in Center

Historically, a guru tends to be an autocrat, but Srila Prabhupada's vision of thousands of gurus working cooperatively within a single institution is unique and bold.

On October 2-5, 2009, in the pleasant and historical holy city of Ujjain, India, (Avanti), where Sandipani Muni once taught Krishna and Balarama, two senior instructors led the fourth session of "Being a Guru in ISKCON: A Spiritual Leadership Seminar." It was

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Swedish Scholar Recognizes Bhaktisiddhanta's Unique Contributions

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"One of the most interesting results of my research is that Sarasvati represents a countercurrent to more well-known Hindu non-dualists such as Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda."

Traditional and modern Hinduism have an extensive monotheistic (belief in one God) branch that in many ways can be compared with the Christian notion of the person and a personal relationship to God. This is in spite of the the fact

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Date: February 24th, 2010
Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.3
Speaker: HG Urmila Mataji
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sa eva visvasya bhavan vidhatte
guna-pravahena vibhakta-viryah
sargady aniho 'vitathabhisandhir
atmesvaro 'tarkya-sahasra-saktih

TRANSLATION: My dear Lord, although personally You have nothing to do, You
have distributed Your energies in the interactions of the material modes of
nature, and for that reason the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the
cosmic manifestation take place.
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Date: February 23rd, 2010
Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.1&2
Speaker: HH Danavir Swami
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maitreya uvaca
evam nisamya kapilasya vaco janitri
sa kardamasya dayita kila devahutih
visrasta-moha-patala tam abhipranamya
tustava tattva-visayankita-siddhi-bhumim

TRANSLATION: Sri Maitreya said: Thus Devahuti, the mother of Lord Kapila and
wife of Kardama Muni, became freed from all ignorance concerning devotional
service and transcendental knowledge. She offered her obeisances unto
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Date: February 20th, 2010
Verse: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.32.39,40
Speaker: HG Anuttama Prabhu
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naitat khalayopadisen
navinitaya karhicit
na stabdhaya na bhinnaya
naiva dharma-dhvajaya ca

TRANSLATION: Lord Kapila continued: This instruction is not meant for the
envious, for the agnostics or for persons who are unclean in their behavior.
Nor is it for hypocrites or for persons who are proud of material
possessions.

TEXT 40
na lolupayopadisen
na grharudha-cetase
nabhaktaya ca me ja
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Please read this

A Real Incident happened out of ignorance!!Dears,Yesterday morning, Mr. Aditya Suresh Joshi, age 19, studying in 1st year of engineering, died in Keshvani Hospital, Mumbai. He was admitted in Keshavani Hospital as burned patient.Reason4 days back this boy had gone to Amravati (One of the district place located in State of Maharashtra) on study tour. After their study was over, he, his classmates & his teachers, all of them were standing on "Badnera" railway station to catch the train. "Badnera"
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