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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 3-4

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 28, 2010 at 2:27pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 3-4

papraccha cemam evartham

yan mam prcchatha sattamah

krsnanubhava-sravane

sraddadhano maha-manah

samstham vijnaya sannyasya

karma trai-vargikam ca yat

vasudeve bhagavati

atma-bhavam drdham gatah

papraccha -- asked; ca -- also; imam -- this; eva -- exactly like; artham -- purpose; yat -- that; mam -- unto me; prcchatha -- you are asking; sattamah -- O great sages; krsna-anubhava -- rapt in thought of Krsna; sravane -- in hearing; sraddadhanah -- full of faith;

Prem Ras Madira

Posted by geeta kakkar on April 28, 2010 at 1:38pm

prem ras madira

Dainya Madhuri
(The Sweetness of Humbleness)

Kishori mori, ab na lagao bar.
A devotee is begging of Shri Radha, "Oh Radhey! Do not delay any longer! I have been begging at Your door only for Your grace."

Mangat bhikh kripa ki keval, khado tihare dvar.
"I have heard from Saints that the destitute souls are always treated with respect in Your divine court. I have also heard that there may be a delay in Your court, but never injustice."

Rasikan-mukh as suni deen ko, aadar yehi darbar.
"The

H.G. Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.2.30 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 27, 2010 at 4:29pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.2.30

brahma ca brāhmaṇāḿś caiva
yad yūyaḿ parinindatha
setuḿ vidhāraṇaḿ puḿsām
ataḥ pāṣaṇḍam āśritāḥ

SYNONYMS:
brahma — the Vedas; ca — and; brāhmaṇān — the brāhmaṇas; ca — and; eva — certainly; yat — because; yūyam — you; parinindatha — blaspheme; setum — Vedic principles; vidhāraṇam — holding; puḿsām — of mankind; ataḥ — therefore; pāṣaṇḍam — atheism; āśritāḥ — have taken shelter.

TRANSLATION:
Bhṛgu Muni continued: Since you blaspheme the Vedas and the brāhman

Actual fearlessness & freedom from all worries

Posted by cindrella on April 27, 2010 at 3:52pm

Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to take 100 people." Death replied.

"That's horrible" the man said.

"That's the way it is." Death said. "That's what I do."

The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death's plan.

As evening fell, he met Death again. "You told me you were going to take 100 people," the man said, "Why did 1,000 die?"

"I kept my word" Death responded. "I only took 100 people. Worry took the other...."

Worry is, and a

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 27, 2010 at 2:28pm

On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

If the preachers in our Krsna consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Krsna, Krsna will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees. Just as Arjuna and Krsna were victorious in the Battle of Kuruksetra, this Krsna consciousness movement will surely emerge victorious if we but remain sincere devotees of the Lord and serve the Lord according to the advice of predecessors (the six Gosvamis and other devotees of the L

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A Proposal

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 27, 2010 at 2:26pm

A Proposal

Quite a few devotees in our movement are expressing dissatisfaction, albeit not without cause. Here is a proposal for solving all the problems in our society. It is based on the understanding that pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress, and is the beginning of all auspiciousness (c.f. Nectar of Devotion, Chapter One). All devotees should:

(1) read Srila Prabhupada's books one to two hours daily; (2) chant and dance together in kirtana; (3) ch

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 2

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 27, 2010 at 2:25pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 2
atma-jaya-sutagara-
pasu-dravina-bandhusu
rajye cavikale nityam
virudham mamatam jahau

atma -- body; jaya -- wife; suta -- son; agara -- palace; pasu -- horses and elephants; dravina -- treasury house; bandhusu -- unto friends and relatives; rajye -- in the kingdom; ca -- also; avikale -- without being disturbed; nityam -- constant; virudham -- deep-rooted; mamatam -- affinity; jahau -- gave up.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit, as a result of his wholehearted

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 1

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 27, 2010 at 2:22pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 1
suta uvaca
vaiyasaker iti vacas
tattva-niscayam atmanah
upadharya matim krsne
auttareyah satim vyadhat

sutah uvaca -- Suta Gosvami said; vaiyasakeh -- of Sukadeva Gosvami; iti -- thus; vacah -- speeches; tattva-niscayam -- that which verifies the truth; atmanah -- in the self; upadharya -- just having realized; matim -- concentration of the mind; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; auttareyah -- the son of Uttara; satim -- chaste; vyadhat -- applied.

TRANSLATION

Suta G

Ratha Yatra Curitiba BRAZIL

Posted by Gopi Janavallabha DD on April 27, 2010 at 9:37am

Haribol dear devotees

Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

On Saturday, 24th April happens the wonderful festival of Ratha Yatra in Curitiba ISKCON MANDIR.

Curitiba is a modern and efficient city in Brazil.

Great devotees came from various places from Brazil to receive the special mercy by Lord Jagannatha and His Brothers.

The festival had the gracious presence of His Holiness Dhanvantari Swami who spoke in the end of the festival and lecture a class with the theme: Fest

H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami speaks on S.B. 4.2 29 - form Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 26, 2010 at 4:32pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.2.29

naṣṭa-śaucā mūḍha-dhiyo
jaṭā-bhasmāsthi-dhāriṇaḥ
viśantu śiva-dīkṣāyāḿ
yatra daivaḿ surāsavam

SYNONYMS:
naṣṭa-śaucāḥ — cleanliness being abandoned; mūḍha-dhiyaḥ — foolish; jaṭā-bhasma-asthi-dhāriṇaḥ — wearing long hair, ashes and bones; viśantu — may enter; śiva-dīkṣāyām — into initiation of worship of Śiva; yatra — where; daivam — are spiritual; sura-āsavam — wine and liquor.

TRANSLATION:
Those who vow to worship Lord Śiva are so foolish that they imitate him

Weekend in Vrindavan

Posted by Gaurav Agrawal on April 26, 2010 at 2:52pm

Mercy it was - to fallen souls like us.

Radharani allowed me and family to be there in the holy dham for a couple of days. And it was beautiful. Stayed just behind Iskcon.

Celebrated the two days with Mangal Arati, Tulasi Puja, Shringar Arti, Guru Puja and Srimad Bhagvatam class. Sunday happened to be Padmini Ekasdasi, one of the highly esteemed Ekadasis. The class was given out of a recording by Srila Prabhupada on Spiritual Aesthetics.

Also took a kanthi mala on Ekadasi, offered it at the lotus f

A Rosy Encounter (short story, realization)

Posted by Eternal Muser on April 25, 2010 at 8:26pm

This morning, I hurried to her, earlier than usual. I was worried sick. It had been four days and there seemed to be no change in her condition. I had not slept well the whole night. In fact, I had not slept well for the past several nights.

I checked her bed and my heart sank. Her drooping posture told me all.

I collapsed into a chair and looked at her in resignation.

I was not the kind who took interest in such things. But on that fateful day, at the floral exhibition, I happened to see her, and

GLORIES OF PADMINI EKADASHI-------PLS READ IT 25-4

Posted by rangadevi on April 25, 2010 at 11:09am

ri SUta Goswami said, “Yudhishthira MahArAja said, Oh JanArdana, what is the name of the EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight (shukla paksha) of the extra, leap year month? How does one observe it properly? Please narrate all this to me.’

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, replied, ‘Oh PANDava, the meritorious EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight of the extra month of leap-year is called PadminI. It is very auspicious. The fortunate soul who observes it w

H.H. Jayapataka Swami speaks on S.B. 5.17.24 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 25, 2010 at 9:13am

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.17.24

yan-nirmitāḿ karhy api karma-parvaṇīḿ
māyāḿ jano 'yaḿ guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ
na veda nistāraṇa-yogam añjasā
tasmai namas te vilayodayātmane

SYNONYMS:
yat — by whom; nirmitām — created; karhi api — at any time; karma-parvaṇīm — which ties the knots of fruitive activity; māyām — the illusory energy; janaḥ — a person; ayam — this; guṇa-sarga-mohitaḥ — bewildered by the three modes of material nature; na — not; veda — knows; nistāraṇa-yogam — the process of getting out o

H.G. Gita Nagari prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.2.27 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 24, 2010 at 7:33pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.2.27

tasyaivaḿ vadataḥ śāpaḿ
śrutvā dvija-kulāya vai
bhṛguḥ pratyasṛjac chāpaḿ
brahma-daṇḍaḿ duratyayam

SYNONYMS:
tasya — his (Nandīśvara's); evam — thus; vadataḥ — words; śāpam — the curse; śrutvā — hearing; dvija-kulāya — unto the brāhmaṇas; vai — indeed; bhṛguḥ — Bhṛgu; pratyasṛjat — made; śāpam — a curse; brahma-daṇḍam — the punishment of a brāhmaṇa; duratyayam — insurmountable.

TRANSLATION:
When all the hereditary brāhmaṇas were thus cursed by Nandīśvara, the

Some brief information of Bhagavad Gita

Posted by Rasananda Das on April 24, 2010 at 2:25pm

Consists of chapters 25-42 of Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata.

Chapter Verses Original Name

1 46 Arjuna-visada-yoga
2 72 Sankhya-yoga
3 43 Karma-yoga
4 42 Yajnakarma-vibhaga-yoga / Jnana-yoga
5 29 Sannyasa-yoga
6 47 Atmasamyama-yoga / Dhyana-yoga
7 30 Jnana-yoga / Vijnana-yoga
8 28 Taraka-brahma-yoga
9 34 Raja(vidya)-guhya-yoga
10 42 Vibhuti-yoga
11 55 Visvarupa-darsana-yoga
12 20 Bhakti-yoga
13 35 Ksetraksetrajna-vibhaga-yoga / Prakrti-purusa-viveka-yoga
14 27 Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga
15 20 Purusottama-yoga
16 24 D

VVIP Meetings

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 24, 2010 at 9:41am

Dear Maharaj's and Prabhu's

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The 29th National Sanatan Dharma Mahasamelan was held on 17th of April at
the FICCI Auditorium (New Delhi), The meeting was organized by Sri Ramakant
Goswami (Vice Chairman, Delhi Jal Board and General Secretary for the All
India Sanatan Dharma Pratinidhi Samelan).

H.H. Gopal Krishna Maharaj was invited to represent ISKCON and bless the
meetings. Smt. Meera Kumar (Lok Sabha Speaker of India) and Smt. Shela

Eight Aspects of Brahmacarya

Posted by Rasananda Das on April 23, 2010 at 2:12pm

(1) smaranam - One should not think of the opposite sex.

Memorize favorite passages or verses from the sastras.

(2) kirtanam - One should not talk of sex life (prajalpa)

Practice gravity, chant japa nicely

(3) kelih - Don't play or dally with the opposite sex

always engaged positively in K.C.

(4) preksanam - Don't look lustfully at the opposite sex.

Focus your eyes (or remember) on your favorite Deity form of the Lord.

(5) guhyabhasanam - Don't talk intimately with the opposite sex in a secluded place

M

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 23, 2010 at 10:31am

On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Misinterpretation can cause chaos. An example is Christianity, whose early adherents were vegetarians and believed in reincarnation. Later, these principles were rejected from mainstream Christianity, which has largely remained divorced from the true spirit of Christ ever since. It is incumbent, therefore, on the followers of Srila Prabhupada to carefully grasp the essence of his teachings and not speculate or deviate in any way. It is simple to understa

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 25

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 23, 2010 at 10:31am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 25
athabhidhehy anga mano-'nukulam
prabhasase bhagavata-pradhanah
yad aha vaiyasakir atma-vidya-
visarado nrpatim sadhu prstah

atha -- therefore; abhidhehi -- please explain; anga -- O Suta Gosvami; manah -- mind; anukulam -- favorable to our mentality; prabhasase -- you do speak; bhagavata -- the great devotee; pradhanah -- the chief; yat aha -- what he spoke; vaiyasakih -- Sukadeva Gosvami; atma-vidya -- transcendental knowledge; visaradah -- expert; nrpat

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 3-4

Prem Ras Madira

H.G. Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.2.30 - from Mayapur

Actual fearlessness & freedom from all worries

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A Proposal

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 2

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 1

Ratha Yatra Curitiba BRAZIL

H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami speaks on S.B. 4.2 29 - form Mayapur

Weekend in Vrindavan

A Rosy Encounter (short story, realization)

GLORIES OF PADMINI EKADASHI-------PLS READ IT 25-4

H.H. Jayapataka Swami speaks on S.B. 5.17.24 - from Mayapur

H.G. Gita Nagari prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.2.27 - from Mayapur

Some brief information of Bhagavad Gita

VVIP Meetings

Eight Aspects of Brahmacarya

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Srila Prabhupada's Spiritual Revolution

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 25

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