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Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

Posted by geeta kakkar on June 23, 2010 at 3:21pm

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

1. O Sri Radha, I meditate on Your beautiful face with its graceful restless knitted eyebrows, beautiful pouting bimba-fruit lips, fear, joy, playful amorous happiness, and sweet sarcastic words, all caused by Your lovers' quarrel with the crown of great rasikas.

2. O heart, please worship the splendour that bears the name Radha, a splendour that with its crown fills the circle of the directions wit

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

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 23, 2010 at 2:54pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

At least we should know that nondevotees are rogues and rascals, even if we do not always directly tell them.

If we also become enamored by the so-called scientists, politicians, and philosophers, then we cannot preach. We must definitely be convinced that they're all rascals. As a gentleman, I can give him some respect. That is another thing. But he's a rascal. You must know that "I am talking with a rascal number one." He cannot deviate me from

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 19

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 23, 2010 at 2:53pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 19
karya-karana-kartrtve
dravya-jnana-kriyasrayah
badhnanti nityada muktam
mayinam purusam gunah

karya -- effect; karana -- cause; kartrtve -- in activities; dravya -- material; jnana -- knowledge; kriya-asrayah -- manifested by such symptoms; badhnanti -- conditions; nityada -- eternally; muktam -- transcendental; mayinam -- affected by material energy; purusam -- the living entity; gunah -- the material modes.

TRANSLATION
These three modes of material nature

Watering Tulasi Devi

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 23, 2010 at 11:28am

During seasonal changes, Tulasi devi will require careful monitoring as her need to absorb water will vary according to the time of year. Watering is best done early morning, before 8am, to meet the demands of photosynthesis. Some will dry out quicker than others. Check for: pot size, soil type, size of foliage, temperature and humidity. This will give indications as to how quickly she will absorb water. The following guidelines are recommended.

Check the topsoil by hand, carefully feeling with y

Prayers & Worship of Tulasi Devi

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 23, 2010 at 11:00am

Asta-nama-stava

The Eight Names Of Tulasi Devi
vrndavani, vrnda, visvapujita, puspasara, nandini, krsna-jivani, visva-pavani, tulasi.

Vrndavani – One who first manifested in vrindavan.

Vrnda – The goddess of all plants.

Visvapujita – One who the whole universe worships.

Puspasara – The topmost of all flowers, without whom Krsna does not like to look upon other flowers.

Nandini – She gives happiness to everyone.

Krsna-Jivani – The life and soul of Lord Krsna.

Visva-Pavani – One who purifies the three worl

Bhagavad Gita wins the hearts of yoga students

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 23, 2010 at 8:30am

We were invited to teach mantra meditation at a small hatha yoga group's gathering in Taiwan. About 15 students came. In the course of our presentation we mentioned the uncontrolled senses being like untamed horses, pulling the chariot each to its side, the reins being the mind, the driver the intelligence, the passenger the soul... and passed around a Bhagavad - gita open on the painting of that description. I saw one girl taking note of the ISBN number of the book and other info (so that she c

June 22nd - HG Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.5.1 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 22, 2010 at 4:25pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.1

maitreya uvāca

bhavo bhavānyā nidhanaḿ prajāpater
asat-kṛtāyā avagamya nāradāt
sva-pārṣada-sainyaḿ ca tad-adhvararbhubhir
vidrāvitaḿ krodham apāram ādadhe

SYNONYMS:
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; bhavaḥ — Lord Śiva; bhavānyāḥ — of Satī; nidhanam — the death; prajāpateḥ — because of Prajāpati Dakṣa; asat-kṛtāyāḥ — having been insulted; avagamya — hearing about; nāradāt — from Nārada; sva-pārṣada-sainyam — the soldiers of his own associates; ca — and; tat-adhvara —

Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat Katha

Posted by shailendra badriprasad sharma on June 22, 2010 at 4:07pm

Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat KathaNirjala Ekadashi falls in the month of Jyestha in the Shukla paksha (June), therefore it is also called “Jyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi” or “Bhimsani Ekadashi” (Bhim sen, the seond Pandav Brother, had observed this difficult fast). Amongst the 24 Ekadashi’s observed throughout the year, the fast (Vrat) observed on Jyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi is considered to be the most beneficial, if one properly observes a fast on this day it is said to give the fruits of 24 Ekadashi observed

pandav ekadasi

Posted by shailendra badriprasad sharma on June 22, 2010 at 4:04pm

Pandav Bhima Ekadashi, also known as Nirjala Ekadasi, falls on the 11th day of the Shukla Paksha in the Jyeshta month (May – June). The story of Pandav Bhim Ekadasi is associated with Bhima, the second Pandava brother. The importance of Pandav Bhim Ekadasi is mentioned in the Brahmavaivarta Purana. In 2010, Nirjala Ekadasi is observed on June 22.The four Pandava brothers – Yudhisthira, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva – Kunti, mother of the Pandavas, and Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, used to obser

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 18

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 18
sattvam rajas tama iti
nirgunasya gunas trayah
sthiti-sarga-nirodhesu
grhita mayaya vibhoh

sattvam -- the mode of goodness; rajah -- the mode of passion; tamah -- the mode of ignorance; iti -- all these; nirgunasya -- of the Transcendence; gunah trayah -- are three qualities; sthiti -- maintenance; sarga -- creation; nirodhesu -- in destruction; grhitah -- accepted; mayaya -- by the external energy; vibhoh -- of the Supreme.

TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord is

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

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

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Those who compromise in preaching grant themselves a license to compromise their practices. For maya is such that if we give her a little room, we will adjust more and more until we end up becoming totally mundane. Better stick to our principles and be proud of them. Even if initially devotees are somewhat fanatical and immature, if they are sincere Krsna will bless them with transcendental intelligence, and they will gradually gain experience in

LETTER FROM GOD

Posted by meenakshi chawla on June 22, 2010 at 12:58pm

letter from god

As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to Me, even if it was just a few words, asking My opinion or thanking Me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear.

When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were too busy.

At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit in a

Vaishnava Etiquette!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on June 22, 2010 at 10:55am

GURUVAKYA

"Lord Chaitanya said that if you want to develop Love for Godhead, you must know “Vaishnava Etiquette” - How to behave with Vaishnavas. That is more important. If we don’t know how to deal properly with Vaishnavas then we commit offenses and eventually we won’t be able to go very close to Krishna … So it is very important to know how deal with, behave with each other properly respecting.

Most of the weeds of devotional service are also dealing with behavior, Kutinaati - diplomatic behavi

Mercy for the most fallen

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 22, 2010 at 9:36am

Over the years, some sankirtan devotees do big events, and sometimes the security guards check our bags and do not allow books in. So we take Jagannatha stickers, hidden in our pockets, and some small books in a shoulder bag. When guards ask what the small books are for, I say I am giving them to friends and they usually allow them in.

One big event is the famous Melbourne Cup for horse racing. A few times, after having big days with stickers and small books, I have walked out to my van, to head

Book Distribution Story - Mind Reader

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 22, 2010 at 9:19am

It was mid year marathon in Sydney city. I was distributing books outside a busy shopping mall with HG Yasodeva Prabhu. I was amazed that books were actually going out for a change. It was a strange crowd and I was throwing out every sankirtana line I knew. I saw a group of young islander girls. "Are you girls students, workers or dancers?" I said. They seemed too preoccupied to hear what I was saying but they somehow managed to catch the last line. "Oh my god, how did you know we were dancers?"

The Passing of a Special Soul

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 22, 2010 at 8:56am

I would like to share with you the auspicious passing of HG Biharini devi dasi. In the early hours of Saturday 8th May 2010. During the auspiscious month of Purushottam, Biharini devi dasi peacefully left her body at her home close by to Jagannath Mandir, Rajpur, Sridham Mayapur. Biharini Mataji was a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaj, wife of HG Krishna Dayal das, and mother of five sons. Many of you may know the family very well? All five sons have grown up in Krsna Consciousness, al

June 21st - HG Hari Sauri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.34 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 21, 2010 at 6:30pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.34

tair alātāyudhaiḥ sarve
pramathāḥ saha-guhyakāḥ
hanyamānā diśo bhejur
uśadbhir brahma-tejasā

SYNONYMS:
taiḥ— by them; alāta-āyudhaiḥ — with weapons of firebrands; sarve — all;
pramathāḥ — the ghosts; saha-guhyakāḥ — along with the Guhyakas;
hanyamānāḥ — being attacked; diśaḥ — in different directions; bhejuḥ
— fled; uśadbhiḥ — glowing; brahma-tejasā — by brahminical power.

TRANSLATION:
Whenthe Ṛbhu demigods attacked the ghosts and Guhyakas with half-burned
fuel from the

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on June 21, 2010 at 5:46pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon

1. Once, some of the cowherd boys—Sridama, the very close friend of Rama and Krsna, along with Subala, Stokakrsna and others—lovingly spoke the following words.

2. [The cowherd boys said:] O Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one! O Krsna, destroyer of the miscreants! Not far from here is a very great forest filled with rows of palm trees.

3. In that Talavana forest many fruits are falling from the trees,

Coping with our SADHANA!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on June 21, 2010 at 4:07pm

GURUVAKYA

"Devotee: Sometimes from normal work schedule we get involved in special occasions like marriage of a close relation, projects, work deadlines, preparations for festivals. At this time our SADHANA like chanting, Bhagavad Gita & Srimad Bhagavatam reading is affected. How can we make good, this lapse in Sadhana?

HH Jayapataka Swami: When I was building Mayapur project, Prabhupada had us work from 6 in the morning to 12 midnight. Double shift. But I had to be overseeing both the shifts. So

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

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 21, 2010 at 11:33am

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Men of Kamsa's class are very much afraid and are busy trying to stop this movement, especially in the Western countries. One politician has remarked that the Krsna consciousness movement is spreading like an epidemic and that if not checked immediately, within ten years it may capture governmental power. Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10: Chapter Two, Text 20: PURPORT

Have we thrown out the baby with the bath water? The danger of our over-reacting to ou

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Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

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

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 19

Watering Tulasi Devi

Prayers & Worship of Tulasi Devi

Bhagavad Gita wins the hearts of yoga students

June 22nd - HG Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.5.1 - from Mayapur

Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat Katha

pandav ekadasi

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 18

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

LETTER FROM GOD

Vaishnava Etiquette!

Mercy for the most fallen

Book Distribution Story - Mind Reader

The Passing of a Special Soul

June 21st - HG Hari Sauri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.34 - from Mayapur

Story of Lord Krishna

Coping with our SADHANA!

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

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