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Lord Narsimha Dev

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on May 21, 2010 at 9:54am

Lord Vishnu in his incarnations as Lord Narasimha,incarnated to kill Demon Hiranyakashipan,and to save his devotee Prahlada.

Demon Hiranyakashipan, performed vigourous tapas to Lord Brahma for taking revenge on Devas as his brother Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Vishnu,and to conquer the universe.

After performing tapas for a long time the demon Hiranyakashipan got a boon from brahma such that he cannot be killed either by a human being or an animal,neither demon nor god,nor with a weapon,and nei

Vegetarianism

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on May 20, 2010 at 1:59pm

The Hare Krishna philosophy is one that emphasizes loving relationships, with Krishna, His devotees, and all living entities. It is for this reason that devotees refrain from eating meat, fish, and eggs, as it is viewed as the unnecessary slaughter of living entities. By refraining from killing these living entities, and by ensuring to offer all acceptable foodstuffs to Lord Krishna before all meals, Hare Krishna devotees engage in karma-free cooking and eating. One who offers his foodstuffs to

The True Meaning of AVATAR!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on May 20, 2010 at 1:13pm

"Nowadays the word 'Avatara' has become very cheap in some parts of India. Although Krishna had said in the Bhagavad Gita, yada yada hi dharmasya – glanir bhavati bharata . . . sambhavami yuge yuge” – He will come in every yuga, we see that in India there are about a few dozens of avataras.

Instead of coming once in a yuga, once in a millennium, once in a century, once in a decade or a year, they are coming in every hour, every minute, every second. NEW AVATARAS!!! Of course these are not real a

Harinama

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on May 20, 2010 at 1:08pm

Harinama sankirtan is the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. It was inaugurated by Lord Caitanya, who is Krishna Himself, 500 years ago in Bengal India. Chanting the holy names of the Lord not only benefits the chanter, but anyone who hears the holy name receives eternal spiritual benefit.

Now devotees following in Lord Caitanya’s footsteps chant the holy name of the Lord to spiritually uplift everyone. Devotees have become a familiar sight in many citites and towns around the

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Vyasa-puja Offering 1996 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 20, 2010 at 11:03am

Vyasa-puja Offering 1996 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

Srila Prabhupada, you wanted your sannyasis to do big things.

"Make more disciples than me.
Write more books than me.
Open more temples than me."

To fulfill even one of these dictums seems for me almost impossible, but the challenge is relishable. I don't want to do anything cheaply, in a

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 20

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 20, 2010 at 11:02am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 20
sriyah patir yajna-patih praja-patir
dhiyam patir loka-patir dhara-patih
patir gatis candhaka-vrsni-satvatam
prasidatam me bhagavan satam patih

sriyah -- all opulence; patih -- the owner; yajna -- of sacrifice; patih -- the director; praja-patih -- the leader of all living entities; dhiyam -- of intelligence; patih -- the master; loka-patih -- the proprietor of all planets; dhara -- earth; patih -- the supreme; patih -- head; gatih -- destination; ca -- a

Till Death Do Us Part. And Then?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on May 19, 2010 at 3:31pm

I've been seeing a lot in the news about the debate over gay marriage, but this article won't be about gay marriage. It will be about what gay marriage represents: the idea that we can be happy by making an arrangement in the material world.

People fighting for causes, right or wrong, are trying to make an arrangement to be happy until death, but however long we may enjoy our triumph before we die, we will have much longer to live afterward.

If our cause cannot help us go beyond death, then whatev

Wake Up and Chant

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on May 19, 2010 at 3:28pm

Wake up, wake up, and chant, O sleeping soul.
Lord Caitanya has come to show the way.
The Maya witch has held you in her sway.
Too long you've let illusion take its toll.

You've been asleep. You've long forgot the goal.
Now chant the Mahamantra night and day.
Wake up, wake up, and chant, O sleeping soul.
Lord Caitanya has come to show the way.

You've roamed this world of night from pole to pole,
Although you promised once you'd never stray.
You've wept for what is only crumbling clay,
But Krsna's blessed

Gita Govinda

Posted by geeta kakkar on May 19, 2010 at 1:49pm

Gita Govinda - Sakhi's request to Radha
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami

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. Radha’

ISKCON Centers Around the india

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 19, 2010 at 12:30pm

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ISKCON Agartala

Sri Sri Radha Govind Mandir

Assam-Agartala Rd., Banamalipur, 799 001

Tel. (0381) 22-7053/ Fax: (0381) 22-4780

E-mail: Premadata@rediffmail.com

Agartala (Tripura)

ISKCON Ahmedabad

Sri Sri Radha Govind Mandir

Satellite Rd., Gandhinagar Highway Crossing, 380 054

Tel. (079) 2686-1945, 1645 or -2350

E-mail: jasomatinandan.acbsp@pamho.net

Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

ISKCON Allahabad

Radha Benimadhav Mandir

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The Journey Back to Godhead!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on May 19, 2010 at 12:13pm

"As we are going back to the spiritual planet, we may happen to go by a visual tour. Sometimes the yogis want to see how the universe looks like, so go round and see a few planets on the way back to Godhead. But if there is danger, we get stuck up.

If we think, 'Oh! These mystic powers are very nice, I like to have those!' All Right! Next you are found in Siddhaloka. If we think that all these gardens are very nice, then we take birth in the heavenly planets.

If you go through all the different pl

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Founder-Acarya

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 19, 2010 at 10:38am

Founder-Acarya

The following is a GBC Resolution, passed in 1994.

That the following statement be accepted as ISKCON's statement about the Founder-Acarya:

To fulfill the previous acaryas desire for a united worldwide preaching organization to expand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, Srila Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krsna Consciousness as a distinct branch of the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya. Therefore he is the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON.

(a.) Srila Prabhupada is th

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 19

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 19, 2010 at 10:37am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 19
sa esa atmatmavatam adhisvaras
trayimayo dharmamayas tapomayah
gata-vyalikair aja-sankaradibhir
vitarkya-lingo bhagavan prasidatam

sah -- He; esah -- it is; atma -- the Supersoul; atmavatam -- of the self-realized souls; adhisvarah -- the Supreme Lord; trayi-mayah -- personified Vedas; dharma-mayah -- personified religious scripture; tapah-mayah -- personified austerity; gata-vyalikaih -- by those who are above all pretensions; aja -- Brahmaji; sankara-ad

Bhishmas Advice to Human beings

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on May 19, 2010 at 9:54am

The varanasrama-dharma is prescribed for the civilized human being just to train him to successfully terminate human life. Self-realization is distinguished from the life of the lower animals engaged in eating, sleeping, fearing and mating.

Bhishmadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications:

(1) not to become angry,

(2) not to lie,

(3) to equally distribute wealth,

(4) to forgive,

(5) to beget children only by one's legitimate wife,

(6) to be pure in mind and hygienic in body,

(7) not to be in

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 18, 2010 at 4:42pm

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura:

The Lion Guru

During the time of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s stay on this planet the pure religion of Vaishnavism taught by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was essentially lost and had come to be considered of the degrading standard of simply a sex religion, or at best a cult of religious fanaticism and sentimentalism. The Thakura was very sad in his heart to see this and with a desire to present the actual teachings of Sri Caitanya, he wr

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 18, 2010 at 4:30pm

His Divine Grace

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

By Stephen Knapp

In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in a conversation with Ganga Devi, Lord Krishna describes that after 5,000 years of Kali-yuga have passed, His mantra upasaka, the great sage and worshiper of Krishna's holy names, will appear and spread the chanting of Krishna's names (in the form of the Hare Krishna mantra) not only in India but throughout the world. Lord Krishna explains that by the chanting of His holy names the world will beco

Bhoga-arati

Posted by geeta kakkar on May 18, 2010 at 3:16pm

Bhoga-arati - Bhaktivinoda Thakura

1. bela ho' lo damodara aisa ekhano
bhoga-mandire bosi' koraho bhojana

Mother Yasoda calls to Krsna, "My dear Damodara, it is very late. Please come right now, sit down in the dining hall, and take Your lunch."

2. nandera nidese baise giri-bara-dhari
baladeva-saha sakha baise sari sari

On the direction of Nanda Maharaja, Krsna, the holder of Govardhana Hill, sits down, and then all the cowherd boys, along with Krsna's elder brother, Sri Baladeva, sit down in rows to

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 18, 2010 at 1:43pm

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

By Stephen Knapp

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu [pronounced Chaitanya] (February 27,1486 to 1534 A.D.) was born in Navadvipa, Bengal, on a full moon night during a lunar eclipse. It is typical for people to bathe in the Ganges during an eclipse and chant the Lord’s holy names for spiritual purification. So, everyone in the area was chanting the holy names when He was born. His parents, Jagannatha Misra and Sachidevi, gave Him the name of Vishvambhara, meaning the support of the un

Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 18, 2010 at 1:40pm

Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami

Born in a dynasty of Vaisnavas, Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami was the only son of a wealthy landowner. As a boy, he received Haridasa Thakura's association and blessings. At fifteen he met Lord Caitanya. By the mercy of Lord Nityananda he renounced a beautiful wife and an opulent family. He ran to Jagannatha Puri to intimately serve Sri Gaura Raya and his siksa guru Svarupa Damodara Gosvami for sixteen years. Lord Gauranga gave His personal Govardhana sila and gunja mala to Ragh

Gopal Bhatta Goswami

Posted by Neeraj Nama on May 18, 2010 at 1:36pm

Gopal Bhatta Goswami

Shri Gopal Bhatta Goswami was the son of Vyenkatta Bhatta, a brahmana resident of Shri Rangam, who was initiated in the Shri Sampradaya. The city of Shri Rangam is located on the Kaveri river in the district of Tanjor about ten miles west of Kumbhakonam. Regarding this temple. Shri Bhaktivedanta Swami remarks as follows. "The Shri Rangam temple is the largest in India, and there are seven walls surrounding it. There are also seven roads leading to Shri Rangam. The ancient nam

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Lord Narsimha Dev

Vegetarianism

The True Meaning of AVATAR!

Harinama

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Vyasa-puja Offering 1996 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 20

Till Death Do Us Part. And Then?

Wake Up and Chant

Gita Govinda

ISKCON Centers Around the india

The Journey Back to Godhead!

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Founder-Acarya

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 4 Text 19

Bhishmas Advice to Human beings

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Bhoga-arati

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami

Gopal Bhatta Goswami

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