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Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna Jaya Vrndavana

Songs by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami

Song Name: Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna Jaya Vrndavana

Official Name: Sri Vraja Dhama Mahimamrta (The Nectarean Glories of Vraja-dhäma)

(1)

jaya rādhe, jaya kṛṣṇa, jaya vṛndāvana

śrī govinda, gopīnātha, madana-mohana

(2)

śyama-kunḍa, rādhā-kuṇḍa, giri-govardhana

kālindi jamunā jaya, jaya mahāvana

(3)

keśī-ghāṭa, baṁśi-baṭa, dwādaśa-kānana

jāhā saba līlā koilo śrī-nanda-nandana

(4)

śrī-nanda-jaśodā jaya, jaya gopa-gaṇa

śrīdāmādi jaya, jaya dhenu-vatsa-gaṇa

(5)

jaya vṛṣabhānu, jaya kī

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Question: Should We Fight for Our Rightful Benefits?


I have always followed the principle of working and not worrying about the fruit. My friends are however challenging me on this. They say that I should fight for my rightful benefits as a result of my work. They say not fighting for injustice done is also a crime as per Krishna, like Krishna made the Pandavas to fight for their rights.

Hare Krishna

Answer: No. Fight Instead for Krishna's Benefit.

The attempt to work without attachment to the frui

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nadīyā-godrume nityānanda mahājana

nadīyā-godrume nityānanda mahājana
patiyāche nām-haṭṭa jīvera kāraṇa)

(śraddhāvān jan he, śraddhāvān jan he)

prabhura ājñāy, bhāi, māgi ei bhikṣ
bolo `kṛṣṇa,’ bhajo kṛṣṇa, koro kṛṣṇa-śikṣā

aparādha-śūnya ho’ye loho kṛṣṇa-nām
kṛṣṇa mātā, kṛṣṇa pitā, kṛṣṇa dhana-prān

kṛṣṇaera saḿsāra koro chāḍi’ anācār
jīve doyā, kṛṣṇa-nām—sarva-dharma-sār

1) In the land of Nadiya, on the island of Godruma, the magnanimous Lord Nityananda has opened up the Marketplace of the Holy Name, mea

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The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Holy Names

The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Holy Names

1. To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives to the propagation of the holy names of the Lord.

2. To consider the names of the demigods like lord Shiva or lord Brahma to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Vishnu.

3. To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.

4. To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version.

5. To consider the glories of chanting Hare Krishna as imagination.

6. To give
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Shun Herd Mentality and Realize Yourself

Nowadays it is considered very egalitarian to think that no matter which pathway one takes it will lead to the same goal. Try to going to an airport to see if you can make this philosophy practical by taking any airplane and reaching the same destination. While such notions of doing anything and getting the same result may be the embodiment of political correctness, it should be noted in this connection that fools rush in where angels fear to tread. In other words our philosophy of life should n

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Triple S formula for the time management

Hare Krishna to all the Vaishnavas,

Please accept my humble obesiances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

The following is an excerpt from the lecture of HG Gopinatha Chandra Prabhu. I find it useful to share. Although we know all the principles of bhakti, but sometimes what we lack in our life is proper discipline and time management. And because of that our progress in bhakti hampers. So, this is a very useful lecture.

Time management techniques

A teacher entered a classroom with an empty jug and th
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Daily GBC Report 2-February 7-9, 2010

Reporting by Sraddhadevi Dasi

GBC Meeting Report #2

GBC Report: February 7th-9th, 2010

Strategic Planning for ISKCON’s future was the central focus for the second
through fourth days of the 2010 Annual General Meeting for ISKCON’s
Governing Body Commission. In 2006, the GBC Body collectively decided to
increase their attention on Strategic Planning, more specifically to spend
additional energy on defining and planning ISKCON’s direction and management
for Srila Prabhupada’s mission to be passed down to
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The Lord's beauty resembles a dark cloud during the rainy season. As the
rainfall glistens, His bodily features also glisten. Indeed, He is the sum
total of all beauty. The Lord has four arms and an exquisitely beautiful
face with eyes like lotus petals, a beautiful highly raised nose, a
mind-attracting smile, a beautiful forehead and equally beautiful and fully
decorated ears.

The Lord is superexcellently beautiful on account of His open and merciful
smile and His sidelong glance upon His devotees. Hi
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A LESSON ON GEOMETRY..

There was once a poor widow who,through great hardship,was struggling to bring up her only son. As she realized that he was her only hope for the future, she appointed a tutor for him although she would sometimes have to borrow the money to pay for the tuition fees.. Once, after being promoted to class 7th, the boy was being taught geometry by the teacher in English. As soon as the boy read ot loud, "let ABC be a triangle", the boy's mother rushed into the classroom and screamed at the teacher t
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18 points of summary of Bhagavat gita

Advised in Srimad Bhagavat Gita one should culture knowledge in the following way:

1) One should become a perfect gentleman and learn to give respect to others.

2) One should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame.

3) One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, by the thoughts of his mind, or by his words.

4) One should learn forbearance even in the face of provocation from other.

5) One should learn to avoid duplicity in his dealings with other

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Inspiration Explosion Album Released!

Review:
This is the maiden album released by His Grace Ekalavya Prabhu, disciple of His Holiness Lokanath Swami.
However, when I heard about the sound tracks they were simply wonderful. Ekalavya prabhu has nicely mixed western music with ancient vedic chants. This is a perfect fusion of east and west.
Ekalaya prabhu is a full time dedicated bramachari. He is himself a qualified sound engineer & a musician.
His sole purpose of releasing this album in service of Srila Prabhupada is to inspire the yout
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Hospital distribution in Santo Domingo Food for Life Global volunteers are
continuing their distribution of freshly prepared vegan lunches for Haitian
survivors of the earthquake who are now being cared for in the Dr. Dario
Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo. Volunteers prepare the lunches at the
local FFL kitchen and then package them to be handed out at the hospital,
which specializes in trauma.

Haiti DistributionWe have made great progress in securing a working
relationship with other agencies to b
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How to Always Be Absolutely Ecstatic

How to Always Be Absolutely Ecstatic

Nobody truly desires to be miserable. But yet most people are foolishly acting on a regular daily basis in ways that guarantee to keep them miserable. It doesn't have to be like this because there is a solution. There is a way that anybody and everybody no matter what situation they may be in can always be absolutely ecstatic. That way is called the science of self-realization. Just as there varying stages in the science of mathematics, there are also varying

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Margarine vs Butter

Pass The Butter .. Please.This is interesting . .. .Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys.When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.How do you like it?They have come out with some clever new flavo
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Amar Jivan

My Life

(from Saraëagati)

(1)

ämära jévana, sadä päpe rata,

nähiko puëyera leña

parere udvega, diyächi ye koto,

diyächi jévere kleça

(2)

nija sukha lägi, päpe nähi òori,

dayä-héna svärtha-paro

para-sukhe duùkhé, sadä mithya-bhäñé,

para-duùkha sukha-karo

(3)

äçeña kämanä, hådi mäjhe mora,

krodhé, dambha-paräyaëa

mada-matta sadä, viñaye mohita,

hiàsä-garva vibhüñaëa

(4)

nidrälasya hata, sukärye virata,

akärye udyogé ämi

pratiñöha lägiyä, çäöhya-äcaraëa,

lobha-hata sadä kämé

(5)

e heno durjana, saj-jana-varjit

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Message for enlightment

Message for enlightment

HARE KRSNA

Most of the times, we lose our valuable time and opportunity in trying to correct the situations for better in order to perform our bhakti with full vigour however this is where we miss the point

If we just forget our situation, and just somehow push ourselves and in whatever situation we are in, just put our full heart into our service, our bhakti, then the situations automatically get aligned to our requirements over a period of time

In the path of life, learn to

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Definition of pure bhakti

Definition of pure bhakti:

anyabhilasita sunyam

jnana karmadi anavritam

anukulyena krsnanusilanam

bhaktir uttama

["The cultivation of activities that are meant exclusively for the pleasure of Sri Krsna, or in other words the uninterrupted flow of service to Sri Krsna, performed through all endeavours of the body, mind and speech, and through the expression of various spiritual sentiments (bhavas), which is not covered by jnana (knowledge aimed at impersonal liberation) and karma (reward-seeking activ

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"How to deal with blames" byHH Bhakti charu swami

HOW TO DEAL WITH BLAMES

Yesterday one devotee was commenting that on each level of ISKCON management we find devotees blaming the persons on the level just above them for their problems. That is if one is a cook in the temple for example, one will blame the temple commander, if one is the temple commander one will blame the vice president, the VP will blame the President, and the president will blame the GBC or guru.

The standard way of dealing with this blaming situation (the one which leaders us

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Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

By Sraddhadevi Dasi on 9 Feb 2010

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON commenced Saturday morning in Sri Mayapur Dham with Bhakti Caru Maharaja offering the traditional guru-puja ceremony to ISKCON’s Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada, while Ekalavya Prabhu led anenthusiastic and inspirational kirtan. This year’s GBC Chairman,Romapada Maharaja, welcomed everyone in attendance and delivered areading from the tenth canto of Srimad Bh

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