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lecture by guru maharaj on gaur purnima in mayapur

Posted by Mahek Maheshwari on April 8, 2010 at 4:28pm

Live from Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!

Date: February 28th, 2010
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 1.4
Speaker: HH Bhakti Charu Swami
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Hare Krishna. Today is Gaura-purnima day. The purnima, the full moon of the
month of phalgun. These two months, phalgun and caitra is the vasanta
season, springtime in India. In India there are six seasons and each season
consists of two months. Vasanta, spring is considered to be the king of all
seasons - rthuraj. This is the best of th

lecture by H.H JAYADVAITA MAHARAJ

Posted by Mahek Maheshwari on April 8, 2010 at 3:48pm

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.40 given in Sridham Mayapur on 7.01.2010

yopayäti çanair mäyä
yoñid deva-vinirmitä
täm ékñetätmano måtyuà
tåëaiù küpam ivävåtam

SYNONYMS
yä—she who; upayäti—approaches; çanaiù—slowly; mäyä—representation of mäyä;
yoñit—woman; deva—by the Lord; vinirmitä—created; täm—her; ékñeta—one must
regard; ätmanaù—of the soul; måtyum—death; tåëaiù—with grass; küpam—a well;
iva—like; ävåtam—covered.

TRANSLATION
The woman, created by the Lord, is the representation of mäyä, and one who
a

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on April 8, 2010 at 1:25pm

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

Sports of the Child
(Bala Lila)

1. After a short time passed, both brothers, Rama and Krsna, began to crawl on the ground of Vraja with the strength of Their hands and knees and thus enjoy Their childhood play.

2. When Krsna and Balarama, with the strength of Their legs, crawled in the muddy places created in Vraja by cow dung and cow urine, Their crawling resembled the crawling of serpents, and the sound of Their ankle bells was ver

lecture by guru maharaj on gaur purnima in mayapur

Posted by Mahek Maheshwari on April 8, 2010 at 11:35am

Date: February 28th, 2010
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 1.4
Speaker: HH Bhakti Charu Swami
____________________________________

Hare Krishna. Today is Gaura-purnima day. The purnima, the full moon of the
month of phalgun. These two months, phalgun and caitra is the vasanta
season, springtime in India. In India there are six seasons and each season
consists of two months. Vasanta, spring is considered to be the king of all
seasons - rthuraj. This is the best of the times. Of all the six seasons
Vasanta o

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 14

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2010 at 11:01am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 14
etac chusrusatam vidvan
suta no 'rhasi bhasitum
katha hari-kathodarkah
satam syuh sadasi dhruvam

etat -- this; susrusatam -- of those eager to hear; vidvan -- O learned; suta -- Suta Gosvami; nah -- unto us; arhasi -- may you do it; bhasitum -- just to explain it; kathah -- topics; hari-katha-udarkah -- result in the topics of the Lord; satam -- of the devotees; syuh -- may be; sadasi -- in the assembly of; dhruvam -- certainly.

TRANSLATION

O learned Suta G

ISKCON Juhu Sri Ram Navmi Mahotsav 2010

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 7, 2010 at 8:02pm

After attending the “sannyas diksha” of H.H.Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj at the
ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir at South Bombay, I traveled to ISKCON's
Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari Mandir at Juhu, at North Bombay.

Upon my arrival, I was taken up, onto the second floor balcony, to the
backside of the temple by Juhu Temple President Braja Hari Prabhu. There,
flag (“dwaja”) donors, along with H.H. Navayogendra Swami, and Juhu temple
leaders were preparing to participate in the “dwajaarohanam” (flag ho

Sannyas diksha on Ram Navmi on Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temple, Bombay Chowpatty

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 7, 2010 at 7:59pm

On the auspicious occasion of the appearance day of Lord Sri Ramachandra,
Sri Ram Navami, Sriman Devamrita Prabhu, well known throughout ISKCON as the
former temple president of ISKCON Vrindavan, entered the renounced order of
life at the Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir in South Bombay.
His Holiness Radhnath Swami, administered the sacred sannyas mantra in the
late morning, after the rituals for sannyas were performed by His Holiness
Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami. He was given the sannyas name “Bhakti Rasamr

Radha-Krishna one soul two bodies

Posted by geeta kakkar on April 7, 2010 at 4:36pm

Radha-Krishna one soul two bodies - an excerpt from Sri Prema-Samput
by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

1. anyonyacittavidusau nu parasparatmanityasthiteriti
nrsu prathitau yadavam
taccaupacarikamaho dvitayatvam eva
naikasya sambhavati karhicidatmano nau

Sri Radhika says to sakhi: “Common people say, ‘Radha and Krsna are eternally present in each others’ hearts, and that is why They know each others’ minds.’ Factually, the real truth is this: We are one soul. It is not possible for one soul to be

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada Knows Everything

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 7, 2010 at 4:07pm

Prabhupada Knows Everything

Sometimes devotees see me, a sannyasi, and ask, "How have you become so spiritually advanced?" Of course, I know more about my position than they do. Simply officially taking sannyasa is no cure for the nonsense mind. One thing, though, is that I never doubted anything Prabhupada said. I know that everything Srila Prabhupada says is right. Prabhupada knows Krsna; therefore he knows everything. If anyone thinks that Srila Prabhupada made a mistake, then he made a mistak

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 13

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 7, 2010 at 4:07pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 13
saunaka uvaca
ity abhivyahrtam raja
nisamya bharatarsabhah
kim anyat prstavan bhuyo
vaiyasakim rsim kavim

saunakah uvaca -- Saunaka said; iti -- thus; abhivyahrtam -- all that was spoken; raja -- the King; nisamya -- by hearing; bharata-rsabhah -- Maharaja Pariksit; kim -- what; anyat -- more; prstavan -- did he inquire from him; bhuyah -- again; vaiyasakim -- unto the son of Vyasadeva; rsim -- one who is well versed; kavim -- poetic.

TRANSLATION

Saunaka sai

Liberated While Alive...?

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on April 7, 2010 at 3:40pm

"If you use your mind, your words and your activities in the service of God, or Hari, or Krishna in this lifetime, then by utilizing all your activities, all absorbed in the spiritual contact with the Supreme Lord, then you'll be even while you are alive, you'll be liberated.

Jivan Mukta….jivan means alive and mukta means liberated. Liberated while alive. So we want to teach people how to spiritualize their consciousness.

Actually Narada Muni, he was chanting Hare Krishna and when he died, it is s

PHOTOS KIRTAN 24 HOURS IN ISKCON BRASIL

Posted by Gopi Janavallabha DD on April 7, 2010 at 10:06am

Dear devotees, please accept our obeisances!
All Glories are to our Jagad Guru Srila Prabhupada!

When something is wonderfuly perfect it's hard to find words to describe it, and so was the 24h Kirtan Festival in New Gokula Dhama-ISKCON Brasil in the last weekend( 03,04/April/2010).

Congratulations to Vaikunta Prabhu and staff by the grand initiative in organizing this wonderful Yajna, and congratulations to all Vaishnavas who are allways in search of nectar of chanting the Holy Name of Hari!

We wis

PHOTOS KIRTAN 24 HOURS IN ISKCON BRASIL

Posted by Gopi Janavallabha DD on April 7, 2010 at 9:49am

Dear devotees, please accept our obeisances!All Glories are to our Jagad Guru Srila Prabhupada!When something is wonderfuly perfect it's hard to find words to describe it, and so was the 24h Kirtan Festival in New Gokula Dhama-ISKCON Brasil in the last weekend( 03,04/April/2010).Congratulations to Vaikunta Prabhu and staff by the grand initiative in organizing this wonderful Yajna, and congratulations to all Vaishnavas who are allways in search of nectar of chanting the Holy Name of Hari!We wish

H.G. Gurusevananda Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.1.16-20 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 6, 2010 at 8:30pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.16

vidura uvāca
atrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ
sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ
kiñcic cikīrṣavo jātā
etad ākhyāhi me guro

SYNONYMS:
viduraḥ uvāca — Śrī Vidura said; atreḥ gṛhe — in the house of Atri; sura-śreṣṭhāḥ — chief demigods; sthiti — maintenance; utpatti — creation; anta — destruction; hetavaḥ — causes; kiñcit — something; cikīrṣavaḥ — desiring to do; jātāḥ — appeared; etat — this; ākhyāhi — tell; me — to me; guro — my dear spiritual master.

TRANSLATION:
After hearing t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Representing Srila Prabhupada

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 6, 2010 at 5:45pm

On Representing Srila Prabhupada

Nowadays I'm getting many letters, mostly from people met on preaching travels or who have read my books. Many ask for advice, and I reply, advising as Srila Prabhupada advised us. The replies are often filled with tremendous gratefulness. People become so enlivened to get what seems to me straightforward advice like, "Try to chant Hare Krsna attentively and read Srila Prabhupada's books every day." So much affection is being showered on me through the mail. I har

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 12

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 6, 2010 at 5:44pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 12
jnanam yad apratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram
atma-prasada uta yatra gunesv asangah
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah
ko nirvrto hari-kathasu ratim na kuryat

jnanam -- knowledge; yat -- that which; a -- up to the limit of; pratinivrtta -- completely withdrawn; guna-urmi -- the waves of the material modes; cakram -- whirlpool; atma-prasadah -- self-satisfaction; uta -- moreover; yatra -- where there is; gunesu -- in the modes of nature; asangah -- no

Helpful hand of God, Lord Krishna.

Posted by kailash singhania on April 6, 2010 at 4:55pm

A man walking on a shanking bridge... . He prayed for help and saw God on the other side of
the bridge and asked God to come near, but God didn't come. Man got angry and with great
difficulty, he crossed to the other side & saw God holding the broken bridge !
Trust him....
Him ways are amazing.......!

H.G. Giridhari Shyam Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.1.25-27 on Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on April 6, 2010 at 4:37pm

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.25

kṛpāvalokena hasad-
vadanenopalambhitān
tad-rociṣā pratihate
nimīlya munir akṣiṇī

SYNONYMS:
kṛpā-avalokena — glancing with mercy; hasat — smiling; vadanena — with faces; upalambhitān — appearing very much satisfied; tat — their; rociṣā — by the glaring effulgence; pratihate — being dazzled; nimīlya — closing; muniḥ — the sage; akṣiṇī — his eyes.

TRANSLATION:
Atri Muni was greatly pleased to see that the three devas were gracious towards him. His eyes were dazzled by the

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on April 6, 2010 at 2:45pm

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

Naming Ceremony

1. One day, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Gargamuni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Maharaja at his home.

2. Nanda duly received him and said, “You are versed in the Vedas. The science of astrology has been propounded by you. Please perform the naming ceremony of these two boys (Krsna and Balaram).”

3. Gargamuni said: My dear Nanda Maharaja, I am the

Are You a Human Being...?

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on April 6, 2010 at 1:15pm

"People are being a human being, we should be concerned not to neglect this opportunity we have to fully develop our consciousness.

Why someone would take animal birth? Of course one thing would be thinking about the animal at the end of life. Other thing is to develop a consciousness which is more suited to the next birth being an animal birth, than a human being.

Like say somebody is drunk all the time, or something, that's just always in a stooper. They're not, they don't want to be very consci

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 14

ISKCON Juhu Sri Ram Navmi Mahotsav 2010

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Radha-Krishna one soul two bodies

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada Knows Everything

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 13

Liberated While Alive...?

PHOTOS KIRTAN 24 HOURS IN ISKCON BRASIL

PHOTOS KIRTAN 24 HOURS IN ISKCON BRASIL

H.G. Gurusevananda Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.1.16-20 - from Mayapur

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Representing Srila Prabhupada

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 3 Text 12

Helpful hand of God, Lord Krishna.

H.G. Giridhari Shyam Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.1.25-27 on Mayapur

Story of Lord Krishna

Are You a Human Being...?

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