If you have read or heard even a small sampling of the vast Vedic literature, you have come upon the name of Narada. He is a great bhakta (devotee) of the Supreme Lord Narayana, or Krsna. Etymologically analyzed, nara means of Narayana or the Lord (Krsna), and da means deliverer. Narada is the deliverer of the Lord and the Lord’s message. Of course there are countless preachers, gurus, evangelists, mendicants and religious representatives traveling all throughout this planet, but Narada Muni is
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After Srila Prabhupada left us on November 14, 1977, I came across a section in Srimad-Bhagavatam—Canto 4, Chapter 28—in which he explicitly discusses the disappearance of the spiritual master and how the disciple is to serve him—even in separation. The following paragraph summarizes the essence of his instructions:
“The disciple and spiritual master are never separated, because the spiritual master always keeps company with the disciple as long as the disciple follows strictly the instructions
Today is Varaha-dvadasi, the appearance day of the boar incarnation, Varahadeva. To celebrate His appearance, we shall read one verse about Him from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Two, Chapter Seven, “Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions.”
TEXT 1
brahmovaca
yatrodyatah ksiti-taloddharanaya bibhrat
kraudim tanum sakala-yajna-mayim anantah
antar-maharnava upagatam adi-daityam
tam damstrayadrim iva vajra-dharo dadara
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma said: When the unlimite
By Rasananda das
“How any spiritual activity should be done is understood from three sources: saintly persons, standard scriptures and the spiritual master”. (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.4, purport)
Proper sankirtan – a phrase used by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati in his Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam and by Lord Caitanya Himself – means certain tunes, certain instruments, a certain musical style, certain dress and certain kinds of dancing by the members of the chanting party. In Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sank
SRI NAVADVIPA MANDALA PARIKRAMA -
NINE ISLANDS OF SRI NAVADVIPA-MAYAPUR DHAMA and PASTIMES ON THESE TRANSCENDENTAL ISLANDS
Sri Navadvipa-Mayapur Dhama is beautifully situated on the banks of the Ganges. Every island is separated a tributary of Ganges river. On each of these islands Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates performed Theirtranscendental pastimes. Later Vaishna
Active Listening
Adapted, with permission, from The Art of Teaching, by HG Bhurijana Prabhu
Who Owns the Problem?
The first step in trying to solve a problem is to identify who owns it, because you need to approach the situation differently if you own the problem or not. The owner is whoever is tangibly and concretely affected by the problem.
If the problem belongs to the other person, it is appropriate to listen, trying to understand exactly what is going on. If you own the problem, the counse
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 26, 2017
Speaker: HH Prahladananda Swami
Subject: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.18
TEXT 18
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
triḥ-saptabhiḥ pitā pūtaḥ
pitṛbhiḥ saha te ’nagha
yat sādho ’sya kule jāto
bhavān vai kula-pāvanaḥ
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlāda, O most pure, O great saintly person, your father has been purified, along with twenty-one forefathers in your family. Because you were born in this family, the entire dynasty
Srila Prabhupada:
Letter to Hamsaduta and Himavati written in Los Angeles on March 3, 1968:
“The more one feels imperfect in Krishna’s service, the more he is advancing in Krishna Consciousness. Even the topmost devotees feel they are inadequate in their service to the Lord. So it is good to feel inadequate, and to try harder to please Krishna with better service. But one should never feel, oh, I have seen Krishna, and so I am reached perfection—this is not Krishna Consciousness.”
Bhaktisiddhan
Active Listening
Adapted, with permission, from The Art of Teaching, by HG Bhurijana Prabhu
Who Owns the Problem?
The first step in trying to solve a problem is to identify who owns it, because you need to approach the situation differently if you own the problem or not. The owner is whoever is tangibly and concretely affected by the problem.
If the problem belongs to the other person, it is appropriate to listen, trying to understand exactly what is going on. If you own the problem, the counse
The first half of February I was based mostly in Gainesville, singing at Krishna Lunch, but I made one final trip to Tallahassee to chant at Lake Ella and behind the Florida State University library and to talk to students. With youthful, enthusiastic devotees from Krishna House who pleased me by their cooperation, I sang at three special events in North Florida: the Jacksonville Art Walk, First Friday in Tallahassee, and the Ocala Regional Rainbow Gathering in Ocala National Forest. While at
Travel Journal#12.2: North and Central Florida
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 12, No. 2
By Krishna-kripa das
(January 2016, part two)
By Krishna-kripa das
(January 2016, part two)
North and Central Florida
(Sent from Mumbai, India, on March 2, 2016)
(Sent from Mumbai, India, on March 2, 2016)
The second half of January I spent four days in Orlando, four days in Tallahassee, and five days in Gainesville chanting at Krishna Lunch and the Farmers Market, except Sunday when I attended the Alachua Sunday Feast. I also spent two days in Tampa, one chanting at University of South Fl
By the Sastric Advisory Committee
Listed below are evidences for both sides of the issue, our analysis and conclusion.
Pro-Beard Evidence (mainly from Srila Prabhupada’s letters, lectures and conversations):
1) “The Pashca-tattva can all be golden. The Deity of Lord Caitanya is very nicely done so there is no need to change the color. Yes, Srivasa Pandita has sikha. Vaishnava must have sikha. Advaita Prabhu has a full white beard. He was an old man. He was practically older than the father of
By Krishna-kripa Das
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 11, No. 23
By Krishna-kripa das
(December 2015, part one)
By Krishna-kripa das
(December 2015, part one)
North Florida and Atlanta
(Sent from Orlando, Florida, on January 16, 2015)
(Sent from Orlando, Florida, on January 16, 2015)
Where I Went and What I Did
For the first half of December I was based at our Krishna House in Gainesville, where I sang with their chanting party for 2½ hours each weekday while the devotees served about a thousand plates of Krishna food to the students, faculty, staff, and visitors at the University of F
sri-suka uvaca
ity evam uttara-matah sa vai brahmarsi-sutah
sindhu-pataya atma-satattvam viganayatah
paranubhavah parama-karunikatayopadisya
rahuganena sakarunam abhivandita-carana
apurnarnava iva nibhrta-karanormy-asayo
dharanim imam vicacara.
TRANSLATION: Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, O son of mother Uttara, there were some waves of dissatisfaction in the mind of Jada Bharata due to his being insulted by King Rahugana, who made him carry his palanquin, but Jada Bharata neg
Why does our consciousness come down to this plane? Why doesn't it have a higher conception of higher spiritual existence. Instead our attention is drawn to some material thing on the mundane plane. We think that some medicine, or some intoxication can help us. When we cannot raise my consciousness to the finer and higher conscious substance, then we come to seek help in the material world. "These substances will help me." It is suicidal.
We cannot manage to have a connection directly with the hi
Srila Prabhuapada in the "Nectar of Devotion":
"When a mantra or hymn is chanted softly (but audibly) and slowly, that is called japa. The same mantra, when chanted loudly is called kirtana. For example, the Maha-mantra (Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare) when uttered very softly (but audibly) only for one's own hearing is called japa. The same mantra, when chanted loudly for being heard by all others is called kirtana. The Mah
"When a mantra or hymn is chanted softly (but audibly) and slowly, that is called japa. The same mantra, when chanted loudly is called kirtana. For example, the Maha-mantra (Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare) when uttered very softly (but audibly) only for one's own hearing is called japa. The same mantra, when chanted loudly for being heard by all others is called kirtana. The Mah
A TRAIN COMPANION
(One more time about praying life)
Adjata Shatru das (Gaurendu das who has already left his body)
“I am convinced that the biggest problem of ISKCON and the reason of all the difficulties we are facing now is that in pursuit of external developments (huge temples, millions of distributed book, etc.) we forget about our main responsibility – to learn to love Krsna.”
In 1995 I saw Satsvarupa das Goswami Maharaja’s book – “Entrance into a praying life” for the first time. I
62nd Vyasa Puja of HH Lokanath Swami -11th July, 2011.
How many Hindi speaking people are there? O quite a lot! How many do not know Marathi? So what should we do? (Chorus of Hindi!) The Marathi people have kept quiet?
I was thinking that today I have to only hear and not speak, then Ishtadev prabhu reminded me that I need to speak as well.
Today is my own birthday so what should I say? For you the topic is…no the topic is not Hindi! (responding to a prabhu’s call of Hindi from the audience)
Tod
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 28th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back To Godhead
SB: 4. 12. 23
Speaker: HG Urmila Mataji
sunanda-nandav ucatuh
bho bho rajan subhadram te
vacam no 'vahitah srnu
yahpanca-varsas tapasa
bhavan devam atitrpat
TRANSLATION: Nanda and Sunanda, the two confidential associates of Lord Visnu, said: Dear King, let there be all good fortune unto you. Please attentively hear what we shall say. When you were only five years old, you underwent severe austeri
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 16th, 2011
Topic: Appearance of Lord Nityananda
Speaker: HH Jayapataka Swami
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They asked me to speak on the philosophy of Lord Nityananda. We heard the pastimes first. Maharaj like to give the sweet words but of course everything about Lord Nityananda is ecstatic and very blissful.
I want to thank Radhanath Swami for his very much appreciated lecture on how Lord Nityananda was first in Ekacakra; also how H
