Sometimes devotees say that HDG 108 A.C. Bhakivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada should never be thought of as influenced by anything of this world, including birth place, nationality, etc. For enjoyment’s sake, I would like to briefly state that describing Srila Prabhupada within the context of his pastimes, for example, as being a modern Calcutta-raised and well-educated Vaisnava, is quite different from saying that he was materially controlled by any of these circumstances!
Sri Krsna Caitanya Ma
India is full of village things. We are not sure where it all comes from. Some things may have a Vedic tradition to them and some things may not. For instance, if you drive the car, you cannot first drive backwards. You have to drive forwards even if there is a wall in front of the car, then you can drive backwards. Very inauspicious if you are driving backwards to begin with. When you are driving and a black cat crosses the road in front of the car, this is also very bad. You have to stop the
अध्याय इक्कीस – भगवान कृष्ण द्वारा वैदिक पथ की व्याख्या (11.21)
1 भगवान ने कहा : जो मुझे प्राप्त करने वाली उन विधियों को, जो भक्ति, वैश्लेषिक दर्शन (ज्ञान) तथा नियत कर्मों के नियमित निष्पादन (कर्म-योग) से युक्त हैं, त्याग देता है और भौतिक इन्द्रियों से चलायमान होकर क्षुद्र इन्द्रियतृप्ति में लग जाता है, वह निश्चय ही बारम्बार संसार-चक्र में फँसता जाता है।
2 यह निश्चित मत है कि अपने-अपने पद पर निष्ठा (स्थिरता) वास्तविक शुद्धि कहलाती है और अपने पद से विचलन अशुद्धि है।
3 हे निष्पाप उद्धव, यह समझने के
My material name is Krishna Govind Vaidyu. I was born 1990 in the town of Jaysingpur, about 35km from the historic city of Kolhapur in southern Maharashtra. I came to devotional life in 2008 through ISKCON Belgaum, eventually getting in touch with ISKCON Aravade and then with Pandharpur. I was in Pune as a fulltime devotee for six years, enrolling in the Personality Development Course in 2012. I was initiated in Pune in 2014 and with the permission of my spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, joi
Srutakirti Das: This morning around 10:30 a.m. our Godbrother Nrsingha Chaitanya prabhu left his body, from cardiac arrest. We found him lying peacefully in his bed in the MVT flat he was staying in for the last several months.
He had been regularly attending the morning program since his arrival. His passing here at Srila Prabhupada's home in Vrindavan is certainly glorious. I didn't know him in the past but here in Vrindavan I became aware that he was a very sweet and humble devotee who was l
By Madana Gopal Das
The first Annual Parsippany, New Jersey, Rathayatra festival was held this summer on July 11th, 2021.
The bright-faced, colorfully dressed devotees, numbering over 1500, sang, danced, and joyfully pulled the beautifully decorated chariot of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra Devi starting at the Vrajdham temple and ending at the construction site of the brand new Grand ISKCON Parsippany Temple, where the parade ending with a thunderous kirtan.
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Shri Mukunda Dasa, Shri Madhava Dasa and Shri Narahari Sarakara Thakura were three brothers who lived in Shri Khanda. Shri Mukunda Dasa Thakura’s son was Shri Raghunandan Thakura.
Shri Raghunandana Thakura made his appearance within this world in Shri Khanda. In his home, he became acquainted with the worship of Shri Gopinatha from an early age. One day his father, Mukunda Dasa, who was a doctor, had to go away on medical business.
He called Raghunandana to his side. He told Raghunandana to see
अध्याय बीस - शुद्ध भक्ति ज्ञान एवं वैराग्य से आगे निकल जाती है (11.20)
1 श्री उद्धव ने कहा : हे कमलनयन कृष्ण, आप परमेश्वर हैं और इस तरह विधियों तथा निषेधों से युक्त वैदिक वाड्मय आपका आदेश है। ऐसा वाड्मय कर्म के गुण तथा दोषों पर दृष्टि एकाग्र करता है।
2 वैदिक वाड्मय के अनुसार, वर्णाश्रम में उच्च तथा निम्न कोटि के परिवार के पवित्र और पापमय गुणों के कारण हैं। पाप तथा पुण्य किसी स्थिति विशेष यथा – भौतिक अवयव, स्थान, आयु तथा काल में, वैदिक विश्लेषण के संदर्भ बिन्दु हैं। निस्सन्देह, वेदों से भौतिक स्वर
At first glance, the cosmology of the Srimad-Bhagavatam might seem like fantasy.
Here are four ways to make sense of it all.
The inquisitive human mind naturally yearns to understand the universe and man's place within it. Today scientists rely on powerful telescopes and sophisticated computers to formulate cosmological theories. In former times, people got their information from traditional books of wisdom. Followers of the Vedic culture, for example, learned about the cosmos from scriptures
By Peter Panstingl
Sri Gour Mohan De and Srimati Rajani devi became the proud parents of Sri Abhaya Caranaravrinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the 1st of September, 1896. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada or Abhaya Carana, as he was previously called, was born on the occasion of Nandotsava, at the home of his maternal grandparents, in the suburbs of Tollygunge. The fortunate jackfruit tree under which he was born stands tall this day.
(German with English subtitles)
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By Radharamn Das
125th appearance day celebrations of Srila Prabhupada & his Birthplace at Tollygunge.
This is the 125th year when His Divine Grace A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada appeared under a Jackfruit tree in Tollygunge, Kolkata. In 2011 we had acquired 4 very small rooms under that exact tree which were made possible due to the contributions of HH Radhanath Swami who immediately sent all the money to shift the people living in those 4 rooms. The whole property is around 4 and a
By Khusboo Basan
A short film, Monks on Mission made by seven monks at ISKCON Gurugram under the guidance of temple president Rambhadra Das, has won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 24th monthly season of Tagore International Film Festival (TIFF) in early July.
Monks on Mission is a reality-based film on why and how monks delivered food in deadly Covid 2nd wave. The life of monks is all about decreasing their personal needs and increasing service to God and humanity. But one day they
Some days you are a friend
Some days you are foe
You swing moods up
You swing them low
I can’t always trust
You’re not in one place
You respond well to lust
Big dose or a trace
You lead me to greed
It’s not what I want
You convinced it’s a need
In truth it’s a taunt
When there is anger
Pent up inside
You then do hanker
To push it outside
I don’t know why
You are so cruel
Cunning and sly
And wanting to rule
You’re some kind of clown
Silly and joking
A laugh or a frown
Nabbing and poking
Yet you
अध्याय उन्नीस - आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान की सिद्धि (11.19)
1 भगवान ने कहा : जिस स्वरूपसिद्ध व्यक्ति ने प्रकाश पाने के बिन्दु तक शास्त्रीय ज्ञान का अनुशीलन किया है और जो भौतिक ब्रह्माण्ड को मात्र मोह समझकर, निर्वेशेष चिन्तन से मुक्त हो गया है, उसे चाहिए कि वह उस ज्ञान को तथा उसे प्राप्त करनेवाले साधनों को मुझे समर्पित कर दे।
2 विद्वान स्वरूपसिद्ध दार्शनिकों के लिए मैं ही पूजा का एकमात्र लक्ष्य, इच्छित जीवन-लक्ष्य, उस लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने का साधन तथा समस्त ज्ञान का स्थापित निष्कर्ष हूँ। चूँकि मैं उनके सु
A lecture by His Holiness Radhanath Swami on "Deepening our relationship with Deities" part of 50th Installation Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Sri Radha Gopivallabha at ISKCON Boston.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/Dandavats/posts/2039130219585217
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Jayananda Prabhu is a bhakti-yoga practitioner for nearly three decades. He is the co-author of the education plan for teaching Krishna consciousness in public schools in Finland, which led to government-funded KC teaching on religion classes for those who wanted to have that instead of the Christianity-based majority option. He holds a PhD in the Study of Religions and has written several books on yoga wisdom and authored / co-authored many articles in academic journals. He has the highest cer
After receiving an honours degree in philosophy and politics from Bristol, Cintamani Dhama joined ISKCON in 1981. She assisted her husband Krishna Dharma in opening an ISKCON centre in Manchester in 1987, which they ran for 15 years. She has co-authored with Krishna Dharma six volumes of a series of dramatised retellings of Srimad Bhagavatam, entitled Brilliant as the Sun, with a further four in the works. She and her husband are now part of the Bhaktivedanta Manor community, where they teach a
By Madhava Smullen
Last weekend devotees celebrated the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s 1971 vist to Gainesville, Florida, as well as his 125th birth anniversary with a three-day festival. The event, which ran from July 29th to 31st, included speeches from pioneer devotees as well as appreciative words from the Mayor of Gainesville and the President of the University of Florida.
On July 29th, the day on which Srila Prabhupada gave his arrival address at the UF Plaza of the Americas, the p
It was a delight delivering a class, over Zoom to Vancouver, this morning about the pastime of Krishna being charged by all his young friends for eating mridam (dirt). His buddies, including his older brother, Balarama, were building up a case against Him, which would lead to a chastisement from His mother. This conflict does from time to time arise in the spiritual realm. Then, what to speak of the hostilities of this mundane world?
The notion that no aggravation exists in the holy dham (place
