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जम्बूद्वीप के निवासियों द्वारा स्तुति (5.18)

1-2 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी बोले- धर्मराज के पुत्र भद्रश्रवा भद्राश्ववर्ष नामक भूखण्ड में राज्य करते हैं। जिस प्रकार इलावृतवर्ष में भगवान शिव संकर्षण की पूजा करते हैं उसी प्रकार भद्रश्रवा अपने सेवकों तथा राज्य के समस्त वासियों समेत वासुदेव के स्वांश हयशीर्ष की पूजा करते हैं। हयशीर्ष भक्तों को अत्यन्त प्रिय हैं और वे समस्त धार्मिक विधानों के निदेशक हैं। गहन समाधि में स्थित भद्रश्रवा तथा उनके सेवक भगवान को सादर नमस्कार करते हैं और सावधानीपूर्वक उच्चारण करत

शिवजी द्वारा स्तुति (5.17)

16-18 परमात्मा का चतुर्गुण विस्तार वासुदेव, प्रद्युम्न, अनिरुद्ध तथा संकर्षण में हुआ है। इनमें चतुर्थ विस्तार संकर्षण है जो निश्चित रूप से दिव्य है, किन्तु भौतिक जगत में उनका संहार-कार्य तमोगुणमय है, अतः वे तामसी अर्थात तमोगुणी-ईश्वर कहलाते हैं। भगवान शिव को ज्ञात है कि संकर्षण उनके अपने अस्तित्व के मूल कारण हैं, अतः वे समाधि में निम्नलिखित मंत्र का जप करते हुए उनका ध्यान करते हैं। परम शक्तिमान भगवान शिव कहते हैं – हे पूर्ण पुरुषोत्तम भगवान, मैं संकर्षण के रूप में आपको

भगवान को कैसे बुलाए?

By Khusboo Basan

On the auspicious commemoration of Srila Prabhupada's 125th birth anniversary, the Scottish Church College, which recognizes Srila Prabhupada as one of their eminent Alumni, is organizing an online essay competition. The topic chosen is ‘Spirituality in the Modern World’ which clearly indicates the institution’s acknowledgment of Srila Prabhupada’s contribution in to spirituality in contemporary times. 

Srila Prabhupada in his early days as Abhay Charan De completed his higher s

By Madhava Smullen

Lead singer Madi Das and producer Dave Stringer of the 2014 kirtan album Bhakti Without Borders have launched a crowdfunding campaign for a new “Country and Eastern” kirtan record.

Bhakti Without Borders featured Madi in duets with 11 female artists from around the world, and 100% of its profits went to the Sandipani Muni School in Vrindavan, India, to help educate, clothe and feed 45 underprivileged girls. The album was nominated for the 2016 Grammys, and reached audiences in

During the protest chanting session, which was well attended by over 500 people, I enacted what I told our organization group I would do. I committed to being a watchdog and an orchestrator of sorts. Through this last week many phone calls were made and internet promotional materials sent to inform our congregants and friends that this gathering was important. Our team was effective. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) came and other India-based media networks.

A well-wisher in the crowd ca

ऋत्विज गण द्वारा स्तुति (5.3)

4-8 ऋत्विज-गण इस प्रकार ईश्वर की स्तुति करने लगे – हे परम पूज्य, हम आपके दास मात्र हैं। यद्यपि आप पूर्ण हैं, किन्तु अहैतुकी कृपावश ही सही, हम दासों की यत्किंचित सेवा स्वीकार करें। हम आपके दिव्य रूप से परिचित नहीं हैं, किन्तु जैसा वेदों तथा प्रामाणिक आचार्यों ने हमें शिक्षा दी है, उसके अनुसार हम आपको बारम्बार नमस्कार करते हैं। जीवात्माएँ प्रकृति के गुणों के प्रति अत्यधिक आकर्षित होती हैं, अतः वे कभी भी पूर्ण नहीं हैं, किन्तु आप समस्त भौतिक अवधारणाओं से परे हैं। आपके न

On Thursday the 28th of October 2021 at 13h, the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium and the EU, H.E. Mr. Mahbub Hassan Saleh received a delegation of Hindu Leaders consisting of Ravinder Singh ( President of the Hindu Forum of Belgium), Manik Paul ( Vice President of Hindu Forum of Belgium and Executive Director of HRCBM-EU), Avinash Orie/ Gopi Ramana Dasa ( President of ISKCON Belgium and member of the Hindu Forum of Belgium) and Martin Gurvich/ Mahaprabhu Dasa ( Executive Director of Hindu Fo

By Madhava Smullen

Radha Sivyer, a second-generation devotee and member of the Bhaktivedanta Manor community in the UK, is currently demonstrating his impressive woodworking skills as a contestant on Channel 4’s Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker.

Also known as Radha Vinode Das, Radha was born and raised in Wales, and moved with his family to the Watford area near Bhaktivedanta Manor, England at the age of 12. Over the years, his services included participating in yearly getaways with the Panda

From a rickshaw puller to a pilot flying high in the sky, from a government employee to a head of the government, from a beggar on the street to a business tycoon, from a baby in her cradle to a man knocking at the door of graveyard – all continuously search for happiness.

But in spite of our obsession with ‘happiness’, ‘miseries’ continuously accompany us like a shadow. Misery can be physical or can be psychological and it has a knack of appearing and disappearing at its own whims.

Scriptures

प्रचेताओं द्वारा स्तुति (4.30)

21-23 मैत्रेय ऋषि ने कहा: भगवान के इस प्रकार कहने पर प्रचेताओं ने उनकी प्रार्थना की। भगवान जीवन की समस्त सिद्धियों को देने वाले और परम कल्याणकर्ता हैं। वे परम मित्र भी हैं, क्योंकि वे भक्तों के समस्त कष्टों को हरते हैं। प्रचेताओं ने आनन्दातिरेक से गदगद वाणी में प्रार्थना करनी प्रारम्भ की। वे भगवान का साक्षात दर्शन करने से शुद्ध हो गये। प्रचेताओं ने कहा: हे भगवन, आप समस्त प्रकार के क्लेशों को हरने वाले हैं। आपके उदार दिव्य गुण तथा पवित्र नाम कल्याणप्रद हैं। इसका निर्

PM Modi meets Indologists, Sanskritists, ISKCON and Italian Hindu Union members, Sikhs in Rome Prime Minister meets the representatives of Italian Congregation for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) 

Source: https://dandavats.tumblr.com/post/666454191464726528/pm-modi-meets-indologists-sanskritists-iskcon

Contrary to popular belief…

Strength lies in humility
Whereas weakness does in pride
Our base, set in simplicity
Puts complexities to the side

Pleasures ignite from stimulus
But that is so short lived
Long term comes from vigilance
When cheap thrills we’ll outlive

Entertainment may lift us up
But education takes us higher
Spectators don’t always see close up
It’s through wisdom we’re inspired

We define ourselves in bodily terms
Yet the body is just a shell
Our observing the shell confirms
That i

The opening salvo of the preface for The Nectar of Instruction begins thus: “The Krsna consciousness movement is conducted under the supervision of Srila Rupa Goswami.” What does it mean to have this role? How actively involved is Srila Rupa Goswami in our everyday lives? Is he literally supervising all of us?

Before understanding this supervisory function, we need to know who Srila Rupa Goswami is in relation to ourselves, our spiritual masters, and the previous acaryas going back to the time

शिवजी द्वारा स्तुति (4.24)

33 शिवजी ने पूर्ण पुरुषोत्तम भगवान की इस प्रकार स्तुति की: हे भगवान, आप धन्य हैं। आप सभी स्वरूपसिद्धों में महान हैं चूँकि आप उनका सदैव कल्याण करने वाले हैं, अतः आप मेरा भी कल्याण करें। आप अपने सर्वात्मक उपदेशों के कारण पूज्य हैं। आप परमात्मा हैं, अतः पुरुषोत्तम स्वरूप आपको मैं नमस्कार करता हूँ।

34    हे भगवान, आपकी नाभि से कमल पुष्प निकलता है, इस प्रकार से आप सृष्टि के उद्गम हैं। आप इन्द्रियों तथा तन्मात्राओं के नियामक हैं। आप सर्वव्यापी वासुदेव भी हैं। आप परम शान्त हैं

From: Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk's Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu.

Mahaprabhu Dasa (Martin Gurvich) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1963. He is the son of well-known artist Jose Gurvich and Julia Anorga. Mahaprabhu Das studied Political Science at Syracuse University, USA.
He joined the Hare Krishna Movement in 1982 in Paris, France.He has performed many different services in the movement and at present is ISKCON Communications Director for Europe, Preside

We all know our capacity. We have our limits in all directions. All these limits are expanded through empowerment which comes from mercy.

Source: https://www.kksblog.com/2021/10/empowerment-comes-from-mercy/

I am picking up my pace, since knee surgery on July 20, so I’m doing quite well three months later, though my distances are short. I’m happy to pull off 3 kilometres per day and could do more. I get busy, frankly, and a lot of that business lately entails helping orchestrate a major protest-chant across Canada. Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax – 8 cities – are geared up for chanting in defiance of recent violence incurred by extremists in Bangladesh.

My godbrother Bhagavata Asraya Prabhu told me the following story, which he heard from our godbrother Gunarnava Prabhu.

Srila Prabhupada was visiting Bombay for what turned out to be one of the last times. Although the building was still under construction, at his request his quarters had been hastily prepared, and he had moved in.

Srila Prabhupada was by this time in poor health, and everything was a great effort for him, but still he was giving darshan to some devotees and guests. At one poin