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अध्याय पच्चीस – प्रकृति के तीन गुण तथा उनसे परे (11.25)

1 भगवान ने कहा : हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ, मैं तुमसे वर्णन करूँगा कि जीव किस तरह किसी भौतिक गुण की संगति से विशेष स्वभाव प्राप्त करता है। तुम उसे सुनो।

2-5 मन तथा इन्द्रिय संयम, सहिष्णुता, विवेक, नियत कर्म का पालन, सत्य, दया, भूत तथा भविष्य का सतर्क अध्ययन, किसी भी स्थिति में सन्तोष, उदारता, इन्द्रियतृप्ति का परित्याग, गुरु में श्रद्धा, अनुचित कर्म करने पर व्यग्रता, दान, सरलता, दीनता तथा अपने में सन्तोष – ये सतोगुण के लक्षण है। भौतिक इच्छा, महान उद्य

अध्याय चौबीस --- सांख्य दर्शन (11.24)

1 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण ने कहा : अब मैं तुमसे सांख्य विज्ञान का वर्णन करूँगा जिसे प्राचीन विद्वानों ने पूर्णतया स्थापित किया है। इस विज्ञान को समझ लेने से मनुष्य तुरन्त भौतिक द्वैत के भ्रम को त्याग सकता है।

2 प्रारम्भ में कृतयुग की कालावधि में सारे लोग आध्यात्मिक विवेक में अत्यन्त निपुण होते थे और इससे भी पूर्व, संहार के समय एकमात्र दृष्टा का अस्तित्व था, जो दृश्य पदार्थ से अभिन्न था।

3 द्वैत से मुक्त रहते हुए तथा सामान्य वाणी एवं मन के लिए दुर्गम होने के कारण, उस

By Madhava Smullen 

The Food For Life branch in New Jagannath Puri at ISKCON of Phoenix, South Africa – a suburb of Durban – relaunched on August 9th by preparing 108 pots of Biryani, a rice dish with vegetables. As the sun rose in the early morning, the impressive operation saw devotees cooking outside over multiple rows of wood fires against the backdrop of the New Jagannath Puri temple.

Food For Life’s distribution partner network of religious organizations of all faiths then distributed an

“Our only request is that in whatever condition you may be, it doesn’t matter; please try to chant these sixteen words if it is possible, whenever you have got time. You have got enough time. You can chant Hare Krishna mantra when you are walking on the street, when you are traveling in the bus, or when you are sitting alone. There is no loss, but the gain is very great. Therefore, our only request is that you take this maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare R

अध्याय तेईस – अवन्ती ब्राह्मण का गीत (11.23)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब भक्तो में श्रेष्ठ श्री उद्धव ने दाशार्ह प्रमुख भगवान मुकुन्द से इस तरह सादर अनुरोध किया, तो पहले उन्होंने अपने सेवक के कथन की उपयुक्तता स्वीकार की। भगवान, जिनके यशस्वी कार्य (लीलाएँ) ही श्रवण करने योग्य हैं, ने उद्धव से इस प्रकार कहा।

2 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण ने कहा: हे बृहस्पति-शिष्य, इस जगत में कोई भी ऐसा साधु पुरुष नहीं है, जो असभ्य व्यक्तियों के अपमानजनक शब्दों से विचलित हुए अपने मन को फिर से स्थिर कर सके।

3 पैने बाण छात

What is the source of our natural craving for distinction, and can it ever be satisfied?

Every conditioned soul wants to be special. Most souls in this world realize sooner or later that they are just one amongst millions and with no special attributes. They want to be heroes but are in fact quite ordinary. They rejoice in others’ heroic deeds secretly hoping to be in the heroes’ shoes someday. If the hero happens to be an acquaintance, their mind squirms in unexpressed envy. Even if a soul is

Vilasini checks my heartbeat, temperature, and blood pressure, pokes my arm with a syringe, and then makes her incision. Fortunately, my six-year-old granddaughter’s plastic scalpel couldn’t cut anything tougher than cream cheese, so my post-op recovery is swift. Vilasini’s imitation doctoring is harmless, but when inept adults imitate well-trained practitioners in professions that require knowledge and skill, people get hurt. Medicine and law enforcement come to mind. We don’t want gunslingers

On saturday this past week our boys youth group came back from an ecstatic Harinam sankirtan tour through southern Sweden that lasted 12 days, we were lead by Sandipani Muni Krishna Das in book distribution and Harinam while Paramesvari mataji coordinated the trip and made sure we had prasadam everyday.

It was truly a special adventure filled with blessings from Lord Chaitanya, Srila Prabhupada and senior devotees.

The boys are very enthusiastic and inspired, especially by Sandipani Prabhu, who

There is an animation that really exposes the material happiness very nicely, it shows first on the picture some rats they are running then more rats are running, and at one point you see a whole group of rats running and gradually some of them start to wear clothes, tie and a suit but still running, and then they run on a railway platform and that train is just arriving and it’s full of rats. One come out and one squeezes in and they go to the city, and in the city there are many signs like fo

Good folks came to visit me today. Lobsang and family delivered some special prasadam — wholesome, tasty wraps.

Then Abhay arrived with his wife and two energetic kids. As he walked into the room, in what we call Prabhupada’s quarters, it brought him back to his childhood.

“I remember this room. I was really young and there was a cup of cayenne and I blew into it sending the powder especially into my eyes. One devotee, Dharmaprana, grabbed me, took me to the tub in the next room to try to clear

अध्याय बाईस - भौतिक सृष्टि के तत्त्वों की गणना (11.22)

1-3 उद्धव ने पूछा : हे प्रभु, हे ब्रह्माण्ड के स्वामी, ऋषियों ने सृष्टि के तत्त्वों की कितनी संख्या बतलाई है? मैंने आपके मुख से कुल अट्ठाईस का वर्णन सुना है – ईश्वर, जीवात्मा, महत तत्त्व, मिथ्या अहंकार, पाँच स्थूल तत्त्व, दस इन्द्रियाँ, मन, पाँच सूक्ष्म इन्द्रियविषय तथा तीन गुण। किन्तु कुछ विद्वान छब्बीस तत्त्व बतलाते हैं जबकि अन्य लोग इनकी संख्या पच्चीस या सात, नौ, छह, चार या ग्यारह और कुछ लोग सत्रह, सोलह या तेरह बतलाते हैं। जब ये ऋषि ऐसे वि

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H. G. Vaisesika Dasa is an initiating guru in ISKCON. A veteran Yogi, author, and spiritual life coach, Vaisesika Prabhu travels worldwide sharing the practical wisdom he has assim

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