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Finally taṭastha-sakti is correctly understood as another name for marginal living entities who are inbetween the Spiritual energy and the material energy.

Srila Prabhupada - "So this material world is the taṭastha (conditioned) characteristics, and the spiritual world is the "personal" characteristics. So our effort is to get out of this taṭastha (conditioned) characteristics and to enter the permanent characteristics (Vaikuntha). That is called spiritual elevation". (Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 2

अध्याय तेरह - हंसावतार द्वारा ब्रह्मापुत्रों के प्रश्नों के उत्तर (11.13)

1 भगवान ने कहा : भौतिक प्रकृति के तीन गुण, जिनके नाम सतो, रजो तथा तमोगुण हैं, भौतिक बुद्धि से सम्बद्ध होते हैं, आत्मा से नहीं। सतोगुण के विकास से मनुष्य रजोगुण तथा तमोगुण को जीत सकता है एवं दिव्य सत्त्व के अनुशीलन से, वह अपने को भौतिक सत्त्व से भी मुक्त कर सकता है।

2 जब जीव प्रबल रूप से सतोगुण में स्थित हो जाता है, तो मेरी भक्ति के लक्षणों से युक्त धार्मिक सिद्धान्त प्रधान बन जाते हैं। जो वस्तुएँ पहले से सतोगुण में स्थित है

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A plaque commemorating with and when came here, as you’ll hear in a few minutes instructed we have to make sure no one goes hungry and for 50 years up to a thousand plates a day, no one has gone hungry. Yesterday. everyone who comes gets Krishna lunch Now, the song discussed how the price has gone up because um when I was a kid, a Brand-new car costs $2000. So, you all know now that makes sense but with the sun pointed out, it’s very important to you is the service at who hasn’

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Brahmatirtha: “…as mayor of Gainesville, there’s many challenges in this day of social media where the like button determines what is right and what is wrong. a little discretion. He has to deal with all of these contentions and he deals with it with grace, with dignity and patience that I do not understand. Just a dear person whose values are true and I say this in the core of my heart truly represent the very of the city of Gainesville. I’m very honored to have had him here w

This year, ISKCON is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the appearance of its Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – born in 1896 in Calcutta – with various efforts to honor him throughout the year.

On Saturday August 21st, ten days before Srila Prabhupada’s August 31st appearance day, devotees from the ISKCON Auckland congregation in New Zealand will hold Harinama Sankirtana in multiple suburbs around Auckland, as well as on the city’s main thoroughfare Queen

“You’re one of the top five,” said the therapist at Toronto West General Hospital.

“Meaning?” I asked.

“Of the five years I’ve looked at knee replacement patients you’re in the top five for recovery.”

Well, that certainly made me feel good. I had mentioned I’m a monk, a walking one, and I wore down my cartilage. The reaction to the marathon walks I’ve done astounded the physiotherapist, as did the Vietnamese doctor and a local assistant from Canada. Yes, I had three guys look at the leg and giv

अध्याय बारह - वैराग्य तथा ज्ञान से आगे (11.12)

1-2 भगवान ने कहा: हे उद्धव, मेरे शुद्ध भक्तों की संगति करने से इन्द्रियतृप्ति के सारे पदार्थों के प्रति आसक्ति को नष्ट किया जा सकता है। शुद्धि करनेवाली ऐसी संगति मुझे मेरे भक्त के वश में कर देती है। कोई चाहे अष्टांग योग करे, प्रकृति के तत्त्वों का दार्शनिक विश्लेषण करने में लगा रहे, चाहे अहिंसा तथा शुद्धता के अन्य सिद्धान्तों का अभ्यास करे, वेदोच्चार करे, तपस्या करे, संन्यास ग्रहण करे, कुँ आ खुदवाने, वृक्ष लगवाने तथा जनता के अन्य कल्याण-कार्यों को स

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Thank you Bob (Brahmatirtha). It really is a delight to join you all and Mayor Poe in celebrating 50 years of the Hare Krishnas in our community of Gainesville and 50 years here at the University of Florida and 50 years here on the plaza. I understand indeed that nearly 3 million meals have been served here at the University of Florida by you all brothers and sisters in the Hare Krishna and I wanted to say that universities have traditions that their alumni remember, we have mi

By Madhava Smullen

To celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON New Vrindaban in West Virginia is set to hold the Prabhupada 125 Tournament from Friday September 24th to Sunday September 26th.

The tournament, which will take place at New Vrindaban a month after Prabhupada’s August 31st Appearance Day, will be open to all and will feature a series of exciting prizes for the winner and runners-up. Contestants should register here, and will have nearl

Hare Krishna dear devotees!

Please accept our humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

ISKCON Mayapur TV – Hindi is organizing special Krishna Lila Katha in the forthcoming weekends to set the stage for the upcoming Janmashtami festival.

Schedule is as follows:

Aug 15: Radha Gopinath Prabhu (6pm)

Aug 21: Amogh Lila Prabhu (8pm)

Aug 28: Amarendra Prabhu (6pm)

Aug 29: Nitai Sevini Mataji (6pm)

We would request the devotees to spread the word and invite extensive participation to immers

The items of bhakti that I’m missing these days leave me in a mood of separation. Although healing, my replaced knee is still restricting my movements. Tomorrow I get the chance to feel a quaint notion of liberation by going down the stairs, with crutches, of course, for a trip to the Toronto West General for Physio. I did manage to make my way along the balcony, which opens up to the temple room. It was noon-time and I found myself sitting and leading a kirtan before the deities of Krishna.

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अध्याय ग्यारह – बद्ध तथा मुक्त जीवों के लक्षण (11.11)

1 भगवान ने कहा: हे उद्धव, मेरे अधीन प्रकृति के गुणों के प्रभाव से जीव कभी बद्ध कहा जाता है, तो कभी मुक्त! किन्तु वस्तुतः आत्मा न तो कभी बद्ध होता है, न मुक्त चूँकि मैं प्रकृति के गुणों की कारणस्वरूप माया का परम स्वामी हूँ, इसलिए मुझे भी मुक्त या बद्ध नहीं माना जाना चाहिए।

2 जिस तरह स्वप्न मनुष्य की बुद्धि की सृष्टि है किन्तु वास्तविक नहीं होता, उसी तरह भौतिक शोक, मोह, सुख, दुख तथा माया के वशीभूत होकर भौतिक शरीर ग्रहण करना – ये सभी मेरी मोहिन

By Madhava Smullen

Following a global edition in April/May, the 18-hour Online Devotee Care Course, subtitled “Embedding Care in Krishna Conscious Communities,” will be offered specifically for devotees in North American timezones starting September 18th.

The ISKCON GBC Devotee Care Committee, an initiative of the GBC Strategic Planning Team, was officially mandated in 2017 and supported by GBC resolutions in 2017 and 2019. Pre-Covid, the Committee’s course on devotee care was offered in-person

Bhagavad-Gita 10.7 and 10.8 offer a strong message of realizing our true position in this world; I am small and everything else collectively (God) is big. The moment this thought awakens in us then we are big — MAHATMA. This understanding of my smallness, compared to the greatness of all else, compels me to act in humility and devotion.

There’s something very attractive about humility. It means you are willing to learn, be on an adventure and ultimately crush the ego.

I would like to say that i

अध्याय दस - सकाम कर्म की प्रकृति (11.10)

1 भगवान ने कहा: पूर्णतया मेरी शरण में आकर तथा मेरे द्वारा वर्णित भगवदभक्ति में अपने मन को सावधानी से एकाग्र करके मनुष्य को निष्काम भाव से रहना चाहिए तथा वर्णाश्रम प्रणाली का अभ्यास करना चाहिए।

2 शुद्ध आत्मा को यह देखना चाहिए कि चूँकि इन्द्रियतृप्ति के प्रति समर्पित होने से बद्ध आत्माओं ने इन्द्रियसुख की वस्तुओं को धोखे से सत्य मान लिया है, इसलिए उनके सारे प्रयत्न असफल होकर रहेंगे।

3 सोया हुआ व्यक्ति स्वप्न में इन्द्रियतृप्ति की अनेक वस्तुएँ देख सकता है, क

अध्याय नौ - पूर्ण वैराग्य (11.9)

1 साधु-ब्राह्मण ने कहा: भौतिक जगत में हर व्यक्ति कुछ वस्तुओं को अत्यन्त प्रिय मानता है और ऐसी वस्तुओं के प्रति लगाव के कारण अन्ततः वह दीन-हीन बन जाता है। जो व्यक्ति इसे समझता है, वह भौतिक सम्पत्ति के स्वामित्व तथा लगाव को त्याग देता है और इस तरह असीम आनन्द प्राप्त करता है।

2 एक बार बड़े बाजों की एक टोली ने कोई शिकार न पा सकने के कारण एक अन्य दुर्बल बाज पर आक्रमण कर दिया जो थोड़ा-सा मांस पकड़े हुए था। उस समय अपने जीवन को संकट में देखकर बाज ने मांस को छोड़ दिया। तब उसे

अध्याय आठ – पिंगला की कथा (11.8)

1 साधु-ब्राह्मण ने कहा: हे राजन, देहधारी जीव स्वर्ग या नरक में, स्वतः सुख तथा दुख का अनुभव करता है। इसलिए बुद्धिमान तथा विवेकवान व्यक्ति ऐसे भौतिक सुख को पाने के लिए कभी कोई प्रयास नहीं करता।

2 अजगर का अनुकरण करते हुए मनुष्य को भौतिक प्रयास का परित्याग कर देना चाहिए और अपने उदर-पोषण के लिए उस भोजन को स्वीकार करना चाहिए, जो अनायास मिल जाय, चाहे वह स्वादिष्ट हो या स्वादरहित, पर्याप्त हो या स्वल्प।

3 यदि कभी भोजन न भी मिले, तो सन्त पुरुष को चाहिए कि बिना प्रयास किये

For a person in the renounced phase of life it is good to move – as the saying goes: A rolling stone doesn’t gather any moss… After all, we are not meant to get too comfy, homey and cozy. It feels good to move on as soon as one gets too comfortable and settled. Then it may be time to pack up the suitcase and say farewell…

This mood is described in the purpport to the SB 11.3.26:

“Thus a pure devotee of the Lord is aniketatam, without a fixed residence, meaning that he accepts neither the gross n

By Mukundanghri Dasa

After Akrura was instructed by the evil king, Kamsa, to bring Krishna and Balaram from Vrindavan to Mathura, he boarded his chariot. Along the journey, Akrura struggled to fathom the good fortune that had befallen him. He was about to see the object of his meditation, the essence of his life – Krishna and Balaram. As his chariot rode along, inching closer and closer to Vrindavan, he thought of seeing the beautiful forms of Krishna and Balaram. He thought of Krishna’s face a