A poem sent and written by an anonymous follower
Walking has ceased
Reduced to a crawl
Services change
That benefit all
A sacrifice made
Traversing great lands
Causing tide’s change
From feet to head and hands
Though a temporary tide
We share in the pain
For knowing the love
Of this kindly Saint
Is on earth and land
And lake shore pretty
Or on cement’s soil
Gardening souls in the city
“Hang tough!” We cry
It won’t be long
Before your feet
Resume their song
May your mind be light
Your pain
अध्याय पाँच -- देवताओं द्वारा सुरक्षा के लिए भगवान से याचना (8.5)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: हे राजा, मैंने तुमसे गजेन्द्रमोक्षण लीला का वर्णन किया है, जो सुनने में अत्यन्त पवित्र है। भगवान की ऐसी लीलाओं के विषय में सुनकर मनुष्य सारे पापों के फलों से छूट सकता है। अब मैं रैवत मनु का वर्णन कर रहा हूँ, कृपया उसे सुनो।
2 तामस मनु का भाई रैवत पाँचवाँ मनु था। उसके पुत्रों में अर्जुन, बलि तथा विंध्य प्रमुख थे।
3 हे राजन, रैवत मनु के युग में स्वर्ग का राजा (इन्द्र) विभु था, देवताओं में भूतरय इत्
I was told that today marks the anniversary of when the spread of the Corona-virus was declared a pandemic. This is not a day to celebrate, to have a toast over, or to hold a pizza party as a triumphant moment. It may be, however, a time to tip our hats off to health-workers worldwide.
Today is also a day to honour a hero of sorts — Mahadeva Shiva. Generally, he portrays himself in a role as a pacifist. Under a Banyan tree he sits meditating quietly at the summit of a mountain. Yet, when the wo
Today is Shiva-ratri. Vaishnavas generally do not celebrate Shiva-ratri, and to begin, I will explain why, with reference to the Bhagavad-gita. We read from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Chapter 7: “Knowledge of the Absolute.”
TEXT 23
antavat tu phalam tesam
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
TRANSLATION
Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods,
Hare krishna,
i have a querry running in my mind from last few days. I got ladoo gopal ji few months back and i was offering bhog 3-4 times everyday but since my family eats non vegetarian food often i was not feeling alright to serve laddoo gopal grain bhog. Also its creating problem between me and my husband he is of the mind that i should worship and offer dry fruits nuts and fruits and now im also feeling that i did mistake giving grain bhog, i maintain cleanliness and have separate induction
अध्याय चार – गजेन्द्र का वैकुण्ठ गमन (8.4)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब भगवान ने गजेन्द्र का उद्धार कर दिया तो सारे ऋषियों, गन्धर्वों तथा ब्रह्मा, शिव इत्यादि देवताओं ने भगवान की प्रशंसा की और भगवान तथा गजेन्द्र दोनों के ऊपर पुष्पवर्षा की।
2 स्वर्गलोक में दुन्दुभियाँ बजने लगीं, गन्धर्वलोक के वासी नाचने और गाने लगे तथा महान ऋषियों, चारणलोक एवं सिद्धलोक के निवासियों ने भगवान पुरुषोत्तम की स्तुतियाँ कीं।
3-4 गन्धर्वों में श्रेष्ठ राजा हूहू, देवल मुनि द्वारा शापित होने के बाद घड़ियाल बन गया था।
March 9, 2021
Dear follower of Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is our final reminder to kindly submit your homage to Srila Prabhupada for his Vyasa-puja book by April 7.
In addition, if you’re a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada, please check out www.sptributes.com to learn about a Vyasa-puja book open to all his disciples. The deadline for submission to this book is April 15.
The standards for submitting an offering to the Vyasa-puj
Frontline servants: Remembering the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta publishing marathon
Join GBC SPT to meet the veterans and know what happened behind the scenes when Srila Prabhupada engaged his disciples in publishing Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta that turned into a marathon.
It had been a busy day. Some of that busyness had to do with the fact that our Govinda’s Dining Room, open only for takeout, is under the same roof as our temple/ashram. People are coming for the food. We are cooking extra. I hopped into the kitchen to pitch in. I crafted a mixed veg prep — cauliflower, squash and baby potatoes with curry leaves and a host of spices. No chilies!
Dwarkanath, our food chief extraordinaire, made a big batch of dahl. That was triumphant. All the regular fare and ex
Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has described in Sri Caitanya Caritamrta that the first sprout of the desire tree of devotion was manifested in the person of Sri Madhavendra Puri, and that that sprout developed into a sapling in the person of Sri Isvar Puri. Then, in the person of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who was also the gardener Himself, that sapling become the trunk of a enormous tree, the desire tree of devotion. [C. C. Adi 9.10-11]
Sri Isvara Puri appeared in this world on the full moon day
अध्याय तीन – गजेन्द्र की समर्पण स्तुति(8.3)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: तत्पश्चात गजेन्द्र ने अपना मन पूर्ण बुद्धि के साथ अपने हृदय में स्थिर कर लिया और उस मंत्र का जप प्रारम्भ किया जिसे उसने इन्द्रद्युम्न के रूप में अपने पूर्वजन्म में सीखा था और जो कृष्ण की कृपा से उसे स्मरण था।
2 गजेन्द्र ने कहा: मैं परम पुरुष वासुदेव को सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ (ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय)। उन्हीं के कारण यह शरीर आत्मा की उपस्थिति के फलस्वरूप कर्म करता है, अतएव वे प्रत्येक जीव के मूल कारण हैं। वे ब्रह्मा तथा श
It is my great pleasure to inform you that the first online Nityananda Trayodasi Festival hosted by the Kirtan Ministry was a resounding success. And the Ekadasi Sravana-Kirtana Festival is slowly, but surely becom
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On February 28, the monthly Urban Devi sanga featured Manjuali Devi Dasi sharing her personal reflections, daily actions, and the gifts of fellowship of the bhakti path. She revealed how contemplative prayer, daily practice, and an enthusiasm to meet life’s daily challenges with awareness, support our quest for self-realization and a loving relationship with the Divine. She shares her insights from a life dedicated to bhakti on how to trust our inner guide and, at
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By Nrsimhananda Prabhu
At the age of 73 years, I am in the so-called “high risk category” for COVID-19 so I decided to get vaccinated.
My vaccination story, however, begins in the 1950s when I was a child and another virus was overtaking America and the world.
As a small boy, I saw scary magazine photos of young children lying inside riveted, cylindrical devices called “iron lungs” (now relics of the past). Polio, an infectious viral disease affecting the central nervous system, was crippling k
A new documentary POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (12A) directed by Paul Sng and Celeste Bell is released across the UK and Ireland on March 5th.
Poly Styrene was the first woman of color in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain, with a rare prescience. As the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, the Anglo-Somali punk
If someone takes advantage of hearing the pastimes of the Lord, the material contamination of dust, accumulated in the heart due to long association with material nature, can be immediately cleansed. Lord Caitanya also instructed that simply by hearing the transcendental name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one can cleanse the heart of all material contamination.
On behalf of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships, Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Ashtasakhis, Panca-tattva and Prahlad-Nrsimha, the ISKCON M
