अध्याय छियासी – अर्जुन द्वारा सुभद्रा–हरण तथा कृष्ण द्वारा अपने भक्तों को आशीर्वाद दिया जाना (10.86)
1 राजा परीक्षित ने कहा: हे ब्राह्मण, हम जानना चाहेंगे कि किस तरह अर्जुन ने बलराम तथा कृष्ण की बहन से विवाह किया, जो मेरी दादी थीं।
2-3 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: दूर दूर तक यात्रा करते हुए और विविध तीर्थस्थानों का दर्शन करके अर्जुन प्रभास आये। वहाँ उन्होंने सुना कि बलराम अपनी बहन सुभद्रा का विवाह दुर्योधन के साथ करना चाहते हैं और कोई भी इसका समर्थन नहीं करता है। अर्जुन स्वयं उसके साथ विवाह क
अध्याय पिचासी – कृष्ण द्वारा वसुदेव को उपदेश दिया जाना तथा देवकी-पुत्रों की वापसी (10.85)
1 श्री बादरायणि ने कहा: एक दिन वसुदेव के दोनों पुत्र संकर्षण तथा कृष्ण उनके पास आये और उनके चरणों पर नतमस्तक होकर प्रणाम किया।
2 वसुदेव ने बड़े ही स्नेह से उनका सत्कार किया। अपने दोनों पुत्रों की शक्ति के विषय में महर्षियों के कथन सुनकर तथा उनके वीरतापूर्ण कार्यों को देखकर वसुदेव को उनकी दिव्यता पर पूर्ण विश्वास हो गया।
3 अतः वसुदेव ने कहा: हे कृष्ण, हे कृष्ण, हे योगिश्रेष्ठ, हे नित्य संकर्षण, मैं जानता हूँ
One day, I was in New York City and as I was walking, I saw a chapati machine. It was a first-class machine. The dough went into the top, made some balls and rollers, and made a nice round chapati. Then, it went into a hot plate, where an arm came and pushed the chapati into a hole with a slide and then the slide turned the chapati around and it fell on another hot disc below. And then the chapati was cooked on the other side. That’s the nature of chapati. They get cooked on both sides.
So, if
I want to thank Paramahamsa, from Guelph, who came to do some physio work on me today. I’m also grateful to Jhorom, who came as a special guest when I hosted him in the sitting quarters of our guru, Prabhupada, who spent a few days there in June of 1976.
Jhorom is loving the Bhagavad-Gita, As It Is, and since reading this exceptional text he’s been asking me questions. He is just intrigued with the conversation based on a fratricidal misunderstanding.
“Most misunderstandings, if not all, have t
अध्याय चौरासी – कुरुक्षेत्र में ऋषियों के उपदेश (10.84)
1-5 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: पृथा, गान्धारी, द्रौपदी, सुभद्रा, अन्य राजाओं की पत्नियाँ, भगवान की ग्वालिन सखियाँ, सभी जीवों के आत्मा भगवान श्रीकृष्ण के प्रति उनकी रानियों के अगाध प्रेम को सुनकर चकित थीं और उनके नेत्रों में आँसू डबडबा आये। जब स्त्रियाँ स्त्रियों से और पुरुष पुरुषों से परस्पर बातें कर रहे थे, तो अनेक मुनिगण वहाँ आ पधारे। वे सभी कृष्ण तथा बलराम का दर्शन पाने के लिए उत्सुक थे। इनमें द्वैपायन, नारद, च्यवन, देवल, असित, विश्
By Madhava Smullen
Sana Mittar, a young devotee who attends the ISKCON Punjabi Bagh temple in Delhi with her family, has been honored with the Diana Award. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, it is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9 to 25 years can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.
Sana was presented with the award for her work on clean water and sanitation; starting GVAN, a non-profit that empowers youth to advocate for social causes; and sup
We have gone back, steadily, to our older program of stairway kirtan. Neighbours who pass by love it. As long as we don’t perform with symbols, drum, harmonium “in-their-face,” so to speak. Gentle, sweet and melodious is the way to go. Actually, the weather is conducive for outdoor kirtan and our group’s intent is to gain as much mileage with this presentation as possible.
In addition to the kirtan, which is now regular at night, 7 pm punctual, the morning and noon chants are also steady. I can
अध्याय तिरासी – कृष्ण की रानियों से द्रौपदी की भेंट (10.83)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: इस तरह गोपियों के आध्यात्मिक गुरु तथा उनके जीवन के गन्तव्य भगवान कृष्ण ने उन पर अपनी कृपा प्रदर्शित की। तत्पश्चात वे युधिष्ठिर तथा अपने अन्य सभी सम्बन्धियों से मिले और उनसे उनकी कुशलता पूछी।
3 ब्रह्माण्ड के स्वामी के चरणों को देखकर समस्त पापों से मुक्त राजा युधिष्ठिर तथा अन्यों ने अत्यधिक सम्मानित अनुभव करते हुए उनके प्रश्नों का प्रसन्नतापूर्वक उत्तर दिया।
3 भगवान कृष्ण के सम्बन्धियों ने कहा: हे प्रभु, उन
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“Please try to understand our philosophy through various books that I have already published and sometimes after you will have to carry out this order of disciplic succession.”
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Prahladananda -- Hawaii, 14 March 1969
Source: https://www.facebook.com/Dandavats/posts/2011406895690883
Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
As we would be observing His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja’s Tirobhava Tithi in the coming weeks – which marks a year of His Holiness’ physical disappearance please find this brochure (attached herewith). It will be a source of great solace and inspiration to be participating in honoring a vaisnava acharya and our beloved spiritual Master, in the wider association of devotees – our ISKCON family.
By Kasisvar Das
On June 26th over five hundred devotees from Alachua and other ISKCON communities gathered in Daytona Beach, a picturesque vacation place in Central Florida, for joining the Ratha Yatra Festival. It was a long-awaited event indeed.
The Covid-19 pandemic delayed everything in the world and many festivals and events were placed on hold for months. Millions of people have been pulled out of their comfort zone to realize what Bhagavad-Gita calls the reality of this temporary miserab
By Raasbhakti Devi Dasi
ISKCON Govardhan Ecovillage's offering for Srila Prabhupada's 125th anniversary: waging war with single-use plastic in India. At present, there are already more than 43,000 youth registered and involved in the challenge, with ISKCON India supporting the initiative holistically, looking towards the future. Get involved: https://ecovillage.org.in/wisdom/tide-turner-plastic-challenge.php
As is seen globally, even holy places are littered with plastic bottles, polybags, wr
“Perhaps you’re one of the few centres that’s really taking care of older Vaishnava men,” remarked an observer, a friend, the other day. Mind you, we do have younger men as residents in addition to the five who are average 71 years of age. Yes, I am one of those golden boys who joined monkhood in the 70’s. I’m in that age bracket, naturally.
We scheduled a meeting in our new seminar room and called it a “Seniors Meeting” to delve into the conditions of our remaining lives for the coming years.
Hera Panchami is a unique festival at the Gundicha Temple. ‘Hera’ means to ‘see’ and ‘Panchami’ means the ‘fifth day’. On the fifth day of the Rathayatra Festival, Goddess Lakshmi becomes very worried and thinks, "Where has my husband gone? He told me, I am going for a change of environment for some days, and I will return very soon. It has been five days now, and still He has not come back." She appears anxious because her husband forgets to take her. Four weary nights have already passed and
By Anousha Maheshwary, Dr.Neeta Maheshwary
“ The principle of chanting is to glorify the Lord and not to attract a crowd. If Krishna hears nicely then He will ask some sincere devotees to gather in such place.”
-Letter to Subala, November 12, 1967
In continuity of the Sankirtan journey a preaching trip of HG Ram Sakha Dasa from June 14, 2021, to June 25, 2021, in areas Ghotki, Sukkur, Khanpur, and Mirpur Khas was accomplished by the mercy of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga which includes, house pr
अध्याय बयासी - वृन्दावनवासियों से कृष्ण तथा बलराम की भेंट (10.82)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: एक बार जब बलराम तथा कृष्ण द्वारका में रह रहे थे, तो ऐसा विराट सूर्य-ग्रहण पड़ा मानो, दिन का अन्त हो गया हो।
2 इस ग्रहण के विषय में पहले से ही जानने वाले अनेक लोग पुण्य अर्जित करने की मंशा से समन्तपञ्चक नामक पवित्र स्थान में गये।
3-6 पृथ्वी को राजाओं से विहीन करने के बाद योद्धाओं में सर्वोपरि भगवान परशुराम ने समन्तपञ्चक में राजाओं के रक्त से विशाल सरोवरों की उत्पत्ति की। यद्यपि परशुराम पर कर्मफलों का
अध्याय इक्यासी -- भगवान द्वारा सुदामा ब्राह्मण को वरदान (10.81)
1-2 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: भगवान हरि अर्थात कृष्ण सभी जीवों के हृदयों से भलीभाँति परिचित हैं और वे ब्राह्मणों के प्रति विशेष रूप से अनुरक्त रहते हैं। समस्त सन्त-पुरुषों के लक्ष्य भगवान सर्वश्रेष्ठ द्विज से इस तरह बातें करते हुए हँसने लगे और अपने प्रिय मित्र ब्राह्मण सुदामा की ओर स्नेहपूर्वक देखते हुए तथा मुसकाते हुए निम्नलिखित शब्द कहे।
3 भगवान ने कहा: हे ब्राह्मण, तुम अपने घर से मेरे लिए कौन-सा उपहार लाये हो? शुद्ध प्रेमवश
While at the temple in Los Angeles, when the weather permitted, Srila Prabhupada would take his massage outside in his garden. He described his garden in New Dwarka as his favorite place in the world, because there were so many Tulasi plants there. It was Vrindavan.
"The morning sun gives you energy and the afternoon sun takes it away," His Divine Grace told me. He would sit with his back to the sun, benefitting from the energizing rays it gave. On this particular sunny, springlike day he was h
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Vanipedia-Behind the Screen-Live conversation with Visnu Murti Das
GBC SPT brings to you inside insight into one of the most valuable projects within ISKCON-Vanipedia. This live interview aims to bring us to an understanding of how Vanipedia is invoking and fully manifesting Srila Prabhupada’s Vani-presence amidst us. We have the fortune to have with us the project director, Visnu Murti Das.
About Visnu Murti Das
Visnu Murti Dasa was born in New Zealand in 1958. Leaving New Zea
