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Hare Krishna,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Finally, the most sort and awaited time of the year Sri Narasimha Caturdashi is here!

kandiya nrsimha-pade magibo kakhana
nirapade navadvipe jugala-bhajana
bhaya bhaya paya yan’ra darsane se hari
prasanna hoibo kabe more daya kari

Weeping, I will be at the lotus-feet of Lord Narasimha for the benediction of worshipping Radha and Krsna in Navadvipa, perfectly safe and free from all difficulties. When will this Lor

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written five beautiful prayers in “Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga” for receiving the mercy of Lord Narasimha. These prayers are certainly assurance to all sincere devotees that the worship of Lord Narasimha is purely in the line of aspiring love and devotion to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. Those prayers are as follows.

e dusta hrdaye kama adi ripu chaya

kutinati pratisthasa sathya sada raya

hrdaya-sodhana ara krsnera vasana

nrsimha-carane mora ei to’ kamana

Within my sin

अध्याय तीस - गोपियों द्वारा कृष्ण की खोज (10.30)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब भगवान कृष्ण इस तरह एकाएक विलुप्त हो गये तो गोपियाँ उन्हें न देख सकने के कारण अत्यन्त व्यथित हो उठीं जिस तरह हथिनियों का समूह अपने नर के बिछुड़ जाने पर खिन्न हो उठता है।

2 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण का स्मरण करते ही गोपियों के हृदय उनकी चाल-ढाल तथा प्रेममयी मुसकान, उनकी कौतुकपूर्ण चितवन, मोहने वाली बातों तथा अपने साथ की जानेवाली अन्य लीलाओं से अभिभूत हो उठे। इस तरह रमा के स्वामी कृष्ण के विचारों में लीन वे गोपियाँ उनकी विविध

With Kamalakshi Rupini Devi

Prahlāda said: The Lord does not need anyone’s prayers, but if a devotee offers his prayers to the Lord, the devotee benefits greatly. Ignorant persons born in low families, therefore, can sincerely offer heartfelt prayers to the Lord, and the Lord will accept them. As soon as one offers his prayers to the Lord, he is immediately situated on the Brahman platform.

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=95545

This is an introduction to a classical Bengali biographical work, Sri Chaitanya Bhagavata which describes the life and teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=95541

By Ritudvipa Gaurachandra dasa, Uttar Pradesh Padayatra leader

April 10, 2021, was a sad day for all of us. Having been unwell for almost five days our ox, Haribol, left his body at Sasni, a town in southwest Uttar Pradesh. Haribol was named by our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja, and whenever we called him, indirectly we were telling others to utter the name of Lord Hari. He was a very silent and cooperative ox and never attacked anybody.

Our UP padayatra began in September 2019 and Haribo

This year, we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the appearance of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, born in 1896 in Calcutta. Leading up to his Appearance Day or Vyasa-Puja on August 31st, ISKCON News is commorating the occasion with a series of articles glorifying his achievements, contributions and qualities.  

A Mission of Care

One of Srila Prabhupada’s prominent qualities, embodied in his entire mission, was care for all living beings. Out of

It was nice to see Chris again. It’s been about a year since I last saw him cycling around. Wherever he spots me he pulls over and we chat. Chris is a Vedic person and has a guru, so we can exchange words like puja, which he does daily, and yoga, which he also spends an hour on each morning. He also said to me, when we shared a picnic table, “I now get up at brahma-muhurta.” He then quoted Sadguru, explaining what time in the morning that is. He’s dying to see when our temple opens again.

Jenni

अध्याय उन्तीस - रासनृत्य के लिए कृष्ण तथा गोपियों का मिलन (10.29)

1 श्रीबादरायणि ने कहा: श्रीकृष्ण समस्त ऐश्वर्यों से पूर्ण भगवान हैं फिर भी खिलते हुए चमेली के फूलों से महकती उन शरदकालीन रातों को देखकर उन्होंने अपने मन को प्रेम-आनन्द की ओर मोड़ा। अपने उद्देश्य की पूर्ति के लिए उन्होंने अपनी अन्तरंगा शक्ति का उपयोग किया।

2 तब चन्द्रमा अपनी लाल रंग की सुखदायी किरणों से पश्चिमी क्षितिज को रंजित करते हुए उदय हुआ और इस तरह उसने उदय होते देखने वालों की पीड़ा दूर कर दी। यह चन्द्रमा उस प्रिय पति के समान था

WISDOM FROM FLOWERS - SERIES I     LORD SRI KRISHNA KI JAI

JAI SRIMAN SRI NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

ATTACHED IS THE PDF FILE WISDOM FROM FLOWERS. THIS IS THE FIRST IN THE SERIES, WHICH I PROPOSE TO APPEND IN THE COMING DAYS,  HIGHLIGHTING LEARNING WISDOM FROM NATURE.

OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA HAS CREATED ALL THE UNIVERSE'S SO BEAUTIFUL, SO MAGNIFICENT AND SO  SO FANTASTIC.

ONE OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA'S MOST SPLENDOROUS CREATION ARE FLOWERS. THEIR FRAGRANCE, SELFLESSNESS AND PURITY IS WORTH EMULATING COUNTLE

India is experiencing an enormous spike in COVID 19 cases and deaths. The country has set an unwelcome world record for new coronavirus infections, with 349,691 more cases in the last 24 hours. Patients are dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge with 1 death every 5 minutes.

The Lotus Trust, the welfare arm of Bhaktivedanta Manor in the UK is working with the ISKCON Temple in Delhi. This help has come at the most vital time for India.

The money raised by Lotus trust, in a matter of a few weeks ha

By Jyotisvara Dasa

The international conference: "Sustainability, Spirituality, and Simplicity (3S): Environmental sustainability redefined through simple life practices and integrated spirituality" will be on 22nd-23rd May 2021 held virtually with morning and evening sessions. World-renowned experts in eco-theology, environmental sustainability, and scriptural knowledge from the United States, Australia, and India will participate as keynote speakers. The conference will have a blend of oral p

We had a lively Zoom group, our usual Thursday gathering. Discussions were on chapter 9, verse 32 of The Gita. In Ranchor Prime’s translation of the verse it goes like this, “All those who seek my shelter, whatever their birth, gender, cast or status, attain the supreme destination.” It was a lively discussion.

Before that, I was soaking in the sun and, fortunate for me, people in the park were stopping to talk. One fellow goes back-and-forth on a jog for an hour each day. Today he stopped to o

As aspiring devotees, many a times, we feel alone, sometimes even helpless. We, however, forget that Krishna as Supersoul is always with us. Due to our ignorance and dull consciousness we may not be able to see Krishna’s hand in our journey towards Him but He is very much with us. We may not be able to appreciate and value how Krishna, as Supersoul sitting in our heart, is inspiring us to progress towards Him at every stage in our Krishna consciousness journey. Supersoul plays a very important

अध्याय अट्ठाईस - कृष्ण द्वारा वरुणलोक से नन्द महाराज की रक्षा (10.28)

1 श्रीबादरायणि ने कहा: भगवान जनार्दन की पूजा करके तथा एकादशी के दिन व्रत रखकर नन्द महाराज ने द्वादशी के दिन स्नान करने के लिए कालिन्दी के जल में प्रवेश किया।

2 चूँकि नन्द महाराज ने इस बात की अवहेलना करके कि यह अशुभ समय था रात्रि के अंधकार में जल में प्रवेश किया था अतः वरुण का आसुरी सेवक उन्हें पकड़कर अपने स्वामी के पास ले आया।

3 हे राजन, नन्द महाराज को न देखकर ग्वाले जोर से चिल्ला उठे, “हे कृष्ण, हे राम,” भगवान कृष्ण ने उनकी चीख

GITA Chapter 5 - 18 Days 18 Chapter

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(Mohan Chamaria, Guwahati, Assam)

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GITA Chapter 3 - 18 Days 18 Chapter

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