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अध्याय एक – ईश अनुभूति का प्रथम सोपान (2.1)

॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥

हे सर्वव्यापी परमेश्वर, मैं आपको सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ।

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन, आपका प्रश्न महिमामय है, क्योंकि यह समस्त प्रकार के लोगों के लिए बहुत लाभप्रद है। इस प्रश्न का उत्तर श्रवण करने का प्रमुख विषय है और समस्त अध्यात्मवादियों ने इसको स्वीकार किया है।

2 हे सम्राट, भौतिकता में उलझे उन व्यक्तियों, जो परम सत्य विषयक ज्ञान के प्रति अन्धे हैं, उनके पास मानव समाज में सुनने के लिए अनेक विषय होते हैं।

3 ऐसे ईर्

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Jasomatinandana Prabhu, Prabhupada’s initiated disciple passed away at approximately 5 PM IST today, Saturday the 24th of October, 2020.As most of you know, he had not been keeping good health for the last few years. He had been infected with Covid-19 nearly two weeks back and had been admitted to the hospital in Ahmedabad. Jasomatinandana Prabhu who joined ISKCON in America was instructed by Srila

My dear Yasomatinandana,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter, and I am so much pleased to read it. Your letter is so nice that I am advising that it be published in Back to Godhead. In the meantime you can immediately begin translating all our books into the Gujarati language. All these translations will be published in series in our Gujarati BTG, and if you are serious about it, you can be the Editor. So immediately begin translating and regularly produce books in Guj

ISKCON opens a grand new temple in Ahmedabad
By Yasomatinandana Dasa

BY THE PURE desire and blessings of Srila Prabhupada, the Ahmedabad ISKCON center, which started in a humble rented space, now has one of the largest and most ornate temples in India.
Srila Prabhupada's venerable godbrother B. V. Puri Maharaja, religious speaker Murari Bapu, and the Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat led the celebrations this past April to inaugurate the temple. More than ten thousand Gujarati devotees joined in

Without love, nothing can sustain. If I do not love Krishna, I cannot surrender—it is not possible. Just like a small child—he is naturally surrendered to the parents because there is love. The child loves the parents. So without the basic principle of love—the more you love, the more the surrender is perfect. Just like a small child—you slap the child, he’s crying, yet crying with the words, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,” because there is love. Even in distress the child cannot forget. That is n

I take this project very seriously. “Krishna in the Mapleleaf” is a book project that details the earliest days of the birth and growth of Krishna Consciousness in Canada, during the period from 1967-1977. In these first ten years we will highlight the reflections of the different participants from that period. By the grace of God I am spear-heading the project and I am receiving much practical help from friend and devotee; Wade Wilson, from New Brunswick.

This morning David and I headed for a t

Today Srila Prabhupadas beloved disciple, my dear godbrother, Jasomatinandan Das left his body in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, due to COVID-19. He is Srila Prabhupada’s eternal servant, and he will continue his service at Prabhupada’s lotus feet.

On a morning walk on Juhu Beach, Srila Prabhupada asked Dr. Patel why he was coming daily.

“I don’t know,” Dr. Patel replied. “I have got some . . .”

“We don’t pay you any fee.”

“I feel some sort of attachment to you. That is why I come. I don’t understand why I

अध्याय उन्नीस – श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी का प्रकट होना(1.19)

1 श्री सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: घर लौटते हुए राजा (महाराज परीक्षित) ने अनुभव किया कि उन्होंने निर्दोष तथा शक्तिमान ब्राह्मण के प्रति अत्यन्त जघन्य तथा अशिष्ट व्यवहार किया है। फलस्वरूप वे अत्यन्त उद्विग्न थे।

2 [राजा परीक्षित ने सोचा:] भगवान के आदेशों की अवहेलना करने से मुझे आशंका है कि निश्चित रूप से निकट भविष्य में मेरे ऊपर कोई संकट आनेवाला है। अब मैं बिना हिचक के कामना करता हूँ कि वह संकट अभी आ जाय, क्योंकि इस तरह मैं पापपूर्ण कर्म से मुक्त

Candidasa was a devoted worshipper of Goddess Durga while his brother was a pure Vaisnava who would worship Shaligram. Candidasa was rich but his brother was poor. Candidasa had a very big and beautiful garden, he used to offer the flowers from the garden to Durga Devi. His brother too desired to offer these beautiful flowers to his Shaligram. And once he mentally offered a beautiful and colourful flower of the garden to his Shaligram. And it so happened that on that day Candidasa offered the s

The Sacred Ecology Forum – which facilitates environmental activism and spiritual growth rooted in the Krishna Bhakti tradition – is presenting a special Eco-Bhakti weekend from October 23rd to 25th on Zoom.

The weekend is presented in collaboration with the Bhakti Center (NYC) and the Hindu Life Program at Princeton University, with Allegra Lovejoy organizing on behalf of the Sacred Ecology Forum and Venkata Bhatta Das (Vineet Chander) organizing on behalf of the Princeton University Hindu Life

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/foodforlondon

This is London in 2020 as hundreds desperately queue for a meal

These pandemic days give us a golden opportunity to push the mission of Lord Caitanya.

The Watford Kitchen / the Jagannath Kitchen, will be a great resource.

Please feel free to enjoy the devotional experience, your service will be eternally appreciated.

Need cooks, devotees chopping veg, baking cakes, delivering Prasad, a bicycle team for delivering door to door for those in isolation.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: “Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the Holy Name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya 4.71)
One might ask, “Then why do we hear so many lectures on the Bhagavatam in our movement. Why don’t we simply sing and dance instead of listening to so many explanations?” The answer is: the other eight process

By Dimple Parmar

School of Bhakti, United Kingdom, will hold a virtual 30-day walkthrough of the mystical village of Vrindavan - the playground of God, where every step is a dance, and every word a song!

There will be daily morning videos, in which Sutapa das and Radhika-Ranjana Das will visit the sacred sites, sharing daily meditations and stories to inspire devotees’ hearts.  

Every evening there will have a special Damodarastakam video for everyone to sing along to and offer candles at their

Video: Click here

If your phone is a karmi phone, then you are with a karmi all day. If your phone is a devotee phone, then you are with a devotee all day. Make your phone a devotee!

Source: https://www.kksblog.com/2020/10/is-your-phone-a-devotee/

As part of the morning program in the ashram we sing a song to praise Krishna. There are many songs (bhajans) to choose from. We have an arrangement where we change up a select few on a weekly basis.

The following is called “Sri Nama Kirtana” and the translation is like so:

1) Sri Krishna is the beloved son of mother Yasoda. He is the transcendental lover in the land of Vraja, the delight of Gokula, Kana, the life and soul of the gopis. He steals the mind of even Cupid and punishes the serpent K

अध्याय अठारह – ब्राह्मण बालक द्वारा महाराज परीक्षित को शाप(1.18)

1 श्री सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: भगवान श्रीकृष्ण अद्भुत कार्य करनेवाले हैं। उनकी कृपा से महाराज परीक्षित द्रोणपुत्र के अस्त्र द्वारा अपनी माता के गर्भ में ही प्रहार किये जाने पर भी जलाये नहीं जा सके।

2 इसके अतिरिक्त, महाराज परीक्षित स्वेच्छा से सदैव भगवान के शरणागत रहते थे, अतएव वे उड़ने वाले सर्प के भय से, जो उन्हें ब्राह्मण बालक के कोपभाजन बनने के कारण काटनेवाला था, न तो भयभीत थे न अभिभूत थे।

3 तत्पश्चात, अपने समस्त संगियों को छोड़कर, रा

Krishna Consciousness 101 is that we are not our bodies. We may not be our bodies, but our bodies are our vehicles, we use them to get around this world, and just like vehicles it’s important that we maintain them. Simple understanding but we tend to forget this. Even Srila Prabhupada emphasized health from time to time. "It is important to keep the body fit and healthy so that we will not meet the obstacle of ill health while serving Krishna. Ill health may hinder one's service, so, we want to

It is rather a new sensation for Aisvarya—rustling through the fallen leaves. He’s a Trinidad boy, used to the tropical experience, but at this portion in his life he’s touching autumn for the first time. He’s now gone
through three seasons. He would be in his home country by now, Trinidad, but Covid-19 has created some complications, as it has for a lot of people.

Aisvarya and I made it to the park at Allan Gardens, where the grass is still very green but the autumn drying leaves are complement

अध्याय सत्रह – कलि को दण्ड तथा पुरस्कार (1.17)

1 सूत गोस्वामी ने कहा: उस स्थान पर पहुँचकर महाराज परीक्षित ने देखा कि एक नीच जाति का शूद्र, राजा का वेश बनाये, एक गाय तथा एक बैल को लट्ठ से पीट रहा था, मानो उनका कोई स्वामी न हो।

2 बैल इतना धवल था कि जैसे श्वेत कमल पुष्प हो। वह उस शूद्र से अत्यधिक भयभीत था, जो उसे मार रहा था। वह इतना डरा हुआ था कि एक ही पैर पर खड़ा थरथरा रहा था और पेशाब कर रहा था।

3 यद्यपि गाय उपयोगी है, क्योंकि उससे धर्म प्राप्त किया जा सकता है, किन्तु अब वह दीन तथा बछड़े से रहित हो ग

Tamal Krishna Goswami served as ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner from 1970-2002, and ISKCON Initiating Spiritual Master from 1977-2002. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India’s GBC Secretary from 1970–74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from 1977-2002. He is fondly called “Srila Gurudeva” by his many disciples and “Goswami” by his godbrothers and members of the academe.

Born in Harlem New Yor