Recenly a friend gave a Bhagavad Gita to a person named Donald. From the beginning of his reading he liked it so much. Every day he was reading for two hours. He had smoked for thirty years but stopped, then he had stopped eating meat, and he felt a sense of being purified, all from reading Srila Prabhupada's books.

He contacted the devotees in Columbus, Ohio, and asked whether there was any way to get more books. It was during the pandemic so he wasn't working, meaning he was short of money. H

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

श्रीमद भगवद्गीता यथारूप

अध्याय दो गीता का सार

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKOwLIXiws&t=273s

 1 संजय ने कहा— करुणा से व्याप्त, शोकयुक्त, अश्रुपूरित नेत्रों वाले अर्जुन को देख कर मधुसूदन कृष्ण ने ये शब्द कहे।

2 श्रीभगवान ने कहा— हे अर्जुन तुम्हारे मन में यह कल्मष आया कैसे? यह उस मनुष्य के लिए तनिक भी अनुकूल नहीं है, जो जीवन के मूल्य को जानता हो। इससे उच्चलोक की नहीं अपितु अपयश की प्राप्ति होती है।

3 हे पृथापुत्र! इस हीन नपुंसकता को प्राप्त मत होओ। यह तुम्हें शोभा नहीं दे

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Devotees and members of ISKCON are pained to learn about the passing of Shri Pranab Mukherjee Ji, Former President of India.
Our hearts go out to family and friends of Mr Mukherjee and pray to Lord Krishna for strength in this our of grief.
He was friend of ISKCON and admired ISKCON’s Founder & Acharya Srila Prabhupada’s contributions to the world.
Over the years, we were fortunate to interact with him in various capacities and remember him for his warmth and humility. He would fondly recollect

 BHADRA PURNIMA 2020 – GROW BY GIVING!

Srimad-Bhagavatam (12.13.13) states, “If on the full moon day of the month of Bhadra, one places Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift, he will attain the Supreme transcendental destination.”

Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Amala Purana, gives us the view of the world of the paramahamsas. After compiling all the Vedic literatures, Srila Vyasadeva felt dissatisfied. By the instruction of his spiritual master, Narada Muni, he compiled Srimad-Bhag

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 Haridasa Thakura said, “I have had one desire for a very long time. I think that quite soon, my Lord, You will bring to a close Your pastimes within this material world. I wish that You not show me this closing chapter of Your pastimes. Before that time comes, kindly let my body fall down in Your presence. I wish to catch Your lotus like feet upon my heart and see Your moonlike face. With my tongue I shall chant Your holy name, ‘Sri Krsna Caitanya!’ That is my desire. Kindly let me give up my b

Today is the disappearance day of Namacarya Srila Haridasa Thakura, so we shall read from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Chapter Eleven, “The Passing of Haridasa Thakura”:

The summary of this chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows. In this chapter it is described how Brahma Haridasa Thakura gave up his body with the consent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to t

मंगलाचरण

ॐ अज्ञान तिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानान्जनशलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितम येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥

श्री चैतन्यमनोअभीष्टम स्थापितम येन भूतले । स्वयं रुप: कदा महयम ददाती स्वपदान्तिकम ॥

मैं घोर अज्ञान के अंधकार में उत्पन्न हुआ था और मेरे गुरु ने अपने ज्ञानरूपी प्रकाश से मेरी आँखें खोल दीं। मैं उन्हें नमस्कार करता हूँ। श्रील रूप गोस्वामी प्रभुपाद कब मुझे अपने चरणकमलों में शरण प्रदान करेंगे, जिन्होंने इस जगत में भगवान चैतन्य की इच्छा की पूर्ति के लिए प्रचार योजना (मिशन) की स्थापना की है ।

वन्दे अहं श्रीगुर

For a divine relationship to manifest, we need three elements: 
Bhakta: the devotee
Bhagavan: the Supreme Lord Krsna
Bhakti: the process of devotional service (chanting is a limb of bhakti).
When these three come together, the Holy Name dances on the tongue of the devotee as described by Srila Rupa Goswami, ‘Love (bhakti) makes Krsna dance.
It makes the devotee dance.
It dances itself. The three dance together.’ (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya 18.18) For this kind of magical chanting to take pl

All good qualities automatically appear in a devotee; there is no need to endeavor for them.

In the book Bhakti-rasamrtasindhu, auspiciousness (Subhada) has been described as one of the six glories of bhakti. The question, “How many kinds of auspiciousness are there?” is answered as follows:

Subhani prinanam
sarva-jagatam anuraktata
sad-gunah sukham ity
adiny akhyatani manisibhih

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (Eastern Division, Sadhana-lahari 28)

Learned sages have described the meaning of auspicious

In the home of Kasyapa Muni and Aditi, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared in His four-armed Visnu form, with ornaments and weapons in His hands. Then, just like a theatrical actor, He assumed the form of Vamana, a brahmana-dwarf. Greatly pleased to see this incarnation of the Lord, the great sages placed Kasyapa Muni in front of them and then performed all the prescribed ritualistic ceremonies.

A package arrived. It came from my sister, Rose Ann. It was kind of her. She sent a homemade mask, crafted by her own hand. The print on this Covid 19 mask is of Radha and Krishna, so I was immediately reminded of something or guru, Prabhupada, said, that when chanting, using the upper and lower lips as well as the tongue, it is Krishna and His internal potency dancing on your tongue.

I’m not a big fan of wearing these masks but I understand they are very necessary. I’m somewhat fortunate to be

ISKCON Miraroad engages 326 children to speak Lord Gauranga’s Pastimes

Every year NICE (Narasimha’s institute for children education), the education wing of ISKCON Miraroad, organizes Spiritual Science Exhibition during the summer vacations, where around 200 children in and around Miraroad, Mumbai participate enthusiastically. This Exhibition is the best way to engage hundreds of children to speak the various beautiful pastimes of the Supreme Lord at the same time. The children come up with inno

On August 15, 1968, in Montreal, I was initiated at the age of 16-an unqualified person meeting such a great and unprecedented saint as Srila Prabhupada. At the same time, the six pioneers from San Francisco, on their way to London received their Gayatri mantra, or second initiation. ~ Rukmini Walker.
On August 15, 1968, in Montreal, I was initiated at the age of 16-an unqualified person meeting such a great and unprecedented saint as Srila Prabhupada. At the same time, the six pioneers from Sa

Our group of resident monks were reading from the book, “Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead”:

“The queens addressed the mountain as follows: ‘Dear mountain, you are very generous. By your gravity only, the whole crust of this earth is properly maintained, although because you are discharging your duties very faithfully, you do not know how to move. Because you are so grave, you do not move hither and thither, nor do you say anything. Rather, you always appear in a thoughtful mood. It ma