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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

ब्रह्मा द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम दशम स्कन्ध (अध्याय चौदह)

1 ब्रह्मा ने कहा: हे प्रभु, आप ही एकमात्र पूज्य भगवान हैं अतएव आपको प्रसन्न करने के लिए मैं आपको सादर नमस्कार करता हूँ और आपकी स्तुति करता हूँ। हे ग्वालनरेश पुत्र, आपका दिव्य शरीर नवीन बादलों के समान गहरा नीला है; आपके वस्त्र बिजली के समान देदीप्यमान हैं और आपके मुखमंडल का सौन्दर्य गुञ्जा के बने आपको कुं

Despite cooler temperatures most trees in the area remain a rich green. Some, like the maple, are starting to show its true colour. At the end of the street from the temple/ashram you have got a majestic maple that is not just “showing” but it’s “showing off.” And it’s under that tree where, in two days, I’ll meet with my philosophical/spiritual friends for discussion. For now, a lit park lamp-post in the night is all that is necessary for the splendor of this tree to catch my fortunate eye.

Wit

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

नलकूवर तथा मणिग्रीव द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम दशम स्कन्ध (अध्याय दस)

24 सर्वोच्च भक्त नारद के वचनों को सत्य बनाने के लिए भगवान श्रीकृष्ण धीरे धीरे उस स्थान पर गये जहाँ दोनों अर्जुन वृक्ष खड़े थे।

25 “यद्यपि ये दोनों युवक अत्यंत धनी कुबेर के पुत्र हैं और उनसे मेरा कोई संबंध नहीं है परंतु देवर्षि नारद मेरा अत्यंत प्रिय तथा वत्सल भक्त है और क्योंकि उसने चाहा था कि म

Radharani is known as the soft-hearted feminine counterpart of the Lord. She is therefore very compassionate. Now, Caitanya Mahaprabhu has taken that mood of Srimati Radharani. One might say that Caitanya Mahaprabhu is golden but Caitanya Mahaprabhu said it Himself that, “I am not golden. I appear golden because I touched Srimati Radharani and therefore I became golden. Actually, I am blackish but I have taken this mood to feel the blissful emotions of Radharani”.

Source: https://www.kksblog.co

On June 21, 1973, in Mayapur, Srila Prabhupada spoke on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.6:

nadhayo vyadhayah klesa
daiva-bhutatma-hetavah
ajata-satrav abhavan
jantunam rajni karhicit

“Due to the king’s having no enemy, the living beings were not at any time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.”

Srila Prabhupada explained, “In Maharaja Yudhisthira’s time, the government was responsible to keep people peaceful, without any anxiety. That is government—without any anxiety. And no

A good friend of mine, a former schoolteacher, sent me images of the subject: “The Scale of Things,” featuring a seven-foot long leatherback sea-turtle at 2000 pounds, and a whole bunch of other astounding statistics of what’s big on Earth and in our universe. One picture he forwarded featured an eagle’s talon/claw as enormous. Another one lined up a cut-and-paste Titanic next to a modern cruise liner. Quite the difference in size, showing how modern-day shipbuilding has truly excelled in 100 ye

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

वसुदेव तथा माता देवकी द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम दशम स्कन्ध (अध्याय तीन)

13 वसुदेव ने कहा: हे भगवान, आप इस भौतिक जगत से परे परम पुरुष हैं और आप परमात्मा हैं। आपके स्वरूप का अनुभव उस दिव्य ज्ञान द्वारा हो सकता है, जिससे आप भगवान के रूप में समझे जा सकते हैं। अब आपकी स्थिति मेरी समझ में भलीभाँति आ गई है।

14 हे भगवन, आप वही पुरुष हैं जिसने प्रारम्भ में अपनी बहिरंगा

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

 श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

देवताओं द्वारा गर्भस्थ कृष्ण की स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम दशम स्कन्ध (अध्याय दो)

26 देवताओं ने प्रार्थना की; हे प्रभो, आप अपने व्रत से कभी भी विचलित नहीं होते जो सदा ही पूर्ण रहता है क्योंकि आप जो भी निर्णय लेते हैं वह पूरी तरह सही होता है और किसी के द्वारा रोका नहीं जा सकता। सृष्टि, पालन तथा संहार---जगत की इन तीन अवस्थाओं में विद्यमान रहने से आप परम सत्य हैं।

English rendition of the beautiful song Kevalastakam (madhuram madhurebhyo api… harer namaiva kevalam.)

Sweetest among sweet

Most auspicious pathway

Holy Name Alone

No Other Way (1)

In all fourteen worlds

Only reality mainstay

Holy Name Alone

No Other Way (2)

True relation is one

Which can convey

Holy Name Alone

No Other Way (3)

Call out in shelter

Before death us slay

Holy Name Alone

No Other Way (4)

Lord eternally dwells

Where saints sing & pray

Holy Name Alone

No Other Way (5)

Mistaken this j

Affirmations for Chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra

by Payal Shah

(Adapted from ‘Japa Affirmations’ by His Grace Mahatma Dasa)

Ancient Vedic texts address the notion that no amount of material accomplishments can deeply satisfy us. Our consciousness has been polluted by the material atmosphere, and as we try to exploit resources, we are in fact getting more and more entangled in complexities. Vedic wisdom attributes this condition to a lack of spiritual awareness. These Vedic wisdom texts sha

We should not think that sankirtana, or the chanting of the Lord’s holy names, is simply part of the system of mantra-yoga, or is merely a formula that has been passed down through the ages like other yoga systems. Nor is it a ritual, ceremony, or activity meant for producing good karma or positive fruitive results. Neither is it merely a way to focus the mind and achieve peace and tranquility. It is far more than any of these. It is the Lord Himself who establishes the chanting of the holy name

These days many numbers are thrown at us—stats about Covid. How many people are infected this very day? How many died from the virus? Stay at home and keep your number of people gathering down to ten. Outside you can have twenty-five, etc.… The numbers are on the rise for those found with the virus. It’s not good! It’s a second wave. The number two.

However, someone sent me some figures about saving lives if the world switched to a plant-based diet. It reads like so:

If the world switched to pla

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When we start exploring life’s spiritual side, we may hesitate to commit ourselves to any particular spiritual path: “Won’t that make me close-minded and incapable of appreciating other paths?”

Possibly. But if we don’t commit ourselves to one path, we may never appreciate any path.

To understand, consider the metaphor of climbing a mountain. The top of the mountain is spiritual consciousness, wherein we relish the ultimate reality. The bottom of the mountain is material consciousness, wherein

On July 4th, 2020, the world has lost one of its most inspiring spiritual leaders, Bhakti Charu Swami, to COVID-19. The shock and the loss made thousands of his followers numb, while others expressed their pain by posting their appreciations of their beloved master, or friend, on many different forums around the globe:

"The vacuum felt by Bhakti Charu Maharaja’s departure is immense. And that is how it should be. These feelings of separation are the proper testimony to Bhakti Charu Maharaja’s li

In Jagannatha Puri, besides the deity of Lord Jagannatha, there is another famous deity which was the Gopinatha deity of Gadadhara known as Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha. We had just described in the Caitanya Caritamrta that Gadadhara had taken a vow of ksetra-sanyasi. The vow was to just stay in Jagannatha Puri and serve the deity, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “How can you break your vow?” And Gadadhara said, “I am not interested in keeping that vow. I am interested in the association of the Lord.” But Lord