CHAPTER VI: THE YOGA OF SELF CONTROL
Our lord Sri Krishna starts by conveying that the jivatma is both a samnyasi ( Sankhyayogi ) and also a yogi (Karmayogi) who practices the yoga of karma and gets the benefits of both yogas for he truly has surrendered his soul at the lotus feet of his creator Lord Sri Krishna and hence each one of us practising Karmayoga will be blessed with the dual payback of both the fruits of Karmayoga and Sankhyayoga. When a man ceases to be attached to sense objects
CHAPTER V: THE YOGA OF ACTION AND KNOWLEDGE
This chapter is brief since most of the aspects of Karmayoga and Sankhyayoga has already been discussed by our Lord Sri Krishna in the earlier chapters.
Arjuna asks our Lord SriKrishna which path is superior that of action ( Karma Yoga) or knowledge (Sankhyayoga). There are many avenues that lead us to the same destination even in our day to day life, the question that arises in each of our minds is which route should one adopt, definitely the one t
By Lalitamrita Dasi
ILS is acronym for ISKCON Leadership Sanga which takes place in Sridham Mayapur about one month before the Gaura Purnima festival. It is a gathering of gurus, temple presidents, GBC members and other formal and informal ISKCON leaders from around the globe where unity in diversity is discussed as was desired by Srila Prabhupada. The meetings were opened by GBC Chairman Bhakti Caru Swami who said how Mayapur is a place of rest for all the preachers and sankirtan devotees who
I heard a wonderful lecture on Krishna Book by HG Srimati Mataji. I am quoting a small portion from the same lecture on how we should become a conscious cooperator in the hand of Lord.
Here is the text from ‘Krishna’ Book, chapter 4, where, having being warned by Durga Devi that the child who will kill Kamsa has already taken birth, Kamsa is now repenting and is also trying to justify all his past sinful actions, putting them behind the bars, killing their children, etc., as will of providence.
“Wow! You look like a beautiful gopi!”
“The sweetest gopi ever :-) ”
Two of my “devotee” girlfriends recently commented on a Facebook picture of mine. And that left me very uncomfortable.
Though since childhood, I was used to being called “gopi” by my classmates and coworkers as my surname had been “Gope”, however, that never made me uncomfortable. I knew those karmi people did not have any clue what they were referring to. But my devotee girlfriends surely know what they are talking about. Or
By Madhava Smullen
On February 7th, GBCs, sannyasis, ISKCON leaders and devotees from all over the world gathered to witness the historic installation of the final two chakras on the domes of Sri Sri Radha Madhava and Lord Nrsimhadeva atop the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
The event began with an elephant parade that carried the murti of Srila Prabhupada, along with Lord Nityananda’s sacred shoes, to the site of the towering 113 meter (370 foot) hight TOVP, which is still under construction
By Praghosa Das
The aim of this paper is to present how the “No Objection” procedure, the mechanism the GBC has established to encourage devotees to serve as diksa-gurus in ISKCON, is not contrary to Gaudiya Vaisnava siddhanta. We will examine how the system came to be and why it remains in place as the best option available now for the GBC to ensure as best it can, that ISKCON has qualified diksa-gurus available to its aspiring bhaktas. It will also look at how the procedure best
Hare Krishna.
With Krishna's grace and blessing we are introduced to Krishna Consciousness and with his blessing we try to overcome Maya everyday. Some days are difficult as Krishna tests our faith and we lose the test and other days are better as we win the fight over Maya with Krishna's blessing. In this age of KaliYug where there are so many material distractions the struggle with Krishna consciousness continues. I worry sometimes if we will ever be one with Krishna. We are all part of Krishna
Hare Krishna,
In the kaliyuga , one of the biggest problem is adharma when righteousness is declining in major proportion. World wars, world destruction through artificial means like hatred, terrorism, fight in the name of religion, caste, creed, status etc and on the other hand onslaught of natural calamities like flood, draught, hurricanes, eruption of volcanoes etc. The list of destruction is never ending but the most horrendous of the lot is when man destroys man, when blood is shed due to m
Some people say, “After 36 years that I have been chanting, I can see no result!”
Do not worry, one day we will all realise that making spiritual advancement is not easy. It takes time. It is a slow process. We make spiritual advancement but we do not see it. One may have no taste for chanting but if one day, it is forbidden to chant; we still cannot stop it. It is not possible. That is how it is. It is deeper that we think it is. At the end of life, all that counts is spiritual advancement. Al
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 3, 2018
Speaker: HG Vaisesika Das
Subject: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.3-8
TEXT 3
tata uccaiḥśravā nāma
hayo ’bhūc candra-pāṇḍuraḥ
tasmin baliḥ spṛhāṁ cakre
nendra īśvara-śikṣayā
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, a horse named Uccaiḥśravā, which was as white as the moon, was generated. Bali Mahārāja desired to possess this horse, and Indra, the King of heaven, did not protest, for he had previously been so advised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 4
By GBC Attorney Guru Gauranga Das (ACBSP)
On January 19, 2018, an emergency hearing was held in New York Supreme Court for Kings County on an application for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) enjoining the Bharati Center Board led by Ramabhadra Das (the “Ramabhadra Board”) “from interfering with any congregant’s attendance at worship, service and other religious functions in the ISKCON Bharati Center house of worship in Brooklyn, NY.”
The application was submitted jointly by ISKCON’s Govern
Hare Krishna!
Till about sometime, despite being a very staunch devotee of Lord Sri Krishna, the one thing that frightened me the most was "DEATH and DISEASE". The very thought of both used to send shivers... Most of us , despite knowing all philosophies , when it comes to practical implementation find it impossible to come to terms with separation of our near and dear ones and also fear of our own departure. The highly evolved souls such as Arjuna, Parikshit Maharaja and others also suffered
Diving deep into the Bhaktivedanta purports, this course aims to provide a comprehensive and practical understanding of what it means to be a householder practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness according to teachings of our Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
The Topics:
The aim of the Course is to cultivate the aspects of Vaiṣṇava way of life, as presented in the teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda, throughout ISKCON Communities.
What you will learn in this Course :
Class Timings – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue – MI Class Room at Chaitanya Bhawan, 2nd Floor
By Lila-sakti Devi dasi
2017 was a year full of forward movement and positive changes at ISKCON New Goloka. Established in 1985, our aging temple infrastructure is currently being upgraded and updated to comply with required local building codes. Orange County, North Carolina is particularly stringent with their commercial code requirements, so the renovation process has been long, tedious, and costly. By Krishna’s mercy, however, we are in the home stretch of completing the first part of a mul
By Rasika Kanai Das
On the occasion of ‘Narottama Purnima’, the birth anniversary of Prema Bhakti Mahajan Srila Narottama Das Thakur Mahasaya with fully auspicious festivity in Kheturi Dham, Godagari, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabu left behind Krishna Prema through Padmavati, the river Padma flowing by the side of Prematali, the most auspicious holy place for the vaishnavas. At the age of twelve Narottama dasa Thakura had a vision of Lord Nityananda in a dream. He told Nar
