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I read verse  4.42 from Bhagavad Gita today morning and its amazing purport where Srila Prabhupada not only gives us the summary of the whole chapter 4 but also gives us many keys to open different levels of transcendental knowledge. The chapter itself is titled transcendental knowledge. I am sharing the same. Please chew it slowly.

tasmäd ajïäna-sambhütaà håt-sthaà jïänäsinätmanaù

chittvainaà saàçayaà yogam  ätiñöhottiñöha bhärata

TRANSLATION

Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out

From a seminar of Bhagavata Purana prabhu on karatalas:
Six important things are to understand about karatalas.
1. Direction
2. Pitch
3. Volume
4. Speed
5. Open and closed beats
6. Upbeat and downbeat
In the Prabhupada beat the final beat is half open and half closed.
The thumb is supposed to be fixed on the strap so you do not lose control of your instrument. Use your fingers not the thumb to dampen the sound.
The singer and the mrdanga player work as a team, and everyone else follows the mrda

The lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are essential. Without the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, one cannot ever get the mercy of Radha and Krsna. In other words, one cannot ever be an eligible candidate to go back to the spiritual world therefore we need the mercy of Lord Nityananda.

Hare Krishna Dear Devotees
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Introducing New Lecture series on Nityananda Trayodasi by Srimati Mataji.

To hear the nectar check the follwoing link :

A Meditative Glorification of Sri Nityananda Ram by Srimati Mataji - Click here

Wanting Nama Sambandha Best to be Practical - Kartik 2016 informal Holy Name Japa Workshop by Srimati Mataji - Click here

Your Servant,
ISKCON Desire Tree Team

I just noticed that it is 70 years ago today that Sadaputa Prabhu (Dr. Richard L. Thompson), who made a special and important contribution by writing many books on science and the Vedic worldview and who I worked with 17 years, appeared in this world. To honor him, I share with you my favorite quotes from his book, Parallels, which I recently proofread, because they are fresh in my mind, and I thank you for reading them:

“The inhabitants in a virtual reality actually exist outside of the false,

“Now our PhDs must collaborate and study the 5th Canto to make a model for building the Vedic Planetarium” proved a mandate from Srila Prabhupada that entered deep into the heart of his disciple Sadaputa dasa, in 1976. Having received his PhD in Mathematics from Cornell University just two years prior, he would soon be inducted as one of the founding members of Prabhupada’s Bhaktivedanta Institute.

In that capacity, he devoted over 30 years researching Vedic perspectives on cosmology and the na

Dear Devotee,

Recently an unmarried female devotee told me that a man was interested in getting to know her, and in their discussions he mentioned that ‘the husband is the guru.’ She asked me for guidance on the subject.

This article is what I wrote to clarify for her (and him) what it means for a husband to be a guru – and what it doesn’t mean; for misunderstanding what this means will be the cause of an unhappy marriage.

Even though Prabhupada writes that a failed marriage is usually the woma

Padayatra arrival lecture given by His Holiness Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja in Bhubaneswar, India (December 30th, 1995)

How long will you sleep in the lap of the ugly witch Maya? How long? You have already slept for such a long time, lakhs and lakhs of lives. Do you want to sleep in the lap of the ugly witch Maya? Mahaprabhu is your only well-wishing friend. He loves you so much that He descended here,

tomare loite ami hoinu avatara ami bina bandhu ara ke ache tomara

“For you I desce

Samapriya devi dasi: Betrothed by Srila Prabhupada the holy name to wed,
vowing not to put another in His sacred bed.
You rest upon my tongue, taking me a journey far,
throughout the worlds and inner space revealing who You are.

You are my husband and I pledge to stay with You forever,
I pray to keep You in my heart, no earthly thing will sever.
As Your wife I make an oath to serve You as I can,
placing You upon my lips surrendered to Your plan.

You are first in everything of duties I perform,

This evening, our meditation is on Lord Ramachandra, who appeared one million years ago and yet is still such a prominent personality that no one forgets. I was in India during the years that the television series based on the Ramayana was shown. It was very popular. At that time, people in India bought television sets just to see the Ramayana! And every week, when there was an episode of the Ramayana broadcast, the whole country would just stop! On the railways, people would just pull the emer

Kavicandra Swami: Gopinatha Acarya prabhu, (ACBSP) from Australia has left this world,
He was the first devotee to sell full sets of SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM.
He later took to cow and bull protection very seriously.
His body was found in the cow’s place
May he be surrounded by cows.

Srimati Krishna Kamani dasi passed away in Vrndavana.
She was from Chile and had lived in Vrndavana-dhama for many years. She kept herself as very insignificant, was extremely humble, simple living, and dedicated to her

Question: In Bhagavad-gita 2.47, Lord Krishna says, “…but you are not entitled to the fruits of action.” What does it mean here to be not entitled to the fruits of action? Does it mean that we aren’t the proprietors of the fruits that we get from our work, or does it mean that we don’t have a right to obtain or receive the reactionary fruit itself, good or bad, of anything that we do?
For example, consider that a student has appeared for an exam. Now does it mean that he does not have the right

Listen to your japa with rapt* attention.
Beware of plateaus* and comfort* zones.
Cultivate* humility*.
Remember that Krsna is the maintainer* of everything and everyone.
Say an encouraging* word to everyone you meet.
Drink lots of water, eat healthy* prasadam and get enough* rest.
Do the best* you can with what you’ve got at every moment.

*Definition of rapt: 1. Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing. 2. Indicating or characterized by such a state of fascination. 3. Having been

I originally published this blog on February 15, 2011. Since I don't have time this evening to prepare a blog about Lord Nityananda, I thought I would post it again now. Wednesday, February 8th will be the observance of Lord Nityananda’s holy appearance day. I was blessed in 2011 to be able to give class to the devotees on that day. I am sharing with you part of what I spoke about then. On the one hand, I appreciate the special mercy that comes to one who is able to speak to the devotees about

Nityam Bhagavata-sevaya is a Fortnightly E-magazine for serving Srimad Bhagavatam.If you ever desire to cross over this ocean of material existence and achieve the lotus feet of Supreme Lord Sri Hari then please take shelter of Srimad Bhagavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures.Srimad Bhagavatam is declared to be the essence of all Vedanta philosophy. One who has felt satisfaction from its nectarean mellows will never be attracted to any other literature. Srila Vyasadev

Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu is always free from politics and institutional bashing or promotion. Just simply nectarean Krishna Katha! 

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Dear Krsna,
I am greatful what You give me,what You do for me,I am so greatful to You for looking after my spirit,I am greatful for showing me the way which is suitable for me,I am greatful to You bringing me closer to You, I am fearless I know You are there for me.Thank You for let me know how You know us individually and providing them what they need. I know/understand 'thank you' is not enough for feeling gratitude towards You. So I follow Ekadasi to express my love and devotion for You.I don

On the most joyous occasion of ISKCON 50, we offered our humble services to Srila Prabhupada by establishing Gauranga Institute in April 2016. Within a short span of nine months the institute is recognized as the Fastest Growing Professional and Vocational Training Institute in MP and selected for the International Leadership Awards 2016.

The institute is an outcome of a research project titled “Youth Development Programme – A Practical Learning Stance”. The research was awarded Best Project Awar