Humility is our main topic of the day. I was thinking that humility also includes other qualities. For example, humility includes forgiveness because if you cannot forgive then there is no question of being humble. Forgiveness comes because we do not consider ourselves so important. When we are very important, then we cannot forgive, “How could you do this to me! YOU did this to ME! I will never forgive you for this!” There is a false concept of the self in lack of forgiveness. So, I see forgiv
All Posts (36038)
Sort by
In the course of his Skype call to devotees in Mumbai, during their Mitrotsava, Giriraj Swami read some verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.15.25-27):
TEXT 25
rajas tamas ca sattvena
sattvam copasamena ca
etat sarvam gurau bhaktya
puruso hy anjasa jayet
Translation: One must conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by developing the mode of goodness, and then one must become detached from the mode of goodness by promoting oneself to the platform of suddha-sattva. All this can be automatically do
TEXT 33
sadrsam cestate svasyah
prakrter jnanavan api
prakrtim yanti bhutani
nigrahah kim karisyati
prakrter jnanavan api
prakrtim yanti bhutani
nigrahah kim karisyati
SYNONYMS
sadṛśam—accordingly; ceṣṭate—tries; svasyāḥ—in one's own nature;prakṛteḥ—modes; jñānavān—the learned; api—although; prakṛtim—nature;yānti—undergo; bhūtāni—all living entities; nigrahaḥ—suppression; kim—what; kariṣyati—can do.
TRANSLATION
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows his nature. What can repression accomplish?
PURPORT
Unless one is situated on the tr
So we were happy that Srila Prabhupada was going to travel all over India with the buses. So we'll get to travel with him also. So could I travel? Different devotees were proposing. Giriraj from Mumbai was proposing, "Oh I will make life members where ever we go, there are rich people some businessmen, industrialists. I could make some life members, could I go Srila Prabhupada?" Srila Prabhupada would respond by, "Hmm" only. And Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Maharaj, everywhere there are some scientif
Srila Prabhupada stayed downtown and held public lectures series in Mumbai. This was the last public lectures series. Seven days in the evening was Krishna festivals. He spoke very strongly. Physically he was so unwell and we had to lift him and put him on the vyasasana, but once he had a microphone, he was roaring like a lion. His topic was “The modern civilization is a total failure; the only alternative is Krishna consciousness”, every night on this theme. A disciple would read a verse that w
We used to go all the time to pick up Srila Prabhupada or dropped him at the airport. Once Prabhupada was in the plane, we would go to the top of the terminal building and we would always keep saying, 'That aircraft Srila Parbhupada is sitting,now its going to the runway, now it is taking off, now its taken off.' And we would keep looking at the plane till it finally disappeared. And as we couldn't see the aircraft anymore, we would pay obeisance’s and then back to the temple. Kind of similar to
To see the video click on the link below:
Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
That was in Mumbai, Srila Prabhupada had boarded the plane. But we realized, there was something that Srila Prabhupada had left behind. And we wanted to get that to Prabhupada. He was already sitting in his seat and they were going to start the engine. And then we made arrangements through the authorities that, this has to be delivered to Srila Prabhupada. I was sent, 'go, go, go', so all the securities and I had to run up the stairs. I had foun
"He chanted 500 years ago personally. All that chanting started in Mayapur, Navadvipa and He takes sannyasa, He travels all over India chanting and dancing and the way He has shaken up, shaken, shaken up the whole world, or universe and left the vibrations – Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna! So that is what is shaking us up, waking us up, those vibrations are still in the air! Of course He has not stopped chanting, still He is here, Gauranga is here! kona kona bhagyavan dekhi bare pare, those who are
Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami
These books of Srila Prabhupada are sankirtan or we could also say Sankirtan that came from lotus mouth of Srila Prabhupada, his realizations. He poured his heart into those dictaphone machines all night long or starting from somewhere in middle of the night as we all slept. Prabhupada would get up and speak his realizations into the Dictaphone machine and then some disciple would transcribe and then some editing and layout and here is a heart of the pr
Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
And this is just may be 5-6 days prior to Prabhupada’s departure on 14th of November he departed and we are talking about 5-6 days prior. So immediately Prabhupada is enquiring, ohh!! Which book is selling the most? And which books are we carrying selling? The whole dialogue, this is how books were in his heart or in his mind and books….books….that’s why distribute books, distribute books, distribute books. And I will never die so far the books
Bhaktivedanta Manor: 50 hours of kirtan!
This weekend Srila Prabhupada’s grandchildren celebrate 50 years of ISKCON with 50 hours of kirtan at Bhaktivedanta manor… Will be streamed on Mayapur TV as well
Source: http://m.dandavats.com/?p=20022
Is the past a good place to learn from?
Devotees and religious people in general are sometimes under the impression that now they are special and will be protected from difficulties or intense problems or suffering having tasted a new joy and fulfillment in dedication to serve God and others. While there are many places which say that those who have dedicated their lives for spiritual advancement have their suffering reduced, we never the less still have to deal with our physical body and mind
Devotees and religious people in general are sometimes under the impression that now they are special and will be protected from difficulties or intense problems or suffering having tasted a new joy and fulfillment in dedication to serve God and others. While there are many places which say that those who have dedicated their lives for spiritual advancement have their suffering reduced, we never the less still have to deal with our physical body and mind
By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on March 25, 2016
The Legend of Vyas game
Imagine if you could fight as the great warrior Arjuna, launching an attack with your Gandiva bow? And imagine if your friend, taking on the role of Karna, could counter-attack with his own bow, Vijay?
Now you both can.
It all came about when back in 2012, high school friends and huge gaming fans Varun Devanathan and Huren Sivaraj met to catch up.
Reminiscing about the old B.R. Chopra Mahabharat TV serial they us
The Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai, India celebrated their annual Flower Festival on January 30th, 2016. Over two hundred western yoga teachers and students joined thousands of members of the Radha Gopinath Temple congregation for the event. Participants of the Bhakti Immersion Retreat held at Govardhan Eco Village rushed to Mumbai for the celebrations. Gaur Vani, of the music band The Hanumen, posted on the internet, “After seeing the new developments at Radhanath Swami’s Govardhan Eco Villa
By Madhava Smullen
It’s hard to beat Festival of Inspiration for sheer variety.
This year’s ISKCON 50 special edition of the Appalachian spiritual retreat in New Vrindaban, West Virginia will overflow with the best Krishna consciousness has to offer: seminars, kirtans, entertainment, and the tastiest prasadam this side of the spiritual world.
Hundreds of devotees from all over the East Coast of the United States and Canada are expected to pour in for the May 6th to 8th weekend.
Each day of the
By Kevala Bhakti das
With recent news of the tragic passing of former Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, many devotees of Toronto’s Hare Krishna Community have been fondly recalling how the then-Mayor visited our annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) in 2014.
It was the second day of our grand two-day annual event on Centre Island and word quickly got around that the Mayor had arrived at the festival site. He first visited the Deity booth, diligently removed his shoes and then took darshan (audience)
The so-called husbands, political leaders and guardians.
There are many people all over the world—indeed, throughout the universe—who claim for some time that they are husbands, political leaders or guardians, but in due course of time the Supreme Lord desires their removal from their posts, and their careers are immediately finished. Therefore those who are actually learned and advanced in spiritual life do not accept any leader, husband or maintainer other than the Supreme Personality of Godh
