"Religion" is the world's most misunderstood and abused word. Real religion means the science of God, the process of fully reviving one's original pure identity by reconnecting oneself with the source of his existence. But instead, without ever understanding religion's real meaning, people take it either as a fable for childlike fools or as a divisive sect for fulfilling their temporary material desires. Thus they cheat themselves and remain perpetually in the darkness of ignorance miserably mis
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Arjuna's constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided.
PURPORT
Material desires in the mind are the trash of material contamination. By such contamination, the living being is faced with so many compatible and incompatible things that discourage the very existence of spiritual identity. Birth after birth the conditioned soul is entrapped with so many pleasing and displeasing elements, which are all f
Pradyumna was reading from Chapter One of Nectar of Devotion, describing the six characteristics of pure devotional service. "Srila Rupa Gosvami has given a definition of auspiciousness. He says that actual auspiciousness means welfare activities for all the people of the world."
Srila Prabhupada gave his spoken purport:
"Yes. Just like this Krsna consciousness movement. It is welfare activities for all the people of the world. It is not a sectarian
yad dharma-sunor bata rajasuye
niriksya drk-svastyayanam tri-lokah
kartsnyena cadyeha gatam vidhatur
arvak-srtau kausalam ity amanyata
yat -- the form which; dharma-sunoh -- of Maharaja Yudhisthira; bata -- certainly; rajasuye -- in the arena of the rajasuya sacrifice; niriksya -- by observing; drk -- sight; svastyayanam -- pleasing; tri-lokah -- the three worlds; kartsnyena -- in sum total; ca -- thus; adya -- today; iha -- within the universe; gatam --
Question: How to Serve Guru in Separation? |
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My dear Guru Maharaja, |
The Lord's devotee has no desire other than being absorbed twenty-four hours daily in hearing, chanting, and singing the unlimited glories of that amazingly resplendent Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is millions and billions of times more charming than all the opulences of this material existence. Therefore he turns his entire life into a beautiful song of love of God by always keeping himself fully absorbed in serving Krishna in all times, places, and circumstances.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins
One of the most popular events in the holy town of Vrindavan, India - where Lord Krishna appeared 5,000 years ago - is the celebration of Jhulan Yatra, the Radha-Krishna swing festival. In Vrindavan among the local villagers and inhabitants this festival lasts for 13 days. In Vrindavan this is one of the biggest festivals of the year and Vrindavana is very crowded at this time, literally hundreds of thousands of people from surrounding towns and villages v
.jai shree banke bihari ki ..............
The Incident
I own a sweet shop in the street leading to the famous Shri Banke Bihari Mandir in Vrindavan. I am talking of a time when the city was not so well developed and crowded. There were no concrete structures though we had certain two storied houses but most of the houses were single storied. Electricity was yet to become popular in the city. Most places in the market were lit up using kerosene lamps, the humble goosenecks or kuppis. Petromax wer
Name: Sri-Sri Radha-Shyamasundara Mandir
Address: 23 Egbeyemi Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: +2348069245577, +2348027711097
Website: www.bddswami.com [1]
Presiding Deities: Sri-Sri Radha Shyamasundara, Jagannantha, Baladeva, Subhadra, Sri-Sri Gaura-Nitai, Prahlad-Nrsimha.
President: Yadhunath Dasa
Opened In: July 2009
Temple Style: Simple two-faced bungalow.
Location: The temple is located in the center of Lagos City, close to the International Airport. The area has a mixed community of Indians
Krishna Janmashtami would be celebrated in style on Monday August 22, at the Iskcon Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Temple, 1229 Coatesville Riverhead Hwy, Kumeu this year.
The day would begin with a special candlelight mangal arati at 4.30am. followed by a lecture on the birth of Lord Krishna at 7pm.
The assembled devotees would greet the deities at 8am in their new outfits. Kirtans will continue throughout the day until 7pm.
There would be a grand abhishek at 7.30pm followed by the swinging of the
In Holy Braj, no, it is not good,
To maintain material mood.
Those desires me now killing,
As if they stopping my breathing.
I am in the topmost place,
In the holiest land in all universe.
It is Radha and Shyama Kund,
Crest jewel of all which are around.
The foolish monkey is me,
For saintly people as like enemy.
Everyone busy with Holy Names,
Loudly chanting: Radhe! Radhe!
All came to serve, all came to chant,
To feed their Bhakti plant.
Surrounding Sri Govardhan they do penance,
Walking around
Today I saw a man smoking,
Oh, my God, in the holy place he is so doing!
Leave it mind, for him permission,
You just try to purify your own vision!
Then saw a pig stool eating,
Oh, my God, in the holy place he is living!
Leave it mind, for him permission,
You just try to purify your own vision!
Saw a monkey who was stealing,
Oh, my God, it is not for others' well being!
Leave it mind, for him permission,
You just try to purify your own vision!
Meet a person who himself Paramatma claiming,
Oh, my
Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school in Govardhana, is inviting applicants for joining its program at the start of its sixth year of operation on October 1, 2011.
In our three-year course we offer intensive training in Sanskrit grammar following the grammar of Srila Jiva Gosvami. Our students also learn how to read the Sanskrit commentaries on Srimad-Bhagavatam, systematic
In our three-year course we offer intensive training in Sanskrit grammar following the grammar of Srila Jiva Gosvami. Our students also learn how to read the Sanskrit commentaries on Srimad-Bhagavatam, systematic
The Patient
The attractive woman in her mid-thirties knocked on the door of the consulting room. Her usual pleasant face was clouded with worry and the picturesque journey from Mumbai to the hill-station Mahabaleshwar had done little to cheer her up.
“Yes?” asked a voice from inside the room.
She entered and said, “Dr. Sathe?”
The portly man with the ruddy complexion looked up from his desk and smiled. “Yes, that would be me. Good afternoon, please take a seat. How may I help you?”
She settled uneasi
This is in continuation of the transcription of the lecture delivered on 15th March 1992 in Singapore, by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, very very lovingly explaining the reason why the scriptures have been written and the way to get attracted to the scriptures. Maharaj was referring to the verse 1.7.6 of Srimad Bhagavatam
anarthopashamam saakshaad / bhakti-yogam adhokshaje
lokasyaajaanato vidvaams / cakre saatvata-samhitaam
“The material miseries of the living entity
 Here are some very nice words from Srila Prabhupada in Beyond Birth and Death:
The simple process of chanting the names of Krsna will reveal what one is, what God is, what the material and spiritual universes are, why we are conditioned, how we can get out of that conditioning—and everything else, step by step. Such meditation on Krsna may seem very difficult, but it is not. If one practices Krsna consciousness by chanting the mahä-mantra, Hare Krsna, HareKrsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Räma, |
The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the air, falling at great speed. He could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity. He kept falling and in the moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad ep
