SB class Vol 8

SB class Vol 8

 

SB class Vol 8

730909SB.STO                   Lectures                  224802/530501 … Before the child is born, you don’t find in the breast of the mother any drop of milk. See. In a young girl, there is no milk in the breast. But as soon as the child is born, immediately there is milk. Immediately, spontaneously. This is God’s arrangement. Because the child requires food. Just see how God’s arrangement is there. Still, we are trying for economic development. If a child is born and God’s economic program is so nice, nature’s economic program, that immediately the mother is ready with the milk… This is economic development. So the same milk is supplied by the cow. She’s actually mother, and this rascal civilization is killing mother. Mother-killing civilization. Just see. You suck the breast of your mother from the beginning of your life, and when she’s old if you think, “Mother is useless burden. Cut its throat,” is that civilization? Continue reading →

Govardhana Puja Celebrations at Snohomish, Sri Radha Govinda Temple (Shila Puri)

Hare Krsna dear devotees of Lord,

Please accept my humble and fallen obeisances with all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We had a wonderful Govardhana celebrations at Shri Radha Govinda Temple (aka Shila Puri) – last Sunday. Everything was excellent – starting from thinking about Govardhana festival, preparing for Govardhana Hill, engaging family members in making a beautiful Hill (Thanks to my daughter Radhika, who did a wonderful job in decorating the transcendental Hill), meeting and greeting devotees, ecstatic kirtan with them, singing and chanting the glories of Giriraj, listening to the nice pastimes of Krsna lifting Govardhana hill, and how all Brijvaasis had blast underneath Govardhana Hill for 7 days. Then Krsna and we all relished excellent poem by Anu Prabhu, and concluded program with Damodarashtkam with Ghee lamps. The temple room was small yet, we all  managed to squeeze in.
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Govardhana Puja at Vancouver Krishna Balaram Mandir‏

Dear devotees and friends,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We had just celebrated Govardhana Puja at Vancouver Krishna Balaram Mandir. For those who missed this program, we are attaching the photos for you to enjoy. The devotees and friends who attended this program were in ecstasy due to the following reasons:

1) Ecstatic Kirtan
2) Delicious Prasadam
3) Lots of Sweets!
4) Beautifully decorated replica of Govardhana Hill

We started the program with kirtan, then arati, damaodarastakam, reading from Krishna Book about worshiping Govardhana Hill, the story of the appearance of Govardhana Hill, Govardhana Sila abhiseka, Govardhana Puja and then prasadam.

Please click the link below to see the photos:
https://s1291.photobucket.com/user/radha_dion108/library/Govardhana%20Puja%20Celebration

Your Servant,

navadvipa dasa

Happy Diwali

Hare Krishna,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

We had a nice program last night at Madhusudhan’s home, and six of us celebrated Govardhana-puja and Dwali. Madhusudhan and his wife, Bhakta Francisco, Bhakta Arsen, Bhaktine Stella and Pranava das.

 

We had a nice kirtan, followed by a reading from the Krishna book about Govardhana Hill, then prasad!

 

Haribol!

 

yhs

 

Pranava das

Sri Vasudeva Ghosha disappearance day

Srila Prabhupada describes the glories to Sri Vasudeva Ghosa.

Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – 1975  Edition : Cc.  Adi-lila : Adi 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityananda :  Adi 11.19 : TRANSLATION :

When Vāsudeva Ghoṣa performed kīrtana, describing Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda, even wood and stone would melt upon hearing it

Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – 1975  Edition : Cc.  Adi-lila : Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree : Adi 10.115 : PURPORT :

The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa all belonged to a kāyastha family. Govinda established the Gopīnātha temple in Agradvīpa, where he resided. Mādhava Ghoṣa was expert in performing kīrtana. No one within this world could compete with him. He was known as the  singer of Vṛndāvana and was very dear to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. It is  said that when the three brothers performed saṅkīrtana, immediately Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda would dance in ecstasy. Continue reading →

Srila Prabhupada explains the history of the discovery of Radha-Kunda

Srila Prabhupada explains the history of the discovery of Radha-Kunda:

The spot where we now find Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa was an agricultural field during the time of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. A  small reservoir of water was there, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed  in that water and pointed out that originally Rādhā-kuṇḍa existed in that location. Following His directions, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī renovated Rādhā-kuṇḍa. This is one of the brilliant examples of how the Gosvāmīs excavated  lost places of pilgrimage. Similarly, it is through the endeavor of the  Gosvāmīs that all the important temples at Vṛndāvana were established.  Originally there were seven important Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava temples  established in Vṛndāvana, namely, the Madana-mohana temple, Govinda  temple, Gopīnātha temple, Śrī Rādhāramaṇa temple, Rādhā-Śyāmasundara  temple, Rādhā-Dāmodara temple and Gokulānanda temple.  Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – 1975 Edition : Cc.  Adi-lila : Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree : Adi 10.90 Continue reading →

3 ways to degrade oneself–SP‏

750903SB.VRN                    Lectures                                          yad asau sastram  ullanghya                         svaira-cary-ati-garhitah                           avartata ciram  kalam                           aghayur asucir malat

Degradation. The first degradation is undesirable  association, the first degradation; then no more  respect for scriptural injunction, second degradation; and then the  third step, aghayur asucih, you become infected with the  low-grade quality. Jaghanya-guna-vrtti-stha adho gacchanti tamasah.  The first grade qualification is sattva-guna, second rajo-guna, and the  third, tamo-guna. So they believe in the evolution. Now, in this human form of life, what is further evolution? The further evolution is that if you are  keeping in sattva-guna, in goodness, then you can be promoted, elevated, to  the higher planetary system. Urdhvam gacchanti sattva-sthah. And if you keep  yourself in the rajo-guna, then you will keep within this Bhurloka. And if  you are infected with the tamo-guna, then you again go to lower grade  life, again animal life, plant life. This is the nature’s process.  You cannot avoid it. You may be very much proud falsely, but after  death, after giving up this body, you are completely… You are already

completely under the regulative principle of nature. You cannot violate  even. But if you foolishly violate, then you are preparing your next life  according to your karma. Karmana daiva-netrena…. Continue reading →

Which of millions of families– do I belong to?–SP‏

750910SB.VRN                    Lectures                   229589/530501 … Therefore it is said janma koti… We are passing  through many forms of different forms of life. We are creating one  family, that “I belong to this family.” But what about my other  families? Because janma koti, in every family, when I enter,  there must be father and mother and family members. So which family I  am especially concerned? That is our ignorance. We become interested in  the particular family where we are at present. But we do not know  that in the past we had to pass through many hundreds and millions  of families. So which family is correct? And again, if I do not  correct myself at the present moment, I have to go through many millions  of families until we come to the point: vasudevah sarvam iti sa  mahatma sudurlabhah. This is the point. Continue reading →

Real education is learning Brahma Vidya-not nuts bolts/ technology-SP‏

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below are a few paragraphs of yet another brilliant lecture by Srila

Prabhupada on the differences of education between the Asuras and the

Devatas.

1.The demons want to make machines solve all their problems,

while the Devatas understand that Lord Vishnu, or Krsna, wants us to

live off the land–“Sarva Kama dugha mahi”  .

2.He says the Indians are coming to America to learn machine and the

Americans and European devotees are going to India to learn how to

become Brahmanas. Continue reading →

Reply to Rocana Dasa on his COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING of BOTH the Guru and Ritvik Issue

This is a REPLY to Rocana Prabhu on his COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING of BOTH Guru AND Ritvik Issue:

77-07-09.All Letter: All G.B.C., All Temple Presidents The name of a newly initiated disciple should be sent by the representative who has accepted him or her to Srila Prabhupada, to be included in His Divine Grace’s “Initiated Disciples” book.”

Amar Puri Prabhu wrote to Rocana Prabhu and Rocana Prabhu Replies: “So who gave you permission, Amar Puri, to decide that the system will be changed upon his departure so that names get sent to someone else? Or not sent? Or whatever?” — Rocana

Mahesh: Srila Prabhupada had ALREADY given instruction of HOW he wanted the prospective disciples ACCEPTED. The system was ALREADY in place. Besides this, use of LITTLE COMMON-SENSE is neccesary WHAT sort of person can REPRESENT Srila Prabhupada. If REPRESENTATIVE OF ACARYA falls down he CAN be REPLACED: Continue reading →