The Iskcon as it is, by Haripada dasa In The Iskcon as it is we understand and accept that Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is the Jagad-Guru, the Guru of the Universe and he is the only person authorized by God or Krishna to take us back home to God or Krishna. The Iskcon as […]
This week we had two Gaura Purnima Festivals-our ashram and another one down the road in another city. This report is of this second one on Sunday, a few days later. Hare Krsna damaghosa das —————————– Sri Krsna Caitanya kirtan https://youtu.be/AnQ66UPQbYQ class on Gaure Purnima https://youtu.be/_p50_VFOpNo Parama Karuna bhajan https://youtu.be/uPPJySDRMk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrpSPQszILw SB 2.3.22-The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of the Personality of Godhead Vishnu [His forms, name, quality, etc.] are like those printed on the plumes of the peacock, and the legs which do not move to the holy places [where the Lord is remembered] are considered to be like tree […]
1.)-SB -3.5.2-Vidura said: O great sage, everyone in this world engages in fruitive activities to attain happiness, but one finds neither satiation nor the mitigation of distress. On the contrary, one is only aggravated by such activities. Please, therefore, give us directions on how one should live for real happiness. PURPORT–Vidura asked Maitreya some common questions, which […]
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lotus feet – Divine appearance of Sri Caitanya – Friday, March 2, 2018 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India time] compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ anarpita—not bestowed; carīm—having been formerly; cirāt—for a long time; karuṇayā—by causeless mercy; avatīrṇaḥ—descended; kalau—in the […]
JARASANDHA-VAISNAVA compiled by Mahesvara dasa [Mahesh Raja UK] Srila Prabhupada: Yes. He, he was worshiping Visnu at home, and he was trying to kill Krsna. SIMILARLY, THERE ARE MANY VAISNAVAS LIKE JARASANDHA–APPARENTLY WORSHIPING VISNU–BUT TRYING TO KILL KRSNA. JARASANDHA-VAISNAVA. Devotee: So what is the value of such worship of Visnu? Srila Prabhupada: Eh? Devotee: SO […]
Srila Prabhupada explains the exalted position of Madhavendra Puri in the Gaudiya Sampradaya compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa Books : Bhagavad-gita As It Is – Macmillan 1972 Edition : Bg: introduction : 1) Kṛṣṇa, 2) Brahmā, 3) Nārada; 4) Vyāsa, 5) Madhva, 6) Padmanābha, 7) Nṛhari, 8) Mādhava, 9) Akṣobhya, 10) Jayatīrtha, 11) Jñānasindhu, 12) […]
Very strange and curious things, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa In this life I have seen very strange and curious things, I am going to share some of them. I heard a news that several countries have made a giant device that costs 8 billion euros to launch it into space, what a strange […]
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Honolulu, January 20, 1974) “If you love these material things, then you should know that you are not in love with God. If you are in love with God, then you’ll forget material love. That is the test. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt (SB 11.2.42). Bhakti, love of Godhead, the symptom is that he’s no more […]
SB 7.2.57 purport- Yamarāja once asked Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, “What is the most wonderful thing within this world?” Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira replied (Mahābhārata, Vana–parva313.116): Hundreds and thousands of living entities meet death at every moment,but a foolish living being nonetheless thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the most wonderful thing in this world.Everyone has to die because everyone is […]
