Hare Krsna…..Hare Rama….Lord Nityananda Prabhu was known as a trouble maker at times. He would throw His clothes around, standing sometimes naked before the devotees, toss His food into other rooms or on the floor, and sometimes reply in ways that made absolutely no sense to all others. When a pot of ghee was stolen by a […]
Oct 3 1975 MauritiusCyavana: Perfect.Prabhupāda: So don’t be discouraged.Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No, Prabhupāda. I’ll never leave your lotus feet. They asked you about other movements yesterday at the press conference…Prabhupāda: Yes.Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: …this movement and that movement. You said, “This is Kṛṣṇa’s movement.” So this should be our line of argument, because especially amongst the Indian […]
Prayer unto the Lotus Feet of Krsnaby His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupādaon board the ship Jaladuta, September 13, 1965 By Balaram das https://prabhupadabooks.com/diaries/jaladuta/8/jd_8.1_prayer_unto_the_lotus_feet_of_krsna 60 years ago, on March 10, 1959 the MS Jaladuta was launchedat the shipbuilding yard of Flenderwerke AG in Lübeck, Germany. The MS Jaladuta According to Yugala Kishor Gour dasa […]
Subject: Lord Balarama’s appearance day Monday August 3, 2020 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India] kṛtavān kila karmāṇi saha rāmeṇa keśavaḥ atimartyāni bhagavān gūḍhaḥ kapaṭa-mānuṣaḥ SYNONYMS kṛtavān—done by; kila—what; karmāṇi—acts; saha—along with; rāmeṇa—Balarāma; keśavaḥ—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; atimartyāni—superhuman; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; gūḍhaḥ—masked as; kapaṭa—apparently; mānuṣaḥ—human being. TRANSLATION Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, along with Balarāma, played […]
Subject: Sri Gauridasa Pandita Tirobhava Tithi and Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada Tirobhava Tithi [disappearance day]July 31, 2020 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata bhumi time] Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Footprints at Kalna The Shrine housing Mahaprabhu’s Footprints Left: Tentultala – Lord Caitanya’s Tamarind tree KalnaRight: the Plum tree under which Nityananda Prabhu married Jahnavi and Basudha devis[ Photos: Ambikakalna.com […]
July 31 1975 New OrleansDevotee (2): Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are seeing Kṛṣṇa at every moment. Does this mean you are seeing Kṛṣṇa in His two-armed form playing the flute at every moment?Prabhupāda:What do you think?Devotee (2): I don’t know, Śrīla Prabhupāda.Prabhupāda: Then? Seeing means Kṛṣṇa as He is. That’s all. Santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti. You never read Brahma–saṁhitā? Do you read?Devotee (2): Yes, Prabhupāda. What you have of the Brahma–saṁhitā in your books.Prabhupāda:Brahma–saṁhitā it is […]
PULLING THE WEEDS FROM OUR HEARTS-MANY TYPES MENTIONED BELOW Madhya 119.152-“When a person receives the seed of devotional service, he should take care of it by becoming a gardener and sowing the seed in his heart. If he waters the seed gradually by the process of śravaṇa and kīrtana [hearing and chanting], the seed will […]
Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krsna dasa Kaviraja describe the exalted position and glories of Sri Raghunandana Thakura.Friday, July 24, 2020 (Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata bhumi) compiled by Narasimha dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa kāśīte lekhaka śūdra-śrīcandraśekharatāṅra ghare rahilā prabhu svatantra īśvaraSYNONYMSkāśīte—in Vārāṇasī; lekhaka—writer; śūdra—born of a śūdra family; śrī-candraśekhara—of the name Candraśekhara; tāṅra ghare—in his […]
SB 10.1.48-As long as he has intelligence and bodily strength, an intelligent person must try to avoid death. This is the duty of every embodied person. But if death cannot be avoided in spite of one’s endeavors, a person facing death commits no offense.PURPORTIt is natural for a person facing untimely death to try his best to save himself. This […]
SB 10.2.39 purport….Because we are dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we should give up the idea that without Kṛṣṇa we can enjoy freedom in this material world. This idea is the reason we have become entangled. Now it is our duty to seek shelter again at the Lord’s lotus feet. This shelter is described as abhaya, […]
