All Posts (4009)

Sort by
Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja Offering–1961
Srila Prabhupada..."If everyone just initiates then there will only be a contradictory result. As long as it goes on there will be only failure. O shame! My dear brothers, aren’t you embarrassed? In the manner of businessmen you increase your disciples."
A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura. Presented on the commemoration of his appearance, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, at the Radha-Damodara temple, Vrindavana, India, in 1961.)
First Vasistya
1. On this day, O my master, I made a cry of grief; I was not able to tolerate the absence of my guru.
2. On this auspicious day I have come with this offering just to worship you, remembering your lotus feet.
3. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s judgement is that renunciation is most important. Not only that, but such knowledge must be delivered to every conditioned being.
4. The b
Read more…
Views: 4
Comments: 0

Happiest Janmastami prabhu!

Prime Minister Modi to release a Commemorative Coin honouring Srila Prabhupada on the occasion of his 125th Birth Anniversary
Dignitaries and devotees from 60 countries to participate live in the video conference

29th August 2021, New Delhi: The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi would be inaugurating the year-long 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Srila Prabhupada (Founder-Acharya of ISKCON) and release a Commemorative Silver Coin of Rs 125 in his honour on 1st September 2021.
Keeping in mind the Covid protocol, the program would be organized virtually wherein thousands of ISKCON members, dignitaries and the general public from more than 60 countries are expected take part in this historic event.
The Prime Minister would be welcomed with Sanskrit prayers recited by a group of national and internationals students of the Bhaktivedanta Gurukul located at ISKCON’s world headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal. Following the remarks

Read more…

"Now we have got our great personalities, leaders. They are praised, eulogized, our, these political leaders. "Our Hitler," "Our Gandhi," "Our Churchill," "Our Nixon." But sastra (scripture ) says these leaders, those who are not spiritual leaders, those who cannot give our life, they are worshiped by these classes of animals, animals. These so-called leaders, politicians, they are eulogized very much by whom? By these classes of men: dogs, camels, asses and hogs...." ( HDG Srila Prabhupada, A.C. Bhakitvedanta Swami )

Read more…
ONE SHOULD ENGAGE BOTH HIS GROSS BODY AND SUBTLE MIND IN THE SERVICE OF THE LORD.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam » Canto 1 » Chapter 5 » Text 27:
(Sri Suta Gosvami to the assembled sages in Naimisaranya headed by Rsi Saunaka):
Great Sage Narada to Sri Vyasadeva:
तस्मिंस्तदा लब्धरुचेर्महामते प्रियश्रवस्यस्खलिता मतिर्मम ।
ययाहमेतत्सदसत्स्वमायया पश्ये मयि ब्रह्मणि कल्पितं परे ॥२७॥
tasmiṁs tadā labdha-rucer mahā-mate
priyaśravasy askhalitā matir mama
yayāham etat sad-asat sva-māyayā
paśye mayi brahmaṇi kalpitaṁ pare
SYNONYMS
tasmin--it being so; tada--at that time; labdha--achieved; ruceh--taste; maha-mate--O great sage; priyasravasi--upon the Lord; askhalita matih--uninterrupted attention; mama--mine; yaya--by which; aham--I; etat--all these; sat-asat--gross and subtle; sva-mayaya--one's own ignorance; pasye--see; mayi--in me; brahmani--the Supreme; kalpitam--is accepted; pare--in the Transcendence.
TRANSLATION
O great sage, as soon as I got a taste for the Personality of Godhe
Read more…
Views: 3
Comments: 0


a few random quotes in no particular order related to the word "ṛtvik—priests conducting the ceremony" and "ṛtvijaḥ—the priests"
-----------
"...four classes of priests, known as ṛtvik, are required. "
----
ācāryam—the spiritual master
-------
ṛtvijaḥ—the priests recommended by the spiritual master
----
saha-ṛtvik-ācārya-sadasyaḥ—with all the priests, ācāryas and members of the holy assembly;
---------
"...one should perform all the ceremonies under the direction of learned ācāryas and should satisfy them and their priests."
------------
"Such sacrifices are impossible in this age due to the scarcity of expert brāhmaṇas or ṛtvijaḥ who are able to take the responsibility. In the absence of these, the saṅkīrtana-yajña is recommended. "
-------
TEXT 53
ācāryaṁ jñāna-sampannaṁ
vastrābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ
toṣayed ṛtvijaś caiva
tad viddhy ārādhanaṁ hareḥ
SYNONYMS
ācāryam—the spiritual master; jñāna-sampannam—very advanced in spiritual knowledge; vastra-ābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ—with
Read more…
Views: 7
Comments: 0
November 10, 1977, Vṛndāvana
Prabhupada: Someone says that I’ve been poisoned. It is possible.
Kaviraja (doctor): What is he saying?
Prabhupada: Someone says that someone has given poison.
Kaviraja: To whom?
Prabhupada: To me.
Kaviraja: Who said?
Prabhupada: These all friends
Kaviraja: Who would give you poison? Why would anyone do that?
Prabhupada: I do not know, but it is said.
Kaviraja: Look, this is the thing, that maybe some rakshasa (demon) gave him poison.
Bhakti-caru: Someone gave him poison here.
Tamal Krsna: Prabhupada was thinking that someone had poisoned him.
Bhakti-caru: Yes!!!
Tamal Krsna: That was the mental distress.
Bhakti-caru: Yes!!!
Kaviraja: If he says that, there must definitely be some truth in it.
Tamal Krsna: What did Kaviraja just say?
Bhakti-caru: He said that when Srila Prabhupada was saying that, there must be some truth behind it.
Tamal Krsna: Tssh.
[Recorded Room Conversation, Nov 9-10, 1977, Vrindavana]
Srila Prabhupada: Keu bole je poison kore
Read more…
Views: 10
Comments: 0

https://incredibleindiaexplore.com/category/jyotirlinga/

Treeamvakeshwara Temple

Nestled in the enchanting Sahyadri Mountains of Maharashtra, India, lies the sacred town of Trimbakeshwar. Revered as one of the most revered religious destinations in the country, Trimbakeshwar attracts devotees from far and wide, seeking solace and spiritual enlightenment. At the heart of this tranquil town stands the renowned Trimbakeshwar Temple, where the Trimbakeshwar Pooja, a divine ritual, takes place.

Trimbakeshwar Temple Pooja Rates

Read more…
Views: 6
Comments: 1

ONE MUST HEAR FROM THE ACARYA-AVATARAMay be an image of 2 people and flute

💗Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī:..
☆There are two bhagavāns.
One is Śrī guru, who is āśraya-vigraha- bhagavān/
the lord as the abode of service,
and the other is Śrī Krishna, who is viṣaya-vigraha- bhagavān/
the Object of loving service. Sevaka-bhagavān/ servitor Bhagavān and sevya-Bhagavān/Bhagavān to be served. The chief activity of the āśraya-vigraha- ācārya is to do hari-kīrtana.

*Unless Śrīla Gurudeva,
who is the āśraya-vigraha- bhagavān- ācārya, does kīrtana, nobody
can understand Śrī Krishna, who is Īśa-tattva, the viṣaya-Vigraha, the supreme Object of service. Nobody can understand the Name, form, qualities, associates, or līlā of the viṣaya-vigraha- Bhagavān unless the āśraya- vigraha, the guru-ācārya, imparts such knowledge.

*When Srila Gurudeva does kīrtana, speaking about the Name, form, qualities, associates, or līlā of Krishna, these things appear in the form of sound, śabda- brahma. Then one can understand the śāstra-avatāra, scriptures — specificall

Read more…
Views: 4
Comments: 0
Being “generated” from the marginal plane does NOT mean the jiva-souls “originated” from some imaginary place in the Brahmajyoti or Spiritual Sky called tatastha-sakti.
The jiva-souls and Kṛṣṇa have ALWAYS existed, they were never created, this means they have no origin or beginning point to their existence because they have existed for infinity as Bhagavad Gita As It Is confirms.
Srila Prabhupada – "There are no new souls, new and old are due to this material body, but the jiva-soul is never born and never dies, so if there is no birth, how can there be new souls?" (Letter to Jagadisa dasa, 7/9/1970)
Bhagavad Gita As It Is - "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." (BG, Ch 2 Text 12)
Bhagavad Gita As It Is - "As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a c
Read more…
Views: 4
Comments: 0

Kirru Kumar

Devotee: Because the guru is responsible for taking all of his disciples back to home, back to Godhead, I was wondering what was the position of Lord Jesus Christ, because so many people for so many years have been attempting to follow his teachings, many of them sincere, but not getting proper instructions. I was wondering if he is responsible for all of these people who are attempting to serve him.
Prabhupāda: But one thing is, we sing daily, yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo *. You have to please your spiritual master. But yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi, if you displease your spiritual master, then you are nowhere. How do you adjust these things? It does not mean that because you have made somebody spiritual master, you displease him, at the same time he takes responsibility. Is it very nice?
Devotee: Many times...
Prabhupāda: If you please him, then he is responsible. Yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi. If you displease him then you are nowhere. So, if you take it in this way,

Read more…
Views: 4
Comments: 0
The Mayapura Deities and all Deities in unauthorized gooroo "temples" are bogus, and you are worshipping your imaginations and eating jew-prasad bhoga. t-dasa
 
"Devotee (3): Then why is he giving instruction to worship the Deity? If the spiritual master is not bona fide, then is the Deity also not bona fide?
Prabhupāda: I do not follow. What does he say?
Devotee: His idea is that if one receives a mantra from a spiritual master, if the spiritual master is not bona fide...
Prabhupāda: Then there is no question of mantra. There is no question of worshiping Deity. These are all bogus things."
Read more…
Views: 18
Comments: 0
May be an image of 1 person
If you give yourself without ends or personal desires, and
follow the due process then the Lord will reveal himself. when
the truth is revealed to you, only then can you understand the truth
is. How should we just surrender?
We must think: "My body, mind, physical strength and
intellectual force are not competent to know the truth. " Yes we
we want to know the truth, we must surrender and be dedicated. Us
we should think:
"This body is not mine; I am not this body." ”
The organs are part of my body, they're not actually mine. To whom
do they belong? They are created, and that creation has a beginning and an end.
The youth of the country is in the process. A boy becomes a young man, and then
he grows old Gradually decay and leaves this world; he disappears
This is the state of the world we live in.
All the things you think should be here, like buildings,
development of science and electric lights, thousands were not here
from years back. We weren't here either. Besides, those thin
Read more…
Views: 4
Comments: 0
Gour Govinda Swami: Therefore I say, even if Sadhu comes, because you are blind you have no faith in him. You want to be the seer, so you cannot get any benefit. You cannot associate. If a sadhu comes and chants here, speaks Krsna-katha, it will never enter your ear. You cannot get any benefit. You don't do sadhu-saga at all. Although you come and sit here, you are just posing, you are just pretending. You are such a pretender! Because you have no faith, the sadhu's katha will never enter your ear. Thus you cannot get any benefit. Just pretending. Sitting for ten or fifteen minutes, then getting up and going out. Why is this? Because you have no faith. You are not simple. You want to be the seer. But you are not the seer. That's the whole trouble.
May be an image of 1 person and text
 
 
 
 
Read more…
Views: 2
Comments: 0

Dr. Singh: Are there many Indian-born disciples abroad, or are they mainly Western disciples?

Prabhupāda: No, there are many Indians.
Mālatī: In England there are many. They go now. They are from Muslim families and they are from...
Prabhupāda: The Indians take it lightly. They say, "Oh, Kṛṣṇa. But we have a life outside."
Dr. Singh: That is the... You're quite right, that is what the...
Prabhupāda: They have learned everything.
Dr. Singh: Really? Do they know anything about Kṛṣṇa or not?
Prabhupāda: Sab janta Lawrence. In Bengal there is called sab janta Lawrence. There was Mr. Lawrence...
Dr. Singh: [laughs] Sab janta Lawrence
Prabhupāda: So our Indian people are sab janta Lawrence.
Dr. Singh: [still laughing] That is true. Here everybody is brought up with Hare Kṛṣṇa [Hindi]. That must be one of the reasons, actually, why [indistinct] Europe.
Śyāmasundara: They take us very lightly
Type: Conversation
Date: Nov. 25, 1971
Location: Delhi
Read more…
Views: 6
Comments: 1

Kirru Kumar PRABHUPAD ROOM CONVERSATION

1971 ...
Lalaji: If it's a just war, you have to fight.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Lalaji: So that if it's a just war, we are going to fight. And the war is coming, Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: So that's all right. Why should we be afraid of fighting?
Lalaji: We are not afraid of fighting.
Prabhupāda: We never... The Bhagavad-gītā never says that when enemy attacks, you become nonviolent. No, no. Never says. Rather, Gandhi said that: "Yes, I shall...'' Somebody asked Gandhiji that "If in your presence your wife or your daughter is ravaged, what you will do?'' That question was there, actually. But he said that "I shall nonviolence upon..."
Lalaji: No, no, no. Another part. Then he said, "I'll hit him back.'' On that condition. He said, "If that comes all right, hit him back."
Prabhupāda: He said that.
Lalaji: He said, "If a duṣṭa does that to you, you hit her back."
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is our policy. Our ātatāyinaḥ, the śastra, ātatāyinaḥ. Ātatāyinaḥ means a person who

Read more…
Views: 6
Comments: 0
Devahuti asked; The mystical system of yoga as you explained is aimed at the Supreme Personality of Godhead and “destines to completely annihilate material existence”. please, show me the nature of this yoga system. How many ways can one really understand this sublime yoga? Bhagavatam 3.25.29 Devahuti] To put an end to material existence completely, means to leave no seed and no root in the form of desires, affections, or any kind of attraction, or material interests in the mind, or heart, so that the seeds, and roots definitely do not sprout, therefore, to be sure that will not sprout we should adopt the process of genuine Bhakti. [ Bhakti, devotional service 'DISSOLVES ' the subtle body of the living entity without separating effort, just as the fire in the stomach digestes everything we eat. Bhagavatam 3.25.33 Kapiladeva] The subtle material body of the (jiva), is composed of mind, intelligence, and false ego, therefore, these three elements must be
Read more…
Views: 3
Comments: 0