This gola yoga phenomenon of all planets meeting in one sign was last observed on February 3^rd 1962 in Makara. The gola yoga continued for 3 days until February 5^th when the Moon moved into Kumbha rashi. In that gola yoga all the planets were aligned in Capricorn along with the South Node Ketu. When the Moon broke the alignment of planets, by moving into Aquarius, the next step or yuga yoga appeared in the heavens.

This significant event must have marked the early beginnings of the promised 10,000 years of Satya Yuga, which is supposed to occur after 5000 years of the present Kali Yuga. This is described in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana 4.129. Krishna spoke to Mother Ganga about the future events which would come to pass after His departure from Earth about 5000 years ago. Mother Ganga was very disturbed by the fact that Kali Yuga was coming and she was afraid that nobody would protect her. Shri Krishna promised her some relief with the following words:

“O Ganga devi, on the earth 5

Prabhupada: It will go on like that. In America (indistinct), why you are envious of me? That disease is there. His enviousness is a different quality. Actually, comparing with America, the people are more happy in America, not in Russia. It’s a fact. I have seen it. They are terrorized, no freedom. So everyone is terrorized, they must be. What is that? Is that life? I have to live under terrorism conditions. I must do it. (indistinct). It is not life.

Brahmananda: Here comes Gurudasa. (break)

Gurudasa: (making notes on tape) Morning, 11 September, 1974, Vrndavana. Srila Prabhupada was saying that manager and assisting managers is not difficult, except that all the European and American boys didn’t understand the concept of prabhu. We each call each other prabhu, but we are thinking that “I am prabhu and all others are servants.” Not that the one I am calling prabhu or the one who is calling me prabhu are mutual prabhus. (break)

Brahmananda: He’s typing the tapes now. To type one ta

Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Bangalore to go on appeal

Lecture at Upsala University Faculty
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Stockholm, September 7, 1973

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Prabhupada: So I shall try to discuss Bhagavad-gita, Thirteenth Chapter, in which nature, the enjoyer, and consciousness is described. Sri arjuna uvaca. Arjuna belonged to the royal family of the Pandavas, and he was friend of Krsna. So there was a fight between two groups of cousin-brothers, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. So Arjuna… Krsna was requested by both the parties to join either of them, but Krsna decided not to take part in the fighting because both of them were equally related to Him. So after all, Krsna divided His soldiers one side and Himself another side with the condition that if He joins, then He would not fight. So Arjuna preferred to take Krsna on his side, and the other party, Duryodhana, he decided to take Krsna’s soldiers. So while just the fighting was to begin, Arjuna declined to fight because the other party were all his relative

There are two Arjunas in Krishna lila: one is a priya-narma-sakha in Vraja, the other is one of the Pandavas. These two combined to become Ramananda Raya, the dear companion of Mahaprabhu. He was very knowledgeable in the teachings of loving devotion to Radha and Krishna, which he described to Gauracandra on a daily basis.

Some people say that Ramananda Raya was Lalita Sakhi, while others do not. Mahaprabhu himself

Srila Prabhupada's fundamental instructions

Sperm whales like to be individuals; they use accents to identify themselves to others in their extended family group, new research finds.

The accents are specific to one call, or "coda," used by whales worldwide, enabling them to recognize strangers from any region.

"It's not that the individuals in a group are making different codas, they don't have different names, they just say the same things in different ways," said study researcher Shane Gero, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. "We believe they can pick between each other, that they can tell each other apart by this call."

Sperm whales live in family groups, with several generations of females living together with their young. They communicate using these codas, specific combinations of clicking sounds. The codas travel for about a kilometer in the ocean, and they are used mostly within a group to communicate during dives and social situations.

The team followed one group of sperm whales, called the "group

Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.15
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Auckland, February 22, 1973

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Prabhupada:

kecit kevalaya bhaktya vasudeva-parayanah agham dhunvanti kartsnyena niharam iva bhaskarah [SB 6.1.15]

So purificatory process. Our disease is… Try to understand very patiently. The living entity, he is under diseased condition. What is that diseased condition? Accepting birth, death, old age and disease. This is diseased condition. We living entity, we are eternal, pure. Because we are part and parcel of God, therefore… God is the purest. Param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan [Bg. 10.12] Krsna when realized… Arjuna, when he realized the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, he accepted Lord Krsna that “You are Parabrahma. You are the Supreme Brahman.” We are all Brahmans, but He is Supreme Brahman, param brahma. We are isvaras or… It is very now popular to become God. We are God. That’s all right. But the Godhead, He is Godhead. Therefore we use the wor

Ingredients:
♦ 1½ Tbsp ginger
♦ 2 hot green chilies, chopped
♦ ½ Tsp turmeric powder
♦ 1 Tbsp coriander powder
♦ ¼ Tsp red chili powder
♦ 1½ C water
♦ 4 Tbsp ghee/oil
♦ 1½ C paneer cubes
♦ ½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder
♦ 1½ Tsp cumin seeds
♦ 2 bay leaves
♦ 1 C tomato puree
♦ 1 large potato, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes
♦ 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes
♦ 1 bell pepper, cut into 2cm squares
♦ ½ head of cauliflower, cut into florets
♦ 1 C green beans cut into 1-inch lengths
♦ 1 C green peas
♦ 1 C zucchini, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes
♦ 2 Tsp salt
♦ 1 Tsp garam masala
♦ ½ Tsp amchur powder (dry mango powder)
♦ 2 C milk
♦ 1 Tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1/3 C cold water
♦ ½ C chopped fresh coriander leaves
♦ 1/3 C pineapple cubes
♦ ¼ C cashews & raisins (for decoration)

Preparation
1. Process the first 5 ingredients with ¼ cup of water in a blender to a paste.
2. Heat 2 Tbsp of ghee/oil in a pan over moderate heat. Saute the paneer
cubes until lightly

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.21
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
New York, April 13, 1973

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Devotee:

krsnaya vasudevaya devaki-nandanaya ca nanda-gopa-kumaraya govindaya namo namah

“Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devaki, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vrndavana, and the enlivener of the cows and senses.”

Prabhupada: So in the beginning Kuntidevi said that namasye purusam tvadyam isvaram prakrteh param: “I offer my obeisances unto the person, purusam, who is prakrteh param, who is beyond this material manifestation.” Krsna is complete spirit soul, Supersoul. He has no material body. So in the beginning Kuntidevi gave us this understanding that God, the supreme purusa… Purusa means person. He’s not imperson. Purusa. But He’s not a purusa of this material world, not a personality of this material creation. That is to be understood. The impersonalists cannot accommoda

"Woese Slays Darwin"

Sri Sri Gaura Gadadhara Bhagavan

Text 1 
sva-bhakti-yoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam 
hari-priya-ganagragam cacisuta-priyecvaram 
saradha-krsna-sevana-prakacakam mahacayam bhajamy aham 
gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who appears very splendid, engaged in the Lord's devotional service. He always performs pastimes in Vraja, where he is very prominent among the gopis, who are very dear to Lord Hari. Lord Caitanya, the Son of Saci is the dear Lord of Gadadhara Prabhu, who is preaching the service of Radha and Krsna.

Text 2 
navojjvaladi- bhavana-vidhana-karma-paragam 
vicitra-gaura-bhakti-sindhu-ragga-bhagga-lasinam 
suraga-marga-darsakam vrajadi-vasa-dayakam bhajamy 
aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum

I worship the greatly learned spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu. He is expertly absorbed in meditation on the nine rasas of devotional service, beginning with ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love), and he danc

SRI GADADHARA PANDITA GOSWAMI APPEARANCE DAY

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: Canto 4: “The Creation of the Fourth Order”
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Chapter Twenty-two

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TEXT 25

harer muhus tatpara-karṇa-pūra-

guṇābhidhānena vijṛmbhamāṇayā

bhaktyā hy asaṅgaḥ sad-asaty anātmani

syān nirguṇe brahmaṇi cāñjasā ratiḥ

SYNONYMS

hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; muhuḥ—constantly; tat-para—in relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; karṇa-pūra—decoration of the ear; guṇa-abhidhānena—discussing transcendental qualities; vijṛmbhamāṇayā—by increasing Kṛṣṇa consciousness; bhaktyā—by devotion; hi—certainly; asaṅgaḥ—uncontaminated; sat-asati—the material world; anātmani—opposed to spiritual understanding; syāt—should be; nirguṇe—in transcendence; brahmaṇi—in the Supreme Lord; ca—and; añjasā—easily; ratiḥ—attraction.

TRANSLATION

The devotee should gradually increase the culture of devotional service by constant hearing of the transcendental quali

 hare krishna

From sri yamuna das

This is the error with the material world; here, everything is imperfect. In regards to our discussion brilliant  of the first class of NOD group,  you finished with a very, very important point. First, we need to absorb and practice this philosophy and Srila Prabhupada´s directions. Then we should try to spread the message as widely as posible.  

One may be of the temperament to be very eager to help other´s - even risking one´s own well-being because he is busy giving what he has got fron his Gurudeva to others. If one is really on that plane, it is well and good. One should appreciate such self-forgetfulness. That is a good qualification.

But in reality on what plane are we on ?  That is the all important thing. We may be very eager to distribute - but distributing what ?   The real state is to have three things within us ; 1.Our serving attitude should increase, 2. we must have the proper conception of the Absolute and 3. we must be simultane

Haribol and dandavats

below is something i wrote for a streetart group i started a couple of years ago on flickr

Look at the beautiful street art that has come to this group from around the world.Some might think this is a Hindu or Indian streetart group...
I ask, how can it be? the art we are seeing is from many country's
+ cultures and that can be seen in the different style's of painting...
Who will put stress on what color our skin is? or what country we happen to be born in! We are not this body, this bag of bones.we are the soul the
consciousness...like the driver of the car..eventually we have to trade for a knew one...
The subject and topic of the streetart in this group, represents this understanding of spirit and matter....and people know this, all around the world...coz the writings on the wall..

Here's a link to the collection of "Devotional stree art"

best to view by clicking "slideshow" (top right of screen)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/998998@N23/pool/

while the slideshow is pl

Philosophy Discussions
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

on Rene Descartes

Prabhupada: The modern theory is struggle for Existence