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(So the bhaktas (devotees), they are also so powerful that by chanting the holy name of God, they make the supreme all-powerful Lord descend in that place) 
"We pray God, "Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent." So that is fact. God can be present anywhere simultaneously, omnipresent. Similarly, there is no difference between God and His place. Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended, ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛndāvanam (Caitanya-manjusa). As Kṛṣṇa is worshipable, ārādhya, similarly His place is also ārādhya, worshipable. So as He is all-pervading, similarly, His place is also all-pervading. So how things can be changed into Vaikuṇṭha? That is by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
Tatra tiṣṭhāmi nārada yatra gāyanti mad-bhaktāḥ. So the bhaktas, they are also so powerful that by chanting the holy name of God, they make the supreme all-powerful Lord descend in that place. Therefore the statement of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura that ye di
THE WHITE ARYANS
https://truth.prabhupada.org.uk/the-white-aryans
Those who are demigods, they are always surayah. Surayah means Just like Aryans and non-Aryans. Then there’s suri and asuri, or sura or asura. Asura, asura means demons, and sura, just the opposite. Or Aryans and non-Aryans. So the Aryans Aryans, the real meaning, the Sanskrit word, “Aryans,” means progressive. We have historically made a class of men. No. Aryan civilization means who is progressive, advancing. They are intelligent. They are fair-complexioned. Therefore Aryan means progressive.
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lecture 7.6.1, Boston, May 8, 1968
Prabhupada: Monkey is the last species of life before being promoted to the human being. There are three animals: monkey and cow, and tiger. Lion… Yes.
Hamsaduta: When that promotion comes, Srila Prabhupada, they are not immediately born into a society like American or…?
Prabhupada: No, no. Uncivilized, just like aborigine.
Hamsaduta: Aborigines, negroes…
Prabhupada: Human spe
REAL INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT COME FROM THE BRAIN
"Bhṛgu Muni, a great supporter of Dakṣa, was awarded the beard of the goat’s head which was substituted for the head of Dakṣa. It appears from the exchange of Dakṣa’s head that the modern scientific theory that the brain substance is the cause of all intelligent work is not valid. The brain substance of Dakṣa and that of a goat are different, but Dakṣa still acted like himself, even though his head was replaced by that of a goat. The conclusion is that it is the particular consciousness of an individual soul which acts. The brain substance is only an instrument which has nothing to do with real intelligence. The real intelligence, mind and consciousness are part of the particular individual soul. It will be found in the verses ahead that after Dakṣa’s head was replaced by the goat’s head, he was as intelligent as he had previously been. He prayed very nicely to satisfy Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, which is not possible for a
BY PRACTICING BHAKTI-YOGA, IF THE PERFORMER IS NOT PURIFIED FROM MATERIAL CONTAMINATION, HE MUST BE A PSEUDODEVOTEE. FOR SUCH AN IMPOSTER THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR BEING FREED FROM MATERIAL ENTANGLEMENT.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam » Canto 2 » Chapter 2 » Text 37:
(Sri Sukadeva Gosvami to King Pariksit):
पिबन्ति ये भगवत आत्मनः सतां कथामृतं श्रवणपुटेषु सम्भृतम् ।
पुनन्ति ते विषयविदूषिताशयं व्रजन्ति तच्चरणसरोरुहान्तिकम् ॥३७॥
pibanti ye bhagavata atmanah satam
kathamrtam sravana-putesu sambhrtam
punanti te visaya-vidusitasayam
vrajanti tac-carana-saroruhantikam
SYNONYMS
pibanti--who drink; ye--those; bhagavatah--of the Personality of Godhead; atmanah--of the most dear; satam--of devotees; katha-amrtam--the nectar of the messages; sravana-putesu--within the earholes; sambhrtam--fully filled; punanti--purify; te--their; visaya--material enjoyment; vidusita-asayam--polluted aim of life; vraja
"You haven't got to search out any other friend. The friend is already there. Either you are a boy or a girl, you will find a nice friend within yourself. That is yoga system, when you realize this friend. So this friend is so nice, as soon as you become little inclined to hear about Him, śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ—about Krishna, not any other nonsense talks, simply about Krishna—then Krishna will be so pleased."
Srila Prabhupada Lecture, New Vrindavan, June 7, 1969
"Every . . . in every planet the living entities or human being, they are of different grades. Just like in this planet also, in some portion of this world there are savages, uncivilized persons, and in some portion of the world there are civilized persons, intelligent persons, God conscious persons; as there are different grades of persons in this planet, similarly, there are different grades of beings, living beings or human beings, in different other planets.
The higher and lower grades are calculated in terms of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Consciousness is there everywhere, every living entity. Not only human being, but also animals, the consciousness is there. But the difference is, consciousness without Kṛṣṇa is lower grade, and consciousness of Kṛṣṇa in different degrees, they are higher grade. And when the consciousness is completely Kṛṣṇa, that is the highest position, or that is the real position of living entity."
(Prabhupada Lecture, September 12, 1969, Tittenhurst)
"Beneath Rasatala is another planetary system, known as Patala or Nagaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nagaloka, such as Shankha, Kulika, Mahashankha, Shveta, Dhananjaya, Dhrtarashtra, Shankhacuda, Kambala, Ashvatara and Devadatta. The chief among them is Vasuki. They are all extremely angry, and they have many, many hoods - some snakes five hoods, some seven, some ten, others a hundred and others a thousand. These hoods are bedecked with valuable gems, and the light emanating from the gems illuminates the entire planetary system of bila-svarg
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'Bhagavata Purana gives the following description of Bila-svarga, the subterranean regions compared for their opulence to heaven (5.24.7-15)
: "My dear King, beneath this earth are seven other planets, known as Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala.
I have already explained the situation of the planetary systems of earth.
From The Bhagavat, Its Philosophy, its Ethics and its Theology, By Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur
" Two more principles characterize the Bhagavata which is liberty and progress of the soul throughout eternity. The Bhagavat teaches us that God gives us truth as he gave it to Vyasa, when we earnestly seek for it. Truth is eternal and unexhausted. The soul receives a revelation when it is anxious for it. The souls of the great thinkers of the by-gone ages, who now live spiritually, often approach our enquiring spirit and assist it in its development. Thus Vyas was assisted by Narada and Brahma. "
List of Spiritnet ritvik-initiated Srila Prabhupada disciples.; Mr. Al Roberts, was age 50, (now deceased); Vasudeva dasa. World's first ritvik-initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada, after1977. Ceremony performed in 1993, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada.
2009 or so onward; from USA; Mother Parvati devi, Shri Nrsngha dasa, Radha-Giridhari dasa (now deceased), Trnikrta-trnavarta dasa, from Hungary; Rasa Manjari, Serbia; Navina Krsna dasi, Prof Smith, of USA, Ananta Sesa dasa, Uganda; Radha Manohara, India, Krsna Caitanya dasa, U.K., Sri Krsna Kirtana devi, India, Sri Advaita Acarya dasa, 2020.
Sudevi and others also took gayatri.
Bloops; Zero.
Members still actively preaching with Spiritnet; 4.
Suvarna Manjari devi and others also took gayatri.
Prabhupāda: So your position is like that, simply if you have a tilaka and a kaṇṭhi, that does not mean that you belong to the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Any cheater can do that.
You may already have attained perfection! What do you feel when you see Baby Gopal, smiling, so small and helpless, or Radha and Krsna together, so attached to each other and so cute? Are they dear to you, like family even, more dear than life itself? Then you have love of God ! Now, just try to do as much services as works, do not worry, from here on in, it's all good ! It can only get better, but water the tree of devotion with regular chanting, prasadam etc.
Don't buy all this worry about endless offenses and being a fallen rascal, so much. Just avoid sins. The bogus gooroos use this mentality to make you subserviant to them, to make you feel guilty or fallen, and then to pretend they will save you from yourself, because they are as good as Godhead. Only Lord Caitanya and Associates and a bonafide Sri Guru, Srila Prabhupada can do anyone any good; certainly not those in line from unauthorized fools who poisoned Prabhupada. If you make advancement in bhakti, it is because of
Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja
In Honor of Sri Radhastami
THE MEANING OF “RADHE”
[This year, 2022, Radhastami, the divine appearance day of the Supreme Mistress of all Gaudiya Vaisnavas, Srimati Radhika, is on Sept. 3. In honor of this day [see endnote 3], we are happy to offer this ever-fresh and ever nourishing lecture given by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, in The Hague, Holland, on July 9, 2005. As an invocation to the tenth annual Holland Harikatha festival, Srila Maharaja requested the devotees to sing Srila Rupa Gosvami’s prayer, “Sri Sri Radhika Pada-Padme Vijnapti.” He then gave an elaborate explanation of the prayer:]
radhe! jaya jaya madhava-dayite
gokula-taruni mandala-mahite (1)
damodara-rati vardhana vese!
hari-niskuta-vrndavipine se! (2)
vrsabhanudadhi-nava-sasi-lekhe
lalita-sakhi! guna ramita-visakhe! (3)
karunam kuru mayi karuna-bharite!
sanaka-sanatana-varnita-carite! (4)
Radhe – what is the meaning of Radhe? “Aradyate iti.” Sri Krsna Himself
Prabhupada: We Vaiṣṇavas do not say that there is no need of fighting. We never say. When there is need of fighting we must fight. Rather, somebody in New York, some Goldsmith, he was that, 'Why Krishna is advising Arjuna to fight, to become violent?'
So somebody protests like that. But there is no meaning of protesting against the action of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is our view. So we Vaiṣṇavas, we are chanting.
It does not mean that when there is need of fighting with avaiṣṇava (non-vaishnava) we shall lack in strength. We can fight. One gentleman inquired from me that 'Vaiṣṇavism makes one dull. He cannot act.' And, 'No. You have not seen a Vaiṣṇava.' In the two fightings, great fighting, the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, the hero was Hanuman and Arjuna, and they fought.
Guest: They fought.
Prabhupada: Yes. And who can be better Vaiṣṇava than them?
Guest: Nobody.
Prabhupada: So Vaiṣṇava does not mean he is dull. No.
Guest: No, that is well proved. If there is need...
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"When Arjuna wanted to become a nonviolent coward on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, he was severely chastised by Lord Kṛṣṇa. The Lord degraded Arjuna at that time to the status of an uncivilized man for his avowed acceptance of the cult of nonviolence. The administrative class must be personally trained in military education. Cowards should not be elevated to the presidential throne by dint of numerical votes only. The monarchs were all chivalrous personalities, and therefore monarchy should be maintained provided the monarch is regularly trained in the occupational duties of a king. In fighting, the king or the president should never return home without being hurt by the enemy. The so-called king of today never visits the warfield. He is very much expert in artificially encouraging the fighting strength in the hope of false national prestige. As soon as the administrative class is turned into a gang of mercantile and laborer men, the whole machinery of government becomes polluted. "
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Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja
LALITA-DEVI'S APPEARANCE DAY
September 10, 2005
[This year, 2022, Srimati Lalita-devi’s appearance day is on Sept 2, one day before Radhastami. The following is a transcription of the class given in her glorification, and it explains her significance in our personal lives:]
Lalita-devi was born in the village of Karehla, and later on her father brought her to Uccagaon, the place of her pastimes (lila-sthali). There are still many evidences of her pastimes here, like a rock containing the imprints of her lotus feet and some small utensils she used when she and the other sakhis fed Krsna there. When the sun-rays fall on the imprints of those pots and plates, they glitter and shine. All of Srimati Radhika’s sakhis used to play with Krsna and Lalita in Uccagaon, and there are many places there where you can see their footprints to this day.
On the hill there is a slippery rock showing a specific pastime
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www.youtube.comView Link FeedThe following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in 1973 on an early morning walk in San Francisco.
First disciple: Srila Prabhupada, recently a student committed suicide here. It’s happening all over the country.
Srila Prabhupada: Some are publicly committing suicide, and others are silently committing suicide. If the human life is wasted for sense gratification, that is suicide. People have the opportunity for enlightenment, yet they live like dogs and cats. This is suicide.
Second disciple: One month ago there was a big story in the papers about how a student went through the archives in the Library of Congress and compiled enough information to construct an atom bomb. They concluded that, theoretically, anyone who wanted to could gather enough information from public sources and build an atom bomb.
Srila Prabhupada: This is also suicide. The atom bomb manufacturer is thinking he is successful in his
VRNDAVANA BHAJANA
“Srila Prabhupada was poetic, not only in the literary sense, as evidenced by his beautiful poems glorifying his spiritual master and Lord Krsna, but in every aspect of his personality as well. His gesturing, walking, talking, singing, smiling, dancing andarcana were all performed with an extremely natural poetic grace, befitting a swanlike pure devotee of Lord Krsna. For those sensitive souls who had embarked upon a pilgrim’s progress in search of truth, beauty and ultimate happiness, association with Srila Prabhupada marked their journey’s end, and they happily gave up all mundane pursuits and engaged in his service. Such was the attractive force of Srila Prabhupada’s poetic nature, which manifested fully due to his superexcellent level of Krsna consciousness.” (from In Praise of Srila Prabhupada by Ajitananda das)
The following is a poem written by Srila Prabhupada entitled “Vrndavana Bhajana”
