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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG kalakantha prabhu – ISKCON New Town, Kolkata
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG kalakantha prabhu – ISKCON New Town, Kolkata
Yadus, Gulab Jamuns, and Bhakti Blunders!
HG Vraja Bihari Prabhu discusses Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 11.01.18), focusing on the curse of the Yadu dynasty. He explores themes of regret, subjectivity, spiritual growth, and conflict resolution in devotional life. He emphasizes sincerity in bhakti, self-awareness, and the importance of friendships in Krishna consciousness. Practical examples highlight applying scriptures in daily life with humility and devotion.
HG Vraja Bihari Prabhu discusses Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 11.01.18), focusing on the curse of the Yadu dynasty. He explores themes of regret, subjectivity, spiritual growth, and conflict resolution in devotional life. He emphasizes sincerity in bhakti, self-awareness, and the importance of friendships in Krishna consciousness. Practical examples highlight applying scriptures in daily life with humility and devotion.
Holi Surprise: NZ Prime Minister Turns Technicolor Hero!
ISKCON Auckland’s Krishna Holi drew 15,000 attendees, including NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who embraced the festival’s vibrant chaos. He visited the temple, addressed the crowd on unity, and joyfully launched a cannon of Holi powder, going viral. The event featured music, prasadam, and cultural experiences, leaving all—including the PM—joyfully drenched in colors and spirit.
ISKCON Auckland’s Krishna Holi drew 15,000 attendees, including NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who embraced the festival’s vibrant chaos. He visited the temple, addressed the crowd on unity, and joyfully launched a cannon of Holi powder, going viral. The event featured music, prasadam, and cultural experiences, leaving all—including the PM—joyfully drenched in colors and spirit.
Devotion and Delight: Tales of the Godly
Translation
Who, other than one who is not a human being, can exist in this world and not be interested in the ultimate goal of life? Who can refuse the nectar of narrations about the Personality of Godhead’s activities, which by itself can deliver one from all material pangs?
Purport
The narration of the activities of the Personality of Godhead is like a constant flow of nectar. No one can refuse to drink such nectar except one who is not a human being. Devotional service to the Lord is the highest goal of life for every human being, and such devotional service begins by hearing about the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Only an animal, or a man who is almost an animal in behavior, can refuse to take an interest in hearing the transcendental message of the Lord. There are many books of stories and histories in the world, but except for the histories or narrations on the topics of the Personality of Godhead, none are capable of diminishing the burden of material pangs. Therefore one who is serious about eliminating material existence must chant and hear of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Otherwise one must be compared to the nonhumans.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Appearance of Lord Varāha.”
Translation
Who, other than one who is not a human being, can exist in this world and not be interested in the ultimate goal of life? Who can refuse the nectar of narrations about the Personality of Godhead’s activities, which by itself can deliver one from all material pangs?
Purport
The narration of the activities of the Personality of Godhead is like a constant flow of nectar. No one can refuse to drink such nectar except one who is not a human being. Devotional service to the Lord is the highest goal of life for every human being, and such devotional service begins by hearing about the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Only an animal, or a man who is almost an animal in behavior, can refuse to take an interest in hearing the transcendental message of the Lord. There are many books of stories and histories in the world, but except for the histories or narrations on the topics of the Personality of Godhead, none are capable of diminishing the burden of material pangs. Therefore one who is serious about eliminating material existence must chant and hear of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Otherwise one must be compared to the nonhumans.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Appearance of Lord Varāha.”
HH BA Janardan Swami: Brāhmaṇas? Nope! Just Kṣatriyas Playing Dress-Up!
Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes how Jarāsandha recognized his guests as warriors by their voices, stature, and bowstring marks. Remembering them from Draupadī’s svayaṁvara, he was puzzled. The ācāryas explain that since they came disguised as brāhmaṇas, Jarāsandha assumed they were low-class kṣatriyas, as indicated by “rājanya-bandhūn,” highlighting the contrast between perception and reality.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes how Jarāsandha recognized his guests as warriors by their voices, stature, and bowstring marks. Remembering them from Draupadī’s svayaṁvara, he was puzzled. The ācāryas explain that since they came disguised as brāhmaṇas, Jarāsandha assumed they were low-class kṣatriyas, as indicated by “rājanya-bandhūn,” highlighting the contrast between perception and reality.
Appearance Day of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
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Sri Krishna Madhura Utsava
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From Big Bang to Bhakti: Cosmic Chronicles
From Big Bang to Bhakti: Cosmic Chronicles
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HG Visakha Devi Dāsi: The Supreme Lord’s Guide to Breaking Free
Translation
O my Lord, the material miseries are without factual existence for the soul. Yet as long as the conditioned soul sees the body as meant for sense enjoyment, he cannot get out of the entanglement of material miseries, being influenced by Your external energy.
Purport
The whole trouble of the living entity in material existence is that he has an independent conception of life. He is always dependent on the rules of the Supreme Lord, in both the conditioned and liberated states, but by the influence of the external energy the conditioned soul thinks himself independent of the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead. His constitutional position is to dovetail himself with the desire of the supreme will, but as long as he does not do so, he is sure to drag on in the shackles of material bondage. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (2.55), prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān: he has to give up all sorts of plans manufactured by mental concoction. The living entity has to dovetail himself with the supreme will. That will help him to get out of the entanglement of material existence.
Translation
O my Lord, the material miseries are without factual existence for the soul. Yet as long as the conditioned soul sees the body as meant for sense enjoyment, he cannot get out of the entanglement of material miseries, being influenced by Your external energy.
Purport
The whole trouble of the living entity in material existence is that he has an independent conception of life. He is always dependent on the rules of the Supreme Lord, in both the conditioned and liberated states, but by the influence of the external energy the conditioned soul thinks himself independent of the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead. His constitutional position is to dovetail himself with the desire of the supreme will, but as long as he does not do so, he is sure to drag on in the shackles of material bondage. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (2.55), prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān: he has to give up all sorts of plans manufactured by mental concoction. The living entity has to dovetail himself with the supreme will. That will help him to get out of the entanglement of material existence.
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