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vṛṣabhānur bhavo bhāviḥ kāśyapiḥ karuṇā-nidhiḥ kolāhalo halī hālī helī haladhara-priyaḥ He is a sun rising among the heroic warriors (vṛṣabhānu). He is the universal form (bhava) and the father of all existence (bhāvi). He is the son of Kaśyapa (kāśyapi). He is an ocean of mercy (karuṇā-nidhi). His voice is like thunder (kolāhala). He is…

“Leaders and managers must understand how to help develop, nurture and empower our congregation members. More and more of ISKCON?s members are congregational members. Everywhere in the world our congregation and the potential for increasing our congregation is very great. In order to maximize the opportunities to understand Lord Nityananda?s and Prabhupada?s vision of spreading…

?The idea of an organized church in an intelligible form, indeed, marks the close of the living spiritual movement? The people of this world understand preventive systems; they have no idea at all of the unprevented positive eternal life. Neither can there be any earthly contrivance for the permanent preservation of the life eternal on…

The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not require śodhana, or purification of the mantra: As enjoined in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.215, 219, 220): na cātra śātravā doṣā narṇasvādi-vicāraṇā ṛkṣarāśi-vicāro vā na kartavyo manau priye nātra cintyo ‘ri-śuddhyādir nāri-mitrādi-lakṣaṇam siddha-sādhya-susiddhāri rūpā-nātra vicāraṇā There is śodhana, or purification of the mantra, but there is no such consideration for the…

The duration of life, so far as the body is concerned, may be taken; however one tries to keep it intact, no one can do it. But the spiritual education we receive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be taken away by the sun. It becomes a solid asset. – Easy Journey to Other Planets

(uttered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, according to tradition) srimad radha rasa-mayi rasa-jna rasika tatha rasesvari rasa-bhakti rasa-purna rasa-prada rangini rasa-lubdha ca rasa-mandala-karini rasa-vilasini radha radhika rasa-purnada rama-ratna ratna-mayi ratna-mala su-sobhana raktosthi rakta-nayana raktotpala-vidharini ramani raamani gopii vrindavana-vilasini nana-ratna-vicitrangi nana-sukha-mayi-sada samsara-para-tarani venu-gita-vinodini krsna-priya krsna-mayi krsna-dhyana-parayani sadananda ksina-madhya krsnaa krsnalaya subha candravali candra-mukhi candra ca krsna-vallabha vrindavanesvari…

Dictionary.com Word of the Day – crabwise: sideways; also, in a cautiously indirect manner.

Today’s darsan is available as a desktop wallpaper image by clicking on the image below: varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā na cānyaṁ vṛṇe ?haṁ vareśād apīha idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ “O Lord Dāmodara, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray…

rāmo dāśarathī rāmo bhṛgu-vaṁsa-samudbhavaḥ ātmārāmo jita-krodha- moho mohāndha-bha?janaḥ He is Rāma (rāma), the son of Daśaratha (dāśarathi), and born in the Bhṛgu dynasty (bhṛgu-vaṁsa-samudbhava). He is filled with spiritual bliss (ātmārāma). He has conquered illusion and anger (jita-krodha-moha). He has broken the blindness of material illusions (mohāndha-bha?jana). – Sri Gopala-sahasra-nama – Text 19

vṛndā-patiḥ kośa-nidhiḥ koka-śoka-vināśakaḥ candrā-patiś candra-patiś caṇḍa-kodaṇḍa-bha?janaḥ He is the master of Vṛndā-devī (vṛndā-pati) and He is a great treasury of transcendental opulences (kośa-nidhi). He destroys the koka birds’ grief (koka-śoka-vināśaka). He is the master of Candrāvalī (candrā-pati), the master of the moon (candra-pati), and the breaker of the great bow (caṇḍa-kodaṇḍa-bha?jana). – Sri Gopala-sahasra-nama –…

“I was very glad to learn that you are following our four principle rules, therefore your picking up of the process of acquiring spiritual knowledge from Bhagavad-gita is very nice. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that one should “prostrate oneself at the feet of the wise, rendering him all forms of service & question…

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A guy gets a flat tire in front of a mental hospital. As he’s putting on the spare, the four nuts for securing the tire to the car accidentally fall down a storm grate. He’s distraught because he doesn’t know what to do. A mental patient watching the whole episode from behind a fence says:…