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“The Brahmana has no concern with the secular affairs of society. One who has no taste for secular affairs should be freely allowed to follow the best of such natural inclination. But he must not be recognized as a Brahmana at the same time. He will be classed as Kshatriya or Vaishya or Shudra or…

Thanks Vidypati Prabhu for this quote: “All the devotees connected with the Krsna consciousness movement must read all the books that have been translated (the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita and others); otherwise, after some time, they will simply eat, sleep and fall down from their position. Thus they will miss the opportunity to attain an…

jive daya name ruci vaisnava sevana iha chara dharma nahi suna sanatana (sometimes rendered iha bai…) “Hear, Sanatana! Kindness to all living beings, taste for the holy name, and service to Vaisnavas — apart from these there is no other religion.” Told by Lord Caitanya. Often quoted or alluded to by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, e.g.…

Vamanajana: My wife and I ran a little store across the street called the Surabhi Store. We would arrange for Srila Prabhupada’s afternoon refreshment of dab (fresh coconut). The last year that Prabhupada was here in Los Angeles, the GBC came to me and two others and asked if we would like to be Srila…

gopa-svāmī gokulendro govardhana-vara-pradaḥ nandādi-gokula-trātā dātā dāridrya-bhañjanaḥ He is the master of the cowherds (gopa-svāmī), the king of Gokula (gokulendra), the Lord who granted a boon to Govardhana (govardhana-vara-prada), the protector of Nanda and the other people of Gokula (nandādi-gokula-trātā), the generous philanthropist (dātā), and the Lord who breaks poverty (dāridrya-bhañjana). – Sri Gopala-sahasra-nama – Text…

The statements of Thakura Bhaktivinode are as good as scriptures because he is liberated person. Generally the spiritual master comes from the group of such eternal associates of the Lord; but anyone who follows the principles of such ever liberated persons is as good as one in the above mentioned group. The gurus from nature’s…

Here is something very sad to watch: Kazakhstan Protest It is a video of the devotees in Kazakhstan being forcefully harassed as they peacefully protest the demolishment of their homes. Apparantly Kazakhstan has tried in recent years to profile their government as a model for religious tolerance even to the extent of hosting an international…

Here is something very sad to watch: Kazakhstan Protest It is a video of the devotees in Kazakhstan being forcefully harassed as they peacefully protest the demolishment of their homes. Apparantly Kazakhstan has tried in recent years to profile their government as a model for religious tolerance even to the extent of hosting an international…

On Gopala’s Mrdanga I posted the podcast for this lecture given by HG Saunika Rishi Prabhu given at the ISKCON Communication Europe Leadership Team (ICELT) meetings. This discussion encapsulates my thinking about preaching in general, however, it is delivered in a much more palatable way then my Texan conditioning seems to allow me to communicate.…

Please listen to this class by HG Saunaka Rishi Prabhu: [download] 16MB

———- Forwarded Message ——————————- Text PAMHO:11445083 (129 lines) From: (Bhakti Bhrnga) Govinda Swami Date: 20-Apr-06 07:54 (14:54 +0700) To: Free Forum (Announcements) [10034] Subject: X all com users ———————————————————— Dear Vaisnavas, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. In 1999 the devotees in Kazkhstan purchased a beautiful farm outside of the city…

Here is a nice contemporary bhajan by His Holiness Bir Krishna das Goswami. He Govinda, He Gopala – [download] – 6MB

“I am very glad to learn that you are doing spiritual activities very nicely and you are always alert to see whether you are committing some offense. This is a very nice attitude. In rendering service to Lord Krsna and His representative the Spiritual Master, we should always maintain this fearful attitude which means careful…

Vidyapati Prabhu wrote a nice article here. Followed by my comments below: (if you’d like to contribute to the discussion then please comment on his blog as i don’t think comments are working on this one.) ——- Nice reading here. While I was reading I kept asking the question whether or not your outlook was…