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For anyone interested in what I’m doing ….. For the last several weeks I’ve been doing a marathon to get Gopala’s organic gardens ready for planting. This includes digging the soil, weeding, irrigation, germinating seeds, mulching, etc. Lots of hard yakka but I go to bed every night satisfied (and exhausted) (and sore). We’ve managed…

Live from Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! Date: February 20, 2006 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.18 Speaker: HH Prabhavisnu Swami ____________________________________ The title of this chapter is “The Lord in the Heart”. In the first three chapters of the second canto, you can see there is a sequence. The first chapter is called “The First Step in…

Date: February 19, 2006 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.17 Speaker: HH Prahladananda Swami ____________________________________ na yatra kalo ‘nimisam parah prabhuh kuto nu deva jagatam ya isire na yatra sattvam na rajas tamas ca na vai vikaro na mahan pradhanam TRANSLATION: In that transcendental state of labdhopasanti, there is no supremacy of devastating time, which controls even…

From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir Date: February 18, 2006 (Appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, Disappearance day of Srila Gaur Govinda Swami) Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.17 Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami ____________________________________ manah sva-buddhyamalaya niyamya ksetra-jna etam ninayet tam atmani atmanam atmany avarudhya dhiro labdhopasantir virameta krtyat TRANSLATION: Thereafter, the yogi should merge his mind,…

Live from Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! Date: February 17, 2006 Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.15 Speaker: HH Danavir Goswami ____________________________________ sthiram sukham casanam asthito yatir yada jihasur imam anga lokam kale ca dese ca mano na sajjayet pranan niyacchen manasa jitasuh TRANSLATION: O King, whenever the yogi desires to leave this planet of human beings, he…

“We are always busy in either praising or finding faults in others. As long as we continue to do so, we will remain absorbed in the material conception of life. If we study Srimad Bhagavatam, however, we can come to clearly understand the nature of reality.” (pg 106) – Bhagavat Tatparya

I always thought that there was something special going on with this devotee ….. can you guess who he is?

“When Krishna will desire the house will come to us automatically. But we should not ask Krishna to give us a house let Krishna give us when He likes.” – Letter to Satsvarupa das – February 15, 1967

“Sometimes we like to chant, sometimes we like to wash dishes. There is no difference on the Absolute plane.” – letter to Satsvarupa das – February 15, 1968

(from Ananda Tirtha Prabhu) Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. In a couple of days we will recommence our service of transcribing the daily Srimad Bhagavatam classes given by senior devotees during the 2006 Mayapur Gaura Purnima Festival. Like last year, we will endeavour our best to have the…

It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then – to loosen up, I guess. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. Gradually, I began to think alone – “to relax,” I told myself – though deep inside I knew…

a picture is worth a thousand words …. and ….

by Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakura Text 1 sri-krsna-namamrta-varsi-vaktra- candra-prabha-dhvasta-tamo-bharaya gaurangadevanucaraya tasmai namo namah srila-narottamaya “I offer respectful obeisances to Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, a sincere follower of Lord Gaurangadeva. Emitting a shower of the nectar of the holy name, with its splendor, the moon of His mouth destroys the darkness of ignorance.” Text 2 sankirtananandaja-manda-hasya…