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…

Nitai Guna Mani (Nityananda, the Jewel of Virtues) (from the Caitanya-mangala, by Locana dasa Thakura) (1) nitai guna-mani amar nitai guna-mani aniya premer vanya bhasailo avani My Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, my Lord Nityananda, the jewel of all virtues, has brought the flood of ecstatic love of God that has drowned the…

nityanandam aham naumi sarvananda-karam param hari-nama-pradam devam avadhuta-shiromanim “I bow down to the Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu, who is the awarder of the highest joy to all, the bestower of the holy name and the crest jewel of all paramahamsa mendicants.” sankarsanah karana-toya-shayi garbhoda-shayi cha payobdhi-shayi sheshash cha yasyamsha-kalah sa nitya- nandakhya-ramah sharanam mamastu “May…

kasturI-tilakaM lalATa-paTale vakSaH-sthale kaustubham nAsAgre vara-mauktikaM kara-tale veNuH kare kaGkaNam sarvAGge hari-candanaM su-lalitaM kaNThe ca muktAvalI gopa-strI-pariveSTito vijayate gopAla-cUDA-maNiH All glories to the crest jewel of cowherd boys known as Gopal, who has a musk tilaka-mark on his forehead, the kaustubha jewel on his chest, a graceful pearl on the tip of his nose, a…

(thanks Nanda Suno Prabhu) “Unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.” – Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 6 Summary