Bindu 513
Bindu 513 PDF • Guru iS one Who PreSenTS BhaGavad-GiTa aS iT iS His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada • The STory of SuSharma From Padma Purāṇa • KriShna SPoKe GiTa noT JuST for … Read More
#Tattva, meaning
n. tattva axiom तत्त्व n. tattva principle तत्त्वतस् tattvatas indeed तत्त्वविद् m. tattvavid philosopher तत्त्वविद्या f. tattvavidyA philosophy यः तत्त्वसाक्षात्कारं प्राप्तवान् स्यात् सः बाह्यस्थितिविषयेआस्थारहितः भवति इति गुरुः अवदत् sent. yaH … Read More
No more window shopping
These are the revelations that come when there is no more window shopping. When there are no excuses to avoid going full thrust all way to Goloka–nikunja. When the decision is made and all activities, thoughts … Read More
False Renunciation, by Bhaktivinoda Thakura
69 1. What harm does false renunciant cause a practitioner of devotional service? What is the benefit of giving up false renunciation? Markala-vairagya, false renunciation, is a major weakness of heart. By carefully giving it up, … Read More
Yajna Sthala (Mathura)
Near Akrura-ghata is the sacrificial arena (yajna-sthala) of the Mathura brahmanas. Once, Sri Krishna and His cowherd friends were grazing the cows near Yajna-sthala. Feeling hungry, Krishna sent the sakhas to beg for foodstuffs from … Read More
Decoration of The Dead Body
The following two Sanskrit slokas are quoted in the Chaitanya Charitamrita from Haribhakti Sudhodaya. (11 and 12th.) (In Devanagari:) bhagavad-bhakti-hinasya jatih sastram japas tapah apranasyaiva dehasya mandanam loka-ranjanam sucih sad-bhakti-diptagni- dagdha durjati-kalmashah svapako ‘pi budhaih slagyo … Read More
Baladeva Vidyabhusana Project Update and Sanatana Gosvami’s Gopala-puja
BY: DR. DEMIAN MARTINS Mar 03, 2018 — INDIA (SUN) — I am glad to announce the discovery of an unpublished and unknown manuscript entitled Gopala-puja. According to the colophon, this … Read More
Prabhupada Padma-vakya
December 16, 1966, New York Bhagavad-gita 9.26-27 “Just establish, just propagate this everywhere. In the hospital, in the charitable societies, in industrial places, everywhere distribute this prasada and chant this Hare Krsna. Just see what … Read More
The box (Krishna’s pastime)
After Yasoda had gone to talk to the goldsmiths, Subala and some of Sri Krishna’s other nearest and dearest cowherd boy friends came in. Krishna was overjoyed to see them. After some discussion, He … Read More
Airavata Footprint (Govardhana)
On our right side there is Indra-puja shrine on the Govardhan Hill and Airavata’s footprint impressed upon the rock right next to it. Krisna was walking on Govardhan … Read More
Let’s have a revolution – a solution – and a resolution
By Janananda Gosvami Hey that’s not what Prabhupada said. You’ve got it the wrong way round. He said ” resolution, then revolution, then dissolution—no solution! What do you mean revolution? Another ISKCON reform, a … Read More
Gadhi, father of Visvamitra
1) Genealogy. Descended from Visnu thus : Brahma – Atri-Candra-Budha – Pururavas – Ayus – Nahusa-Yayati Puru – Janarnejaya-Pracinvan-Pravira – Namasyu – Vitabhaya-S undu-Bahuvidha-Sarhyati-Rahovadi-Raudras vaMatinara-Santurodha – Dusyarita – Bharata (Vitatha) -Suhotra-Brhatputra-Ajamidha jahnu-Balakasva-Kusika (Kus a) -Gadhi. … Read More
Ganesa, or Ganapati
A son of Siva with a head like that of an elephant. As Siva has appointed this son as chief of the ganas (attendants) he is called Ganapati. His birth: while Siva and Parvati assumed the … Read More
Gandhavati, the city
The city of Vayu (the wind God). There are said to be nine cities on top of Mount Mahameru : (1) Manovati of Brahma at the centre, (2) Just on the eastern *ide of it Amaravati … Read More
One cannot ascertain his duty in all circumstances
One cannot ascertain his duty in all circumstances simply by referring to the rules and regulations of shastra. One has to be very intelligent, wise, and possess a mature understanding of the subtleties of virtue, … Read More
