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“Regarding Yamuna and Dinatarine, they want to live independently, that is the defect. A woman cannot live independent. According the Vedic culture a woman is always to be protected by a man. Why they should purchase … Read More

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur: “The world is in no need of any reformer. The world has a very competent person for guiding its minutest happenings. The person who finds that there is scope for reform of … Read More

N * Naga: la razza dei serpenti * Nagastra: arma che materializzava terribili serpenti; Karna la usò contro Arjuna * Nahusha: antico Re maledetto da Agastya * Nakula: il quarto dei Pandava * Naimisha: la foresta … Read More

  G * Gandhamadana: montagna himalayana * Gandhara: territorio nord-occidentale dell’India, dove Subala governava; Sakuni e Gandhari erano suoi figli * Gandhari: sposò Dhritarastra; suo padre era il Re Subala di Gandhara, e suo fratello il … Read More

  B * Babruvahana: il figlio di Arjuna e Citrangada * Badari: il luogo santo dove Vyasa si ritira per le sue pratiche ascetiche; è anche chiamato Badarika o Badarikashrama * Bahlika: uno dei fratelli di … Read More

Anyone that knows me knows that I am fiercely loyal to ISKCON and very wary about criticism of Vaisnavas. So how to account for my recent raising of concerns about a particular devotee’s historic child abuse? … Read More

  Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das #Prabhupada’sBooks #KrishnaConsciousness #Bhakti #RadhaKrishna #Krishna I took birth in an exciting life of Krishna consciousness 43 years ago from the mother of SrilaPrabhupada’s wonderful transcendental books: Krsna Book, Nectar of Devotion … Read More

  End or purpose: a change or movement’s final cause is that for the sake of which a thing is what it is. For a seed, it might be an adult plant. For a sailboat, it … Read More

  Bhrama, error Pramada, negligence or inattention Vipralipsa, cheating Karanapatava, imperfect senses   Four defects of the conditioned soul 1. they can commit mistakes. 2. they can fall victims of illusions 3. they have the propensity … Read More

    Srila Prabhupada Quotes on Forgiveness Forgiveness is Pleasing to Krsna The duty of a brahmana is to culture the quality of forgiveness, which is illuminating like the sun. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, … Read More

  False Renunciation, by Bhaktivinoda Thakura  

    Kunti-Devi Dasi Jan 2001 – n.406   Does anyone exhaust in one, or many, lifetime(s) the whole gamut of possible experiences humans are destined to? And even regardless or beyond material limitations, is anyone … Read More

Bhagavad-gita 10.12-13 अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् । पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥ १२ ॥ आहुस्त्वामृषय: सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा । असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥ १३ ॥ arjuna uvāca paraṁ … Read More

  AMBASTHA III. See the word “VARNA”. AMARAPARVATA. An ancient place in Bharata. Nakula had conquered this place. (M.B., Sabha Parva, Chapter 32,Verse 11). AMARAVATI. It is the city of India, the King of the Dcvas. … Read More

  dhyana: la meditazione, intensificazione del dharana da dhyana proviene la parola zen  

  Nandotsava, observed on August 16th, from Srimad Bhagavatam 10:5:1-17, Translation and Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. TEXTS 1-2 Sukadeva Gosvami said: Nanda Maharaja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord … Read More