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  Padma Ekadasi   Sayan EkAdasii – Deva Sayani EkAdasii – Padma EkAdasii from the Bhavishya-uttara PurANa. The saintly king Yudhishthira Maharaj said, “Oh Keshava, what is the name of that EkAdasii that occurs during the … Read More

ŚB 1.1.6 त्वया खलु पुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ । आख्यातान्यप्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत ॥ ६ ॥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ tvayā khalu purāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha ākhyātāny apy adhītāni dharma-śāstrāṇi yāny uta Synonyms ṛṣayaḥ — the sages; ūcuḥ — said; tvayā … Read More

  A Brahmin (Priest), whose profession was singing the glories of the Lord, was reciting Srimad Bhagavatam in the house of a Big Landlord. A thief broke into the house where the recital was going on … Read More

“To get deliverance from worldly entanglement and the threefold afflictions, there is no other way, no other way, no other way except hari-katha. Those who do not engage in hari-kirtan will be utterly ruined. Hari-katha and … Read More

Brahmānanda: No, he’s saying that when we chant our rounds, how can we be sure that when we chant the round that the round is a perfect, attentive round, sincere? Prabhupāda: Therefore it is śāstra, “You … Read More

  One who can protect me from the death that is this material life, is Guru. One who can protect me from the fear of death, is Guru. One by going to whom I do not … Read More

In 1977, I discuss with Srila Prabhupada, some of My War Stories from East Pakistan [Bangaladesh] from 1971……. Prabhupāda: What was the condition at that time, general, during the war? Gargamuni: There was starvation immediately. There … Read More

Pro-FDG devotees, who belong to the “gender equality gang” including a Swamiji from Russia, state that “vaishnavis” – female/women devotees of Lord Krishna are “better” then “ordinary women”. Thus they should not be referred to as … Read More

Srila Prabhupada says, ” The bird is also called twice-born. Why? The bird birth is first of all in the egg. The egg is fermented, then the real bird comes out. Therefore bird is called in … Read More

When the rising sun appeared in the East, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, awakened. [New Delhi and Aligarh, October 9th, 1976] Hari Śauri: After settling in, taking his breakfast, an hour’s rest, his massage, … Read More

Srila Prabhupada diagnosed my bodily condition, which was recently confirmed by an esteemed Arya Vaidya Sala doctor………. Prabhupada: This body is made of, according to Ayurvedic knowledge, it is body development of three dhatus: kapha, pitta, … Read More

Srila Prabhupada says, “There are two kinds of envious living entities. One is the snake; another is the man snake, or a man habituated to the snake quality.”……. Prabhupada: Without any fault they are finding fault. … Read More

  R * Radha: la compagna eterna di Krishna; era la preferita fra le gopi * Radha: la madre adottiva di Karna * Radharani: vedi Radha * Radheya: altro nome di Karna * Rajasuya: grandiosa cerimonia … Read More

  The Mahā-mantra   The importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare is very strongly stressed in the Second Canto, 1st Chapter, 11th verse, … Read More

  Yadava Prakasa: Il maestro di ramanuja, da egli convertito a idee vaishnava e personalistiche