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Howling Jackals…   BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP)   Jun 24, 2016 — UK (SUN) —   Yes… we have had some interesting responses in relationship to the recent documentary, “The Cost of Silence”. The Prime Minister … Read More

अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita unmethodical   अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita unsettled   अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita disordered   अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita uncertain   अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita not conformable to law or Practice   अव्यवस्थित adj. avyavasthita not in due … Read More

ŚB 2.1.39 स सर्वधीवृत्त्यनुभूतसर्व आत्मा यथा स्वप्नजनेक्षितैक: । तं सत्यमानन्दनिधिं भजेत नान्यत्र सज्जेद् यत आत्मपात: ॥ ३९ ॥ sa sarva-dhī-vṛtty-anubhūta-sarva ātmā yathā svapna-janekṣitaikaḥ taṁ satyam ānanda-nidhiṁ bhajeta nānyatra sajjed yata ātma-pātaḥ Synonyms saḥ — He (the … Read More

ŚB 2.1.34 ईशस्य केशान् विदुरम्बुवाहान् वासस्तु सन्ध्यां कुरुवर्य भूम्न: । अव्यक्तमाहुर्हृदयं मनश्च स चन्द्रमा: सर्वविकारकोश: ॥ ३४ ॥ īśasya keśān vidur ambuvāhān vāsas tu sandhyāṁ kuru-varya bhūmnaḥ avyaktam āhur hṛdayaṁ manaś ca sa candramāḥ sarva-vikāra-kośaḥ Synonyms … Read More

ŚB 2.1.32 व्रीडोत्तरौष्ठोऽधर एव लोभो धर्म: स्तनोऽधर्मपथोऽस्य पृष्ठम् । कस्तस्य मेढ्रं वृषणौ च मित्रौ कुक्षि: समुद्रा गिरयोऽस्थिसङ्घा: ॥ ३२ ॥ vrīḍottarauṣṭho ’dhara eva lobho dharmaḥ stano ’dharma-patho ’sya pṛṣṭham kas tasya meḍhraṁ vṛṣaṇau ca mitrau kukṣiḥ samudrā girayo ’sthi-saṅghāḥ Synonyms … Read More

ŚB 2.1.23 श्रीशुक उवाच जितासनो जितश्वासो जितसङ्गो जितेन्द्रिय: । स्थूले भगवतो रूपे मन: सन्धारयेद्धिया ॥ २३ ॥ śrī-śuka uvāca jitāsano jita-śvāso jita-saṅgo jitendriyaḥ sthūle bhagavato rūpe manaḥ sandhārayed dhiyā Synonyms śrī–śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; … Read More

ŚB 2.1.22 राजोवाच यथा सन्धार्यते ब्रह्मन् धारणा यत्र सम्मता । याद‍ृशी वा हरेदाशु पुरुषस्य मनोमलम् ॥ २२ ॥ rājovāca yathā sandhāryate brahman dhāraṇā yatra sammatā yādṛśī vā hared āśu puruṣasya mano-malam Synonyms rājā uvāca — the … Read More

ŚB 2.1.10 तदहं तेऽभिधास्यामि महापौरुषिको भवान् । यस्य श्रद्दधतामाशु स्यान्मुकुन्दे मति: सती ॥ १० ॥ tad ahaṁ te ’bhidhāsyāmi mahā-pauruṣiko bhavān yasya śraddadhatām āśu syān mukunde matiḥ satī Synonyms tat — that; aham — I; te — … Read More

ŚB 2.1.5 तस्माद्भारत सर्वात्मा भगवानीश्वरो हरि: । श्रोतव्य: कीर्तितव्यश्च स्मर्तव्यश्चेच्छताभयम् ॥ ५ ॥ tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam Synonyms tasmāt — for this reason; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; … Read More

ŚB 2.1.4 देहापत्यकलत्रादिष्वात्मसैन्येष्वसत्स्वपि । तेषां प्रमत्तो निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ ४ ॥ dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyati Synonyms deha — body; apatya — children; kalatra — wife; ādiṣu — … Read More

To The GBC: Help! Is My Guru a Deviant?   BY: VRINDAVANA CHANDRA DAS   Jun 24, 2016 — INDIA (SUN) —   Respected GBC Member / Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to … Read More

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Supreme Perfection Whatever position one may have, if he is fully conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can become a bona fide spiritual master – an initiator or a teacher … Read More

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Personal and Impersonal Realization The Purāṇas are supplementary Vedic literatures. Because sometimes in the original Vedas the subject matter is too difficult for the common man to understand, the Purāṇas explain matters by the … Read More

CHAPTER TWENTY The Goal of Vedānta Study It is concluded that Lord Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, is not of this material world. He belongs to the spiritual world. One who considers Him to be a demigod of … Read More

CHAPTER SIX His Forms Are One and the Same By devotional service one can understand that Kṛṣṇa first of all manifests Himself as svayaṁ-rūpa, His personal form, then as tad-ekātma-rūpa, and then as āveśa-rūpa. It is … Read More

Preface There is no difference between the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā. The teachings of Lord Caitanya are practical demonstrations of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s teachings. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s … Read More

  Foreword Brahma-saṁhitā TEXT 1: Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is … Read More

Īśo 9 andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye ’vidyām upāsate tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāḿ ratāḥ Synonyms andham — gross ignorance; tamaḥ — darkness; praviśanti — enter into; ye — those who; avidyām — nescience; … Read More

Īśo 7 yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvam anupaśyataḥ Synonyms yasmin — in the situation; sarvāṇi — all; bhūtāni — living entities; ātmā — the cit–kaṇa, or spiritual spark; eva — … Read More

  Bhakti: The Art of Eternal Love Bhakti, the Art of Eternal Love was prepared from the introduction and first chapter of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s translation of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, called The Nectar of Devotion, along with transcripts … Read More