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ISVARA Newsletter EN
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Jarasandha's Story
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Jarasandha's Story During one of the happy days when the inauguration festival was taking place, the sage Narada arrived in Indra-prastha and was led to visit the Sabha. He too was thrilled with the opulence and beauty that permeated every corner of the structure. “I have visited all the Sabhas in the universe,” he said, “and I can assure …
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Srila Prabhupada 44 - Morning Walk Type: Walk Date: Dec. 12, 1973 Location: Los Angeles
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Listen to this class Morning Walk Type: Walk Date: Dec. 12, 1973 Location: Los Angeles Audio file: audio/transcripts/1973/731212MW.LA.mp3 Play / pause Morning Walk 0:00 0:00 volume Prabhupāda: ...two classes of men = the Communist and the non-Communist. Not exactly Communist and Capitalist, but Communist and non-Communist. Out of these two, the Communist are going to be powerful. This …
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Diwali, Dipavali Diwali comes from the word Dipavali which has two words dipa means light and avali means carrier. Therefore Dipa or Diya (1) signifies ‘coming to light’. In the Vedic Literature it is mentioned: “Tamasa Ma, Jyotir Gamaya” means ‘Do not remain in Darkness, Come to Light’, meaning ‘come to spiritual awareness or awakening’. In the Bhagavat …
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Pulled off the road for breakfast prasadam
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Locanananda Dasa : In La Nouvelle Mayapur, at one point during the five hour drive, we pulled off the road for breakfast prasadam. Srila Prabhupada was seated on a big folding cushion placed against a Citroen DS, probably the fastest car on the road in France at the time. A devotee photographer, Bhargava Prabhu, had come along and one of …
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Pandu is Cursed
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Pandu is Cursed A few years later Kunti married the virtuous and brave Pandu. The young man's life, in the company of his two wives, passed in full delight, but the shadow of Vyasa's prediction was looming. One spring day, while he was hunting in the forest accompanied by Kunti and Madri, Pandu saw two deer mating near some …
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Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.11.8 aho sanatha bhavata sma yad vayam traivistapanam api dura-darsanam prema-smita-snigdha-niriksanananam pasyema rupam tava sarva-saubhagam aho -- oh, it is our good luck; sa-nathah -- to be under the protection of the master; bhavata -- by Your good self; sma -- as we have become; yat vayam -- as we are; traivista-panam -- of the demigods; api -- also; …
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Rasikananda Gosvami
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In the Christian year 1590 (Sakabda 1512), on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartik, during the night of the festival Dipamalika, when the houses are decorated with rows of lamps, Sri Rasikananda Deva made his appearance in this world. His father was Sri Acyuta Deva, the king of Rohini. After passing many years without …
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