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In this verse the words prahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa are important. The words grāhayām āsa literally mean that they tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to accept the paths of dharma, artha and kāma (religion, economic development and sense gratification). People are…
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच मतिर्न कृष्णे परत: स्वतो वा मिथोऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम् । अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुन: पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम् ॥ Prahlāda Mahārāja replied: Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward…
Prabhupada:What meeting going on? Tamal Krsna: Oh, very interesting meeting. Paramananda, Vamanadeva, Tripurari Maharaja, Asia-kesava Maharaja and myself discussing our Gita-Nagari community and talking about Varnasrama. Very, very... We were trying to…
December 2, 2020: At the Rathayatra in Auckland are participants from the Falung Gong (Falun Dafa). The devotion and the enthusiasm of the devotees to serve Srila Prabhupada and propagate Krishna consciousness…
Tulasi-Shalagran Vivah (2020) On Gaura Dwadasi of Karttika, we performed the sacred marriage of Tulasi and Shalagram Maharaja. Usually, the wedding takes place at the bride's home, so this was especially auspicious…
The following is an excerpt from the third part of an interview with Indira Meshram (Indira Sakhi Devi Dasi, I will give you my personal example. My husband had a very demanding…
What is initiation? How this applies to the subject of female Diksha gurus [FDGs] ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explained it in his purport to CC Madhya 15.108: [the following…
