New video: Only devotees can know Krsna With the analogy of bee…
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New video: Only devotees can know Krsna
With the analogy of bee licking on the bottle of honey, Srila Prabhupada explains that Mayavadis do not have access to the real knowledge about Krsna as they do not dive deep into the ocean of devotion. Please watch this video to know some more philosophical points about how only devotees can know Krsna.
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Hare Krishna! Sivarama Swami addresses World Peace Forum
A group of devotees from Radhadesh, Belgium, recently attended the World Peace Forum conference in Luxembourg and Germany for two days. The meeting was attended by MPs, diplomats, academics and other professionals. The general mood among the meeting’s participants was very open and friendly. We have been invited to these meetings for the last 3 years. The main topic was the current refugee crisis in Europe. Representatives of different projects described their work and got responses. On the first day we chanted for 20 minutes for the delegates and distributed nearly 100 burfis. On the second day devotees started the general program with a bhajan and then we played a 10 minute video presentation by HH Sivarama Swami on the topic of the ISKCON Hungary response to the refugee crisis.
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Krishna – The God of Gods
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No other religious/spiritual text proclaims the supremacy of God as Bhagavad Gita does. In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna proclaims His supreme dominion as supreme God of all that be in a poetic and awe-inspiring manner. Arjuna who was the direct first-hand recipient of this knowledge conceded to the supremacy of Krishna after Krishna proclaimed His supremacy. Following, Arjuna himself glorifies Krishna in his own words as follows.

You are the supreme Brahman, supreme abode and ultimate purifier, the eternal divine Person and original God - unborn and almighty. All seers, such as Devarsi Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa, say this of you, and You in fact are personally telling me. Kesava, I accept as true all that You tell me. Neither gods nor demons know your personality, Lord. Only you yourself know your Self by your Self, O Supreme Person Who causes beings to be! God of gods! Master of the World! Kindly describe fully your vast, divine powers - powers by which You continue to pervade these worlds.

- literal translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.12-16 by HH H.D. Goswami

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Hare Krishna! Who Owns God? Ravindra Svarupa Das: As we enter…
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Hare Krishna! Who Owns God?
Ravindra Svarupa Das: As we enter the Christmas season, and songs about God are playing everywhere, we might ask ours – who does God belong to? Is He a Christian God, a Jewish God, a Muslim God? This talk explores these questions with the Bhakti theology and the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.
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Hare Krishna! Who Is a Guru, And Why We Need One
Srila Prabhupada: If one wants standard transcendental knowledge, not upstart knowledge, one must received it from the parampara system, the disciplic succession. Another meaning of the word srotriyam mentioned above is “one who has heard from a guru in the disciplic succession.” And the result of this hearing will be brahma-nistham, “He is firmly fixed in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” He has no other business. These are the two main qualifications of a bona fide guru. He does not need to be a very learned scholar with an M.A., B.A., or Ph.D. No. He simply needs to have heard from the authority in disciplic succession and be fixed in devotional service. This is our system.
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Three special results of loving Krishna – PSI: Purification Satisfaction Illumination (Bhagavatam 1.2.14)
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Srimad Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Phoenix
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Class of Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.30-31
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That's quit clear. In ninth chapter of Bhagavad-gita it discribe how is he creat thing everything and doing everything than everthing is outside of everthing. Than he said none of this effect me. na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu. (Bg 9.9) none of this work affect him but creation, maintenance, and destruction because he always neutural. .. Normaly someone has to create everthing, and maintance everthing and they caught up in that. Thinking about it all the time. Even we just, some small think we doing cooking. But Krishna he is just busy enjoying spiritual world althougt he is still in carge he is stiil doing. Cause everthing come from him. He created the energy and made it keep going.

sa evedaṁ sasarjāgre bhagavān ātma-māyayā sad-asad-rūpayā cāsau guṇamayāguṇo vibhuḥ

In the beginning of the material creation, that Absolute Personality of Godhead [Vāsudeva], in His transcendental position, created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.30

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Intention in Tension? – Principles for Sustainable Relationships
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Hare Krishna! Spirit Matters: an introduction to Bhakti Yoga through videos
Spirit Matters aims to introduce aspects of Bhakti Yoga to those interested in learning about mantra meditation, yoga knowledge and how to live a more conscious life. The channel was designed as part of my honors project for my visual communication design degree, which I will complete in a few weeks. Following the Bhakti Lounge motto, my intent with this channel is to make it easy for people come to Krishna consciousness, grow in Krishna consciousness and share Krishna consciousness with others.
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Sannyasa Initiation of Amala Bhakta Maharaja, September 19, New Dwaraka, Los Angeles
Giriraj Swami

09.16.15_02.LA“Once a devotee said to Srila Prabhupada, ‘I want to renounce everything.’ Srila Prabhupada’s response was, ‘Krishna owns everything. The only thing you have to renounce is the misconception that you have something to renounce.’ Essentially sannyasa means to give up our false-ego—ahankar; the desire to be the controller, the proprietor and the enjoyer.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave us a beautiful verse that He told us to keep on our heart and to put on the thread of the holy name and keep it there always;

trnad api su-nicena
taror iva sahisnuna
amanina mana-dena
kirtaniyah sada harih

Translation:
“One who thinks himself lower than grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to give respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.”

It is that spirit that is true sannyasa.”

—Radhanatha Swami

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Radhanatha Swami
Giriraj Swami

How do impersonalists derive impersonal conclusions from the Gita?
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What are the destinations of those who realize Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan?
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Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13
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