The Real Mother Earth
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In honor of Earth Day, we would like to give respect and reverence to Mother Earth, Goddess Bhumi Devi. The following is an article written by HG Hare Krsna devi dasi for Back to Godhead.  From the Srimad-Bhagavatam we learn that the earth is controlled by the goddess Bhumi Devi, who sometimes takes on the form of […]

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Why I Decided that Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Was the Right Choice for Me
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Last month I received my second vaccination against Covid-19. Many advanced devotees have gotten vaccinated. Among others, Indradyumna Swami and B.B. Govinda Swami eloquently explained their decision to be vaccinated. You can read their personal statements here: https://iskconnews.org/why-i-decided-that-getting-vaccinated-against-covid-19-was-the-right-choice-for-me,7713/ https://iskconnews.org/why-i-decided-that-getting-vaccinated-was-the-right-choice-for-me,7728/ My conviction is the same as theirs. The preponderance of medical evidence favors vaccination. My body […]

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Krishna Kids Keeps Young Children Entertained and Learning
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrea Suarez has been offering a much-needed service for devotee families – her Krishna Kids Youtube videos and Instagram page provide Krishna conscious stories, songs, and arts and crafts lessons that will keep young children entertained and learning. Andrea tells the story of Lord Nrismhadeva during her time teaching Sunday School […]

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Bhadra Campaign Aims to Distribute 25,000 Bhagavatam Sets This Year
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The Bhadra Campaign, flooding the world with spiritual wisdom in the form of full sets of Srimad-Bhagavatam, keeps going from strength to strength. Launched in 2017, the campaign is inspired by the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse 12.13.13, which states, “If on the full moon day of the month of Bhadra one places Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne […]

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Srila Prabhupada Murti Installation Ceremony Planned for TOVP in October
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In honor of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, 125th appearance anniversary year, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) plans to install in October, a one of kind worship-pose murti of Srila Prabhupada, thereby fulfilling his wishes to be personally present to see to it that the temple is built smoothly under his watchful […]

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News Brief: River Recognized as Legal Person
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For the first time, a river in the Canadian province of Quebec has been granted the designation of a “legal person” by the city council.  This initiative is part of a global movement – particularly active in New Zealand, the United States, and Ecuador – to recognize the rights of Nature. The Magpie River, (Muteshekau-shipu in the Innu language) […]

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ISKCON Latin America and Caribbean – Joint Kirtan Event – May 22nd
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ISKCON Latin America and the Caribbean would like to invite you to join them in a first-ever online kirtan event: “Nama Sankirtan.” The online event will take place all day on May 22nd.  In a dynamic effort to join together to glorify Srila Prabhupada and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the devotees from Colombia, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Guyana, […]

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Earth Day, 2021: Virtual Events & Environmental Films
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Earth Day, 2021: Virtual Events & Environmental Films Earth Day is an annual worldwide event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. This year, the […]

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Meeting with Krsna in progress!
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 April 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Disciple Meeting)

Japa meditation – Do not disturb. Personal meeting with Krsna in progress!

It is devotional service that is opening up the spiritual dimension for us. In devotional service, every activity we do here is in the material world however simultaneously it has eternal spiritual benefit, or one can say that it is simultaneously connecting us to Krsna. Not only is there eternal benefit, but Krsna Himself is giving us that benefit. Krsna is personally getting involved in our lives and reciprocating with us. So we make this effort and in return, Krsna gets deeply involved with us. Krsna is not typically involved directly with material conditioned souls, but He is certainly directly involved with His devotees, and isn’t that so nice! So the more we engage in devotional service, the more we can have these personal meetings with Krsna.

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Traveling Monk 2021-04-17 08:54:27
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Dearest Srila Prabhupada: Once again I find myself sitting not far from you, just off to the right here, meditating on your transcendental form. I wanted to tell you that that is where I want to be forever. Forever serving your mission, wherever you are. Eternally.

Ramesvara dasa: Prabhupada, if the spiritual master has a mission, is it proper for the disciple to think that he can take many births to help the mission of the spiritual master?

Prabhupada: When the spiritual master goes there, somewhere, his nearest assistants, they automatically go there to assist him. When Kṛṣṇa comes, the demigods also come to help Him.That is there in the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

[ Srila Prabhupada morning walk conversation, New York, July 11, 1976 ]

 

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TOVP Book of the Week #8
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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

By Stephen C. Meyer

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt and Intelligent Design scholar presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology. Meyer uses three scientific points to refute popular arguments put forward by the “New Atheists” against the existence of God:

  • The evidence from cosmology showing that the material universe had a beginning.
  • The evidence from physics showing that, from the beginning, the universe was been “finely tuned” to allow for the possibility of life.
  • The evidence from biology showing that since the universe came into being, large amounts of genetic information present in DNA must have arisen to make life possible.

Author: Stephen C. Meyer
Published: March 30, 2021
Book size: 576 pages
Formats: Kindle, Hardcover

 
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Although we’re writing this announcement in English, it should be especially exciting news to all Spanish speaking devotees that the TOVP Communications Department has launched a dedicated Spanish Facebook Page: Templo del Planetario Védico: TOVP – Español

We will post most of our articles on this Page with links to the translated pages on the website. This is in synch with our recently making the TOVP website available in over seventy languages.

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Isnt the Pandavas’ killing their own relatives over a property dispute immoral?
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Wouldn’t such killing lead to chaos today? Isn’t Krishna’s insisting on in in the Gita also immoral?

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Transcription: Narmada Shorewala Mataji (Kaithal)

प्रश्न: सम्पत्ति विवाद को लेकर लड़ा गया महाभारत का युद्ध क्या अनैतिक नहीं था? भगवान श्री कृष्ण का अर्जुन को अपने संबंधियों की हत्या के लिए कहना क्या अनैतिक नहीं था? इस प्रकार यदि सब संपत्ति के लिए अपने संबंधियों की हत्या करने लगें, तो क्या इससे अव्यवस्था नहीं फैलेगी?

उत्तर: सर्वप्रथम, कौरवों और पाण्डवों के बीच जो विवाद था, वह केवल संपत्ति के लिए नहीं था- वह एक धार्मिक विवाद था। आरम्भ में संपत्ति अवश्य ही एक कारण था, लेकिन मुख्य कारण धार्मिक था। कौरवों और पाण्डवों की धर्म के प्रति निष्ठा अलग-अलग थी, जिसके कारण युद्ध हुआ।

इन सभी प्रश्नों का उत्तर धर्म के तीन अलग-अलग स्तरों पर समझा जा सकता है –
(i) एक क्षत्रिय का अपने लिये धर्म
(ii) एक क्षत्रिय का अपने नागरिकों के प्रति धर्म
(iii) एक क्षत्रिय का भगवद्भक्त के रूप में धर्म।

प्रथम दृष्टिकोण के अनुसार क्षत्रियों का धर्म है शासन प्रदान करना। वैदिक शास्त्रों के अनुसार यदि समाज के सभी वर्ग (ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य, शूद्र) अपना-अपना कर्तव्य निभायें, तो समाज का विकास सुसंगत और संतुलित होता है। इसी दृष्टिकोण से यदि एक क्षत्रिय अपने वर्ण के अनुसार शासन न करे और उनके पास शासन हेतु छोटा सा भी क्षेत्र न हो, तो उनका अपने धर्म के प्रति उल्लंघन होगा। हम जानते हैं कि पाण्डव युद्ध टालने के लिए अपने अधिकार की सारी संपत्ति त्यागने को तैयार थे। उन्होंने मात्र पांच गाँवों की ही मांग की थी। इससे स्पष्ट होता है कि पाण्डव भूमि और संपत्ति के लोभी नहीं थे। यदि ऐसा होता तो वे एक विशालकाय राज्य की तुलना में मात्र पाँच गाँव लेने के लिये कभी तैयार नहीं होते। साथ ही साथ श्रीकृष्ण को यदि सम्पत्ति के विषय को लेकर युद्ध के लिए उकसाना ही होता तो वे शांति दूत के नाते स्वयं पाँच गाँवों का प्रस्ताव कभी नहीं रखते।

दूसरे दृष्टिकोण के अनुसार, क्षत्रियों का धर्म है कि वे अपने नागरिकों को सुरक्षा प्रदान करें। महाभारत में हम देखते हैं कि युद्ध टालने के लिए पाण्डव अपनी ही पत्नी के प्रति किये गए अत्यंत शर्मनाक और अपमानजनक व्यवहार को भी क्षमा करने के लिए तैयार थे। किन्तु दुर्योधन, हालाँकि उसमें कुछ लक्षण क्षत्रियों के थे, पर मुख्यतः वह एक आसुरी स्वभाव का व्यक्ति था। ऐसा राजा यदि नागरिकों को कभी न्यायपूर्ण शासन नहीं दे सकता। अतः एक क्षत्रिय होने के नाते पाण्डवों का यह कर्तव्य था कि वे अपने नागरिकों को एक न्यायपूर्ण राजा प्रदान करें।

महाभारत में दिए गए श्लोकों के आधार पर कुछ विद्वानों व इतिहासकारों का मत दुर्योधन को लेकर अलग-अलग हैं। कुछ के अनुसार दुर्योधन एक अत्यंत बुरा राजा था, किन्तु अन्यों के अनुसार ऐसा नहीं था। यह दूसरा विचार उन श्लोकों पर आधारित है जिनमें युधिष्ठिर स्वयं अपनी आलोचना करते हैं। युद्ध जीतने के बाद जब युधिष्ठिर रणभूमि में लाखों शवों को देखता है, तब वह अपनी आलोचना करने लगता है और कहता है कि – “दुर्योधन एक अच्छा शासक था और सिंहासन पाने के लिए इतने लोगों के रक्तपात की आवश्यकता नहीं थी।“ यहाँ इस प्रकार के कथनों से इस बात का संकेत कतई नहीं मिलता है कि युधिष्ठिर और दुर्योधन नैतिकता के दृष्टिकोण से एक ही स्तर पर थे। यदि हम महाभारत का पूर्णता से विश्लेषण करें तो नैतिकता और धर्मपरायणता में युधिष्ठिर और दुर्योधन की तुलना करना कतई न्यायसंगत नहीं होगा। निश्चित रुप से युधिष्ठिर दुर्योधन से कई कई गुना अधिक धर्मपरायण राजा थे। अनेक विद्वानों और इतिहासकारों ने भी इन बातों की पुष्टि की है कि युधिष्ठिर का शासनकाल अत्यंत धर्मपरायण था और दुर्योधन का अत्यंत दुर्दांत।

अब हम इस विषय को तीसरे अर्थात एक भक्त के दृष्टिकोण (आध्यात्मिक दृष्टिकोण) से देखते हैं। इस दृष्टिकोण के अनुसार जीव का परमधर्म है कि हर परिस्थिति में भगवान श्रीकृष्ण की भक्ति करे। भगवद्गीता हमें इसी परोधर्म की शिक्षा देती है। युद्ध रोकने के लिए कृष्ण और पाण्डवों ने अपने भरसक प्रयास कर लिए थे। द्यूत-क्रीड़ा के बाद जब पाण्डव वनवास चले गए और उनसे मिलने वहाँ कृष्ण-बलराम आए, तब बलरामजी काफी क्रोधित थे। उन्होंने कहा कि चूँकि द्यूत-क्रीड़ा एक छल था, पांडवों को तुरंत लौटकर अपना राज्य संभाल लेना चाहिए। यदि कौरव राज्य न लौटाऐं तो उन्हें आक्रमण का भी अधिकार है। युद्ध टालने की दृष्टि से, बलराम जी के इस प्रस्ताव को युधिष्ठिर ने स्वीकार नहीं किया था। द्यूत-क्रीड़ा में छल यह था कि खेल रहे व्यक्ति को ही पाँसे फेंकने थे। लेकिन दुर्योधन की ओर से उसके मामा शकुनि पाँसे फेंक रहे थे और दुर्योधन संपत्ति लगा रहा था, जोकि गलत था। और भी कई बातें गलत हुईं थीं, जो अपनेआप में एक अलग विषय होगा। लेकिन यहाँ यह कहना पर्याप्त होगा कि पाण्डवों का अपना राज्य लेने का अधिकार होते हुए भी उन्होंने ऐसा नहीं किया। उन्होंने तेरह वर्षों का वनवास और एक वर्ष का अज्ञातवास भुगता! अज्ञातवास में तो उन्हें चाकरों की भाँति जीना पड़ा जो क्षत्रियों के लिये एकदम लज्जाजनक था। लेकिन शांति बनाये रखने के लिए उन्होंने ऐसा किया। इस सबके बाद भी श्रीकृष्ण शांतिदूत बनकर कौरवों के पास गए और मात्र पांच गाँवों की मांग की। इतना सब प्रयास करने पर भी दुर्योधन नहीं माना। अतः युद्ध आवश्यक हो गया।

महाभारत का युद्ध मात्र एक संपत्ति विवाद नहीं था। भीम को विष देना, लाक्षाग्रह षड्यंत्र, द्रौपदी का वस्त्रहरण – ये सब संपत्ति विवाद नहीं था। आधुनिक तथा वैदिक नैतिकता के दृष्टिकोण से भी यदि कोई हत्या की मंशा से आए तो अपने बचाव में शत्रु की हत्या कर देना गलत नहीं माना जाता। कौरवों ने पाण्डवों की हत्या के अनेक प्रयास किए थे।

वैदिक संस्कृति में छह प्रकार के आततायी बताये गए हैं, जिन्हें मारने में कोई दोष नहीं है। पाण्डवों ने महाभारत का युद्ध आत्मरक्षा के लिए किया था। उपरोक्त वर्णित कई कारणों से उनका युद्ध करना उचित था किन्तु उन्होंने अपने पर संयम रखा। कृष्ण भी युद्ध के पक्ष में नहीं थे किन्तु यह दुर्योधन ही था जो युद्ध चाहता था और उसीके कारण युद्ध हुआ।

यह वास्तविकता कि युद्ध तेरह साल तक टला, यह पाण्डवों के संयम का प्रमाण था और दुर्योधन ने तेरह वर्षों के बाद भी पाण्डवों का राज्य भी उन्हें नहीं लौटाया, यह उसकी दुर्लज्जता का प्रमाण था। महाभारत के युद्ध का उदाहरण हर किसी के साथ युद्ध करने के लिए नहीं दिया जा सकता।

इन सब बातों से स्पष्ट है कि पाण्डव किसी भी दृष्टिकोण से अनैतिक नहीं थे। युद्ध टालने के लिए उन्होंने अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ प्रयास किया। जब सभी प्रयास विफल हो गए, तब उन्होंने युद्ध करने की ठानी। धर्म के किसी भी दृष्टिकोण से यह अनैतिक नहीं था।

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Srila Ramanujacarya Appearance
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Ramanujacharya is also known as Ramanuja. He was born in 11th century around 1017 in a Tamil Brahmin family in Sriperumbudur village of Tamil Nadu. His birth name was Lakshmana and was also referred as Ilaya Perumal that is ‘the radiant one’. His legacy as a theologian, teacher and philosopher remains alive. He is one of the greatest teachers of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta. 

His father was Keseva Samayaji and his mother name was Kantimathi. He married Rahshambal in around 1033. After the few days of wedding, his father died and he left alone with lot of grief. He with his mother and wife went to Kanchipuram and settled there. It is said that Ramanuja’s marriage life lasted until he was thirty, when he gave up the worldly life for religion. Ramanuja’s cousin, Govina Bhatta was his closest friend. He played an important role in Ramanuja’s life.

Under the teacher Yadavaprakasha, he learnt so many things in the school. Later, he had a vision of god Vishnu. Then, he started doing worship of Vishnu Narayana daily. He became a priest in the temple Varadaraja at Kanchi 

He was also associated with Ranganatha temple where he establish the teaching that the worship of god and the soul is an essential part of the doctrines of the Upanishads on which the system of Vedanta is built, therefore the teachings of the Vaishanavas and Bhagavatas are not heterodox. He returned to Shrirangam after 20 years and organised the temple worship, founded around 74 centres to disseminate his doctrine. And at the age of 120, he passed to the spiritual world.

What Makes Relationships Fail? (6 min. video)
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HH Radhanath Swami: Research shows that a common way that relationships end is due to miscommunication. But the wisdom of Bhakti teaches that actually, it is something much deeper than this. Radhanath Swami shares his wisdom, using years of experience as a practitioner of Bhakti, on why relationships actually may fail.

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Prahlad Maharaj — Depending only on the Lord — SB 7:9 (18, 19 & 20)
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O my Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, by engaging in Your transcendental loving service in the association of devotees who are liberated souls [haṁsas], I shall become completely uncontaminated by the association of the three modes of material nature and be able to chant the glories of Your Lordship, who are so dear to me. I shall chant […]

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Sri Ramanuja’s Appearance Day
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Today is the appearance anniversary of Sripada Ramanujacharya, the principal acharya in the Sri, or Lakshmi, sampradaya. Srila Prabhupada wrote, “We find great shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacharya because his lotus feet are the strongest fort to combat the Mayavadi philosophy.” (letter 22.11.1974) And in the early days of ISKCON in India, before we had Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is in Hindi, Prabhupada would refer people to read the Hindi edition of the Gita with Sri Ramanujacharya’s commentary.

Srila Prabhupada often told a story about Sri Ramanujacharya’s merciful, compassionate nature. As he related it in Ahmedabad in 1972, “The servants of Krishna take all risk for Krishna’s sake. Just like Ramanujacharya. Sri Ramanujacharya’s spiritual master said, ‘My dear son, the mantra which I am giving, you chant silently and you will be delivered. It is so powerful. Don’t chant this mantra loudly so others can hear.’

“Ramanujacharya thought, ‘If this mantra is so powerful that if others hear it they’ll also be delivered, then why not?’ He immediately went to the market and began to chant the mantra. So, his spiritual master became very angry, that ‘I told you not to chant loudly, so others may not hear.’ And Ramanujacharya replied, ‘My Lordship, I have done offense unto you. That’s all right. For this I am prepared to go to hell. But if this mantra is so powerful, I must speak it to everyone.’ ”

In this mood, following in the footsteps of Sripada Ramanujacharya, Srila Prabhupada broadcast the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita everywhere, to everyone.

We pray and aspire to follow in their footsteps.

Hare Krishna.

Yours in service,
Giriraj Swami

Official Health Update of HG Pankajanghri Prabhu
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9.30 pm, 15th April, Sri Mayapur Dham HG Pankajanghri prabhu reached Kolkata hospital safely. His journey was comfortable. In the hospital, they are still settling in. Pankajanghri prabhu is on supported oxygen breathing via BiPAP. He is breathing comfortably on BiPAP with good saturation and respiratory rate. The blood investigations still show signs of inflammation. […]

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Official Health Update of HG Pankajanghri Prabhu
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(9.30 pm, 15th April, Sri Mayapur Dham). HG Pankajanghri prabhu reached Kolkata hospital safely. His journey was comfortable. In the hospital, they are still settling in. Pankajanghri prabhu is on supported oxygen breathing via BiPAP. He is breathing comfortably on BiPAP with good saturation and respiratory rate. The blood investigations still show signs of inflammation. […]

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Vertical Dimension and the Size of the Puranic Universe
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Authors: Vasyl Semenov | PhD (Physics) and Evgeniya Semenova | PhD (Mathematics)

Presented at the BIHS “Consciousness in Science” Conference, Gainesville, Florida (January 18-20, 2019)

In this investigation, we are considering some questions related to the vertical dimension of the Puranic universe and, in particular, the interpretations of its measurements. The work is based on purports of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vaishnava Acaryas’ Commentaries on the Fifth Canto by Danavir Goswami, cosmology books by Richard L. Thompson (Sadaputa), and the work of Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami.

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Are Radharani and Lakshmi devi the same person?
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Transcription by: Nirmala Shorewala Mataji (Kaithal)

प्रश्न: क्या राधा रानी और लक्ष्मी देवी एक ही व्यक्ति हैं?

उत्तर: ये दोनों एक हैं भी और नहीं भी। व्यक्तित्व के दृष्टिकोण से वे दोनों एक ही हैं, किन्तु भाव के दृष्टिकोण से वे अलग-अलग हैं।

दोनों ही सौभाग्य की देवी हैं और किसी एक की कृपा से भी हम मुक्ति प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। दोनों के पास वह अन्तःशक्ति है, जिससे वे हमें इस भौतिक जगत से मुक्ति दिला सकती हैं। तो इस मायने में वे एक हैं।

किन्तु भाव के दृष्टिकोण से वे अलग-अलग हैं। लक्ष्मीदेवी का भाव एक रानी की तरह ऐश्वर्य का भाव है, जबकि राधा रानी और गोपियों का ग्रामीण ग्वाल-बालाओं का भाव है।

वृन्दावन में बेलवन में लक्ष्मी देवी का एक मन्दिर है। वहाँ लक्षमीदेवी तपस्या कर रही हैं। उनकी तीव्र इच्छा है कि वे भी वृन्दावन की रासलीलाओं में भाग ले सकें और इसीलिए वे वहाँ तपस्या कर रही हैं। जब लक्ष्मी देवी ने श्रीकृष्ण से विनती की कि मुझे आपकी लीलाओं में भाग लेना है, तो कृष्ण ने उनसे कह कि इसके लिये उन्हें गोपियों का भाव अपनाना होगा और उनकी सेवा करनी होगी । लक्ष्मी देवी को ये बात कठिन लगी और इसलिए उन्होंने तपस्या की ताकि वे ऐसा भाव प्राप्त करें और वृन्दावन की लीलाओं में प्रवेश पाऐं।

इस प्रकार की लीलाओं से हमें ज्ञात होता है कि इन दोनों के भाव में अंतर है। इस कारण हमें ऐसा लग सकता है कि ये दोनों अलग-अलग व्यक्ति हैं। किन्तु तत्वतः वे एक ही व्यक्ति हैं। वे दोनों अलग-अलग भावों में श्रीकृष्ण के साथ प्रेम का आदान प्रदान करतीं हैं।

इन दोनों के बीच का अंतर वैसा ही है जैसे विष्णु जी और श्रीकृष्ण के बीच। भगवान जब सृष्टि का कार्यभार देखते हैं तो वे विष्णु कहलाते हैं किन्तु जब भगवान अपने धाम में अपने अंतरंग पार्षदों के साथ अंतरंग लीलाऐं करते हैं तो वे श्रीकृष्ण कहलाते हैं। विष्णु जी के लिए हम कहते हैं God at office और श्रीकृष्ण के लिए कहते हैं God at home। ठीक वैसे ही लक्ष्मी देवी राजा के दरबार की रानी हैं और श्रीमती राधा रानी श्री कृष्ण के कक्ष की रानी। कोई साधारण व्यक्ति किसी एक समय में किसी एक ही स्थान पर हो सकता है। किन्तु लक्ष्मी देवी और राधारानी दोनों अलग-अलग स्थान पर एक ही समय पर उपस्थित रह सकती हैं।

End of transcription.

ISKCON Scarborough – Srimad Bhagavatam Katha – Virtual multimedia presentation -The History of Pradyumna – Saturday 17th April 2021
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Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!


Details of the upcoming multimedia Srimad Bhagavatam Katha (42nd month)

Topic: The History of Pradyumna (SB 10.55)
Date: 17th April 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 4 pm to 6 pm
 
Link to join the class from your desktop or laptop:


https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9150790510?pwd=Wk5GYXVRMkJmdk84MzZJRXBKYUgwUT09


Summary:

  • Kamadeva was burnt to ashes by Lord Siva's anger and was reborn as Padyumna from the womb of Rukmini.
  • A demon named Sambara kidnapped Pradyumna when Pradyumna was just 6-days old and threw him into the sea.
  • A fish swallowed Pradumna but was caught by the fisherman and brought to the cooks of Sambara
  • Pradumna was found alive within the dead fish
  • Narada Muni appeared and instructed Mayavati (chief cook) that this baby was her former husband cupid and she is in fact Rati- Cupid's former wife
  • As Pradyumna grew he was taught the Maha Maya magic spell by Mayadevi to defeat the demon Sambara
  • After Sambara was killed by Pradyumna, Pradymna was brought back to Dvaraka by Mayadevi to the astonishment of everyone


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Prologue — Narasimha Caturdasi May 25th 2021
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Prahlada Maharaj Pacifies Lord Narasimhadeva with Prayers Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7 Chapter 9 Text (15, 16 & 17) Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s fierce appearance was certainly most dangerous for the nondevotees, but for Prahlāda Mahārāja such a fearful appearance was not at all disturbing. The lion is very fearsome for other animals, but its cubs are not […]

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We can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability (video)
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Since neither Lord Śiva nor you nor I could ascertain the limits of spiritual happiness, how can other demigods know it? And because all of us are bewildered by the illusory external energy of the Supreme Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability;br:;br:;p:Read More...

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HOW TO OBSERVE THE VAISAK MONTH — HH Jayapataka Swami
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–HH Jayapataka Swami, ISKCON Congregational Development Co Minister– Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Krishna says that of all months, Kartik is the best, but some of the Puranas say that better than Kartik is Magha and better than Magha is Vaisakh. In any case, Vaisakh is a special month to do […]

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Some Lessons I’ve learned dealing with Covid-19 (video)
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By Gopal Bhatta das

HG Gopal Bhatta Prabhu shares the essential lessons he has learned in chairing the SPT through a most difficult year of Covid-19 along with personally helping over 100 devotees, friends and colleagues who have gotten sick with Covid-19, some with life-threatening complications. Continue reading "Some Lessons I’ve learned dealing with Covid-19 (video)
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Urgent Prayers for HG. Pankajangri Prabhu 15/04/2021
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Health Update… Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada. HG Pankajangri Prabhu, one of our Head Pujaris of Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, is struggling with his health due to COVID-19. He and his twin brother have been serving Sri Sri Radha Madhava since the very beginning of the Mayapur Project. […]

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