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Festivals

Rama Navami 2015 Celebrations

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On 28th March, ISKCON Mayapur celebrated Rama Navami (the appearance day of Lord Rama) with great zeal. The celebration had a very sweet flavor. The deities of Sri Sri Sita Ram Laksman Hanuman were set in front of the altar of Sri Pancha-Tattva and They were beautifully decorated with different ornaments, jewels and fragrant flowers. The […]

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Articles, Transcriptions

Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami on S.B. 6.4.12

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S.B. 6.4.12: tokanam pitarau bandhu drsah paksma striyah patih patih prajanam bhiksunam grhy ajnanam budhah suhrt TRANSLATION As the father and mother are the friends and maintainers of their children, as the eyelid is the protector of the eye, as the husband is the maintainer and protector of a woman, as the householder is the […]

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Festivals

Appearance of Vamanadeva

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View the gallery: Vamana’s Appearance Yesterday we had a very sweet festival in honor of Vamanadev’s appearance. Srila Prabhupada had told the devotees that to honor these festivals they could dress up, and worship, a small boy as the particular avatar, in this case Vamanadev. Here in Mayapur one of our gurukula boys acted as Vamanadev, […]

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Transcriptions

HH Danavir Goswami – SB 4.30.24 – March 22nd, 2013

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namo viśuddha–sattvāya haraye hari–medhase vāsudevāya kṛṣṇāya prabhave sarva–sātvatām TRANSLATION: Dear Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You because Your existence is completely independent of all material influences. Your Lordship always takes away the devotee’s miserable conditions, for Your brain plans how to do so. You live everywhere as Paramatma; therefore You are known as Vasudeva. You also accept […]

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HG Kalakantha Prabhu – SB 5.5.18 – March 1, 2013

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Kalakantha Prabhu: (invocatory prayers) We were asked to speak on the subject of leadership and unity.  So I have chosen this verse which I know is familiar to many of you.  First let’s chant responsively. gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt daivaḿ na tat syān na patiś ca sa syān na mocayed yaḥ samupeta–mṛtyum One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never […]

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Festivals

Vamana Dvadasi

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Click the following to view full gallery: Vamana Dvadasi Festival Today we had a very sweet festival in honor of Vamanadev’s appearance. Srila Prabhupada had told the devotees that to honor these festivals they could dress up, and worship, a small boy as the particular avatar, in this case Vamanadev. Here in Mayapur one of our […]

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