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We sang Bhajans at Kapila’s 21st birthday party. The bhajans were led by Anish, Hari dasa, and Gopi Gita. Audio isn’t the best, I didn’t mic the singers / instruments – camcorder only.
2008-06-28
Dallas, TX
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Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of
lectures on the Nectar of Instruction. These were given in Mayapur
India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China. A devotee is also
translating into (I believe) Mandarin. There are a total of 7 lectures.
TRANSLATION TEXT 3
There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic, (2) endeavoring with confidence, (3) being patient, (4) acting according to regulative principles (such as sravanam kirtanam vishnoh smaranam [SB 7.5.23] — hearing, chanting and remembering Krishna), (5) abandoning the association of nondevotees, and (6) following in the footsteps of the previous acaryas. These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.
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Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of lectures on the Nectar of Instruction. These were given in Mayapur India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China. A devotee is also translating into (I believe) Mandarin. There are a total of 7 lectures.
TEXT 2 TRANSLATION
One’s devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters; (4) Practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Krishna consciousness; and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements.
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Gopal das sang a very beautiful Guru Puja kirtan at Tamal Krishna Goswami’s Vyas Puja celebration in Houston.
Houston, TX
2008-06-22
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I arrived part-way through the offerings, so don’t have them all. These are many offerings to Tamal Krishna Goswami on his Vyas Puja in Houston. The full content is a bit long (2hrs, 30min) — you can watch it in multiple sittings. All the offerings are incredible.
Houston, TX
2008-06-22
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The evening before Tamal Krishna Goswami’s Vyas Puja, we got together and sang bhajans. This recording includes a bhajan by Gopi Gita dasi and then Anish.
Houston, TX
2008-06-21
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Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of lectures on the Nectar of Instruction. These were given in Mayapur India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China. A devotee is also translating into Mandarin. There are a total of 7 lectures.
TEXT 1 TRANSLATION
A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
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The Spring/Summer Sunday School session ended and we had a graduation ceremony at the temple.
Dallas, TX
2008-06-08
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Lecture given by Caru Prabhu (president of the Utah temple) on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Text 4. He presented a lecture that had a father’s day theme since the day was Father’s day.
TRANSLATION
It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.
PURPORT
In this verse it is clearly explained that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the original father of all living entities. The living entities are combinations of the material nature and the spiritual nature. Such living entities are seen not only on this planet but on every planet, even on the highest, where Brahma is situated. Everywhere there are living entities; within the earth there are living entities, even within water and within fire. All these appearances are due to the mother, material nature, and Krishna’s seed-giving process. The purport is that the material world is impregnated with living entities, who come out in various forms at the time of creation according to their past deeds.
Dallas, TX
2008-06-15
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The temple president of the Utah temple, Caru Prabhu, lectures on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 7, Chapter 10, Text 39. Some of the topics covered in this lecture: some of Lord Krishna’s pastimes, the Dasa Avatar, and some comparisons with Christianity.
TRANSLATION
Not only Sisupala and Dantavakra but also many, many other kings who acted as enemies of Krishna attained salvation at the time of death. Because they thought of the Lord, they received spiritual bodies and forms the same as His, just as worms captured by a black drone obtain the same type of body as the drone.
Dallas, TX
2008-06-15
Click “Continue reading…” below for the full verse and purport.
TRANSLATION
Not only Sisupala and Dantavakra but also many, many other kings who acted as enemies of Krishna attained salvation at the time of death. Because they thought of the Lord, they received spiritual bodies and forms the same as His, just as worms captured by a black drone obtain the same type of body as the drone.
PURPORT
The mystery of yogic meditation is explained here. Real yogis always meditate on the form of Vishnu within their hearts. Consequently, at the time of death they give up their bodies while thinking of the form of Vishnu and thus attain Vishnuloka, Vaikunthaloka, where they receive bodily features the same as those of the Lord. From the Sixth Canto we have already learned that when the Vishnudutas came from Vaikuntha to deliver Ajamila, they looked exactly like Vishnu, with four hands and the same features as Vishnu. Therefore, we may conclude that if one practices thinking of Vishnu and is fully absorbed in thinking of Him at the time of death, one returns home, back to Godhead. Even enemies of Krishna who thought of Krishna in fear (bhaya), such as King Kamsa, received bodies in a spiritual identity similar to that of the Lord.
