Bhajan – Kalindi dasi – High School Program

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Bhajan - Kalindi dasi - High School Program

The Dallas youth were invited to perform at a high school as part of a senior project showcasing performances from various cultures.  Kalindi dasi leads the singing along with Gopinath and Sri Rupa playing mrdanga and Radha Kunda and Gopi Gita singing backup and playing kartals.  All the students end up dancing in the end to a rip roaring kirtan.

Dallas, TX
2011-02-12

Lecture – Nityananda Prabhu – SB 9.10.3 – Rama Navami

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Lecture - Nityananda Prabhu - SB 9.10.3 - Rama Navami

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9, Chapter 10, Text 3 given by Nityananda Prabhu.  This lecture was on Rama Navami – the appearance day of Lord Rama. 

Dallas, TX
2011-04-12

TRANSLATION 

O King Parikshit, the transcendental activities of Lord Ramacandra have been described by great saintly persons who have seen the truth. Because you have heard again and again about Lord Ramacandra, the husband of mother Sita, I shall describe these activities only in brief. Please listen.

PURPORT

Modern Rakshasas, posing as educationally advanced merely because they have doctorates, have tried to prove that Lord Ramacandra is not the Supreme Personality of Godhead but an ordinary person. But those who are learned and spiritually advanced will never accept such notions; they will accept the descriptions of Lord Ramacandra and His activities only as presented by tattva-darsis, those who know the Absolute Truth. In Bhagavad-gita (4.34) the Supreme Personality of Godhead advises:

“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” Unless one is tattva-darsi, in complete knowledge of the Absolute Truth, one cannot describe the activities of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore although there are many so-called Ramayanas, or histories of Lord Ramacandra’s activities, some of them are not actually authoritative. Sometimes Lord Ramacandra’s activities are described in terms of one’s own imaginations, speculations or material sentiments. But the characteristics of Lord Ramacandra should not be handled as something imaginary. While describing the history of Lord Ramacandra, Sukadeva Gosvami told Maharaja Parikshit, “You have already heard about the activities of Lord Ramacandra.” Apparently, therefore, five thousand years ago there were many Ramayanas, or histories of Lord Ramacandra’s activities, and there are many still. But we must select only those books written by tattva-darsis (jnaninas tattva-darsinah), not the books of so-called scholars who claim knowledge only on the basis of a doctorate. This is a warning by Sukadeva Gosvami. Rishibhis tattva-darsibhih. Although the Ramayana composed by Valmiki is a huge literature, the same activities are summarized here by Sukadeva Gosvami in a few verses.

Lecture – Vidhura Priya das – SB 10.3.25 – Universal Cycle

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Lecture - Vidhura Priya das - SB 10.3.25 - Universal Cycle

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 3, Text 25, given by Vidhura Priya das titled “Universal Cycle”.

Dallas, TX
20011-03-23

TRANSLATION

After millions of years, at the time of cosmic annihilation, when everything, manifested and unmanifested, is annihilated by the force of time, the five gross elements enter into the subtle conception, and the manifested categories enter into the unmanifested substance. At that time, You alone remain, and You are known as Ananta Sesha-naga.

PURPORT

At the time of annihilation, the five gross elements — earth, water, fire, air and ether — enter into the mind, intelligence and false ego (ahankara), and the entire cosmic manifestation enters into the spiritual energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who alone remains as the origin of everything. The Lord is therefore known as Sesha-naga, as Adi-purusha and by many other names.

Devaki therefore prayed, “After many millions of years, when Lord Brahma comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation takes place. At that time the five elements — namely earth, water, fire, air and ether — enter into the mahat-tattva. The mahat-tattva again enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material energy, the total material energy enters into the energetic pradhana, and the pradhana enters into You. Therefore after the annihilation of the whole cosmic manifestation, You alone remain with Your transcendental name, form, quality and paraphernalia.

“My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy, and the ultimate reservoir of the material nature. My Lord, the whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, beginning from the moment up to the duration of the year. All act under Your direction. You are the original director of everything and the reservoir of all potent energies.”

Giriraj Swami – SB 10.3.24 – God is a Person

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Lecture - Giriraj Swami - SB 10.3.24 - God is a Person

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 3, Text 24, titled “God is a Person” given by Giriraj Swami.

Dallas, TX
2011-03-22

TRANSLATION

Sri Devaki said: My dear Lord, there are different Vedas, some of which describe You as unperceivable through words and the mind. Yet You are the origin of the entire cosmic manifestation. You are Brahman, the greatest of everything, full of effulgence like the sun. You have no material cause, You are free from change and deviation, and You have no material desires. Thus the Vedas say that You are the substance. Therefore, my Lord, You are directly the origin of all Vedic statements, and by understanding You, one gradually understands everything. You are different from the light of Brahman and Paramatma, yet You are not different from them. Everything emanates from You. Indeed, You are the cause of all causes, Lord Vishnu, the light of all transcendental knowledge.

PURPORT

Vishnu is the origin of everything, and there is no difference between Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna because both of Them are vishnu-tattva. From the Rig Veda we understand, om tad vishnoh paramam padam: the original substance is the all-pervading Lord Vishnu, who is also Paramatma and the effulgent Brahman. The living entities are also part and parcel of Vishnu, who has various energies (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca). Vishnu, or Krishna, is therefore everything. Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita (10.8), aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate: “I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” Krishna, therefore, is the original cause of everything (sarva-karana-karanam [Bs. 5.1]). When Vishnu expands in His all-pervading aspect, we should understand Him to be the nirakara-nirvisesha-brahmajyoti.

Although everything emanates from Krishna, He is ultimately a person. Aham adir hi devanam: He is the origin of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesvara, and from them many other demigods are manifested. Krishna therefore says in Bhagavad-gita (14.27), brahmano hi pratishthaham; “Brahman rests upon Me.” The Lord also says:

“Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.” (Bg. 9.23) There are many persons who worship different demigods, considering all of them to be separate gods, which in fact they are not. The fact is that every demigod, and every living entity, is part and parcel of Krishna (mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah). The demigods are also in the category of living entities; they are not separate gods. But men whose knowledge is immature and contaminated by the modes of material nature worship various demigods, according to their intelligence. Therefore they are rebuked in Bhagavad-gita (kamais tais tair hrita-jnanah prapadyante ‘nya-devatah [Bg. 7.20]). Because they are unintelligent and not very advanced and have not properly considered the truth, they take to the worship of various demigods or speculate according to various philosophies, such as the Mayavada philosophy.

Krishna, Vishnu, is the actual origin of everything. As stated in the Vedas, yasya bhasha sarvam idam vibhati. The Absolute Truth is described later in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.28.15) as satyam jnanam anantam yad brahma-jyotih sanatanam. The brahmajyoti is sanatana, eternal, yet it is dependent on Krishna (brahmano hi pratishthaham). The Brahma-samhita states that the Lord is all-pervading. Andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham: He is within this universe, and He is within the atom as Paramatma. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-kotishv asesha-vasudhadi-vibhu-ti-bhinnam: [Bs. 5.40] Brahman is also not independent of Him. Therefore whatever a philosopher may describe is ultimately Krishna, or Lord Vishnu (sarvam khalv idam brahma, param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan [Bg. 10.12]). According to different phases of understanding, Lord Vishnu is differently described, but in fact He is the origin of everything.

Because Devaki was an unalloyed devotee, she could understand that the same Lord Vishnu had appeared as her son. Therefore, after the prayers of Vasudeva, Devaki offered her prayers. She was very frightened because of her brother’s atrocities. Devaki said, “My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like Narayana, Lord Rama, Sesha, Varaha, Nrisimha, Vamana, Baladeva, and millions of similar incarnations emanating from Vishnu, are described in the Vedic literature as original. You are original because all Your forms as incarnations are outside of this material creation. Your form was existing before this cosmic manifestation was created. Your forms are eternal and all-pervading. They are self-effulgent, changeless and uncontaminated by the material qualities. Such eternal forms are ever-cognizant and full of bliss; they are situated in transcendental goodness and are always engaged in different pastimes. You are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental, eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Vishnu.” We may conclude, therefore, that Lord Vishnu is everything, although He is also different from everything. This is the acintya-bhedabheda-tattva philosophy.

Lecture – Nityananda Prabhu – Gaura Purnima

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Lecture - Nityananda Prabhu - Gaura Purnima

Lecture on the appearance day of Lord Chaitanya given by Nityananda Prabhu.

Dallas, TX
2011-03-19 

Bhajan – Vatsal Prabhu – Parama Karuna

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2011-01-30 - Bhajan - Vatsal Prabhu - Parama Karuna

Vatsal Prabhu singing the bhajan “Parama Karuna”.  

Dallas, TX
2011-01-30 

Lecture – Giriraj Swami – CC Adi-lila 5.204-223 – Glories of Lord Nityananda

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Lecture - Giriraj Swami - CC Adi-lila 5.204-223 - Glories of Lord Nityananda

Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila, Chapter 5, Texts 204-223 given by Giriraj Swami about the Glories of Lord Nityananda.

Dallas, TX
2011-03-13 

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Bhajan – Nitai Pran & Vraja Kishor – Nrsimhadev Prayers @ Singhania’s House – 6/6

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Bhajan - Nitai Pran & Vraja Kishor - Nrsimhadev Prayers @ Singhania's House - 6/6

Nitai Pran and Vraja Kishor (my two sons) singing the Nrsimhadev prayers at the end of the Singhania’s home program.  

Dallas, TX
2011-01-08