Letting the cows out to pasture – Bhaktivedanta Manor –

His Holiness Prahladananda Swami talked on the significance of caring for cows and the benefits of milk.

Following a ceremony at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire the happy Hare Krishna cows are let out after winter inside their barns. See if they are unsure, jump for joy or are more blasé.

from lecture SB 3.7.10 Admit You’re A Servant Of Krsna By Hearing Submissively

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.14 Think Before We Speak 1-19-2012 Melbourne “The holy name will save you.”

•dream world.
some people are living a dream but they want to have a better dream. They’re having a nightmare but they want to have a nice dream but the ancient Vedic texts say we should wake up from our dream and experience real awake blissful life.

•faulty shelter
if we don’t hear about the nice shelter of krsna, if we don’t have a type of faith okitties in the krsnas divine shelter we must take shelter of police, fences, seat belts helmets etc but as long as we put our faith, dependence or trust in these temporary and limited shelters krsna will not reveal himself to us. Just like if I don’t trust you to tell you some inner thing then you probably won’t reveal your self to me either.

today’s class
• Once upon a time only 150 years ago we’d just go to the well and collect the water but now were predicting a war on water and the water from the tap is questionable whether it’s even pure water because it’s got oestrogen from all the contraceptive pills ppl take that goes back into water and which is what was used by hitler to dumb ppl down.

•We used to just through some seeds in the ground and grow some veges and grains but now we forgot that art and science because were too busy trying to manipulate our remotes to Change the channel on the tv.

•We used to just breath but now in some parts of the world at certain times of the day we have to buy some air if we want to breath. So only if your very rich can you breath.

We used to just go to the beach to be refreshed, bathe and have fun with friends, now we go to the movies and watch a 4d film that squirts water at you so you actually feel like your at the beach and of course we gotta pay for that to.
Anger is an advanced stage of frustration and the root of this frustration is that were trying to be god but were not and we we gate the fact that were not god and any one who doesn’t realise your god is a rascal and any one who helps us be god or acknowledges our self acclaimed godhood is very nice.
•Attachment to result and the desire to enjoy ones activities makes its extremely hard just to
Listen
You so agitated thinking about your plans that you don’t live in the moment rather you live in an wishful future.

Mucukunda das

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.11 Working Hard For That Extra Banana 1-17-2012 Melbourne

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.12-13 Learn That Krsna Is Dependable By Depending On Him 1-18-2012 Melbourne

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.46 Methods Of The Message & Questions on being Vegan 12-16-2011 Los Angeles “Vegan”

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.42 What Is Human Life? 12-10-2011 Los Angeles

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.13.1 The Good Puppeteer 12-7-2011 Dallas, External Pastimes

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.40-44 Figuring Out 10th Canto 12-06-2011 Dallas, External Pastimes

Lecture – Gita Jayanti- Ch 2 Summary CH3-17 Overview 12-5-2011 Dallas

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.39 Eligibility Comes From Appreciation 12-5-2011 Dallas

Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 5.29 Sunday Feast- Dead Intelligence 12-4-2011 Dallas, Evolution

Lecture – Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 7.12-13 What Is A Goswami 12-4-2011 Dallas, Varnasrama

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.35-38 Krishna All Good 12-3-2011 Dallas, Humor

Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 13.28 Sincerely Trying To Be God 12-3-2011 Dallas. At the home of Bhakta Jack

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.41 You As A Perfect Tree For Your Perfect House 12-9-2011 Los Angeles

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.40 Hope For The Movie Hero 12-8-2011 Los Angeles

Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 13.28 Intoxication Of Dreamed Kingship 12-2-2011 Dallas, Home Program at Sarvajaya Madhava’s home

Lecture on the Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.26-27 given on July 4, 2011 during the Padayatra in Slovenija.

SB 04.09.26-27 Accepting The Internal Vision Of The Scriptures 2011-07-04

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.25 given on July 3, 2011 during the Padayatra in Slovenija.

Lecture title is also known as “I should be god or least god should be my servant.”

SB 4.9.25

tato gantasi mat-sthanam
sarva-loka-namaskrtam
uparistad rsibhyas tvam
yato navartate gatah

Translation:

The Personality of Godhead continued: My dear Dhruva, after your material life in this body, you will go to My planet, which is always offered obeisances by the residents of all other planetary systems. It is situated above the planets of the seven rsis, and having gone there you will never have to come back again to this material world.

Purport:

In this verse the word navartate is very significant. The Lord says, “You will not come back to this material world, for you will reach mat-sthanam, My abode.” Therefore Dhruvaloka, or the polestar, is the abode of Lord Visnu within this material world. Upon it there is an ocean of milk, and within that ocean there is an island known as Svetadvipa. It is clearly indicated that this planet is situated above the seven planetary systems of the rsis, and because this planet is Visnuloka, it is worshiped by all other planetary systems. It may be questioned here what will happen to the planet known as Dhruvaloka at the time of the dissolution of this universe. The answer is simple: Dhruvaloka remains, like other Vaikunthalokas beyond this universe. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has commented in this connection that the very word navartate indicates that this planet is eternal.

SB 04.09.25 No Fear Of Maya And Afraid Of Krishna 2011-07-03

Bhagavad Gita 14.19 Seeing Reality, Seeing Krishna   12-08-2007 Moscow

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Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.34 Human Life, Don’t Strike Out 12-2-2011 Dallas

Lecture on the Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.32 given on July 1, 2011 at the Croatian Summer Camp.

SB 1.5.32

etat samsucitam brahmams
tapa-traya-cikitsitam
yad isvare bhagavati
karma brahmani bhavitam

Translation:

O Brahmana Vyasadeva, it is decided by the learned that the best remedial measure for removing all troubles and miseries is to dedicate one’s activities to the service of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead [Sri Krsna].

Purport:

Sri Narada Muni personally experienced that the most feasible and practical way to open the path of salvation or get relief from all miseries of life is to hear submissively the transcendental activities of the Lord from the right and bona fide sources. This is the only remedial process. The entire material existence is full of miseries. Foolish people have manufactured, out of their tiny brains, many remedial measures for removing the threefold miseries pertaining to the body and mind, pertaining to the natural disturbances and in relation with other living beings. The whole world is struggling very hard to exist out of these miseries, but men do not know that without the sanction of the Lord no plan or no remedial measure can actually bring about the desired peace and tranquillity. The remedial measure to cure a patient by medical treatment is useless if it is not sanctioned by the Lord, the attempt to cross a river or the ocean by a suitable boat will fail if it is not sanctioned by the Lord, and parents’ attempt to protect their children cannot succeed if it is not sanctioned by the Lord. We should know for certain that the Lord is the ultimate sanctioning officer, and we must therefore dedicate our attempts to the mercy of the Lord for ultimate success or to get rid of the obstacles on the path of success. The Lord is all-pervading, all-powerful, omniscient and omnipresent. He is the ultimate sanctioning agent of all good or bad effects. We should, therefore, learn to dedicate our activities unto the mercy of the Lord and accept Him either as impersonal Brahman, localized Paramatma or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It does not matter what one is. One must dedicate everything in the service of the Lord. If one is a learned scholar, scientist, philosopher, poet, etc., then he should employ his learning to establish the supremacy of the Lord. Try to study the energy of the Lord in every sphere of life. Do not decry Him and try to become like Him or take His position simply by fragmental accumulation of knowledge. If one is an administrator, statesman, warrior, politician, etc., then one should try to establish the Lord’s supremacy in statesmanship. Fight for the cause of the Lord as Sri Arjuna did. In the beginning, Sri Arjuna, the great fighter, declined to fight, but when he was convinced by the Lord that the fighting was necessary,Sri Arjuna changed his decision and fought for His cause. Similarly, if one is a businessman, an industrialist, an agriculturist, etc., then one should spend his hard-earned money for the cause of the Lord. Think always that the money which is accumulated is the wealth of the Lord. Wealth is considered to be the goddess of fortune (Laksmi), and the Lord is Narayana, or the husband of Laksmi. Try to engage Laksmi in the service of Lord Narayana and be happy. That is the way to realize the Lord in every sphere of life. The best thing is, after all, to get relief from all material activities and engage oneself completely in hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. But in case of the absence of such an opportunity, one should try to engage in the service of the Lord everything for which one has specific attraction. That is the way of peace and prosperity, and that is the remedial measure for all the miseries of material existence. The word samsucitam in this stanza is also significant. One should not think for a moment that the realization of Narada was childish imagination only. It is not like that. It is so realized by the expert and erudite scholars, and that is the real import of the word samsucitam.

SB 01.05.32 No Distractions For Narada 2011-07-01

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.25-33 Pastimes Always Fresh, Even For Krishna 2011-12-01 Dallas “Humor”

Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 7.1 Reawakening Our Krishna Dasa Ego 11-30-2011 Dallas AKA “Hearing Krishna is Sanga”

"People work very hard to get the best deal for the best TV in order to watch TV commercials about how to get the best deal for the best TV." – Prahladananda Swami

a quote from a class at 26 2nd Ave excerpted by Atma-Nivedana Das