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Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Leads Kirtan at New York Rathayatra
By: Madhava Smullen - 18.6 2019
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard leads kirtan at New York Rathayatra - photo by Hari Kirtan Kaufmann
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii, took a break from politics to...Read more...
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By Dr. David Frawley - 20.9 2019
YOGA THERAPY OR YOGA CHIKITSA
The Sanskrit term for therapy throughout its medical literature is Chikitsa, which literally refers to the application of consciousness (chit) or caring. Yoga Therapy is called Yoga Chikitsa.
Yet chikitsa as a...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 20.9 2019
Laksmi Devi and Sri Ramanujacarya
A serial presentation of the Bhakti Movement's development in India.
Having described in our last segment the personality of Ramananda, a key figure in the 15th Century Bhakta Movement, today we'll look at how this...Read more...
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By A.C.B. SWAMI PRABHUPADA - 20.9 2019
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) – Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation – SB 2.9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version
SB 2.9.36
etavad eva jijñasyam
tattva-jijñasunatmanah
anvaya-vyatirekabhyam
yat syat...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami and Sri Prahlada dasa - 20.9 2019
To commemorate the anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in America, we shall sing and discuss the second poem that he wrote on the ship Jaladuta when he arrived in the Boston harbor on September 17, 1965.
Poem [translation]:
1...Read more...
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By editor - 19.9 2019
We celebrate the art of everyday cooking as a sacred experience. It’s not just about mixing in spices and veggies. There is something more. It also a science also of healthful living. The Vedas, especially Ayurveda describes in great detail about...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 19.9 2019
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 57.
Following the passage from Jaiva Dharma presented in the last segment, in this chapter our main character, Vijaya-kumara becomes fully...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 19.9 2019
National Museum Collection, India
By Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
The sweetness of the word "love"
Love is a very sweet word. When it is spoken, a very sweet mood arises in the hearts of both the speaker and the listeners. Though few are...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 18.9 2019
Ramananda (1400 – 1476 A.D.)
A serial presentation of the Bhakti Movement's development in India.
Ramananda was one of the most prominent preachers of Bhakti in northern India in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, and is considered one of the main...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 18.9 2019
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, originally published in The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani), December 26, 1935.
Interview of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta by
Mr. Willion Henri Jan Vandor Stok of Batavia
Q: -- Your Holiness, kindly enlighten me...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 18.9 2019
Yogic Austerities
Lithograph by Forbes, c. 1812
A summary of the pastimes of King Alark, from the Markandeya Purana, in which the sage Markandeya answers queries put forth by the sage Jaimini.
KING ALARK RECEIVES A RING
After reaching...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 18.5 2019
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 56.
In chapter thirty-one of Jaiva Dharma there is an extensive discussion of Goloka Vrndavana, which has the power to manifest itself anywhere the...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 17.9 2019
Veda Vyasa Envisions Kali Yuga
A brief description of the hellish conditions at the close of Kali-yuga, from Srimad Bhagavatam, 12th Canto, Chapter 2 Summary:
"Sukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy,...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 17.9 2019
Fig. 1: The Bow in the Eight-wheel Box
Evidence in support of the existence of iron from Vedic texts -- an analysis by Prof. Anand M. Sharan.
The meaning of the Sanskrit word ayas has been debated for a long time. Many have believed that iron did not...Read more...
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Finding Perfect Joy – A Lesson from St. Francis
By Radhanath Swami - 17.9 2019
In Italy, near the city of Perugia, is the place called Assisi, the birth place of a very popular saint named Francis. He was the son of a wealthy merchant, but he took up the life of renunciation....Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 16.9 2019
The eternal reality of Goloka and Vaikuntha in comparison to the small material reality (mahat-tattva)
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 55.
The next sacred location included on the...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 16.9 2019
Krishna temple at Lalitpur (Patan), Nepal
From the Agni-purana, Chapter 38, Texts 1-50.
"Agni said: I will now describe the fruits of making temples for the residence of Vasudeva and other deities. He who attempts to erect temples for gods is freed from the...Read more...
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By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami - 16.9 2019
Which way does one go in moments of despair?
LORD KRSNA HAS TWO ENERGIES, material and spiritual, but they can be used interchangeably if one knows how. Just as the same electricity can be used to heat or cool a building, so Krsna’s...Read more...
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By Suresvara Dasa - 16.9 2019
Few of us realize as the farmer does how completely we’re at the mercy of nature. Even if the farmer lives not by selling crops but by selling cows for slaughter, still he’s keenly aware how much he relies on the bounty of the fields to...Read more...
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By Venugopal Acharya - 13.9 2019
In a particular situation, if you had only one choice of behavior with a friend, what would you prefer: you could either appreciate or understand him/her? Appreciation here means verbally praise the person for who they are or what they have done....Read more...
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By editor - 13.9 2019
chak·ra: (n.) One of the seven centers of spiritual energy in the human body according to yoga philosophy.
[Sanskrit cakram, wheel, circle.] [American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edn.]
Introduction
In ancient Indian physiological theory,...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami - 13.9 2019
Today is Visvarupa-mahotsava, the date on which Lord Chaitanya’s older brother, Visvarupa, took sannyasa, the renounced order of life. And on the same date some four hundred and fifty years later, our own spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, also...Read more...
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By editor - 13.9 2019
Srila Prabhupada accepted the order of sannyasa from Sri Srimad Bhaktiprajnana Kesava Maharaja on September 17, 1959 at the Kesavaji Matha in Mathura.
“So this my Godbrother, his name is Keśava, Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava. Kṛpāmbudhi. So he did...Read more...
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By Satyaraja Das - 13.9 2019
Kirtan is the call-and-response form of chanting that characterizes the Hare Krishna movement. It is the fundamental religion of the age – the soul crying out for God as a means to reunite with Him.
Robert Gass, author of Chanting: Discovering Spirit in...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 12.9 2019
Hari Sankirtana
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 54.
Sri Godruma played an extremely significant role in the pastimes of our Sampradaya Acarya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. In his ...Read more...
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