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Flying MonkKKS Disciples - Interview with Nilacala Devi Dasi - Cape Town, South AfricaNilacala shares her journey in Krishna Consciousness, her service to empower women, meeting and serving HH Kadamba Kanana Swami and the importance of fulfilling his mission in South Africa @MediaKadambaKananaSwami 2025-06-1222 minFlying MonkPrecious Devotee Association - SB 5.18.10 - Swedish Sankirtan TourClass given house of Madhai Jivan Prabhu.
My dear Lord, we pray that we may never feel attraction for the prison of family life, consisting of home, wife, children, friends, bank balance, relatives and so on. If we do have some attachment, let it be for devotees, whose only dear friend is Kṛṣṇa. A person who is actually self-realized and who has controlled his mind is perfectly satisfied with the bare necessities of life. He does not try to gratify his senses. Such a person quickly advances in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whereas others, who are too attached to material things, find...2025-06-0435 minFlying MonkThe Flute, Love and Separation - CC Adi 4.31 - New York, USAdharma chāḍi’ rāge duṅhe karaye milanakabhu mile, kabhu nā mile, — daivera ghaṭanaTranslation“Pure attachment will unite us even at the expense of moral and religious duties [dharma]. Destiny will sometimes bring us together and sometimes separate us.PurportThe gopīs came out to meet Kṛṣṇa in the dead of night when they heard the sound of His flute. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has accordingly composed a nice verse (see Ādi 5.224) that describes the beautiful boy called Govinda standing by the bank of the Yamunā with...2025-06-0253 minFlying MonkKKS Disciples - Interview with Jagadananda Prabhu - Cape Town, South AfricaJagadananda Prabhu is a highly intellectual devotee currently doing his PhD. He shares his journey in Krishna Consciousness, his views on preaching in South Africa, meeting HH Kadamba Kanana Swami and future goals in Krishna Consciousness2025-06-0227 minFlying MonkKKS disciples - Interview with Namanta Devi Dasi - Cape Town, South AfricaNamanta devi dasi is a creative writer and artist. She shares her journey in Krishna Consciousness, her connection with HH Kadamba Kanana Swami and her challenges separating the institution from the movement, raising a child in Krishna consciousness and preaching in South Africa.2025-05-2221 minFlying MonkGoal of Knowledge - SB 11.7.21 - Prague, Czech Republicpuruṣatve ca māṁ dhīrāḥ
sāṅkhya-yoga-viśāradāḥ
āvistarāṁ prapaśyanti
sarva-śakty-upabṛṁhitam
In the human form of life, those who are self-controlled and expert in the spiritual science of Sāṅkhya can directly see Me along with all of My potencies.
We find the following statement in the Vedas: puruṣatve cāvistarām ātmā sahita-prajñānena sampanna-tamo vijñātaṁ vadati vijñātaṁ paśyati veda śvastanaṁ veda lokālokau martyenāmṛtam īpsaty evaṁ sampanno 'thetareṣāṁ paśūnām āsanā-pipāse evābhijñānam. "In the human form of life, the soul is fully endowed with intelligence to understand spiritual knowledge. Thus, in human lif...2025-05-1844 minFlying MonkKKS Disciples - Interview with Karuna Sindhu Avatar Prabhu Part 1 - Johannesburg, South AfricaKaruna Sindhu Avatar Prabhu shares how he join Krishna Consciousness in Bloemfontein and meeting HH Kadamba Kanana Swami2025-05-0514 minFlying MonkA Lusty Lost Soul - SB 4.22.31 - Durban, South Africabhraśyaty anusmṛtiś cittaṁjñāna-bhraṁśaḥ smṛti-kṣayetad-rodhaṁ kavayaḥ prāhurātmāpahnavam ātmanaḥTRANSLATION When one deviates from his original consciousness, he loses the capacity to remember his previous position or recognize his present one. When remembrance is lost, all knowledge acquired is based on a false foundation. When this occurs, learned scholars consider that the soul is lost.PURPORTThe living entity, or the soul, is ever existing and eternal. It cannot be lost, but learned scholars...2025-04-2054 minFlying MonkHarinama Devotees - Yavat Prabhu - Johannesburg, South AfricaYavat Prabhu shares his journey in Krishna consciousness, preaching in university and his love for Harinama Sankirtan.2025-04-2020 minFlying MonkUniversity Preachers - Madhavendra Puri Prabhu - Johannesburg, South AfricaMadhavendra Puri Prabhu has a degree in both Law and Philosophy. He shares his journey in Krishna Consciousness, his service preaching at the university, teaching yoga and how HH Kadamba Kanana Swami touched his heart.2025-04-2009 minFlying Monk2 Amazing Book Distribution Stories by Gopa Kumar Prabhu - Cape Town, South AfricaInspirational words from South Africa' s leading book distributor2025-04-2014 minFlying MonkKKS disciples - Gopa Kumar Prabhu - Cape Town, South AfricaGopa Kumar Prabhu is South Africa's leading Book Distributor. He's been so much tribulation but always keeps smiling because of his firm conviction in Srila Prabhupada's teachings.Prabhu shares he's realisation about the philosophy, preaching and HH Kadamba Kanana Swami.2025-04-0320 minFlying MonkKKS disciples - Interview with HG Caitanyadev Prabhu - Gold Coast, AustraliaUnfortunately Caitanyadev Prabhu tragically passed away in February 2025.This interview was taken during our preaching at Schoolies 2024. Prabhu shares his realisations about Harinama Sankirtan and his journey in Krishna Consciousness.May Krishna bless you. Hare Krishna2025-04-0210 minFlying MonkCulture of Success - SB 3.22.13 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslationOne who rejects an offering that comes of its own accord but later begs a boon from a miser thus loses his widespread reputation, and his pride is humbled by the neglectful behavior of others.PurportThe general procedure of Vedic marriage is that a father offers his daughter to a suitable boy. That is a very respectable marriage. A boy should not go to the girl’s father and ask for the hand of his daughter in marriage. That is considered to be humbling one’s respectable position. Svāy...2025-03-3147 minFlying MonkHow to be Human - Gopal Kumar Prabhu SB 3.22.12 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslation To deny an offering that has come of itself is not commendable even for one absolutely free from all attachment, much less one addicted to sensual pleasure.PurportIn material life everyone is desirous of sense gratification; therefore, a person who gets an object of sense gratification without endeavor should not refuse to accept it. Kardama Muni was not meant for sense gratification, yet he aspired to marry and prayed to the Lord for a suitable wife. This was known to Svāyambhuva Manu. He indirectly convinced Kardama Muni: "Y...2025-03-3035 minFlying MonkRise above all Disqualifications - SB 3.22.11 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslationTherefore please accept her, O chief of the brāhmaṇas, for I offer her with faith and she is in every respect fit to be your wife and take charge of your household duties.PurportThe words gṛhamedhiṣu karmasu mean “in household duties.” Another word is also used here: sarvātmanānurūpām. The purport is that a wife should not only be equal to her husband in age, character and qualities, but must be helpful to him in his household duties. The household duty of a man is not to satis...2025-03-2939 minFlying MonkDesire the Best - BG 5.15 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslationNor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge.PurportThe Sanskrit word vibhu means the Supreme Lord who is full of unlimited knowledge, riches, strength, fame, beauty and renunciation. He is always satisfied in Himself, undisturbed by sinful or pious activities. He does not create a particular situation for any living entity, but the living entity, bewildered by ignorance, desires to be put into certain conditions of life, and thereby his chain of action an...2025-03-251h 09
Flying MonkDevotees want to own Krishna - SB 8.22.26 - Melbourne, AustraliaTranslationIf a human being is born in an aristocratic family or a higher status of life, if he performs wonderful activities, if he is youthful, if he has personal beauty, a good education and good wealth, and if he is nonetheless not proud of his opulences, it is to be understood that he is especially favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.PurportWhen in spite of possessing all these opulences a person is not proud, this means that he is fully aware that all his opulences are due to the mercy...2025-03-1045 minFlying MonkMagical Life of Bhakti - SB 4.24.10 - Kathmandu, NepalTranslationMahārāja Barhiṣat executed many sacrifices all over the world. He scattered kuśa grasses and kept the tops of the grasses pointed eastward.PurportAs stated in the previous verse (kriyā-kāṇḍeṣu niṣṇātaḥ), Mahārāja Barhiṣat dived very deeply into the fruitive activities of sacrifice. This means that as soon as he finished one yajña in one place, he began performing another yajña in the immediate vicinity. At the present moment there is a similar need to perform saṅkīrtana-yajña all over the world. The Kṛṣṇa...2025-03-1052 minFlying MonkLord Caitanya is our only Hope - SB 3.22.14 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslationSvāyambhuva Manu continued: O wise man, I heard that you were prepared to marry. Please accept her hand, which is being offered to you by me, since you have not taken a vow of perpetual celibacy.PurportThe principle of brahmacarya is celibacy. There are two kinds of brahmacārīs. One is called naiṣṭhika-brahmacārī, which means one who takes a vow of celibacy for his whole life, whereas the other, the upakurvāṇa-brahmacārī, is a brahmacārī who takes the vow of celibacy up to a certain age...2025-03-0158 minFlying MonkKrishna delivers us in Style - SB 1.13.50 - Gold Coast, AustraliaTRANSLATION
The Lord has already performed His duties to help the demigods, and He is awaiting the rest. You Pāṇḍavas may wait as long as the Lord is here on earth.
PURPORT
The Lord descends from His abode (Kṛṣṇaloka), the topmost planet in the spiritual sky, in order to help the demigod administrators of this material world when they are greatly vexed by the asuras, who are envious not only of the Lord but also of His devotees. As referred to above, the conditioned living beings contact material association by their own choice, dictated by a strong desire to lord it...2025-01-2237 min
Flying MonkThe Science of Blessings - SB 1.13.31 - Gold Coast, Australiaajāta-śatruḥ kṛta-maitro hutāgnir
viprān natvā tila-go-bhūmi-rukmaiḥ
gṛhaṁ praviṣṭo guru-vandanāya
na cāpaśyat pitarau saubalīṁ ca
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, whose enemy was never born, performed his daily morning duties by praying, offering fire sacrifice to the sun-god, and offering obeisances, grains, cows, land and gold to the brāhmaṇas. He then entered the palace to pay respects to the elderly. However, he could not find his uncles or aunt, the daughter of King Subala.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the most pious king because he personally practiced daily the pious duti...2025-01-0745 minFlying MonkBecoming grateful - SB 1.7.44 - Melbourne, Australiasarahasyo dhanur-vedaḥ
savisargopasaṁyamaḥ
astra-grāmaś ca bhavatā
śikṣito yad-anugrahāt
TRANSLATION
It was by Droṇācārya's mercy that you learned the military art of throwing arrows and the confidential art of controlling weapons.
PURPORT
Dhanur-veda, or military science, was taught by Droṇācārya with all its confidential secrets of throwing and controlling by Vedic hymns. Gross military science is dependent on material weapons, but finer than that is the art of throwing the arrows saturated with Vedic hymns, which act more effectively than gross material weapons like machine guns or atomic bombs. The control is by Vedic mantras, or the...2024-12-1345 minFlying MonkPrasadam is Essential - SB 8.16.40-55 - Melbourne, AustraliaSB 8.16.40: If one can afford to, one should offer the Deity fine rice boiled in milk with clarified butter and molasses. While chanting the same original mantra, one should offer all this to the fire.
SB 8.16.41: One should offer all the prasāda to a Vaiṣṇava or offer him some of the prasāda and then take some oneself. After this, one should offer the Deity ācamana and then betel nut and then again worship the Lord.
SB 8.16.42: Thereafter, one should silently murmur the mantra 108 times and offer prayers to the Lord for His g...2024-12-121h 15Flying MonkOur Downfall in Spiritual Life - SB 7.6.9 - Gold Coast, AustraliaWhat person too attached to household life due to being unable to control his senses can liberate himself? An attached householder is bound very strongly by ropes of affection for his family [wife, children and other relatives]
PURPORT
Prahlāda Mahārāja's first proposal was kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha: [SB 7.6.1] "One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life — in other words, from the tender age of childhood — to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other enga...2024-12-111h 02Flying MonkDo what you want! Not what the body wants! - SB 7.6.8 - Gold Coast, AustraliaTRANSLATION
One whose mind and senses are uncontrolled becomes increasingly attached to family life because of insatiable lusty desires and very strong illusion. In such a madman's life, the remaining years are also wasted because even during those years he cannot engage himself in devotional service.
PURPORT
This is the account of one hundred years of life. Although in this age a lifetime of one hundred years is generally not possible, even if one has one hundred years, the calculation is that fifty years...2024-12-1053 minFlying MonkPure Hearing leads to Pure Love - SB 3.20.5 - New Govardhana, Australiatayoḥ saṁvadatoḥ sūta
pravṛttā hy amalāḥ kathāḥ
āpo gāṅgā ivāgha-ghnīr
hareḥ pādāmbujāśrayāḥ
Śaunaka inquired about the conversation between Vidura and Maitreya: There must have been many narrations of the spotless pastimes of the Lord. The hearing of such narrations is exactly like bathing in the water of the Ganges, for it can free one from all sinful reactions.
Purport
The water of the Ganges is purified because it pours forth from the lotus feet of the Lord. Similarly, Bhagavad-gītā is as good as the water of the Ganges because it is spoken from the mouth of the Sup...2024-11-2537 minFlying MonkDon't Waste Time - SB 7.6.14 - Gold Coast, AustraliaOne who is too attached cannot understand that he is wasting his valuable life for the maintenance of his family. He also fails to understand that the purpose of human life, a life suitable for realization of the Absolute Truth, is being imperceptibly spoiled. However, he is very cleverly attentive to seeing that not a single farthing is lost by mismanagement. Thus although an attached person in material existence always suffers from threefold miseries, he does not develop a distaste for the way of material existence.
Purport
A foolish man does not understand the values of human life, nor does...2024-11-2442 min
Flying MonkSimple Living and High Thinking - Transcendental Diary by Hari Sauri Das - Durban, South Africahttps://prabhupadavani.org/bio/transcendental-diary/volume-3/chapter-1/
Follow the link to read along2024-10-2043 minFlying MonkFloat above the Material World - SB 4.20.22 - Durban, South AfricaClick here to read Translation and Purport2024-10-1637 minFlying MonkHarinama Everyday! Keeps Maya Away! - BG 7.14 - Pretoria, South AfricaClick Here to Read Translation and Purport2024-10-141h 06Flying MonkThe Mahatma Business - BG 9.14 - Johannesburg, South Africasatataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ
yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ
namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā
nitya-yuktā upāsate
Translation
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
Purport
The mahātmā cannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here: a mahātmā is always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorification of the Lord. In other words, he is not an impersonalist. When the question of glorification is there, one has...2024-10-0448 minFlying MonkLive without Anxiety - Cape Peninsula University of Technology - Cape Town, South AfricaTalk to university students about how to live a life without anxiety.2024-10-0244 min
Flying MonkPreparing for Life's Exam - University of Cape Town - Cape Town, South AfricaAre you preparing for your career after death?2024-10-021h 00Flying MonkTakeover of Mercy - SB 3.21.41 - Cape Town, South AfricaTranslation
The area resounded with the notes of overjoyed birds. Intoxicated bees wandered there, intoxicated peacocks proudly danced, and merry cuckoos called one another.
Purport
The beauty of the pleasant sounds heard in the area surrounding Lake Bindu-sarovara is described here. After drinking honey, the black bees became maddened, and they hummed in intoxication. Merry peacocks danced just like actors and actresses, and merry cuckoos called their mates very nicely.
2024-10-0151 minFlying MonkBe in Harmony with Nature - SB 3.21.42-43 - Cape Town, South AfricaTRANSLATION
Lake Bindu-sarovara was adorned by flowering trees such as kadamba, campaka, ashoka, karanja, bakula, äsana, kunda, mandära, kutija and young mango trees. The air was filled with the pleasing notes of kärandava ducks, plavas, swans, ospreys, waterfowl, cranes, cakraväkas and cakoras.
PURPORT
For most of the trees, flowers, fruits and birds mentioned here as surrounding Bindu-sarovara Lake, English synonyms cannot be found. All the trees mentioned are very pious in that they produce a nice aromatic flower, such as the campaka, kadamba and bakula. The sweet sounds of waterfowl and...2024-09-2742 minFlying MonkBathe in the God's Teardrops - SB 3.21.38-39 - Cape TownTRANSLATION
The holy Lake Bindu-sarovara, flooded by the waters of the river Sarasvati, was resorted to by hosts of eminent sages. Its holy water was not only auspicious but as sweet as nectar. It was called Bindu-sarovara because drops of tears had fallen there from the eyes of the Lord, who was overwhelmed by extreme compassion for the sage who had sought His protection.
PURPORT
Kardama underwent austerities to gain the causeless mercy of the Lord, and when the Lord arrived there He was so compassionate that in pleasure He shed tears, which...2024-09-2445 minFlying MonkDestroy all Bad Karma - SB 6.1.15 - Burgas, Bulgariahttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/1/15/2024-09-2132 minFlying MonkDecoration of the Dead Body - Bhagavad Gita 2.51 - Varna, BulgariaTranslation
By thus engaging in devotional service to the Lord, great sages or devotees free themselves from the results of work in the material world. In this way they become free from the cycle of birth and death and attain the state beyond all miseries [by going back to Godhead].
Purport
The liberated living entities belong to that place where there are no material miseries. The Bhāgavatam (10.14.58) says:
samāṣritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ
mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ
bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ
padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām
"For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus f...2024-09-1754 min
Flying MonkWhy Krishna comes to this world? - Janmastami Class - London, UKhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/8/2024-08-2647 min
Flying MonkGlories of Srila Prabhupada - CC Adi Lila 10.2-7 - London, UKTranslation Text 2 - 7
All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and Lord Nityänanda! All glories to Advaita Prabhu, and all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Sriväsa!
The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the branches of this tree.
The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu were many, but none of them should be considered lower or higher. This cannot be ascertained.
All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees, but...2024-08-2447 minFlying MonkWe're Nothing without Blessings - SB 6.7.9-12 - Pilgrimage of Peace 2024https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/7/12/2024-08-2215 minFlying MonkHow I came to Krishna Consciousness - CC Adi-Lila 9.50 - London, UKhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/9/50/2024-08-1657 minFlying MonkForget you! Remember Krishna - SB 1.17.23 - London, UKhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/17/23/2024-08-0152 minFlying MonkStop Killing Human Civilization! CC Adi Lila - London, UKhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/9/43/2024-07-2050 minFlying MonkManifestations of the Supreme - SB 3.1.26 - Hare Krishna AfricaTranslation
[Please tell me] whether the original Personalities of Godhead, who incarnated Themselves at the request of Brahmä [who is born out of the lotus flower from the Lord] and who have increased the prosperity of the world by elevating everyone, are doing well in the house of Sürasena.
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are not two different Personalities of Godhead.
God is one without a second, but He expands Himself in many forms
without their being separate from one another. They are all plenary
expansions. The immediate...2024-07-1259 minFlying MonkProtecting Cows...Protecting us! SB 1.17.9 - London, UKCows benefit to society's health, wealth and wisdom - we must protect them!
TRANSLATION
O son of Surabhi, you need lament no longer now. There is no need to fear this low-class śūdra. And, O mother cow, as long as I am living as the ruler and subduer of all envious men, there is no cause for you to cry. Everything will be good for you.
PURPORT
Protection of bulls and cows and all other animals can be possible only when there is a state ruled by an executive head like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Mahārāja Parīkṣit...2024-07-1048 min
Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple: Sunday TalksService as Worship - Swami HarinamanandaSwami Harinamananda gave this talk on Sunday, June 23, 2024, in the Santa Barbara Temple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-06-2558 minFlying MonkThe Peace Mission - SB 1.16.34 - London, UKEstablish peace by flooding the world with the Holy Name and transcendental knowledge.
Translation
O personality of religion, I was greatly overburdened by the undue military phalanxes arranged by atheistic kings, and I was relieved by the grace of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly you were also in a distressed condition, weakened in your standing strength, and thus He also incarnated by His internal energy in the family of the Yadus to relieve you.
Purport
The asuras want to enjoy a life of sense gratification, even at the cost of others' happiness. In order to fulfill this ambition, the asuras...2024-06-2053 minFlying MonkPure Sex Life - SB 3.31.48 - New York, USATranslation
Just try to understand the mighty strength of My māyā in the shape of woman, who by the mere movement of her eyebrows can keep even the greatest conquerors of the world under her grip.
Purport
There are many instances in the history of the world of a great conqueror's being captivated by the charms of a Cleopatra. One has to study the captivating potency of woman, and man's attraction for that potency. From what source was this generated? According to Vedānta-sūtra, we can understand that everything is generated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is e...2024-06-1445 minFlying MonkGifts of Guru - SB 2.8.7 - Hare Krishna AfricaTRANSLATION
O learned brähmana, the transcendental spirit soul is different from the material body. Does he acquire the body accidentally or by some cause? Will you kindly explain this, for it is known to you.
PURPORT
Mahäräja Pariksit, being a typical devotee, is not only satisfied by confirming the importance of hearing the Srimad-Bhägavatam from the representative of Brahmäji by disciplic succession, but he is still more anxious to establish the philosophical basis of Srimad-Bhägavatam. Srimad-Bhägavatam is the science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such...2024-06-1134 minFlying MonkWe are Completely Trapped! SB 3.11.41 - New Govardhana, AustraliaTRANSLATION
The layers or elements covering the universes are each ten times thicker than the one before, and all the universes clustered together appear like atoms in a huge combination.
PURPORT
The coverings of the universes are also constituted of the elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether, and each is ten times thicker than the one before. The first covering of the universe is earth, and it is ten times thicker than the universe itself. If the universe is four billion miles in size, then the size of the earthly covering...2024-06-1156 minFlying MonkWhat is Real Education? SB 4.16.17 Phoenix, MauritusTRANSLATION
The King will respect all women as if they were his own mother, and he will treat his own wife as the other half of his body. He will be just like an affectionate father to his citizens, and he will treat himself as the most obedient servant of the devotees, who always preach the glories of the Lord.
PURPORT
A learned man treats all women except his wife as his mother, looks on others' property as garbage in the street, and treats others as he would treat his own self. These...2024-06-111h 15Flying MonkDog-like leaders don't lead you to God - SB 4.16.20 - Durban, South AfricaTRANSLATION
This King, being uniquely powerful and heroic, will have no competitor. He will travel around the globe on his victorious chariot, holding his invincible bow in his hand and appearing exactly like the sun, which rotates in its own orbit from the south.
PURPORT
In this verse the word yathärkah indicates that the sun is not fixed but is rotating in its orbit, which is set by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhitä and also in other parts of Srimad-Bhägavatam. In the Fifth Canto of Sri...2024-06-1146 minFlying MonkFirst Impressions Last - SB 1.12.30 - London, UKTRANSLATION
The child would become famous in the world as Pariksit [examiner] because he would come to examine all human beings in his search after that personality whom he saw before his birth. Thus he would come to constantly contemplate Him.
PURPORT
Mahäräja Pariksit, fortunate as he was, got the impression of the Lord even in the womb of his mother, and thus his contemplation on the Lord was constantly with him. Once the impression of the transcendental form of the Lord is fixed in one's mind, one can never forget Hi...2024-06-111h 10Flying MonkEnjoy Bhakti and Attain Intelligence Automatically - SB 2.2.33 - New Govardhana, AustraliaTranslation
For those who are wandering in the material universe, there is no more auspicious means of deliverance than what is aimed at in the direct devotional service of Lord Krishna.
PURPORT
As will be clarified in the next verse, devotional service, or direct bhakti-yoga, is the only absolute and auspicious means of deliverance from the grip of material existence. There are many indirect methods for deliverance from the clutches of material existence, but none of them is as easy and auspicious as bhakti-yoga. The means of jnäna and yoga and other a...2024-06-1139 minFlying MonkLessons of the Traveling Monk - Bhakti School - New York, USAI can finally be myself - free from these artificial labels that restrict me to give and receive unconditional pure love.2024-06-1152 minFlying MonkSacrifice only for Love - BG 9.24 - Lond Island, New York, USAWho is that person you can sacrifice it all for that your heart's desire will be fulfilled?
Translation
I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.
Purport
Here it is clearly stated that there are many types of yajña performances recommended in the Vedic literatures, but actually all of them are meant for satisfying the Supreme Lord. Yajña means Viṣṇu. In the Third Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā it is clearly stated that one should only work for satisfying Yajña, or Viṣṇu. The perfectio...2024-06-111h 08Flying MonkFreedom from misery - SB 3.31.21 - New York, USATherefore, without being agitated any more, I shall deliver myself from the darkness of nescience with the help of my friend, clear consciousness. Simply by keeping the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu in my mind, I shall be saved from entering into the wombs of many mothers for repeated birth and death.
PURPORT
The miseries of material existence begin from the very day when the spirit soul takes shelter in the ovum and sperm of the mother and father, they continue after he is born from the womb, and then they are further prolonged. We do not know where the...2024-06-0433 minFlying MonkGood Karma is a Waste! SB 10.87.36 - Prague, Czech Republic (with Czech Translation)Karma mimamsa philosophy think everything is based on Karma and there's nothing beyond this material world. But all of it temporary and such practitioners end up with nothing. Bhakti and everything about it is eternally blissful!
TRANSLATION
It may be proposed that this world is permanently real because it is generated from the permanent reality, but such an argument is subject to logical refutation. Sometimes, indeed, the apparent nondifference of a cause and its effect fails to prove true, and at other times the product of something real is illusory. Furthermore, this world cannot be permanently real, for it partakes...2024-05-2848 minFlying MonkLeave Darkness! Come to Light! SB 2.10.21 - Hare Krishna AfricaWe're living in darkness! We need Krishna and all forms of light that come with Him
TRANSLATION
Thus when everything existed in darkness, the Lord desired to see Himself and all that was created. Then the eyes, the illuminating god Sun, the power of vision and the object of sight all became manifested.
PURPORT
The universe is by nature dense darkness, and therefore the total creation is called tamas, or darkness. The night is the real feature of the universe, for then one cannot see anything, including oneself. The Lord, out of His causeless mercy, first desired to see Himself...2024-05-271h 00Flying MonkPower of the Holy Name - Oslo, NorwayBecome like gold! The holy name can fulfil the hearts desire, give unconditional love, complete you, become pure, secured, liberated and contact Krishna directly!
nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś
caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ
pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto
'bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ
"'The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kṛṣṇa's name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. Since Kṛṣṇa's name is not contaminated by the mate...2024-05-1843 minFlying MonkServe Krishna! Satisfaction Guaranteed! - SB 4.20.9 - Melbourne, AustraliaTRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishñu, continued: My dear King Prthu, when one situated in his occupational duty engages in My loving service without motive for material gain, he gradually becomes very satisfied within.
PURPORT
This verse is also confirmed by the Vishñu Puräna. Occupational duties are known as varnäsrama-dharma and apply to the four divisions of material and spiritual life—namely brähmana, ksatriya, vaisya and südra, and brahmacarya, grhastha, vänaprastha and sannyäsa. If one works according to the varëäçrama-dharma system and does not desi...2024-05-1354 minFlying MonkPlay your Part! - SB 4.7.53 - Melbourne, AustraliaTRANSLATION
A person with average intelligence does not think the head and other parts of the body to be separate. Similarly, My devotee does not differentiate Vishnu, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, from any thing or any living entity.
PURPORT
Whenever there is disease in any part of the body, the whole body takes care of the ailing part. Similarly, a devotee's oneness is manifested in His compassion for all conditioned souls. Bhagavad-gitä (5.18) says, pandita sama-darshina: those who are learned see everyone's conditional life equally. Devotees are compassionate to every conditioned soul, and t...2024-05-0852 minFlying MonkLiving a High Value Life - SB 4.7.51 - Melbourne, AustraliaTRANSLATION
The Lord continued: My dear Daksha Dvija, I am the original Personality of Godhead, but in order to create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation, I act through My material energy, and according to the different grades of activity, My representations are differently named.
PURPORT
As explained in Bhagavad-gitä (7.5), jiva-bhütä mahä-bäho: the whole world is energy released from the supreme source, the Personality of Godhead, who, it is further stated in Bhagavad-gitä, acts in superior energies and inferior energies. The superior energy is the living entity, who is part and pa...2024-05-0557 minFlying Monk1st Schoolies Experience - SB 3.26.40 - Melbourne, AustraliaLord's mercy is everywhere - especially for the kids of Schoolies when Harinama Sankirtan takes place.
TRANSLATION
Fire is appreciated by its light and by its ability to cook, to digest, to destroy cold, to evaporate, and to give rise to hunger, thirst, eating and drinking.
PURPORT
The first symptoms of fire are distribution of light and heat, and the existence of fire is also perceived in the stomach. Without fire we cannot digest what we eat. Without digestion there is no hunger and thirst or power to...2024-05-0349 minFlying MonkGetting married in Krishna Consciousness - SB 3.21.15 - Cape Town, South AfricaUnderstanding why and how to enter into marriage...
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Therefore, desiring to marry a girl of like disposition who may prove to be a veritable cow of plenty in my married life, to satisfy my lustful desire I too have sought the shelter of Your lotus feet, which are the source of everything, for You are like a desire tree.
PURPORT
In spite of his condemning persons who approach the Lord for material advantages, Kardama Muni expressed his material inability and desire before the Lord by saying, "Although I know that nothing material should be asked from You, I nevertheless...2024-04-1152 minFlying MonkMBC TV Spot - Glories of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati ThakurI appeared on National Television in Mauritius to speak on the glories of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5x4dspIFs&list=FLGMo9mQRd-W0Bdp7QbxAE7g2024-04-0811 minFlying MonkDevotees are Colourful - SB 6.4.5 Ljubljana, SloveniaDevotees have so many qualities, not just a cult copy cats.
TRANSLATION
Because of having undergone long austerities in the water, the Pracetäs were very angry at the trees. Desiring to burn them to ashes, they generated wind and fire from their mouths.
PURPORT
Here the word tapo-dépita-manyavaù indicates that persons who have undergone severe austerity (tapasya) are endowed with great mystic power, as evinced by the Pracetäs, who created fire and wind from their mouths. Although devotees undergo severe tapasya, however, they are vimanyavaù, sädha...2024-04-0842 minFlying MonkWhat is Real Education? SB 4.16.17 Class in Phoenix, MauritusReal Education is for developing perfect character not to become a royal edition of the animals.
TRANSLATION
The King will respect all women as if they were his own mother, and he will treat his own wife as the other half of his body. He will be just like an affectionate father to his citizens, and he will treat himself as the most obedient servant of the devotees, who always preach the glories of the Lord.
PURPORT
A learned man treats all women except his wife as his mother, looks on...2024-04-061h 15Flying MonkDog-like leaders don't lead you to God - SB 4.16.20 - Durban, South AfricaWe need a leader like Prthu Maharaja who only executed the will of the Lord for the purpose of elevating all of his citizens to Krishna Consciousness
TRANSLATION
This King, being uniquely powerful and heroic, will have no competitor. He will travel around the globe on his victorious chariot, holding his invincible bow in his hand and appearing exactly like the sun, which rotates in its own orbit from the south.
PURPORT
In this verse the word yathärkaù indicates that the sun is not fixed but is ro...2024-04-0646 min
Daily ClassHare Krishna MelbourneSB 7.14.2 - Harinamananda Prabhu - 14 February 2024Hare Krishna MelbourneSB 7.14.2 - Harinamananda Prabhu - 14 February 2024 by Hare Krishna Melbourne2024-02-2148 min
Hangout with Harinam2 Harinamas in Maroochydore and its crazinessDoing Harinama at the traffic lights, the trade college and in the rain... Enjoy!2021-02-1615 min
Hangout with HarinamBuderim to Maroochydore to Noosa HeadsA long full day of Krishna consciousness...some deep absorption in the morning...distributing 9 books in one go... Turning Noosa Heads into Godhead2021-02-1215 min
Hangout with HarinamFrom Toowoomba to CaloundraHear the nectar from the streets...from remote country town corner pubs to sunset sankirtan in the sunny coast2021-02-1019 min
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Hangout with HarinamOn the Road AgainIntroduction to the latest bunch of podcasts.... I got a campervan and ready get on the move.... Hopefully what we going to share will be deep and enlightening. Plus it's an easy way to keep a diary.2021-01-2500 min
SOUL ON FIRESOUL ON FIRE | Interview with HarinamanandaIn this first episode of SOUL ON FIRE Muchukunda das interviews Harinamananda about his life as a Hare Krsna monk who spends everyday chanting the maha mantra on the street.
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But anyways there's been hussle and tussle between the Hare Krishna Street Party and the Hare Krishna Temple in Melbourne.
So a niche presentation for them... Hence the podcast title.
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Little insight on NYC mindset and the need for spiritual upliftment in such a place.2020-02-1708 min
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Voice of VedantaLiving Under Three Vibrations - Swami HarinamanandaSpiritual talk given on June 4, 2017 at the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple by Swami Harinamananda, visiting from the San Diego Center. The effects of the three gunas(Satva, Rajas and Tamas), the different states of mind which operate in all of us, are explored in this talk. We learn to be aware of which quality is acting at different times, how it influences our actions, and how our actions can change the operative guna when we choose to do so. Excellent talk!2017-07-0553 min
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