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ISKM Vedic Lectures

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Welcome to ISKM Vedic Lectures — a treasury of recorded transcendental discourses by dedicated devotees from the International Sri Krishna Mandir (ISKM), a global congregation of Hare Krishna temples. Tune into the timeless Vedic wisdom delivered with pure devotion according to the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
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Lord Kūrma – The Transcendental Tortoise | ŚB 5.18.30-31 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.30-31 O my Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who have assumed the form of a tortoise. You are the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and being entirely untinged by matter, You are perfectly situated in pure goodness. You move here and there in the water, but no one can discern Your position. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Because of Your transcendental position, You are not limited by past, present and future. You are present everywhere as the...

Sep 26, 20251 hr 24 min

The Supreme Beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa's Creation | ŚB 5.18.28 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.28 O almighty Lord, at the end of the millennium this planet earth, which is the source of all kinds of herbs, drugs and trees, was inundated by water and drowned beneath the devastating waves. At that time, You protected me along with the earth and roamed the sea with great speed. O unborn one, You are the actual maintainer of the entire universal creation, and therefore You are the cause of all living entities. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣ...

Sep 21, 20251 hr 6 min

Lord Kṛṣṇa – The One Who Sustains the Many | ŚB 5.18.27 | HG Pavaneśvara Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.27 My Lord, from the great leaders of the universe, such as Lord Brahmā and other demigods, down to the political leaders of this world, all are envious of Your authority. Without Your help, however, they could neither separately nor concertedly maintain the innumerable living entities within the universe. You are actually the only maintainer of all human beings, of animals like cows and asses, and of plants, reptiles, birds, mountains and whatever else is visible within this material wo...

Sep 20, 20251 hr 18 min

Self-Realization – Surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa | ŚB 5.18.26 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.26 My dear Lord, just as a puppeteer controls his dancing dolls and a husband controls his wife, Your Lordship controls all the living entities in the universe, such as the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras. Although You are in everyone’s heart as the supreme witness and commander and are outside everyone as well, the so-called leaders of societies, communities and countries cannot realize You. Only those who hear the vibration of the Vedic mantras can appreciate You. Please feel ...

Sep 19, 202552 min

Q&A Session | 20-June-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Sep 18, 20251 hr 44 min

Redemption, Righteousness, and Peace | BG 9.31 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

BG 9.31 He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/iskmnews⁠

Sep 18, 202542 min

The Transcendent Nature of God | ŚB 5.18.24-25 | HG Viśvambhara Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.24-25 Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: In Ramyaka-varṣa, where Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era [the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara]. Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure devotional service and chants the following mantra. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is pure transcendence. He is the origin of all life, bodily strength, mental power and sensory ability. Known as Matsyāv...

Sep 18, 202543 min

The Difference Between Lakṣmī and the Gopīs | ŚB 5.18.23 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.23 O infallible one, Your lotus palm is the source of all benediction. Therefore Your pure devotees worship it, and You very mercifully place Your hand on their heads. I wish that You may also place Your hand on My head, for although You already bear my insignia of golden streaks on Your chest, I regard this honor as merely a kind of false prestige for me. You show Your real mercy to Your devotees, not to me. Of course, You are the supreme absolute controller, and no one can understand Y...

Sep 18, 20251 hr 23 min

Q&A Session | 13-June-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Aug 01, 20251 hr 15 min

Lord Kṛṣṇa's Safeguard for His Devotees | BG 9.22 | HG Subala Prabhu

BG 9.22 But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/iskmnews⁠

Jul 31, 202550 min

What Is the Role of Lakṣmī In Spiritual Life? | ŚB 5.18.22 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.22 O supreme unconquerable Lord, when they become absorbed in thoughts of material enjoyment, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, as well as other demigods and demons, undergo severe penances and austerities to receive my benedictions. But I do not favor anyone, however great he may be, unless he is always engaged in the service of Your lotus feet. Because I always keep You within my heart, I cannot favor anyone but a devotee. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (...

Jul 30, 20251 hr 14 min

Q&A Session | 06-June-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Jul 29, 20251 hr 11 min

Why Does Lord Kṛṣṇa Allow the Worship of Demigods | BG 7.21 | HG Veṇu Gopāl Prabhu

BG 7.21 I am in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/iskmnews⁠

Jul 29, 202559 min

The Infallible Sovereignty of Lord Kṛṣṇa | ŚB 5.18.20 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.20 He alone who is never afraid but who, on the contrary, gives complete shelter to all fearful persons can actually become a husband and protector. Therefore, my Lord, You are the only husband, and no one else can claim this position. If You were not the only husband, You would be afraid of others. Therefore persons learned in all Vedic literature accept only Your Lordship as everyone’s master, and they think no one else a better husband and protector than You. Please feel free to join ...

Jul 28, 20251 hr 24 min

Q&A Session | 30-May-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Jul 28, 20251 hr 20 min

Lord Kṛṣṇa – The Real Husband of Everyone | ŚB 5.18.19 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.19 My dear Lord, You are certainly the fully independent master of all the senses. Therefore all women who worship You by strictly observing vows because they wish to acquire a husband to satisfy their senses are surely under illusion. They do not know that such a husband cannot actually give protection to them or their children. Nor can he protect their wealth or duration of life, for he himself is dependent on time, fruitive results and the modes of nature, which are all subordinate to...

Jul 28, 20251 hr 31 min

Overcoming Material Bondage by Strict Obedience to Guru | ŚB 5.18.14-15 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.14-15 Therefore, O demons, give up the so-called happiness of family life and simply take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, which are the actual shelter of fearlessness. Entanglement in family life is the root cause of material attachment, indefatigable desires, moroseness, anger, despair, fear and the desire for false prestige, all of which result in the repetition of birth and death. Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: In the tract of land called Ketumāla-varṣa, Lord Viṣṇu lives i...

Jul 27, 20251 hr 18 min

Q&A Session | 23-May-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Jun 29, 202535 min

The Pinnacle of Religiosity | BG 8.28 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

BG 8.28 A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing sacrifices, undergoing austerities, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. Simply by performing devotional service, he attains all these, and at the end he reaches the supreme eternal abode. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jun 28, 20251 hr 23 min

The Tragedy of Misplaced Shelter | ŚB 5.18.13 | HG Viśvambhara Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.13 Just as aquatics always desire to remain in the vast mass of water, all conditioned living entities naturally desire to remain in the vast existence of the Supreme Lord. Therefore if someone very great by material calculations fails to take shelter of the Supreme Soul but instead becomes attached to material household life, his greatness is like that of a young, low-class couple. One who is too attached to material life loses all good spiritual qualities. Please feel free to join our ...

Jun 27, 20251 hr 4 min

Mādhavendra Purī's Extraordinary Dream | CC Madhya 4.1-78 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

CC Madhya 4.1: Introduction to Mādhavendra Purī and Kṣīra-corā Gopīnātha CC Madhya 4.2: Glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His Devotees CC Madhya 4.3-9: Author's Humility and Purpose in Writing CC Madhya 4.10-12: Lord Caitanya's Journey to Remuṇā CC Madhya 4.13-17: Lord Caitanya's Visit to Gopīnātha Temple CC Madhya 4.18-20: The Story of Kṣīra-corā Gopīnātha Introduced CC Madhya 4.21-23: Mādhavendra Purī's Arrival at Govardhana CC Madhya 4.24-33: The Appearance of the Cowherd Boy (Gopāla) C...

Jun 27, 20251 hr 31 min

The Futility of Virtue Without Service to Lord Kṛṣṇa | ŚB 5.18.12 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.12 All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculati...

Jun 08, 20251 hr 9 min

Q&A Session | 16-May-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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Jun 08, 20251 hr 37 min

The Transformative Power of Hearing About Lord Mukunda | ŚB 5.18.11 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.11 By associating with persons for whom the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, is the all in all, one can hear of His powerful activities and soon come to understand them. The activities of Mukunda are so potent that simply by hearing of them one immediately associates with the Lord. For a person who constantly and very eagerly hears narrations of the Lord’s powerful activities, the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead in the form of sound vibrations, enters within his heart ...

May 14, 20251 hr 4 min

Śacīmātā's Affection for Lord Caitanya | CC Madhya 3.137-219 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

CC Madhya 3.137-141: The Matchless Mercy of Mahāprabhu CC Madhya 3.142-145: Kṛṣṇa’s Holy Name Reveals the Highest Destination CC Madhya 3.146-150: The Flood of Love from the Holy Name CC Madhya 3.151-155: The Holy Name as the Only Shelter CC Madhya 3.156-162: Reclaiming the Fallen With Divine Compassion CC Madhya 3.163-169: Mahāprabhu’s Awakening Call to the Entire World CC Madhya 3.170-177: Chant and Be Delivered – Without Qualification CC Madhya 3.178-184: Lord Caitanya’s Humility in the Face ...

May 12, 20251 hr 30 min

The Prison of Family Life | ŚB 5.18.10 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.10 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 oth...

May 11, 20251 hr 8 min

Q&A Session | 09-May-2025 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu

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May 11, 20251 hr 20 min

The Glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa's Supremacy | BG 11.14-15 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

BG 11.14-15 Then, bewildered and astonished, his hair standing on end, Arjuna bowed his head to offer obeisances and with folded hands began to pray to the Supreme Lord. Arjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower, as well as Lord Śiva and all the sages and divine serpents. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

May 10, 20251 hr 11 min

The Acquisition of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva's Mercy | ŚB 5.18.8 | HG Veṇu Gopāl Prabhu

ŚB 5.18.8 I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, the source of all power. O my Lord who possess nails and teeth just like thunderbolts, kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive activity in this material world. Please appear in our hearts and drive away our ignorance so that by Your mercy we may become fearless in the struggle for existence in this material world. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

May 10, 20251 hr 7 min

Lunch and Kīrtana at Advaita Ācārya's Home | CC Madhya 3.60 Onwards | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

CC Madhya 3.60-65: The Lord Arrives at Advaita Ācārya's Doorstep CC Madhya 3.66-71: The Ecstatic Reception CC Madhya 3.72-75: The Lord's Humble Posture CC Madhya 3.76-84: Advaita Ācārya's Scriptural Evidence CC Madhya 3.85-91: The Lord Reveals His Divine Form CC Madhya 3.92-96: Mahāprabhu Distributes Mercy Freely CC Madhya 3.97-101: The Arrival of Haridāsa Ṭhākura CC Madhya 3.102-107: Humility and Glorification of Haridāsa CC Madhya 3.108-114: The Devotees Assemble in Ecstasy CC Madhya 3.115-121...

May 10, 20252 hr 21 min
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