Q&A Session | 31-May-2024 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
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Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 35 min
ISKM Vedic Lectures
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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The Weapon to Control the Mind | ŚB 5.11.17 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.17 This uncontrolled mind is the greatest enemy of the living entity. If one neglects it or gives it a chance, it will grow more and more powerful and will become victorious. Although it is not factual, it is very strong. It covers the constitutional position of the soul. O King, please try to conquer this mind by the weapon of service to the lotus feet of the spiritual master and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Do this with great care. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Conscious...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Faint Glimpses of Kṛṣṇa's Opulences | BG 10.19 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.19 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Six Enemies | ŚB 5.11.16 | HG Subala Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.16 The soul’s designation, the mind, is the cause of all tribulations in the material world. As long as this fact is unknown to the conditioned living entity, he has to accept the miserable condition of the material body and wander within this universe in different positions. Because the mind is affected by disease, lamentation, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity, it creates bondage and a false sense of intimacy within this material world. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Conscious...
Sep 28, 2024•41 min
Mind Control | ŚB 5.11.15 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.15 My dear King Rahūgaṇa, as long as the conditioned soul accepts the material body and is not freed from the contamination of material enjoyment, and as long as he does not conquer his six enemies and come to the platform of self-realization by awakening his spiritual knowledge, he has to wander among different places and different species of life in this material world. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/i...
Sep 27, 2024•42 min
Q&A Session | 24-May-2024 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
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Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 8 min
The Appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva | ŚB 7.8.12 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
ŚB 7.8.12 O most unfortunate Prahlāda, you have always described a supreme being other than me, a supreme being who is above everything, who is the controller of everyone, and who is all-pervading. But where is He? If He is everywhere, then why is He not present before me in this pillar? Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 27, 2024•56 min
Divine Eyes to See Kṛṣṇa | BG 11.8 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
BG 11.8 But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore, I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence! Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Lecture on ŚB 5.11.13-14 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.13-14 There are two kinds of kṣetrajña – the living entity, as explained above, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is explained as follows. He is the all-pervading cause of creation. He is full in Himself and is not dependent on others. He is perceived by hearing and direct perception. He is self-effulgent and does not experience birth, death, old age or disease. He is the controller of all the demigods, beginning with Lord Brahmā. He is called Nārāyaṇa, and He is the shelter of...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Jīva Gosvāmī's Books & More | CC Madhya 1.44-90 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
CC Madhya 1.44-50: The Devotees' Contributions and Annual Pilgrimage CC Madhya 1.51-58: Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Ecstatic Separation from Kṛṣṇa CC Madhya 1.59-83: Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Spiritual Insight CC Madhya 1.83-90: Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Final Transcendental Pastimes CC Madhya, Chapter 1: https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/1/ Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Jīvan Mukta | ŚB 5.11.12 | HG Sundar Gopāl Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.12 The individual soul bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness has many ideas and activities created in the mind by the external energy. They have been existing from time immemorial. Sometimes they are manifest in the wakening state and in the dream state, but during deep sleep [unconsciousness] or trance, they disappear. A person who is liberated in this life [jīvan-mukta] can see all these things vividly. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs an...
Sep 23, 2024•52 min
Spiritual Priority vs. Material Priority | BG 2.69 | HG Subala Prabhu
BG 2.69 What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 22, 2024•59 min
The Mind's Field of Activities | ŚB 5.11.9-11 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.9-11 There are five working senses and five knowledge-acquiring senses. There is also the false ego. In this way, there are eleven items for the mind’s functions. O hero, the objects of the senses [such as sound and touch], the organic activities [such as evacuation] and the different types of bodies, society, friendship, and personality are considered by learned scholars the fields of activity for the functions of the mind.Sound, touch, form, taste and smell are the objects of the five ...
Sep 22, 2024•53 min
The Beginning of Madhya-līlā | CC Madhya 1.1-43 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
CC Madhya 1.1-7: Prayers by Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī CC Madhya 1.8-14: Synopsis and Mood of Writing Madhya-līlā CC Madhya 1.15-21: Divisions of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Past Times CC Madhya 1.22-23: Describes the Stay of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī in Brief CC Madhya 1.24-30: Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu Spreads the Transcendental Loving Service of Lord Caitanya All Over the World CC Madhya 1.30-43: CC Madhya 1.30-43: The Gosvāmī's Activities in Vraja-dhāma CC Madhya, Chapt...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Mind Your Mind | ŚB 5.11.8 | HG Viśvambhara Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.8 When the living entity’s mind becomes absorbed in the sense gratification of the material world, it brings about his conditioned life and suffering within the material situation. However, when the mind becomes unattached to material enjoyment, it becomes the cause of liberation. When the flame in a lamp burns the wick improperly, the lamp is blackened, but when the lamp is filled with ghee and is burning properly, there is bright illumination. Similarly, when the mind is absorbed in ma...
Sep 21, 2024•46 min
The Ever-Fresh Topics of Kṛṣṇa | BG 10.18 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.18 Tell me again in detail, O Janārdana [Kṛṣṇa], of Your mighty potencies and glories, for I never tire of hearing Your ambrosial words. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Kṛṣṇa's Opulences in the Material World | BG 10.16-17 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.16-17 Please tell me in detail of Your divine powers by which You pervade all these worlds and abide in them. How should I meditate on You? In what various forms are You to be contemplated, O Blessed Lord? Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 20, 2024•57 min
The End of Ādi-līlā | CC Ādi 17.277-336 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
CC Ādi 17.277-293: Ecstatic Mood of the Gopīs CC Ādi 17.294-301: Mood of the Personal Associates Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu CC Ādi 17.302-309: The Inconceivable Pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu CC Ādi 17.310-330: Enumeration of the Chapters of Ādi-līlā CC Ādi 17.331-336: Prayers by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī CC Ādi, Chapter 17: https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/17/ Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmne...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 59 min
The Power of the Mind | ŚB 5.11.6 | HG Subala Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.6 The materialistic mind covering the living entity’s soul carries it to different species of life. This is called continued material existence. Due to the mind, the living entity suffers or enjoys material distress and happiness. Being thus illusioned, the mind further creates pious and impious activities and their karma, and thus the soul becomes conditioned. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://www.t.me/iskmnews...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min
The Complex Wanderings of the Living Entities | ŚB 5.11.5 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.5 Because the mind is absorbed in desires for pious and impious activities, it is naturally subjected to the transformations of lust and anger. In this way, it becomes attracted to material sense enjoyment. In other words, the mind is conducted by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. There are eleven senses and five material elements, and out of these sixteen items, the mind is the chief. Therefore the mind brings about birth in different types of bodies among demigods, human be...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Planning to Fail Is Madness | BG 11.33 | HG Viśvambhara Prabhu
BG 11.33 Therefore, get up. Prepare to fight and win glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasācī, can be but an instrument in the fight. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Lecture on ŚB 5.11.3 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.3 A dream becomes automatically known to a person as false and immaterial, and similarly one eventually realizes that material happiness in this life or the next, on this planet or a higher planet, is insignificant. When one realizes this, the Vedas, although an excellent source, are insufficient to bring about direct knowledge of the truth. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
The Undisputed Supremacy of Kṛṣṇa | BG 10.15 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.15 Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the universe! Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 16, 2024•47 min
Total Acceptance of Kṛṣṇa's Words | BG 10.14 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.14 O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min
A Glimpse Into the Guru-Disciple Relationship | ŚB 5.11.1 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.11.1 The brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata said: My dear King, although you are not at all experienced, you are trying to speak like a very experienced man. Consequently you cannot be considered an experienced person. An experienced person does not speak the way you are speaking about the relationship between a master and a servant or about material pains and pleasures. These are simply external activities. Any advanced, experienced man, considering the Absolute Truth, does not talk in this way. Please...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Lecture on Rāma Navamī | 2024 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
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Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Rāmāyaṇa's Ultimate Message of Surrender | BG 18.66 | HG Subala Prabhu
BG 18.66 Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Lord Caitanya's Acceptance of Sannyāsa | CC Ādi 17.227-276 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
CC Ādi 17.227-230 : The Passing of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s son. CC Ādi 17.231-232 : The Lord's benediction upon the meat-eating tailor. CC Ādi 17.233-240 : Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and his ecstatic conversation with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. CC Ādi 17.241-242 : The Dramatization of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. CC Ādi 17.243-246 : The Mercy of the Lord on the wife of the Brāhmaṇa. CC Ādi 17.247-258 : The foolish students misunderstand the Lord's pastimes. CC Ādi 17.259-267 : The Lord's decision to take Sannyāsa. CC Ādi 17....
Sep 12, 2024•2 hr 52 min
Realization Through Duty | ŚB 5.10.22-23 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
ŚB 5.10.22-23 King Rahūgaṇa continued: My dear sir, you have said that designations like bodily fatness and thinness are not characteristics of the soul. That is incorrect because designations like pain and pleasure are certainly felt by the soul. You may put a pot of milk and rice within fire, and the milk and rice are automatically heated one after the other. Similarly, due to bodily pains and pleasures, the senses, mind and soul are affected. The soul cannot be completely detached from this c...
Sep 11, 2024•57 min
Vedic Epistemology and Its Conclusion | BG 10.12-13 | HG Tattvavit Prabhu
BG 10.12-13 Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskm...
Sep 10, 2024•2 hr 18 min
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