Prabhupada Padma-vakya

March 29, 1974, Bombay
Morning Walk
"But I'm neither king, neither a minister, neither I'm going to become God. I'm a tiny living entity, being kicked by the maya, like football. When he comes to this understanding, he is in knowledge."

March 29, 1974, Bombay
Bhagavad-gita 4.9
"We are finding fault with so many things. But really we should find fault with this process of repetition of birth and death."

March 29, 1975, Mayapur
Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 1.5
"Just like sahajiyas. They take the Radha-Krsna prema just like ordinary lusty affairs in this material world. But that is not the fact."

March 29, 1977, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.3-4
"Therefore when human society becomes devoid of dharma, then it is animal society. It is no longer human society."

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.

The Holy Places of
Jaiva Dharma:
Sva and Svarga-loka

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Mar 27, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 151.

Svarga-loka is described in many ways throughout sastra. Sometime passages extol the glories of the degree of sense gratification that is available there, while other statements explain that residing there is simply another kind of hellish condition. In the Sri Brhad-Bhagavatamrta, Srila Sanatana Goswami explains some of the different levels of the svargas:

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Sri Krsna Sandarbha,
Part 95

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Mar 27, CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami

VOLUME ONE - Anuccheda 136

That the residents of Gokula Vrndavana are also eternal associates of Sri Krsna is confirmed in the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam (10.90.48):

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The Holy Places of
Jaiva Dharma:
Sva and Svarga-loka

BY: SUN STAFF

Mar 25, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 150.

In chapter sixteen of Jaiva Dharma we find another instructive passage on the nature of Svargaloka and the jivas who inhabit it. Responding to Vrajanatha's inquiries about why the jivas have fallen into the material condition, Prema-dasa Babaji replies:

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Sri Krsna Sandarbha,
Part 94

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Mar 25, CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami

VOLUME ONE - Anuccheda 135

1 Sri Krsna describes the great devotion and faith felt by Vasudeva and Devaki in their partial incarnation as Sutapa and Prsni in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.39):

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Worship of Lord Narasimha in
Maharastra and Goa,
Part 2

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Mar 25, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of West Indian temples dedicated to the worship of Lord Nrsimhadeva.

Today there are few remaining temples dedicated to Lord Narasimhadeva in Goa, and none of the antiquity of the Shri Laxmi Narsimha Temple featured in our opening segment. Nonetheless, Goa has a long history associated with Nrsimha worship.

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