Do Not Kill Cows
Do Not Kill Cows. By Sankarshan Das
The cow’s our mother giving us milk
After first mother no longer can.
So how we can kill and eat her?
This I do not understand.
If your compassion I can somehow arouse,
I’ll convince you that we should not kill cows.
She gives us ice cream, yogurt and more
Without asking even for a penny.
So how we can then kill and eat her?
What an atrocious pity!
So if your compassion I can somehow arouse,
I’ll convince you that we should not kill cows.
The karma we get for eating a cow
Is to be killed and eaten too.
So to get ourselves free from being slaughtered
This is what we now have to do.
If your compassion I can somehow arouse,
I’ll convince you that we should not kill cows.
Yes, if your compassion I can somehow arouse,
I’ll convince you that we should not kill cows.
(Spoken). Take it seriously.
Hari Hari Viphale by Narottam Das Thakur (sung in English by Sankarshan Das Adhikari)
This is the English translation of the powerful Bengali bhakti bhajana “Hari Hari Viphale” by the great Vaisnava acharya, Srila Narottama Das Thakur
Although I’ve come to this human form
My Lord I’ve spent my life uselessly.
I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna
So I swallow poison knowingly, knowingly.
Hare Krishna mantra comes straight from Krishna Loka,
But with chanting I have no connection.
Day and night I’m burning in this dark world
Without working to make the correction, no correction.
Lord Krishna comes as Sachi’s Son,
Balarama descends as Nitai.
By chanting, the wretched have all been saved,
Including Jagai and Madhai.
Oh my dear Lord, O Son of King Nanda,
Together with Vrishabhanu’s daughter—
“I’ve got no shelter but Radha and Krishna,”
Humbly prays Narottama Das Thakur.
Although I’ve come to this human form
My Lord I’ve spent my life uselessly.
I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna
So I swallow poison knowingly.
I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna
So I swallow poison knowingly.
Srila Prabhupada Lecture on the Disappearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati – 1973 Dec 13 – Los Angeles
Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimhadeva – 2021 May 05 – Austin, Texas
Sankarshan Das Adhikari speaks on the Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimhadeva in Austin, Texas USA on 25 May 2021
SB 3.32.19 Austin 21 May 2021
Srimad Bhagavatam 3.32.19
I’ve Spend My Life Uselessly by Narottama Das Thakur
Although I’ve come to this human form
My Lord, I’ve spent my life uselessly.
I did not care for Radha and Krishna
And so I swallow poison knowingly.
Hare Krishna mantra comes straight from Krishnaloka
But with chanting I have no connection.
Day and night I’m burning in this dark world
Without working to make the correction.
Lord Krishna comes as Saci’s son
Balarama descends as Nitai.
By chanting the wretched have all been saved
Including Jagai and Madhai.
Oh my Lord, Oh Son of King Nanda
Together with Vrishabhanu’s daughter.
I’ve got no shelter but Radha and Krishna
Humbly prays Narottam Das Thakur
Although I’ve come to this human form
My Lord, I’ve spent my life uselessly.
I did not care for Radha and Krishna
And so I swallow poison knowingly.
Sex Life in Marriage Must Be Restricted
SB 1-03-26 Los Angeles 1972-10-01 First Educate People
SB 3.30.30 – 19 March 2021 – Austin, Texas
Given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari on 19 March 2021 in Austin, Texas USA.
Kabe Habe Bolo Se Din Amar by Bhaktivinode Thakur
When, oh when will that day be mine?
When my offenses ceasing, taste for the name increasing, when in my heart will Your mercy shine? When, oh when will that day be mine?
Lower than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, when will my mind attain this quality? Respectful to all, not expecting their honor, then shall I taste the name’s nectar sublime. When, oh when will that day be mine?
Great wealth or followers, feminine beauty, I won’t care for them or the comforts of my body. Birth after birth give me, O Lord Chaitanya, causeless devotion to Your feet divine. When, oh when will that day be mine?
When will I utter Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, with words choked up and shivering body? When will I be trembling all over, lose bodily color, tears pouring from my eyes? When, oh when will that day be mine?
When in Navadvipa along the Ganges bank, shouting “Gaura-Nityananda!” as a surrendered soul, dancing, chanting, running everywhere, when will I become half mad of mind? When, oh when will that day be mine?
When will Lord Nityananda show mercy upon me, and when will I reject the world of maya? Bestow unto me the shade of Your lotus feet, and let the right to preach the name be mine. When, oh when will that day be mine?
I will beg, borrow, or steal the nectar of the name. By the name’s effect I will feel paralyzed. O enjoyer of the nectar of the name, when will I touch Your lotus feet till the end of time? When, oh when will that day be mine?
When kindness to all beings will be appearing, with free heart forgetting my self-comforting, Bhaktivinoda in all humility prays, “Now I’ll set out to preach Your order sublime.” When, oh when will that day be mine?
SB 3.29.1-2 — 10 Jan 2021 — Austin,TX,USA
Srila Prabhupada Orders us to Make Digvijaya
Go from country and country, from village to village, town to town, and make digvijaya: “Here is our philosophy. There is God. We can prove there is God. Who are you, you deny God? Come on.” That is digvijaya.
From a Srimad-Bhagavatam Lecture on 1.16.11 — Los Angeles, January 8, 1974
Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Bhaktisiddhanta Disappearance Day Lecture – 9 Dec 1968 – Los Angeles
How to Attain Supreme Nirvana – 2020 Dec 30 – Austin, Texas
SB 3.28.35_Sankarshan Das_30.Dec.2020-Austin, Texas USA
Srila Prabhupada Leads Hare Krishna Kirtan
Srila Prabhupada leads his early disciples in chanting Hare Krishna. In this way he launched a spiritual revolution which is now sweeping the universe. Tune into this kirtan and you will relish unlimited spiritual bliss.
Prayer to Lord Nityananda by Narottam Das Thakur
hā hā prabhu nityānanda, premānanda sukhī
kṛpābalokana koro āmi boro duḥkhī
“My dear Lord Nityānanda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You because I am most unhappy. If You kindly put Your glance over me, then I may also become happy.”
Śrī Vraja Dhāma Mahimāmṛta
This is a song by a great Vaisnava acarya describing the nectarean glories of Sri Vrindavan Dham.
SB 1-02-12 Los Angeles 1972-08-15 Become Very Eager to See Krishna
The is one of Srila Prabhupada’s most wonderful lectures.
Safe Passage (Hare Krishna Take Off)
May this chanting of Krishna holy names bless you with safe passage into the spiritual world.
Again You Become a Mouse
SB 9.10 Rama Navami Special – 02 April 2020 – Austin, Texas
Lord Ramacandra’s Appearance Day Lecture given by Srila Prabhupada – 1974 Apr 01 – Bombay
This a lecture by Srila Prabhupada in Mumbai, India on 1 April 1974, the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra.
Nancy Pearlman Interview Radio Station 90.1 KBPK
SB 5.18.9 – 3 January 2020 – Mississauga Ontario Canada
This is one of the most essential verses in the entire Vedic literatures in which the devotee prays that the entire world will now become Krishna conscious.
Initiation Lecture for Usa devi dasi – 16 June 2019 – Phoenix, Mauritius
Sankarshan das Adhikari initiates terminally ill cancer patient blessing her with the name Usa devi dasi
Arrival Lecture In Mauritius – June 14, 2019
Arrival Lecture in Mauritius on 14 June 2019
The Peace Formula Lecture – 18 May 2019 – Kaliningrad, Russia
Lecture on Lord Sri Krishna’s Peace Formula (Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 29) given in Kaliningrad, Russia on 18 May 2019
The Welfare of All Living Beings – 2019 May 15 – Klaipeda
Prahlada Maharaja has taught us that Krishna’s devotee lives for the welfare of al living beings.
Alytus, Lithuania Library Lecture – 13 May 2019
Super Ecstatic Lecture given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari and Vishnupriya Devi Dasi in the Alytus, Lithuania public library on 13 May 2019. The audience was so inspired that many of them purchased Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Sunday Feast Lecture – 12 May 2019 – Kaunas, Lithuania
Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Chapter 10, Verse 10
Relishing the Glories of Krishna in the Association of Devotees – 2019 May 10 – Vilnius, Lithuania
A lecture on Bhagavad-gita 10.9 given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari in Vilnius, Lithuania on 10 May 2019
2019-Apr-27 Home Program Pune
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-28 Pune Sunday Feast Lecture
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-28 Home Program Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-29 SB 4.26.21 Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-27 Program For Working Youths Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-27 SB 4.27.1 Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-26 19 BG 18.57 Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
2019-Apr-29 SB 10.14.58 Brahamacari Class Pune, India
Series of lectures given in Pune, India in April 2019 by Sankarshan Das Adhikari
29 April 2019 – Lecture to Brahmacaris in Pune, India with Many Questions and Answers
SB 7.13.2 – On the Bank of the Yamuna River – 15 April 2019 – Vrindavan
Super Ecstatic Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture on the Canto 7, Chapter 13, Text 29 given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari on the bank of the Yamuna river in Sri Vrindavan Dhama on 15 April 2019
As Sure As Death
Srila Prabhupada solidly defeats atheism in this conversation with Dr. Wolf in the garden of the ISKCON temple in Los Angeles on 25 June 1975.
BG 5.29 – The Peace Formula Mar-08-2019 – Helsinki, Finland
On 8 March 2019 while traveling from Sri Mayapur Dham in the holy land of India back to our home base in Austin, Texas USA we were blessed with a transit stop in Helsinki, Finland.
Temple President, Tapodivyam Prabhu and his wife, Tapasvini devi dasi, who is my disciple received us very nicely. Following the evening arati for ISKCON Helsinki’s beautiful Gaura Nitai deities (pictured here) I was blessed with the opportunity to give a lecture on Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 29, which is famous for being the peace formula verse.
Sunday Feast Lecture – ISKCON Austin – 20 January 2019
Make The Whole World Krishna Conscious – 2019 Jan 16 – Los Angeles
Make the Whole World Krishna Conscious–Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.12.31-32 Given on 16 January 2019 in Los Angeles, USA.
SB 1.12.30 – 2019 Jan 15 – See Krishna Everywhere Los Angeles
Here’s how to develop the vision to see Krishna everywhere.
Make Krishna the Center of Your Life – 2019 Jan 13 – Toronto
Make Krishna the Center of Your Life and Taste Unlimited Bliss!
Lecture Given on 13 January 2019 Bhagavad-gita Chapter 10, Text 9, at the ISKCON temple in Toronto, Ontario Canada
Hari Bhakti Devi Dasi Initiation Lecture – Santiago, Chile – 6 January 2019
On 6 January 2019 in Santiago, Chile I accepted Hari Bhakti devi dasi as my disciple. This is the initiation lecture I gave at the initiation ceremony.
The Perfection of Love – 2018 Dec 30 – Wyndham, Australia
This is a lecture on the perfection given on 30 December 2018 in Wyndham, Australia.
BG 4.3 – Long Mountain Mauritius – 13 Dec 2018
Ecstatic evening lecture in Long Mountain, Mauritius.
Become Great by Following the Great Kaunas, Lithuania – 28 October 2018
Follow the Great and Become Great.
Peace Formula Lecture and Song – 8 October 2018 – Noida
This lecture and song gives the formula for world peace. If the world’s leaders can heed and apply this message, our planet will enjoy the greatest era of peace and prosperity that it has known for thousands of years. So let’s all pray sincerely that this will happen soon before it’s too late.
Here’s where you can get the studio version of The Peace Formula song:
turnontheworld.com/track/1313574/the-peace-formula
SB 1.8.31 – Vrindavan – 7 October 2018
Krishna’s Pure Devotees in Goloka Vrindavan are so pure that they are allowed to have special relationships with Krishna as friend, parent, or conjugal lover.
This lecture describes Mother Yasoda’s relationship with Krishna when she chastised Him for breaking the butter pot and feeding the butter to Vrindavan’s celebrated monkeys.
The Pure Hare Krishna Chanter Attracts the Whole World to Chant Hare Krisna – 2018 May 10 – Vrindavan
This is a lecture given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari in Vrindavan, India on 5 October 2018 based on Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila, Chapter 7, Text 83.
This verse describes how one who chants the Hare Krishna mahamantra purely becomes jagad-guru, the spiritual master of the universe, and inspires the entire world to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
Controlling Sex Desire – 3 Oct 2018 – Vrindavan, India
The unlimited benefits of controlling one’s sex desire.
Training the Youth to Become World Leaders – 2 Oct 2018 – Vrindavan, India
Real education means to understand you who are beyond your material body and what is your prime duty in relation with the Absolute Truth, the source of all existence. One who is educated in this way is qualified to lead the entire world out of chaos.
In this lecture I provide such training to the boys enrolled in the ISKCON Gurukula in Vrindavan, India so that in the future they can factually become the leaders of the world. Those who take very seriously what I taught them will indeed become world leaders to show the world population how to live happily, peacefully, and prosperously in this world and attain the supreme perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead at the time of leaving their present material bodies
Make Krishna Consciousness the World Relgion – Vrindavan – 30 Sept 2018
Srila Prabhupada gave this very poignant instruction in 1972:
As much as possible read, chant, and preach. This is our life and soul.
If we keep to this simple formula then there is no doubt that we will be victorious wherever we go and very soon we shall become the only religion in the world.
(from a Letter to: Hridayananda — Bombay 6 January, 1972)
Wedding Lecture – 29 September 2018 – Vrindavan
Lecture given in Vrindavan, India by Sankarshan Das Adhikari at the wedding of Sacinandana Das and Lila Manjari Devi Dasi on 29 September 2018.
Initiation Lecture – 29 Sept 2018 – Vrindavan
Initiation Lecture given in Sri Vrindavana Dhama by Sankarshan Das Adhikari on 29 Sept 2018.
Divine Sex Life – SB 5.8.8 – Pune
Divine Sex Life
Like the Attraction Between a Young Boy and Girl – 24 April 2018 – Vilnius, Lithuania
This amazing lecture will open the door of your consciousness enabling you to enter that transcendental dimension which lies beyond the miserable realm of birth, death, old age, and disease. Tune in. Turn on.
And Bliss Out!!
The Perfection of Love – Utena, Lithuania – 21 April 2018
Bhakti, the perfection of love, brings you unlimited happiness.
Divine Sex Life
In other to be properly situated in Krishna consciousness householders must restrict their sex life to no more than once a month when they are trying to have a child. When they are not trying to have a child there should no be sex life.
That once a month sex is to be done five days after the woman’s menstrual cycle because she is most likely to conceive a child on that day. Also, both the husband and wife should chant at least 50 rounds of japa mala before having sex on that day and they should also have their Guru Maharaja’s blessings for trying to have a Krishna conscious child. Any sex life beyond this is illicit and must be avoided by those who are serious about getting out of the cycle of birth and death and going back to Godhead. Sex life executed according these principles is divine and will attract a great saint to take birth in the mother’s womb.
How to Perfect Our Relationship With Krishna – Vrindavan – 4 April 2018
Learn how to perfect your relationship with Krishna and regain your original, eternal identity that you have in Krishna’s eternal pastimes in the spiritual world. You will enter into an eternal state of pure, ever-increasing bliss
Lecture to Gurukula Teachers – Vrindavan, India – 3 April 2018
How to train a new generation of leaders that will lead the world out of chaos.
Sex Won’t Take You Back to Godhead (Famous Lecture) – Vrindavan, India – 1 April 2018
There is humongous misconception in ISKCON that one can become Krishna conscious while having unrestricted sex pleasure with one’s wife. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Sex desire must be completely given up in order to qualify oneself to go back to home, back to Godhead. This is why we have a regulative principle which totally forbids us from having sex except for once a month after the husband and wife both chant 50 rounds of japa if the couple are trying to have a child.
Unmotivated Uninterrupted Devotional Service Gives Unlimited Bliss – 2018 Mar 30 – Vrindavan
How to Become Free From All Miseries – 2018 Mar 28 – Vrindavan
Why suffer when you can relish unlimited bliss at every minute. This lecture will tell you how.
The Foolishness of Ignoring Impending Death – SB 5.18.3 – Vrindavan India – 26 March 2018
A good student always remembers that at the end of the semester he must take a final exam for each course that he is taking. By remembering this he prepares himself well by dutifully studying, writing papers, and attending classes throughout the semester.
In a similar way a thoughtful, conscientious devotee of Krishna always remember that his Krishna consciousness will be tested at the time of death. Therefore he carefully and thoughtfully practices Krishna consciousness throughout his entire life so that when life’s final exam, i.e. death, comes he is fully prepared to pass the exam and go back to home, back to Godhead.
How to Make the Whole World Krishna Conscious Immediately – 25 March 2018 – Vrindavan
Here’s the verse and purport that we studied:
Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.53:
Translation: When Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear and fatigue were completely absent. There was even no death for those who did not want it.
PURPORT
All these facilities existed because of Lord Rāmacandra’s presence as the King of the entire world. A similar situation could be introduced immediately, even in this age called Kali, the worst of all ages. It is said, kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāra: Kṛṣṇa descends in this Kali-yuga in the form of His holy name—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma. If we chant offenselessly, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are still present in this age. The kingdom of Rāma was immensely popular and beneficial, and the spreading of this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement can immediately introduce a similar situation, even in this Kali-yuga.
Lecture to Gurukula Boys – SB.5.18.9 – Vrindavan, India – 22 March 2018
Lecture to Gurukula boys on Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9 in Vrindavan, India on 22 March 2018
2018.02.04 – The Appearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati – Austin,Texas
On the appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari reads and comments upon Srila Prabhupada’s lecture, which was given in Atlanta, Georgia on 2 March 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia USA
Lord Nityananda Appearance Day Lecture – 29 January 2018 – Austin Texas
Discover the most amazing glories and mercy of Lord Nityananda in this super-enlivening lecture by Sankarshan Das Adhikari.
BG 3.21 “A Great Man Inspires the Whole World.” – 2018 Jan 21 – Austin, Texas
The lecture describes how one can simultaneously make a spiritual revolution in his heart and in the world.
2018.01.08 – Deliver the World – SB.4.24.51 – Santiago, Chile
A lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 4th Canto,Chapter 24, Text 51 given by His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari on 8 January 2018 in the ISKCON temple in Santiago, Chile.
2017.12.30 – Picnic Lecture Burndap Park – Maribyrnong Australia
How to awaken the self within and experience unlimited bliss at every minute.
How to Always Live in Vrindavan – 2017 Dec 28 – Melbourne
Enlightened spiritual master, Sankarshan Das, teaches in this lecture the amazing technique of how to always live in Sri Vrindavan Dhama, the transcendental abode of Lord Sri Krishna, at every minute within your heart. This technique can be practiced by anyone in any walk of life anywhere in the world.
Instant Nirvana – 2017 Dec 17 – Lenasia South Africa
Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 9, Verse 1 given by Sankarshan Das on 17 December 2017 at the ISKCON Center in Lenasia, South Africa