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Sri Garuda
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 23, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of Sri Garuda, the transcendental carrier of Lord Visnu beginning with a summary description of the Introduction to Sri Garuda Purana.
Lord Visnu's Incarnations
Sutji once reached Naimisharanya in the course of his pilgrimage. There he found numerous sages engaged in austerities and penance. All of them were delighted to find Sutji in their midst and considered it a God-sent opportunity to get their doubts related to various religious topics cleared. The Sage Shaunak was also present there, and he asked Sutji --' O revered sage! Who is the creator of this world? Who nurtures it and who annihilates it in the end? How can one realize the supreme Almighty? How many incarnations has the Almighty taken till now? Please enlighten us on all these things, which are shrouded in mystery.'
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 490
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 23, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CXII - The Rákshas Dames
"High rose the universal wail
That mourned the monarch's death, and, pale
With crushing woe, her hair unbound,
Her eyes in floods of sorrow drowned,
Forth from the inner chambers came
With trembling feet each royal dame,
Heedless of those who bade them stay
They reached the field where Rávaṇ lay;
There falling by their husband's side,
"Ah, King! ah dearest lord!" they cried.
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Prabhupada Padma-vakya
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 23,
CANADA (SUN)
Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.
March 23, 1968, San Francisco
Morning Walk at Stow Lake
"And the animals, they are in darkness. Although they're on this park,
but they do not know where they are, darkness. Their knowledge is not
developed. This is the result of the modes of ignorance."
 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
The Mahajanapadas of Jambudvipa, Part 17
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 20, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Kamboja Kingdom
Today we present the last of solasa (sixteen) mahajanapadas -- the great states of ancient India. The Kamboja Kingdom has been mentioned in association with the Gandhara Kingdom, the two being located in close proximity to one another in northwest India. Kamboja is also listed along with Darada and the Bahlika (Bactria).
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 489
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 20, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CXI - Vibhishan's Lament
"Vibhishaṇ saw his brother slain,
Nor could his heart its woe contain.
O'er the dead king he sadly bent
And mourned him with a loud lament:
"O hero, bold and brave," he cried,
"Skilled in all arms, in battle tried.
Spoiled of thy crown, with limbs outspread,
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The Mahajanapadas of Jambudvipa, Part 16
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 18, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Gandhara Kingdom
The Gandhara Kingdom is included in the list of sixteen great states of ancient India known as the mahajanapadas. Gandhara's territory comprised the modern districts of Peshwar and Rawalpindi in northern Punjab. The Gandhara dynasty, located on the grand northern high road (Uttarapatha), had their capital at Takkasila (Takshasila, or Prakrit Taxila). Their domain was the centre of international commerce and served as an important channel of communication with ancient Iran and Central Asia.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 488
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 18, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CX - Rávan's Death
"Then Mátali to Ráma cried:
"Let other arms the day decide.
Why wilt thou strive with useless toil
And see his might thy efforts foil?
Launch at the foe thy dart whose fire
Was kindled by the Almighty Sire."
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The Mahajanapadas of Jambudvipa, Part 15
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 15, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Avanti Kingdom
The Avantis were an important kingdom in western India. Avanti was also one of the four great monarchies in India in the post era of Mahavira and Buddha, the other three being Kosala, Vatsa and Magadha. The region of the Avanti Kingdom roughly corresponds to modern Malwa, Nimar and adjoining parts of Madhya Pradesh.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 487
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 15, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CIX - The Battle
"With wondrous power and might and skill
The giant fought with Ráma still.
Each at his foe his chariot drove,
And still for death or victory strove.
The warriors' steeds together dashed,
And pole with pole reëchoing clashed.
Then Ráma launching dart on dart
Made Rávaṇ's coursers swerve and start.
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Lord Caitanya: The Golden Avatara
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 13, CANADA (SUN) — In honour of Sri Gaura Purnima, the Appearance Day of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, observed March 13th.
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Back To Godhead, Vol. 01, No. 39, January 1, 1971
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the golden avatara, appeared in India nearly 500 years ago. It is the custom in India that when a child is born, an astrologer is called for. When Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared 5,000 years ago, Gargamuni was called by His father, and he said, "This child formerly incarnated in five complexions, such as red and golden, and now He has appeared in blackish color." Krsna's color is described in the scriptures as blackish, just like a cloud. Lord Caitanya is understood to be Krsna appearing in golden complexion.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 486
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 13, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CVIII - The Battle
"He spoke, and vanished: Ráma raised
His eyes with reverence meet, and praised
The glorious Day-God full in view:
Then armed him for the fight anew.
Urged onward by his charioteer
The giant's foaming steeds came near,
And furious was the battle's din
Where each resolved to die or win.
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 14
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 11, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Assaka Kingdom
The Kingdom of Assaka, or the Ashmaka tribe was centered in Dakshinapatha or southern India. In Buddha's time, the Assakas resided on the banks of the River Godavari, south of the Vindhya Mountains. Many pastimes from Ramayana took place in the Vindhya range. Bhattasvami, the commentator of the Kautiliya Arthashastra identifies Ashmaka with Maharashtra. The Paithan paintings used throughout this series are examples of the Paithan School of Maharashtra.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 485
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 11, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CVI - Glory To The Sun
"There faint and bleeding fast, apart
Stood Rávaṇ raging in his heart.
Then, moved with ruth for Ráma's sake,
Agastya came and gently spake:
"Bend, Ráma, bend thy heart and ear
The everlasting truth to hear
Which all thy hopes through life will bless
And crown thine arms with full success.
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 13
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 09, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Magadha Kingdom
The Kingdom of Magadha was one of the most prominent and prosperous of ancient India's sixteen mahajanapadas. The kingdom roughly corresponds to the modern districts of Patna and Gaya in southern Bihar and parts of Bengal in the east. The capital city, Pataliputra (modern Patna) was situated near several major rivers, bounded on the north by the Ganges, to the east by the river Champa, on the south by the Vindhya mountains and in the west by the river Sona. During Buddha's time its boundaries included Anga.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 484
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 09, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CIII - Indra's Car
"Then Raghu's son forgot his woe:
Again he grasped his fallen bow
And hurled at Lanká's lord amain
The tempest of his arrowy rain.
Drawn by the steeds his lords had brought,
Again the giant turned and fought.
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 12
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 07, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Matsya Kingdom
The Matsya were one of the prominent tribes of Vedic India. Their kingdom resided in the country south of the Kurus and west of the Yamuna, which separated them from the Panchalas. It roughly corresponds to the former state of Jaipur in Rajasthan, and included the whole of Alwar with portions of Bharatpur.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 483
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 07, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CII - Lakshman Healed
"But Ráma, pride of Raghu's race,
Gazed tenderly on Lakshmaṇ's face,
And, as the sight his spirit broke,
Turned to Susheṇ and sadly spoke:
"Where is my power and valour? how
Shall I have heart for battle now,
When dead before my weeping eyes
My brother, noblest Lakshmaṇ, lies?
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 11
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 04, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Surasena Kingdom
The kingdom of the Surasenas lies to the east of Matsya Kingdom and west of Yamuna. This corresponds roughly to the Brij region of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, and the Gwalior region of Madhya Pradesh. Surasena Kingdom had its capital at Mathura (Madhura). Mathura is also associated with Maholi, five miles to the southwest of the present town of Mathura. This should be distinguished from Mathura or Madura, the second capital of the Pandyan kingdom on the river Vaigi in Madras.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 482
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 04, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto CI - Lakshman's Fall
"When Rávaṇ saw his darts repelled,
With double rage his bosom swelled.
He summoned, wroth but undismayed,
A mightier charm to lend its aid.
And, fierce as fire before the blast,
A storm of missiles thick and fast,
Spear, pike and javelin, mace and brand,
Came hurtling from the giant's hand.
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 10
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 02, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Panchala Kingdom
Next among the solasa (sixteen) mahajanapadas is the Panchala Kingdom. The Panchalas occupied the country to the east of the Kurus, between the mountains and the Ganges River. It roughly corresponds to modern Budaun, Farrukhabad and the adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh. The country was then divided into Uttara-Panchala and Dakshina-Panchala. The northern Panchala had its capital at Adhichhatra or Chhatravati (modern Ramnagar in the Bareilly District), while southern Panchala had it capital at Kampilya, or Kampil in Farrukhabad District.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 481
BY: SUN STAFF
Mar 02, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto C. Rávan In The Field
"The plain with bleeding limbs was spread,
And heaps of dying and of dead.
His mighty bow still Ráma strained,
And shafts upon the giants rained.
Still Angad and Sugríva, wrought
To fury, for the Vánars fought.
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The Mahajanapadas
of Jambudvipa, Part 9
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 28, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the island of Jambudvipa and the sixteen Great States residing there.
The Kuru Kingdom
As noted in yesterday's segment, the Vatsas were a branch of the Kuru dynasty, whose origin is traced in the Puranas from the Puru-Bharata family. The Puru-Bharata dynasty came about as an alliance and merger between the Bharata and Puru tribes. Aitareya Brahmana locates the Kurus in Madhyadesha (Jambudvipa) and also refers to the Uttarakurus as living beyond the Himalayas.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Part 480
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 28, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'The Epic Journey of Rama'.
Book VI - Canto XCVI - Rávan's Sally
"The groans and cries of dames who wailed
The ears of Lanká's lord assailed,
For from each house and home was sent
The voice of weeping and lament.
In troubled thought his head he bowed,
Then fiercely loosing on the crowd
Of nobles near his throne he broke
The silence, and in fury spoke:
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Ramesvara Group of Temples at Boudh
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 28, CANADA (SUN) — A study of Orissan temple architecture by Ramesh Meher, Birbhum, West Bengal.
The Indian Silpasastra recognizes three main types of temples known as the Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara. All the available texts are agreed on the point that the Nagara style was prevalent in the region between the Himalayas and the Vindhyas.
The Dravida country is well known and the texts rightly confine the Dravida style to that part of the country lying between the river Krishna and the cape of Kanyakumari.
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Theosophy Ends in Vaishnavism
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 28, CANADA (SUN) — Edited and Founded Under Direct Order of His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhakti-Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada by Goswami Abhay Charan Bhaktivedanta.
1944 Back to Godhead #1
The man having forgotten himself as the son of Godhead, has forsaken his real constitutional nature. He has misidentified himself with everything non-godly and therefore manipulates a material existence conducted by the mind and the six instrumental senses. He is concerned only with his material coverings of gross body and the subtle mind but cannot see either himself or his so-called numerous fellowmen. This is what we mean by Nescience which is darkness.
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Parishads: Sri Rasikananda Deva Goswami
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Feb 28, CANADA (SUN) — The Disappearance day of Sri Rasikananda Deva Goswami is observed on February 28th.
Rasikananda Deva Goswami was born in 1512 of the Saka era (1590 AD) in the village of Rohini or Rayni in the Midnapore district. This village is situated at the confluence of the Subarnarekha and Dolanga rivers. His father's name was Raja Achyutananda and his mother, Bhavani Devi.
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