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Cursed by a young brahmana boy to die in seven days, Maharaja Pariksit gave up his royal throne, and sat by the sacred Yamua River to fast until death.

Hearing of the emporer's imminent demise, all great rsis and sages in the universe appeared there to winess the event, knowing Maharaja Pariksit was an advanced devotee of Lord Krsna. 

At last, the learned son of Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami arrived, and was offered the exalted position of instructing the king about the duty of all human begins, but especially for who is about to die.

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Srimad Bhagavatam text courtesy of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Krishna.com used with permission. 

Is there life after death? If so, where does one go when he dies? To heaven? Hell? Into the void? Into the light? Or to a spiritual world?

This book provides definitive answers to these timeless questions--answers which come from the Supreme Lord Himself. These answers enable one to better understand one's past and present sufferings. They also help one to plan for a truly secure and happy future.

Thousands of years ago in India, the history concerning Ajamila and his near-death experience was related by the great spiritual master Sukadeva Gosvami to his disciple King Pariksit. Their conversation is recorded in the Sixth Canto of the Sanskrit classic Srimad-Bhagavatam. In the 1970's Srila Prabhupada translated this story into English and provided an elaborate commentary on it; he also lectured on it extensively. This book is the outcome of both of those efforts.

In this tape series, a dramatization of the text is first presented. This is then followed by the narration and commentary. After hearing them, one cannot help marvel over the potency of the holy name of God--and how, by chanting it, one can be saved from future suffering.

THE AUTHOR: Srila Prabhupada, a fully self-realized spiritual master founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). He wrote more than 60 volumes of authoritative translations and commentaries on the philosophical and spiritual classics of India, and they have been translated into many languages. Highly respected by the academic community for their depth and clarity, they are used as text books in numerous college courses.

THE NARRATOR: Amala-bhakta dasa is a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada and an ordained minister of ISKCON. He has been teaching yoga in general since 1958 and Bhakti Yoga in particular since 1976 and has recorded many of Srila Prabhupada's books. Inspirational and uplifting, these recordings are sold in stores and broadcast on radio stations around the world.

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Sri Isopanisad is one of the first books Srila Prabhupada recommended for studying Vedic philosophy.

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Sri Isopanisad was written thousands of years ago in the Sanskrit language of ancient India and is the most confidential of the 108 Upanishads. The eighteen jewel-like mantras of Sri Isopanisad can release us from the bleak, unsatisfying conceptions of impersonalism and bring us in touch with the primeval original Personality, who is the fountainhead of all energies.

THE NARRATOR Amala-bhakta Dasa, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, is an ordained minister of ISKCON and has recorded most of his gurudeva's works. They are sold in stores and broadcast on radio worldwide.

These mantras provide, along with Srila Prabhupadada's illuminating commentaries, key insights into the nature of the supreme intelligence that governs the universe. They teach us that all of our problem's ”war, famine, poverty, etc.” are the result of our failure to recognize the existence of a Supreme Person, who is the owner and controller of everything. And they show us how to harmonize our actions with the will of the Supreme so that we can easily overcome and eradicate all our difficulties and always live peacefully and joyfully.

THE AUTHOR: Srila Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). He wrote more than sixty volumes of spiritual philosophy, which are used as textbooks in numerous universities.

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This delightful compilation of four Radha-Krsna lilas was composed by Gopal Bhatta Gosvami. Vasana-caurya Lila: Stealing the Gopis Clothes Bhara Lila: Carrying the Load Para Lila: Crossing the River Dana Lila: Collecting Taxes Also included is a short description of the life and pastimes of Gopal Bhatta Gosvami, and the self-manifested appearance of Sri Radharaman Dev.

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The Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, composed eight verses that contain the essence of all the Vedas. Sri Siksastaka includes these eight prayers, plus commentaries on those verses by both Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.

As explained by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, "In a general sense, the first sloka teaches the process of congregational chanting; the second, how one can realize his inepitude to take up this chanting; the third, the procedure of chanting the Holy Name; the fourth, how to rid oneself of deception and detrimental mundane desires; the fifth, the jiva's original spiritual identity; the sixth, how one experiences his good fortune of coming closer to the Lord; the seventh, the mood of separation after one comes to the required sprirtual elevation; and the eighth, how one obtains the highest perfection in the matter of finding one's absolute necessity or goal."

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The complete Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 1-12

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We've recorded the entire chapter of the famous talks between Lord Caitanya and Ramananda Raya, including all English Translations and Bhaktivedanta Purports in Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 8. During these discussions, known as Ramananda Samvada Lord Caitanya inquires about the goal of life, various levels and types of bhakti, intimate dealings between Radha and Krsna, how to follow the mood of the gopis, and numerous aspects of ordinary dealings. Ramananda Raya answers all these questions with exceptional clarity by citing Vedic references and even his own compilations.

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Throughout the ages many avatars, divinely inspired teachers and incarnations of God have appeared in the world, but none has ever distributed love as freely as the Golden Avatar, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This great master appeared in Bengal, India in 1486 and He lived for only 48 years. Yet He began a revolution in spiritual consciousness that has profoundly affected the lives of millions of people.

Renowned as a great saint even in His youth, Lord Caitanya left His family and friends at the age of 24 to teach throughout India the forgotten essence of the ancient Vedic wisdom. Although He Himself was a fully renounced mystic, He taught how one can act in spiritual consciousness even within one’s home, occupation, and social affairs. Thus Lord Caitanya’s teachings, although timeless, bear special relevance for today’s world.

Lord Caitanya taught a practical process that anyone can perform to directly feel the ecstasy of pure love of God. This tape series tells about the extraordinary life of this great saint and explains the essence of His teachings. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, a disciplic descendant of the Lord and the author of this work, is intimately familiar with the Lord’s teachings. He is thus highly qualified to provide the reader with a genuine understanding and appreciation of them.

THE AUTHOR: Srila Prabhupada, a fully self-realized spiritual master, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). He wrote more than 60 volumes of authoritative translations and commentaries on the philosophical and spiritual classics of India, and they have been translated into many languages. Highly respected by the academic community for their depth and clarity, they are used as text books in numerous college courses throughout the world.

THE NARRATOR: Amala-bhakta dasa is a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada and an ordained minister of ISKCON. He has been teaching yoga in general since 1958 and Bhakti Yoga in particular since 1976 and has recorded many of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Inspirational and uplifting, these recordings are sold in stores and broadcast on radio stations around the world.

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Lord Kapila is a renowned sage of antiquity and is the author of a philosophical system known as Sankhya, which forms an important part of India's ancient philosophical heritage. Sankhya is a system of metaphysics that deals with the elemental principles of the universe; it is also a system of spiritual knowledge, with its own methodology, and culminates in full consciousness of the Supreme Absolute.

Lord Kapila, however, is not an ordinary philosopher or sage but an incarnation of God. This book deals with His answers to His mother's enquiry about how to overcome ignorance and delusion and attain spiritual enlightenment. The underlying theme running throughout His answers and throughout Srila Prabhupada's commentaries on them is that one can achieve this goal by practicing bhakti-yoga, the process of linking one's heart to the Lord's heart through loving devotional service.

This series, with Sanskrit, translations, and purports sheds light on such topics as the Significance of the Guru, the Psychology of Consciousness, the Characteristics of a Self-Realized Person, the Science of Meditation, the nature of Transcendental Knowledge, and the Process of Ultimate Liberation.

THE AUTHOR: Srila Prabhupada, a fully self-realized spiritual master founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). He wrote more than 60 volumes of authoritative translations and commentaries on the philosophical and spiritual classics of India, and they have been translated into many languages. Highly respected by the academic community for their depth and clarity, they are used as text books in numerous college courses.

THE NARRATOR: Amala-bhakta dasa is a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada and an ordained minister of ISKCON. He has been teaching yoga in general since 1958 and Bhakti Yoga in particular since 1976 and has recorded many of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Inspirational and uplifting, these recordings are sold in stores and broadcast on radio stations around the world.

Reading Time: 14 hours

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About 5,000 years ago in India, Queen Kunti was a central figure in a complex political drama that culminated in the devastating Kuruksetra war. At the war's end when Lord Krishna was preparing to depart from the battle scene, she approached Him to offer Him her prayers. She was fully aware that He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead who had descended from the spiritual world to rid the earth of demoniac military forces and reestablish peace and righteousness.

Queen Kunti's prayers are simple and illuminating outpourings of the soul. They reveal the deepest transcendental emotions, the highest philosophical understandings and the greatest theological realizations. Her words were recorded and immortalized in India's glorious scripture, Srimad Bhagavatam, and for thousands of years illustrious sages and saints have recited, chanted and sung them.

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada translated those prayers (or teachings) from Sanskrit into English. He also commented on them in a highly illuminating way, enabling one to not only better understand the prayers but also apply them in one's daily living. This inevitably helps one to become increasingly Krishna conscious and thus experience the highest possible spiritual happiness and fulfillment

THE AUTHOR: Srila Prabhupada, a fully self-realized spiritual master, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). He wrote more than 60 volumes of authoritative translations and commentaries on the philosophical and spiritual classics of India, and they have been translated into many languages. Highly respected by the academic community for their depth and clarity, they are used as text books in numerous college courses throughout the world.

THE NARRATOR: Amala-bhakta dasa is a direct disciple of Srila Prabhupada and an ordained minister of ISKCON. He has been teaching yoga in general since 1958 and Bhakti Yoga in particular since 1976 and has recorded many of Srila Prabhupada's books. Inspirational and uplifting, these recordings are sold in stores and broadcast on radio stations around the world.

Reading Time: 12 hours

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