Monthly Archives: April 2014

Tribhuvanath Prabhu’s Festival Team in the UK
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Hare Krishna everyone, This short film has just been released of the festival in Maidenhead which took place on 10th April. The event was very well attended and went smoothly. Thanks to everyone involved. It was a great example of enthusiastic cooperation between Local devotees, The Manor Sankirtan team, Food for All and the Festival […]

Srila Prabhupada on “Plain Living & High Thinking” in New Vrindaban – June 26, 1976
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A brief quote from a Srimad Bhagavatam lecture given by Srila Prabhupada on June 26th, 1976. “So here in New Vrindaban we are trying to establish an ideal life—plain living and advanced in Krishna consciousness. That is [our] real business.” Click HERE for the full audio and transcript posted on the Vanipedia website.

To grow individually and socially, look for the weakness in yourself and the goodness in others
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To grow individually means to become a better person, a human being with greater character, competence and confidence. To grow socially means to become better recognized and respected by others, to be valued for one’s opinions and contributions. We all wish to grow both individually and socially. Unfortunately, we sometimes adopt unwittingly an approach that […]

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Me, myself and I
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 January 2014, Durban, South Africa, Lecture)  We can become free from personal motivation. It comes from sacrifice in devotional service; it cannot come from anything else. We just put our own ideas aside and do something, and over time we take responsibility for Prabhupada’s movement. We just volunteer and we become […]

AMERICA IS NOT A DEMOCRACY
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The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page. This is not news, you say. Perhaps, but the two professors have conducted exhaustive research to try to present data-driven support for this conclusion. Here’s how they explain it: […]

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Srila Prabhupada’s House and Garden at Krishna Balaram Mandir (Album 91 photos)
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Srila Prabhupada is sitting in his divine Samadhi to reciprocate with you in your direct service to him. Our debt to Srila Prabhupada can never be repaid for uplifting the world to Krishna consciousness. In gratitude for his compassion, let us fully cooperate together to maintain and protect his eternal Samadhi in Vrndavan to assure it will survive the onslaught of time. Dedicated devotees in Vrndavan are engaged in daily maintenance and upkeep of the building, exhibits, gardens and altar. Read more ›

Lakshmi-Narasimha Karuna-rasa-stotra 7: Counter the poison coming from the fangs of the sense objects with the nectar of devotion
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast samsara-sarpa-visha-digdha mahogra-tivra damstragra-koti-paridashta vinashta-murte nagari-vahana sudhabdhi-nivasa shaure lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam “I have been bitten by the tens of millions of terrible sharp fangs of the snake of material existence. Having been injected with its powerful poison, I have lost my consciousness as the eternal servant of Krishna. The best remedy […]

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For him, Back to Godhead was both the means and the end
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“If Srila Prabhupada could go door to door distributing Back to Godheads in the burning heat of Delhi despite his advanced age, why can’t I serve similarly in my own small way?” This thought galvanized Bhagavan Malwadkar, a retired college principal in India, who personally delivered Back to Godhead (BTG) magazines to 170 subscribers in […]

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As We Have Been Taught
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As long as we chant as we have been taught we will not com­mit the first type of disrupion, varna-vyvadhana. But a sub­tle form of this dis­rup­tion occurs when we don’t pro­nounce the mantra prop­erly. Srila Prab­hu­pada refers to a “hiss­ing sound” that is some­times pro­duced by a poor chanter and in a lec­ture he made a car­i­ca­ture of slurred chant­ing, and said “hurkr­ish hurkr­ish krishkr­ish” and said “Not like that. But with priti, with love.”

From Viraha Bhavan #140
by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

The Secret to Satisfaction, Sunday, April 13, Dallas
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Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.6. “Loving devotional service to Krishna is not a part-time job. It is continuous. Srila Prabhupada said that the closest thing in the material world to love for Krishna is a mother’s love for her child. It is not a part-time job; it is 24/7. Loving devotional service […]

Not this body
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.47) When Krsna appears in the material world, he appears in his own original form, and not a temporary form that is accepted of the material nature. Like these bodies we have, they have nothing to do with us. These bodies are simply made of […]