Monthly Archives: July 2015

Hare Krishna! The Creation and Dissolution of the Material World
Urmila Devi Dasi: Beyond the material sky, further than we can see with our eyes and beyond the universe, there is an unlimited span of spiritual sky generally known as the brahmajyoti. W… Read more ›

A beautiful video about Mayapur dhama.

Interest in Bhakti-Yoga is rising in Turkey, an Islamic country with few devotees and no official ISKCON presence. With the increasing popularity of yoga in general in Istanbul, and yoga studios popping up everywhere, Nrismha Krishna Das and …

20.000 policeman to ensure a peaceful Rathayatra in Baroda, tomorrow (Album with photos)
Other newspaper articles that have come out before the Rathayatra festival in Baroda.
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Bhakta Jason Starkey from Dallas, Texas, enthusiastically expresses his reasons for donating to the TOVP and why everyone should. (2 min video)
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Mangal Arati Of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath;6th July 2015

The Modern Approach By “modern approach” I mean the way the guru-diciple dynamic is implemented in most of the Gauḍīya Maṭh and ISKCON. We start out with a relatively advanced practitioner of bhakti, who attracts from the masses a few people who take bhakti  seriously enough to become novices. The relatively advanced guru continues to reach […]

The observance of Gundica-marjana, the washing and cleansing of the Gundica temple, takes place on the day before Ratha-yatra, in preparation for the arrival of the Lord. The history of Ratha-yatra goes back thousands of years, to a previous age, but for us, the specific significance of the Ratha-yatra and the cleaning of the Gundica […]

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As the most sacred month of Purusottama draws to a close, our minds turn toward Purusottama-ksetra, Jagannatha Puri, and the celebration of the Ratha-yatra and other related festivals there. Jaya Jagannatha! —Giriraj Swami Ratha-yatra Address 4.13.13 Dallas

Holy Name Meditation Podcast:

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Srila Prabhupada’s devotion.
One is often devoted to one’s family, country, occupation, charity or a social justice, yet hardly any relationship in the material world is free from some degree of selfishness. Our loyalty and fidelity remain intact as long as we receive something in return, be it attention, adulation, care, physical closeness, or financial and moral support. As soon as these wane, then the relationship wanes too. Srila Prabhupada explained that the so-called affection for family, society, country, or even approaching God for the fulfilment of one’s material desires, consists of different phases of sense gratification. Desire and action cannot be negated but when this desire is changed for the satisfaction and selfless service of the Lord, it is called devotional service. The devotee (one who is devoted) serves God as God desires. The life of Srila Prabhupada epitomises pure devotion to the Supreme Lord. The process that he taught and exemplified is known as bhakti yoga − the science of pure love of God.
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Between Hari Nama Sankirtana and the mercy of Giriraja Govardhana, the European summer becomes a transcendental one. It is so simple to transform a material situation into the spiritual world, all by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the holy name. Krsna resides in his own abode, sometimes known as Svetadvipa or Gokula, bhaje […]

Hare Krishna! CHAD (Chapter a Day) Kids in Seattle Pledge a Silver Coin ($11,000) for TOVP
On Sunday, July 5th, at the last TOVP presentation of the North American Tour, the CHAD (Chapter a Day) kids group of the Seattle, Washington temple dove into the ecstasy of the fundraising frenzy and pledged $11,000 (Silver Gratitude Coin) for the TOVP. This is a wonderful example of young Vaishnavas learning how to sacrifice and offer the fruits of their work to the service of the Lord, even before they have the fruits to offer. May they be blessed with Lord Nityananda’s mercy.
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Brilliant promo video for the Goloka Fest (4 min video)
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A 1936 poetic offering of Srila Prabhupada’s discovered in the British Museum Library.
Several times Srila Prabhupada mentioned to Yamuna and others that the Adore Ye All poem again prompted his Guru Maharaja to request Srila Prabhupada to preach in the English-speaking countries. After hearing the poem, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta told his editors to “publish anything he [Srila Prabhupada] writes.” He also commented that “Here is someone who will be able to defeat the impersonalists.”
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Harinama in Turin, Italy (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare Krishna and become a lover of God. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 4.41 Purport)
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Archival footage of the Ratha Yatra festival in Puri, 1937.

Hare Krishna! Gundica-marjana
Giriraja Swami: After throwing out all the debris, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates cleaned the temple a second time, looking for finer grains of sand and dust that they might have missed. Then they thoroughly washed the temple. With hundreds of devotees throwing hundreds of pots of water, they cleansed the ceiling, the walls, the floor, and everything else. Sri Caitanya Himself personally washed the sitting place of Lord Jagannatha with His own two hands. Even then, Lord Caitanya was concerned that dust would again come into the temple, and so He had His devotees clean the area outside the temple as well—throw water outside the temple, so no new dust would come in.
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Srila Prabhupada: “Ultimately, we must all fly our own airplane.”
Srutakirti dasa: “ I am still trying to find my way back to the airport”
…Finally, in apparent disgust, Srila Prabhupada said, “All right, you just chant your sixteen rounds, follow the four regulative principles and do any damn thing you want.” That is how this rare room conversation ended. Our most magnanimous leader gave them permission to serve him in whatever capacity they could. Again it was evident that Srila Prabhupada considered us all volunteers in his transcendental army. It is up to us to decide how quickly we want to get the mercy and make advancement by serving our spiritual master according to his desires. Daily, we choose what, and how much, we are willing to do in the service of our Guru Maharaja. Once in his quarters in New Dwaraka, Srila Prabhupada said, “Ultimately, we must all fly our own airplane.” Srila Prabhupada, I am still trying to find my way back to the airport. Without you in front of me it is very difficult to find my way. You have given us all the tools necessary to engage in devotional service, but I do not think I will ever be qualified to fly my own plane back to Krishna.
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Hare Krishna! Hope Against Hope
Srila Prabhupada: The different groups of atheist thinkers have different kinds of plans in the brain and they are exhibited in different patterns of godlessness. One set of atheistic nation thinks on it in a different way and all of them clash at a point of overlapping circles caused by the ‘Daiva’ way. This is so because none of these thoughts of different groups is beyond the range of direct perception of the material sense without any spiritual knowledge. Therefore the quality of such different thought is always the same but the varieties are presented in multi-colourful attraction for the foolish mass of people. We have already discussed this point at length in our article ‘All Compact in Thought’. The mass of people are themselves blind to see everything in their true perspective and they are now made to follow similar blind leaders under various political arrangement. They are made to follow either of the above multi-colourful ideals sure to be failure in the long run and therefore they are made to hope against hope in a practical way.
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Greeting Deities & Guru Puja – 05.07.2015

Hare Krishna! Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s commentary on the story of Ekalavya.
In his book of essays, entitled Upakhyane Upadesa, “Instructions in Stories” (Gaudiya Mission 1936), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following commentary on the story of Ekalavya: The translation from the original Bengali is by H.H. Bhakti-caru Svami. To many people, Ekalavya’s devotion to his guru is ideal, but there is a special consideration…What was Ekalavya’s fault? That should be considered. Wearing the mask of guru-bhakti (devotion to the guru), Ekalavya actually revolted against his guru. Whether his guru was actually considering him to be disqualified by birth in a low-class family, or was simply testing him– for whatever reason–when his gurudeva refused to teach him the art of Dhanur Veda, it was Ekalavya’s duty to accept the instruction of his spiritual master.
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A nice relaxation music by Jayadev Richardson. Footage of cloudy midsummer twilight Lake Saimaa.

A choir piece by Zoltan Bakaja (Syamasundra Das, SRS).

Talk Podcast:

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CC daily Podcast:
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Monday, June 29th, 2015Toronto, Ontario Advance!In my humble travels throughout the neighbourhood of our ashram I see so many physical improvements being made; the exteriors to people’s homes, the landscaping and, in some cases, whole new struct…

Very nice advise given by Jayapataka Swami from a Japa Seminar.Email subscribers please click the big blue link above to see the video.