Monthly Archives: July 2015

Bhāgavatam continues describing the qualities of a genuine leader (4.16.7) He is patient with the disorderly and tries to uplift even them. He is always compassionate to everyone and supports the needy like the earth supports all creatures. 4) He doesn’t silence those who don’t comply, he deals productively with those who protest. He is […]

ISKCON Brampton will move July 19th, 2015 Sunday feast program to the central island  to celebrate 43rd annual ISKCON Toronto Rathyatra.For more information about ISKCON Toronto RATHYATRA : http://www.festivalofindia.ca/

Holy Name Meditation Podcast:

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Birmingham Rathayatra
The 15th Anniversary of the Birmingham Rathayatra Festival 2015 promises to be a spectacular event with a City Centre procession and festival, incorporating all the exoticness, vitality and colour that is India.
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Written by Ananda Vrindavan Dasi Gita Nagari (25-27 June) On 25 June, Maharaj bid farewell to deities and devotees of New Vrindavan, whose hearts he surely won even with this short visit, and departed for Gita Nagari farm in Pennsylvania, home of the famous Sri Sri Radha-Damodara deities. He was attending the occasion of Bhakti […]

Hare Krishna! Sense Gratification: An Essay in Pathology Part 2
Ravindra Svarupa Dasa: The wise know well that this world is itself a disaster area. We fools of time are loath to hear this. We are “in denial.” As the Bhagavatam says of us, pashyann api na pashyati,” although we have seen, we still don’t see. Our blindness is willful. We make ourselves stupid in order to be happy: Yet ah! why should they know their fate? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more;—where ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise.
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CC daily Podcast:

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Talk Podcast:
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By Madhava Smullen After Festival of Colors (Holi) drew 5,000 people last September, tri-state area locals are invited to come and participate in another one of India’s most ancient and popular celebrations, Festival of Chariots (Ratha-Yatra), in Moundsville on Saturday July 18th. In the holy city of Puri in Orissa, India where it originated, the […]

Hare Krishna! Food for Life: in Theory and Practice
One objection to Food for Life frequently encountered from devotees and non-devotees alike, is that the programme is simply an attempt to win public favour. We are not really interested in helping people but are trying to manipulate public opinion by performing a high profile charitable service. For devotees, this objection is also rooted in the doubt that, as a spiritual organisation, ISKCON should not be concerned with mundane welfare work and, of course, we should certainly not be trying to manipulate people’s minds by doing something we don’t really believe in ourselves. The purpose of this paper therefore, is to answer this objection and to establish Food for Life as a programme deserving as much credibility as both hari-nama and book distribution. It is divided into two sections: the philosophical basis of the programme from Srila Prabhupada’s writings, and some practical aspects and benefits of Food for Life.
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Help BRC Fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s Divine Vision
For: Bhaktivedanata Research Centre (BRC)
Kolkata, WB, India
Organizer: HG Hari Sauri Prabhu, BRC Co-Director, Mahalakshmi dasi, Membership Coordinator
In 1972, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada visited the son of Bhaktivinoda Thakura , Lalita Prasad Thakur in Birnagar, their ancestral home. It became known after that visit that many invaluable Gaudiya Vaisnava manuscripts were being kept there. Srila Prabhupada ordered his disciples Acyutananda and Yadubara Prabhus to take up this service very seriously. In a letter dated June 12, 1972, He wrote:
“These items are very, very priceless and are a great treasure house of Vaisnava lore, so be very careful in the matter and take all precautions to guard them.”
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Dasyam, sakhyam and atma-nivedanam. (English/Turkish)
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World’s new Sankirtan Leader revealed 🙂 (1 min video)
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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 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

The post CHAD (Chapter a Day) Kids in Seattle Pledge a Silver Coin ($11,000) for TOVP appeared first on Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.

The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is named as such because within its main dome it will house a 3-dimensional, moving model of the universe according to the Vedic scriptures. This explanation describes the planetary systems and all the universal cont…

The TOVP will undoubtedly become one of the wonders of the world in beauty, architecture, design, and sheer size. This beautiful animated view of the TOVP provides a window into that reality.

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Bhagavatam-daily Podcast:

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Beautiful Houston Ratha-yatra with three small carts! Read more ›

Bhagavatam-daily Podcast:
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Translated Letter from Srila Prabhupada to Lalita Prasad Thakur (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s son) National Hotel, Red park, Moscow, Russia 21st June, 1971. My dear uncle Prabhupada Lalita Prasad Thakur, Kindly accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet. At present I am staying at the above mentioned hotel in Moscow, Room No. 356. With me there are two American disciples. Here the preaching subject will be 1. Vedic Conception of Communism, 2. Knowledge derived from authoritative tradition, 3. Scientific classless society. Now with your blessing in this severely atheistic country the teachings of Sriman Mahaprabhu will be preached. Here many local and foreigner girls and boys have visited. I advise them to do the Bhajana of the Lord. A few boys of this place have become very much impressed after listening to our Harinama. They want to join us. But the laws of this country are so tough that they cannot go against them. Here discussions are going on to meet many reputable professors and there will be the arrangement of lecture in the Indian Embassy. You bless me. From here I will go to Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London etc. This is the first time I came to Moscow. If you want to write to me, send it to this address—3764 Watseka Avenue. Yours affectionately, Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami (from Bhaktivedanta Research Centre’s Birnagar Collection)

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Bhagavatam-daily Podcast:

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Hare Krishna! Agriculture minister of India visits ISKCON Nairobi
Shriman Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundaria, the Indian minister for Agriculture who is on a special mission to Kenya, visited ISKCON Nairobi on the 12th July 2015. The minister was received… Read more ›

This is US (23 min video)
This is US a documentary on Tribal people living in the remote areas who are an indispensable part of Indian population. More than 426 tribal groups inhabit in India, The realistic description of their pathetic life, deprived of all facilities like education, health care is highly touching and make one wonder, do such people really exist in the 21st century?
Realizing the challenge of overall development, & to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada to build a house where the whole world can live in peace, Iskcon Tribal Care Initiative has taken a step to break their vicious circle by different developmental initiatives and intervention.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/loYWvE

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“O friend of the world! O Ocean of love! The populace has become full of deceit and bereft of knowledge. O my master! Kindly give them shelter at Your lotus feet, for the holy name, uplifter of the fallen, has become manifest from You.” [ Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Susloka Satakam, verse 21 ]

Another guy I loved was Mādhavendra Pūri, one of the three people involved in San Diego’s branch of something called the Bhaktivedānta Institute – a group of scientifically trained devotees who were trying to explain Krishna consciousness in context of modern science. I was a huge fan of modern science – my dad had majored […]

Canto Four, Chapter 16 (beginning from the fourth text) describes how the royal singers praised the newly enthroned King Pṛthu. This section reveals the essential qualities of an ideal leader. This king upholds the best dharma and shows the world how to follow dharma. He is the guardian of dharma’s rules, and the regulator of those […]

Every year at Jagannatha Puri, the Rathayatra culminates at the Gundica temple, which is surrounded by lush gardens and tall coconut trees. Fragrant flowers and shady trees create a Vrindavan atmosphere. Gundica Mandira is called the “birthplace” of Jagannatha Swami … Continue reading →

“You can make advancement in Japa when you always look forward to doing it, feel pleasure when you do it, and do it with steady consciousness. Another measure is that you will feel less material desires. That symptom is more important than exactly how …

Holy Name Meditation Podcast:

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Written by Ananda Vrindavan Dasi After more than three years, Kadamba Kanana Swami visited the USA again, this time focusing his visit on the communities of New Vrindavan, Gita Nagari, New York and New Jersey. New Vrindavan (17-25 June) Kadamba Kanana Swami landed at Pittsburgh airport on 17 June and then drove to New Vrindavan, […]

Answer Podcast:

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Bhagavatam-daily Podcast:
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Bhagavatam-daily Podcast:
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CC daily Podcast:

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