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Hare Krishna! Sri Krishna Janmastami
Gour Govinda Swami: The Bhagavata says, to hear this transcendental lila-kahani of Bhagavan Krsna is all-auspicious. If you hear with full faith and concentrated attention, all of the material contamination in your heart will be purified. No other means is there. For this reason Bhagavan Sri Krsna descends here, though Bhagavan Krsna has His eternal abode in the spiritual sky, known as sac-cid-anandamaya-dhama, a dhama that is sanmaya, cinmaya, and anandamaya – full of eternality, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. He is always there, engaged, completely absorbed in transcendental lila, especially in rasa-lila He enjoys and relishes the mellow. Why will He come to this material world which is not His dhama, abode? It is completely opposite to that transcendental sac-cid-anandamaya-dhama. This material world is asat-, acit-, and nirananda-maya—it is temporary, full of ignorance and misery. Why will He come here? What business does He have coming here?
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Hare Krishna! Observing Janmastami
The observance of Janmastami is accepted as a regulative principle in three ways: 1) the Supreme Lord becomes pleased when one observes it; 2) there are special sastric injunctions requiring its observance; and 3) it … Read more ›

Listen and/or download freely 12 tracks of the beautifully narrated and musically arranged Krishna stories.
These are Iskcon’s “Golden Avatar” Krishna stories by Krishna Kanti Prabhu (recorded during the 70ties)
Here: https://goo.gl/3TLenB

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Hare Krishna! Assumptions…
Vraj Vihari dasa: Our minds are constantly making assumptions. We assume things about ourselves, about others, about our environment. With the help of Vraj Vihari dasa and instructions from the Bhagavad-gita, we’ll explore the assumption phenomena, and how to examine our assumptions and decide which ones to keep, which to be wary of.
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ISKCON of Washington, DC area
Looking forward to hosting Congressman Van Hollen, delegates Aruna Miller and Kumar Barve at the Janmastami celebrations tomorrow night. Read more ›

Hare Krishna! Sharing Faith
Saunaka Rsi Das: The word conversion can bring images of determined zealots haranguing a fallen soul to turn to God or images of profound change, deep truth, joy, and connection. In the Vaishnava tradition it includes a personal spiritual journey, a sharing of experience and realization, and, in modern times, institutional allegiance. As attitudes in the world change towards ‘organized religion’ and wanting to be ‘spiritual, but not religious’, we explore the Bhakti practice and ways of thinking about conversion, change, and transformation, and how they may apply in a modern context.
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Yamuna Devi recalls Prabhupada
Yamuna: The first time that I assisted Srila Prabhupada in the kitchen was in New York on the occasion of my sister’s wedding. Srila Prabhupada cooked in his apartment in a small galley kitchen with counters on both sides. He gave me the singular task of making a very difficult preparation called aloo kachori. It’s one of the most complex pastries to cook properly because it has to cook for a long time without becoming greasy, which is almost impossible. For nearly eight hours I made aloo kachoris while Srila Prabhupada single-handedly cooked a fourteen-course wedding feast in his small kitchen. In the course of cooking for that feast, I made many mistakes. It was my very first day, and the first mistake I made was to wear a short skirt and a little T-shirt. Sitting crossed-legged I said, “Swamiji, may I have a cigarette?” He popped his head out of the corner and said, “Go wash your hands.” I washed my hands. Then he explained the four prohibitions in Krishna consciousness: no meat eating, no gambling, no illicit sex life, and no intoxicants. A short time later I said, “Swamiji, may I have a glass of water?” He said, “Go wash your hands.” Then he explained that the first and foremost principle in cooking was to engage our senses in the service of the Lord. He said that we should cook for Krishna with love and devotion and not think about our senses, our tongue, our sense of smell or our belly, because we were cooking for Krishna’s pleasure. A short time later I said, “Swamiji, it’s very hot in here.” I was fighting perspiration. “Go wash your hands.” In this way he introduced me to the simplest, most rudimentary principle of external cleanliness. He also explained a simple touch of internal cleanliness and said, “We can serve Krishna through the art of cooking when we are externally and internally clean.”

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Hare Krishna! Prasadam via Amazon!
Svavasa Dasa (Temple President): A wonderful thing just happened. Tadit and I had a meeting with a rep from Amazon.com. They are launching a new program for their Prime Amazon customers in So. Cal. for take out food. We were picked as one of their vendors for take out within a three mile radius of the temple. This is really a big step up for us since they are a premier company for delivery goods as I’m sure you know. They will take our menu put it on the Amazon site and give their customers an app and then the customer sends us their order through the special app, we put it together and Amazon sends their delivery man to pick it up and deliver it to the customer. Amazon will supply us a Kindle reader hooked up next to our register were the order will come in from a customer.
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Cows on the “Mooove” – videos from the recent translocation of some happy cows.
In the first group of cows to travel from ISCOWP West Virginia to ISCOWP Florida were Abhay, Akshobhya, Padmaganda and Meenakshi. Their trip is described in the first video. Indraneela and Lila were the second group to go and their story is told in the second video. We are trying to move each cow with their best friend or friends.
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Harinama by the Krishna devotees cheers up Muslim refugee children in Hungary (3 min video)
We are not Muslims, Hindus, Jews or Christians. We are not Afghans, Syrians, Germans or Hungarians. We are all migrants on our journeys, seeking love, peace and happiness. – A short film about the power of an act of humanity recorded at the Budapest Railway Station, in the flashpoint of the refugee crisis in Hungary.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/0NDhHs

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Krishna Balarama Rath Yatra in Queens, New York (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanishad, where it is said: “After searching through al the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krishna.” (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 3.40 Purport)
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Hare Krishna! The nature of a Mahatma
Gaura Govinda Swami: “The Western world means countries where the people are gross materialists, who have no Krsna consciousness, no God-consciousness at all. Therefore, who is able to spread Krsna consciousness among them? It is completely impossible, unless, krsna-sakti vina nahe tara pravartana, one is empowered by Krsna’s sakti and becomes krsna-sakti-pusta-parikara. That is guru-tattva. One who is sad-guru, sri-guru, a pure Vaisnava, sadhu mahajana is krsna-sakti-pusta-parikara. He is Krsna’s eternal associate. He is nourished by krsna-sakti. Without krsna-sakti no one can spread Krsna consciousness alone, by his own strength. It is impossible. Therefore, there is definitely no doubt that Srila Prabhupada was empowered by Krsna, empowered by Mahaprabhu. He had received the full mercy of Krsna, Mahaprabhu and the previous acaryas — Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, and all other sadhu-mahajanas, who gave him full power.”
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Hare Krishna! Bus party experience
Recently we commenced monthly book distribution venture by our temple bus in the interiors of Maharashtra, India. It is really an exhilarating experience to realize Srila Prabhupada’s statement in Srimad Bhagavatam: It is the duty of a mendicant to experience all varieties of God’s creation by traveling through all forests, hills, towns, villages, etc., 1) to gain faith in God and 2) strength of mind as well as 3) to enlighten the inhabitants with the message of God. SB1.6.13
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EmediaServices. KratuPrabhu: Janmashtami Utsav @ C.B.D Ground – Shahdara,Delhi – INDIA on August 30, 2015″ whith Honorable Chief Guest : Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology)
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Hare Krishna! Travel Adventures from Czech Padayatra, Wroclaw Food for Life, Polish Festival Tour and more…
Krishna-kripa Das: When I travel I love meeting people who had positive experiences encountering Krishna music, Krishna food, and Krishna philosophy. I like to find out where they are from and suggest how they can have more Krishna experiences. The day I left the Festival of India in Poland I met three such people. On the first train enroute to Wroclaw, after leaving the Polish Festival tour, I met a girl who went to our festival the night before in Niechorze. On the second train, the girl across from me named Alicja loved our Krishna food at Woodstock and ate it every single day. She was happy to learn of our Friday Food for Life and Sunday feast in her home town of Wroclaw, and she enjoyed a spiced potato patty I had packed for my lunch.
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GVT Couple’s Retreat Intro
The Grihastha Vision Team is hosting its 3rd annual Couple’s Retreat October 2nd to 4th 2015 at the Gita Nagari farm. Married and engaged couples are encouraged to attend who would like to deepen their connection to one another and to their spiritual practices. This is a special opportunity to nurture your relationship in a lovely country setting and spiritual environment with other couples similarly focused.
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Kaulini Devi Dasi, passed away from this world
Sangita Devi Dasi: Hare Krsna. At 2:20 a.m. on September 3, 2015 our dear godsister, Kaulini Devi Dasi, passed away from this world in Gita nagari surrounded by loving devotees and the Holy Names of the L… Read more ›

Nitai Fest in Tel-aviv, Friday 28/8/2015 (Album with photos)
The Nitai Fest is a preaching program which takes place in Tel-aviv, Israel once every two months. It is being arranged by the local devotees and a large group participates.
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Srila Prabhupada: “If you can get on TV or radio the whole world will become Krsna conscious in 18 days!”
Ramesvara Dasa: in ’73 we started a thing called the Krsna Show and Prabhupada loved it. He loved it. Karandhar and myself and Krsna Kanti started it, we presented the idea to Prabhupada and he made some comments. There’s a letter that Prabhupada wrote to Karandhar to the effect that if you can get on TV or radio the whole world will become Krsna conscious in 18 days. Something like that. I’m not sure if that’s the18 day letter.We could check the Karandhar file and you’ll find these letters talking about the importance of broadcasting the transcen­dental sound over the airways.
The whole world will become purified and the whole world can be made Krsna conscious. And Prabhupada definitely said,
“If you can get me on TV I’ll just sit in one place. I won’t travel any more.”
That’s how important it was to Prabhupada, this mass media. It fascinated him. He wanted us to get into it. But it took us a long time to understand how to. We tried the Krsna Show and it was a success for about a year or two, and Prabhupada liked it very much. So by the end of the Krsna Show it was becoming too difficult to continue to produce original material,so we were using Prabhupada lectures. And again, if you interview Krsna Kanti, I think he might have written to Prabhupada about that. But I know that I told Prabhupada that that was the format and Prabhupada approved again.He liked the idea that his lectures were going out on the radio. So he encouraged. He wanted us to use the mass media. I think that there are about three or five major letters that Prabhupada wrote to people like Karandhar, Yadubara, maybe to Krsna Kanti. Definitely I have one or two where Prabhupada is talking about the mass media, radio, television, video, film, and pushing it, pushing it and wanting it.
Jaya Prabhupada!

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Hare Krishna! The King who had four wives…
Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for another. He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confidant and was always kind, considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem, he could confide in her, and she would help him get through the difficult times The King’s 1st wife was a very loyal partner and had made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and kingdom. However, he did not love the first wife. Although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her!
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Hare Krishna! Chariot Festival on the streets of New Delhi (Album with photos)
On 23rd Aug’ 15, ISKCON Punjabi Bagh organized its Annual Rathyatra(The Chariot Parade) which started at 3:00 PM continuing to grace the citizens of West Delhi up to 10:00 PM in the Night. Their Lordships bestowed their merciful glance and gave their Darshans to thousands of people who pulled the chariot that day. The festival organized at this time also serves as an awareness program and invitation to general public about the upcoming festivals of Balaram Jayanti, Janamastami, Srila Prabhupada Vyasapuja and Radhastami.
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Hare Krishna! Cross Wires and Razor Edges
As a 6 or 7-year-old kid, I remember the same kind of thing happening to me. The day after my birthday (where my lasting memory was a three-tier sponge cake filled with cream and jam) I was in school and the teacher was discussing sponges under the sea. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to put a sponge under the sea (my mind still locked onto the vision of a creamy sponge cake), it would just get all soggy and horrible. Anyway, I didn’t bother to question this at the time and just put it to the back of my mind. While I wasn’t thinking about this night and day, still it was maybe a year or more, later before my doubts were answered. One day I was watching a nature program on TV, and the subject matter being discussed was natural sea sponges, it was then that the penny dropped as to what my teacher was talking about all that time before.
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Hare Krishna! My Outer Limits Upma Story
Upma seems to be one of those dishes we either love or loathe, except of course when it is prasad. Then again it is an acquired taste for many, and for a debutant like me it was, please bear with me, a revolting… Read more ›

MEMORIES: Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint
We are proud to announce that after 10 years in the making, the fourth volume in the “Memories” book series is ready for shipping! Over 100 disciples of Srila Prabhupada and well over 5,000 anecdotes fill this 430-page book with nectar. This book is a definite “Page Turner” as we guarantee a story on every page that will inspire and educate every reader.
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Ambarish’s first donation to ISKCON.
Ramesvara das: We were getting letters from a person named Alfred Ford and nobody had the slightest idea that he was “the” Ford family! So we were getting some letters and Krsna Kanti found out about it. At that time Krsna Kanti was still working at Spiritual Sky and he wrote this Alfred Ford a letter at his ski resort in Hawaii and asked him to please give a donation. “I’m trying to start a tape ministry to record all the lectures of Srila Prabhupada. There is no system at all.” And Alfred Ford gave a donation and Golden Avatar was started in 1972. We bought the Uher tape recorders, we bought whatever equipment there was. This was a monumental thing. From that day on Prabhupada’s servant or secretary had to carry a tape recorder and every single thing Prabhupada said was recorded. That was a major event for the history of the world. It ended up by 1977 when Prabhupada said we could use his talks, his classes and his lectures to produce books. It’s a very major event. It started in 1972 with this donation, the very first donation Ambarish ever gave ISKCON went to pay for Prabhupada’s voice to be recorded and preserved for as long as there is a Krsna consciousness movement. That is an important event in the history of our movement and Prabhupada approved it. Obviously he allowed his disciples to carry that tape recorder and stick that microphone in front of him and if it was annoying to him he would have mentioned it.

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The Grand Opening! (Album with photos)
The Sri Sri Radha Krishna Kanhaiya Temple of Devotion and Understanding opening which took place on the 29th August 2015 concluded with a greater than expected day of festive and merriment, with the installation o… Read more ›

ISKCON Hungary Steps Up to Help Middle Eastern Refugees
ISKCON Hungary has also risen to the challenge, and now distributes hundreds of plates of freshly cooked meal on two locations near the two main train stations. The prasadam is always being accepted with gratitude by the refugees, most of whom have not touched freshly cooked food for weeks. Devotees also provide them with clothes, shoes, diapers, soap and other items to help them maintain their health and personal hygiene. “Helping needy people without discrimination is considered to be a moral duty by Krishna-devotees.” Declares Gandharvika Prema Dasi ISKCON Hungary’s spokesperson. “Above all and most importantly we are all equal spirit souls, compared to which our specific religions, skin colors and nationalities are secondary. According to our scriptures it is our duty to respect and to take care of the people coming to our home, no matter what their backgrounds are.
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Hare Krishna! From the speech by: Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana & Punjab
The residents of Kurukshetra, the Kurukshetra Development Board and all of us are grateful to the ISKCON Society that you have performed this task here- this temple, this Institution which will be a very great Memorial, a very great Landmark, a very big project that will make a mark for Kurukshetra in this whole world. Through this Project, Kurukshetra’s name will appear on the map of the Whole World. You might have seen several temples, but this is one where both God and his Devotee are there. Krishna is also there and so is Arjuna. This gives us messages that if you want to become a devotee, become one like Arjuna. This is a great message.
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Hridayananda das Goswami’s newest book—A Comprehensive Guide to the Bhagavad-gita
Hridayananda das Goswami’s highly anticipated book, A Comprehensive Guide to Bhagavad-gita, is now available for purchase.
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Jasomatinandan Prabhu suffered a third stroke
Basu Ghosh Das: This is to let you know that Jasomatinandan Prabhu ACBSP suffered a third stroke, the second since this past June, and is presently recuperating in the hospital at Ahmedabad.
Gopal Krishna Maharaj is presently there at Ahmedabad. He just returned from his two month tour of Russia, the USA, and Canada for the program at Kurukshetra, where he installed the Deity of Ananta Shesha in the ground below the proposed Krishna Arjuna temple, construction on which will begin shortly (plans were already approved by the local Government – the land was also given by the Haryana State Government – the State in which Kurukshetra is situated), and changed his program out of concern for Jasomatinandan Prabhu’s health.
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HH Danavir Goswami’s health is poor right now and so he has made arrangements to focus on his recovery. If you would like to help, we encourage you to offer your sincere prayers and kirtans for a speedy recovery; however, the request is being made that we give him and his assistant their space so he can focus on his health. If you have a message for Danavir Goswami, you can email (rasikananda@rvc.edu) and we will pass the message along when the time is appropriate. No other information is available at this time, but we will definitely keep everyone posted with the latest updates. Thank you. Hare Krishna.

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Srila Prabhupada: “But you are not a woman; you are a Vaishnava.”
One of the loving exchanges Yamuna had on several occasions with Srila Prabhupada related to his teasing her, or as she used to say, “trying to get a rise out of her,” by quoting the Chanakya Pandit verse, “Never trust a politician or a woman.” Another variation was when he would purposely make a statement about women being less intelligent. This may have started in San Francisco, but specifically she mentioned that it occurred in London, then in Madras and Bombay. Once, she was riding in a car with him, and he quoted the Chanakya verse and then turned around to look directly at her with an almost impish smile on his face. When she didn’t react, he repeated it and looked around again in the same way. Yamuna simply smiled and said, “Yes, Srila Prabhupada, you are certainly correct.” Then some time passed, and Srila Prabhupada praised her to show that he in fact saw no distinction on the basis of body, but saw her as an eternal spirit soul sincerely engaged in practicing and promulgating Krishna Consciousness. Yamuna: I had numerous exchanges which illustrated Srila Prabhupada’s demeanor and mood with regard to my position as a woman. However, one such series of exchanges is what I call the Chanakya Pandit episodes. I was present on four occasions when Srila Prabhupada repeated the Chanakya adage: “Never trust a politician or a woman.” On each occasion, Srila Prabhupada looked me in the eye to see my response. On the last occasion, in Bombay in 1973, he quoted the Chanakya shloka again, heartily laughing in front of a small group of men. Then he said, “What do you think, Yamuna?” Immediately I retorted: “Of course, it is true, Srila Prabhupada,” whereupon he became grave, looked at me with great feeling, and said, “But you are not a woman; you are a Vaishnava.”
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Although Sukracarya was a strict brahmana addicted to ritualistic activities, he also admitted, nischidram anusankirtanam tava: “My Lord, constant chanting of the holy name of Your Lordship makes everything perfect.” (Srimad Bhagavatam, 8.23.16 Purport).
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The Face Paint Time Lapse (2 min video)
This time-lapse video of the devotee preparing for a Krishna show, is done by using still camera shots with a 10 second interval setting. In real time it takes about one hour to complete. In the background is an ancient Vishnu temple “Angkor Wat” (Cambodia).
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A Title Wave Of Kirtan (4 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Chanting Hare Krishna in the association of other devotees is the process for self-realization in this age of Kali. At the Bhakti Sangam festival in Ukraine we experienced the full effect of the p… Read more ›

Hare Krishna! Astounding Feat for ISKCON in Malaysia
With the soothing blue lights radiating over the recently opened Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple of Devotion and Understanding in Penang, it felt like being in a land where the dreams comes true. And it was indeed a dream come true for Srila Prabhupada’s desire to see a temple like that in Vrindavan built in Malaysia. “I want a temple like this” he remarked when he was in Malaysia from 3rd to 7th May in 1971. And in Malaysia, we now have two new temples opened within just a difference of a couple of days. One in Penang and another in Ipoh. Absolutely gorgeous deities were installed in both temples.
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Hare Krishna! The Party That Never Ends ( The Monsoon Swing Festival – A Short Film)
The scattered moonlight appeared like pearl belts taken from the deities of the directions, broken by the steady wind, and broadcast on the earth out of respect for the land of Vrndavana. It appeared as if all the stars in the sky, in great bliss, left their positions to come and offer respects to the land of Vrndavana. Pieces of rustling silk cloth from the goddess of the sky formed the rooftops of the kunjas and hung down quivering like tongues trying to lick the dust of Vrndavana. The nets of pearls hanging from that cloth were swinging gently in the soft breeze and pleasantly resounding like tinkling ankle-bells
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Hare Krishna! ISKCON Communications statement against caste-based discrimination
Perhaps most significantly for members of ISKCON and the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1533) himself demonstrated his opposition to caste: among his inner circle of confidential, trusted associates and followers are counted Haridasa Thakura, Rupa Goswami, and Sanatana Goswami—all considered untouchables, by birth or circumstance, according to the prevailing caste system of their day. Following the example set by his predecessors, Srila Prabhupada was unfaltering in his belief that no one should be denied opportunity on the basis of birth or caste. At the same time, Prabhupada was also critical of some efforts to eradicate caste-based discrimination through political slogans and shallow calls for equality, or by attempting to expunge the Hindu tradition of any mention of varna.
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Janmashtami poem
Mother earth was burdened, laden with grief,
when all the gods gathered to pray for relief.
From high in the universe their descent was grand,
as the Lord’s pastimes were about to expand.
When Vasudeva rode with his new bride
on a chariot bedecked with gold,
There was heard a voice vibrating in the sky,
and the future was thus foretold.
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My dad used to be a monk. Actually, he used to be a religious leader of the Hare Krishnas. Then one day he decided to get married to my mom and we’ve been living in a Philadelphia suburb for the past sixteen years. I knew my dad held some fondness for his experience as a Hare Krishna, but I could also see there was some unspoken pain. He rarely spoke about his past. Then one day he and my mom sat me down in the living room. “Elizabeth – ” my mom began. I cocked an eyebrow. She only used that name when I broke curfew or had left dirty dishes in the sink. A long silence stretched out and I saw her eyes shine with tears. “Mom?” I said in disbelief. Mom never cried. Then fear began to creep in. “What happened?” “Your father has bone cancer.” My face drained of blood. “Stage four. Your father has requested that we all go to India to a holy land near Calcutta.” “What? What about treatment?” I turned to my dad, who was pale, his face tight. “How can you give up?” “It’s bad, honey,” was all my dad said. I just sat there, staring…

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