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Hasyagrami prabhu ACBSP left his body in Mayapur.
Balabhadra Bhattacarya Dasa: Hare Krsna dear matajis and prabhus, I have to share some sad but glorious news with you. My dear god brother and musical partner (Murari Band) for more than 35 years, Hasya… Read more ›

Auckland New Zealand Friday night kirtana (Album 42 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Spiritual enlightenment is possible by the mercy of the spiritual energy of the Lord. The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is first addressed to the spiritual energy of t… Read more ›

Sociologists of Religion
Prof Eileen Barker from the London School of Economics brought three Sociologists of Religion to the Manor. The delegation, from Sweden, included Prof Peter Akerback from Stockholm University, Sanja Nilsson studying for her PhD… Read more ›

The Hidden Forest
During a function held at the House of Lords designed to raise environmental awareness within the Hindu community, a new book was launched on that same theme. Commissioned by the Bhumi Project and written and illustrated by Jahnavi Ha… Read more ›

Committing to Spiritual Life
Radhanath Swami initiated 40 devotees from across Europe at the Manor, including 22 members of the local congregation. Included were Manor residents Bhaktin Jurgita, who is now called Yugala Priti Dasi and Bhakta Silvan, wh… Read more ›

Harinama in Jackson Heights New York (Album 13 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When the chanting is performed offenselessly the Lord will automatically reveal Himself to the view of the chanter. The chanter, therefore, has to concentrate on hearing the vibra… Read more ›

The Gita Project UK
The Gita Project aims to donate sponsored copies of Bhagavad Gita As It Is to various institutions including prisons, hotels, airports, courts and hospitals. Many books have already been donated to different hospitals across London…. Read more ›

The Oxford Debate
Radhanath Swami was invited to participate in an historic discussion by the Oxford Union, one of the world’s most prestigious debating societies. Other speakers that evening included Dr. Cornel West, a provocative American academic, activist and author, and Angela Davis a prominent political activist, author, and educator. The discussion was attended by 400 students and held in honour of the revolutionary campaigner of black rights Malcolm X who himself had come to the Union 50 years ago.
Other notable people who have spoken at the Union over the years include Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Winston Churchill and the former US President Ronald Reagon.

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Saving Souls
Hari-dhama Das, who works for the London Ambulance Service as a Community Resuscitation Training Officer, has undertaken several projects at Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament in training their staff in emergency lifesaving skills. Both establishments set up HeartStart training schemes, looking at how responders care for someone having a heart attack, going into a cardiac arrest, choking and having a serious bleed.
Hari-dhama Das has placed over 20 defibrillators (the lifesaving machine that shocks the heart in a cardiac arrest). At Buckingham Palace more than 500 Royal Household staff have now been trained, for which they recently received a “Certificate of Excellence” from the London Ambulance Service .
Pictured: Hari-dhama Das with Stuart
Holden, Buckingham Palace’s Senior Health and Safety Advisor.

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ISKCON Kolkata Newsletter January 2015
Gita Marathon began on 1st December, 2014. Till 7th January 2015 more than 10,822 Srila Prabhupada’s literatures have been distributed by the devotees of ISKCON Kolkata. Devotees are distributing these transcendental books by putting tables in different locations in Kolkata, one-to-one distributions and by collecting sponsorships to distribute Bhagavad Gita in schools. The book marathon ends on 31st Jan 2015
Read the entire document here: http://goo.gl/mk4Gtc

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Nityam Bhagatavata Sevaya Issue no 4 
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga! By the mercy of Sadhus and Vaishanavas, below is the link to the fourth issue of NBS. This issue features: 1) THE SECRET OF LEARNING BHAGAVATAM His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 2) DANGERS OF BAD ASSOCIATION Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur 3) GLORIES OF SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM Conversation between Lord Chaitanya & Devananda Pandit 4)THE IMMORTAL HIDDEN NECTAR Srila Sanatana Goswami 5) ONLY LISTENING TO THE BHAGAVATAM WITH FULL ATTENTION WILL PRODUCE RESULTS Bhagavata-mahatmya
Read the document here: http://goo.gl/WCCMw1

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Preaching program in Benesov, Czech Republic (Album 13 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The difference between a devotee and a nondevotee is this, just like the bee and the fly: the bee always is attracted by the honey and flies go to the open sores. So the d… Read more ›

Radhadesh Mellows 2015 official Harinam Chaddars & Scarfs (Album 26 photos)
100% cotton Chaddars & Scarfs which have all been block printed in natural colours in a little rural village off Jaipur
See them here: http://goo.gl/47eFC6

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Iskcon Arusha, Tanzania
Tanzania, a country in East Africa, borders Kenya but is much more rural and about thirty years behind in terms of modern development. The small town of Arusha, two hours’ drive from the Kenyan border, is popular with tourists for nearby wildlife reserves like Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, as well as for mountain climbing on the nearby Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro. The preaching center itself is located on a dirt road off of the main Njiro Road in Arusha. Close to rural villages belonging to the Masai and other tribes, it caters mainly to local Africans. Although people in Kenya speak English, Kiswahili is the main language in Tanzania. The locals are simple village people working on the land. The landscape is green with regular rainy seasons.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/47eFC6

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Ponggal Programme 15 january 2015 at New Godruma Dham farm (Album with many photos)
Hare Krishna. Ponggal is celebrated grandly in South India. In Malaysia also Ponggal is a grand celebration especially for the Tamils. It is also widely celebrated in schools, villages, universities and homes. But to experience the original mood of the celebration one will definitely need to be at a farm setting where there are abundant cows, trees, hills and ponds.
At New Godruma Dhama farm the regular farm employees from Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Nepal, and volunteer workers from Denmark, Germany and Italy joined the first part of the Ponggal celebration at the sugar cane plantation at 7AM. At about 8.30AM about another 50 devotees joined the celebration and this time at the rose apple orchard which is bordering the farm’s cow barn. Gopesa Govinda prabhu the farm manager and Gokul Damodara prabhu the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Manager and Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur temple commander jointly organised this wonderful programme.
It is really nice to celebrate the programme with our very own cows, trees, fruits and roots harvest. The set up at our Gosala and Rose Apple orchard made the event real and original. Cows were roaming around the orchard while devotees kept feeding these favourite of Lord Krishna’s animals with fruits and especially jaggery. The happiness of devotees kept increasing as they kept feeding mother cow.
See them here: http://goo.gl/3tlrkE

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Huge Makara Sankranti prasad distribution and kirtan (5 albums with hundreds of beautiful photos)
Makara Sankranti, the day when the Sun enters the Northern Hemisphere, and begins it’s six months residence there, is a huge festival in the state of Gujarat. Gujarat is where Lord Krishna Himself resided at Dwarakadham, 5,000 years ago. A large segment of the population of Gujarat are devotees of Lord Krishna. ISKCON Baroda, for the past 20 years, on this festive occasion, prepares 25,000 prasad packets at the temple, and distributes the packets at various places around Baroda. The prasad packets, approximately 350 grams in weight, consists of two types of laddus — sweets — one made of wheat flour fried in ghee, and then mixed with sugar, and the other made with sesame seeds – “til” in Gujarati and Hindi – of two varieties, black and white, mixed with “gur” – unrefined sugar The prasad distribution is accompanied by harinam nagar sankirtan, by ISKCON Baroda temple and congregational devotees.
See them all here: http://goo.gl/q3BL0k.

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A visit to the Indus University at Ahmedabad (Album 47 photos)
The visit of ISKCON Gujarat Zonal Secretary Jasomatinandan Das, Kaushalya Pitham head, Acharya Samskritananda Hari, and ISKCON Baroda Temple President Basu Ghosh Das to the Indus University… Read more ›

“Bhagavat Kathaa” (Album 144 photos) specifically on the pastime of Lord Krishna’s killing the demon Putana, organized and delivered by ISKCON Bhavnagar Temple President Kundal Krishna Das at Bhavnagar.
The pictures are from the program held at the ISKCON Land, Bhavnagar, on Friday, January 9, 2015
See them here: http://goo.gl/Z5YHvk

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Preaching programs in Leicester and Mayfair, UK (Album 94 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one renders even a small amount of sincere devotional service, Krishna becomes obliged to elevate such person; and what to speak of one whose entire life and soul has been dedicated to Krishna’s service. Letter to Harer Nama, November 6, 1969.
See them here: http://goo.gl/vaS0AF

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ISKCON Hosts First Vaishnava-Christian Dialogue in India
Tirupati, India—Twenty men and women of the Christian and Vaishnava traditions met for more than two days of interfaith dialogue in the historic temple town of Tirupati, in Andra Pradesh, India, earlier this month. The event, convened by the ISKCON Communications Ministry, was the first formal Vaishnava-Christian Dialogue ever held in India. The group was hosted by the ISKCON Tirupati Temple. Its conference rooms overlook the beautiful Tirumala Hills, the seat of the famous Balaji Temple, one of India’s most famous pilgrimage sites.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/6i9ZMZ

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Our Cows in Gokulam, ISKCON Malaysia Farm Janda Baik (6 min video)
In conjunction with Ponggal Festival at Janda Baik, Pahang.
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Luis Castro, congressman of the Chilean government received Srila Prabhupada books. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Read more ›

The Rush For Darshan (Album 98 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The temple of Venu Gopala Swami lies on top of a mountain 1,400 meters high in a densely forested area in Karnataka. Agastya muni once resided there and performed severe austerities. Because of his penance Lord Krsna agreed to come and reside there permanently. The temple was built in 1315 AD by a Hoysala king named Ballala. Access to the temple is restricted between 8:30 am and 4 pm because of roaming elephants, tigers, leopards and wild dogs. In fact, visitors are only allowed 90 minutes to drive up the mountain, take darshan of the deity and come back down. Forest rangers make sure that no one ventures beyond the temple premises because of the wild animals. We were fortunate as we were invited by the priests to take the maha prasadam of the deity after His noon offering. It was an exhilarating experience to drive up the steep mountain and rush to get the blessings of a deity who has been worshipped continuously since the time of Agastya muni. I prayed to Venu Gopala Swami to become a valuable instrument in the hands of my spiritual master in helping him spread Krsna consciousness far and wide.
See them here: http://goo.gl/02fb4A

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ISKCON Euro GBC & RGB: To Please Srila Prabhupada (2 min video)
The ISKCON Euro RGB is an assembly of Global GBC of ISKCON along with senior ISKCON leaders and devotees in Europe. Their purpose is to watch after the welfare of Srila Prabhupada’s movement in Europe and help ISKCON develop and grow as a instrument in Srila Prabhupada’s service.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/K1BkYk

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Byron Bay Beach Harinama, Australia (Album 50 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age, chanting of Hare Krishna Mantra is the prime business of the devotee, and preaching of this Hare Krishna Mantra by outdoor Sankirtana and propagation of literature is our more important business. Side by side, Deity worship is recommended, but when there is a question of accepting one of them, we shall prefer to accept chanting of Hare Krishna Mantra first. Letter to Hamsaduta – September, 1969.
See them here: http://goo.gl/5ic4Qr

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Welcome to Volume 1, Issue 3 of the IDVM Newsletter
In this Issue: Srila Prabhupada Speaks…
IDVM VTC at Mayapur
“Tour de Farms”: Panchavati Farm and Venu Madhuri Farm on the Radar
Tirtha Yatra
Traditional Food – Black Pepper
Working against Nature
Villages – Perfect place to Execute Varnasrama in its Fullness
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/UAeKLS

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Newsletter – MSF of Yoga of co-operation @ Iskcon Silicon Valley
The word, rectify, means, “to put something right.” Devotee: “I asked Prabhupada the other day: ‘Because Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, ‘Forget the past that sleeps, and of the future never dream at all. Live in times that are with thee, and progress thee shall call’; does this mean that it’s possible to forget the past? Srila Prabhupada answered, ‘No, that would not be possible, but we can think like this: ‘I have done so many foolish things,’ and then rectify them. Not that we should remain fools. Then what would be the value of our experience?” “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/I6RkBj

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A low bandwidth broadcast of MayapurTV is now available. Works on web, android and iPhone. If you have any difficulty playing it, please e-mail info@mayapur.tv
Hare Krishna, Your servants at Mayapur.TV
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Devotees in Melbourne discover the way to “levitate” during Harinama :-)(Album 42 photos)
The “Tuesday Night Harinam Special” with the freedom fighters from the Hare Krsna sqaudron… destroying unhappiness since “time immemorial”
See them here: http://goo.gl/VcJubF

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Harinama, prasadam and book distribution in Warsaw, Poland (Album 68 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is the easiest process of meditation in this age. As soon as one chants the Hare Krishna mantra, he sees the forms of Kr… Read more ›

Preaching program in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Album 17 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: By chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one immediately concentrates on the sound vibration and thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord, and very quickly one is elevated to t… Read more ›

Iskcon: Back to Godhead Anonymous! (45 min video)
2015-01-13 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 03 06 by HG Laxmimoni Mataji ISKCON Mayapur
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/Hqr15A

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Harinama and theatrical presentations at Iskcon Kiev, Ukraine (Album 96 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including tho… Read more ›

Devotee’s children Summer Trip 2014 (57 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age, hearing is more important than thinking, because one’s thinking may be disturbed by mental agitation, but if one concentrates on hearing, he will be forced to associate with the sound vibration of Krishna. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.24.35)
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/jT37nE

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Kirtan Mantra Concert in Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia. Friday 16th, Jan, 2015. With Jayadevs Mantra Choir from UK, Nirantara Dasa direct from USA, Australia’s own Carmella Gitanjali Baynie, Canadian/Australian Soul Legend Mohini Cox and The Bhajan Babas.

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Braking News: Lord Brahma tries to mystifie Lord Krishna! (50 min video)
What happened next? Watch this video by Mahatma prabhu to learn all about it and also about how to appreciate everyone!
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ISKCON Detroit Youth Kirtan at Homeless Shelter (2 min video)
ISKCON Detroit Youth Group led an amazing kirtan for homeless guests as they enjoyed wonderful Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari prasadam prepared with love by the youth. The kirtan had the guests clapping, bobbing their heads and even some dancing. When they stopped for a break, the guests began pounding on the tables chanting “‘more more more.” It was amazing. Of course the youth were thrilled to oblige and drowned the place in a thunderous kirtan. What a scene. About a 100 dear souls enjoying wonderful prasadam and kirtan by the hard work of the Youth Group and mercy from Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna is all attractive!!
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/EkW5oL

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Dear Kirtan Londoners,
Happy New Year! We hope that 2015 has opened with a hop, skip and a jump for you so far…
Though the days are grey and the nights still long and cold, we are excited to be bringing you more opportunities than ever to come together and sing. This year we start a new ‘residency’ at the Special Yoga Centre in North London. It’s a beautiful space and we will be hosting a kirtan there once a month on a Saturday evening. Light vegetarian treats and wonderful company go without mentioning of course…
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/RkkPpb

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Holy Name Bliss In Brisbane (Album 47 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting in order to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krishna. Although his complexion is… Read more ›

Ambarisha prabhu: On the attached images you can see that Guru Parampara and Panchatattva fiber glass figures are almost completed. They will be put on the Temple of Vedic Planetarium altars and will be dressed just in a few days. When I went to take p… Read more ›