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A website for Srila Prabhupada (for non devotee audience) Prabhupada.net.
Hare Krishna Dear devotees,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We had a lot of feedback from devotees regarding the need of having an official website for Srila Prabhupada. One of the reasons is that when someone out there goes to look up Srila Prabhupada they end up getting all kinds of ritviks and other twisted websites, on him. So, with the blessings of the whole GBC body, we made a website for Srila Prabhupada (for non devotee audience). The website has been launched for a few months now. As far as coming up in the search, even if you search for ‘Prabhupada’ it still shows up at about number 15. According to our web team, we need your help. This website needs to get more ‘hits’ and more ‘links’ to get its rating improved and come up higher in ‘search’. Our humble request to the leaders: if all ISKCON preaching websites will put a button on their home page for more information on our Founder Acarya please click at ‘prabhupada.net’ that would help us a lot. We welcome your feedback.
Your ServantAkrura DasSPPC (Srila Prabhupada Position Committee) PS: We are working on a ‘devotee friendly’ website for Srila Prabhupada
(Founderacharya.com). Right now it only shows our booklet but we are working on the contents, in the background, to fully launch it soon.
http://prabhupada.net/

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Huge plotting discovered about …escaping from the material world to reach Goloka Vrindavana, taking along as many others as possible! Here in this dated photo the known devotees while they are plotting 🙂

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The TOVP’s Dome Is Rising! (Album 5 photos)
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We have exciting news today!
The seventh level of the big Dome is going up now. And it will be completed by the start of the GBC meetings.
There are only two more levels remaining to finish this dome. At this amazing speed all the domes will be finished within six months.
Your servant,
Nitya-priya dd
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Meet two glorious vaishnava families. These are the two sisters, Nirmala Devi and Ranga Devi with their incredible devotee husbands, Jitari and Devarsi Prabhus, along with their extremely talented and devotional daughters, Vani devi dasi and Nadiya. Ev… Read more ›

Arabian Ranches Harinaam 3 Jan 15 (Album 87 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A Vaishnava should not try to minimize anyone else’s position. It is better to remain humble and meek and chant the Hare Krishna mantra. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.17.10 purport)
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Tulsi speaks with senior sanyasi Gopal Krishna Goswami at the Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir in Delhi and participates in an arotik ceremony at the Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir in Delhi, inaugurated in 1998 by the former Prime Minister of Ind… Read more ›

Preaching program in Moscow, Russia (Album 71 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: May the glorification of the transcendental name, form, qualities and paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect us from the influence of bad planets, meteors, env… Read more ›

Let Indradyumna Swami transport you Into Ancient Times with this beautiful album of 191 photos!
Indradyumna Swami: Present day Humpi in Karnataka, India is located in the vast ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire, which flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries. The many stone temples, gardens, palaces and ancient market places are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of particular importance to Krsna and Rama bhaktas is the fact that Hanuman took birth on a mountain that overlooks present day Humpi. The entire area is called Kishkindha in the Ramayana and once contained the famous Dandaka forest. In Treta Yuga it was the kingdom of Sugriva, of the Varana monkey race. The region is full of millions of stones and boulders, both big and small. Sastra says the stones were left over after the bridge to Lanka was built and were brought to Kishkindha by Rama’s monkey soldiers. It took us 3 days to explore the entire area. We left with a deeper appreciation for our Vedic civilization, as well as a stronger attachment to the transcendental pastimes of Sita, Rama, Laksman and Hanumanji.
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An other soccer player of Chile Juventus team, Martín Caceres, receiving, the “On the way to Krishna” booklet of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami! Jaya Srila Praabhupada!

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Amazing Flower Dress Darshan in Iskcon Mayapur (Album 122 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The only purport of the holy name of Krishna is that He is dark blue like a tamala tree and the son of mother Yasoda. This is the conclusion of all the revealed scriptu… Read more ›

New Dvaraka, Iskcon Los Angeles, Daily Darshan (Album 43 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: You have manifested the holy name of Krishna throughout the entire world. Anyone who sees You is immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Krishna. (Sri Caitanya-caritamr… Read more ›

What is it like to preach in New York City? (Photos with descriptions)
Srila Prabhupada: By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the time of death, can simply chant Hare Krishna, he immediately surpasses the great ocean of the material sky and enter… Read more ›

The glories of winter preaching in Tel-aviv, Israel (Album 42 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: There is competition of loving Krishna even in the party of Srimati Radharani. It is a kind of rasa to compete in loving affection centering around Krishna. Letter … Read more ›

Pushya Abhishek in Iskcon Vrindavan! 5/1/15 (Album 57 photos)
Pushya Abhishek of their Lordship Sri Sri Krishna Balram Gaura Nitai Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundara and Lalita Vishakha Devi with pure cow ghee!
Srila Prabhupada once explained the festival this way: “Krishna was just a toy in the hands of the Gopis, so one day the Gopis decided that we shall decorate Him. Pusya abhisheka means a ceremony to decorate the deity profusely with flowers, ornaments, cloths.
After there should be lavish feasting and a procession through the streets, so that all the citizens should see how beautiful Krishna appears.”
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Bhaktivedanta Academy Students in Alachua, Florida, help plant Fruit Trees
The Bhaktivedanta Academy students from Shanti Day’s class came out last week to help plant the first section of the fruit orchard. The students planted 15 trees including pear, persimmon, peach and plum, and learned some basic principles of dormant planting, where the plant’s roots shoot downwards, and the tree is prevented from budding. In two years or so the students will see the fruit of their work, literally. Now that the fruit trees are in they need watering. This can be easily accomplished by drip irrigation lines, which can be put down and connected to our new water tower tank. BUT the solar well pump needs to be hooked up to the new well and the solar panels installed by an experienced person.
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A Krishna Conscious Taxi Ride – Yamaraja das
Yamaraja das likes to see each person that gets into his taxi as a potential recipient of Srila Prabhupada’s mercy. He is always looking for the right opportunity to introduce his customers to Srila Prabhupada’s books. More often than not people have been open and appreciative to receive a book and hear something about the Hare Krishna movement. The cab company owner Abhayananda das is also a devotee, which affords a degree of facility to Yamaraja prabhu’s mission.
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Kirtan: Meditation with a bang (6 min video)
A short video to give a people a taste of kirtan.
Kirtan is actually the recommended yoga technique for this age, to uncover our original self which is beyond the body and mind, and reconnect with the Supreme consciousness, Krishna, Source of all pleasure. Yoga actually literally means this – to connect the tiny particle of consciousness, ourselves, with the Supreme Consciousness, Krishna in our original harmonious relationship – so we can again experience that taste and full resonance we are always searching for in everything we do – the Love Supreme. That is the highest pleasure available for us. But anyway that’s a look in to the deeper meaning of kirtan, if you just want to come for relaxation and a good time, feel free!
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Their Lordships Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari adorned in Traditional Manipuri Outfits (Album 15 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the material world, everything is full of anxiety
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New Year’s Eve preaching program in Prague, Czech Republic (Album 128 photos)
New Year’s Eve kirtan was held in a great atmosphere, created by all participants. Thanks to all who came, sang, danced, received prasadam … Especially we would like to thank all the devotees who contributed to make this New Year’s Eve and helped with the service where it was needed, see photos 🙂 Main thanks goes Bhaktivaibhava Swamimu for his ecstatic inspiring kirtans and company! Bhaktivaibhava Swami ki Jay! Srila Prabhupada ki Jay! Goura Bhakta Vrinda ki Jay!
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Harinam 3.1.2015 in Prague, Czech Republic (Album 40 photos)
For many years harinams – the color joyous procession of devotees singing the holy name of Krishna accompanied by harmonium, mridangas and karatalas – are inseparable from Prague. This singing represents the yuga-dharma for this age. We go regularly on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 PM from Obecni du*m on Republic Square. If you would like to join, you are cordially invited. “Sankirtana brings grace of Krishna’s holy names to the spiritually inert mass of people and indeed to all living beings who do not otherwise have the opportunity or inclination to Krishna consciousness. This public chanting purifies the contaminated atmosphere of the Kali Yuga. Everyone who will participate, will be dear to Lord Chaitanya.”
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The Acaraya’s House (Album 103 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited the home where the great saint Madhvacharya appeared. It is not far from Udupi. Madhvacharya was an incarnation of the wind god, Vayu, and previously appeared as both Hanuman and Bhima. He was instrumental is spreading Vaisnavism throughout India in the 13 century. We also took advantage to visit a nearby ancient temple of Lord Nrsimhadeva.
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Kirtan Mela, Day 3 at New Dvaraka, Los Angeles 03 Jan 2015 (Album 39 photos)
The sweet congregational chanting of the Holy Names spilled over into a 3rd day. A festival like this should be held EVERY day!
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Arturo Vidal of juventus and Chile national team, receiving his first marriage gift from Sri Bhakti Das and Indira Jahnava Devi Dasi the Bhagavad Gita as it is! Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Read more ›

New Free App: Meditation the Hare Krishna Way
Are you ready to de-stress, unwind and feel genuinely happier? It’s possible to achieve all of the above through meditation. This amazing FREE app is available now to download. Introducing MHK.
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New Varshana Auckland NZ (Album 32 photos)
Our first sunday feast for the year starting with a fire yajna and our first Rathayatra on the farm.
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Preaching programs in Heathrow to Swansea (Album 13 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Persons suffering from jaundice cannot taste the sweetness of sugar candy, although everyone knows that sugar candy is sweet. Similarly, because of the material disease, nond… Read more ›

Keshava dasa & Atulya devi dasi Wedding Highlights (8 min video)
Saturday 3rd January 2015, Hare Krishna Melbourne
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Adventures In Iran!
We looked at the machine gun, we looked at the crowd and decided to get off! We got off the bus and then the people made a path way into an army barracks and as we walked pass the crowd, the people started to hit us on the back and we ran in the courtyard and the solders were waiting for us and they said, “Line up against the wall!” There my Krishna consciousness was tested, there I was chanting very carefully because they were Muslims and I didn’t want to agitate them.
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Merry Krishnas Harinam in Tel Aviv, Israel 31.12.2014!!! (Album 113 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “O Lord,” the demigods say, “the impersonalists, who are nondevotees, cannot understand that Your name is identical with Your form.” Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference between His name and His actual form. In the material world there is a difference between form and name.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.2.36 Purport).
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Devotees at the British Yoga Show, Business Design Centre, London – Dec 2014
In this workshop, Radhanath Swami shared with us lessons he learnt from various esteemed yogis in the Himalayas and across India. These teachings helped him connect with his … Read more ›

The lonely vaisnava
Kadamba Kanana Swami: I used to think, before I came to Krsna consciousness, that now I would join a movement of very like-minded people and that I would feel very intimate friendship. Then, I was shocked to see that that person who… Read more ›

Udupi Krishna (Album 112 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The city of Udupi is situated in the southwest state of Karnataka in India. It has a population of 165,000 people, but is filled with visiting pilgrims throughout the year. Devotees come specifically to take darsan of the beautiful deity of Krishna [ Udupi Krishna ] who was established by Sripad Madhvacarya in the 13th century. Udupi is the headquarters of the followers of Madhvacarya. ISKCON identifies with the personal philosophy expounded by Madhvacarya, calling ourselves part of the ‘Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya.’ Lord Caitanya visited Udupi during His travels in South India. During our 3 day visit we appreciated how Vedic culture is very much intact in Udupi and recommend it as a place devotees visit for Krsna conscious inspiration. Unfortunately, we did not get permission to take a photo of the deity of Udupi Krishna.
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New Year Kirtan Mela 2015, Iskcon Los Angeles (Album 125 HR 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 … Read more ›

Goura Vrindavana, Brazil (Album 120 photos)
Half way between Sao Paulo & Rio there is a beautiful farm of 800 hectares of Atlantic Rain Forest.
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Village preaching with Harinam kirtan in Farrukhabad UttarPradesh (Album 9 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.
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New Year Kirtan Program in Dubai (Album 74 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Although materialists who are addicted to experimental knowledge and the so-called “scientific method” cannot place their faith in the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, it is a fact that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra offenselessly one can be freed from all subtle and gross material conditions. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.74 Purport)
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Vraja Parikrama (Album 250 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya’s spiritual master instructed Him that one must read Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly and with scrutiny to gradually become attached to the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.73 Purport)
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News Year Eve Harinam in Gold Coast, Australia (Album 40 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that since His spiritual master ordered Him only to chant the holy name of Krishna, He always chanted the Hare Krishna maha-mantra according to this direction (“krsna-mantra” japa sada-ei mantra-sara). (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.72 Purport)
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31st night The New Year Eve Fest in Mayapur (Album 36 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A pure devotee cannot forget the Supreme Lord for a moment, and similarly the Supreme Lord cannot forget His pure devotee for a moment. This is the great blessing of the Kr… Read more ›

Harinama-sankirtana 31/12/2014 in Chisinau, Moldova (Album 42 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Padma Purana, Krishna says, mad-bhakta yatra gayanti tatra tisthami narada: “O Narada, I am present wherever My devotees are chanting.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 17.132 Purport)
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