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Stay High Forever! (Album with photos)
To chant the holy name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime that…Read More…

Surrendering our False Ego.
Question: Our BG discussion group has been rambling for lack of our ability to grapple with the meaning of ‘ego’. All of us generally agree that spirituality is about surrendering the ego or getting rid of ‘I-consciousness’. But understanding it conceptually itself seems a challenge. We discussed ‘I am not the body, I am the soul’, and ‘I am the eternal servant of the lord’ aspects. We also cited the example of sage Valmiki – he must have lost consciousness of body altogether. We would appreciate hearing from you about this topic.
Romapada Swami: There is a distinction between `ego’ and `false-ego’ which I would like to point out — perhaps that would help understand the concept of ego better. Ego is the conception that one has of oneself, a conscious awareness of one’s identity, or as you put it, “I-consciousness”.
The soul cannot get rid of ego, or the conscious awareness of oneself, even with one’s greatest effort. The soul *IS* conscious, and being conscious of one’s spiritual identity is experienced in the liberated state. However, by uncovering our real-ego, or the true and eternal sense of self, we can discard the false-ego or the false identification of the soul with external objects, such as the bodily coverings of the soul, both gross and subtle, and things related to the body.
Getting rid of false-ego does not necessarily mean to `lose awareness of the body or mind’, as was the case of Valmiki during his deepest meditation on Ram’s name. Rather, ridding oneself of false-ego means to change one’s perception of one’s self — to see oneself not as the enjoyer and controller of the material energy, but as a part and parcel
of Krishna and an instrument in Krishna’s hands.
To repeat, a self-realized soul is not necessarily disconnected from sensory perception of the external world; but a self-realized soul *is* disconnected from any mis-identification with matter, as much as the driver of a car is fully conscious of the movements of his vehicle but doesn’t identify himself to be the car. As one’s real-ego or awareness of one’s eternal identity awakens, one becomes transcendental to the pains and pleasures and changes of the body although fully connected to the body, seeing it as a mere instrument.
Here is one final thought on this topic.
Real ego is the consciousness that one is the eternal servant of the Lord, while false-ego is characterized by the mentality of being the doer and mover of material energy (Bg 3.27). Very often, beginners in spiritual life, trying to overcome false ego and the doer-ship mentality, mistakenly suppose that abandonment of false ego means giving up action
or taking initiative. Karma-tyaga is their objective, not just karma-phala tyaga. They think that surrendering or acting as an instrument of God, moreover, is akin to becoming something like a mindless programmed robot. This is not correct. Rather, giving up false ego is to give up whimsical actions and the mentality that one can achieve something
independent of Krishna, replacing this false-ego with the consciousness that one’s actions are to be placed subordinate to and suject to God’s will.
I hope this sheds some light on this topic.

Turn down your world’s lights and enter Krishna’s world!
Mahatma das: Chanting means to enter Krishna’s world and put your world on hold.
It’s so ironic sometimes, when we’re chanting instead of being absorbed in Krishna or krishna leela or something about Krishna we are absorbed about what am I going to do later today, the problems I have to solve, the appointments I have to meet etc. So we’re actually absorbed in our world rather than Krishna’s world and to me that’s quite ironic because we are chanting Krishna’s Holy Names. In the more advanced stages of japa a devotee can see krishna leela and more advanced stages a devotee enters krishna leela, he’s not just seeing it he’s part of it. So of course that’s a high stage nama, Rupa guna Leela it’s the last stage but obviously when we’re chanting the Holy Name we should be absorbed in Krishna, if not in His leela just feeling His presence, as we said yesterday, aware of the relationship, the qualities, the form it may come it may enter, that’s desirable. But we really have to be conscious that when we’re chanting to leave our world, to leave our life and put it on hold while we’re chanting. Sometimes I like to tell devotees think of your life as a number of various light switches; work as a light switch, family as a light switch, this as a light switch that as a light switch, so when you sit down to chant japa internally just turn off all the lights switches of your life. And by turning down the light switches of your life then you can be absorbed in Krishna rather than your life. I know this may sound simple and maybe you think it’s not so effective but the idea is that the mind usually has free range, is thinking about so many things – what do I have to do now what I’ll have to do later what didn’t I finish yesterday, what about this problem I’m having with this person, how will we resolve is what this problem I’m having, with my health or my finances or my other relationships are always thinking how to deal with them, aren’t we? So when we chant japa if we don’t do something to control the mind or put it in another mode the tendency for the mind to continue thinking as it always does continues, it’s natural, because we haven’t really consciously made an effort to say: now during these next two hours we don’t think of these things, these things are off limits. By going internally in thinking of your life like light switches and internally turning one switch off once it’s on you’ve made an internal shift that could make it much easier to be absorbed in your japa because internally you’ve turned your life off. Another thing I tell devotees, similar to this is that let’s say your day begins at seven and you get up at five, so internally you can tell yourself let’s say today is Tuesday, so it’s Tuesday I’ve woken up at five but internally Tuesday hasn’t begun because my day begins at seven, that’s when I get ready for work or school or whatever it is I do my service let’s say. This is more for people who live outside the temple but let’s say your day starts at seven you have to start getting ready so internally your day hasn’t started. Today is not Tuesday what is today it’s nothing it’s japa time it’s going into Krishna’s world we don’t have to worry about Tuesday, Tuesday has not yet begun. So if you can internally make this adjustment just sit down and think I’m going to chant my rounds, Tuesday starts at seven o’clock now it’s five a.m. I have two hours of free time so I can go into Krishna’s world, I can enter into the transcendental world. I don’t have to remain in this world because today hasn’t started yet. So sadhana, the early morning sadhana is all about today hasn’t started and it’s just about you and Krishna and going into His world. I often say sadhana is a means of transcending your world and going into Krishna’s world. Now it’s interesting because some self-development coaches they say you should get up early and you should go into a kind of a meditative state and part of that meditation is how to achieve more during the day, so you’re actually thinking about your day and how you’re going to do more, which is not bad advice but I think as the first thing you’re going to do in the morning it’s not good advice. So I like to say when you go into chanting you go into Krishna’s world and you transcend your world, so you leave your world on hold you go into Krishna’s world. This way you can get more easily absorbed in japa and it actually works because as I said before a lot of times all we really need to do is just have a little conversation with the mind basically saying now these next two hours this is what we’re doing so just take it easy and you know don’t worry about anything else, will come back in two hours and deal with it. As simple as that sounds it can make a huge difference. So why don’t you try it see how you like it and if you benefit from it, it helps your japa that’s fantastic and it will if you actually do it right!
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Artistic guidelines from Srila Prabhupada.
On one occasion, when Srila Prabhupada, and Goursundar and I, arrived in San Francisco, there was a new painting of Narada Muni hanging on the temple wall. I was impressed. It was one of Jadurani’s latest works. Jadurani’s technique had improved immeasurably, and her proportions were also much better. Her colors were more subtle, so the painting showed great technical improvement over her past works. Looking at it from a purely technical point of view, as a trained artist, it was indeed much better than her work in past. So I mentioned it to Srila Prabhupada, commenting that “Jadurani has improved her oil painting technique so much!” Srila Prabhupada glowered and winced. He said, “I do not very much like this new style painting!” I was shocked. This painting was obviously adapted from some Renaissance work of the old masters; it looked a bit like a figure from a Renaissance painting, that was then modified with an orangey saffron dhoti and a vina placed in Narada Muni’s hand. Technically, it was good.

“Why?” I exclaimed. “What is it that you don’t like, that you find so distasteful?” I was truly concerned. “Narada Muni is an eternal brahmachari!” Srila Prabhupada exclaimed. “She has made him look like a meat-eater and a woman hunter!” I was stunned. Later, Srila Prabhupada explained this in more detail. He said, “Cheeks gone down. ‘Galtobra.’ This is the face of a meat eater, and a womanizer. And a wine drinker!” I noted that the figure did indeed have a lustful and wanton look about the face. It was not a face full of spiritual luster and innocent beauty. While sitting in front of his desk, taking dictation for a letter to Jadurani, he explained further. I asked, “So, how should this be corrected? What should his face look like? What needs to be done?” Srila Prabhupada pointed to a Brijbasi print hanging on the wall near his desk. “Like this,” he said. “These are the faces of milk-drinkers, rounded and beautiful. They have moon-like faces!” He explained that Krishna has the “moon-like” face of a milk-drinker, and so do His servants like Narada. No “nonsense muscles,” or “squared jaw,” as is shown in Western art, especially in Renaissance art. Renaissance artists, such as Michelangelo, were famed for their elaborate portrayal of the musculature of the human body. Even in art school, I recalled, the female face was said to be rounded, like an egg, and the male face was said to be squared off, like a flower pot. This was indeed what the old masters taught. But Srila Prabhupada wanted all the faces to be round and full. My husband did not particularly like my drawings of moonlike round faces; he sometimes teased me, calling them “balloon faces,” and “balloon figures.” But this is what Srila Prabhupada liked, this is what he wanted, and he clearly did not like the figures from the Western schools of art! He wanted us to use for reference the Indian styles of art, showing the beauty of the “transcendental form.” And, it suddenly dawned on me, the people of that era, the European Renaissance, were indeed meat-eaters, wine drinkers, and womanizers!

I quickly contacted Jadurani, and she created her future paintings based on Srila Prabhupada’s instructions on this, and his explanation of “galtobra.” Perhaps it was safe to assume that we could draw upon European art for some things, but not for all. And certainly not for figures or for faces! Nor for the dark and foreboding colors often found in the backgrounds of old masters’ paintings. Dark surroundings were not to be a prominent feature in our transcendental art style. Transcendental art, Swamiji explained, was meant to depict the spiritual world. That means it has to be bright, shimmering, colorful, and effulgent. The faces and figures should be soft and supple, rounded and child-like, full of innocence and sweetness. The backgrounds should be bright and full of colorful beauty, with birds and flowers gracing every part of the landscape. Since Swamiji had the vision and experience of the spiritual world, and how it was to be depicted – and I certainly did not – I tried to model my artistic style after what he wanted. That should be the goal of any artist who is attempting to paint transcendental art…

Another incident took place while we were staying in Los Angeles. Srila Prabhupada wanted Goursundar and I to make Deities of Gour-Nitai, dancing with upraised arms. To do this, we first had to perfect a drawing that was approved by His Divine Grace. Because my husband Goursundar was more expert with male figures, this drawing was first done by him. Goursundar had studied male body structure, and had also been a weight trainer, so he knew the exact muscles that would show in upraised arms. He carefully drew the upraised arms of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda having some very gentle hint of muscles, both in the upraised arms and in the upper chest. The muscles were not very pronounced at all; they were quite subtle, only hinted at. But Srila Prabhupada immediately nixed it. “No! No muscles showing!” he said. “This is not transcendental form – this muscles, this is human form. Human bodies have muscular forms, but not transcendental bodies. They are smooth and beautiful.”

Srila Prabhupada explained that transcendental form is always smooth and graceful. “Arms like the trunk of the elephant,” he described. Muscles and veins should never be shown in pictures of Krishna or any transcendental beings. “This fleshy muscle and vein form is the body of human beings. Not transcendental beings!” Srila Prabhupada taught that we could not simply take a photo of a human being, and paint it blue for Krishna, or golden for Lord Chaitanya! Rather, he explained, the transcendental form has long sloping arms, like the elephant’s trunk, delicate hands, graceful feet, large head, high forehead, arching brows, waving hair, lotus eyes, and curved, sweet smiling lips. The transcendental form does not look at all like the mundane beauty of human beings. There are many examples of this in Indian art. South Indian sculptures show the graceful beauty of transcendental form…

(from “Srila Prabhupada the Transcendental Art Master” by Govinda dasi)

Bhale Bharath Award of Excellence conferred to Bhaktivedanta Research Centre.
Bhale Bharath, a non-religious socio-cultural mission based in Bangalore, recently conferred the Bhale Bharath Award of Excellence to Bhaktivedanta Research Centre on 15th March 2017 at Seshadripuram College, Bangalore.
BRC was honored for its outstanding contribution in the preservation and dissemination of ancient Indian Cosmology, Vedic Wisdom and Vaishnavism. Sriman Gangadas Prabhu received the award behalf of BRC.
During the interactive session, Sriman Gangadas Prabhu explained the mission of BRC and its activities and he has invited the students and researchers to visit BRC.
We’re grateful for the nomination from the Indian Science Monitor team led by Dr. T.K. Rajan.

Guns or no Guns? (2 min video)
H.H. Sivarama Swami addresses the recent debate that has divided the USA. Sivarama Swami, throug…Read More…

I want a new drug .
In the 1960s and 70s, young people all over America experimented with various drugs – LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, Marijuana, and others – hoping to taste something sublime.
Many of the popular songs of that era reflect the culture’s fascination with drugs and the possibilities they seemed to present. For instance, in 1967, the band, Jefferson Airplane, released the song, White Rabbit , and songwriter, Jimi Hendrix, sang, Purple Haze . These thematic songs, and many others of the time, inspired the young generation to experiment with psychosomatic drugs in search of a transcendent experience.
This trend rolled on into the 1980’s with cocaine and heroine also becoming increasingly popular.
But, as with all things material, the promise of happiness or enlightenment from drugs, fell short.

Indicative of this, in 1984, American rock musician Huey Lewis wrote what became a hit song, called: I want a new drug .

Although tongue-in-cheek, the following excerpt taken from the lyrics of his song says much about the retrograde effects of intoxication:

I want a new drug
One that won’t make me sick
One that won’t make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick

I want a new drug
One that won’t hurt my head
One that won’t make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red

I want a new drug
One that won’t go away
One that won’t keep me up all night
One that won’t make me sleep all day

According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, every conditioned soul is attracted by intoxication of one kind or another: loke vyavayamisa-madya-seva

nitya hi jantor: “In this material world the conditioned soul is always inclined to sex, meat-eating and intoxication.” (SB 11.5.11)

Without the trouble of self-discipline, people look for euphoria, self-confidence, and increased sociability by taking intoxication.

But the effects of inebriation never permanently satisfy one or bring one to an exalted position. Rather, they degrade one, the body develops tolerance and one then needs stronger doses to get the same experience, and there are inevitable side effects, and unsavory physical and psychological addictions. (What to speak of those who just suddenly drop dead.)

In the early 1980s, many people, including famous American actor-comedian, John Belushi, lost their lives by injecting a combination of two hard drugs, heroin and cocaine. (Apparently one kind of drug wasn’t enough!) Because intoxication – or any kind of material sense gratification – leaves one unsatisfied, an intoxicator often innovates to find newer kinds of stimulation, mixing drugs to get a unique kind of high.

Srila Prabhupada: “One who drinks wine will become intoxicated and may think that he is flying in the sky or that he has gone to heaven. These are effects of intoxication. But an intoxicated person does not know that all these dreams are within the limits of time and will therefore come to an end.”

One who seriously practices bhakti yoga, however, gradually develops the strength to set aside substandard forms of material happiness, including intoxication.

Shunning all kinds of intoxication a bhakti yogi instead ingests spiritual knowledge, and gains insight into the source of real happiness within.

Clearing one’s life of apparent happiness from intoxication gives one a legitimate chance to see for oneself how factual happiness flows from within one’s own heart.

Lord Caitanya never advised anyone to take drugs. However, he did suggest that one take regular doses of humility. One drop of true humility allows one to see the entire world as an opportunity for service. And service to God is happiness for the soul. The saint, Prabhodananda Sarasvati, because he saw the world as an opportunity to serve Krishna, described the entire universe as “an abode of joy.”

The ultimate high that everyone is searching for through self-medication is truly available only to one who follows the regulative principles of the scriptures, controls his or her senses, and cultivates a higher taste by practicing bhakti yoga – beginning with chanting the Hare Krishna mantra.

“But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord.” (Bg. 2.64)

“In the stage of perfection called trance, or samadhi, one’s mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This perfection is characterized by one’s ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.” (Bg. 6.20-23)
Vaisesika Das

When Ajamila chanted with the wrong conception, why did Vishnudutas come?
Chaitanya Charan Das: Question – When Ajamila chanted the names of Lord Hari with the wrong conception (i.e. with the conception of his son), then why did Vishnudutas appear over there?
Answer– Acharyas have explained that initially Ajamila chanted the names of Narayana with the thoughts of his son in his mind but as he called out his son, ‘Narayana’, the Lord’s name invoked the true knowledge in his mind. At that time when he saw Yamadutas coming towards him, he immediately realized, based on the brahminical training he had received in the past, that his son will not be able to help him at this particular time. He recalled, at this moment of death only the supreme Lord Narayana can save him, thus his conception shifted.
Initially he called ‘Narayana’ thinking of his son but as soon as he pronounced the name, the sound entered his ears and when he saw the imminent danger, his thoughts shifted to supreme Lord. Although his sentiments were not pure but he had knowledge of the pure conception so his thoughts shifted towards the proper conception.
In reciprocation to his present state of mind and with whatever bhakti he had performed prior to his fall, Lord Vishnu send His dutas to ascend him and rescue him.
Therefore, although he chanted the Lord’s name with the wrong conception but he was not ignorant of right conception; only forgetful of the right conception. The utterance of the Holy Names reminded him of the right conception and he was saved. Still because his heart was not purified, the result that he got was limited to the interruption in his downwards spiral towards hell where he was supposed to go if yamadutas had taken him.
After this incident, he continued to stay in the material world but then he purified himself by rigorous practice of austerity and then eventually he went back home, back to Godhead. He had to purify himself to stabilize in the right conception and then he was able to go back to Godhead.

Reading Festival – 23rd March 2017 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In material consciousness we are trying to love that which is not at all lovable. We give our love to dogs and cats, running the risk that at the time of death we may think of them and consequently take birth in a family of cats or dogs. Thus love that does not have Krsna as its object leads downward. It is not that Krsna or God is something obscure or something that only a few chosen people can attain. Caitanya Mahaprabhu informs us that in every country and in every scripture there is some hint of love of Godhead. Unfortunately no one knows what love of Godhead actually is. The Vedic scriptures, however, are different in that they can direct the individual in the proper way to love God. Other scriptures do not give information on how one can love God, nor do they actually define or describe what or who the Godhead actually is. Although they officially promote love of Godhead, they have no idea how to execute it. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives a practical demonstration of how to love God in a conjugal relationship. Taking the part of Radharani, Caitanya tries to love Krsna as Radharani loved Him. Krsna was always amazed by Radharani’s love. “How does Radharani give Me such pleasure?” He would ask. In order to study Radharani, Krsna lived in Her role and tried to understand Himself. This is the secret of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation. Caitanya is Krsna, but He has taken the mode or role of Radharani to show us how to love Krsna. Thus He is addressed: “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord who is absorbed in Radharani’s thoughts.” From TLC intro
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Checkmate!
Smara Hari: My first personal contact with Srila Prabhupada was when I went on a morning walk with him. I was just a young boy about seventeen or eighteen.
I hadn’t even joined the temple but I had heard that Srila Prabhupada was coming and the devotees had encouraged me to stay overnight to see Prabhupada.
He came and he went on a morning walk before class as he does and we went to a small park, Russell Square.
There were about ten devotees with Srila Prabhupada and I was the new boy. I was the bhakta.
As such I was behind the others and I had difficulty understanding Srila Prabhupada.
He had an unusual Bengali accent and as I never had a lot of exposure to Indian people, I was straining to hear what he said.
I moved closer to Prabhupada to catch his words and in so doing I clipped Prabhupada’s heel.
Srila Prabhupada walked about two or three paces without one shoe on and then he stopped. Everyone stopped.
Prabhupada turned and he looked at me since he knew I had clipped his heel.
He said, “You must always walk three feet behind the spiritual master.”
I was completely mortified.
There was one devotee who said to me, “This is a grave offense. You should immediately kill yourself.” (laughs)
He said, “You should jump in the Thames River immediately for purification.”
I thought, “Oh no, what have I done? I haven’t even started and I’ve set off on a bad foot.” No pun intended.
It was much later when I was recounting this to one of my sannyasi God-brothers and he said, “That is the moment when Srila Prabhupada accepted you as his disciple.”
He said, “That was his first instruction to you, that you must always walk three paces behind the spiritual master.”
Srila Prabhupada would give the most wonderful, practical examples to explain the most difficult philosophical concepts for his aspiring disciples.
One time in Vrindavan Srila Prabhupada was struggling to present to us in terms that we could understand the fact that everything is absolutely conscious and sentient in the spiritual world.
He paused for a short time and then he said, “Just like when Radharani is cooking for Krishna, she will ask the rice in the pot, ‘Are you ready yet?’ and the rice will say, ‘No, not yet. Give me a few more minutes.’”
Srila Prabhupada was very tricky. He knew the mentality of different people and how exactly to deal with them.
In Vrindavan Prabhupada was exasperated because none of his disciples were willing to stay in Vrindavan and were unqualified to deal with the goings on in India.
One time he thought that the solution was to get some local trusted people involved so that they would be our trustees to take care of things nicely.
There was one brahmachari gentleman, Bhagaji, who lived right around the corner and the devotees brought him to Prabhupada.
He had retired early and he just wanted to be involved in his bhajan.
He knew the entire Bhagavad-gita by heart and he would take a rickshaw from Raman Reti into town in which he would recite half of the Bhagavad-gita and then on the way back he would recite the other half.
Srila Prabhupada definitely wanted him to get involved in helping with the temple.
Prabhupada would ask him and Bhagaji would find ways to avoid doing anything.
There was a chess match going on between them and each was resistant.
He was very respectful to Srila Prabhupada and he recognized Srila Prabhupada’s superior position.
Srila Prabhupada would explain to him that preaching was a higher calling and was more important than bhajan.
One day Prabhupada called for him and Bhagaji came in and sat down.
Prabhupada was sitting at his desk at the Krishna-Balaram temple and he said to him,
“It is the duty of every Indian gentleman to teach the teaching of Lord Krishna. Do you agree?”
Bhagaji said, “Yes”. Prabhupada said, “It is also the duty of every Indian gentleman to set aside some time in his life to prorogate these teachings. Do you agree?”
Bhagaji said. “Yes. Yes, I agree.”
Prabhupada said, “If there was a need where western people were eager for Krishna and would come to a person, this gentleman he would help.”
Bhagaji said, “Yes.” So Bhagaji was agreeing to every point Srila Prabhupada presented.
Then Prabhupada said, “Brahmananda, bring the paper.” Brahmananada brought a document and he gave it to Prabhupada.
Prabhupada handed it to Bhagaji and Bhagaji looked alarmed.
Later I learned it was a legal document in which Bhagaji had to sign to say that he was the new trustee of the Krishna-Balaram temple.
He was shocked that as he was just trying to do his bhajan, now he was the manager of the temple, the trustee in charge of everything.
He was looking at the document and Prabhupada went over all the points again and Bhagaji just started laughing.
He realized he’d been outplayed. It was checkmate.
Bhagaji just laughed, took the pen, signed the document and thus surrendered to Prabhupada.
—Smara Hari
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Excerpt from “Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint”
by Siddhanta das

Initiation ceremony this morning in Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: I wish that every one of you should be Lion’s descendant. Our Lord Krishna assumed the form of Lion & killed the atheist, Hiranyakasipu, & by disciplic succession we shall also kill all impersonalist atheist. Absolutely there is no Krishna Consciousness for the impersonalist. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to: Madhusudana – Navadvipa 2 November, 1967
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The Ancestral Home Of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami:
Several days ago we visited the ancestral home of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur in Choti, Orissa. We are continuing the efforts of Fakir Mohan prabhu, a friend of ISKCON, to acquire the original land that Bhaktivinode Thakur resided on there for many years. We hope to build a small temple on the property to accommodate his deities, Sri Sri Radha Madhava. We met with the mayor of the village and a number of landholders in the area. They were very favorable to the project. In his book, Maths of Orissa, Bhaktivinode Thakur writes: “I have a small village, Choti Mangalpur, in the country of Cuttack, of which I am the proprietor.” In his autobiography, Sva-likhita Jivani, he writes, “In Choti we have six or seven big thatched houses. Radha Madhava and Jagannath are being worshipped in one of these houses. Behind these houses is a pond named Uasa Pokhari. There is a fence of kanta ( bamboo ) around the palace.” Though Bhaktivinode Thakur took birth in his maternal uncle’s house in Ula, West Bengal, his native place is the village of Choti in Orissa. Srila Bhaktisiddhata Sarasvati would sometimes visit this place. While there he would stay in the compound of a local Durga temple because being a sannyasi he would not stay in the hereditary property. Choti is also know as Tulasi-Ksetra, because of the many Tulasi plants nicely worshipped by the inhabitants of the village. I have added comments to a number of photos so devotees can appreciate them. Jaya Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur! Jaya Sri Sri Radha Madhava! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
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“Why Do We Exist?”
Sankarshan Das: The other day I had a wonderful meeting with a gentleman named Danny, who is writing a paper on “faith and reason.” I explained to him purely from the standpoint of logic how we can understand what is sometimes called by theologians “the ground of our being.”
That we exist is, of course, self-evident. Otherwise, how could we be reading this lesson? Consciousness or awareness is the symptom by which we can understand that we do indeed exist.
But the question we are raising today is “Why do we exist?”. To deal with this question we must first understand the principle that everything comes from something, that nothing comes out of nothing. Have you ever had a practical experience that something came out of nothing? No. Has any scientist ever produced something out of nothing? No. We can understand, therefore, that we indeed do come from something. We are not talking about our bodies here. We are talking about the non-material self that exists beyond our body, that is the witness and manipulator of those things occurring on the platform of the body. Of course, our material bodies also emanate from that original source along with all the other material elements in the universe.

Since everything comes from something and we are part of everything we can understand that we do indeed have a source. Everything we see is caused by something else that preceded it. If we could trace the chain of causality back far enough for anything we would eventually reach the original Cause of all Causes.

Some philosophers argue that there could be a chain of cause and effect going on forever into infinity with no beginning point. Let’s consider if this is a logical proposal by studying what is known as the domino effect. The domino is a small rectangular wooden block. If you line up a whole row of dominos next to each other and push one of them over, then with a ripple wave-like effect the entire row will collapse one after another. The first domino pushes over the second domino, that pushes over the third domino, that pushes over the fourth domino, etc. Imagine lining up an infinite row of dominos. Even with that infinite row of dominos if there is not one domino that somehow falls over without being pushed by another domino, the domino effect cannot take place. The entire row of dominos will remain standing erect.

So the point is that there must be an original Cause of all Causes; otherwise nothing can happen. There must be an origin that has no origin. Our existence and the existence of everything and everyone can all be traced back to that one original source. Everything is coming from it, but why? To answer this question we must delve a little deeper to understand what is the nature of the original source.

Within the Totality we see that there are so many personalities, ourselves included. What does this tell us? Just image if I presented you with a sack of gold nuggets and you asked me where I got them. I told you that I got them out of my gold mine. When you asked me how much gold I have in my mine I answered you that my goldmine if gold-less; that it’s a gold mine that has never and will never have any gold in it. You would naturally consider me crazy or a liar. How can a goldmine have no gold and yet yield an entire bag of gold nuggets?

The point I’m making is this. If so many personalities are being emanated from the original source then that original source cannot be devoid of personality. It indeed must have personality, and should therefore be referred to as he or she, not it. So the original source is a person. Why is that person emanating us out of himself or herself?

Since we are the emanations or energy of the original energetic source we possess the same nature as the original source, just as a drop of ocean water has the same chemical composition as the entire ocean. We can observe that our nature is that we do not like to be totally alone. We prefer to exchange loving dealings with other persons. There is a popular saying that love makes the world go around. So this is actually a fact. The original person is emanating us for the purpose of enjoying a loving relationship with us. This indeed is the very purpose of our existence. In order to become self-realized we must re-establish our long-forgotten loving relationship with the Supreme Person. When we do so we will be become completely full of all knowledge and completely free of anxiety in all times, places, and circumstances, even death.

This is that state of consciousness we will attain when we reach the ultimate platform of self-realization, pure love of the supreme original person. That Supreme Person directly reveals Himself to us in the Bhagavad-gita:

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah

“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.”
Bhagavad-gita: 10.8

Srila Prabhupada and …Frank Jappa weigh in about the universe.
Giriraja Swami: On his morning walk on Juhu Beach on November 11, 1975, Srila Prabhupada said, “Bhaktivinoda Thakura declares that advancement of material civilization means advancement of the influence of maya, which means forgetfulness of God. By this expansion of maya’s influence we become more attached. In this way, jiba ke karaye gadha: He is already an ass, and he becomes a first-class ass.
“So, you’ll find these materialists are all first-class asses. Every day they are discovering new theory: ‘Atom, electron, this-tron, that-tron.’ Not the jivatma. They are finding out so many atoms, electrons, this-tron, that-tron, but not that one ten-thousandth part of God. That they cannot find—the jiva, living entity—because they remain ass, more and more ass, first-class ass, scientific ass, A.I. ass, O.K. ass.”

And I recalled Frank Zappa’s words: “The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons, and 85% morons.”

New school inauguration in ISKCON Ujjain (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Neither spiritual retreats, churches, mosques, temples, karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, dry empirical philosophy, nor imitation devotees can save humanity from the jaws of death. They are inadequate for purifying the consciousness because what they offer as spiritual succor is limited by their sectarian vision, a set of do’s and don’ts, and a rigid approach that simply further entangle humanity in the material energy. What is needed are exemplary spiritual actions and the espousal of the genuine path of self-realization, but these have not been properly instituted. >>> Ref. VedaBase => RTW 5.1: The Highest Use of Intelligence
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The 24-hour kirtana revival began on the Rama-vijaya-dasami of 1986. That day commemorates the vijaya (victory) of Lord Ramacandra over the demon Ravana. But the param vijayate, the supreme victory, Lord Caitanya declared, is sri krsna sankirtanam, the loud chanting of the Holy Names of Krishna, because that chanting conquers not only bad qualities but ultimately birth and death as well. Not only that, but it is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss and enables us to fully taste the nectar we always hanker for.
And so, on the auspicious day of Rama-vijaya-dasami, the 24-hour kirtana started under the auspices of Aindra Prabhu, and it remained so for the next twenty-four years. As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa at the age of twenty-four and performed sankirtana, both publicly and privately, for the next twenty-four years, Aindra Prabhu also journeyed to Vrindavan twenty-four years ago with the intention of dedicating his body, mind, and soul to the sankirtana movement—which he did, also for a period of twenty-four years.

Aindra Prabhu had the potency to stay in one place and affect the world, but those who travel can also affect the world. The real point is the intensity of purpose: letting go of petty, mundane attachments, and focusing on our goal. This is Aindra Prabhu’s example and our challenge. And we can take heart from the example of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, who preached vigorously in Bengal and fought against many deviant sects but later became discouraged because the deviant groups he had fought to expose, and whom he had subdued for some time, were coming back again. In his despondent state, he had a dream in which Caitanya Mahaprabhu told him to go to Jagannatha Puri and establish a bhajana-kutira near Haridasa Thakura’s samadhi and just chant the holy names there. His chanting, Mahaprabhu told him, would purify the whole world.

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Sri Govinda Ghosh – Disappearance.
Sri Govinda Ghosh, an intimate associate of Lord Caitanya, was known for his sweet kirtans at the annual Jagannatha Puri Ratha- yatra festival. Lord Caitanya would at once begin to dance whenever Govinda Ghos…

TOVP Tour – March 25, 2017, Sridham Mayapur (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: …always trying to render some service to the Lord. How? Priti-purvakam: “with love and faith.” Not that “Oh, I have to do it? All right, let me do.” No. “Oh, I have to do it? Let me do it nicely.” Unless there is love, you cannot do it nicely, any matter. In the material world also, unless you have got some attachment for something, you cannot act it very nicely. Just like a musician. Because one has got a good attachment for music, he tries to perform it very perfectly. So love is the basis. Similarly, when you serve Krsna, if you have no love for Krsna, you cannot serve Him very nicely. And Krsna also does not accept your service if it is not done in great love and affection. That is the basic principle. Krsna does not require your service. He is self-sufficient. He has got many servants anywhere and everywhere. So Krsna does not require our service. It is our interest. If we render service to Krsna, then we become happy. That is the profit. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.39 – London, September 12, 1973
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“This is the nicest thing I ever saw in my whole life.”
Rose Forkash: My daughter, Lilashakti, (at that time Linda) came home to Santa Barbara, locked herself in the bedroom and for two days she did nothing but read Back to Godhead magazines.
When she came out we were sure that there was something that needed investigating but came Saturday she said she was leaving for Los Angeles to go to the temple.
Of course we trusted that whatever she was reading and pertained to this temple was something that we should be satisfied was innocent enough.
But a week later my husband and I came to visit and it so happens that day Prabhupada arrived.
I remember Prabhupada sat on the upper level in the temple while the chairs and seats for everybody else was just a little bit down below.
Questions were asked of him and of course I raised my hand because I didn’t know what this was all about.
I asked, “If this is such a good thing for all people to become involved in why did it take so long to come to us?”
Prabhupada replied, “You were late.”
Suddenly all the devotees to my right let up a howl of joy and he turned to them and said,
“And you were all late.”
It wasn’t until about a year or two later when Prabhupada came back to Los Angeles that I spoke with him at length.
That afternoon Prabhupada gave me his lunch and told my husband and me how glad he was that we were taking an interest.
He asked us a little bit about ourselves and I remember he asked my husband, Sam, what kind of business he was in.
Sam said he was in the used furniture business.
Prabhupada said, “Used? Used, like people like me?” (Laughs)
A year later my parents, who were elderly, came to visit from Florida and Lilashakti told them about her experience on sankirtan.
My mother said, “I’d like to do that,” and my father said, “I would too.”
So the devotees there gave my parents some Back to Godheads, and there they were, walking up and down the street offering Back to Godhead magazines.
Every time someone would accept one, my father would clap.
He was so happy that people were showing an interest.
Both of them were even happier when I brought them to the temple.
As we entered, my father in his enthusiasm was so happy that I remember he bent down and kissed the door.
He walked in, looked at the deities and said,
“This is the nicest thing I ever saw in my whole life.”
That’s something to remember.
We felt very comfortable with the fact that our daughter was involved in something that was so beneficial for her.
In addition I was amazed that what we needed for ourselves was coming from our own child.
Up until then we had very little religious feelings.
When my parents were young, they had no opportunity financially or otherwise to get involved in a religion that would have suited them.
It wasn’t until they met the devotees, heard about the temple and came to the temple that they wanted to join.
As a matter of fact, my father had signed up for he and my mother to move into the temple in South Florida where they lived.
On one walk I took with my father I said,
“You know Pop, that’s fine. But you know you can’t smoke any cigars?”
He said, “I only smoke one.” I said, “Not even one, Pop.”
He took the cigar out of his pocket, broke it in half and said,
“Okay I’m done.”
On Sundays Sam and I used to go down to the beach in Santa Barbara.
There was always a gathering of artists and we got to meet many people from the movie industry.
It was Meryl Streep I remember who bought some cookies from us and as she picked up the package she looked at it and said,
“Oh, this is the Hare Krishna. How do you say it?”
We chanted the mantra and she chanted with us which was very nice.
I felt comfortable with him.
Sometimes if people see a movie star, they would be in awe.
But Prabhupada didn’t make you feel that way.
He never acted as if he felt, “I’m so important.”
He didn’t give that impression.
He was a bearer of information.
He was delivering information and he did it in such a calm way that wasn’t frightening.
It was informational like, “I have something to tell you and I think you will be interested in hearing this.”
I do remember when he walked out of the temple after a lecture one day and the devotees were eager to pay their obeisances to him.
They all scrambled to get down and he motioned with his hands,
“Get up, get up, get up,” as if to say, “That’s not necessary.”
—Rose Forkash
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Excerpt from “Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint”
by Siddhanta das

Stories from the Road.
Mfundo Nkosi: My first experience in book distribution left an indelible mark on my consciousness. I was afraid to approach anyone and couldn’t even summon the courage to speak, muted as though gagged by fear. I then noticed a lady sweeping the sidewalk nearby. Her broom dragged across the dirt with great effort. It looked like she was writing a sad poem in the dust with the broom as her pen and her tears provided the ink. Drawn by her silent anguish I approached her and asked, “Are you okay?” She looked up and stared at me with eyes glistening from the tears she failed to hold back. I stood there stunned, thinking what an awkward situation I had plunged myself into and my heart sank at her falling tears. The lady then spoke in a somber voice, “Does God exist?” After a moment I said, “I have this book [Chant and Be Happy]. It speaks about establishing a relationship with God by calling His names.” “I don’t have any money”, she responded digging into her pockets to show only a single Rand. Knowing one Rand may not be enough she ran to one of her colleagues and stopped a few people in the street imploring them to spare a little change so she could purchase the book. I couldn’t move, startled by this lady’s desperation. She hurried back to me and said, “This is all I can get,” stretching out her arms to me as she cupped the coins in her hands. She amassed all of five rands. I took the donation but what really purchased the book was her desperation to find God. That was the only book I distributed that day. I know not what became of that lady; however, she made a deep impression in my heart that I hope to carry with me always.

Passing of a wonderful devotee.
Ramai Swami:
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KK Bindu #396: The importance of Gaura with Govinda.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
* THE DUTIES OF A BRAHMIN – His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada describes the six activities of a twice-born person.
* RADHA-GOVINDA WITHOUT GAURA-GOVINDA – Sri Srimad Gour Govinda
Swami Maharaja explains how even if Radha and Krishna are present, if Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is not there, then the mellow is not complete.
* BHAKTI PERVADES EVERYTHING PART 1 – A fresh translation done
especially for this issue of Bindu from Srila Jiva Goswami’s
Bhakti-sandarbha regarding the supreme nature of devotion to Krishna.
* NARADA TAKES A SEVERE VOW – Another fresh translation of a
verse from the Padma Purana.
This issue can be downloaded at the following link:
https://archive.org/details/bindu396

Celebrating 20 Years Of Success In Bhakti-vriksha (Album with photos)
This year, we at the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, celebrated 20 years of Bhakti-vriksha in Mayapur, during the Gaura Purnima Festival. We hosted a CDM night in the Samadhi auditorium which included:
Kirtan
Movie
Awards
H.H. Jayapataka Swami (Co Minister) Address
Preachers’ realizations- China, US, Russia and India
Snack Prasadam
A big thank you to everyone who came and showed their support to the speakers, award winners and CDM Team.
Your Servant,
Manjulali M.S. dd
Communications Office
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The Ill Effects of Pride.
Question: Because of pride somebody assumed himself as great devotee. He regarded himself as an advanced devotee and cultivated enviousness. He couldn’t recognize his deviations in consciousness. Because of restlessness in mind later he offended an associate, a friend. Earlier he had a taste for hearing and chanting because of his genuine humility and sincerity.
Now he lost the taste; instead he became like a hard-hearted and uncontrollable animal. He asked forgiveness from his friend.
In any life will he receive love of Godhead?
Romapada Swami: The symptoms and effects that you have described in your note are elaborately explained by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakura (a great Vaishnava Acarya in the disciplic succession) in his book Bhaktyaloka, a portion of which reads as follows.
“Each and every gradual step has different prescriptions and prohibitions.
Whenever a living entity steps to one level and stays there, he is obliged to follow the prescriptions and prohibitions of that step. By following those enjoined prescriptions and prohibitions, one becomes eligible to attain the next step. If one is unable to attain the next step, he falls down to a lower step. This is called degradation.”
Universally, when one acts beyond one’s level of advancement (or adhikara) the result is degradation. This degradation commonly manifests as two formidable enemies – pride and envy.
Pride manfests as an inflated overly-exalted conception of oneself. Envy, pride’s companion, directs negative thoughts and criticism toward others who are factually exhaulted. Both will result in offenses to other devotees.
As you have noted, one who commits Vaishnava aparadha quickly loses taste for chanting or any other form of devotional service.
The natural question which follows is “What is the cure?”
Recognizing that there is a problem is the first big step in the right direction. This can be done only by the mercy of other devotees and by strong introspection.
Analyzing the cause of the problem is the second step in determining the solution. In this case the root cause is that one is acting beyond one’s adhikara.
Only then one can move forward to effectively pursue the solution!
First to extricate oneself from the terrible quicksand of Vaishnava aparadha, one must beg forgiveness from the devotees he has offended, in a genuine mood of repentance. Devotees are magnanimous and generally will quickly forgive. If for some reason a devotee is unable to forgive one should simply serve him as the opportunities present.
In order to protect oneself from a repetition of this, one must carefully execute one’s devotional service in accordance to one’s level of realizations – that, too, carried out in a humble mood of service.
To thoroughly and deeply understand this one must take shelter of a more advanced devotee and understand from him the injunctions and instructions suitable for one’s own level of advancement. Keeping these instructions always in mind, he should strive to continuously engage in chanting and remembering Lord Krishna and thus continue advancing to higher levels.

What is a vow? And the difference between inspiration and commitment.
Mahatma Das: Just as one can offer Krishna an existing thing or a present action one can also offer him a future action along with the perseverance to fulfill it. That offering of perseverance is characteristic of a vow.
This is actually a definition or close to a definition of a vow that I found online given by the Catholic Church, so let’s analyze it a little bit.
The idea is that I agree to offer something to you, but a vow is I agree to offer you that forever and I also agree or I commit internally with perseverance to maintain that.
So I’m offering this particular object or service and I’m also offering the perseverance. It’s a promise to continue a future action. So the nature of a vow is that it requires a tremendous amount of commitment. And it requires a focus which states that once I make this vow all options to do anything to break this vow they’re now closed. So we often make vows but we don’t make that perseverance to the degree that we close off all options and when we don’t close off all options to do anything else other than follow this style there’s a good chance at some point we won’t follow it. So if you make a vow you cannot allow yourself to do anything or live a lifestyle which would cause you to do anything other than follow that vow. That’s the important key and a lot of us don’t do this. Devotees often write me I broke this principle I broke that principle it may be something simple, smoking a cigarette having a little drink of wine something simple as drinking some coffee with caffeine. After they promise not to do it, and so one of the things to look at is: did I remove all options, in my life. Did I, in my consciousness, remove all options of doing anything else but keeping those out. And I think if we’ve broken a vow in most cases the answer is probably I didn’t. I may have thought I have had but I didn’t, and what I think the problem is for many is they were inspired but they weren’t committed and there’s a difference between inspiration and commitment and we really need to know the difference. I’m inspired to do this so I’m no longer going do this or no longer I’m going to do that or I’m going to do this I’m going to do that, that’s my inspiration, but if the inspiration isn’t backed by commitment then what do you do when you’re not inspired? But if you’re committed, even though you’re not inspired you continue to do it because you’ve decided there is no other option than doing what I’ve said. If you simply work on inspiration then you’re in danger when you’re not inspired, so the commitment is the perseverance, the word we used here is “with perseverance”. When you make a commitment or a vow you also commit to persevere. So it is very important if we understand the difference between inspiration and commitment. I think a lot of devotees take initiation who are inspired but they’re not actually committed, they haven’t removed all options. Okay 16 rounds there’s no option in my life there’s no option of my consciousness to do anything with chant 16 rounds. There’s no option in my life to do anything but follow the four regulative principles. That’s what it means to take a vow. Same thing, I’m getting married, there’s no option for separation or divorce, we’re committed we don’t look at these other options. They only look at one option: follow this vow! Very very important principle! Hare Krishna.
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Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna’s Sound Incarnation!
Over the last weekend my wife, Nirakula Dasi, and I, had the great pleasure of visiting the devotees in New Remuna Dhama, (ISKCON, Toronto, Canada).
Over three days, the theme of our discussions together during the morning Srimad-Bhagavatam class at the temple was: Miseries in the life of a devotee: karma or Krishna’s mercy?
One of the Toronto devotees, Srimati Arusha, was out of town in South Africa during the classes, but she listened to them over the Internet.

Today, upon returning to California, I received a message from Arusha with five lessons she distilled from these morning sessions. I share them with you here as I find them to be both profound as well as practical:

1. Misery is our friend and those willing to entertain this can advance in devotional service.
2. When I turn away from acknowledging that Krishna has set my quota, it is painful for me, and it is painful for Him.
3. Along with our birth we have a debt to others. One who realizes they cannot repay all this karma surrenders to Krishna.
4. Once you realize you’re not staying here, but will be going back to Godhead, you can endure anything.
5. Without resistance you don’t grow. Krishna gives us challenges that allow us to grow.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught his followers to hear and discuss the Srimad-Bhagavatam in the association of like-minded devotees.

In the following excerpt from a Caitanya Caritamrta purport, Srila Prabhupada describes the mood and effect of such interchange:

“Such pure devotees, always merged in knowledge of Krishna and absorbed in Krishna consciousness, exchange thoughts and realizations as great scientists exchange their views and discuss the results of their research in scientific academies. Such exchanges of thoughts in regard to Krishna give pleasure to the Lord, who therefore favors such devotees with all enlightenment. ” (Cc Adi 1.49)

In Srimad-Bhagavatam, Pariksit Maharaja also tells how hearing this great literature clarifies the aim of life and palpably invokes the presence of Lord Krishna within one’s heart:

“The sound incarnation of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Soul [i.e. Srimad-Bhagavatam], enters into the heart of a self-realized devotee, sits on the lotus flower of his loving relationship, and thus cleanses the dust of material association, such as lust, anger and hankering. Thus it acts like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water.” (SB 2.8.5)

Make plans to sit with sincere devotees to hear and discuss the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Simply by doing this on a regular basis, you will feel cleansed and edified. And one who faithfully continues this practice will, in due course of time, see the Lord sitting upon the altar of his purified heart.
Hare Krishna!
Vaisesika Dasa

A visit to Jagannatha Puri (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we had the extreme good fortune to visit Jagannatha Puri, one of the most sacred holy places in India. We spent many hours wandering through the small streets and broad avenues of Lord Jagannath’s transcendental abode.
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Presentation program in Brimsham Green School, Yate, UK – 22nd March 2017 (Album with photos)
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Vrindavan Maha Festival: Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Vrindavan at 17.03.2017 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Sankirtana is the tried and proven method of propagating all aspects of our Krishna Consciousness Movement, so continue to go out chanting in the streets as much as possible. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Jayapataka – Los Angeles 1 August, 1969
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Home program in Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: I am very glad to learn also that you are feeling joy while chanting the mantra Hare Krishna. Yes, it is exactly like this. If anyone chants this mantra in good faith and in simple understanding, then surely this transcendental vibration will act immediately in spiritual bliss. Please therefore continue to chant this mantra as many times as possible throughout the day and night. I do not think there is any inconvenience or loss on your part if you do so all the time. Even when you are walking, you can softly chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, or even when you are on the bus going to somewhere you can also chant. When you are working with your hands you can also chant and when you are resting or going to take rest you can also chant. Even in your toilet room while taking bath you can also chant. In this way there is no limitation or restriction for chanting this Holy Name of God, Krishna, and His Energy, Hara. In doing this business there is no loss, but there is very great gain which is transcendental realization. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Minoru, Kenji – Los Angeles 22 April, 1970
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Seema Verna takes her oath of office on Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita.
Indian-American Seema Verma swears-in as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head, places hand on Bhagavad-Gita. NEW YORK: Seema Verma, President Donald Trumps choice for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was sworn-in by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, as she placed her hand on the holy Hindu text- Bhagwad Gita in the presence of her family.
Verma was surrounded by her husband Sanjay, daughter Maya, son Sean, as well as her mother and sister as she took the oath, following which she was introduced by Pence as one of the leading experts on state-based healthcare solutions in the country, chosen by President Trump.
The President has asked you to bring your expertise to D.C. Were confident that youll help restore health care decisionmaking to the states, and in the process help make the best healthcare system in the world even better, Pence said.
After her swearing-in ceremony, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., and Verma took their first joint action, cosigning a letter to the nations governors affirming the Departments intent to work with states to improve the Medicaid program and the lives of those it serves.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer had said earlier in a briefing that President Trump looks forward to having the spectacularly qualified and experienced Administrator Verma finally onboard, especially as the U.S. Government continues to lay the groundwork for the reform of the healthcare system.
Verma was confirmed by a divided U.S. Senate which voted largely along party lines and after Democratic attempts to delay what was an inevitable appointment in a Republican majority Senate. This was unlike the confirmation of most other Indian-Americans in the past who have usually been endorsed in a bipartisan vote or by a large majority.
However, Verma faces an uphill task now as the Congressional Budget Office, considered a non-partisan body, estimated that the first tranche of the GOPs American Healthcare Bill, for repealing and replacing Obamacare, would leave 14 million people uninsured in 2018 and 24 million by 2026.
Verma is now second Indian-American to be in charge of a plum administration post, after Nikki Haley- the US Ambassador to the United Nations.

Uttarakhand HC declares Ganga, Yamuna living entities, gives them legal rights!
The Uttarakhand high court on Monday declared the Ganga and Yamuna living entities, bestowing on them same legal rights as a person, a move that could help in efforts to clean the pollution-choked rivers.
The order also ends the five-day reign of New Zealand’s Whanganui River as the only one in the world to be granted living entity status.
The court’s order will allow complaints to be filed in the name of the two rivers, held sacred by millions of Hindus. It also gives the Centre eight weeks to set up boards for cleaning and maintaining the rivers.

“It means now Ganga and Yamuna rivers will be treated like a natural person but only through a designated person,” advocate MC Pant told HT.

A bench of justice Rajeev Sharma and justice Alok Singh allowed the director general of Namami Gange project, Uttarakhand chief secretary and advocate general the right to represent the Ganga.

The Namami Gange is the Modi’s government’s ambitious plan that brings together various efforts for cleaning and conserving the river.

The world’s third largest river, the Ganga is the holiest Hindu river and also among the dirtiest in the world, with toxic industrial waste and untreated sewage reducing it to a dirty trickle at several places.

Reverentially referred to as Maa Ganga (Mother Ganga) for the water it provides to millions and fertile plains it feeds, the 2,500km river originates from Gangotri in Uttarakhand and criss-crosses several states before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

The Yamuna is its largest tributary and originates from Yamunotri in Uttarakhand.

Hearing a petition for removing encroachments from the Shakti Canal on the Yamuna in Dehradun district, the high court asked the district magistrate to clear the areas in 72 hours or face legal action.
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Highest Happiness in Sri Lanka (Album with photos)
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Beautiful Transcendental Boat Festival 2017 in Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Vrindavana (Album with photos)
When Prabhupada first came to India traveled with his disciples in a group from one home to another. When they arrived in one place, Acyutananda asked Prabhupada, “What will our program be here?” Prabhupada replied, “Our program is to cry for Krsna.” From Prabhupada Meditations by SDG
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Yamuna Boat Festival 2017! (Album with photos)
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Kolkata-Mayapur also by Ferry/Shuttle now!
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Gaura Purnima Celebration in Iskcon Detroit (2017) (Album with photos)
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