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Vyasa Puja offerings for Srila Prabhupada from his disciples in Alachua (video)
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Vyasa Puja offerings for Srila Prabhupada from his disciples residing in the large community of Vaishnavas in Iskcon Alachua, Florida, USA Read More…(This post has been viewed 336 times so far)

Gurukula Graduation – What happens when a student finishes his studies? (19 min. video)
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We bid farewell to four of our senior students, in this Samavartana Samskara that concludes the studies of a brahmachari. Read More…(This post has been viewed 322 times so far)

The bathing ceremony of lord krsna
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Nanda Maharaja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord Sri Krsna appeared as his son, he was overwhelmed with jubilation. He first bathed and purified himself and dressed himself properly, and then he invited brahmanas who knew how to recite Vedi…

Vasudeva Carries Krsna to Vrndavana
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Ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva took his son from the prison. The night was very dark, but as soon as Vasudeva picked Krsna up and went out, he could see everything just as in the sunlight.Read More…(This post has been viewed …

Please pray for HG Syamali dasi who just departed
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Please pray for HG Syamali dasi.
Indradyumna Swami: Dear devotees: My beloved disciple, Syamali dasi, departed this world a few hours ago in Alachua, Florida with her husband, Bhismadeva dasa, and family members by her side. By Krsna’s mercy, I …

Perfect Questions & Perfect Answers (video)
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Jagannatha Kirtanananda Das speaks to Bob Cohen (HG Brahmatirtha Das) on the conversation Bob had with Srila Prabhupada which resulted in the world-renowned book ‘Perfect Questions Perfect Answers’.Read More…

The first Maha Sankirtan Party down WALL ST-NYC (Album of photos)
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The first Maha Sankirtan Party down WALL ST-NYC the center of Maya’s activities with four mridanga players-Brahmananda-right Rishi-Kumar-left behind Brahmananda -Bharadvaja-and Chandanacharya.
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Beautiful Balarama Jayanti Festival in New Mayapur France 2020 (Album of photos)
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Srila Prabhupada: For a devotee, liberation is no problem at all. The impersonalists undergo severe penances and austerities to attain mukti, but the bhakta, simply by engaging himself in the bhakti process, especially in chanting Hare Krishna, immedia…

MARKANDEYA RSI TEMPTED BY CUPID AND HIS FOLLOWERS Markandeya…
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MARKANDEYA RSI TEMPTED BY CUPID AND HIS FOLLOWERS

Markandeya Rsi, a great devotional mystic, resided in a hermitage on the northern side of the Himalaya Mountains. Observing that the sage was becoming very powerful by performing severe penances and au…

Srila Prabhupada: This rascaldom is going on, rasa-lila!
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A similar rasa-līlā was going on. You know that story? Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was magistrate, and one person in Orissa, he declared himself that “I am Viṣṇu,” and in the village he was enticing young women and girls to dance at night.Read More…

Swamiji, you are so old—you are taking this responsibility. Do you think it is all right?
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With his passport and sponsorship papers, Bhaktivedanta Swami went to Bombay, not to sell books or raise funds for printing; he wanted a ticket for America. Again he tried approaching Sumati Morarji. He showed his sponsorship papers to her secretary, M…

Krsna and The Cowherd Boys Honor Balarama
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When His elder brother, fatigued from playing, would lie down with His head upon the lap of a cowherd boy, Lord Krsna would help Him relax by personally massaging His feet and offering other services. Sometimes, as the cowherd boys danced, sang, moved …

Krsna Praises Balarama
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Krsna and His brother Balarama passed the childhood age known as kaumara and stepped into the age of pauganda, from the sixth year up to the tenth. At that time all the cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth-year…

A near-death experience at Govardhan (7 min. video)
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Sacinandana Swami recalls a near-death experience he had at the sacred mountain of Govardhan, where he had been protected by the same deity whom he had turned towards.Read More…(This post has been viewed 1782 times so far)

Krsna and Balarama Steal Butter from The Gopis
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All the gopi friends of Yasoda and Rohini enjoyed the naughty childish activities of Krsna and Balarama in Vrndavana. In order to enjoy further transcendental bliss, they all assembled and went to mother Yasoda to lodge complaints against the restless …

Lord Balarama Drags Hastinapura with His Plow
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Samba, the darling son of Jambavati, kidnapped Duryodhana’s daughter Laksmana from her svayamvara assembly, in which she was to choose her husband. In response, the Kauravas joined forces to arrest him. After Samba resisted them single-handedly f…

Krishna is independent (video)
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Somehow or other we all depend on someone or something.
This material world is created for these who don’t love KRSNA.
Recent Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Jayapataka Swami in Mayapur.Read More…(This post has been viewed 327 times so far)

Seventy-six train cars to carry the paper for the Bhagavad-gita
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At the 1977 Mayapur GBC meeting, It was reported to Srila Prabhupada, that one million and half of BG AS IT IS copies [abridged] in English would be printed and distributed for that year by the BBT. How Many Cargo Train Cars would be Required to Transp…

Ram Das Abhiram Prabhu, the pre-eminent artist has left this material world (11 min. video)
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We have received the sad and joyous news that Ram Das Abhiram Prabhu, the pre-eminent artist has left this material world. He painted, together with his wife Dhriti, some of the most compelling paintings of Lord Krishna’s pastimes. Many of his pa…

The passing of a dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada HG Ram Das Abhiram Das
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Kriyashakti Dasi: On this most auspicious day of the disappearance of Rupa Goswami and Gauridas Pandita, our dear Godbrother Ram Das Abhiram Das has left this world as he lived it…with beauty and joy, hearing Srila Prabhupada chanting Hare Krsna …

Krishna Bhakti Rasa Swarup Explanation (15 min. video)This is…
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This is an extract from a class on Srimad Bhagavatam recorded on the 11th of July 1993 in London, UK. Gour Govinda Swami sings these prayers before every Srimad Bhagavatam class and here he gives a nice explanation of what they mean and why he sings th…

From Cyndi Lauper’s memoirs (Famous American singer, songwriter, actress and activist)
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From Cyndi Lauper’s memoirs. (Cyndi Lauper, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years with over 50 million albums and 20 million singles sold)
“I left home at 17. I took a paper bag with …

REVIVAL OF NATURAL RESPECT
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REVIVAL OF NATURAL RESPECTAccording to Vedic culture, “protection to the cows, to the women, the brahmanas, the children and old folks is elementary” (SB 1.16.21). In order to implement protection, a modicum of respect must exist.Read More….