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Applying for Sannyasa – Procedure – Formalities (8 min video)
In this video Bhakti Prabhava Swami explains how to apply for san…

Govardhan Ecovillage recently hosted a Multi-faith event by GreenFaith: Interfaith partners for Environment organized by of Rev. Fletcher Harper and Gopal Patel. Check out the pictures, courtesy Ravneet Singh and Sandeep Theophil.
Govardhan Ecovillage is a model farm community and retreat center highlighting the importance of spiritual ecology: the need for us to live in harmony with ourselves, nature and the sacred.
We’re located 108km north of Mumbai at the foothills of the Sahyadri mountains.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/hnXLrf

7th Annual Clearwater Beach Festival of Chariots and Ratha Yatra Parade
MEDIA RELEASE
Contact: Bhadra das 352 316-4560 or Bhadradas@gmail.com
WHAT: An Indian multi-cultural parade and festival will be celebrated with entertainment for the whole family. There will be live music, singing, classical dance, books, bazaar, and lots of free delicious vegetarian food. The Ratha Yatra Parade is the oldest known parade in the world.
WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2016. There is a cultural program at the Pier 60 Pavilion from 1 PM to 4:30 PM. The Parade begins at 1 PM at the Pier 60 Pavilion, and returns there at which time the free feast begins. The cultural program continues till 4:30 PM
WHERE: The Pier 60 Pavilion at 1 Causeway Blvd.on the beach, Clearwater Beach.
WHO: All are welcome. Free admission. Wholesome fun for the entire family.
SPECIAL: VERY VISUAL event with colorful traditional costumes and flower decorations. Photography is permitted.
If you’ve ever dreamt of visiting colorful, exotic India, we have a treat for you. Get a taste of India without leaving Florida on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The 7th Annual Festival of the Chariots & Ratha Yatra Parade, an Indian multi-cultural extravaganza, will take place on the beach at the Pier 60 Pavilion on Clearwater Beach from 1 PM to 5 PM.
There will be lots of family-friendly activities and entertainment: live music and dance acts and classical Indian dance. But the big draw is the delicious vegetarian food. There will be a sumptuous feast served free of charge to all. There will also be a free hatha yoga class taught by the Lotus Pond Yoga Studio starting at 1 PM., so bring a yoga mat if you want to join in.
The procession route is about 2 miles long and can be easily walked by all age groups. It begins at 1 PM at the Pier 60 Pavilion and returns to the same location. The parade will move in a leisurely fashion, stopping here and there along the route, giving way to song and dance. The procession’s unique feature is a huge chariot with a blue, red and yellow canopy decorated with swans, lotus flowers, flags, Hanuman and a brass chakra on top. This chariot has two very thick ropes attached to it that are over one hundred feet long. These ropes are pulled by the parade-goers, propelling the chariot along the parade route. Riding on the Chariot are the beautiful Deities of Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra, decorated with stunning silk outfits & real flowers. It’s a vision from another world. Accompanying the procession is lively Indian music and dancing, backed by double-headed mrdanga drums & karatala hand cymbals. It’s an ecstatic, exciting event.
The festival is co-sponsored by ISKCON Alachua, the USF Tampa Bhakti Yoga Society and the Lotus Pond Yoga Studio. The Founder/Acharya, of ISKCON (the International Society for Krishna Consciousness), His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, came to America from India fifty years ago and introduced the timeless tradition of the Festival of the Chariot (called Ratha Yatra in India). Since the 60’s this festival has been held yearly in over 50 major cities in the United States, Canada, and all over the world. Nine Ratha Yatras are held yearly in the state of Florida: Miami, Jacksonville Beach, Tallahassee, Orlando, Tampa, Gainesville, Daytona Beach, Clearwater Beach & St. Augustine.
All are warmly invited to attend this joyous, colorful festival, free of charge. Take advantage of a rare chance to experience the vibrancy of India, right here in Florida. Questions? You may visit our website at www.festivalofchariots.org or contact Bhadra das at 352 316-4560 or Bhadradas@gmail.com
http://festivalofchariots.org/
Please see a video of the St. Augustine Festival two weeks ago at this link: firstcoast.tv/festival-chariots-2016/

TOVP: State-of-the-Art Machinery! (1 min video)
Here’s a short video of the CNC machine in action, making a 800cm long by 12mm thick peacock model from PVC.
This 5-AXIS, CNC router worktable measures 2m x 4m, with a rotary indexing head at one end that will do 900mm x 1.2mm designs. It will be used mainly for pattern making for GRC, as well as for the decorative ceilings, and woodcarving for the doors and frames.
It has been specifically made for us. With this State-of-the-Art machine, we’ve replaced the Chinese stepper motors with Italian ones. We’ve also replaced the Chinese cutter head with a superior Italian one, which makes it better in all respects.
It is a major purchase for the finishing work!
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/GhFLHy

Harinama in Prague (Capital of the Czech Republic) (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One who hears the transcendental sound…

Huge Harinama in King’s Day in Amsterdam (20 min video)
Inspired by Kadamba Kanana Swami, almost two hundred devotees chanted Hare Krishna and danced in the streets of Amsterdam on King’s Day, inducing passersby to participate, which many delighted in doing. April 27, 2016.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/5YPSDh

April 28. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: The Need for a New Place
Carol: Carl was trying to be something he really wasn’t, but he would never have suggested that the Swami had to leave. Swami, I am sure, was astute enough to pick up on this tension. As soon as he could, he tried to move to another place.
Gradually Carl reached an impasse in his relationship with Prabhupada. He couldn’t share his life with both his wife and the Swami, and ultimately he was more inclined toward his wife.
Carl: I couldn’t see my loft becoming a temple. I was raising cats and dogs, and he wanted them removed. He used to call me a meat-eater. But then he changed our diet. Of course he was hitting the American culture, which doesn’t know what all this business is. I have to put it on myself as much as anyone. I could understand and absorb India through an impersonal agency like a book or a record, but here was the living representative of Godhead, and to me it was as difficult as anything I had ever had to do before or since.
Prabhupada was not insensitive to the distress his presence was causing. He didn’t want to inconvenience anyone. And of course he could have avoided all inconvenience, both for himself and for people like Eva, if he had never come to America. But he wasn’t concerned with convenience or inconvenience, pleasing Eva or displeasing her. He wanted to teach Krishna consciousness.
Prabhupada had a mission, and Carl’s loft didn’t seem to be the right place for it. Prabhupada’s friends all agreed: he should move more into the center of things. The Bowery and Chinatown were too far out of the way. They would find him a new place.
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Kirtan newsletter.
Yasomati Devi Dasi: It has already been more than a month since Kirtan Mela Mayapur. We have received sever…

Summer Camps.
At Goloka Education, our endeavor is to enrich education by bringing values based resources to the devotee commu…

Kirtan In The Land of Confucius (4 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: In this final video of our recent tour in China we visit the f…

Today we got to meet our Mayor Ivy Taylor, of San Antonio (a major city in south-central Texas) and gifted her with the Bhagavad-git…

Harinama and book distribution in Tel Aviv. Israel. 09.04.2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu r…

Harinam Sankirtan in the largest city on this planet, Tokyo! (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The holy name of the Lord an…

April 27. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Difficulty Living With Carl.
Yet for Carl and Eva, Prabhupada’s simple presence created difficulty. Never before during his whole stay in America had he been a more inconvenient or unwanted guest. Carl’s studio was arranged for him and his wife to live in alone, using the bedroom, kitchen and living-room any way they liked. If they wanted to smoke marijuana or eat meat or whatever, that was their prerogative, this was Carl’s home; he lived here with his wife Eva and their dogs and cats. But now they had to share it with the Swami.
Almost at once the situation became intolerable for Eva. She resented the Swami’s presence in her home. She was a feminist, a liberated white woman with a black husband and a good job. She didn’t like the Swami’s views on women. She hadn’t read his books or attended his classes, but she had heard that he was opposed to sexual intercourse except for conceiving children, and that in his view, a woman was supposed to be shy and chaste and help her husband in spiritual life. She knew about the Swami’s four rules – no meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication or gambling – and she definitely did not want Carl’s swami trying to change their ways to suit his. And he had better not expect her to wait on him as his servant. She sensed the Swami objecting to almost everything she did. If she were to seek his advice he would probably ask her to stop taking drugs, get rid of the cats and dogs, stop drinking and stop contraceptive sex. If the Swami had his way, they would probably eat only at certain times and only certain foods. Eva was a heavy smoker, so he probably wouldn’t like being around her. She was ready for a confrontation.
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Please vote daily for TKG Academy in Dallas, TX.
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Attempting a World record E-Card for Srila Prabhupada – Join the Campaign!
As you all are aware that in July 2016, ISKCON will complete 50 years of its existence. Being a golden Jubilee year, devotees from all across the globe will come together to present “Golden Jubilee Card” to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Yes, there is an e-card designed where devotees can submit their offering to Srila Prabhupada on the occasion of Golden Jubilee. Offering submission is starting from 23rd March 2016 and will be on till 31st May 2016. Once you submit the offerings, an email will be sent to you for verification. Devotees are requested to kindly verify their email. It’s only after verification that your offerings will be finally submitted to Srila Prabhupada and will be counted.
Your offering will be confidential. Our technical team is also instructed not to read the offering column. Your personal details will be confidential and will not be displayed.
By submitting our offering to Srila Prabhupada for Golden Jubilee we will not only send our heartfelt message to him but we will also break the World Record in the category of “highest number of e-card offering to any single person”.
Devotees are requested to submit their offerings only once through one unique email id. While using your multiple emails, you can write with a different name for each different email id. You may use your initiated name or home name or full legal name or initials ..etc. Double entry by same person will not be accepted, it will be counted as violating rules.
So let’s get started. Kindly go to the exclusive website http://www.offeringstosp.com and submit your offering immediately. This website can be accessed from your Computer / Laptop and even Smart Phone.
Apart from our gratitude, on a technical side to keep everyone updated. Though campaign has begun on Gaur Purnima 2016, Only 700 devotees till today have send E cards from all over the world. So, please fill in your card today and Share this with all in your yatra or e-groups. To make it a world record, there has to be 1 lakh E-cards emailed.
Let’s get going today.
Thanking You.
Your Servants,
ISKCON 50th anniversary committee
ISKCON Mumbai.

Camp Ignite.
Camp Ignite is a branch of off The Sanga Initiative, which is a youth run organization designed to spiritually inspire and support youth from all around the country. For the second time the organizers of TSI are hosting a kid’s camping trip to North Carolina. The trip is from Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 3, 2016, and registration is now open for kids aged 10-16. Register at sangainitiative.org. There are 6 counselors and junior counselors coming from Alachua this year, and we would love to have some kids from here come again! Counselors and kids are coming from other temples such as Atlanta, GA, Washington D.C, and Chicago, Il. It’s an opportunity for a younger generation to meet other young devotees from different communities and become inspired spiritually while also having a blast with fun activities and yummy prasadam planned!

Everyday Around 17.000 Chapatis for devotees at Kumbh Mela ISKCON Camp (1 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare Krishna and become a lover of God. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 4.41 Purport)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/5uP8uV

Tel Aviv Israel – Hare Krishna devotees at the beach! Harinama and book distribution (Album with photos)
“Hear, Sanatana! Kindness to all living beings, taste for the holy name, and service to Vaisnavas – apart from these there is no other dharma.” (attributed to Lord Caitanya, often quoted or alluded to by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, e.g. in Caitanya Bhagavata Adi Khanda 1.1 purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/lXrB0x

Kirtan event in Devon, England (video)
Nearly 100 people danced in a kirtan event held at an eco farm community in Devon, England.
Adi-Guru das & friends travelled down to Devon countryside to lead newcomers in their first taste of kirtan and were pleasantly surprised at their openness…Devon is on the map of the kirtan yajna! devotees can’t wait to go again!
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/ZeYxt4

Lovely street dance with the Hare Krishna devotees in Leicester Square (4 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the evil effects of Kali-yuga. In all the Vedas it is seen that to cross the ocean of nescience there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name.” (Kali-santarana Upanisad)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/8hGrLd

April 26. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Moving In With Carl Yeargens
How difficult it was becoming to preach in America among these crazy people! He had written prophetically in his poem the day he had arrived in Boston Harbor, “My dear Lord, I do not know why You have brought me here. Now You can do with me whatever You like. But I guess You have some business here, otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?” What about his scheduled classes? What about David – should he go back and try to talk with the boy? This had been David’s first fit of violence, but there had been other tense moments. David had a habit of leaving the soap on the floor of the shower stall and Prabhupada had asked him not to because it was a hazard. But David wouldn’t listen. Prabhupada had continued to remind him, and one day David had gotten angry and shouted at him. But there was no real enmity. Even today’s incident had not been a matter of personal differences – the boy was a victim.
Prabhupada walked quickly. He had free passage on the Scindia Line. He could go home to Vrindavana. But his spiritual master had ordered him to come here. “By the strong desire of Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,” he had written while crossing the Atlantic, “the holy name of Lord Gauranga will spread throughout the countries of the Western world.” Before nightfall he would have to find some place to stay, a way to keep up the momentum of his preaching. This is what it meant to be working without government sponsorship, without the support of any religious organization, without a patron. It meant being vulnerable and insecure. Prabhupada faced the crisis as a test from Krishna. The instruction of Bhagavad-gita was to depend on Krishna for protection: “In all activities just depend upon Me and work always under My protection. In such devotional service be fully conscious of Me … You will pass over all the obstacles of conditional life by My grace.”
He decided to phone Carl Yeargens and ask him to help. Hearing the Swami’s voice on the phone – it was an emergency! – Carl at once agreed that Prabhupada could move in with him and his wife, Eva. Their place was close by, on Centre Street, five blocks west of Bowery near Chinatown. Carl would be right over.
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Krishna Sambandha at Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, 15-04-2016 (5 min video)
Concert at the auspicious day of Rama Navami.
Sri Bhakti Das: Sitar-Surbahar
Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur: Moorsing, Gatam, Mrdanga.
Yamuna Priya Radha: Voice, Harmonium
Paola Josefina Morales: Voice
Juan Elgueda: Pakhawaj, Tabla, Santoor, Hansa Veena
Ekatma Dasi: Tambura
Abhimanyu Das: Kartals.
Invited friends:
Denis Kolobov: Fiddle
Fernando Farias: Double bass
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/xewtwH

TOVP updates: New, modern equipment, finally installed. (Album with photos)
Sadbhuja Das: Exciting news…Our new “State-of-the-Art Machinery” has arrived!!
This 5-AXIS, CNC router worktable measures 2m x 4m, with a rotary indexing head at one end that will do 900mm x 1.2mm designs.
It will be used mainly for pattern making for GRC, as well as for the decorative ceilings, and woodcarving for the doors and frames.
It has been specifically made for us.
With this State-of-the-Art machine, we’ve replaced the Chinese stepper motors with Italian ones.
We’ve also replaced the Chinese cutter head with a superior Italian one, which makes it better in all respects.
It is a major purchase for the finishing work!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/SF5Nq7

Second Sannyasa Ministry newsletter.
Prahladananda Swami: I am happy to introduce the second Sannyasa Ministry newsletter. In this newsletter there is an article by Kripamoya prabhu about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s revival of the sannyasa ashrama in our disciplic succession. You will also find some words of appreciation for Gaura Krishna dasa Goswami, a relatively new sannyasi who unexpectedly departed from this world last year. In this newsletter you read about the visit to Nigeria with Bhakti Ananda Tirtha Swami, who went there last year as a sannyasa candidate. Of the many sannyasa candidates, I’d like to especially express my appreciation to five of them who were accepted to take sannyasa this year.
Your servant,
Prahladananda Swami Minister of Sannyasa Services.
To download the pdf document click here: http://dandavats.com/wp-content/uploads5/2016_April_June2.pdf

Boat Festival at Govardhan Ecovillage (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Adi Purana Krishna tells Arjuna: “Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased.” (Nectar of Devotion, 12)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/34zyGy

Harinama at Burleigh Heads – 24 April 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “In Dvapara-yuga one could satisfy Krishna or Visnu only by worshiping Him gorgeously according to the pancaratriki system, but in the Age of Kali one can satisfy and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari simply by chanting the holy name.” (Narayana-samhita)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/7v6Dxd

3rd Anniversary of the appearance day of Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Behari and Sri Sri Radha Ban Behari @ Govardhan Ecovillage (Album with photos)

Sweet Kirtan in Kazakhstan (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: We are spending a week with BB Govinda Maharaja at his Sri Vrindavan Dhama community just outside of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Springtime has revealed the natural beauty of the property and Maharaja’s sweet kirtans bring out the spiritual beauty of the Kazakhstan devotees!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/tcVFya

April 24. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: David Allen Goes Crazy on LSD,
At first David and the Swami lived together peacefully in the large hall, the Swami working concentratedly on his side of the partition and David ranging throughout the large open space. David, however, continued taking marijuana, LSD and amphetamines. Prabhupada had no choice but to tolerate it. Several times he told David that drugs and hallucinogens would not help him in his spiritual life, but David would look distracted. He was becoming estranged from the Swami.
But Prabhupada had a plan to use the loft as a temple – to transform it into New York’s first temple of Radha-Krishna – and he wanted David’s cooperation. Although the neighborhood was one of the most miserable in the world, Prabhupada talked of bringing deities from Jaipur or Vrindavana and starting temple worship, even on the Bowery. He thought David might help. After all, they were roommates, so there could be no question of David’s not cooperating, but he would have to give up his bad habits.
Prabhupada was trying to help David, but David was too disturbed. He was headed for disaster and so were Prabhupada’s plans for the loft. Sometimes, even when not under the influence of a drug, David would pace around the loft. Other times, he appeared to be deep in thought. One day, on a dose of LSD, he went completely crazy. As Carl Yeargens put it, “He just flipped out and the Swami had to deal with a crazy man.” Things had been leading to this – “he was a crazy kid who always took too much” – but the real madness happened suddenly.
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President Obama on Hanuman Jayanti.
A statuette of Lord Hanuman is among few items that US President Barack Obama always carries in his pocket and seeks inspiration from whenever he feels tired or discouraged.
President disclosed this on a YouTube interview which the White House scheduled as a way to reach younger audiences as it promotes Obama’s final State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Read more: http://goo.gl/rA7t8u

Ramayana Drama 2016 by ISKCON Malaysia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one pierces Lord Vishnu’s lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic activity of devotional service on receives the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.42 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/nt0IQk

Hare Krishna Festivals UK: ISKCON 50 Conference – Bath Spa University – April 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When the living entity understands the target of his life, he takes the arrow of his purified life, and with the help of the bow – the transcendental chanting of pranava, or the Hare Krishna mantra – he throws himself toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.15.42 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/vb58di

Harinam At Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Our relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Persona…

Hollywood Harinam (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Intelligent men decide to solve all problems by adopting the devotional service of chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is situated in everyone’s heart and who is a mine of all auspicious qualities. Such persons are not within Yamaraj’s jurisdiction for punishment. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.3.26 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/H8D8gK

Harinama and book distribution in Iskcon of Silicon Valley (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A devotee knows how to engage …

Giridhari Mandir Rathayatra 2016 (Album with photos)
ISKCON Sri Narasimha-Giridhari Mandir
(Sri Nava Narasimha Temple) Bangalore, Karnataka.
ISKCON Narasimha-Giridhari Mandir also popularly known as Sri Nava Narasimha Mandir, is the house of Sri Sri Lakshmi Narasimha & Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari. A temple with lot of festivities & activities! Our campus has a beautiful Goshala, Gifts & Prasadam outlet. We have weekend school for children, Gita Course a systematic study of Vedic Science.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/bjEBWJ

Vaishnava marriage ceremony in Bhaktivedanta Manor with Ghanashyam and Roshni! (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A grihasth…

Hari Hari Hey! (4 min musical video)
Mangalananda das: This is the title song from our NEW CD, “Hari Hari Hey.” Hari is Sanskrit, meaning “One who takes away all miseries” and bol means “to chant.”
I wrote this song to glorify Lord Hari, Krishna, who removes all our miseries. He is most famous, influential, very very rich, and worshiped by everyone! Srila Prabhupada authorized this service for me in 1976, and I feel blessed to still be doing it in 2016. Hari Hari!!
We’re getting ready to head back to New Vrindavan in June.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/87U2y6

April 24. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: No Help from India.
If Krishna consciousness was ever to take hold in America, it would have to be without assistance from the Indian government or Indian financiers. Not even a lone Indian brahmacari would join him. Krishna was revealing His plan to Prabhupada in a different way. With the Singhania-sanction schemes finished and behind him, Prabhupada would turn all his energy toward the young men and women coming to him in his Bowery loft. He wrote to Sumati Morarji:
I am now trying to incorporate one corporation of the local friends and admirers under the name International Society for Krishna Conscious.
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