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A Hip New Way to Preach – The Artwork of Adidev das.
Adideva das is known for his artistic contributions in the Krishna conscious community. Some of his sculptures include the dioramas in the Los Angeles and Detroit temples and the 3=D dioramas at the Festival of India. At New Raman Reti, our japa walk features his sculptures depicting the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita.
Srila Prabhupada encouraged him to work as an artist. Adideva prabhu describes his introduction to Krishna consciousness as making art. During his first meeting with Srila Prabhupada, he was asked to sculpt Panca Tattva. Srila Prabhupada took the sculpting work quite seriously and said that he wanted dioramas all over the world. Due to circumstances, funds for this project were frozen but Adideva prabhu’s preaching through art prevailed.
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This Land Of Love And Bliss (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today I am leaving beloved Vrindavan for a 6 week preaching tour of Australia, New Zealand and China. My heart is torn between staying and going, but go I must because it is the desire of my spiritual master to introduce others to Sri Vrindavan Dhama. This morning I visited Radha Kunda to bath and beg for mercy. If it is Srimati Radharani’s desire then one day I will again return to this land of love and bliss.
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KK Bindu #371, continuing three crucial points for making advancement from Vallabhacharya, plus more
The latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu e-magazine was just released. This issue includes:
* THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS – Some personal instructions to disciples,
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
* The Reverse of “Radha” – A first-time ever translation speaking about the condition of Radha in separation from Krishna.
* WISDOM, PATIENCE AND SURRENDER Part Two – Another first time translation done especially for this issue of Bindu of some writings of Srila Vallabhacharya regarding three crucial points for making advancement on the path of devotion.
* POVERTY BY CHOICE – A fresh translation done for this issue of a verse by Srila Prabhodananda Saraswati Thakur.
It can be downloaded here: https://archive.org/details/bindu371

Nagar Sankirtan at Langkawi Island, Malaysia (Album with photos)
On the 14th of March, 30 devotees from ISKCON Sungai Petani c…

March 19. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: On Love of Guru and Krishna.
I recently had a conversation with a friend who claimed that theoreticians estimate that the average person accomplishes only 10% of his promises, is open to only 10% of his emotions, and his heart is only 10% alive with love. If there is any truth in that, it isfrightening to consider that I will miss out on so much in life. I have the greatest fortune to be linked to the Supreme Lord and to his best devotees, but if I give only 10% of my love, that is the greatest misfortune.
Krishna consciousness is about love. It is the art and science of love, not just ordinary love, but Supreme love – love of God. Krishna loves us and He wants us to serve Him. “Offer me with devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit …” But I am not immersed in love. Therefore my relationship with Krishna takes place through my connection with my spiritual master. I need to learn how to love Srila Prabhupada. I still haven’t learned this lesson, but it is meant to help me learn the secrets of loving exchange with Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna.
Prabhupada acknowledged self-esteem as an important element of this relationship. We cannot become a surrendered servant by pounding ourselves into the ground like a wooden peg. And neither can another person pound us into loving surrender. I have to meet my needs. I need to serve my spiritual master. And I need to do it with self-knowledge. When I know how to love him, then he will teach me how to love Krishna. I am groping toward this end.
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Gopal Krishna Swami visited today Indian PM Narendra Modi and gifted him with a beautiful BBT book with Krishna conscious art.
Srila Prabhupada: Our only request is that if you want happiness, if you want to prosper, make your life successful, you must read Bhagavad-gita thoroughly, as it is, as Krishna says. Don’t try to misinterpret. Bombay, April 2, 1974.

Initiation ceremony (Album with photos)
Congratulations Mukunda Rico! He was just initiated by H.H. Jayapataka Swami, and his new name is Mukundanghri Govinda dasa.
Srila Prabhupada: If you are steady either in success or failure, that is called yoga. Don’t mind for the success or failure. Do act on behalf of the Supreme Lord. And if you are steady in that position, then your working in spiritual platform is successful. New York, April 1, 1966.
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Simantadvip in Mayapur. (Album with photos)
This island represents sravanam (hearing). Places covered in Simantadvip tour are Yoga pitha, Srivas angan, Advaita bhavan, Caitanya math, Chand Kazi samadhi and Sri Jagannath mandir.
Yoga pitha: Yoga Pitha is the appearance place of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It is the home of His father Jagannatha Mishra. Here you can have darsan of several Deities including Sri Panca Tattva, Sri Lakshmi Nrsimhadev and Mahaprabhu with His wives Lakshmipriya and Visnupriya.
Srivas Angan: It is the birthplace of Harinama sankirtan. Sri Caitanya and His associates used to have all night long kirtan here.
Advaita Bhavan: Advaita Acharya lived in Santipur but kept this Bhavan for His Mayapur visits. Deities of Lord Chaitanya (standing) and Advaita Acarya (sitting and offering) are worshiped here.
Chaitanya Math: This temple and the matha were established by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in 1918 and it was his headquarters for his preaching throughout India. He called this place Vraja-pattana, the place where Vraja is manifest. By his spiritual potency, Syama-kunda, Radha-kunda and Giri Govardhana of Vrindavana are all manifest here.
Chand Kazi samadhi: Chand Kazi was the Chief Magistrate of Navadvipa. He was a devout & strict Muslim and he oppressed Hindus in their religious practices. Later Kazi took shelter of Mahaprabhu’s lotus feet and he became a devotee. His samadhi was built at this place after his disappearance from this world.
Sri Jagannath mandir: The holy dhama of Sri Kshetra or Jagannatha Puri is eternally manifest in this holy place and one can attain all the benefits of visiting Jagannatha Puri by visiting the Jagannatha Mandir at Simantadvipa.
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The last day of Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama (Album with photos)
Prananatha Das: All the groups merge together in the main car park area. Today was the last day for Navadwip Mandala parikrama 2016. We visited Murari Gupta Prabhu’s temple, Sri Caitanya Math, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s Bhajan Kutir and Samadhi, Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji’s Samadhi, Khol Bhanga Danga (The soldiers of Chand Kazi broke the mrdangas played by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu here), Advaita Bhavan, Gadadhara Bhavan, Srivasa Angan, Yogapitha and finally, Sri Mayapur Dham.
There was an ecstatic mass merging of all the parikrama groups in the main car parking field at Mayapur.
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Hare Krishna School Gala Day Auckland, New Zealand – Everyone Is Having Fun! (6 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: We take a newspape…

Monks vs Zombies! (2 min video)
What if Monks and Zombies met on the same street?
This must be Zombies’ most fortunate day when they heard devotees chanting Hare Krishna!
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March 18. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Preaching Like a Lion.
Back to Godhead magazine. I like to scan the titles of Srila Prabhupada’s Back to Godhead essays written during the War: “Mr. Bernard Shaw’s Wishful Desire” (referring to Shaw’s desire that Gandhi’s 76th birthday could actually be his 35th birthday). Srila Prabhupada wrote, “We heartily join with Mr. Shaw in his attempt to subtract forty-one years from the present age of Mahatma Gandhi. But death does not respect our wishful desire.” He called another essay, “Churchill’s Humane World.” (Churchill wanted to get rid of the “National Frenzy of Hate.” Srila Prabhupada writes, “The frenzy of hatred is another side of the frenzy of love … This position of equilibrium free from love and hatred is attained only when men are sufficiently educated.”
He called other articles, “No Time, a Chronic Disease of the Common Man,” “A Scholar’s Deluded,” and so on. The Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta describes them: “His articles were shorter, this time displaying the flair of a news columnist as with philosophical criticism, verve and a touch of ironic humor. He commented on world leaders and crises.” (Vol. 1, page 116)
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Srila Prabhupada’s Shower of Mercy (12 min video)
Relish photographs of Srila Prabhupada interacting with his disciples throughout the world, along with excerpts from his letters in which he encourages his disciples to be all they can be and do all they can do for Krishna’s pleasure. An empowering and enlivening 12-minute film meant to reawaken Prabhupada’s mood and mission, especially regarding his female disciples.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/d1DaE9

Realizations from a pilgrimage in Mayapur.
Aniruddha Dasa: Flew into Melbourne this morning after an odd night on the flight from Singapore to Melbourne. I don’t think it possible to be comfortable in an airplane even if you are in First Class. We were in Business. We used up frequent flyer points, just for the record.
Here’s the rub. The material world is meant for suffering. First class, second class and third class passengers are all suffering in the material world. Whichever class you are in you can’t avoid the jet lag of material life.
Otherwise we had a very productive and enthusing time in the holy dhāmas. By Kṛṣṇa and the devotees’ grace I managed to participate in full morning programs and focused japa sessions, especially in Mayapur. What a wonderful place to chant. It is immensely powerful. Now the challenge is to duplicate the same here at home. Visiting the dhāma and taking advantage of the valuable association there is meant to enthuse us to do the same, wherever we are. That way all the temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are places of pilgrimage where one can associate with and learn from those who know the science of Kṛṣṇa. Those sincere persons looking for spiritual life will naturally be attracted, like iron filings to a magnet. The atmosphere should be so surcharged with knowledge and renunciation; focused on service to the Lord, that it is irresistible. And it is!
That comes from chanting good rounds, hearing attentively, remembering who we are and why we are here, serving with the goal of pleasing Kṛṣṇa whether it be the upkeep of His temple, or the distribution of Prabhupāda’s books, distributing prasādam, or whatever.
If we, all of us, keep Kṛṣṇa in the centre then we will be happy and so will those who associate with us.
The picture is from the ISKCON Disciple Course I taught on the weekend in ISKCON Dwarka (Delhi).

Beautiful aerial photos of today’s Navadwip Mandala Parikrama (Album with photos)
Prananatha Das: Today on Navadwip Mandala parikrama, we visited Pancavaktra Siva Sthana, Bilvapuskar: (Replica of Bilvavana in Vrndavana.), Meghera Chara, Simantini Devi Temple, Chand Kazi Samadhi, Jagannatha Temple and Sridhara Angana: The residence of Kolaveca Sridhara.
Much of the day was spent walking through the beautiful countryside, so I included a few extra pics of that.
Tomorrow will be the last day, as the devotees walk back to Mayapur from the Jagannath Temple.
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Devotees to Feed 50,000 For Shantipur Festival.
Devotees from ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal are expected to feed hot sanctified vegetarian meals to around 50,000 villagers in the nearby town of Shantipur on March 20th.
The Shantipur festival has been a key part of ISKCON Mayapur’s Gaura Purnima festival for many years.
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Harinama in Barnaul, (Barnaul is a city and the administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia) (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “As fire burns dry grass to ashes, so the holy name of the Lord, whether chanted knowingly or unknowingly, burns to ashes, without fail, all the reactions of one’s sinful activities. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.18)
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Why do you immediately jump to Krishna’s pastimes from the Tenth Canto?
Hari Sauri das: When we were in Bhuvaneshwar, in late January and early February of 1977, two or three moviemakers came. They told Srila Prabhupada that they were making a movie and that they wanted to popularize Krishna’s pastimes. They said,
“Hare Krishna is becoming popular, and we want everybody to know about Krishna. We want to show Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes. Since you are the guru of the Hare Krishna movement, we would like to get your blessings for making this movie, and in the movie we’d also like to offer you our humble thanks for popularizing Krishna’s pastimes.”
Prabhupada immediately told them, “No.” Prabhupada said, “Why do you immediately jump to Krishna’s pastimes from the Tenth Canto? Nobody will understand. They will take it as mythology when Krishna kills the Trinavarta whirlwind demon or whatever other pastimes.”
They said, “But, Swamiji, everybody in India is a Krishna bhakta.” As it happens, the evening before, Prabhupada had had a conversation with an educated Indian man who asked, “Who is Krishna?”
Prabhupada had been shocked and chastised that man, saying, “You are born in India and you do not know who Krishna is?”
Prabhupada mentioned this conversation in his evening lecture also by saying, “Here we are in Bharatabhumi, but now people are so degraded that they’re asking, ‘Who is Krishna?’”
So when these filmmakers said, “Oh but, Swamiji, in India everybody’s a Krishna bhakta,” Prabhupada said, “You say that they’re Krishna bhaktas, but last night a guest asked me, ‘Who is Krishna?’”
Then Prabhupada said, “Why don’t you first make a movie of the First Canto and then go progressively through the Bhagavatam and do the Tenth Canto at the end?”
But, of course, they wanted the Tenth Canto, Krishna with the gopis, and they were simply trying to capitalize on Prabhupada’s popularity by advertising, “Oh, this movie is approved by Bhaktivedanta Swami.”
But they could not get an endorsement from Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada would not budge an inch even after they brought up various arguments for about a half an hour. Prabhupada said, “If you make one movie of the First Canto, then we’ll see.”
—Hari Sauri

Like Father, Like Son (8 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Several days ago, here in Sridham Mayapura, we gave sannyasa to my disci…

March 17. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Disappointment from India.
On February 8, Srila Prabhupada had written to India’s new Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, requesting her to sanction the release of money from India. A reply, dated Feb. 25, New Delhi, came from the Prime Minister’s official secretary, Mr. L. K. Gha:
Dear Swamiji,
The Prime Minister has seen your letter of February 8, 1966. She appreciates the spirit which prompted you to carry the spiritual message of Srimad Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam to other countries. Owing to the critical foreign exchange situation which the country is facing, it is greatly regretted that it will not be possible to assist you from here in your plan to set up a Radha-Krishna temple.
But Prabhupada had other hopes. After writing to the Prime Minister, he had written again to Tirtha Maharaja asking him to request Dr. Radha Krishnan to persuade the government to sanction the release of funds. He waited for one month.
No answer.
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“Hare Krishna: Fifty Years of Service & Joy” Documentary Released Online.
In 1965, a 69 year-old spiritual teacher from India arrives in the West and settles among the hippies of New York’s Lower East Side. From a tiny storefront, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami starts a revolution of consciousness influencing tens of thousands in the US and worldwide. But what happens to his spiritual movement after their charismatic leader’s passing? Will it survive? Will it change? Can an ancient Eastern religious tradition be relevant in the modern 21st century? In celebration of the upcoming Gaura Purnima festival, a new documentary short entitled as “Hare Krishna: Fifty Years of Service & Joy” has now been released online and is available to share worldwide. The twenty-minute film was supported by ISKCON Communications Ministry and the 50th Anniversary Committee, and it was created by an international filmmaker crew, who traveled around the globe to shoot the footage and interview devotees.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/qRbKNz

Varanasi is as old as Indus valley civilization, finds IIT-KGP study.
Kolkata: It’s a perfect example of science meeting faith and technology buttressing myth. A detailed study conducted by IIT-Kharagpur – using GPS, one of the latest tech tools – could well turn the clock back on Varanasi, indicating that the holy town has been a continuous human settlement since the days of the Indus Valley Civilization, around 6000 years ago.
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Alachua devotee meets Hawaii Congressional Representative Tulsi Gabbard. (Album with photos)
It was great meeting Tulasi and Bernie Sanders today in Gainesville, Florida. Gave Maha sweets. Here is Tulasi with garland. Hopefully Tulasi Gabbard and Bernie enjoyed sweets a lot. It was a great rally. Also passed on yesterday’s Maha cookies to many volunteers.
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Beautiful photos from above of the devotees in Mayapur’s Navadvipa Parikrama (Album with photos)
Prananatha Das: Today the Navadwip Mandala Parikrama visited Saranga Murari’s Sripat (house) and Vasudeva Datta’s Deity, Mamgachi: The birth place of Vrindavana dasa Thakura, Arka-Tila: Nondifferent from Surya-kunda and Mahatpura.
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A new sannyasi for Iskcon.
Dear devotees,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is with great joy that we announce that…

An initiation ceremony in Mayapura (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: An initiation ceremony in Mayapura through the eye of one of ISKCON’s most famous photographers, Ananta Vrindavan dasa.
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March 16. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: The Perfect Disciple.
Srila Prabhupada told us many things about his relationship with his spiritual master. One time, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura reprimanded him when it appeared that Srila Prabhupada had diverted his attention from his Guru Maharaja’s lecture. When they first met, Srila Prabhupada debated with Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati about India’s independence. Prabhupada told us, “I liked being defeated by my spiritual master.” He dreamt of his spiritual master, too, mostly the same serious dream, in which Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati told Srila Prabhupada to take sannyāsa.
His spiritual master praised him highly on a number of occasions for his attentive hearing, and for his poetry and prose writings. He said, “Whatever he writes, publish it.” When Srila Prabhupada’s godbrothers asked Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati to make Srila Prabhupada the president of the Bombay Temple, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura said, “It is better that he lives outside your company. He will do everything himself. You do not have to recommend him.”
After their first meeting, Srila Prabhupada had to travel away on business, but he often thought fondly of his spiritual master. Of course, they had some personal meetings in which important things were conveyed to our Srila Prabhupada, especially his Guru Maharaja’s order, “If you ever get money, print books.” Then, near the end of his Guru Maharaja’s life, they exchanged letters. Srila Prabhupada asked, “How may I serve you?” And his spiritual master replied, “You can explain in English our thoughts and arguments. This will do much good to yourself as well as to your audience. I have every hope that you can turn yourself into a very good English preacher if you serve the mission.”
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UK Youth Mela to Empower ISKCON Youth in Europe.
Around 300 youth aged 15 to 35 from all over Europe are expected to attend Youth Mela in Leicester, UK from September 1st to 4th this year.
The convention, organized by the Pandava Sena and ISKCON Europe Youth Ministry, aims to empower youth throughout ISKCON Europe and connect them with Srila Prabhupada.
“The event is inspired by the International Leadership Sanga in Mayapur, and Kulimela worldwide,” says Kumari Kunti Dasi, who is coordinating with her husband Visvambhara Caitanya Das. “So we’re hoping to have a flavor of both.”
“We really believe that the greatest input our generation can offer ISKCON is cooperation – cooperation in the effort to please Srila Prabhupada and his mission. Empowering the youth to find their place and service is a missing piece to our movement.”
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Pilgrimage to Mayapur (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If death takes place, let it take here. There is nothing to be said new. Whatever I have to speak, I have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and continue your endeavor. Whether I am present or not, it doesn’t matter. As Krishna is living eternally, similarly, living being also lives eternally. But “One who has done service to the Lord lives forever.” So you have been taught to serve Krishna, and with Krishna we’ll live eternally. Our life is eternal. A temporary disappearance of this body doesn’t matter. Body is meant for disappearance. So live forever by serving Krishna. Vrndavan, May 17, 1977.
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Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 12, No. 4
By Krishna-kripa das
(February 2016)
Preaching in North Florida, New York City, Dublin
(Sent from Rishikesh on March 15, 2016)
Wealth is not a source of pleasure but a source of entanglement and anxiety.
One of the King Louis’s of France, was so completely disgusted with the falsity of palace life, he and some of his intimate friends would sometimes leave the palace and dress themselves as cow herds, and milk the cows and sport in the fields.
There is one song where Bhaktivinoda Thakura prays he would rather take birth as an insect in the house of a devotee than Lord Brahma. Why? If you take birth as an insect in the home of a devotee, that devotee will give you protection. He will not call the exterminator.
Lord Caitanya describes world of birth and death to be like an ocean because if you are drowning in a ocean, you have to be pulled out by someone. Similarly, we need Krishna to pull us out of samsara [the ocean of birth and death].
Srila Prabhupada said the love of a mother for her child is the closest thing to the unconditional love of the pure soul for God.
Srila Prabhupada said we should call out when we chant like a baby calling out for its mother.
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Sridhar Swami’s Samadhi Dedication.
Giriraj Swami: My dear brother Sridhar Swami Maharaja,
I feel so much separation today. What can I say? Now Mrs. Singhal, Srila Prabhupada’s beloved daughter and our affectionate mother, has also left u…

Remembering Sridhar Swami (Album with 52 photos)
Dharmatma Das: He was a dear friend and wonderful inspiration. A true lover an…Read More…

The Syamantaka Jewel story from the Krishna book.
Kalakantha Prabhu: The Syamantaka jewel story shows how money can ruin good people. When there is an accumulation of wealth, it is difficult to resist the temptation to control it.
Comment by Dhrstadyumna Prabhu: Isn’t gold one of the places Kali is allowed to reside.
Response: Yes. Very good.
You can have bad habits or character flaws, but in Kali-yuga, you will be respected if you have money.
Q (by Amy): Money is such a part of life. Anything we can do if we have money to not be degraded by it?
A: Use it for sacrifice.
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March 15. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Honoring Prabhupada’s Relationship With Us
Each of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples has chosen to love him. It is a commitment that I will always honor, and I have sealed that commitment at my initiation. We have a contract of love now. Although my love for Srila Prabhupada may not yet be free of any material tinge, he is patient. And Prabhupada himself has placed conditions of his love on his disciples. He expects them to follow him. Although he will still love a disobedient disciple, his love will not reach a disciple who rebels or disobeys his order, and who blasphemes guru and Krishna. The relationship between guru and disciple is meant to be based on honor.
I have heard people say that this “condition” Prabhupada places on his love for us is not much different than the conditions some of our parents placed on us to win their love. Many people have been hurt by parents who sold their love for high grades in school, or conformity to family rules, etc. There was no chance for people who grew up in these families to develop themselves as individuals, or to feel self-worth despite their failings to meet their parents’ standards. They grew up only with conditions and have no experience of real love. Is Prabhupada’s love for us like that? Is it a lesser kind of love because he places on it the condition of our obedience?
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The March issue of the “Conch”, the Newsletter of the Hare Krishna Farm community of Australia is now online.
Special Edition: Children in Iskcon.
EDITORIAL ADVISOR – H.H. Mukunda Goswami
GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT – Urvasi devi dasi
PHOTOGRAPHY – Urvasi devi dasi and Trevor Gore
EDITORIAL BOARD
Damodara Pandit dasa
Govardhana Seva dasa
Krishna Rupa devi dasi (ACBSP)
Mandakini devi dasi
You can download it here: http://goo.gl/c7sOzY

New Govardhana Community’s Special 50th Anniversary Projects.
Many New Govardhana devotees (Australia) have begun planning special 50th projects. Please support these proposed projects and also create your own special 50th Anniversary event.
For more info: http://www.krishnafarm.net/

A Krsna conscious person will never blaspheme any person, any religious leader, who is trying to spread Krsna consciousness or God consciousness!
Srila Prabhupada: A Krsna conscious person will never blaspheme any person, any religious leader, who is trying to spread Krsna consciousness or God consciousness. In any country, in any religion, anyone who has tried to spread God consciousness to the people, they are all respectable persons. Those who are atheists, those who do not believe in God or those who personally declare that “I am God,” we have nothing to do with such persons. But anyone in any country who accepts God as the Supreme, Krsna as the Supreme, krsnas tu bhagavan svayam (SB 1.3.28), such persons are respectable persons and we should offer our always respect to them. We have… Unnecessarily we do not want to criticize anyone. But when there is necessity, because we are preacher, it may be sometimes you’ll be faced with opposite elements, so we have to criticize in that respect. Generally we don’t praise or eulogize somebody or criticize somebody. That is not our business. Our business is Krsna consciousness, God consciousness, always thinking that we are eternal servant of Krsna.
And sruti-sastra-nindanam. No scriptures of the world shall be decried. Any scripture which is preaching about God consciousness, that is bona fide. It may be in some scriptures information of God is not fully explained, but if the idea, target, is God, that is a scripture. So generally sruti-sastra means Vedas, the books of knowledge. So one should not go beyond the books of knowledge, just like we are studying Bhagavad-gita. So sruti-sastra-nindanam. Nobody should criticize or malinterpret the statement in the scripture.
(Initiation of Satyabhama Dasi and Gayatri Initiation of Devotees Going to London – Montreal, July 26, 1968)

Bhakti Rasayana Sagara Maharaja’s sannyasa initiation (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we performed the sannyasa initiation for Uttama Sloka das, who became Bhakti Rasayana Sagara Maharaja. The ceremony was held here in Sridham Mayapura in the association of many wonderful devotees. May Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya bless Maharaja to be successful in his preaching all over the world!
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Maha Harinam in Mayapur by Russian devotees (6 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadan…

Vraja-Katha in Mumbai (Album with 180 photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: In January 2016 we were invited to do Braja Katha at the newly…