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Another body.
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Another body.
Ananda Vrindavaneswari Devi Dasi: My family and I were just visiting my mother, Edith, in Boca Raton, Florida to celebrate her 90th Birthday. As we honored her and celebrated her life, she declared that 90 is too old and that people shouldn’t really live that long. Gaura Vani tried to bless her by saying: “May you live as long as you like!” She responded by saying, “Tomorrow, I’m ready to go tomorrow”.

Telangana Padayatra Party: Reduced But Determined (1 min…
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Telangana Padayatra Party: Reduced But Determined (1 min video)
June 3, 2018, Visnuswami Dasa: Our team is now reduced to only two devotees but by Krishna’s arrangement every evening we are getting guests who participate in Nagar sankirtana. On May 19th ISKCON Hyderabad lead a huge party of nearly 200 congregation devotees at Hayath Nagar, outside of Hyderabad, with temple president Vedanta Caitanya Das leading the harinama. This was the biggest harinama we had in Hyderabad so far.
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The Art of Dying – Varnashrama Dharma
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The Art of Dying – Varnashrama Dharma.
Dhirasanta Das Goswami: In the eternal Vedic social system, a man’s life is divided into four stages:
1) Brahmacharya: This stage extends from the birth of a child to his marriage, after the completion of his studies. Brahmacharya means complete celibacy, meaning that till one’s education is complete, one has to remain celibate.
2) Grihastha: Entering into the life of a householder. After completing one’s education one has to get married and enjoy the material things in life such as begetting children, so that the system of life as handed down to us by our forefathers continues unbroken.
3) Vanaprastha: As soon as some young fellow from the family is ready to take on the household affairs, one should at once retire from family life to prepare oneself for spiritual upliftment. One is not supposed to stumble in the dark alleys of household life till one is forcefully dragged out by the will of death.
4) Sannyasa: Indeed, everyone’s life must be so arranged that in the last stage of life, at least fifteen to twenty years prior to death, one can be completely devoted to contemplation of the lotus feet of Lord Krishna. The first part of these last years is formed by the Vanaprastha ashrama. The last part is known as Sannyasa, where one has to give up absolutely everything, except a small cloth to cover one’s private parts. The final stage of Sannyasa is for exclusive and concentrated meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Why the Yadu Dynasty was destroyed as per Lord Krsna’s…
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Why the Yadu Dynasty was destroyed as per Lord Krsna’s plan.
Srila Prabhupada: Yadu-kula-ksayam. The Yadu dynasty… When Krsna was present, the family members were about ten million. This is Krsna. Everything is wonderful. He married 16,108 wives, and each wife had ten children, and each child begot another ten children. In this way, the Yadu-kula was a very big family. So they were destroyed.

How to build character in children? (2 min video) The activities…
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How to build character in children? (2 min video)
The activities which we do with the children will help them becoming fixed in the virtue and It is very direct, it’s just hearing the past times of the personality of Godhead, it cleanses the heart and it lifts the character just by hearing, they may not understand the stories in the way just I described they are doing something else right now but that’s the effect of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam, hearing of Ramayana and hearing of Mahabharata.
Hearing these essential teachings gives us knowledge and it gives purification of heart, builds the character. Essential part of education is character development, or in other words, without character development education is a dangerous thing, to put something powerful in the hands of fool is dangerous, as the newspapers today are showing us very dangerous, very dangerous, increasingly dangerous. The solution is to encourage by every possible means that people should read, hear from the right sources not just google or some other internet source. To hear from the right sources the name, fame, qualities etc, this is Bhagavad dharma, that’s the panacea, that’s the medicine.
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Sriman Caru Gupta Dasa ACBSP left his body. Kurma Dasa: I…
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Sriman Caru Gupta Dasa ACBSP left his body.
Kurma Dasa: I received a message from our Godsister Sukla Dasi that her brother, Caru Gupta dasa, passed away suddenly a few days ago at home on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Caru Gupta had been suffering from Kidney disease.
He leaves a wife and 6 children, all devotees of Krishna.
We pray that Caru Gupta prabhu has attained the shelter of Srila Prabhupada’s Lotus Feet.

Vaishnava Wedding: Jahnu and Rasa. Bhaktimarga Swami: The…
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Vaishnava Wedding: Jahnu and Rasa.
Bhaktimarga Swami: The wedding was late but nevertheless wonderful. Jahnu, the groom, and Rasa, the bride, tied the knot in a green location—Willow Park. Relatives and friends attended, as did I. Leading kirtan and filling in space was my job; I volunteered with words and mantras, until the younger men, very expert, took to sing.
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Switzerland street kirtan (Album of photos) Srila Prabhupada:…
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Switzerland street kirtan (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Although a Vaishnava is the most exalted person, he is prideless and gives all respect to everyone, knowing everyone to be the resting place of Krishna. If one chants the holy name of Lord Krishna in this manner, he will certainly awaken his dormant love for Krishna’s lotus feet. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.25.26)
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“Marriage Vows”
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“Marriage Vows” by HG Mahatma Prabhu – May 28, 2018 (5 min video)
Srila Prabhupäda at a wedding ceremony: “Throughout her whole life. there will be no separation in any condition. In any condition. And we shall jointly execute Kåñëa consciousness.” Jointly. Yes. She will help you, and you will help her. That’s all. Yes, you accept that “I will serve you throughout my life.” Srila Prabhupada January 10, 1969

All India Padayatra at ISKCON Khanapur, Karnataka (Album of…
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All India Padayatra at ISKCON Khanapur, Karnataka (Album of photos)
My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names, such as “Krishna” and “Govinda,” by which You expand Yourself. You have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for remembering them. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.16)
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Painting Deities with Srila Prabhupada “One day Srila…
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Painting Deities with Srila Prabhupada
“One day Srila Prabhupada asked me to paint a set of Radha-Krishna Deities that he was sending to Hamburg to have installed. When I informed him I was not an artist and didn’t feel I could do it, he said that he would show me what to do. So he told me to find a special black, white and red paint, and that evening we sat Them on his small desk and Srila Prabhupada personally painted the Deities and instructed me at the same time. I sat in front of him, and as time seemed to disappear, the lovely forms of the Lords slowly became manifest through the painting. After we were finished, I immediately went to my room and wrote what he had explained. He said that the painting of Radha and Krishna Deities is called Anga-Raga. Anga means ‘body’ and Raga means ‘painting of.’ So Radharani holds her fingers in a mudra. Mudras can also be used by the Spiritual Master when he is preaching, and different mudras have special meanings. And Srila Prabhupada held up his fingers just as Srimati Radharani’s were—with forefinger and thumb together. Srila Prabhupada often used that ‘mudra’ when he made a specific point.”
– Excerpted from “Yamuna Devi: A Life of Unalloyed Devotion”

Children break their Piggy Banks to donate for the Under…
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Children break their Piggy Banks to donate for the Under construction “Sri Krishna Arjuna Temple”. (Album of photos)
During the ongoing 3 days Gita Gyan Yagya at Moradabad. H.G Sakshi Gopal Prabhu requested everyone to contribute towards the ongoing construction of the Grand Temple. Prabhu Ji also narrated the importance of donating during the Purushottam month.
The next day, to everyone’s Surprise, many little kids came with their Piggy Banks, Money Boxes and Yearly Pocket savings
They all rushed towards Prabhu Ji & with great enthusiasm and excitement they all handed over their Pocket money!
Some of them said they were saving to buy toys, new dresses, gifts & video games, some were saving for picnics and trips.
But Happily, they Donated it ALL towards the Temple construction & asked Prabhu Ji to Break their Piggy Banks!
The children said, now we will collect from our friends, teachers, parents, relatives, neighborhood & from wherever we can!
One boy said, he had been saving to buy a bicycle for 2 years. Then he said “but i can walk to school, the Temple is more important than my bicycle.
H.G Sakshi Gopal Prabhu was moved to tears upon seeing this Heartfelt gesture by these little children.
Prabhuji glorified their sacrifices & acknowledged them with various Gifts, Blessings and Maha Prashad.
Prabhu Ji said, “It is this enthusiasm to serve Krishna which will please the Lord!
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