Author Archives: David Haslam, UK

Over the past few months I’ve been thinking about the Joy of Devotion; it’s a term we use a lot but I was wondering what that actually means in reality. So I was sent a few pictures from the Jehovah’s…

Hare Krishna Please accept my humble obeisances HM Lord Lieutenant of Greater London thanks the Prasad Distribution Team The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the Queen Elizabeth ll personal representative throughout the United Kingdom. It is a great honour for…

One of the last SB classes I gave I spoke about the need to make sure that we develop personal relationships with individuals and indeed if we notice someone missing that being full of compassion we get intouch. Indeed one…

Once was a heathenish VikingAdored the fighting and strikingBut when coming homeFrom a killing roamChanting was more to his liking

Ys Parsharam

So the other week I had been asked to write a few eulogies for several remarkable devotees who’s association I had the privilege of having for many years. It took some time as I looked at some nice verses from…

Hare Krishna  I felt the need to share my continued personal thoughts as we here continue in lockdown and my continued underlying feelings that have received unprecedented hatred from different sections of the devotee community.  Unlike many I’m considered a…

What’s Love Got To Do With It ? Enjoy the movie , filmed in the back of the Prasad Van in Lock Down London: – Most Yogis translate Bhakti Yoga as “Divine Love” and then Srila Prabhupada translated it as ‘…

Srila Prabhupada Built A Pot That The Whole World Could Eat From  Prabhup?da: Anyone who comes, he must be given pras?dam. Ma?ih?ra: …what is the benefit they get, exactly? There have been so many concoctions = “Oh, they will take human birth,” “They…

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Yesterday I realised that to get a bag of rice or dal was going to take at least 8 weeks, the supermarkets were sold out and the warehouse…

Unprecedented times require unprecedented solidarity. Never before have I experienced a time where one persons behaviour can impact another so dramatically.  I don’t think I need to explain how bad the coronavirus crisis is everywhere. Many services for homeless people…

“Help me in this great Adventure” ‘So, the sum and substance of the concrete program is to organize a nice Sankirtana party in combination of Indian and American students. I want your cooperation in this adventure’ Letter_to_Harikrishnadas_Aggarwal_–_Los_Angeles_3_March,_1968 Chapter 10: The…

Mother’s Day 22nd March 2020, International Women’s Day 8th March 2020 ?tma-m?t? guro? patn?br?hma?? r?ja-patnik?dhenur dh?tr? tath? p?thv?saptait? m?tara? sm?t?? These mothers are the original mother, the wife of the teacher or spiritual master, the wife of a br?hma?a, the…

Hare Krishna I am perplexed and a little saddened For years I’ve listened to many morning classes and have read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books and reading my social media feeds and e-mails it appears very few have faith in…

-varnam tvisaKrishnamsangopangastra-parsadamyajnaih sankirtana-prayairyajanti hi sumedhasah “In this Age of Kali, people endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performing sankirtana-yajna “.(11.5.32) SB  Oxford Street is probably the most important street in the world….

Hare Krsna  It is with great sadness that we heard that HG Srutidharma Das has returned home back to Sri Krishna yesterday evening. As many of you know he was the paid for temple president and inspirational devotee at Bhaktivadanta…

Hare Krsna  HG Manohar Krishna prabhu, disciple of HH Bhakticaru Swami, was blessed to receive the mercy of Sri Guru & Sri Gauranga by passing away on the evening of Gaur Purnima.  He was a wonderful devotee and friend and…

Kirshna I have a problem! Some time ago I looked at my bank statement, it was prompted by the continued pondering from a lovely devotee who reminded me that the big mistake we make is thinking “this is my money”…

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada, We drove the New Temple / Viking Ship on the canal from Watford to Kingscross, where it is now moored. We still have a lot of internal and external work…

The English Riviera, golden sands , two hours daily

Death toll in China rises to 563 as lockdown enters second week. The death toll and number of infections continued to soar in China, officials said Thursday. It has been two weeks since the authorities in Wuhan, the epicenter of…

Jagannath Rides The Oceans Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada, We have 12 days to build the Jaladuta, please spread the word. The mercy of Srila Prabhupada is freely available, Carpe Diem. “Your program for…

The other day I was studying a picture of a small toddler looking up at an old lady in a wheelchair, the toddler looked inquisitive looking at the lady in the chair. I was pondering how this in itself showed…

Gutenberg Press and Advaita Acharya. Seeing all around Him the growing tendency for people to abandon their spiritualpractices for the pursuit of wealth and short-lived materialistic gains, Advaita Acharya felt greatly pained. He wondered how the masses would ever be liberated.  …

Several years ago whilst sat in class the mataji who was a Srila Prabhupada disciple stated class by saying how her own Guru Maharaja in his purport had got it wrong and then presented her reasons why. Forward to today…

Sat watching one of the UK leading comedians explain why God doesn’t exist and as always it’s observational. With all comedy the thing that makes it funny is the ability to take what we see and package it in such…

Over the past year I’ve been pondering over a small exercise my guru maharaj suggested we do in order to correctly identify the real cause of my happiness and distress. More so as loss of health and then the job…

Food For All London Although most of our very limited funds comes our Rock and Roll friends, we also receive a steady income from Bhima our action hero. He is regularly appearing in movies, advertisements, and videos for songs. Apparently…

Trip to Tip Festival and the Devil It all started in the old days before the saints arrived. Back then Ireland was a pagan hotspot. The people were not fond of others telling them who to worship, especially not new…

“Trip to Tip” , Ireland’s Woodstock, the wildest drunken festival in history. 1990 was the first Trip to Tip , was also the year that Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Germany was reunified after the fall of the Berlin…

So it’s been a week that has given me a lot to ponder whilst confirming the need to be more determined in devotional life. As I made a call to a client I’ve worked with for over 9 years things…

Temperatures in the U.K. reached an all time high, ever recorded, 39’C , it was unbearably hot but the next day Reading Rathayatra was hit with monsoon like rain. While cooking in the morning I was thinking that nobody going…

Dear Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada Social media somehow working , by chance? just noticed this  , how does it work? 106,000 people have watched the cooking for the Rathayatra FestivalBeast from the East with…

In 1902 Srila Prabhupada personally organised the first Iskcon Rathayatra Festival, in Calcutta, he was eight years old . “Like the festival at Puri, Abhay’s Ratha-yatra ran for eight consecutive days. His family members gathered, and the neighborhood children joined…

London Rathayatra Festival 16th June 2019We are looking for volunteers to help cook the greatest feast ever for the pleasure of Lord Jagannath and his devotees. Volunteers are needed all day Saturday chopping veg and all night cooking Saturday night/ Sunday…

Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada Summer is here, summer means festivals, happy days, get your diary out.Watford Rathayatra kick starts the yajna. 25th May . The following day Sunday we are in Manchester,…

Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about Karma and also interactions with the people I meet; events and interactions change the perspective or situation sometimes in a positive way and sometimes in a negative way. On occasions there…

There is as always an interesting thought when listening to class when the discussion on Sri Krishna fulfilling all desire, I wonder if this is really the case as many of my deep desires have never been fulfilled including the…

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada, The material world 🌍 is an overrated, disappointing place where anything bad can happen .You may hope for the best , but expect the worst And the worst is…

Extinction Rebellion activist Tristram Stuart speaks out about Prasad Distribution For the last 11 days and nights a massive eco demonstration has taken place around the planet, here in London 5 main traffic arteries have been blocked by concerned activists…

How to celebrate Gaura Purnima in London ?The greatest day of the year, Gaura Purnima The greatest yajna in Kaliyuga , Sankirtan The appearance day of the greatest Avatara , Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhhu Distributed by the greatest guru , Srila…