Author Archives: David Haslam, UK

I was a little shocked and perplexed by an article posted recently on a very prominent devotee news outlet given the flack I sometimes get on postings on my blog which is posted on only 1 devotee outlet via a historical RSS feed set up without my knowledge I read and wondered what verses from […]

Their was an interesting point raised at the end of giving a class and opening it up to questions that of listening and being listened. What happens if this doesn’t happen? The point from what I understand was that everyone needs to feel that they are being heard and have a voice, problems arise when […]

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Last week the devotees gathered together at the biggest music festival in the world, in an attempt to please Srila Prabhupada. Prasad was served free to the public from 10am till 10pm, a stage program went on all day and of course the […]

So reading the news headlines for Wales my eye’s were drawn to an article on a church leader recently convicted for sex offences and rape, it brought back some sad memories and as I read it the parallels were frighting and involved the same religious group. I could get quiet moralistic or even shouting against […]

“To chant the Holy Name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime that one can achieve all benefits of spiritual life simply by following this process.” Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.11 Every Saturday night we pass a restaurant near Leicester Square, and we call to the waiters to come out. Enjoy the movie Your servant […]

“WE ARE THEIR GOOD FORTUNE.” Once on a morning walk in St James’ Park in London (1972/3) after passing a hippy sleeping on a park bench, Srila Prabhupada said “By good fortune they can all come to Krsna Consciousness” … Wishing to understand further what His Divine Grace meant by ‘good fortune’ I said “Srila […]

This is my latest video, although I’ve not been doing so many giving a flavor of this years London Rathayatra. Filmed on my smartphone. Enjoy

7th June,
Kirtan in London is going strong, on this Saturday we split our group into two,
one went for a carnival and one for a Rathayatra,

(watch out for two very enthusiastic ladies)
and then we met up for the evening Kirtan.

All glories to Srila P…

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
Harinam led by Govinda Prabhu on the streets of London in China town.

Other devotees in the movie include Parividha Prabhu, Smara Hari Prabhu,and Pandu Putra Pr…

Scandinavian Rathayatra tour schedule Fri 4: Aarhus Rathayatra, Denmark Sat 5: Copenhagen Rathayatra, Denmark Sun 6: Malmo Rathayatra, Sweden Mon 7: Gotenburg Rathayatra, Sweden Wed 9: Oslo Harinam, Norway Thur 10: Oslo Rathayatra, Norway Sat 12: Stockholm Rathayatra, Sweden Sun 13: Aalborg Rathayatra, Denmark Here is the full schedule of upcoming tour’s hare krishna festivals […]

On Saturday 5th July one of the UK’s biggest music festivals “British Summer Time” takes place in Hyde park. Over 80,000 people are expected, the festival is nearly sold out. Pete Doherty whose band “The Libertines” headlines the event, but there will be another band on the stage that day, a Kirtan band called the […]

Attentive Japa? 16 round’s done to the best of my ability? It’s an interesting question and one I would readily answer with a Yes! 16 rounds done initiation promise kept! Each year I take my niece away for a week and as she doesn’t raise till late it allows me to take time improving my […]

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus ,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
Harinam led by Govinda Prabhu on the streets of London in China town.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqX06Y-UVk
Other devotees in the movie include Parividha Pr…

Over the past few weeks one of the main topics locally has been the recent arrests of health care professionals for falsifying medical records, and a report on failings in health care provisions falling well below the professional level that even unqualified home care staff are expected to deliver. For me one statement from a […]

In one of my prior postings I wrote about returning to my root’s in as much as applying the house to house ministry and have home bible study system I used to do as a Jehovah’s Witness in distributing Srila Prabhupada. However I have to admit it was with nervousness and some doubt about its […]

In one of my prior postings I wrote about returning to my root’s in as much as applying the house to house ministry and have home bible study system I used to do as a Jehovah’s Witness in distributing Srila Prabhupada. However I have to admit it was with nervousness and some doubt about its […]

Saturday 3rd May London
What tunes did the devotees chant in the old days, well pretty much like this:

HG Sakshi Gopal Prabhu leads Kirtan. Also HG Parividha Prabhu teaches the Maha Mantra to some fortunate souls.
Your servant
Parasuram Das

Recalling my time as a Jehovah’s Witness I was remembering the yearly highlight of the assembly’s the large 4 day event usually held in a football ground which was always full, at this particular assembly their was always an announcement and distribution of new books. Recalling the excitement of getting hold of the new books […]

Last month after being asked to give class I spent time studying at the time I was asked if it was possible to comment on the words of Srila Rupa Gosvami regarding dhakti, sadly before giving class my glasses broke and I was unable to read my notes and didn’t cover it. One of the […]

Dear Srila Prabhupada, We are presently standing in the middle of a massive Harinam party in Amsterdam, for the King’s Day celebrations. About 150 devotees, many are young boys and girls which gives us hope that the movement is moving. Fired up dancing brahmacaris in saffron robes, and the energy is contagious, the general public […]

“Sankirtan will always be appreciated because it is the special blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu on the people of this fallen age of Kali” Letter to Achyutananda 1975 The general public of London are appreciating more and more the devotee’s Kirtan on the streets. There was a time when we would get arrested for chanting […]

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Dhaneswara prabhu (acbsp) author of ‘Spiritual Economics’ joins the Saturday Night Harinam in London. The Harinam started at 1pm and continued till 10pm, with a prasad break at 6pm. Everybody who came on that Harinam felt surcharged, walking on air. This would have […]

Hare Krishna everyone, This short film has just been released of the festival in Maidenhead which took place on 10th April. The event was very well attended and went smoothly. Thanks to everyone involved. It was a great example of enthusiastic cooperation between Local devotees, The Manor Sankirtan team, Food for All and the Festival […]

During my working week I get to meet many interesting people with many varied backgrounds and many interesting conversations; this week was one of those were I had a long and interesting discussion about faith and religion. We both came from what many would see as being member’s of established and prominent religions but felt […]

The dictionary informs us that racism “a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.” So basically we were on a demo where people wanted to see others beyond the […]

Walking into a clients home it soon became apparent things aren’t right, then the news their son had died in the early hours, the pain on the family and his young daughter told you all you needed to know before the words. Working for over 20 years in health care means for some clients you […]

Each visit and opportunity to share amazing devotee association when recorded is best not kept to self but shared; so here is some amazing classes I’ve sat in: HH Sivarama Swami HH Candramauli Swami HG Gauri Prabhu HG Kripamoya Prabhu HG Malati Mataji Enjoy Hare Krishna

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. What is the last verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam ??? Here it is: “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Hari, the congregational chanting of whose names destroy all sinful reactions,and the offering of obeisances unto whom relieves all material suffering.” […]

I was talking to one very respectable lady from Emerates, she was busy chopping vegetables for my subji. It was her first time to Europe, she was to attend some diplomat meetings and had only two days before returning home. She told me that she was loving the chopping service and this was a much […]

Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur describes the Salvation Army band marching through the streets of the western world as the first strains of Sankirtan in the West. Sajjana Tosani 1885 Also he says “Lord Caitanya did not advent Himself to liberate only a few men of India. Rather his main objective was to emancipate all living entities […]

Saturday Night Harinam London **************************************** This weekend we were joined by one of Srila Prabhupada’s senior European disciples, Srimate Mandakini Devi Dasi. Mandakini came over from France to visit the London Yatra for Gaura Purnima. She was one of the guests of honour, along with mothers Malati and Manjuali at the Connaught Rooms on Lord […]

Their is an interesting notation when it comes to being labled as anti you get to the stage of what the heck it doesn’t matter they have made up their mind and it’s now closed to any discussion’s, or it could be a reflection of our own closed mind. But continuing on the theme of […]

Social media is a an interesting thing indeed and has the ability to send some surprises probably one of the most sobering is an old long forgotten school picture. Sobering given how much time has passed since it’s being taken and so many hopes and aspirations that are still to be realised makes me wonder […]

Whilst out on a japa walk I stopped watching a small herd of cows enjoying a warm spring day it is always pleasing watching then chew the grass, as I stood watching I was joined by an elderly lady. Its always interesting listening to the person mews and contemplate life’s problems and rationalizing the irrational […]

Continuing on the theme of returning to my roots of door to door ministery and knowing that for some any thought outside of a percieved norm is seen as anti-iskcon I’m going to add fuel to their fire. Listening in and also noteing questions during classes on book distribution their is a running theme follow […]

Returning to roots appear to be a theme at the moment. After years of being asked about my time doing the door to door ministery for the Jehovah’s Witnesss and a few christmas book marathon’s this week I returned this time with Srila Prabhupada’s books and a new mission. I will now voice my aim […]

Last week we took on the challenge of cooking subji and popperdoms for 5,000 people in Cork city; Our team consisted of Dharmatma Prabhu,Sanaka Prabhu, and Achintya Rupa Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada says in the Srimad Bhagavatam: “The Krishna consciousness movement is based on this principle: chant the Hare Krishna mantra every moment, as much as […]

So several months ago it was highlighted that some felt my blog postings were anti-iskcon an interesting notation coming from a closed conversation were I was not given even a trial or right to reply. interesting given my blog and social media outlets allow the right to reply and although i may not agree with […]

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. This clip was taken from a Harinam in London the day before Gaura Purnima. It is interesting to note that in the beginning the young people are really just interested in goofing around to the kirtan, but later they start reading the mantra […]

Dear Maharaj/Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada,
Harinam in Chinatown London, March 2014.
HG Giridhari Prabhu leads the chanting.

On that particular day there was a choice of 5 Harinam parties in and around Lon…