Author Archives: David Haslam, UK

Hari Bol Prabhu, pamho agtsp. Front Page of the Camden New Journal, that’s big, we are on our way to Ireland tonight for Feed the 5,000 Cork http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/pete_doherty_supports_camden_food_charity_with_babyshambles_gig_at_the_roundhouse_1_3427257 Your Servant Parsharam Das

International Women’s Day 8th March 2014 This is an annual event we take part in every year. We are asked to distribute prasad in three locations in central London and organise a ladies Harinam party for the procession down Oxford street and ending in a rally in Trafalgar Square. Lalita Saki Dasi was our main […]

Dear Devotees, PamHo AgtSp, Just keeping you up to date with our projects. We had a busy weekend with the International Women’s Day event, then on Monday we had a fund raising gig with Pete Doherty in Camden Town, the video is of our devotee Jennie on stage: ) Tuesday we had Tribhuvanth’s festival team […]

Harinam in Leicester square, London. Singer is Jenny who runs Matchless Gifts, former singer with the Bellestars. It’s not uncommon to bump into members of the Slits, Sex Pistols or Clash at Matchless Gifts, your servant Parasuram Das

Food For All – Feeding the Poor is offering people who care about others in the community a chance to sponsor a day of feeding 1,000 people and it has been done in a very creative way: For £108 we will add your name or a family members name to our yearly calender, all you […]

Dear Maharajs/Prabhus, please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, London Rathayatra festival July 13th 1972, lecture: “Our Hare Krishna movement is standing on three principal things: chanting,dancing and eating Prasadam. It is not very difficult. It is very enjoyable to chant,dance,and take Prasadam. And if you like, you can hear a little […]

“My dear uncle, what is that religion that you are eating your mother and father?” (Title, but maybe not to put the quote in as it might be misunderstood by someone, April 5th 1967) “Denmark bans kosher and halal slaughter as minister says “animal rights come before religion.” Denmark’s government has brought in a ban […]

Their is something amazing about sharing the holy names of Sri Krishna and during the primary school visits this week it occurred to me how appreciative and what a difference hearing the mahamantra and the pastimes of Krishna makes. Playing the madanga as the reception children came into class had an immediate response they needed […]

Can you imagine all the poor lost souls walking through Leicester Square,in the dark, in the rain, millions of souls and millions of lifetimes bewildered. Then the merciful Paravidha Prabhu distributes the mercy of Lord Caitanya, on the order of our Srila Prabhupada. One young black man learns the mantra and blissfully leads the chanting. […]

HG Saksi Gopal lights up Leicester Square with the Holy Name. There is nothing like an old fashion Hari Nam. Filmed by HG Bhaja Hari Prabhu. There is about eight direct disciples of Srila Prabhupada going out regularly on this Hari Nam, in the old days these devotees would perform this sacrifice daily for eight […]

Dear Maharajs/Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The following video clip was taken from last Friday’s Feast at Matchless Gifts, UK. The singer’s name is “Youth” from one of my favorite bands “Killing Joke”. He was a good friend of “Polystryne” or as we knew her “Maharani”. x ray spex […]

Over the past couple of day’s I’ve been getting ready for up and coming visits to primary schools which are always interesting. Unlike high school’s there is no direct learning outcomes set by SACRE (Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education) which frees the primary teachers to explore in their own unique manor; those requesting visits […]

“All schemes are useless scraps of paper in the face of war, famine, earthquakes and tsunamis. They are warning from mother Durga confirming her superiority.” HDG Srila Prabhupada. The UK is experiencing massive floods, even here at Bhaktivedanta Manor, no real damage was done except to Arjuna Prabhu’s caravan, it is scary to wake up […]

Thing’s just get busy when your eager to do more to help spread Krishna Consciousness. This week while swimming with one of my clients one of the teachers their with her pupils came over and stopped me; sorry I’ve lost your e-mail can you come and visit the school again and arrange for us to […]

This is a nice one from Sandi Ys Para It will inspire devotees a lot I am sure! It always got me out on Harinama when I was a bit mental, and it’s getting me to go out today as well ha ha! Ys Para

Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. HG Adi Karta Prabhu, leads the Kirtan on the streets of London. The Sankirtan movement of Lord Caitanya started in the house of Srivas thakur, them the chanting party left the house, went on to the streets and they never went back. This […]

As some of you are aware I’ve written a small blog for many years, my thought’s, struggles, realizations and difficulties along with the wonderful time’s sharing Krishna Consciousness so this is going to be the most painful blog posting but is one from what is a crumpled broken heart. Last year I was hit by […]

Written and posted by Dhirabhakta Das on behalf of Vicaru Prabhu using a small outline sent: Vicaru Das Bhaktivadanta Manor UK It is always amazing to be given the opportunity to be a part of a traveling sankirtan book distribution marathon team. Myself, Sutapa Das and Gurudas Das travelled the length and breath of the […]

One thing that comes from doing a lot of community preaching is that you get recognized and approached; sometimes it’s a little difficult if say I’m with a client. Recently I’ve been asked to come to several new groups to myself and also asking if I plan to put on a Diwali Celebration again this […]

During a recent visit to one of the Sanga’s held in London I was asked by one of those attending if it was possible to visit their terminal ill farther in many ways an continuation of the request made to me by my Guru Maharaja. It was a busy visit with a maha-clean of Radharani’s […]

During my recent visit to Bhaktivadanta Manor I had the privilege of sitting in on one of the classes given by HH Sivarama Swami; an opportunity not to be missed, here is the recording:

“It is so simple that you will miss it!”, said Srila Prabhupada to Tribhuvanath Prabhu. I can still hear the words in my ear as if it was yesterday and still hear Tribhuvanath’s laugh as he told us the story. He left the planet about 12 years ago, what I saw in that devotee was […]

The Bhagavad Gita being honoured at London’s Houses of Parliament The appearance day of the Bhagavad Gita is to be celebrated every year from this time forth at the House of Commons. Can you imagine just 100 years ago the topic would have been “how to turn India away from it’s primitive books”, and last […]

Dear Maharaj/Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada. His Divine Grace wanted us to be happy. Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra brings one to the platform of the soul. Happiness is one of the symptoms of devotional service, check out the smiling face on this movie. On New Year’s Eve central […]

VICARU DAS ISKCON UK TO obtain the full blessings of Lord Krishna for good meditation devotees of syamsundar krishna chant the panch tattva mantra first. JAY SRI  KRISHNA CAITANYA PRABHU NITYANANADA SRI ADVAITA GADADHARA SRIVASADI-GAURA -BHAKTA -VRINDA Then with humble and submisive mood devotees chant; HARE -KRISHNA -HARE -KRISHNA KRISHNA -KRISHNA -HARE-HARE HARE- RAMA- HARE- […]

VICARU DAS ISKCON UK Upon Kamsa’s death, his two wives became widows. According to Vedic civilisation a women is never independent she has three stages of life: In childhood a women should live under the protection of her father, a youthful women should live under the protection of her young husband and in the event […]

Start of a new year normally a time when I reflect on the previous year the good, bad and ugly bits. Reflection on practice was something instilled during my nurse training to critically analyse not to see what went well, what could be improved and what went wrong in order to avoid the same mistakes. […]

It’s been nice to take part in a little way in this years Christmas Marathon; a few wonderful souls took a book, many appreciated the book and some just enjoyed having a chat. It reminds me of one of my guru maharaja’s classes when we discussed book distribution he reminded us of how important each […]

Vicaru das ISKCON uk O’ Vaisnava Goswami please be merciful to me now ,there is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls.where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away/.After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times one becomes purified.,but just […]

VICARU DAS BHAKTIVEDANTA MANOR ISKCON UK Gurudava,By a drop of your mercy make this servant of yours more humble than a blade of grass.Give me strength to bear all trials and troubles,and free me from all desires for personal honour. O lord and master Invest me with the power to properly honor all living beings.Only […]

After much soul searching I’ve decided to resign indisputably from ISKCON and all of it’s affiliated segment’s. It’s word’s I’ve sadly heard once to often, the reasons are always complex, the reasons always thought out and rationalised; indeed their has been times I have also thought of leaving and too have figured out that my […]

Book’s for you Book’s for me It’s book marathon time, a time when we can show our appreciation and love for Srila Prabhupada, and anyone and everyone can be a part of it and there is many devotee’s who are willing to help if your unsure. It’s easy to get involved and more enjoyable than […]

Urgent Appeal Dear Maharajas/Prabhus, PAMHO AGTSP, We are a small project based in London, Matchless Gifts. We distribute prasad(santified food) to 1,000 people daily, hold festivals,including 26 Rathayatras per year,etc. We have very little funds available at this moment, our old van is on it’s last legs, a very large number of Prabhupada disciples have […]

The first time I gave morning Srimad Bhagavatam class a thought entered into my mind how would I react if my dad walked into the temple room, given the history of abuse. At what time do we show compassion and forgiveness? More to the point what point do I personally practice this! In-trepidation indeed, a […]

the 27th Vraj Mandala Padayatra On the 19th October, the first day of Kartik,the padayatra left the Krishna Balaram Mandir for an adventure that would last one month and would take us through the 12 forests of Vraj. The team consisted of 3 devotees from UK,2 from Check,2 from Russia and 2 from Vrindavan (in […]

I humbly ask that for this short blog that you forgive the self indulgence and possible ramblings, in health care you get many call’s late night call’s fall into one of two categories can you cover for a college or some sad news of someone passing away. The chocked and tearful voice alerted me to […]

So after the joy of Kartika, and holding the second community Diwali then having one of the busiest visits to the Manor the past week has been relatively quiet a time to ponder and reflect. December is looming and speaking to most of my clients and their relatives they are gearing up for Christmas, presents […]

The thing with smartphones is your never ever away, so e-mails are received immediately but some stand out more than others, and some bring a smile and inspire. This week I received such an e-mail so much so I checked to see if it could be shared, mainly as many live outside of the temple, […]

I’ve finally had chance to catch up on things after my October visit to the Manor their was a lot to do between work planning for the community Diwali so hadn’t uploaded these fantastic classes recorded HG JayKrishna Das HG Krypamoya Das HG Sruti Dharma Das As always I upload them to free space on […]

It’s amazing how easily I’ve end up falling into the easiest of traps by looking at the actions of one or two individuals and then transposing that onto a whole group. It’s been the downfall of many devotees over the years allowing ill feeling grow, allowing the mind to run free and becoming a hindrance […]