Author Archives: David Haslam, UK

Stranger Danger! The assumption that everyone other than those known to you are out to harm you; instilling FEAR. As one of my clients got into my car they started to tell me what they had learnt in school today, that strangers were a danger and then related the various stories they had been told […]

Philosophy and practice often appear incompatible Yes we know what the scriptures say and Yes it makes sense but then the logic switch goes to off as we ignore and pursue our own desires, wants and needs. Despite being kicked by material nature and understanding we are being kicked we continue on the same cause […]

As devotees illogical actions take on logical meanings; to the outsider our actions appear irrational even foolhardy but as a devotee we understand the desire and bliss that comes from such actions. So I am invited to an evening sanga there is a special guest HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami this during a busy time at […]

Srila Prabhupada requested us to have a dozen devotees on Harinam, 2 mrdanga players, 8 karatal players, 1 melodious harmonium player and 1 tampora player. Now I wish to focus on the “melodious harmonium”, and the singing of the mahamantra. This is a tune I refer to as the “Prabhupada tune”. My opinion now is […]

Imagine if you can hearing a name called in the Temple (you’ve not heard this name before but it’s not a devotional one); the person calling it is trying to get the attention of the individual but as you look around all you see is familiar faces. Who are they calling? As they come running […]

I’ve uploaded the recent classes recorded during my visit to Bhaktivadanta Manor it’s on the cloud as I enjoy listening to them whilst on the move but even nicer to share Hg Kripamoya Prabhu.mp3 HG Shamaka Risi Das.mp3 HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami (1).mp3 HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami (2).mp3 HH Bhaktivinode Swami.mp3

Last week 30 good hearted people decided to sacrifice their time and energy by coming to Matchless Gifts in London and spend the day decorating the whole building.We took this as a good opportunity to revamp the whole place. Now we have new toilets,sinks,floors and a full paint job. It was all in honor of […]

East London Rathayatra will be on the 22nd September 2013. We are calling all devotees from the UK and abroad to attend the second Rathayatra in Ilford, East London. All brahmacaries, brahmacarinies, householders, sanyasis, Pandava send, devotee youth and children for the greatest party in East London ever. Please come hungry to the best Rathayatra […]

The devotees of Lord Caitanya are very kind, especially our Swami, traveling all night through North Germany and ready to liberate any number of poor chickens who are on their horrific way to another birth. How much different was the faith of millions of Jews or Gypsies in this same country, at the hands of […]

One of the continuing questions I am asked is simple in form but poses the most difficult in answering as there is firstly a need to understand why the conclusion is met. It is a question I’ve been asked by both initiated and uninitiated devotees and although the wording is slightly different the thrust of […]

Glastonbury Festival 2013 This must be the biggest music festival in the world. Nice people come from all over the planet to experience this event. A few months ago we posted an article on Dandavats, explaining how the festival organisers had gone corporate on us, they wanted us to buy our own tickets, not distribute […]

SATURDAY NIGHT HARINAM (JUNE 22nd 2013 – London) **************************************** article by HG Bhaja Hari prabhu and video.your servant Para Last night was especially wonderful for me – as I met an enthusiastic and very happy Chinese devotee who had travelled all the way up from Reading to distribute some Chinese editions of Srila Prabhupada’s books […]

Prasad distribution van driver needed by the “Food For All” project. Our present driver is going to the Polish Tour and then off traveling with Indradymna Swami. So we need a van driver urgently. Please contact Parasuram das at foodforalluk@gmail.com Feed The Poor final from Food For All on Vimeo.

Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2013 By HG Saksi Gopal Prabhu ACBSP There were pagans and potheads and Indian chiefs There were druids and hippies and mounted police There were drinkers and smokers and drummers galore Who played on through the night till their fingers were sore There was dancing,while some stood around on the grass. Some […]

The disease process. Over the years you see many different types of suffering from short disease to long term progressive diseases, but one thing remains true it consumes not only the sufferer but also their family. The conversations revolve around the disease and problems associated so consumed that they become less aware of the suffering […]

Hare Krishna Food For All at G8 Summit by Sakshi Gopal das (ACBSP) UK It’s summer 2013 and high time for another G8 meeting. Just inside the main gate of this exclusive 300 acre golf course in Hertfordshire a small corner of the estate has been set aside as a press office for the media, […]

Srila Prabhupada would say: “don’t waste your valuable life”, or: “don’t waste your time”, or: “don’t waste a farthing” or: “simply don’t waste.” Can you believe we live in an age where we waste 40% of good food, when that food could be diverted from landfills, cooked as an offering to Krishna and distributed profusely […]

What is a Farthing? Srila Prabhupada uses this word so, so often. To know what this word means you would have to have lived in Ireland or the UK, and you would have to be older than 50 years old. So while travelling yesterday with HG Giribaradhari prabhu, we decided to reveal this hidden knowledge […]

Their is a great joy in school visits especially when the teaching staff get as involved in questions as the students; indeed during my last school visit what was supposed to be a single lesson class turned into a double lesson thus was the enthusiasm. So I was happy when out shopping a teacher stopped […]