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Keynote address during panel discussion organized by Artha Forum at Sacramento, USA
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture)

During the month of Kartik, there is the chance to make special advancement. Especially whoever goes to Vrindavan is very fortunate because in Vrindavan, during Kartik, one can make many times more advancement under than under normal conditions!

Therefore, being in Vrindavan during Kartik is very, very special. But not all of us have the opportunity or the time to just leave everything and go to Vrindavan for Kartik but one can at least go in consciousness because the acaryas like Srila Jiva Gosvami have. mentioned, “Mathura is not a place. It is a state of consciousness.”

So the consciousness of Mathura or Vrindavan is what really transports us there! Therefore we can also invoke that atmosphere from wherever we are and in that way, one can reside in Vrindavan by remembering Vrindavan because remembrance on the spiritual platform is as good as being there, and we simply remember the spiritual world. So this is a month to meditate on Krsna!

UA Vedic Society hosts Sacred Sounds.
During the concert, the audience danced along to the music and recited mantras, or traditional words and phrases from Vedic literature.
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Hare Krishna! TOVP: A Story of Humble Success in Ukraine!
The geography of donations collecting started to expand. Devotees from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Dnepropetrovsk joined us. Transcendental stories never ended. Immediately after the Vyasa Puja of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu we received a call from a young man named Marian. He served in the Ukrainian Army and phoned from the hot spot. Once during the “silence”, he visited the website of Alexander Khakimov (HG Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu) and saw a banner of the Vedic Planetarium Temple project. A young soldier, from a small town Chervonograd in western Ukraine, ordered Srila Prabhupada’s books and began to send all his salary for the construction of the Vedic Planetarium Temple. Now Marian is demobilized, he met the devotees from the Lvov city, he is chanting the Maha-mantra and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. He came to the All-Ukrainian festival “Bhakti Sangama” and was happy in devotees’ company. We were very pleased to meet him, and he thanked us for the opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada.
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Visiting the new Iskcon temple at Mira Road (Album with photos)
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Dear Your Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj!

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are Varanasi Devi Dasi and Gopi Nandini Devi Dasi, the disciples of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu. In September 2014 by the causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we were lucky to get the nectar service, i.e. to develop the project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple in Ukraine. It happened right after Russian festival “Sadhu-Sanga” where Mataji Varanasi was serving you and helping devotees to spread the information about the project of the Vedic Planetarium and to collect donations for the Temple.

In spite of the difficult political and economic situation in Ukraine as well as the financial difficulties in Zaporozhye Yatra, the president of our temple, Badrinath Prabhu, was enthusiastic about collecting donations for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in our city. He announced the launch of this wonderful project in our city and in Ukraine.

We decided to start the development of the project in our city first, and then being an example for other devotees to implement it in other towns and villages of the country. At first we had a feeling that collecting money for the first golden brick of Pancha-tattva will take us an eternity because economic conditions in Ukraine were just deplorable. But Krishna and Srila Prabhupada had a different plan. It is with enthusiasm that devotees start to collect money for the Temple, to fasten the process we suggested collecting the sum for the Pancha-tattva brick till the end of Kartik.

$ 1,600 is big money for our region and the fact that we have gathered half of this sum during Kartik was good news for us. But the devotees were unsatisfied, they said: “How come! We were going to do everything in this favorable month to collect the required sum, and we only have half of it!!!

We tried to reassure them that it is also a good result. But the real miracle happened on the last day of Kartik – our phones were ringing off the hook; all day we were just running around and gathering donations. At the end of the day when we counted the money and saw that we had collected even more than was required for our first gold brick.

Later we got to know that on the last day of Kartik, in the morning, Mataji Varanasi had darshan with His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu and asked for His blessings to collect the remaining sum as soon as possible…

The day when our first tranche went to Mayapur, Ukrainian financial system was in default. In the morning, all the bank staff was in a panic, but when we came with dollars (which that day no one was selling) and asked to send the sum to the Central Bank of India, bank employees were shocked. When we sent the bank transfer the password for banks was: “Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead! ».

Fundraising of the Nrsimhadeva brick was as well exceptional. Not only the devotees were donating, but also simple people were just coming from nowhere donating big sums of money. On the last day of fundraising the miracle happened again – we received thousands of calls – as if Nrsimhadeva himself was hurrying everybody up! The devotees who don’t visit the programs because of their health, the beginners, and even devotees’ neighbors – everybody was donating. We did not even notice how the sum for the Nrisimhadeva’s brick was collected! We weren’t even surprised when the dollar jumped upright on the day of sending the money to Mayapur. It seemed quite normal to us.

But when we began to collect Lakshmi for Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s brick the economy was just agonizing. Everywhere in Ukraine food disappeared from the store shelves. People swept everything away. There was no salt, no sugar, and no flour. The panic because of military actions came to a head, people fled the cities and at this time the devotees not only from Zaporozhye, but also even from other cities of Ukraine transferred Lakshmi for the altar of Sri Sri Radha Madhava. It was just magical.

However, we couldn’t send the sum for Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s brick. That day there was no Internet in the bank and all the programs didn’t work. We have never seen anything of that kind neither have the bank workers. The operator, who was sending the money by Swift delivery, politely asked us to go home and not to worry. “When everything is adjusted, the payment will be sent”, – he assured. And so it happened. We even were not surprised when the payment “left” in the first minutes of Akshay Tritiya.

The geography of donations collecting started to expand. Devotees from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Dnepropetrovsk joined us. Transcendental stories never ended.

Immediately after the Vyasa Puja of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu we received a call from a young man named Marian. He served in the Ukrainian Army and phoned from the hot spot. Once during the “silence”, he visited the website of Alexander Khakimov (HG Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu) and saw a banner of the Vedic Planetarium Temple project. A young soldier, from a small town Chervonograd in western Ukraine, ordered Srila Prabhupada’s books and began to send all his salary for the construction of the Vedic Planetarium Temple. Now Marian is demobilized, he met the devotees from the Lvov city, he is chanting the Maha-mantra and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. He came to the All-Ukrainian festival “Bhakti Sangama” and was happy in devotees’ company. We were very pleased to meet him, and he thanked us for the opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada.

Before the All-Ukrainian festival “Bhakti Sangama 2015”, by Srila Prabhupada’s mercy we had the opportunity to meet His Holiness Niranjana Swami and we told him about our service. He gave us His blessing to develop the project of Vedic Planetarium in Ukraine. In the festival, we were distributing cards and leaflets on the construction of the Temple. During the meeting of His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu disciples on the festival “Bhakti Sangama” we were trying to inspire our brothers and sisters from all cities of Ukraine to participate in the project. Currently, a group of devotees – regional representatives of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium Project in Ukraine is being organized. We hope so much for your blessings. We pray that all the Ukrainians would learn about the construction of the Vedic Planetarium Temple and our country will be actively involved in collecting donations for this most spectacular temple in the Universe.

This summer and autumn Mataji Varanasi Devi Dasi accompanied His Grace Chaitanya Chandra Charan Prabhu on His tour in Ural and Siberia, where He presented the Project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple. He is very devoted to your Grace and to the project because he knows that the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is your heart, life, and soul. As a result, devotees and especially new people treat this project with great enthusiasm and warmth; they support this initiative and believe in it. Especially they are inspired by the fact that this project will be the personification of the Golden Age on our planet, it gives them great hope for the future. When accompanying Guru Maharaj on His tour we noticed a huge wave of interest towards the Vedic tradition, to the transcendental knowledge and its practical application as well as to the Project of the Vedic Planetarium Temple, especially from the part of new people. As a result, during the tour more than 1 million rubles was raised, and the collection of donations continues thanks to devotees who want to perform service in this Project in their own towns. After the tour, almost everyone in this region knows this wonderful project, and Srila Prabhupada’s dream to build this magnificent temple that will spiritualize all the mankind.

In December 2015, the special “Yoga Festival” is planned to be held in Kiev where a magnificent theater performance of “The Creation of the Universe” and the TOVP project will be presented for a few thousands of people.

We are praying for your blessings to continue our service to Srila Prabhupada, our Guru Maharaj, and You, Your Grace Jayapataka Swami, to be able to involve everyone in realizing of the Great Plan of Lord Chaitanya, to flood the Universe with the pure love to God.

Your servants,

Varanasi Devi Dasi,

Gopi Nandini Devi Dasi.

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Hare Krishna! NASN September 2015 – North American Sankirtan Newsletter
For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of September. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5
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The Boys Summer Trip 2015 (26 min video)
Rtadhvaja Swami’s Summer Trip program has been carried on by the efforts of his former students. They have continued to apply everything he taught them and strive to improve and expand their program to give boys an enjoyable Krishna Conscious experience. By traveling, visiting temples and Ratha Yatras, creating long lasting friendships, and developing not only moral but also spiritual character, the legacy will continue for each new generation.
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ISKCON MYSORE DASARA 2015: Burning of Ravana Kumbakarna (5 min video)
ISKCON MYSORE celebrated DASARA(VIJAYADASHAMI), which marks the victory of Lord RAMA over Ravana with the burning of 50 feet huge effigies of Ravana and Kumbhakarna
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Hare Krishna! Go-Seva
The special status of cows and the benefits of caring for them are found throughout the scriptures. All the demigods reside in the body of the cow and the cow is considered divine due to the presence of these divinities in her body. Further, cows are very dear to Lord Krsna. He’s known as Govinda (one who gives pleasure to the cows) and Gopala (protector of the cows). He lives in Gokul (the place of cows) as part of a family of cowherds. He says, “I can be worshipped within the Cows by offerings of grass and other suitable grains and paraphernalia for the pleasure & health of the Cows”– Srimad Bhagavatam 11.11.43. Mayapur Goshala provides everyone around the world a chance to serve cows. Some of these cows are really special as the milk of these cows is used for the service of Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha-tattva, Sri Nrsimhadev and Srila Prabhupada Samadhi. Not only that, you earn 1000 times more spiritual benefit for your devotional service at holy dhama Sri Mayapur.
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Hare Krishna! Dussehra Glories Of Lord Ramachandra
Radhanath Swami: Ahankara keeps us in this world Ravana was terrorizing this world. And he stole the consort of Lord Rama, Sita. But how Rama performed this wonderful act of liberating Ravana was a very very instructive, instructive in the sense that it really revealed the heart of the Lord, intimately. The Lord’s love for His devotees. Because at every step, Lord Sri Rama is giving credit to His devotees more than Himself; and even when He did something, He staged in such a way that it was due to the blessings of His devotees. This is a very important lesson, because what keeps us in this world is our very deep rooted tendency to take credit for what we do, to take credit for what we don’t do, to give blame for what we do – this is ahankar.
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Hare Krishna! On the Bowery
One day in April, 1966, someone broke into Srila Prabhupada’s room on Seventy-second Street and stole his typewriter and tape recorder. As Prabhupada returned to the building, the janitor informed him of the theft. An unknown burglar had broken the transom glass above the door, climbed through, taken the valuables, and escaped. As Prabhupada heard the details of the crime, he became convinced that it was the janitor himself who had broken in and stolen his things, and that the man was now offering a fictitious account of a thief who had gone through the transom. Knowing there was no way he could prove this, Srila Prabhupada simply accepted his loss with disappointment. In a letter to India, he described the theft as a loss of more than one thousand rupees ($125.00). It is understood [he wrote] that such crime as has been committed in my room is very common in New York. This is the way of material nature. American people have everything in ample, and the worker gets about Rs. 100 as daily wages. And still there are thieves for want of character. The social condition is not very good.
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October 24. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Srila Prabhupada: So far as I have studied, the American people are very much eager to learn about the Indian way of spiritual realization, and there are so many so-called yoga ashrams in America. Unfortunately, they are not very much adored by the government, and it is learned that such yoga ashrams have exploited the innocent people, as has been the case in India also. The only hope is that they are spiritually inclined, and immediate benefit can be done to them if the cult of Srimad-Bhagavatam is preached here … He told Mrs. Morarji “that just to see the mode of reception,” he had attended the performance of a Madrasi dancer and the American public appreciated the dance. He explained that the Bhagavatam could also be preached through music and dance, but he had no means to introduce it.
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Bhakti Vidyapurna Swami S.B.6.16.20 – Oct 18th 2015

It was certainly true that Prabhupada’s real work was in the City, but what could he do there with no  money and no support?  He was thinking of staying only a few weeks and then going back to India.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture)

In Kartika, we will try for pure devotional service. In this month, one can take vows to perform some special service because this month is the month of Srimati Radharani who especially notices the service that we render. When she recommends us to Krsna, then Krsna will also be inclined towards us and she is very compassionate and soft-hearted. Therefore, this month is especially a very favourable time to try and attract mercy!

The Damodara Program (6 min video)
The auspicious month of Kartika is just around the corner. The Congregational Development Ministry is encouraging everyone to participate in the Damodara Program which brings auspiciousness to the homes of our friends, relatives, and neighbors. By offering lamps and singing the Damodarastakam prayers, this program is a way by which we can guide others towards taking their first step in Krishna consciousness.
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A visit to Udupi (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday in my travels I had the good fortune to arrive in Udupi on the appearance day of Sri Madhavacarya. I took the opportunity to seek his blessings and those of his beloved deity, Udupi Krishna.
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