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Photos from Nrsimhadeva Caturdasi 2015 at the Manor (Album with HR photos)
Please find below photos from Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Appearance Day at Bhaktivedanta Manor. With best wishes, Hare Krishna, David.
See them here: http://goo.gl/5tmqzn
Serving the tree of devotional service.
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia
Srila Prabhupada: By chanting Hare Krishna one fixes his mind always on the Supreme Lord. One example often given is that of the caterpillar that thinks of becoming a butterfly and so is transformed into a butterfly in the same life. Similarly, if we constantly think of Krishna, it is certain that at the end of our lives we shall have the same bodily constitution as Krishna. (Bhagavad-gita, 8.8 Purport)
Jaganath Baladev Subhadra @Surabaya, Indonesia, Ratha Yatra
Jaya Jaganath!
Hare Krisna Spain Guadalajara: Lord Nrisimhadeva’s appearance celebration (Album with photos)
See them here: http://goo.gl/ryYlFT
Hare Krishna Auckland: Nrsimha Caturdasi 2015 (Album with photos)
Theatrical drama
See them here: http://goo.gl/Q0ooR6
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Boat Festival and Yamuna Arotik at Keshi Ghat (Album with photos)
Vrindavana dham ki jaya!
See them here: http://goo.gl/xxaoW7
Reaching the Hearts and the Minds of the Western Public (playlist of videos)
Video recordings from an important ongoing 3-day seminar of North American Iskcon leaders at the Chicago Hare Krishna temple.
Seminar Schedule:
Friday May 1 6:30-7:30pm – Narrations about the importance given by Srila Prabhupada to reach the Western public; some narrations may be recorded in advance.
Saturday May 2, 7:30-9:15am: Morning SB Class by RNS: Combined Lecture on Nrsimha Caturdasi plus express something on the topic of “Why this Seminar is important”
[No breakfast: fasting for Nrsimha Caturdasi]
1st presentation @ 10-11am – Gopal Bhatta Prabhu: “Core Spiritual Marketing” (universal principles to be observed whenever considering “How” to market Srila Prabhupada’s and Lord Caitanya’s gift to any chosen target audience)
11:15am -12:30pm – Devamrita Swami – “The Contemporary Vedic Ashram” [non-temple, supervised residencies for beginners to find their feet and then consciously choose what comes next]
12:45-1:30pm – Canada Leadership presents its models (Govinda’s Restaurant; Evening of Bhakti; Vaisnavi Retreats)
1:30-2:15pm –Break + Kirtan in the Temple room [Fasting for Nrsimha Caturdasi]
2:15-3:00pm – Romapada Swami: Contact Sankirtan (Following Up those who receive a book &/or explicitly indicate willingness to learn more: step-by-step method used successfully in Hungary; tools; one of the ISKCON50 Petals)
3:00-4:30pm – Radhanath Swami: Effective Models of Western Outreach for North America Today
5:00-6:00pm – Devamrita Swami: Bhakti Lounge, etc.
6:00-6:30pm –Gaura Arotike
6:30-7:30pm – Evening Class: Glories of Lord Nrsimhadev
7:30pm – Breaking-the-Fast Prasadam
Sunday May 3, 2015
10:00-11:30am—Gopal Bhatta Prabhu: Internet Outreach
11:40am -12:20pm—Badrinarayan Swami: Presentations of Effective Western Outreach presently going on within his GBC Zone
12:30-1:00pm—Kalakantha Prabhu: Importance of Ashram Development
1:00-1:30pm—Kalakantha Prabhu: “Introducing: Starting a Krishna House” [Note: this topic will only be mentioned; during the 4-6pm Break-Out Session more details will be shared] Plus / Rasika Manjari dd: “Krishna Lunch in Your City!”
Watch them here: http://goo.gl/ZuPOgD
HG Vijaya Dasa – CCM 19.215-216 – 26.04.2015
Spreading the mercy
By most accounts, Belgium is a pretty unassuming country in terms of vibrancy, history or scenic beauty; it would not rank highly with its more glamorous European neighbours such as France, Italy or Germany! And yet, this flat country has something rather special, there is the beautiful Ardennes Valley and nestled in this valley is the transcendental, holy abode of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Gopinath who are living very nicely in an exquisite 19th century chateau known as Radhadesh.
Every year at this time, something incredible happens in Radhadesh – Kadamba Kanana Swami celebrates his birthday. Each year, it seems that these transcendental parties just seem to be getting bigger and better! Around 300 devotees from far flung corners and not so far corners of the world, converge on this chateau to glorify, appreciate, learn from and simply enjoy Maharaj’s wonderful association.
It was a jam packed four days that Maharaj’s well-wishers and disciples spent in Radhadesh but the piece de resistance of the celebrations did not even take place in Radhadesh but in neighbouring Holland, the land of windmills, dykes and of course Maharaj’s birth place. One is of course speaking of the famous maha harinam of Amsterdam.
The event took place on a beautiful, sunny Sunday on the 26th of April. Previously, until 2012, it coincided with the national Queensday public holiday (29 April) but now that the Netherlands has a King in power, the public holiday is now Kingsday. It is not a name change that Maharaj has readily welcomed but what to do!? Maharaj remarked, “We have been doing harinam for years on Queensday and suddenly, it is now Kingsday! It doesn’t quite roll off the tongue so easily!”
Nonetheless, what a harinam it was! Even if one used the most expressive adjectives and superlatives to describe this harinam, still it would not do justice to what is arguably one of the most entertaining, wildest, craziest annual harinams in Iskcon. But more of that later…
Maharaj and the 300 devotees who were part of the group, set off from Radhadesh at 5am. The air was crisp but fresh and the sense of eagerness was high. Instinctively and psychologically, the devotees were gearing up for what they knew was going to be a spiritually ecstatic extravaganza in the heart of one of the most decadent and worldly cities on the planet. Maharaj and a few devotees traveled by car, kindly driven by Bhakta Michael from England, whilst the rest of the party went in two double-decker coaches. Even the early morning coach ride had a lively, warm energy about it, as devotees were engaged in various conversations, exchanging realizations, sharing cheesy jokes and talking about the day ahead. Nice prasadam snacks were provided including some peculiar looking, red colored crisps from the Czech Republic!!
As the journey progressed, the terrain was getting flatter, wetter and the local dialect started changing from the Belgian-French drawl to the drier, guttural Dutch. Soon enough, the typically European cityscape of Amsterdam unfolded upon us and before we knew it, we were in the city center, in front of the Amsterdam temple. The 2015 Kingsday Harinam was about to commence!
As devotees poured out of the coaches, Maharaj was gearing up in the temple. Food for Life impresario, Parashuram Prabhu from England, met us in Amsterdam with his dedicated band of fired up men accompanied by electric guitar, ukulele, bike cart and full on drum kit, all in tow! Now the anticipation was palpable…
After a few moments, a senior devotee from Czech, Vidyavachaspati Prabhu, kicked off the harinam. There was no messing about so to speak, as he got straight into it with a full sized harmonium strapped across his shoulder which he was playing like Duke Ellington on the piano and a rasping, jazz voice to boot. The effect was stunning. Vidyavachaspati Prabhu sang classic Western style Iskcon melodies that were fired up from the start, perfect for the harinam. And the kirtans had an incredible energy from the word go, he started in 5th gear and was just going higher and higher. At the end of each maha mantra, he would finish off with a deep, resonant, groan that simply added to the jazziness and the passion which he bought to the kirtan. The devotees really got into the mood as well, spontaneously breaking into synchronized dance sequences and jumping up and down like excited jack rabbits. Whilst this was going on, the harinam procession proceeded from the local temple, going further into the city center crisscrossing the famous ‘plaats’ and ‘straats’ as well as the ubiquitous canals of this famous city.
After some time, the moment we were all waiting for arrived! Kadamba Kanana Swami took over the microphone and started to led the kirtan. Although Maharaj is often perceived as an ‘explosive’ kirtaneer (somewhat to Maharaj’s chagrin), this time he took a different approach, going for the chilled, mellow vibe. The dancing also took on a less manic and more rhythmic mood, with the devotees bopping along gracefully, almost relaxingly to the lilting kirtan. By Krsna’s will, the sweet kirtan corresponded nicely with the canals and picturesque buildings that we were walking past. But, let us remember that this is a maha harinam with Kadamba Kanana Swami at the helm and a public Kadamba Kanana Swami kirtan can only stay sweet and chilled for so long! Gradually Maharaj started building, upping the tempo and upping the energy! Sparks started flying and the fire was building, like Mount Vesuvius getting ready to erupt. The electric guitar riffs were becoming more prominent, the drumming was becoming more powerful, more stylized and the bass was getting really heavy and deep. Maharaj also segued the groove into a more intense, funky tempo three to four times in the space of fifteen minutes, rapidly upping the ante. The dancing got wilder, the singing intense and some truly intricate dance sequences and patterns started coming out, complete with jack rabbit style jumping going on!
The 2015 Kingsday harinam had well and truly arrived. But the peak of this particular kirtan had not even come yet. The procession soon came into a park, there the devotees let everything go, all inhibitions out of the window, no more holding back – full freedom, full shelter of the kirtan and as a result the local people also started getting into the kirtan with full on gusto. Never mind that a lot of them were drunk or high on something or other, now they were experiencing the real high – the transcendental high of a crazy Krsna conscious kirtan. Then came the crescendo. Just after the park was the huge, grand arch of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. Suffice to say, the acoustics underneath the arch were ‘off the hook’ and it had one heck of an echo! So while Maharaj was carrying the kirtan to ever greater heights, it seemed as if the climax was timed perfectly for when the procession went under the arch. As mentioned before, words cannot describe the effect of the kirtan under the arch. It is said that when the Pandavas blew their conches in the Kurukshetra war, due to a past benediction, Hanuman also gave his roar to the power of the conches blown. It seemed as if Hanuman was also contributing his roar and power to our kirtan at that point, along with the vocal contributions of a whole host of angels, gandharvas, etc. The effect was like being in the spiritual world. One could imagine looking up to the ceiling of the arch, whilst Maharaj’s rich voice was booming, seeing Krsna’s face looking and smiling down lovingly upon us. Absolute euphoria!
The kirtan continued through the city with various devotees taking over at different points. At one point, there were a group of African drummers rocking it in the city square. Naturally, our kirtan party had to do a little jamming session with them. The effect was brilliant; a beautiful fusion of transcendental sound vibrations with earthy, tribal beats. As the day progressed, the weather was getting hotter, the streets were getting more crowded and the harinam seemed to be gathering more and more potency, momentum and more and more of the locals weren’t just joining in our kirtan but were literally diving in! They were literally possessed by the maha mantra and going crazy to the amazingly harmonized dance sequences that were being created.
Around 3pm, a delicious lunch of pasta in sweetcorn and cream sauce, crispy pakoras and a delightfully buttery halva was kindly provided by devotees and then the harinam resumed. Thereafter, Maharaj took over again, it was beautiful. And then we got to the bridge, yes, the famous bridge in Vondelpark! Veterans of Queensday harinams will be aware of this special bridge that they go under every year. Just when one thought nothing could have topped the effect of going under the Rijksmuseum arch, along comes this bridge, arguably the apex moment of the entire harinam. As the harinam was approaching the bridge, Maharaj’s kirtan was going full pelt; the drumming, the mrdanga, the harmonium and the electric guitar, everything was to the max! But as soon we went under the bridge… oh my Lord Krsna, it was all over – social conventions obliterated, inhibitions laid to waste and caution was well and truly thrown to the wind. The acoustics underneath this bridge were on a whole new level and the place was absolutely heaving with people and every single one of them completely lost it, completely immersed in the intensity of the kirtan that Maharaj was delivering with some divinely ordained raw, spiritual power. Devotees or locals, it didn’t matter, everyone was in it together, dancing in unison, faces with looks of complete ecstasy. One moment everyone was going to and fro like a shoal of fish in the water, the next moment, everyone had grouped into human chains and arches and going in and out of each other; and the next moment everyone was going round and round in a whirlpool of sheer joy. This whole seething mass of humanity was completely in line with the sounds of the kirtan and as the kirtan was gathering momentum, the crowd was too. In those moments, time had ceased to have any meaning, everyone was just completely in the moment. It didn’t matter who you were and what you did, all that mattered was the moment, being in the moment, being in the kirtan. Magnifique!
By the time the kirtan had come out of the park, the sky had become a deep, vibrant orange color signifying the setting of the sun. Srila Prabhupada disciple, Gaura Prabhu, finished off the day with a sweet, mellow kirtan. No doubt, at the end of the day there were blisters and aching feet but no one cared because everyone just had a taste of the spiritual world. On this fateful day, Maharaj and his disciples set some of the city of Amsterdam alight with some real Harinam Ruci and everyone went back to Radhadesh enlivened and fully confident that next year’s Kingsday harinam will be even bigger, better, more impactful and more transformative.
Kingsday harinam ki Jai! HH Kadamba Kanana Swami ki Jai! Srila Prabhupada ki Jai!
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By Madhava Smullen
Two unique opportunities have arisen in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, USA.
ECO-Vrindaban, a non-profit organization that promotes Prabhupada’s ideals of simple living, cow protection, engaging oxen, local agriculture, and above all, loving Krishna, is searching for managers for its ox care and garden programs.
Young bull calf – Summer 2014.
Protection of cows and bulls, Prabhupada said, “should be the main business of New Vrindaban.” He taught early residents to respect the cow, who could provide milk for nourishment, as their mother; and the ox, who could pull a plow to till the land, as their father.
There has been a cow protection program at New Vrindaban since 1969. But as with most ISKCON rural communities, the ox training program has not been maintained consistently.
Two years ago, however, ECO-V made a concerted effort to revitalize it. Last year, a dilapidated barn in the Bahulaban area was completely rebuilt, and became a home for oxen.
Three teams of young Brown Swiss oxen – Ishan and Balarama, Priya Darshan and Harichand, and Nandi and Manu are currently at different stages of training with Richard and Chaitanya Bhagavata Das. The oldest now work with yokes, follow commands, and pull logs. The ultimate goal is for them to pull plows in the community’s vegetable gardens, as well as carts of pilgrims, all to demonstrate a simple lifestyle.
To help lead this program, ECO-V seeks an individual passionate about cow protection; physically able to work with oxen; and willing to live in New Vrindaban for this full-time salaried position.
Duties include handling logistics and budgets; being an educational resource for local cowherds; and coordinating ox training volunteer activities. The ideal candidate will be a great team builder and have management or leadership experience, preferably with a non-profit.
“This person will make an important contribution by overseeing the revival of one of Prabhupada’s key instructions for New Vrindaban,” says ECO-V board member Chaitanya Mangala Das.
ECO-V is also looking for a garden manager to develop local agriculture, another key part of Srila Prabhupada’s vision. “These duties are there in New Vrindaban, and we shall have to live there self independently, simply by raising cows, grains, fruits, and flowers,” he wrote in 1969.
There are currently two main community garden spaces in New Vrindaban. One is called the Teaching Garden, a half-acre plot where herbs and flowers for the Deities are grown; the other is the fenced in seven-acre Garden of Seven Gates. In previous years that space has grown sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, snap peas, quinoa and much, much more.
The new garden manager can look forward to taking on a well-organized program – previous manager Kacey Orr, an experienced local farmer, cleaned up the grounds and facilities, erected hothouses, and established a system for planting perennial and annual vegetables and flowers. The gardens also have an irrigation system and all the tools and equipment required.
ISKCON New Vrindaban Teaching Garden – Summer 2014.
The new manager will be working closely with ISKCON New Vrindaban’s Deity, Devotee and Govinda’s Restaurant kitchen managers to supply them with fresh vegetables.
ECO-V is seeking someone experienced and knowledgeable in gardening, passionate about environmental and food production issues, and able to handle the physical work. Once again leadership experience is ideal, as is an ability to maintain positive relationships with community members and guests.
Also a full-time salaried position, duties include handling logistics and budgets, being an educational resource for local gardeners and coordinating volunteer activities.
“It’s a good time to be a part of the New Vrindaban community, because lately there’s been a lot of focus and energy given to revitalize the core instructions Prabhupada gave us,” says Chaitanya Mangala. “And this is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic team.”
For those interested in either position, please send cover letter, resume and any other inquires to Mukunda Das: coachmarc108@gmail.com
Sun Flowers grown in the Garden of Seven Gates – Summer 2014.
I recently answered a questionaire for a study about how modern people deal with some of the more socially challenging aspects of Prabhupāda’s books and, especially, how they are represented in ISKCON. I thought I might as well share my answers.
1. How and when did you encounter Vaishnavism for the first time?
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2. What was your religious background and outlook toward religion/spirituality before encountering GV?
Were you seeking something spiritual?
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3. What was it that made you decide to be a devotee?
4. What was your attitude toward sexism, racism, and homophobia prior to encountering Vaishnavism?
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5. When did you first encounter the disparaging ideas about women, people of African descent, and lesbians/gays?
Did you find them in Prabhupada’s books, in conversations happening in and around the movement, or both?
What was your reaction upon encountering these ideas?
6. What was your view on the connection between the shastra and Prabhupada’s statements/purports?
7. How did you deal with the tension, if any, between Prabhupada’s teachings on these issues and your own previously held beliefs? Did you actively try to explain it/reconcile it/justify it/etc, or did you just not address it?
Was your navigation of this tension, if any, solely internal, or did you try to take part in any actions in the community to address these issues?
8. What eventually caused you to leave the Vaishnava world?
I think it was around 2001 that I gave up on sādhana for a while.
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9. What led you back into Vaishnavism?
10. How do you view women’s, racial, and sexual issues now? How do you view the relationship between your views and those in Prabhupada’s books/statements?
11. If there is a tension in that relationship, how are you dealing with it?
12. How do you now view the connection between Prabhupada’s statements and the content of the shastras?
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All devotees, including leaders, are invited to attend the upcoming ISKCON Communications Training Course in New Vrindaban Sat. & Sun. May 16 & 17, 2015.
Anuttama das will be the very entertaining and experienced facilitator.
You will learn such valuable things as:
Anuttama das, facilitator
The two day schedule is:
SATURDAY MAY 16
10:00 am- 1:00 pm training session with break included
1:30 pm lunch
2:30- 5:30 pm training session with break included
6:30- 8:30 pm special evening session on devotee relationships
SUNDAY MAY 17
9:30 am- 12:30 pm training session with break included
12:45 – 2:00 pm training session
2:00 pm sunday love feast
AFTER FEAST possible training session
The course registration is free and sumptuous prasadam is also provided.
(If anyone is inspired to give a donation, it will be accepted of course!)
Please reply to iskconnv@gmail.com if you will be attending, so we can make plans for serving everyone nicely.
Looking forward to serving you,
The New Vrindaban Communications Team
Bh. Bhārata
Braja-rāja Dāsa – servant of Nanda Mahārāja
Gusztáv Csorba
Gopikā-sūta Dāsa – servant of the son of Mother Yaśodā
Mother Ibi
Nīlāmbarā Devī Dāsī – servant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is fond of wearing blue cloth
Tibor Róth
Animīṣa Dāsa – servant of Lord Jagannātha, who never blinks
Ica Róthné
Lolākṣī Devī Dāsī – servant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, whose playful eyes are always looking for Kṛṣṇa
Zsuzsa Kollár
Sudāmanī Devī Dāsī – servant of the most benevolent Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
Söndi Tóth
Sādhu-priya Dāsa – servant of Kṛṣṇa, who loves His devotees as they love Him
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Today the Bhaktivedanta Archives has released the 2015 update for the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase. The updated database files are a free download. Also released: new unedited audio files for 1973.
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Jhulan Yatra 2015
Each year the Mayapur Vaisnava Senior Youth organize the Jhulan Yatra festival for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Madhava under the guidance of H.G. Jananivas Prabhu and H.G. Pankajanghri Prabhu. The festival runs for five days and it has become one of the highlight festivals of the year. Daily about 5000 devotees and pilgrims come to swing Their Lordships from around Mayapur, Navadvipa and other localities. The festival also features kirtans, bhajans, offering of lamps, fireworks, acrobatics, stage programs, children’s activities, special activities on Balarama Purnima, as well as distributing thousands of plates of sumptuous prasadam.
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17163
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New Releases from the Bhaktivedanta Archives
On this auspicious day, May 2nd, Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī,
the Bhaktivedanta Archives offers two new releases:
the VedaBase™ 2015 update and the original unedited
audio of Śrīla Prabhupāda for the year 1973.
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17160
Hare Krishna! Differentiating material and spiritual attachments
Shivananda Sen, he was taking all the 200-300 devotees from Bengal to Puri. They were walking so many days. And a little dog just started following. And that dog… he wasn’t a kind of pedigree, beautiful kind of dog. He was just the kind of dogs that you find in the streets of India. He followed. He followed. And Shivananda Sen just saw with such compassion – “If this spirit soul in this dog, if he sees Lord Chaitanya, how much he will benefit! I must serve him nicely.”
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17157
Hare Krishna! Material and Spiritual – What’s the balance?
You have to tear yourself between what you think is real life and your spiritual application. But that’s only because you’re in the illusion that whatever you’re doing is real because you feel you need to do it, not because it’s connected to Krishna. And this is an illusion because that’s not true – it’s that simple. So if you want to progress, it means that whatever you’re doing now – it doesn’t matter what it is – you have to see Krishna in it. That’s the only definition of Maya: that which you think that functions without Krishna.
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17154
They Like Our Prasad! (Album with photos)
“We got Khichadi that is distributed by other organizations. We ate first spoon. The taste of the Khichadi is vast different from the Khichadi distributed by Hare Krishna Hare Rama. The Khichadi distributed by other organization is like rice and daal mixed together. But Hare krishna hare rama’s Khichadi is very delicious, nutritious and energetic.”
Hare Krsna devotees in Nepal continue with their efforts
Day 6, 1st May 2015
ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE distributed FOOD for about 3,500 earthquake victims people at new different places of Bhaktapur on 1st May 2015, Friday.
This Day these places of Bhaktapur are distributed FOOD by ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE:
-Yaacheen
-Naagpokhari
-Muni Bihar
-Decocha
-Golmadhi
-Jagananth Mandir Tripura-sundari
-Maha Laxmi
-Sarada school
ISKCON FOOD FOR LIFE is Distributing earthquake victims who are homeless and who are not able to have nice food to eat.
Words from People-
“We got Khichadi that is distributed by other organizations. We ate first spoon. The taste of the Khichadi is vast different from the Khichadi distributed by Hare Krishna Hare Rama. The Khichadi distributed by other organization is like rice n daal mixed together. But Hare krishna hare rama’s Khichadi is very delicious, nutritious and energetic.”
They Like Our Prasad.
Thank you everyone for your help/praying/supports/donations.
We are grateful to all of you and to our friends who are helping in voluntering.
See them here: http://goo.gl/t89xKC
Sri Prahalad-Nrisimhadev in Mayapur.
Skeptical when it comes to accepting other people’s mystical experiences as truth?
Just too many things started happening recently, not to sit up and take notice….
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Hare Krishna! Lord Nrisimha: Protector of Devotees
Prahlada challenged his power. The arrogant Hiranyakashipu cursed him and inquired, “Where do you obtain the power to defy my supremacy?” “The source of my strength is Lord Vishnu,” replied the fearless Prahlada. “He is the source of everyone’s strength, including yours.” To hear that his strength was the grace of Vishnu, his worst enemy, was the greatest insult for Hiranyakashipu, who challenged Prahlada, “O most unfortunate Prahlada, you have always described an all-pervading supreme controller beyond me. If He is everywhere, then why is He not present before me in this pillar? If he does not appear from this pillar, then today your head will be severed with my sword.”
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17151
Hare Krishna! Lord Nrisimha: Protector of Devotees
Prahlada challenged his power. The arrogant Hiranyakashipu cursed him and inquired, “Where do you obtain the power to defy my supremacy?” “The source of my strength is Lord Vishnu,” replied the fearless Prahlada. “He is the source of everyone’s strength, including yours.” To hear that his strength was the grace of Vishnu, his worst enemy, was the greatest insult for Hiranyakashipu, who challenged Prahlada, “O most unfortunate Prahlada, you have always described an all-pervading supreme controller beyond me. If He is everywhere, then why is He not present before me in this pillar? If he does not appear from this pillar, then today your head will be severed with my sword.”
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=17151
Hare Krishna! Where Lord Nrsimhadeva Came To Wash The Blood From His Hands After Killing Hiranyakasipu
“Sri Nrsimhapalli” Or Devapalli At “Sri Godrumadvipa“ Island Of Navadvipa-mayapur Dhama The Place Where Lord Nrsimhadeva Came To Take Rest And Wash The Blood From His Hands After Killing Hiranyakasipu. Sri Nrsimhapalli is located on the eastern and southern boundaries of Navadvipa Dhama and is known by the names Nrsimha Puri and Devapalli. This temple is famous since Satya-yuga when Lord Nrsimhadeva came here to take rest and wash the blood from His hands after bestowing His mercy on Prahlada by killing his demoniac father Hiranyakasipu. Next to the temple is a lake left behind by the Mandakini River that flowed here at that time. When Lord Nrsimhadeva arrived here, He drank the sweet water of this river to refresh Himself and also washed the blood of Hiranyakasipu from His hands. Knowing that Lord Nrsimhadeva had come to take rest here, all the demigods followed Him, constructed large palaces and worshipped Him with great opulence. The changing course of the Mandakini River covered the demigod palaces and destroyed them and all that remains of them now are the hills that surround this area. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates used to come here regularly to discuss Lord Nrsimha-katha and perform Harinam Sankirtana.
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Hare Krishna! Where Lord Nrsimhadeva Came To Wash The Blood From His Hands After Killing Hiranyakasipu
“Sri Nrsimhapalli” Or Devapalli At “Sri Godrumadvipa“ Island Of Navadvipa-mayapur Dhama The Place Where Lord Nrsimhadeva Came To Take Rest And Wash The Blood From His Hands After Killing Hiranyakasipu. Sri Nrsimhapalli is located on the eastern and southern boundaries of Navadvipa Dhama and is known by the names Nrsimha Puri and Devapalli. This temple is famous since Satya-yuga when Lord Nrsimhadeva came here to take rest and wash the blood from His hands after bestowing His mercy on Prahlada by killing his demoniac father Hiranyakasipu. Next to the temple is a lake left behind by the Mandakini River that flowed here at that time. When Lord Nrsimhadeva arrived here, He drank the sweet water of this river to refresh Himself and also washed the blood of Hiranyakasipu from His hands. Knowing that Lord Nrsimhadeva had come to take rest here, all the demigods followed Him, constructed large palaces and worshipped Him with great opulence. The changing course of the Mandakini River covered the demigod palaces and destroyed them and all that remains of them now are the hills that surround this area. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates used to come here regularly to discuss Lord Nrsimha-katha and perform Harinam Sankirtana.
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Chandan Yatra, wonderful Darshan in Mayapur Dhama (Album with HR photos)
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Once can be free from all sinful reactions after reaching a place of pilgrimage, but one can have the same benefit at home or at any other place simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord. (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.15)
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Jagannath Swami Nayana patha gami bhaba tume at ISKCON Juhu Rathyatra Festival
Once again we have the opportunity to get the association of His Grace Rohini Priya Dasa at ISKCON Brampton. His Grace Rohini Priya Dasa is a senior Brahmachari at ISKCON's Sri Radha Gopinath mandir at Chowpatty,Mumbai,India. He is currently serving as the Vice President at ISKCON Chowpatty in Mumbai. Rohini Priya Das graduated as a doctor of Medicine from Mumbai university but decided to dedicate his life in the service of Lord Krishna.
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