Hear and associate with our guest speaker His Grace Radha Govind Hari Dasa this Sunday — April 26th,2015
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Sunday Love Feast for All

When?
Sunday,April 26,2015
Program starts at 11 am

Where?
6 George Street South
Brampton, Ontario
L6Y 1P3, Canada
Park underground(free) @ City Hall
Phone:416-648-3312

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Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.42
bhaktih pareśānubhavo viraktir
anyatra caisa trika eka-kālah
prapadyamānasya yathāśnatah syus
tustih pustih ksud-apāyo 'nu-ghāsam
Translation
Devotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from other things — these three occur simultaneously for one who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the same way that pleasure, nourishment and relief from hunger come simultaneously and increasingly, with each bite, for a person engaged in eating.



11.00- 11.15      Tulsi Puja                                            
11.15 - 11.30     Guru Puja                                            
11:30 –11:55     Aarti & Kirtan                                      
11.55 - 12.00    Sri Nrsingadeva Prayers                  
12.00 – 1:00    Vedic discourse
  1:00 –  1:30     Closing Kirtan
  1.30 _  2.00     Sanctified Free Vegetarian Feast


 
COMING UP AHEAD

Mohini
Fasting.....................on Wed April 29th,2015
Breakfast.................on Thu Apr 30th,2015 b/w 6.11am-10.54am

Every fortnight, we observe Ekadasi, a day of prayer and meditation. On this day we fast (or simplify our meals and abstain from grains and beans), and spend extra time reading the scriptures and chanting the auspicious Hare Krishna mantra.

English audio glorification of all Ekadasis is available here 


Narasimha Caturdasi
Celebration on Sat May 2nd 2015

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-srngam
dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhrngam
keshava dhrta-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

"O Keshava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp like demon Hiranyakashipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands." -
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Mahabhiseka Ceremony-Kalash
If you and your family would like to participate in the Maha Abhiseka Ceremoney of Lord Narasimhadev,you may sign up for  Kalash[$51]for a family.We've limited number of Kalash so please book your Kalash now and help us to reserve one for your family.

**Details of the program will be posted when we come closer to the event**
 

ON GOING EVERY SUNDAY
 
Nectar of Instruction Course
Started on the first Saturday(4th) of April 2015,9am-12pm
For more details contact:His grace Vaishnava Dasa
via email- vaishnavadas@me.com
or call at- 905.790.9972

Originally written in Sanskrit by Srila Rupa Goswami, the greatest spiritual genius of medieval India. Now translated and explained by Srila Prabhupada, "The Nectar of Instruction" is the key to enlightenment for all seekers on the path of spiritual perfection.

 
Sunday School

To register,contact us
Email:sundayschool108@gmail.com
Call:647.893.9363

The Sunday School provides fun filled strategies through the medium of music, drama, debates, quizzes and games that present Vedic Culture to children. However the syllabus is also designed to simultaneously teach them to always remember Krishna and never forget Him.
The Sunday School follows the curriculum provided by the Bhaktivedanta College of Education and Culture (BCEC).

Gift Shop

Our boutique is stocked with an excellent range of products, perfect for gifts or as souvenirs of your visit. It offers textiles, jewellery, incense, devotional articles, musical instruments, books, and CDs inspired by Indian culture.We're open on all Sundays and celebrations marked in our annual calendar.
 

Please note that ISKCON Brampton is a nut free environment in order to support those with allergies. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Chant and Be happy

Srila Prabhupada in Saint Moritz, a popular ski resort! By the…
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Srila Prabhupada in Saint Moritz, a popular ski resort!
By the standards of many it was breathtaking, but not to Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada was very regulated. It never mattered where we were. His life continued like clockwork and his schedule remained constant. One morning Srila Prabhupada put on his warm saffron-hooded coat and prepared for his morning walk. “We will go for a walk,” he said. “Shall we see how cold it is?” Since we were on the ground floor, His Divine Grace opened the sliding glass door to walk onto the verandah which led to the great outdoors. Suddenly a whistling blast of ice cold air filled the entire condominium. It was blizzard-like. “Ooohhh, this is much too cold!” Srila Prabhupada exclaimed with his eyes opened wide. Whenever I witnessed these childlike expressions, my heart melted with joy. Srila Prabhupada exuded the innocence of a child.
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The Bhaktivedanta Academy – Living Vedic Culture &…
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The Bhaktivedanta Academy - Living Vedic Culture & Philosophy
Photography By H.H. Indradyumna Swami. A Traveling Monk. The following pictures depict the sacred place I was fortunate enough to grow up in the one and only Gurukul in Sridham Mayapur lead by one of the purest, most genius intellects of the world H.H. Bhakti-vidya-purna Swami. A disciple of the founder Acharya for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. This is an offering unto Him, by whose grace we can go back home back to Godhead (Sri Goloka Vrindavan).
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/K03nvW

Holi D.C. – Not Just Another Color Festival! With a profusion of…
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Holi D.C. – Not Just Another Color Festival!
With a profusion of secular “color runs” and “color festivals” everywhere these days, it’s hard to find one that stands out. But Holi D.C., beginning with its conspicuous moniker – it purposely retains the festival’s original spiritual name rather than calling itself “Festival of Colors” – is decidedly unique. “We don’t want to water down the spirituality behind the festival,” says media coordinator Christy Freer, a kirtan singer, yoga teacher and lawyer who has been part of the ISKCON community in Potomac, a suburb of Washington D.C., for about two years.
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Activities Of Devotees
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“In the midst of the age of quarrel, devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu hear songs glorifying the bonefide spirtual master. With much enthusiasm they sing the maha mantra of Lord Hari’s names. They adore their spiritual masters and all saintly devotees of the Lord.” [ Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sri-Susloka-sloka-satakam, sloka 81 ]

The Vow
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” It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me saying, ‘My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,’ and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.” [ Lord Ramacandra, Ramayana, Yuddha-kanda 18.33, quoted [...]

Burden And Blessings
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“Srila Prabhupada was visiting Bombay for what turned out to be one of the last times. Although the building was still under construction, his quarters, at his request, had been hastily prepared and he had moved in. Srila Prabhupada was in poor health by this time, and everything was a great effort for him, but, [...]

Rasada Prabhu
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Dear Devotees: Today at 10:05 in the morning in the holy land of Vrindavan, Rasada dasa, a dear godbrother and friend of mine, left this world to join Srila Prabhupada in his eternal pastimes. A number of prominent devotees were present at his side. Rasada prabhu had several intimate exchanges with Srila Prabhupada as he [...]

Tough Town
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Rostov-on-Don is known as one of the toughest cities in Russia. Add to that the constant flow of military vehicles, Russian troops and weapons across the nearby border with Ukraine and you have a very volatile situation. As a result, Krsna consciousness has great appeal amongst many of the people of Rostov, who gather together [...]

“Swanning”
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Swan drinking[One of my earliest blogs and contained in my book Give to Live originally published on Fri September 14, 2007] No it is not a new dance step, but a process. I first heard the term from a devotee scholar who used the term to indicate the process of taking the best from any situation--in his case his educational pursuits. Prabhupada gives the example of the swan that can draw out the milk from a mixture of milk and water. We have to look for the nectar or the essence which can be used for Krishna's service.

A famous quote in Prabhupada's purport from the first Canto of the Bhagavatam [1.5.11] gives the same idea:

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Brahma Glorifies Shiva
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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.6.42 ~ 53 [end]:

With a happy face, Brahmā offered his respectful praṇām to Moon-Crowned Śiva, and then began to speak. “I know you as the Master of the Universe, the womb and the seed of everything, Śakti and Śiva. And beyond this I know you as Supreme Eternal Spirit. Your intrinstic form, the Śiva-Śakti unit, is certainly the All-Attractive one who creates, maintains, and destroys everything, like a spider spinning, using, and retracting her web.

It’s clear that the Śakti-Śiva unit, “Sadāśiva,” is non-different from Viṣṇu. As such it “might” be wise for those who want to be Vaiṣṇava to abandon phobias and aversions to Shiva, his glorification, and his glorifiers.

“It is you who utilizes Dakṣa to establish sacrifices as the best method of attaining prosperity in a moral way. It is you who create the social regulations that Brāhmaṇas believe in and follow very strictly. Auspicious Master, you reward these auspicious deeds with heaven, liberation, and your own association; and you reward inauspicious deeds by covering them in darkness. I don’t know why you have suddenly decided to do just the opposite – punishing Dakṣa and the Brāhmaṇas who were engaged in sacrifice.”

Śiva might simply reply, “I was angry.”

So Brahmā said, “I know it was not due to anger. Anyone who gives themselves wholly to your feet clearly sees you in all living beings and sees that no living being is really different from you. So they almost never experience animalistic anger.”

It doesn’t seem to be clearly resolved yet why Shivajī responded with such intensity. I think the reason is love. He tolerated every insult, but when they caused his beloved wife to kill herself, his rage erupted out of love. Maybe Shiva will explain this, or something esle, in the next chapter.

Śiva might reply, “Is there not sometimes need to be angry with fools?”

So Brahmā said, “People who see differences between living beings become obsessed with selfish ambitions. When other people prosper, anger consumes the hearts of these cruel-hearted misers, and they say vile things to hurt those they envy. You don’t need to punish these misers, because their own deeds create their own doom. The minds of these separatists embrace the bewildering magic of Viṣṇu. When they say and do their vile, selfish things, good souls feel compassion and show forgiveness, knowing the fools are merely in the powerful grip of their own destinies.”

Śiva might ask, “What would you have me do now?”

So Brahmā said, “Your mind does not embrace the bewildering magic of Viṣṇu. Your intellect sees everyone equally. Prabhu, you should show compassion to these soul-less fools obsessed with their own ambitions. The faulty man who conducted that sacrifice did not dedicate a portion of it to you, who are the one who bestows the results of all sacrifices. Respectable One, you should show compassion to him by restoring the sacrifice you destroyed and accepting whatever remains there as an offering unto you.

“You should restore life to the conductor of that sacrifice. You should restore sight to Bhaga. You should restore growth to Bhṛgu’s beard. You should restore teeth to Puṣa. Respectable One, you should restore the bones of the gods and priests, broken by your stones and weapons. Then, let Rudra, who destroyed the sacrifice, accept whatever remains there, considering it his sacrificial portion. Let us do this now,” Brahmā urged, “without delay.”

— Vraja Kishor dās

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Tagged: Anger, Brahma, Forgiveness, Sadashiva, Shiva, Shiva-shakti, Srimad Bhagavatam

Ecstatic association
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 06 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: What is devotional service)

kks_DBN_RY_2015Many devotees, after they have been active in Krsna consciousness for a while, will start connecting to a spiritual master and that is very nice because the spiritual master is very much engaged in devotional service. His whole life is about devotional service and therefore he has a deep absorption in devotional service. It is explained that this absorption is sometimes called bhava. Bhava is explained as deep absorption in the ecstasy of serving Krsna.

So, one who is so deeply absorbed, he can give inspiration to others, just by his presence. It is said that there is chaya bhava, the reflection of bhava, or that the consciousness of a pure devotee reflects on others and in his presence, they also suddenly become enlivened about serving Krsna; they become motivated, “Yes, spiritual life is what I want, I agree with that!”

But then, it looks different when we are back with everyday life because that shadow reflection wears off. We borrow inspiration of the more mature vaishnava but when we are out of their association then it will run out. But, if we stay in that association for a longer period of time, it is like when you borrow something for a long period of time, then it becomes yours. When the ecstasy of a devotee is borrowed for a long, long time; if we serve the devotee for a long, long time; then it becomes ours and that is a key to develop devotional service.

CC daily 83 – M 6.8-13 – Lord Chaitanya manifest suddipta-sattvika vikara
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Three Steps
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The three steps of anything: 1) Initial enthusiasm, 2) doubts, disinterest and struggle 3) eventual reward for the committed. This seems to be the standard pattern for most things in life: studies, career, relationships, hobbies, and yes, even spirituality. The beginning of our spiritual journey is often characterised by idealism. Everything is fresh and fascinating, a whole new world to explore and unlimited opportunities to pursue. We can’t imagine any problems, since it all seems so simple and straightforward. We have finally found what we’ve always been looking for.

Unfortunately that honeymoon period doesn’t last forever. Now familiar with the externals, one is forced to dig a little deeper to maintain their commitment and dedication. What in the beginning seemed so natural, now requires a good dose of discipline and determination to maintain. As we situate ourselves in the external world of spiritual practice, the internal world of chaos begins to reveal itself. Over time, we realise we aren’t as saintly as we thought, our hearts riddled with weakness, frailty and stubborn material stains. Welcome to the stage of realism – where the gap between the ideal (of where we’d like to be) and real (of where we actually are) becomes strikingly apparent. The gap is indeed uncomfortable, and different people attempt to close it in different ways. Some quit the process altogether (forget the ideal), while others compromise the purity of their expectations (lower the ideal). Both of these approaches cheat us of the invaluable gift of pure spiritual happiness. Only the brave accept the third way: to accept the gap, admit one’s flaws, and undertake the step-by-step process to refine their character (raise the real). It requires incredible commitment, buts it’s the rewarding path that leads somewhere significant.

To tread that path we need to move to the stage of optimism. Embracing the hard work required to raise our character towards the ideal, is only possible as we develop great hope in the spiritual process we practice. We can survive for three weeks without food, for three days without water, but not a moment without hope; it keeps our spiritual journey alive. That hope is cultivated through observation (appreciation of how we’ve developed our spirituality to the current point) and application (the feelings of reciprocation and reward we feel in the current times). Nurturing unbreakable hope is the hallmark of an advanced spiritualist. For one whose spirituality is fortified by such hope, quitting is not an option. Such dedication cracks open the divine treasure-house.