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These are the notes I used for the Sunday 1pm class given at Bhaktividanta Manor

Appearance of Lord Caitanya

History
600BC Lord Buddha (Krishna himself) appeared I’m order to stop cow killing by denying the vadas and instead taught the principle of karma and non-violence
788AD Sankaracarya appeared (non other than Lord Siva himself) he reintroduced the Vedas in a twisted way through word jugglery to attract the Buddhists establishing that everything is one
1017AD Ramanuja taught the philosophy known as visistadvaita, the difference between the supreme brahman and the eternally fragmental soul
1230AD Madhvacarya who taught a type of Vedanta philosophy called suddha-dvaita
Sankaracarya gave the thesis of oneness
Madhavacarya gave the thesis of duality
Then came Lord Caitanya
Lord Caitanya gave the synthesis of simultaneous oneness and difference.

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It was 1486 in the month of Phalguma (Fed-Mar) and Navadvipa-Mayapur vibrated with tramultouous sound of chanting “Hari Hari” which penetrated the entire material universe and heralded the appearance of Supreme Personality of Godhead.
It was lunar eclipse and everyone, even the impious and ethiest who had never chanted the name of Krishna, found themselves going to Ganga and chanting “Hari Hari” as if compelled by some imperceptible force.
By his own sweet will, the supreme lord, who incarnated as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to inaugurate Harinama Sankirtan Movement, appeared in the midst of loud chanting of his own names:
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
Nilambra Cakravati, Sachimata’s farther, saw 32 devine symbols on the body of his grandson.He read astrological calculations for the time of birth but became more overwhelmed the more he tried to explain the unlimited glories he saw in the chart. An elevated saintly person was presented dressed as a brahmana
He predicted “His child is the Supreme Lord, Narayana himself. He will establish the essence of all religion. He will imitate a wonderful preaching movement and deliver the whole world. Even stubborn atheist will worship his feet.”
Sachimati named her son Nimai because he was born under the neem tree
The ladies named him Gaurahari because of his beautiful golden complexion.
And his farther named him Gauranga
When Nimai was six months old, Sachimati noticed devine signs on his lotus feet, seeing the Nilanbara Cakravati immediately called all brahmana’s and held a festival for Nimai’s nama-karana (name giving) ceremony.
Recalling extraordinary predictions in his grandson’s chart, he said, “In the future this child will protect and maintain the whole world. For this reason he is to be called Visvambhara.

SB11.5.21
In Satya Yuga the Lord is white
And four-armed, his matted locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and a rod and wqterpot of a bramachari

SB 11.5.24
In Treta Yuga the Lord appears with a red complexion
He has fournarms, golden hair, and wears a triple belt representing initiation into each of the three vades. Embodying the knowledge of worship by sacrificial performance, which is contained in the Rg, Sama and Yajur Vedas, his symbols are the ladle, spoon and other implement’s of sacrifice

SB 11.5.27
In Dvapara Yuga the supreme personality of godhead appears with a dark blue complexion
Wearing yellow garment’s. The lord’s transcendental body is marked in this incarnation with Srivatsa and other distinctive ornaments, and he manifests his personal weapons.

SB 10.8.13
We actually see that in Kali yuga, bhagavan has appeared in pita-varna, or a yellow colour, as Gaurasundara.
SB 11.5.32
Sangopangastra prasadam further indicates that Lord Caitanya is lord Krsna. His body is always decorated with ornaments of sandalwood and with sandalwood paste. By his superexcellent beauty he subdues all the people of the age. In other descents the lord sometimes used weapons to defeat the demonic, but in this age the Lord subdues them with his all-attractive figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that his beauty is his astra, or weapon, to subdue the demons. Because he is all-attractive, it is to be understood that all the demigods lived with him as his companion’s. His acts were uncommon and his association wonderful. When he propagated the sankirtana movement, he attracted many great scholars and acaryas, especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord Caitanya is always accompanied by his best associates like lord Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara and Srivasa

CC.Adi 3 The external reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Krsnadasa Kaviraja has herein presented much authentic evidence from Srimad Bhagavatam and other scriptures to substantiate the identity of Lord Caitanya with Sri Krsna himself. He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the supreme Lord, and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal associates – Sri Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and other devotees – to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Krishna. The appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential. He can be appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the process of devotional service. The lord tried to conceal His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing himself as a devotee, but his pure devotees could recognise Him by his special features. The Vedas and Puranas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still He is sometimes called, significant, the concealed descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

CC. Adi 1.6 — Mayapur, March 30, 1975
So Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu means Krishna feeling separation, or Radharani feeling…Radha-bhava-dhyuti-suvalitam
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore it is said, Sri Krishna Caitanya Radha Krsna nahe anya. If you simply worship Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, then you will be able to worship both Radha and Krishna
So Caitanya-Caritamrtita author, Krishnadasa Kaviraya Gosvami, is describing the cause of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance. The cause is that Krishna wanted to know, “what is their in Radharani?” He is Madana-mohana. Krishna another name is…he is all attractive. Krsna is attractive to everyone, even he is attractive to cupid, Madhana. Madana is attractive in the material world, and he is madana-mohana. And Radharani is Madhana-mohana-mohini, meaning she attracts even the madana-mohana. Therefore Krsna is trying to understand, “what is their in Radharani that she attracts? I attract the whole universe, and She attracts Me.”

Connection between Holi Pernima and Gaura Purnima

Holi Pernima, the word ‘Holi’ is burning and is most often associated with the legend of Prahlad Maharaja and the demon king Hiranyakashyap
Hiranyakashyap wanted everybody in his kingdom to worship only him but his son Prahlad maharaja became a devotee of Lord Narayana even whilst still in the womb of his mother?
Hiranyakashyap commanded his sister Holinka to enter the fire with Prahlad on her lap; Holinka had a boom that she could enter a fire without being burnt herself but little did she realise that this boom only worked if she entered it alone. Due to this she was burnt whilst Prahlad exited the fire showing the grace of Sri Krishna towards his devotee. The festival thus Celebrates good over evil and the triumph of the devotee against adversity.
In mainly the North India regions this is celebrated with the burning of Holinka in the fire before the festival we now know as the festival of colours starts.
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Kadacid atha govindo
ramas cadbhuta-vikramah
vijahratur vane ratryam
madhya-gau vraya-yositam
Once Lord Govindha and Lord Rama, the performers of wonderful feats, were playing in the forest at night with the young girl’s of Vraja
This verse introduces a new pastime. According to the acaryas, the occasion mentioned here is the Holinka-purnima, a day also known as Gaura-purnima
SB 10.34.20

Srinivasa Acharia initiated many disciplines (Ramacandra Kaviraja and others), wrote songs full of bhakti (Sad Gosvami Astakam), and introduced a special kirtana style. When leading kirtans kirtans he would sometimes lose his voice from chanting so long.
srinivasa was in his siddha svarupa as muni-mamjari watching Srimati Radharhani, Sri Krishna, and the gopis in Holi lila (joyfully throwing coloured powders and dyes on each other). The gopis to Muni-manjari to supply colours to Radhika and side with themin their war against syama. The earth shook from their furious battle, Srinivasa’s body abruptly broken. His body was completely covered from head to toe with fragrant and exotic raindow coloured powders Imported from the spiritual world. His samadhi is in the Dhira Samira samadhis area
Gaudiya Samadhis in Vrindavana 7

Norttam Das Thakura unveiled five sets of Radha Krishna Deities, whose names were Ballabhi Kanta, Shri Krishna, Vraja Moham, Radha Kanta and Radha Raman and also two gorgeous deities of Shri Chaitanya and his consorts — all to be installed with the blessing of the assembled Vaishnavas
Vaisnava Saints 2 The festival begins
The author of Bhakti-ratnakara incredulously asks, “who can describe the incomparable happiness of the devotees when in the midst of the kirtan the munificent Shri Chaitanya and His associats descended for the pleasure of his devotees? Like a flash of lightening in the middle of a mass of beautiful cloud’s, Shri Chaitanya Himself appeared within the multitude of follower’s
Vaisnava Saints 2 The Lord Descends
Just as Narottam Das Thakura kirtan came to an end, Jahnava-devi began a new festival. She approached the newly installed Deities and offered a special form of red powder, the kind that Radha and Krishna throw at each other during their Holi Festival. After the deities enjoyed the dye, Janava Ma instructed the devotees to take the many duckets of coloured dye and commemorate the Holi festival by throwing it at each other. Before the words had emanated from her lips,however , the devotees –thousands of them– were throwing the dye with great enthusiasm, enjoying remembrance of Radha and Krishna’s fun-loving pastime’s. This took the devotees well into the night, and then they joyfully celebrated Mahaprabhu’s appearance festival with special composed songs about His divine birth and early pastimes.
Vaisnava Saints 2 The unending festival

Final note Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to put out the fire of material existence and by this simple chanting of Hare Krishna brings us back into contact with our eternal self as spirit soul thus making it possible to return home this lifetime

St.Kilda Beach Harinam Party, Melbourne,Australia (Album 31 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: One should invite people, chant Hare Krishna, and then distribute prasada. This yajna will satisfy all the demigods, and thus where will be peace and prosperity in the world. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.6.53 Purport)
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Hare Krishna! Victory in ISKCON Finland Campaign to Obtain the Malmi Manor!
ISKCON has been active in Finland for more than 30 years but there has never been a fixed location to serve as a temple. In 2012 the devotees had to vacate the previous temple due to the termination of the lease. Devotees have been working since then to find a temple for Srila Prabhupada and a suitable base for the Vaishnava community in Finland. The devotees had been promised one property at reduced rate by the Helsinki City Council. Unfortunately, a business group managed to talk the council in selling them the property. When this became known to the public, there was a flood of protests. In what could only described as Krishna’s miracle in Finland, the City offered ISKCON the Malmi Manor for €260,000.
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Hare Krishna! GBC College for Leadership Development, Day One
The GBC College for Leadership Development started its first day of its first year of operations today, 8 March 2015, at the Govardhana Ecovillag on the outskirts of Mumbai. The College has been formally established by GBC resolution last month, February 2015, with the following words: Whereas Srila Prabhupada repeatedly indicated the need for training qualified leaders: “There is need for intelligent young men to train them up as future leaders and preachers to go all over the world for spreading the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.” (Letter, 9 January 1973) “If we simply go on expanding and there are no qualified men to lead, then everything will be spoiled eventually.” (Letter, 5 January 1973) Whereas the GBC wishes to promote high standards of spiritual leadership and management throughout the Society Resolved, That: The GBC College for Leadership Development is hereby established. The College’s primary focus shall be on contributing to prepare devotees to serve in crucial leadership roles within ISKCON.
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Festivities during Gaura Purnima in Mayapur.
In this post, we are sharing selected images of festivals that took place in Mayapur Temple during Gaur Purnima 2015.
Right after Nabadvip mandal parikrama, there was the boat and swing festival on 28th Feb. Small deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhav were brought in a procession amidst kirtana to the lake at Srila Prabhupada’s Pushpa Samadhi Mandir. There, the Deities had a boat ride. After the ride, the Deities were placed on a swing. Devotees sang bhajans and swung Their Lordships.
On 1st March, Small deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhav went around the Temple campus in an Elephant procession accompanied by kirtana. On 2nd March, there was Shantipur festival in the house of Sri Advaita Acarya. Like last year, many devotees had khicri prasad in Shantipur . This festival is based on the scriptural injunction that anyone who has khicri prasad in Shantipur on that day attains Krsna prema. Next, devotees had the fortune to witness Ratha yatra and Ganga puja on 3rd and 4th March respectively.
Most of Morning lectures in Temple from 2nd March were also dedicated in preparation of this grand festival. There was kirtan purnima on 4th March as a final preparation to Gaura Purnima day. There was a huge turnout of devotees and visitors to the Temple on Gaur Purnima day. A Maha abhishek of Lord Gauranga took place in the evening and attracted a large number of devotees.
Apart from above festival programs, there were also many pandal programs and movies displayed in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi auditorium. Selected images of these can be viewed above.
Gaur Purnima festival 2015 ki jay. All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga. Hare Krishna!!
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Hare Krishna! A Texas-sized Temple with Room to Grow
Texas is a big state, but Srila Prabhupada’s disciple Dina Bandhu Dasa recalls how the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Houston, Texas, began in a small way. “When my wife [Akuti Devi Dasi] and I arrived in Houston in 1971,” he says, “Prahladananda Dasa was the temple president at 406 Gray St. It was a dilapidated two-story wooden building just outside downtown, in a very bad neighborhood. The plaster was no longer on the walls; only the lathe was there, and the wind used to blow right through the wood siding into the temple room. We felt the place was haunted.”
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Hare Krishna! Global Sustainability Award to HH Radhanath Swami for Govardhan Eco Village
HH Radhanath Swami was conferred Global Sustainability Award for his Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) on World CSR Day at the 4th Enhanced Edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards recently held in Mumbai. also GEV Received Platinum Award from SKOCH Group for Water Conservation and provisionally certified with Five Star rating under GRIHA, the Indigenous Rating System for Green Buildings in India.
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Yesterday’s SB Class by H.H. Badrinarayan Swami in Vrindavana (50 min video)
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Sri Gaura Purnima festival was celebrated by ISKCON, Ludhiana in Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temple (UnderConstruction) beautifully decorated with lights and flowers .
A large number of people including political, religious enthusiastically participated in the festival. Deities Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baldeva and Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaur Nitai look very beautiful in their colorful dress.
Harinama sankirtan was recited by devotees of ISKCON,Vrindavan HG Narottamanand Das,TP,ISKCON,Ludhiana speak on the past time of Their Lordship. People were dancing on mahamantra and there was also Pushp Holi (Flower Holi).People were seen in queues for darshan of Their Lordship. The temple hall was very beautifully decorated with lights, flowers etc. After aarti of their Lordship there was Panchamrit abhishek of Sri Gaur Nitai. ISKCON steering committee consisting of HG Rakshanath Das(GKG), HG Yamlarjun das(GKG) and other members make a wonderful arrangement to make this festival a grand success.
1008 Bhoga was offered to Their Lordship.Then fasting prashadam was distributed to the people. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

10th Annual Saint Augustine Festival of Chariots Parade
Please Find Our Media Release And Photos For The 10Th Annual Saint Augustine Ratha Yatra Parade To Be Held March 21, 2015.
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 January 2015, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.23)

Misers hold on to whatever wealth they have and do not want to share, and the result is they are being deprived. So here we are in Europe, we brought wealth from all over the world. We got it by hook or Captain Cook, somehow or other, we brought it in. Here it is and now we are sitting on it. But gradually, it is running out. London is still going strong but if you go a bit North, people are poor! It is like, England is sinking in poverty. I am sorry to bring it up so early in the morning but it is happening. Why is it so? Because of this miserliness, because of just bringing it all in for us, instead of giving it out. The more we give out, the more everything will happen. That is our movement. Our movement is based on the principle of namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te krsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah (CC Madhya 19.53).

It is a movement of extraordinary generosity. We see that when Srila Prabhupada was present, it was like that. Even when I joined, at that time, the Sunday feast was still fifteen incredible preparations. I mean absolutely incredible. Every single one of them was like, “Whew!” You know, I mean the rice was loaded up with cashews and paneer balls and what not. Oh! What to speak of the other preparations. Everything was ecstasy. There was abundance and nobody paid. It was all for free. The guests would just come and would eat to the max. Then they would get packages to take home. That is how it was. No wonder people were joining like anything! (laughter) It was just inconceivable – such generosity!

That purchases people. This movement will only spread through generosity. It is generosity that makes people feel indebted, “It is amazing, they give you all these things! What kind of people are these? I cannot believe it.” That is what it will do it. That is what will actually bring people. Incredible generosity!

Say, “Yeah, but then how will we live?”

Do not worry, because generosity breeds generosity. That is the principle of this movement. When we are just generous then people will say, “Wow, that is amazing. You are giving all these things away. I want to help.” Then they start to give money and just give… This whole spirit of giving, that is the spirit of this Hare Krsna movement. Then people will join and everyone is welcome.

In this way, this movement is a wonderful movement based on this maha-vadanyaya. This principle of just being incredibly generous. Vaisnava generosity is something amazing. It is about giving, not only what you have, more than that, it is about giving yourself.

Pastimes of Nityananda by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami at ISKCON Juhu on 2015-01-31

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The inauguration of the Bhakti Tree Centre in Newcastle was very enlivening. Over 250 plates of prasadam was distributed on the night.

Have you ever heard of a Public Library located in a Mall? Bookmarks is a Dallas Public Library for Children at Northpark Mall. It hosts many programs for young children, one of which we took part of earlier this month.

We arrived early, allowing time for snack and exploring the library’s “treasures”. Indeed, we found quite a few. From puzzles, to computers equipped with learning materials, to a very inviting little “reading-nook”. The program began with an introduction of the continents of Africa and America, using a large air-filled globe, which the children got to bounce and toss around. Then the history of slavery was narrated, accompanied with songs, ending with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Our 1st grade students just earlier that week, on Presidents’ Day, learned about the presidents and got the chance to share their knowledge and name the president who signed the document.

The excitement wasn’t saturated until we took a detour and climbed up and down the nearby escalators. Just for fun!

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On February 20, 2015 TKG Academy Middle Elementary students went to the Dallas World Aquarium, the finale for their Oceanography Unit.  Take a look at all their other accomplishments in this unit here.

Huge Harinam down Oxford Street Central London (Album 178 photos)
Gaura Purnima Harinam 2015
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Gaur Purnima @ Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarakadish Mandir, Mauritius (Album 61 photos)
Taken last night at the Gaur Purnima festival organzied by Mukta Purus Prabhu @ the Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarakadish Mandir, Triolet, Mauritius
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Sri Jagannatha Mandir, ISKCON Malaysia: Gaura Purnima 05/03/2015 (Album 185 photos)
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Hare Krishna! Bhaktivedanta Hospice: Aid for the Journey Home
Shortly before passing away in Vrindavan, a devotee requested her spiritual master to establish a “Back to Godhead” clinic there for Srila Prabhupada’s followers. The land is adjacent to the parikrama road trod by pilgrims during their devotional walks around Vrindavan. It is a sacred grove of mostly kadamba and tamala trees known as Giriraj Bhag (“Giriraj’s garden”). For five generations it belonged to the family of Sri Padmanabha Goswami, hereditary priests and caretakers of Vrindavan’s Radha-ramana Temple.
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Hare Krishna! Why are Women in today’s India not Safe
The Bhagavad-gita (16.21) identifies lust, anger, and greed as the “three gates leading to hell.” Present-day society is unfortunately well equipped to aggravate the disease of lust. Obscenity has become so common in movies, TV, advertisements, Bollywood songs, and so on. Some leading newspapers and magazines are stuffed with semi-nude pictures of women just to increase circulation. Internet and mobile pornography is at its peak. Even in cricket tournaments like IPL semi-clad cheerleaders are brought in to entice the audience.
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Middle Elementary students have been busy!  In January, they became Oceanographers as part of their Science and Social Studies Unit on Oceans. Here are a few of their accomplishments!  Ocean Currents Experiment, Geographical Regions, Oceans Book Swap, Layers of the Ocean Posterboard Project, Marine Pollution, Why Not to Eat Fish, and the Dallas World Aquarium Field Trip.  Full “gallery” of pictures is at the end of the blog.

Ocean Currents:  Currents travel around the continents, mixing the warmer waters surrounding the equator with the cooler waters from the poles. Students replicated this by blowing through straws to create wind, and seeing how ice cubes melt, and boiling water mixes, with different colored drops of food coloring.    After they stopped shrieking in excitement, they recorded their observations.

Continental Shelf, Continental Slope and Ocean Floor:  Students built their own Ocean Wall, where they labeled and described geographical locations in the ocean.  Seamounts, Trenches, Underwater Volcanoes, Coral Reefs, etc.  They were given assigned jobs and independantly worked, with little teacher’s assistance, to create their Ocean Wall.

Oceans Book Swap:  For research, students brought a total of 21 different ocean books from the library and home!  At research time, they sat at 2 books, gathered as much information as they could into their Science Notebooks, and then 15 minutes later, swapped the books with the next student.  This enabled them to determine which books would be helpful for their project.

Layers of the Ocean Posterboard Project:  This was the finale to the session!  Students studied almost 100 sea creatures, all set in the different layers of the ocean.  They researched, gathered facts, made mini-books, painted and presented their findings to the class.

Marine Pollution:  After studying the ecosystems in the ocean, we were surprised to learn about all the pollution dumped by humans!  Among other books, we read Abigail the Happy Whale and her decision to work with the other sea animals remove all the pollution on the ocean floor.  Did you know that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of pollution greater than Texas?  Students wrote persuasive expository pieces to convince us to keep our oceans clean!

Eating Fish:  Because of all the toxins in the ocean, fish have also become poisonous.  Students were able to explain why eating fish, harmful for one spiritually, is also harmful from a biological health standpoint!

We ended the unit with a field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium.  How amazing it was to see all of the creatures that were studied in real life!    Field trip pictures can be found here.

Hare Krishna! Narada Muni – The Father of Devotional Service
NARADA MUNI is exalted in Vedic texts as one of the twelve mahajanas, or great authorities on eternal truth. Details of his life and teachings are recounted in the Narada Purana, the Padma Purana, and throughout Srimad-Bhagavatam. So advanced is his level of spirituality that in these texts he is even sometimes called “Bhagavan,” a term usually reserved for the Supreme Lord, and in the Bhagavad-gita (10.26) Lord Krsna Himself says, “Of the sages among the demigods, I am Narada.”
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Maha Harinama in Israel for Gaura Purnima, 5/03/2015 (Album 81 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When there is large-scale congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, we keep our temples open for everyone to join, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu this policy has given good results. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 17.35 Purport)
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Guest leaves his body amongst devotees chanting the Lord’s Names!
Kadamba Kanana Swami: There was this man lying on the floor, flapping and totally grey… and, you know, he was clearly on the edge and there were three hundred devotees chanting Hare Krsna for him. The temple president called the emergency number and a helicopter came flying in. These men in red overalls came out of the helicopter and tried to revive the man with electric shock but three hundred devotees were chanting and praying, “Let him die!” because what better way to go than with three hundred chanting devotees! They could have revived him and put him in a hospital on some respirator and he may have lived a few days longer until somebody pulled the plug but instead, it was better to let him die in the middle of the kirtan which was his best chance.
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Over 70:000 people hear the Holy Names in Kumeu, New Zealand! (Album 28 photos)
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