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HH Giriraj Swami Evening Class 13.03.2015

Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Shaunaka Rishi prabhu, Delhi, 20th Mar, 2015 (58 min video)
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Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban.

Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, and Ranaka.

Participating Advisors: Jaya Krsna, Radha-Krishna, Sri Tulasi Manjari

Participating Managers: Mukunda

Recording secretary: Jordanna

1.  Refining ECO-V Mission Statement

Whereas: The ECO-V board wishes to continue refining its mission statement for clarity and brevity.

Resolved: The board adopts the following as our updated mission statement:

Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban.

2. ECO-V Posters

Whereas: The ECO-V board wishes to have posters designed related to its mission and “Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban.”

Resolved: The board authorizes up to $500 for poster designs.

3. Kacey’s Retirement and Replacement Search

Kacey got an opportunity to be a director at a non-profit called Grow Ohio Valley and she resigned from ECO-V in February. The board members are simultaneously sad to see her go and happy to know she found a position where she will still be able to regularly interact with ECO-V because she oversees Grow Ohio Valley’s local food production efforts in Marshall County. There was a general discussion defining Kacey’s contribution to the garden and what sort of person should be considered for the position. The ECO-V team will continue a search till a suitable Garden Manager replacement is found.

4. March Onsite Meeting Preparation

A brief overview of the weekend schedule:

Saturday

Morning: Department Head Presentations

Afternoon: Community Dialogue

Evening: Sanga with Prabhupada at his Palace

Sunday

Morning: Parikram Tour

Afternoon: Temple Program & Service Appreciations

5. Mukunda’s Relocation Plans

Mukunda plans to relocate to New Vrindaban the end of March; he will have a clearer idea of when exactly that will be by the on-site meeting.

ISKCON New Vrindaban (INV) allocated $25K budget toward the renovation of the Prabhupada House (aka the “Green House”). Vyasasana will start the renovations. Once underway he will be able to give a clearer picture of the timeframe required.

6. ECO-V Bahulaban Barn Rehabilitation

This project has been on hold since January due to the weather and will resume once conditions improve.

7. INV Bahulaban Utility Building Roof & Window Repair

The roof was completed in December and some exterior clean-up has been done. The Stone Shop roof has not been done. The Amish workers are offering a good price to finish that section of the roof. The Joint Boards will look at this project during the on-site meeting.

8. INV Palace Renovation Matching Grant

There are three projects currently in the works:

1)      Part of the exterior wall

2)      The upper stairs

3)      Expanded 80-car parking lot.

9. INV “Reduce/Reuse” – Water Filling Stations

The existing stations are being used. The outside filling station still needs to be installed. This should be done by summer in time for the festival season.

10. INV “Reduce/Reuse” – Signs

A sign was placed at the new water filling station near Prabhupada’s Palace. This project has been completed.

11. INV/ECO-V Farms Garden of 7 Gates 3 High Tunnel Greenhouses

These are completed, but still need shelving. David will install them when weather warms up. Vidya will start growing flowers in March.

12. Solar Equipment

Additional panels will be installed to offset the increased electric usage at the Prabhupada House (formerly known as the Green House).

GBC Chairman Anuttama das speaks about the importance of the TOVP project, and encourages all devotees to help in the completion of raising this incredible temple.

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Atulya Krsna das and Anuradha devi dasi are members of the Canberra devotee community. They have lived in Australia for over 10 years.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2010, Chowpatty, India, Lecture)

Transcribed by Madhumati dd

One must be careful in dealing with saintly persons. One must be respectful – that is important! We must serve saintly persons respectfully; we pray at the dust of their feet which means that we must be prepared to accept them as our superior and accept them as those who are more capable in devotional service than we are, who are more capable in pleasing Krsna than we are!

So, our service is not so significant. There are others who are making a much greater sacrifice than we do therefore we must always be in the mood to recognize the service of others…

If we think, “I am very qualified, I am aristocratic, I am learned, I am wealthy and good looking as well. All these wonderful qualities I have and people know it and therefore they are respecting me!” Then it will be more difficult to give respect.

 

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Joyfully Free From the Dairy (7 min video)
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Every year ISKCON (International society of Krishna consciousness) celebrate rath yatra of shri Jagnnath Baldev and Subhadra.This yatra belongs to ISKCON del… ISKCON Delhi Rath Yatra
Every year ISKCON (International society of Krishna consciousness) celebrate rath yatra of shri Jagnnath Baldev and Subhadra.
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Ready 1. I have time to invest in my personal improvement. Yes No 2. I can make and keep appointments with myself to work on my assignments. Yes No 3. There is a gap between where I am and where I want to be. Yes No Willing 4. I am fully willing to do the work required to get me where I want to go. Yes No 5. I

Hare Krishna! TOVP Team Travels North America with Lord Nityananda’s Paduka, Nrsimhadev’s Satari and Jananivas Prabhu from Mayapur
The devotees showed an overwhelming response to the presentation by making pledges toward the temple construction to the tune of $850,000. Next, the team traveled to Dallas, and made a similar presentation at the temple on Sunday. More than 300 people from the congregation attended, with another surprising response of $1,000,000 in collective pledges. The temple president of Dallas, Nityananda Prabhu, was pleasantly surprised by the generosity, since he was expecting us not to collect any more than $50,000. He has been so pleased to see his congregation respond so favorably to the Mayapur Project, that he has further pledged $1,000,000 from his temple congregation, to be sent to Mayapur.
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Auckland New Zealand: Harinam sankirtan ki jaya! (Album 27 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: We must rise early in the morning, bathe, attend mangala-arati, worship the Deities, chant the Hare Krishna mantra, study the Vedic literatures and follow all the rules prescribed by the acaryas and the spiritual master. If we deviate from this process, we may fall down, even though we may be very highly advanced. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.8.8 Purport)
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Naimisa - an app for your daily spirituality
You all know that Naimisaranya (Naimisa forest) is the spiritual hub where sages of the past once gathered to consider how humanity could best be served in Kali-yuga. And you all know that it was there that the one and only Suta Goswami spoke the epic philosophical and literary classic Srimad-Bhagavatam to those very sages. Well, in creating the Naimisa app, our intention was to serve you, the bhakti practitioner, in a way to engage your senses in daily spirituality. Start your day by taking darshan of deities from around the world! After, you can dive into your daily japa in our unique “japa section”. Our latest feature include an internet radio exclusive with talks and kirtans from various speakers from our world community. With these features and many more on the way, we hope to bring the mood of Naimisarnya into your day.
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Diti vs Devahuti: Conception and Pregnancy (5 min video)
It is interesting to contrast Diti and Kashyapa’s union with Devahuti and Kardama’s union.What was different about two couples living in a hermitage and pursuing self realization, with both women being princesses before they got married? What was so different that one couple had two demons born to them while the other had the Supreme Personality of Godhead take birth as Lord Kapila.
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For many, the season of Rathayatra, or the Festival of Chariots, won’t start until the summer. But Florida, which has become “The Rathayatra State” with a record-holding one dozen festivals in-state and more organized by Florida devotees out-of-state, is already kicking off its celebrations.

The tonsils are part of our immune system. They provide the first line of defense for pathogens swallowed or inhaled.

The release of India’s Daughter, a documentary on the rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, has brought the issue back again into a limelight that most prefer switched off: so much so that the documentary is banned in this country. 

Hare Krishna! Baladeva Vidyabhusana Project Update and Rupa Gosvami’s Hari-namamrta-vyakarana
I am glad to announce that while searching for Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s works, I found a manuscript of Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Hari-namamrta-vyakarana. Just as Srila Jiva Gosvami’s Sat-sandarbhas were based on Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s notes on the Srimad-Bhagavatam, similarly Srila Rupa Gosvami’s grammatical treatise is the work which inspired Jiva Gosvami to write a full-fledged version of it.
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The title of the May program at the US Gita-nagari farm will be "The Role of Faith in the Unfolding of Bhakti."

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Hare Krishna! Jayapataka Swami and Others to Present at Festival of Inspiration’s 15th Anniversary
This year, 600 to 700 devotees from all over the USA, Canada and beyond are expected to flood into the emerald hills of New Vrindaban, West Virginia from Thursday May 7th to Sunday the 10th for FOI’s unmissable 15th Anniversary event. World-renowned kirtan singers Agnideva Das and Karnamrita Dasi will kick off proceedings on Thursday with an evening of ecstatic kirtan and bhajans from 6 to 10pm.
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Ambarisa Das: By the mercy of Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji , Sri Nityananda prabhu, Sri Narasimhadev, and all the wonderful devotees of Dallas, we have collected over 1 million dollars last night for Srila Prabhupada’s TOVP project in Sridham Mayapur. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!!

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Bhagavad-gita Class by HH Jayadvaita Swami at ISKCON Boston, March 18, 2015 (55 min video)
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