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His Holiness Jayapataka Swami talks about a time when Srila Prabhupada mentions how each acharya had done something for Mayapur Dhama, and that he also was trying to do something for the Dhama. It was Srila Prabhupada’s desire to manifest this adbhuta mandir as predicted by the acharyas and Lord Nityananda.
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At the January, 2015 North American GBC/TP Meetings in Dallas, Texas, several GBC’s and Temple Presidents spoke about the TOVP project after an enlivening presentation by Radha Jivan, the International Fundraising Director, announcing the TOVP Tour starting in North America in mid-March 2015.
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Sivarama Swami magnifies the point that the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is the emblem of the instrument by which we are to dismantle the misleading philosophy of the materialistic scientists which has come to bewilder the whole world. We must be able to show the scientific basis of Krishna consciousness in order to substantiate the version of reality presented in all the Vedic literature. Aside from our personal worship of the Lord, that is the purpose of the TOVP.
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In a gesture expressing unity of purpose for the service of ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, His Grace Praghosa Das, the newly appointed Chairman of the GBC, has announced in Mayapur that 2015, the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the Western world, is the Year of the TOVP.
Having just accepted this wonderful service as the GBC Chairman, I’d like to start my term by announcing this as the Year of the TOVP. Fortunately, since 2010, with the wonderful help of Ambarisa prabhu and his team, huge progress has been made and we just want to keep that momentum going, and that’s the idea behind the Year of the TOVP and the year that the whole of the ISKCON community and society can group together and make the TOVP a particular focus.
His Grace Pragosh prabhu
To bring this focus into reality the TOVP Team, along with the GBC, will recommend some practical and implementable actions that each temple and devotee can follow. The first of such recommendations is for each temple to place a photo of the TOVP on their altar. Other ideas will follow shortly.
With this spirit of cooperation, the essence of what Srila Prabhupada said would show our love for him, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, the adbhuta mandir predicted by Lord Nityananda Prabhu, will fully manifest and we will together all see the Grand Opening in 2022.
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Invitation for lunch with Jayapataka Swami at the Lotus Building Roof Top in Mayapur (Album 27 photos)
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami invited His Holiness Radhanath Swami, His Holiness Niranjana Swami and His Holiness Sivarama Swami for lunch @ His residence — Lotus Building Roof Top
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Hare Krishna! What a saint learned from a prostitute
While prostitutes are often depicted negatively in traditional literature, some religious texts depict them positively as testimonies to the transformational potency of divine grace. Thus, in the Gospel is found a story of a prostitute (considered by some to be Mary Magdalene) who was redeemed by Jesus. In Gaudiya Vaishnava literature such as the Chaitanya Charitamrita comes the story of the saint Haridasa Thakura, who delivered a prostitute who had been commissioned to orchestrate his fall.
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Hare Krishna! Krishna Consciousness: The Golden Opportunity
The Golden Avatar delivered the gold standard of spiritual practices for this age. In general, people like gold. It represents wealth and success. A golden age refers to an era of goodness and plenty, acknowledged in Greek, Roman, and Indian cultures. If you have everything, you were born with a golden spoon in your mouth. The Golden Rule is the epitome of cosmic justice or fairness: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. As the saying goes, “As good as gold.”
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Huge donation received for the Temple of Vedic Planetarium!
Below is a letter from a sincere donor.
Dear Vaishnavas,
During book distribution in railway station; two small boys and a girl … all were about 8 - 6 years. I asked them to please donate some money for TOVP temple. In one line of explanation they got convinced. Three of them had handed over 1 rupee each from there begging pot ( all were beggar ). They gave me these three rupee … for us it is like a drop [in the] ocean, but for these big hearted … it was life and soul.
Another two rupee coin … I collected from [a] person … who was collecting money for Shanidev.
I am adding 500 rupees from my side as a drop to the ocean of donation given by these big hearted souls.
My only request [to] you … is to please utilize it in exclusive manner … considering as it … as golden bricks..
Please bless me so that, … I may go back home back to Godhead and engage in serving the devotees of devotees of devotees … of devotees assisting Srimati Radharani.
Your servant,
Piyush
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Srila Prabhupada and Prasadam (Kitchen religion?) (Album 107 photos)
A beautiful compilation of Srila Prabhupada preparing, distributing or honoring prasadam.
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Hare Krishna! From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: HH Badrinarayan Goswami
I was at one of our temples. The archetype hippies showed up with bells and long hair in a pony tail. It was a husband and wife, couple. The wife’s name was Wish. His name was Comet. So naturally I asked, “Where did you get those names?” They said that they gave them to themselves. So naturally I asked why. The wife said, “Because I’m always saying that I wish I had this, I wish I was there, I wish, I wish, I wish.” So naturally I asked the husband, “Where’d you get the name Comet?” He said, “I’m flying around the world this way and that way, trying to fulfill her wishes.”
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Discussion and questions.
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Preaching in Sweden.
Monday, February 9, we held three lectures on the Brinell in Fagersta.
Anneli, who are teachers of religion, will retire in the spring.
We have known each other since 1980 and I have visited her classes almost every year.
Stone, who is a faithful parishioner of Fagersta, drove me to the train. He’ll visit Almvik yard on 14 March and talk about their successful vegetable crops in Fagersta.
It was distributed 44 “Nectar Equal instructions” and the Srimad Bhagavatam set in Fagersta.
Mukunda das
The devotees of Bangkok preaching in a kids orphanage (9 min video)
The kids chanted along with us and the caretaker also accepted Bhagavat Gita books to read and teach the kids.
Some of the kids were blind too. This is a great opportunity for the kids to serve the Lord by chanting.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/Qrj6Sw
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Hare Krishna! Visiting Trinidad with H.G. Deena Bandhu Prabhu
The people originating from India who have been residing in Trinidad for generations have been cut off from India due to circumstances. However, it was enlivening to see that they kept their original Vedic culture intact in so many ways. Through time they forgot their native Indian languages and English has become their only language of communication. The devotees at Trinidad were extremely loving and caring and they made Deena Bandhu Prabhu’s stay very homely due to their hospitality and caring nature.
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HG Hari Kirtan Dasa – CCM 19.160 – 07.02.2015
“I am sure this Prasadam attraction will make our neighbors friendly and surely they will come in number in future so that New Vrindaban will be ideal place for visiting from the neighboring provinces [&] counties.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1968.
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Palace Renovation
By Nityodita das
Recently there was a flurry of pictures online of the Grand Opening of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, 1979. The memories evoked from those photos reminded me of the wonderful years spent rendering concrete (pun intended) service there and the community momentum that was built alongside its construction.
In 1980, I, along with several devotees were interviewed by BTG magazine and they quoted me as saying that my experience was that building the Palace actually built us into devotees! It was way more than a construction project, it was devotional training in the art of offering love to guru and Krsna!
Now that the Palace is undergoing major renovation work by hired professionals , I was contemplating how to generate, at least in my own heart, a revival of the original enthusiasm of those special days leading up to and immediately following the several years of grand festivals at the Palace.
As I was praying, a tiny group of devotees, Trevor, Kalpa, Daivata were pulling me with their invitations to the Palace to attend Prabhupada’s Mangal arotik at 6am. I was torn, as that was my japa time. But after a few days, I agreed to go…just one day….just to “encourage” them. Lol
But what happened though was truly amazing! Although, there was only a handful of us, the transcendental acoustics generated by the enthusiastic singing of Samsara Davanala Lidha Loka……in the temple room somehow super amplified our voices and I had to look up towards the dome to make sure I wasn’t missing the presence of any demigods singing! The intimacy I felt between us kirtaneers, who were chanting and dancing with abandon, seemed like something out of Chaitanya lila. This heart to heart feeling was enhanced by Prabhupada’s powerful presence magnified by the compactness of the sacred space of his gold and marbled temple room.
Prabhupada’s Palace main temple room.
This Kirtan transported me back to a place of intense joy and service, the Grand Opening………..of the heart. This renovation is universal! It is available for all! No previous experience necessary, no resumés required! The only tools needed are your hands for clapping or making music, legs for dancing and voice for singing! No professional chanters needed!
Now, I regularly attend Prabhupada’s Mangala arotik every day that I am at New Vrindavan, have made it a regular part of my sadhana and am humbly inviting everyone to help renovate Prabhupada’s Palace!
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Parikrama in Varsana (Album 149 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Although a Vaishnava is the most exalted person, he is prideless and gives all respect to everyone, knowing everyone to be the resting place of Krishna. If one chants the holy name of Lord Krishna in this manner, he will certainly awaken his dormant love for Krishna’s lotus feet. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.25.26)
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The GBC Visits the Mayapur International School (Album 7 photos)
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Dear devotees, please accept our humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Navadvipa Dham! We have new facility for those who are coming to Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama. On the home page of our website you will find a link for registration and payment on line: www.navadvipaparikrama.com For those who prefer […]
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Day three immediately built on the enthusiasm and camaraderie developed over first two days of the SGGS. On third day, participants took the task of looking seventy years into the future, when all of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples – and even most of the devotees who took initiation not long after Srila Prabhupada’s departure – will […]
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Hare Krishna! Shastra Dana in Sweden
Our Panca-Tattvas Shastra Dana program has now existed for almost six years. The purpose of the Shastra Dana is to enable everyone to participate in the distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books and other Vedic literature. Our goal is to present the spiritual knowledge contained in these books to as many people as possible. The books we donate and puts out to various institutions around the country.
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SGGS – Day 2 On day one participants explored ISKCON’s past, examining the trends in and influences on ISKCON, both internal and external. Following that participants began to look at ISKCON’s present on second day. Meeting’s facilitators started with a question: How well do the four groups in the room (the GBC members, the sannyasis, the gurus, and the […]
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Bhakti Caru tells a story of how Srila Prabhupada was challenged with a question, “Why are you building new temples when so many old temples need renovation?”. The answer reveals why Srila Prabhupada has built so many temples, and especially the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur.
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Hare Krishna! Preaching program in Ranchi (Jharkhand, India)
On 9th February, devotees from ISKCON Patna organized first ever program in, Ranchi at Khel Gaon. The program was aimed at providing the basic understanding about following – The purpose of ISKCON, Bhagavad Gita, contribution of Srila Prabhupada to unabridged humanity. Of course the program also had other usual Krishna conscious attractions like Mantra Rock show and prasadam. Rambhadra Das spoke about the problems and shortcomings in today’s modern society and how teachings of Bhagavad gita are the only solution to them.
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