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If we simply chant in the mood of being Krsna’s servant: Krsna is my whole life… all my energy is for His glorification and everything I do, I do for that. If one spends a life like that then Krsna will just shower us and shower us with mercy. The example that Prabhupada gave was that Krsna has ten arms! If you hold onto your material attachments, how can you stop Him!? You have it on one arm and then you try to block Him with the other one but He has ten arms. He gets around you… on top of you… everywhere… and He has got it out of your hand in no time!
So, whatever Krsna wants to take from us, there is nothing that we can do. Therefore, let go! Then when we let go of all our false possessions, our false pride, our false hopes, our small petty little things that are so important to us, if we let go, then, yes – Krsna has ten arms. Then Krsna will give and when He starts giving with ten arms, He gives more than we can hold! Krsna gives us beyond our dreams!
by Vidya dasi
Gopal’s Garden School Building; Playground is on far right side of picture, not totally visible.
Wouldn’t it be nice to fix up the play ground at the New Vrindaban Home School Co-op, Gopal’s Garden?
Wish they would do that!
Wait! Who’s “they”?
It’s me! Us! What could I do? Well I’ve been part of some great projects in the past at New Vrindaban. Why not try something else? So, for 2015, I am making this playground improvement my service. If you have ideas for this, or would like to help, please let me know. I already have some things we can use. Plus, the added attraction is that Ruci is cheering me on!
See the link below for a great sand box for the school.
Vidya 304 845 5416
On his arrival in Vrindavan, Giriraj Swami met with some devotees and shared an account of his time in Kolkata and Mayapur.
“In Mayapur Yadubara prabhu was showing the trailer for his feature documentary film about Srila Prabhupada called Acharya. It will run about ninety minutes. It was very moving and impressive. I spoke with him and then it was time for puspanjali and arotik. The Panca-Tattva made a lot of arrangements.”
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Dino Gordillo (Comedian) and DJ Mendez (singer), both famous in Chile, receiving On they way to Krishna of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krishna! BBT Once Again Selling Srila Prabhupada’s “Original Edition” MacMillan Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Great news has just come from Srila Prabhupada’s BBT in Los Angeles. Due to so much popular demand, the BBT-I has made available for purchase 4000 copies of the “Original Edition” Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972 MacMillan) for mass and individual distribution. The Los Angeles BBT has purchased these original Gitas from BBT-India, who just finished printing 100,000 copies for distribution and is performing this valuable service for Srila Prabhupada and for the deliverance of the conditioned souls of Kali Yuga. Every penny of the purchase price stays within Srila Prabhupada’s BBT.
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Parikrama in Raval - Gokula (Album 60 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.12)
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His Grace Praghosa Das (9 min video)
Praghosa prabhu speaks on the Disappearance Day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur about the Thakura’s predictions and how “impossible” is not a word in a Vaishnava’s dictionary.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/I7T21p
Mayapur.com welcomes all the devotees who have arrived here for Gaura Purnima 2015 festivities. Today saw the commencement of Sravna Utsava. This is the second time Sravna Utsava has been organized. There would be lectures from 12th to 15th February on Gaur Lila, pastimes of Lord Nityananda, Brihat Bhagwatamritam, Sat-sandharva and Sri Jagannath lila. This […]
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I’m afraid I laughed at the misfortunes of another human being this morning. Its not a Vaishnava quality to laugh at others, I know, and I should be much more compassionate. I’m sorry.
The subject of my laughter was Mrs. Cho, the daughter of the Korean Airways CEO, who ordered the plane she was on to be turned around from the runway and one member of the cabin crew ejected for failing to serve her peanuts on a plate. Apparently she also forced him into kneel in apology before her. Now she is the one who is being forced to bow, as the judge has sentenced her to one year in prison for violating air safety law.
How do people get so above themselves?
The great king Yudhisthira was once asked a series of riddles: “What is it that, when you abandon it, the whole world loves you?”
“Pride,” the king replied correctly.
“And what is that, when you lose it, you become happy instead of sorrowful?”
“Anger.”
“What is it that, when you give it up, you become rich?”
“Desire.”
That question and answer dialogue may be 5,000 years old but the rules still apply today. The notion of having power over others may provide a temporary gratification, but it starts to unravel pretty soon. Real happiness – and I’m speaking here of ordinary happiness within the world – comes when you are loved, and love comes to you when you think of others first, thinking of their happiness before your own.
Ordinary logic dictates that if you are powerful, then others will serve you, and that they should serve you, so the best course of action is to cultivate power, and specifically power over others. But that only leads to power being the one commodity everyone aspires for, which leads to power struggles. People will serve someone with power often because they want the same power or possessions. It is a service based on selfish aspiration, envy or political flattery.
In Vedic circles, being very highly placed in society then falling to a low position is known as yoga-bhrasta, a hubris followed by a nemesis. Its painful when it happens, but Nature provides us all with these precious opportunities so that we can reform ourselves and develop the key that will open the door to the highest heaven: Humility.
This sixty-minute documentary by Vasudeva Das shows the birth of devotional Bhakti-Vriksha In The Middle-East.
An intriguing and inspiring new documentary by French filmmaker Vasudeva Das takes viewers into the world’s largest Bhakti Vriksha community, comprising of multiple Krishna conscious congregational groups. The twist? It’s located in the Persian Gulf, in a country whose name is withheld due to its laws against public exhibition and propagation of non-Islamic practices.
The first “Latin American Congress of Education with ISKCON,” brought together ISKCON educators from all over South America, along with prospective collaborators. Their goal was to create effective networks amongst each other, share inspiring reports of educational efforts; identify strengths and challenges faced in ISKCON education in South America; and develop practical proposals for implementation.
Hare Krishna! Second day of GBC AGM focuses on Disciples Course, Child Protection and Healthcare Services in Mayapur
11th February 2015: After four days of Strategic Planning Network meetings, the GBC Body reconvened today beginning with a presentation by Anuttama Dasa on the ISKCON Disciples Course (IDC) which shall be a mandatory pre-requisite for all devotees accepting first or second initiation by an ISKCON guru, from Janmastami, 2015 onwards.
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After four days of Strategic Planning Network meetings, the GBC Body reconvened with presentations on the ISKCON Disciples Course, the Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai and Mayapur and on ISKCON's Child Protection Office.
An examination of the structures reveals that they were built by advanced civilizations from over 29,000 years ago.
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The Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur during the 2015 presentation to the GBC (Album 23 photos)
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Preaching in Ram Chandra Govardhan School (Album 12 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna, one can be freed from all undesirable habits. This is the means of awakening all good fortune and initiating the flow of waves of love for Krishna.
(Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.11)
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Meet TOVP Seva Office Designer, Sri Radha Vallabha Das
The TOVP Team would like to recognize the wonderful service of Sri Radha Vallabha Das who is responsible for the interior design work of the new TOVP Seva Office in Mayapur.
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Hare Krishna! From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: HG Vaisesika Das
There is a way in which to perform tapasya in order to control the senses. It is a kind of combat between the practitioner and the desires and emotions within. But after all, we are sentient beings, which means we have emotions and we have desires. Therefore, the abject denial of desires and emotions can make the heart hard. From a hard heart, anger may arise. Therefore, we as Vaisnavas, perform yukta vairagya. That is, we perform austerities by rejecting anything that cannot be used in the service of Krishna.
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"For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear." (Bhagavad-gita 18.68-69)
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