Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.33-35.

“By offenceless chanting of the holy name ones heart will be infused with the desire to serve and the mood of compassion that is the basis for the desire to preach. Srila Prabhupada had that faith in the holy name. Because of his faith in the holy name, we took up the chanting and we got the results. Of course one should do it in the proper way under the direction of the spiritual master. If one does so one will be liberated from all sinful reactions — which includes sinful desires. And beyond that one will relish the aroma of the Tulasi leaves at the lotus feet of the Lord.”

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Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.33-35, ISKCON Mayapur

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450 years old manuscript discovered by the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre!
These manuscript covers were just discovered by the BRC Manuscript Mission team in Navadwip at Sadaran Granthagar. They are close to 450 years old and depict scenes from Ramayana and Krishna Lila.

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Hare Krishna! GBC begins Annual General Meetings with encouraging reports of increased Book Distribution
Participants arriving were greeted with garlands by the GBC Chairman Anuttama Dasa and then proceeded to perform a Guru Puja of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. The meetings began with a presentation on the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) by Badrinarayan Swami, congratulating the devotees for the best book distribution year since 1996. He emphasized the importance of distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books and shared encouraging reports of book distribution including second-generation devotees and devotees in conflict regions.
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Harinam in Bangalore administrative management college (Album 87 photos)
Dr. Shrinivas Raao Potula has invited us to perform a spiritual programm in front of his college students, and it went awasome!
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Hare Krishna! Reflections upon reaching the age of 65
Pusta Krishna das: I began my spiritual Krishna conscious journey at the age of 20 in Gainesville, Florida, 1970. Shortly thereafter, I went to Bangladesh as a new brahmachary. I soon discovered the real battle with maya that was before me. I was already convinced of Krishna, without any doubts, but I still carried the weight of my karma, my attachments, and my active mind. I practiced sense control and withdrew my mind from any where it wandered, taking shelter of the Holy Name, praying for His mercy. It was a great internal battle. I am certain that nearly all of you reading this know the struggle. Years have passed and you cannot stop the passing of time. That river flows on, and as Krishna describes in His Bhagavad Gita, Time I am. Time is a manifestation of God. Srila Prabhupad used to say that for those who choose not to surrender to the Personality of Godhead, then they are forced to surrender to Him as Time, whose manifestation is death for all things material.
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Hare Krishna! Using Social Media in Preaching service
With the raise of internet , and the usage of social media sites have increased exponentially over the past 5-8 years, the social media has emerged as a new instrument for the age of kali. The opinion of the masses is not only influenced by the media, but even the media is able to create new opinions of the masses by just repeated information (true or false, as it wishes).
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Maha Milan -2015 (ISKCON Punjabi Bagh Congregation Community) (Album 42 photos)
A Mahamilan was organized on 18th January for ISKCON PB Congregation community at Shah Auditorium. Event became more special by gracious presence of three Srila Prabhupada’s Disciples: HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Maharaja, HG Sarvadrik P.
Drama on Vardaraja & Kanchipuram(“Servant Of the Servant”), Debate(“Commercialization Of Religion”), Dance Performance, Antakshani, Discourse, Kirtans, Award Ceremony were some of the major highlights of the program.
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Hare Krishna! Matra Ashirawad Program (Mother’s Blessing Program)
A Report from a program for brahmcharis and their parents. Ever heard of “Brahmcharis” and their “Parents” coming together……to chant and dance in ecstasy……Sharing Gratitude and Joy…….Acknowledging each other’s contributions and difference of opinions…..with all mothers cooking a Grand feast in honor of their sons who are currently serving under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada?
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Hare Krishna! Mayapur Sanga of ISKCON Sannyasis, Gurus and GBCs – Day One
Reading the observations, participants voiced concern, among other things, on the trend they were seeing on diminishing standards in our movement as we continue to move from a temple-centric to congregation-based movement. For example, although we have strong programs for teaching the sastra, more could be done to guide people in the practicalities of living a Vaisnava life, as Srila Prabhupada trained his disciples. It was also noted that trends in the wider world have both positive and negative effects for ISKCON, and that these trends could be perceived differently in different parts of the world, which have differing cultural influences.
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BY SRIDEVI GAURANGI DEVI DASI

KLANG - The abhishek ceremony on Sri Nityananda Trayodasi was held in ISKCON Teluk Pulai, Klang on 1 Feb 2015. It was the offering of fruit juices milk honey and flowers on the deities. We were honoured to have the special spiritual discourse by HH Bhakti Vijendranandana Swami Malaysia's only Maharaja and President of ISKCON Malaysia. The abishek ceremony on this auspicious day is the opportunity for devotees to offer their respects and love by observing a half day fast and glorifying their Lordships!

Hare Krishna! From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: HG Mahatma Das
When I travel, people always ask how the movement spread in the early days. My realization is that it spread by Prabhupada’s faith in the Holy Name to purify us. One day I was happily sitting in the San Francisco Temple in 1970. At that point, I had been a devotee for eight months. I had just turned to the ripe age of twenty. I was called into the Temple President’s office and told that I would be going to Vancouver to be the Temple President because I was so qualified. Why would Prabhupada allow that?
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Hare Krishna! From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
In 1970 the devotees approached the authorities of the University of California at Berkeley to be allowed to give some classes on Krishna consciousness to the students. The faculty members considered the proposal and rejected it. There was a newspaper article sometime later in the Los Angeles Times. And one of the professors named Professor Staal was quoted as saying, that “the Hare Krishnai..or the devotees spend too much time chanting to be able to develop a philosophy.” (laughter) What he implied was that it is just sentimental, they don’t have philosophy, they just chant and dance.
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Lord Ramchandra Illustrious Pastimes Day 3 Sundar Kanda I

“Go on acquiring the surrounding lands and in this way we will establish a local self-governing village and show all the world a practical example of spiritual life as Krishna Himself exhibited in Vrindaban.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1973.

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