Celebration of achievements of Gurukula students in ISKCON New…
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Celebration of achievements of Gurukula students in ISKCON New Govardhana - Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadhari (Album 48 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: While dying, Ajamila chanted the holy name of the Lord, intending to call his son Narayana. Nevertheless, he attained the spiritual world. What then to speak of those who chant the holy name with faith and reverence? (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.49)
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Is Krishna “Our Heavenly Father”?
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Krishna is not really “our heavenly father.”
Brahmā is our heavenly father, the Pitamaha, the Param-Parajapati. At best we can perhaps say that Viṣṇu, being the mother/father of Brahmā, is the supreme father. Viṣṇu is also a “father” in the sense that his seed impregnates nature, thus activating the living entities merged in her. And perhaps since Viṣṇu is an expansion of an expansion of Krishna, therefore we can say that “our heavenly father’s mother/father’s origin of his origin is Krishna.”
Besides splitting spiritual hairs, it is important to differentiate Krishna from “our heavenly father” because Krishna is not concerned with responsibilities and enforcing morality and so forth, as a “father figure” is. The purpose of existence is bliss, and Krishna, the original existence, is simply involved in sharing bliss with his distinct parts and parcels. He is not interested in fathering anyone. In fact he prefers to be a child and experience the fatherly love of Nanda.
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Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry
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Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
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Age is Never a Barrier for Book Distribution
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KUALA LUMPUR -  Sriman Ponnambalam is such an enthusiast and dedicated book sponsor. Last year he sponsored 50 Bhagavad-gita to students at the Sri Krishna Janmastami festival and 2 sets of Srimad Bhagavatam. And this year he has got his relatives to sponsor 2 sets of Bhagavatam for Balaram Purnima. It is mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12, Chapter 13 and Text 13 that "If on the full moon day of the month of Bhadra one places Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift, he will attain the supreme transcendental destination." He is already planning for next years Balaram Purnima a minimum of 2 sets again. Age is never a barrier for book distribution. He also reads a minimum of 150 pages of Srimad Bhagavatam daily.

Adulteration
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 October 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.18)

Krsna protects his devotees, even if unknowingly, some impurity slips into our life. One year in Vrndavan, His Holiness Sridhar Maharaj gave the Bhagavatam class and during that class, at one point, he begins, “I feel that I have to speak. For a long time, for a long time, I kept it to myself but I can no longer, I can no longer keep this to myself. I feel I have to open my heart and reveal the truth whatever the consequences may be.”

It is like, “What is he going to say now?”
And then he says, “It happened last year in France…”
We go, “Oh no…”
He is telling on the vyasasan like this! “It happened last year in France,” he said. “I broke the regulative principles…”
“Oh no!”
He said, “Yes, I ate Danone yogurt!” He said, “Usually, it is vegetarian but during that period, they could not get the normal ingredients and they added some thickeners which turned out to be not vegetarian and it was in papers. I broke the principles,” he said!

potatoesHow difficult it is in this age of kali to follow, even if one desires to follow, because everything is adulterated. Everything is polluted with so many products. Tomatoes with scorpion genes. Mmmm. Big potatoes, the big ones… guess which genes they have? You have got it. Pig genes! When you eat those potatoes long enough, after a while you begin to notice your nose is getting a bit more round! A little itch at the back of the spine where the tail is coming out. Mmmm… a little tail, small. Just a little curl. It can be surgically removed. It is a small thing. Not very painful at all.

Where are we heading? Where are we going? Maybe it is time to start farming but even that is difficult because when the neighbours are using genetically engineered things, it blows over onto your fields as well (long sigh). Krsna, Krsna, Krsna… protect us, protect us, protect us. Yes, Krsna protects his devotees but they must also try to protect themselves.

Iskcon Jgannath Rath Yatra Taipei 2014 (Album 222 photos) Srila…
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Iskcon Jgannath Rath Yatra Taipei 2014 (Album 222 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Hare Krishna maha-mantra can be chanted even within the abdomen of one’s mother. One can chant while sleeping, while working, while imprisoned in the womb or while outside. This Krishna consciousness cannot be checked in any circumstance. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.31.21 Purport
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Retaining Wall Construction for the TOVP Begins. During the last…
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Retaining Wall Construction for the TOVP Begins.
During the last few weeks work on the retaining wall around the building on the utility floor was begun and is almost finished.
The wall, surrounded and packed in by a layer of thick concrete, will retain compressed soil onto the building foundation. The next step will be to start the Sandstone work. This work, very much like the brick work done in other parts of the building, will give rise to further walls and arched windows on this level of the building.
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Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception
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