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Iskcon Hungary, Altar renovation news: Latest visit to the wood carver (Album 50 photos)
I have been fortunate to spend time with my spiritual master,HH Śivarāma Swami since he has been back from India. He is investing an immense amount of energy in the making of Radhe Syama’s beautiful new altar in New Vraja Dhāma, Hungary. He is excited, dedicated, and personally sacrifices a lot to make everything happen.
See them here: http://goo.gl/an38mo

Boat-ride for the Dieties at the Mahebourg lagoon in Mauritius.
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: Devotees came in more than 20 boats and gathered around the Deity boat.
See the photos here: http://goo.gl/EEAUXp

Somewhere In The Persian Gulf… (60 min video)
This sixty-minute documentary shows the Birth of Bhakti-Vriksha In The Middle-East. At the very beginning of the twenty-first century, somewhere in the Persian Gulf region, a Deity of Jagannath appeared in a coastal town surrounded by desert. After carrying the Lord onto a chariot, a group of Indian expatriates are pulling the chariot by hand in the same ancient procession as in the Lord’s home across the Indian Ocean. This film shows the remarkable spread of devotion to Krishna from two ISKCON members in the early years of the new millennium, to two thousand practicing devotees in just one one decade, in just one country of the Persian Gulf region. No name is mentioned to identify the country, which is a strictly Islamic state; nor are the Hindus in this film trying to convert their Muslim hosts. Yet, the Bhakti-Vriksha approach to preaching is shown not to be restricted to Indians. Vijaya Venu-gopal Das explains in his running commentary that the same approach has been established in several countries of the ex-USSR. “There are no Indians there”, he says, and yet Bhakti-Vriksha (the tree of devotion) program has proved to be working in Russia, In Argentina, in China, and as is portrayed in this film, now also in the Middle-East.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/YPg7qz

Radharani’s Palace (2 min video)
This is a brisk two-minute drop of nectar from Srimati Radharani’s magic abode. The use of drone technology to rise into the air in Varshana’s sunset creates a perfect mood for darshan of the supreme feminine Godhead.
The devotional ascension, in synergy with the superb score by grammy award-winner Ilan Chester, takes the viewer up the palace’s fortress with an ease that bhakti alone can provide. Such an effect is hoped to make you ready for a view of infinite beauty and grace — Her name is Radha, at the feet of Whom only the dark Lord of Braja known as Shyam, agrees to bow His head.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/UMG1oh

Iskcon wants MHA to consider relaxed visa norm for ageing members
Iskcon governing body commission member GK Goswami and president of Iskcon, Baroda, BG Das, met MoS Home HP Chaudhary on Tuesday and requested for a considerate view to be taken of the cause of their some foreign devotees who wish to breathe their last in India. Iskcon pointed out to the minister that it has a group of foreign devotees who are aged, have spent long time in India with it and now wish to be here till they die.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/OSgWfU

Govinda Swami: In Kazakhstan the religious laws restrict the distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books to kiosks in specific shopping centres. Here are pictures of the first kiosk in Kazakhstan, in a city called Karaganda. Sri Krishna Sankirtan Yajna Ki Jai !!
(Album 12 photos) See them here: http://goo.gl/yLYzXy

Different types of Charity (48 min video)
The fact of life is that money comes in one hand and soon after it leaves from the other. Money does not stay with us for long. So you have a choice of either wasting it on material possessions or spend it wisely in the service of Lord Krishna.
It is important to realize that everything, including your money, belongs to Lord Krishna. You are just a caretaker for a very short time. You can spend it in the service of Lord Krishna by donating to his temples or devotees who are engaged in His service.
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/9dNQzi

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Harinama in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 13, 2014 (Album 105 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one uses the vibration of the holy name for the benefit of the material body, for material wealth and followers, or under the influence of greed or atheism — in other words, if one utters the holy name with offenses — such chanting will not produce the desired result very soon. Therefore one should diligently avoid offenses in chanting the holy name of the Lord. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.60)
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Harinama in Moscow, Russia (Album 38 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If a devotee once utters the holy name of the Lord, or if it penetrates his mind or enters his ear, which is the channel of aural reception, that holy name will certainly deliver him from material bondage, whether vibrated properly or improperly, with correct or incorrect grammar, or properly joined or vibrated in separate parts. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.60)
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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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BY SIMHESWARA DASA

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.

(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!

How 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.