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Holy Name Meditation Podcast

Report by Martin Kindt

Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in Sri Vrindavan Dham on the morning of Govardhan Puja (24 October). Gopal Krishna Goswami offered him a ride by taxi from Delhi, where Maharaj had stayed the night before.

As soon as Maharaj arrived at the Krsna Balarama Mandir, he rushed to his room. The reason for this was that the abhishek ceremony had already started. Maharaj said, “I also need the mercy!” So he got ready to bathe the Lord. He ran to the altar… offered one conchshell… enough…then to the kirtan!

All in all, it took Maharaj maybe twenty minutes from arriving at the guesthouse to sitting at the harmonium. The temple was packed, packed, packed!! Maharaj started playing a newly learned “Aindra tune“ and the devotees started pushing away people sitting in front of Krsna Balaram, because they wanted to dance since Maharaj was leading kirtan.

And they did! The crowd was just in ecstasy… jumping… dancing in circles… throwing each other in the air… stage diving! What a kirtan it was!

After the blazing kirtan, Maharaj circumbulated the wonderfully arranged big Govardhan Hill in the middle of the temple courtyard. Then the devotees started to transfer Govardhan to buckets to distribute the mahaprasad outside of the temple, because they did not want to throw it into the crowd as devotees did traditionally on Govardhan Puja.

Maharaj said, “I threw the maha also when I was temple president here.” In the evening of that day, disciples arranged a small offering to Maharaj‘s Govardhan Sila, Giriraja, in his room. They prepared a hill of fruits, nuts and traditional sweets. We had nice talks, sweet kirtans and did parikrama around Giriraja.

During his stay in Vrindavan, Maharaja showered the daughter of Yudhisthira Prabhu and Sanatani Mataji from Oslo, Norway, with mercy by giving her first grains.

On another day, Maharaj invited us to do a parikrama around Vrindavan. First, we visited Javat, the house of Abhimanyu. Later, we visited Ter Kadamba. Maharaj gave wondeful katha and revealed the dham to us through his words and kirtans. Hrishikesh Maharaj, again played the pastimes at Ter Kadamba and engaged some devotees as usual.

After a short stay in Vrindavan Dham, Maharaj headed to Sridam Mayapur to celebrate the Vyasa Puja of HH Jayadvaita Swami and serve him by arranging the annual raspurnima celebration for all the Prabhupada Disciples.

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Audio

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KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Javat_Kirtan Part 1

KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Javat_Kirtan Part 2

KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Javat_Lecture

KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Ter_Kadamba_Lecture

KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Unchagaon_Lecture

KKS_Vrindavan_October 2014_Deha Kund_Lecture

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Srila Prabhupada: Others, who are not devotees, may think, “How can people devote so much time simply to talks of God?” The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is simply the repetition of three words, Hare, Krishna, Rama, but still devotees can go on chanting this Hare Krishna mantra twenty-four hours a day without feeling fatigued. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.13.1Purport)

It was a blast like never before in Kuala Lumpur. No words can describe the ecstasy that every single one was feeling in Sri Jagannatha Mandir. With kirtaneers and musicians from USA, Ghana, Mayapur, Bosnia, Kazakstan, Phillipines, Indonesia and Malaysia, it brought us to the real truth that race, creed or colour doesn't matter when we join in a kirtan to sing the sweet sound of the Holy Name which went on for more than 12 hours on the first day of the Kirtan Mela in Kuala Lumpur. Just their presence had brought together devotees from different states in Malaysia together as well as those in nearby countries together. Such a wonderful association, not to be missed.

From a meditative mood, the kirtan turned into ecstasy as the crowd went wild at nightfall climaxing when Ojasvi Dasa and BB Govinda Swami took the lead. Almost everyone was off the ground and dancing to the melody that flowed through.

There are three types of meditation on the Holy Name, BB Govinda Swami explained. The first is meditation in your mind, then chanting softly which is what we call japa. But the most effective one is the one which is done loudly together in unison. Krishna is non different from His Name, but the subtle difference is that the Holy Name can forgive you for your sins and awaken love of Godhead which even Krishna in His personal form won't give.

However, one should perform kirtan not just because of eradicating ones sins but more because it is what pleases the Lord the most.

Well, if you have missed it, you still have one more chance. Hope to see you tomorrow at the temple.

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‘DEVI’: Devotional Empowerment Voluntary Initiative.
Arising from the women’s conference held earlier this year and part of Lotus Women and Krishna Care, an initiative called the DEVI Project was launched at the Manor’s Janmashtami festival. ‘DEVI’ is an acronym for Devotional Empowerment Voluntary Initiative and its aims are to empower, inspire, connect and protect women and girls. DEVI’s activities are broken down into the following initiatives: • DEVI Empower, to offer training and workshops to women; • DEVI Events, to arrange scheduled events throughout the year; • DEVI Connect, to network with women of other faith groups; • DEVI Survey, to conduct annual surveys among women; and • DEVI Protect, to offer a referralbased service for women facing domestic violence. DEVI is non-sectarian and seeks to help all women irrespective of belief, religion or race. If you would like to know more, email: devi@krishnatemple.com Also visit their Facebook page, under the name ‘DEVI - Devotional Empowerment Voluntary Initiative’. Follow them on Twitter: devi_108krishna
http://goo.gl/WLQtHQ

The Science of Ayurveda
One of the foremost Ayurvedic practitioners in the world, Dr Vasant Lad, was officially welcomed at the outset of the ninth annual Ayurvedic Retreat at the Manor. A record of over 70 students and teachers of Ayurveda took part from all over Western Europe
http://goo.gl/gACZTv

Percy the Pumpkin
Andrea Wrigley from Harrow asked the devotees to collect a 70kg prize pumpkin from her allotments. It was far too large for her own use, so she decided to donate “Percy the Pumpkin” (as she called it) to the Manor as an offering to Lord Krishna.
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Westminster Service, UK
Srutidharma das, the Lord Mayor of Westminster Audrey Lewis, the Lord Lieutenant of London Sir David Brewer and the Mayor of Harrow Cllr Ajay Maru were amongst those who attended the Westminster Annual Service for London Mayors.
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Festival of the Holy Name 2014 in Alachua!
Participate in the Festival of the Holy Name, the Alachua 24-hour kirtan, today and tomorrow, through live streaming video, and experience a bit of the joy.
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Changing Bodies in Vrindavana
Dear Devotees, PAMHO. AGTSP.
Does anyone know of a good source of timed lighting which would work on Indian elecricity to systematically light up the spirt soul in the heart regions of these 14 figures? The only ones who do it here do it on such a big scale, it would cost thousands of dollars.
Your servant,
Parvati devi dasi
Vrndavana Samadhi
parvati.acbsp@pamho.net

The Walking Monk Salad Dressing
Bhaktimarga Swami: I just have to share with you what I consider delicious; The Walking Monk Salad Dressing. I’m a sucker for salads only when not naked. The salad will have to have some dressing. Offer it to your deity or picture of Krishna with mantras and you’ll find something divine.
Read it here: http://goo.gl/wB2X9N

Amburish prabhu herding cows at Bahulaban, 1975.

“The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krsna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.” – Srila Prabhupada, July 1973.

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Holy Name Meditation Podcast

Denpasar is a city of about 4 million people so there are many devotees who live in the area and attend the temple.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 April 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.1.33)

To our book distributors, I would like to say this. When you are distributing books on the street, it is tough because people are not waiting for you. They did not come out to the streets to buy books. They came for another reason and then suddenly some extra-terrestrial comes, in his orange dress, and tries to put a book in their hands, “Woah. Noooooooooo! Not interested.”

But sometimes, somebody is just a little absent-minded and you just like, “Bang!” put the book in his hands. You know, he has got it in his hands. Then he stands there looking at it and then you tell him, “Yes, yes, we are not selling them. This book is for you.”

“For me? Really? Oh.” And he has it in his hands. That is the nature of the hand; the hand wants to grab. And once the hand has grabbed it, then the hand does not want to let go. So, they have to have the book in the hand. Once they have the book in the hand, the hand wants to keep it even if the mind does not like it. “It’s mine.”

It is hard to let things go from your hand once you have got it. So then, you know, okay, some people will buy the book but there are also many people who say no. But those who had it in the hand but gave it back and said no, they will think about it, you know what I mean, like I said, it stays in the mind. They will be a little curious, “What was it anyway?”

Therefore, the people that say no today are the ones that are going to say yes tomorrow! They are already preparing the ground. So, do not worry about all those people that say no, it is okay. At least they got in contact; they had the chance and they let it go and they will start to think about it. And the next time a book is offered to them, they will think like well maybe…

Then sometimes, somebody walks up to you, out of nowhere and says, “Oh, can I have one of those books?” That is one of those guys that said no before and who has been thinking about it and finally, just on his own, comes and takes it. So in this way, we should penetrate with this knowledge because it is the real thing. We can tell people it is the real thing and it is! That is the nice thing and therefore sooner or later people will turn to it!