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Continued from Part 2

Vraja shows simple ways to express the fundamental kīrtan beats (Tāla) using hand-cymbals (Karatāla). He shows the “3-beat” (8-mātra, 3-tāla) and the “2-beat” (6-mātra, 2-tāla), each in normal, double and half speed variations.

He also mentions the need to select karatāla carefully, being sure they are tuned to themselves and to one another.

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Dear Devotees

Please accept my blessings or obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada

I am humbly writing if you would consider assisting in the X-mas season fundraiser for Radha Syama’s alter and pujari room renovation. As you know it is the season that people give gifts and are inclined to be kind hearted. Somehow it also effects devotees in that way. This year we received wonderful Hungarian and international support and while two thirds of our goal has been reached another $150,000 is still outstanding, and that will have to be paid out by the end of March. That is the scheduling of the project, and we seem to be right on schedule–believe it or not.

I have given my life to Radha Syama. Or rather they have robbed me of it. And as a result I have found that there is another world beyond my own false ego, a wonderful and joyous world. I want to try to facilitate bringing that world to the eyes of devotees and guests, so that they too will lose their hearts and make a beeline for Vraja. Calo mana sri vrndavana. For that reason we are doing the renovations. And because I can’t stand for Radha Syama to have to settle for second best.

How can you assist? That you know best. I am thinking that in your interaction with many devotees and perhaps those who have heard of New Vraja-dhama or even visited you can communicate to them via Facebook, podcast, website, telephone or face-to-face.

What material do we have to assist you? Connect people to our Facebook link at www.facebook.com/temple.renovation and you will daily see in both Hungarian and English new videos from me, videos about renovation features and videos from the team–artist, carvers, marble workers and builders.

If there is something special you need to know, write in to this site and title your inquiry ‘Radha Syama renovation”. I will get your message the same day.

Thank you. Jaya Radha Syama!

Your servant
Sivarama Swami

PS Here is the all important information you may want to keep under your pillow at night. This is where the donations should be sent:

PayPal: srsbookspp@gmail.com

Bank Transfer:

Account Holder (Beneficiary account): MKTHK

Address of the Account Holder: Lehel utca 15-17.
Town: Budapest
Postcode: 1039
Country: Hungary
IBAN: HU52 1040 0951 4957 4954 4855 1110
Swift Code: OKHBHUHB
Name of the Bank: Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank
Address of the Bank: Vigado ter 1
Town: Budapest
Postcode: 1051
Country: Hungary

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Bollywood’s "dream girl" and Lok Sabha member from Mathura, veteran actress Hema Malini demanded an immediate release of water into the Yamuna River from the Hathini Kund barrage.

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A recent article in the Op-Ed of the Dec 8 New York Times entitled  "Know Thy Self - Really"  by Quassim Cassam, philosophy professor  at the University of Warwick, UK., asks “How do you know you believe you are wearing socks?” 

Krishna consciousness continues to spread in one of the last frontiers, South Korea, with Patanjali Muni Das and Prayojana Das recently returning from their third tour of the East Asian country. Former Korean army officer Patanjali Muni spent three years living and teaching Krishna consciousness in his native country in the mid 2000s, and has translated both the Bhagavad-gita As It Is and the Sri Isopanisad for the Korean audience.

A soured temple-for-church exchange pact between New Delhi and Moscow has added an unlikely edge to the Prime Minister's scheduled talks with Putin.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Disappearance : 10-12-2014 at ISKCON-Delhi (Album 60 photos)
Abhishek, Bhoga Offering, Pushpanjali, Aarti & Feast Prashadam.
See them here: http://goo.gl/qD3suh

A short interview filmed by DCU students in the Hare Krishna Temple on Abbey Street, Dublin. (3 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Regardless of time or place, one who chants the holy name, even while eating or sleeping, attains all perfection. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 20.18)
Watch it here: http://goo.gl/q3m5b7

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This week’s challenge: Who’s that girl?

Bonus challenge: What celebration was happening at the time of this photo?

What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

ISKCON devotees distributing books for the end-of-year Prabhupada marathon got an unexpected boost on December 4^th when Dr. Eromosele S.A, a highly influential chief in the Bini Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, invited them to preach at his Trado-medical Herb Healing Home.

To celebrate his108th Mantra Choir Jayadev with the help of music producer Gareth Rhys Jones has put together this wonderful VIRTUAL Mantra Choir with vocal and instrumental offerings from people from all around the globe, many of whom have no previous musical experience. The video includes special guest appearances from Boy George, Tim Wheater, Gaurangi Dasi (Pia Richarson) and Mark Haley performing "Giri Govardhan" a mantra piece written especially for this project by Jayadev John Richardson. Stay tuned, a new mantra choir project is coming up soon. Read the ISKCON News report about the topic: http://iskconnews.org/virtual-mantra-choir-to-feature-hundreds-of-webcam-singers,4590/

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A chilly morning turned into a beautiful, sunny day. We couldn’t have asked for a better weather on our field trip to the Dallas Arboretum. We arrived early on Monday to explore the Pumpkin Village. The face painting and petting zoo were an extra treat. After a short snack break, we explored the elaborate new “12 Days of Christmas” exhibition. Such a lovely day!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) 

Srila Gaura Kisora Das Babaji did not want to sleep. Sleeping is such a waste of time. But sleep is such a thing that happens on its own, whether you want it to or not, as some drivers have found out! Sleeping does not always come when you want it. So Gaura Kisora Das Babaji, what did he do? He took an old cloth and packed it up with mud and put it on top of his head – kilos and kilos of mud on his head, tied in a cloth. In this way, somehow or other, he managed not to sleep and just chant and chant.

Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji, twice a month for ekadasi, he would just chant for seventy-two hours; twenty-four hours the day before, on ekadasi day itself, and the day after; non-stop chanting for seventy-two hours!

Srivasa Acharya, when having a Bhakta Program, they had their sikas tied with strings to the ceiling, in case anybody would nod off. In that way, they also chanted and chanted. Was this fanaticism? No, it was love for Krsna! It showed tatra laulyam api mūlyam ekalaṁ (CC Madhya, 8.70), it showed the root, the root for love of Krsna, with so much eagerness, eagerness to attain it. It is the most desirable thing, to attain such eagerness. Now where can you get such eagerness? Such eagerness it comes from mercy. We need mercy, somehow or other!

Bhagavatam-daily Podcast

Preaching program at Iskcon Guyana; Crane- Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Ashirvad Dham Mandir (Album 36 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Our relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal. Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. The pure souls are eternally in love with Krishna. Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one revives his original relationship with God and thus becomes so happy that he does not want anything material. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.7.39 Purport)
See them here: http://goo.gl/VXc4YB

Rare photo of Srila Prabhupada offering his homage to his Spiritual Master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
http://goo.gl/3ulxTQ

Rare photo of Srila Prabhupada offering his homage to his Spiritual Master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.

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On the auspicious occasion of the disappearance anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (10 December 2014), Kadamba Kanana Swami gave this morning’s class in Mayapur, in glorification of him. The recording is available below for download.

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"Uninvited Visitors" at New Govardhana Farm, Australia!
At the women’s ashrama, now known as the ‘Giri Guesthouse’, the brahmacharinis have recently been receiving some uninvited visitors. Right on tie with the seasonal changes, several carpet pythons have taken up residence in the vicinity.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/LArWE1