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Bhagavatam-daily Podcast

Devotees shared their memories and realizations of Srila Prabhupada during the evening festivities.

Chaitanya Candra dasa
Mishra Bhagavan dasa
Chakri dasa
Sucharya dasi
Damodar Pandit dasa
Rupanuga dasa
Giriraj Swami and Damodar Pandit dasa

Gopasthami celebrated in Mayapur (Album 125 photos)
Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Aryans. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7 Purport)
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Jaipur Part 2
Indradyumna Swami: In this album our parikrama party visits the most popular temple in Jaipur where Radha Govinda, the beloved deities of Srila Rupa Goswami, are worshipped. The outstanding feature of this temple is that each day tens of thousands of people visit to have the Lord’s darshan.
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Most Auspicious initiations in the Dham (Album 80 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: One afternnon while in Jaipur we held an initiation for two young Ukrainian girls; Taralaksi dasi and Madhavi-lata dasi. The auspicious ceremony was made even more auspicious by the fact that it was held in the temple of Radha Gopinatha. Certainly an occasion the young ladies will never forget.
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Lecture Podcast

 Please view the following galleries: Gopastami Festivities Charan Darshan   Gopastami occurs on the eighth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Karttika. On this day, as Krsna entered the pauganda age he was initiated as a cowherder. Normally the pauganda age begins as a child enters his sixth year. Five years are […]

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 Please view the following galleries: Srila Prabhupada’s Offerings & Abhishek   Srila Prabhupada A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, was born in 1896, in Calcutta, in a Vaisnava family. His father, Gour Mohan De, named him Abhay Charan. His father’s only wish was that, Abhay would become a […]

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New Govardhana Gopastami Celebration in ISKCON New Govardhana, Australia: Sunday 2 November, 2014 (Album 24 photos)
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Durvasamuni’s asram oct 11 2014 HH Indradyumna Swami’s class second tiny part

Durvasamuni’s asram oct 11 2014 HH Indradyumna Swami’s class

Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.2.30 during the morning program.

“We have to do things Srila Prabhupada’s way and therefore we need to know how Srila Prabhupada did things. Both from his instructions and from his personal example of how to do things. In this verse the same point is being made. The acharya accepts the boat of the lotus feet of Krishna to cross the fierce ocean of nescience. Although he uses the boat to cross the ocean, he also leaves the boat to behind so that others can cross. In other words he leaves the method by which he crossed behind and others who follow the same method can also cross and meet him on the other side. That method is taking shelter of the lotus feet of Krishna which through parampara also means taking shelter of the spiritual master and the other mahajanas in the line. Then that vast ocean shrinks and becomes just like the puddle in the hoof print of a calf.”

10.27.14, Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day, Dallas

Lord Chaitanya said:

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Gopasthami in Karachi, Pakistan (Album 165 photos)
All Glories to Glories Gopashtami ….
And Sri Sri Radha Damodar ji……..
On Gopashtami day, Nanda Maharaja performed a ceremony for the cows and Krishna (and His friends) in Vrindavan, as He reached the pauganda age. This was the day Nanda Maharaja sent his children Krishna and Balarama to herd the cows for the first time. It was a celebration meant only for men and boys. As Srimati Radharani and Her friends wanted to enjoy the fun, and because of Her resemblance to Subala-sakha, She put on his dhoti and garments and joined Krishna. The other gopis joined in too.
Devotees remember this sweet pastime on Gopashtami day. This is a very special day at all Radha Krishna temples as we are fortunate to have darshan of the most merciful lotus feet of Srimati Radharani .
Go-puja is also done on this day. Devotees visit the Gosala, bathe and clean the cows and the Gosala. The glories of the cow and her protection are discussed by senior devotees. All of them feed the cows and partake of a feast near the Goshala.

Hari bol…
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Kartik 2014 - Urja Vrata in Vrindavana (Album 110 photos)
Offering lamps whilst the Damodarastakam prayers are being sung…
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A visit to Jayapur (Album 161 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The city of Jaipur in Rajasthan is a popular tourist destination because of it’s colorful cultural heritage. It is even more fascinating for vaisnava devotees of the Lord, however, because many of the original Vrindavan deities reside there. This 1st of 3 Jaipur photo albums centers around our parikrama party’s visit to the temple of Radha Gopinatha, the beloved deities of Madhu Pandit, a close associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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Lecture Podcast

Prema-rasa about the symptoms of the nista stage and Gopala Raya about whether it is true that the suffering of souls averse to Krsna does not automatically arouse His mercy.

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Today is Gopashtami!
Gopashtami was the day when little Krishna and Balaram entered the Pauganda age, i.e. the age between 6 years to 10 years. They were then made in charge of herding cows.
“The eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Karttika is known by authorities as Gopastami. From that day, Lord Vasudeva served as a cowherd, whereas previously He had tended the calves.” (the Karttika-mahatmya section of the Padma Purana).
Another tale states that a young Krishna asked Mother Yashoda if he could herd the cows. Yashoda insisted that Krishna’s father permit Him to do the same. Nanda Maharaja, upon little Krishna’s request, consulted a Holy Brahmin. The Brahmin gave his consent as it was an auspicious day for cow-herding or Go-Chaaran. Hence, on this ashtami Krishna became a gowala and came to be known as Govinda.

Gopasthami in Vrindavana
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2014 Kartika Puri Retreat with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (Album 16 photos)
Maharaja’s “sastra retreat” wherein he spoke everyday for two weeks on Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur’s Madhurya Kadambini.
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The Ox Barn in New Vrindavana is coming along nicely. Some “before” and “after shots”.
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Go-puja in Iskcon ISKCON New Govardhana - Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadhari - Australia
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