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People have a romantic idea of spirituality: escape worldly distraction, access higher states of consciousness, and settle into an internal serenity. The dedicated practitioners, however, will frankly admit that it doesn’t always work like that.
Get ready for the autumn harvest everyone. Listed below are some delicious, mouth-watering superfoods that the mouth will crave long before that first bite.
Patients at Sewree's TB Hospital will soon be fed hygienic, protein-rich food specially prepared by cooks from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Keeping in mind that patients need wholesome meals to improve their health, BMC has asked ISKCON to set up a kitchen at the 1,000-bed hospital, that has recently come under fire for bad food and poor hygiene.
ISKCON Devotees haven so far sent 14,000 prasadam packets to help the victims of the severe floods in Jammu & Kashmir.
In Delhi , devotees begin packing early in the morning at 5:30 am and once done its picked up by the Indian Air Force to be sent by airplanes to the disaster relief centers in J & K.
In wake of this disaster, we request you to please keep them in your prayers. Read more › 
An updated edition of Searching For Vedic India by Devamrita Swami is now available as an e-book in all flavors at bbtmedia.com. The sages of India’s lost past delighted in knowledge of the nonmaterial. But they testified that they also knew how to produce material benefits without industry. Dare we consider that the subcontinent of India, thousands of years ago, was the center of the greatest spiritual wisdom and mystical technology that Earth has seen?
Don’t want to use medication? You’re not alone. Many people are desperate not to take tablets regularly…but what are your alternatives?
Govinda Swami: Murari Krishna Prabhu, our cowherd man at the Kazakhstan farm, died from the injuries he sustained when struck by a car this morning.
Murari has left a wife, a sweet daughter, thirty cows, and many friends.
We will all miss him very much.
May I request you all to say a prayer for this kind, simple hearted Vaisnava.
Hare Krishna. Read more › 
Ambarisha prabhu: Just look how fast the fourth level of the main dome is coming up! Only 7 segments left until it will be fully complete. Read more › 
Not only does butter taste incomparably better, it's a natural product that human beings have been eating and cooking with for centuries without damaging their health. So the good news is that we can carry on eating butter (in moderation, of course) or even start eating it again if we were one of the millions duped into swapping it for unhealthy and unpalatable margarine. Read more › 
Written and Produced by Michael J Martin & Gareth Wakeham
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The pictures are from the "Kerala Safari" tour organized by HG Mahojvala Gopi Devi Dasi, headed by HH Vedavyasapriya swami maharaj. The pictures were taken on Sept 8th 2014 at the Guruvayur Temple in Kerala.
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Robin Bhargava Read more › 
Those who are advanced and highly qualified and are interested in the essence of life know the good qualities of Kali-yuga. Such people worship the age of Kali because in this age, simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can advance in spiritual knowledge and thus attain life's goal. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.5.36) Read more › Just look how fast the fourth level of the main dome is coming up! Only 7 segments left until it will be fully complete.
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Mangal Arati Of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath 8th Sept 2014
This week’s challenge: Where is the sacred spot described on this rock?
What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook Page.
After having served in ISKCON for sometime, a stage comes in our Krishna conscious journey at which a devotee develops a desire to seek shelter of an ISKCON approved initiating guru to achieve formal initiation. This inspiration may come from various sources such as reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, serving devotees, devotee association and receiving encouragement from initiated devotees or initiating gurus. Also, more often than not, devotees need guidance and support from a more experienced devotee and a nurturing and caring environment as they endeavour to progress on the path of their devotional practices and try to maintain.
Leicester, UK, was awash with music, dance and chanting today, as the Hare Krishna movement held their annual Festival of Chariots procession.
A unique offering may be presented to the sacred hill Giri Govardhana upon the October 24th festival of Govardhana Puja this year. Renowned UK musician and singer Jayadeva Das (John Richardson) will put together a virtual version of his Mantra Choir project in which over 108 – and possibly as many as 300 or 400 – singers will harmonize through their webcams on a mantra in praise of Govardhana.
BY GAURAVANI DASA
KUALA LUMPUR - "All glories, all glories to Lord Murari in the form of His all-ecstatic name. If any living being puts aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties, and even once takes the holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the source of eternal pleasure, and it is my very life and ornament.
Commentary: Among the various practices of devotional service, the most important is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Chanting the Lord's name is ananda rupam, pure bliss, because it makes ecstasy rise in the heart. Chanting the holy name is also ananda rupam in the sense that it is the essence of ecstasy, and makes everything it touches ecstatic. In this verse, the author again repeats the exclamation jayate, indicating that harinama, the name of the Lord, is the greatest manifestation of the Supreme Lord's attractiveness and mercy. One who realizes the value of harinama will choose to rely on chanting harinama rather than any other kind of spiritual effort. - Invocation, Brhad-Bhagavatamrta, Srila Sanatana Goswami.
Madhavananda das and Locanananda das, disciples of HH Janananda Maharaja, are active members of the Bhakti Centre Gold Coast community.
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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) Read more › 
As a monotheistic Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition under the broader umbrella of Hinduism, ISKCON has signed on to support a new bill that would require school textbooks to more accurately portray Hinduism, as well as other religions and cultures.
The appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was celebrated exquisitely at SJMKL this year on 7th Sep, Sunday. HG Lila Purushottama Prabhu who is the Director of International Gurukul Vrindavan, India, was present to share glories of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura on the auspicious day. A series of special prayers starting from bhajans consisting magnificent Vaishnava songs composed by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Pushpanjali, Maha Arathi and Kirtan were held. Read more › 
So, here's what I found out from my friend, Sankirtana Devi Dasi. During the filming of ‘Patch Adams’ at UNC Chapel Hill, Sankirtana ’s sister Krishna Devi Dasi, and her two friends, the twins Jaya Radhe and Amrita, along with an older girl at the time named Jahnavi Devi Dasi (all part of the Hillsborough, New Goloka Temple), were getting up very early each morning at two o’clock, and would go to the campus where they were filming the movie ‘Patch Adams’ with Robin Williams. This went on for quite a few days... Read more › The post September 10th, 2014 – Darshan appeared first on Mayapur.com.