Richard L. Thompson Lecture Series Inaugural Event
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“The process of bhakti-yoga is regulated by a theory of knowledge that strictly rules out unjustifiable speculation and extrapolation, and in this respect bhakti-yoga is methodologically superior to modern science, and goes beyond modern science by providing the individual with practical methods of developing higher cognitive powers that lie dormant in the conscious self.  
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Devotees in Dnipro in Ukraine
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Dnipro in Ukraine has a beautiful Hare Krishna Temple, a thousand devotees live in this city with beautiful Deities of Gaur Nitai and Jagannath, Baladev and Subadra. (The big Gaur Nitai have moved to a secret safe location.) They have a traveling Sankirtan party and a big Prasad Distribution Initiative, it’s like going back in
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GBC Meeting Report January 18, 2023
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GBC Meeting Report January 18, 2023 The GBC meeting was opened with prayers led by HH Bhanu Swami Maharaja, Chairman of the GBC Executive Committee. Nrisimha Kavaca dasa, ISKCON Deity Minister, followed with a reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam. The GBC began by updating a few committee assignments that needed clarification from 2022. (Assignments for
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Gurukula- The Hare Krishna Primary School (Bhaktivedanta Manor) has the following vacancies
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Hare Krishna. Gurukula- The Hare Krishna Primary School (Bhaktivedanta Manor) has the following vacancies available from September 2023. YEAR 5/6 CLASS TEACHER Gurukula is a calm and purposeful place to learn’ Ofsted 2022 Job Title: Class Teacher Salary Scale: Negotiable (dependent on experience) Position: Year 5 & 6 Class Teacher Start date: September 2023 Closing
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Iskcon Alachua: Congratulations to Kasisvara Dasa and Leah for Being Recognized at the Alachua City Commission
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Iskcon Alachua: Congratulations to Kasisvara Dasa and Leah for Being Recognized at the Alachua City Commission for the humanitarian work being done by the Vaishnava International Relief Association and the Day for Ukraine fundraiser. Read about it in detail here: Excerpted from Helping the Displaced in Ukraine, by Ray Caron, Alachua County Today newspaper, Vol.
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ISKCON Constitution Project Update
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By the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC) From 3 to 6 January 2023, GBC General Counsel Devakinandana Das hosted a four-day meeting in the offices of his law firm in Singapore. ISKCON Constitution project members Pancharatna Das (ACBSP), Kaunteya das, and Devarsi Radhika Devi Dasi, who is also an attorney, travelled from India to attend.
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Vaishnavi Voices in ISKCON
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Abhidheya Devi dasi In this special episode of The Bhakti Kids Sangha Podcast, I talk to HG Narayani Devi Dasi about being a Vaishnavi in ISKCON in the past up to the present day and the recent news of the GBC pausing Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus after passing the resolution some time ago. We get to
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
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Stouffville, Ontario

Art to Give You a Start

There they were, like kids in a candy shop. The Bhakti Academy crew joined me for a visit to a household in Stouffville. The proprietor, Ajay, handed me a copy of the Krsna Art Book, which I passed on for viewing to BA for their perusal. They were enthralled.

Page after page illustrates and summarizes pastimes of Krishna, which are full of energy, mysticism and holiness. Thus, the group was huddled about the book, a coffee-table sized gorgeous publication. It was the first time they had viewed such a masterpiece of material.

In general, art attracts. Colour, texture, images and emotions project forward and stir the observer. Our guru, Prabhupada, called these works of art, depicting Krishna’s activities, as “Windows to the spiritual world.”

When I called Vivasvan from Detroit, who was my major support person at the start of my US walk, he mentioned he had gone to that gallery to see the seventy-five works of Van Gogh on display.

“How did you like the exhibit?” I asked.

“It was quite wonderful,” he responded.

The whole world is attracted to art, some of it is tasteful, some of it isn’t my cup of tea. I have one friend who collects rejected articles and reassembles them, redefining the materials. I haven’t seen his work, but am looking forward to the time he does an exhibit.

In any event. Art moves people and if it compels the public to a spiritual journey, th en it’s doing its job.

May the Source be with you!