Moving the Deities into the new temple will be a great step forward in the Deity worship.
The Mayapur Deity department is the largest in ISKCON and many pujaris will be serving the Deities of Sri Panca-tattva, Sri Sri Radha Madhava. Lord Narasimhadeva and the Guru Parampara. They will be housed in the Long Building across from the TOVP. Prabhupada’s Bridge will connect the Long Building with the main temple so they can have more convenient access to the pujari floor and to the main Deity altar.
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1967 August 22 : "It is very good news that you are going to have $5,300 soon, and I thank you very much for offering the entire amount to me. I think the whole amount should be utilized for further publication of my books."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967
1968 August 22 : "I must offer you my heartiest blessing because it is due to your endeavor that we are finding our Bhagavad-gita to be published by a great publisher and through your grace also we are going to publish Teachings of Lord Caitanya."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968
1968 August 22 : "We the Krishna Conscious people are soldiers of the Lord, Arms of the Lord, and because all living entities are energy of the Lord, so energy is always kept on the left side. Radharani is also on the left side of the Lord."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968
1970 August 22 : "My Spiritual Master, Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura, may appear to be physically not present, but still, because I try to serve His instruction, I never feel separated from Him. I expect that all of you should follow these instructions."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!
The devotees of ISKCON Scarborough will be celebrating two auspicious events in a grand manner tomorrow/Saturday.
Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja celebrations:
Srila Prabhupada’s appearance day was celebrated in a grand manner throughout the world on Monday – 18th Aug 2014
We at ISKCON Scarborough will be celebrating this glorious day tomorrow – 22nd Aug 2014(Friday).
Program for Friday – 22nd Aug 2014
6.45 pm- Tulasi Arti
7 pm- 8 pm- Srila Prabhupada nectar- class by HG Subhudi DD (ACBSP)
8 pm – 8.30 pm- Arti
8.30 – 8.45 pm – 1 round group chanting of Hare Krsna Maha Mantra
8.45 pm – Grand feast
Srila Prabhupad’s Appearance Day is a very special day for all ISKCON devotees as they joyfully glorify their eternal saviour Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada was sent by the Lord to fulfill Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction:
Sri Caitanya-bhagavata by Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura
Antya-khanda 4.126
prthivi-paryanta yata ache desa-grama
sarvatra sancara haibeka mora nama
“In every town and village of the world, My name will be heard”.
Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura wrote in his Sajjona-tosani:
“Soon there will be a time when the chanting of Krishna’s name will be heard in England, France, Russia, Germany and America.”
Srila Prabhupada appeared on that most auspicious spiritual occasion of Nanadotsava. Nandotsava means: Nanda Maharaja’s huge festival celebrating Krishna’s birth.
Srila Prabhupada lives forever through his books. This legacy will always provide the devotees with Sri Caitanya katha and teach everyone to chant the Maha mantra.
Snan Yatra:
ISKCON Scarborough's 2nd Snan Yatra will take place on Saturday 23 Aug 2014.
This grand Snan yatra is a precursor to ISKCON Scarborough's 2nd Annual Jagannath Cultural program that will take place on Saturday- September 6th 2014 at Milliken Park.
Program for Saturday – 23rd Aug 2014
7 pm - 8 pm - Grand Abhishek on the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladev and Subhadra Devi
8 pm – 8.30 pm- Arti
8.30 – 8.45 pm – 1 round group chanting of Hare Krsna Maha Mantra
8.45 pm – Grand feast
The Snan yatra bathing ceremony has been going on since the time of the carving of the 'Dharu-brahman' Deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladev, and Subhadra Devi in Sri Purushottam Kshetra (Jagannath Puri) thousands of years ago, commemorating Their sacred appearance for the devotees
We warmly welcome you, your family and friends to join us for the auspicious programs this Friday/Sunday
ISKCON Scarborough
3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,
Scarborough,Ontario,
Canada,M1V4C7
Email Address:
iskconscarborough@hotmail.com
website:
www.iskconscarborough.com
1975 August 22: "The purpose of sannyasa is that now one has no hindrances for preaching work. The purpose is to increase preaching. So if one takes sannyasa and does not increase preaching, then there is no value."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
1975 August 22: "Do not waste any time, but work always to please Krishna within your heart. He is witnessing everything. He only wants us to constantly remember Him. Is it very difficult?"
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
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Auspiciousness reigns as we continue with the last of our summer festival programs along the Baltic Sea coast here in Poland. The amount of vacationers is dwindling as people start to return home for work and school, but attendance at our programs remains as high as ever.
Learning through experimentation is important for students to master Science objectives. Here Upper Elementary students learn about mass, weight, and volume using a scale, spring scale, and graduated cylinder. They learn how to calculate the volume of an irregular shaped object by use of water displacement.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 July 2014, Serbia, Summer Camp, Caitanya Candramrta Seminar Part 1)
Sri Caitanya-candramrta by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati
Chapter 1, Verse 6
“When Lord Gauracandra’s devotees, who are worshiped even by the demigods, drink the wonderfully sweet nectar of bliss of pure love of God that flows from the lotus flower of Lord Gauracandra’s feet, they become completely intoxicated. In that condition they laugh at Lord Brahma and the other demigods, condemn the impersonalists and yogis, and do not consider the great devotees of Lord Visnu who do not worship Lord Gauracandra to be very important. Let us glorify that Lord Gauracandra!”
In India, so many people bow down every day to the demigods. If you go to the city of Benares, the presiding deity of the city is Lord Shiva and on the banks of the Ganga, there are thousands of brahmanas performing different pujas very piously, every day. Many people also join in that worship – practically to worship the devatas, demigods, but such worship will give only temporary benefits. So why would we bother for temporary benefits? What is the point? It will only make it worse.
After the Russian revolution in 1918, so many Russian aristocracies went as refugees to Western Europe. Many of them used to be prominent personalities in the government and used to appear at royal gatherings, wearing opulent uniforms. When they went to Western Europe, somehow or other, most of them got jobs as porters or door-keepers of hotels. All big hotels had Russian refugees who were there, dressed in their uniforms as before. But this time – a lost glory! So, when one has material success, it is worse than not having any success because one will lose it again and then the pain is much greater. Once you have been rich, how can you be happy with ordinary things? Therefore, praying for material benefits is never beneficial.
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagvatam 10.2.31 for the morning class on Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja day.
“In Srila Prabhupada’s initiation letter to me he wrote, ‘I marked it in your person when I was in Boston, and I prayed to Krishna that this good soul may be aware of the importance of Krishna consciousness.’
“The pure devotee prays to Krishna to give mercy to the fortunate conditioned soul. And because Krishna is bhakta-vatsala—affectionate and favorably inclined to His devotees—He fulfills their desires. Within the heart He encourages the candidate—the object of the devotee’s mercy—to appreciate the value of Krishna consciousness and accept the process of devotional service.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.2.31
ISKCON SALEM (Tamilnadau, India) Celebrated Sri Krishna Janmastami in very very grand level.
Arati & Kirtans, Lectures, Bhajans, Sloka recitation by Gurukula Students, Drama, Abhisekam, Book Distribution and Lot's of Prasadam Distribution,
These where the Programs from 4.30am - Midnight, and 60 thousand people attended.
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By the Mercy of Srila Prabhupada & Grace of HH Mahavishnu Swami, ISKCON NEPAL Celebrates 1st Day of Sri Krishna Janmastami as Local Calendar on 17th August 2014, Sunday here in Nepal.... More Than 150,000 People visited our Temple on this Day. Devotees distributed Free Prasadam to all the visitors. On this day there was Avisheka of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Hari and Book Distribution..
There was huge line to take darshan of the deity as well as for prasadam. It was a grand successful program.
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This Year, ISKCON Bangalore - Seshadripuram, Celebrated a grand Janmashtami Festival! Two of Srila Prabhupada's Disciples, HH Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami Maharaj and HG Tejo Prakash Prabhu graced the Event!
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Toronto, Ontario
Just Yesterday
It was just yesterday that I submitted my yearly written words of appreciation to our guru, Srila Prabhupada, on his birth anniversary. They are found in the form of a poem just below. It was today that I trekked along the path that he took in June of ’76 along Taylor Creek, right here in Toronto.
There are many moods projected about you,
Reflected in pics, so many, not few.
They are diverse colours of a true saint
That are captured by camera or brush with paint.
Moods of gravity, solidity, and weight
The serious look that defines the great.
Moods of lightness, moments of humour,
Of laughter, jokes, and human candour.
My favourite photos are of your smile,
They inspire and push for the extra mile,
They lure and lock in an eager soul
Who’s on a search for the ultimate goal.
You say, “The face is the index of the mind”.
The exterior can determine the kind.
Dare I judge the face of your Divine Grace.
Yet I presume purity rests at that place.
You profile as a master, scholar, or king,
A general, a warrior, the spirit of Narasingh.
Paradoxically, you’ve shown your ability
To portray a servant in all humility.
There are images of you in reverent prayer.
Those are the stills not really so rare –
Images of concern for us as we go
On a hobble or a crawl and move so slow.
I like the pics when you enjoyed the play.
It was in New York at the end of one day.
Krishna eloped with a grand princess,
Rukmini, being the damsel in distress.
It was drama that brought you some delight
As actor princes put up a good fight.
Your viewing the play is precious indeed,
An impression that waters the bhakti seed.
There are action shots of your teaching and talking –
Action shots of reading and walking.
They are signatures, brands, trademarks –
Images that pull us out of the dark.
Grateful are we for those generous poses
That strike the heart like petals of roses.
One frozen moment of your deep contemplation
Leaves us with a piece for worthy conversation.
The Source is with you!
12 KM
Toronto, Ontario
It Is Custom
It is a custom, with me, anyway, to do this japa chanting walk in the dark after the fasting and feasting of Janmastami. At 1:45 AM we went. Churnley, Mohit and I took to a blackened evening through the trees. Churnley’s cell phone lit up some of the trail which edges along dry tree areas as well as cat-tailed wetlands in the lower Don River system.
At one corner, we received some vision power from the moon’s casting, and there we caught a wave of wild flower scent that allowed our minds to travel to the drama we had just enacted before a full house at our temple. Based on the pages of the book, Bhagavatam, the description of the eve of Krishna’s birth was one of total shanty (peace). Planets were prominent. All that was aromatic was present. All that indicated prosperity, such as rivers full of flowing waters, breezes favourable, and stars apparent, were enhanced. Whatever I had narrated from the script of “Blue Mystic” was delineating such details, at least in spirit, and was now duplicated in the very atmosphere we were moving through. What a special day (evening, rather).
Sleep was evident after a full day of activity and being on an empty stomach. And now our full bellies were waddling down a trail for a two hour people-less stretch. I told the two companions before the trek, the rule of this customary walk is “No talking. Only chant.” We are honouring our guru, Srila Prabhupada, because as of 12 midnight we celebrate his birthday – that’s festive day number two. What can you do but continue the joy.
May the Source be with you!
12 KM
Toronto, Ontario
His Birthday
It’s Krishna’s birthday. On such occasions you often end up doing something that’s enjoyable. Along with a dozen community members here, we chose to walk somewhat of an obstacle course just after our morning arati (early morning meditations).
Not all of this group were so highly prepared foot wear wise, because the trek was truly spontaneous for them. We are also looking at participants that are mostly car bound suburbanites. They were, however, troopers, excited by our chosen forest setting trail.
“This trail will remind you of Vrindavan,” I said at the outset, “Krishna’s upbringing turf.” We then blazed that trail at David Balfour Park, and then the Brickworks where I did my training for long distance walking.
My pace was slower than usual just to accommodate the crew. We went down a wiggly trail and let these troopers know that even in the heart of a fair sized city like Toronto, one can derive from it a peaceful greenery.
Legs were sore (not mine), but smiles were preserved. “That’s the spirit!” I told the group. “Now, we are going to enjoy a packed day of festivities.” I also reminded them that it’s a full day fast. Each one of these participants passed the test and had not passed out. They achieved happy tolerance. I gave a talk in the evening to a full house on the significance of Janmastami, the birth anniversary of Krishna. Sitting in front of me was one of the participants, a woman who happened to slip and fall on the moist boardwalk segment of the walk. She smiled away, though, like anything while I was talking, jubilant like one of Krishna’s peacocks.
May the Source be with you!
8 KM
A brand new professionally-shot documentary about the construction of ISKCON’s flagship temple, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal has just been released, as the initial burst of progress settles to a slower yet steady pace.The documentary is the second in a multi-part series focuses on the community behind the ambitious project.
The 10th Annual Festival of the Chariots & Ratha Yatra Parade, an Indian multi-cultural extravaganza, will take place on the beach & at the Seawalk Pavillion, Seawalk Plaza Beach Blvd. & Ocean Front South in Jacksonville Beach from 3:30 to 9 PM.
Vyasa-puja is an annual celebration by devotees of Krishna to offer homage to their guru, or spiritual teacher. Each year, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishes a limited number of copies of a Vyasa-puja book—a collection of homages to Srila Prabhupada from devotees and temples all over the world.
After Sri Balarama Jayanti, Sri Krsna Janmashtami festival & Srila Prabhupada's appearance day were clebrated by Iskcon Munich congregation with a great merry and happiness. More than 200 devotees attended the festival and experienced the transcendental mercy of Sri Sri Radha Gaura Krsna & Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. The program included bhajan/kirtan, lecture about Sri Krsna's pastimes, maha-abhishek, children dance, theatre, quiz competition, swinging ceremony, midnight maha-arati with new outfit darshan & prasadam offering. For Srila Prabhupada's appearance day, our congregation was blessed with two senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada. Both HG Prithu Prabhu and HG Nikhilananda Prabhu are the direct disciples of Srila Prabhupada and shared various pastimes, experiences and realizations with their master Srila Prabhupada. Later pushpanjali was offered with prasadam cooked by Madana Sundari Mji. Everyone worked very hard to present both the festivals with beautiful Lordships, nice decorated altar, tasty prasadam, friendly service & good cooperation. We hope for similar cooperation in near future too.
Thank you & Krsna blessings!
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Kirtan is a sure way to transcend the mundane preoccupations of the mind and enjoy the bliss of Divine.
Please visit TOVP.org and donate to help build The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
Ahmed, who is the principal of a municipal school, believes that religion does not teach hatred or rivalry, instead it promotes love and fraternity.
This is the story of two dear friends of mine, two wonderful souls who united together in the presence of their love ones at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The Manor is a beautiful Radha-Krishna temple just north of London and is my of my most favourite, familiar and visited wedding venues. Sita was a wonderful bride from Birmingham whilst Sundar-Madhava travelled from Nottingham to wed his soulmate. However, despite both of them being from the Midlands, because of Sundar-Madhava’s many years spent as a residential monk at this beautiful temple, they chose Bhaktivedanta Manor as their venue for their beautiful wedding ceremony.
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The Hare Krishna maha-mantra gives liberation and at the same time offers shelter at the lotus feet of Krishna. If one takes shelter at the lotus feet of Krishna after liberation, he develops his dormant ecstatic love for Krishna. That is the highest perfection of life. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.257 Purport)
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“The stories of the Ramayan and the Mahabharat cannot be termed a-historical just because there is not enough archaeological hard evidence."
