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I reviewed the Sunday papers on the BBC this morning.
It’s at roughly 1hour 49mins
Manorama prabhu, Iskcon's Youth minister, accompanied a group of devotee's children for a tour to different temples and nearby beautiful nature locations. Read more › The post Discussion with Bn. Gizem before her initiation in Istanbul’s first initiation appeared first on SivaramaSwami.com.
Srila Prabhupada inherited the mission to distribute books on Krishna consciousness from his spiritual master, and passed it on to his disciples. Srila Prabhupada gave his full blessings to disciples who accepted the mission to distribute the books he translated. Read more › 
Director of Food for Life and “food yogi”, Priyavrata das, Paul Rodney Turner was the special guest cook on Healthy You TV last week on FPA Channel 10 in Virginia. He made spicey potato parathas, raw mango/goji berry chutney and a raw vegan peppermint, chocolate chip ice cream. Read more › 
The Hague is the seat of government in the Netherlands, and the capital city of the province of South Holland. “Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead.” CC Antya 4.71 Read more › Sacinandana Swami Sadhu Sanga retreat 2014 SB class part 2
Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasapuja Celebration on Govindaji Hill, New Vrindaban Sept 1972
Srila Prabhupada Describes His Bhagavat Dharma Discourses Held in New Vrindaban – Sept 1972.
From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban.
Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material.
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Denver, Colorado
My dear Radha Damodara,
Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated August 25, 1972, and I appreciate very much for your kind sentiments. Yes, the Bhagavata Dharma discourses here in New Vrindaban are going on very nicely and daily several hundred devotees and guests are coming to hear, and it is truly a wonderful time.
I am glad to hear the nice report about St. Louis temple, and also that you are training yourself up nicely to be a serious preacher of this Krishna Consciousness movement. That much is wanted, sincere men who will become very strong for preaching work throughout the world, on behalf of Krishna. Now you apply yourself to this task very seriously and become learned in all the aspects of our Krishna Consciousness philosophy and take this opportunity in this lifetime to go back to Home, back to Godhead. That is my request.
I have not yet seen the Devotee Sketch-book #2, but I shall see it when I again return to Los Angeles.
Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
ACBS:sda
This talk is a part of the "Fascinating Mahabharata Characters" series. To know more about this course, please visit: bhakticourses.com
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 April 2014, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: The glories of the holy name)
Krsna’s beauty is stunning! It is said that those devotees who look at Krsna, they gradually become stunned! I am worshipping Krsna in the form of Giriraja Govardhan. It is said that Govardhan Hill is non-different from Krsna. Somehow or other, my Giriraja is really nice, extremely nice. He really is very beautiful! Look on the internet if you want to see Him.
Srila Prabhupada said that if we worship the deity of Krsna then we must try to decorate that deity very nicely and if you do so, then you will lose all your taste for worldly beauty. So I am trying to do so and I must say that indeed there is a lot of taste! Such kind of taste is the awakening of spontaneous service.
"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna." Read more › 
Lismore is a subtropical town in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Jagannatha Rathayatra casts transcendental magic at the Lismore Lantern Parade 21 June 2014 Read more › The post June 21st, 2014 – Darshan appeared first on Mayapur.com.
The farewell to Narottama das in the Budapest temple.
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