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Last Flight
By Lilasuka dasi
A little brownish baby sparrow slowly hopped into the middle of the lobby of the Radha Vrindaban Candra temple, and just stood there, looking a bit lost.
It turns out she wasn’t lost at all, as Lord Krsna was apparently very much guiding her from within.
As it happened, Dasi, who was passing through the lobby during her busy day of serving the Lord, stopped short. She couldn’t help but notice the little bird. Dasi thought, “I wonder if this tiny sparrow is a friendly animal, or maybe she just needs help.”
She slowly kneeled down a few steps away, so as not to startle the little one, and gently held out her scarf for the bird to hop on.
Our feathered friend did just that! The little sparrow walked right up onto her scarf as if she’d been waiting for the invitation!
Then the baby appeared to just fall asleep on the scarf. After a few minutes she woke up again, and became alert, but didn’t try to fly away.
By this time, Dasi had taken the little sparrow to her office and set her in a basket lined with flower petals that had been offered to Srila Prabhupada that morning, next to her laptop, where she played some soft bhajans of her guru maharaj soothingly chanting Hare Krsna.
Fearing the worst, she sprinkled the resting bird with the Lord’s own caranamrita (bathing water).
After only a few short minutes, the sparrow quietly left her body, listening to the chanting of the Lord’s Holy Name!
Such is the mercy of the Lord, which often comes at unexpected times and in wonderful ways.
Devotees find yet an other way to share their good fortune with all the people of the world! Read more ›
25th June progress so far Read more › HG Murli Manohara Dasa – SB 10.69.9-15 – 18.06.2014
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BY SRI JAGANNATH MANDIR, KL
KUALA LUMPUR - Sri Jagannatha Mandir ,Kuala Lumpur held a programme in honour of Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura’s disappearance anniversary. Programme started with singing of "Je anilo Premadhana" followed by reading from “The seventh Goswami”.
Soon after that Bhoga offering, pushpanjali and Maha arati was performed. A delicious feast was served to all at the end. It was a day to meditate on the development of congregational preaching since it was Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura who revived Lord Nityananda’s Nama Hatta preaching programme and later on developed Lord Chaitanya’s tree of devotion. It is mentioned that Bhakti Vinode Thakura established at least five hundred namahattas and was actively preaching amongst grihasta devotees.
It is amazing to see that the preaching techniques that Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura used 100 years ago are relevant even till today. On this day ISKCON Malaysia Regional Secretary, Simhesvara Prabhu wrote a wonderful message with regards to congregational preaching by developing Shraddha kutirs . He is presently engaged in developing a first ever farm community in Malaysia. “Here at the New Godruma Dhama farm I take care of about 150 trees in my free time. Means I water them, fertilize them with cow dung and also at times dig into the earth around the plants and build up the soil. All this I do in my free time other than having to manage other things. It is a daily affair of my free time. So a Sraddha Kutir is something like that, in your free time, off your office hours you need to just invite some people to your homes. Make friends. In Kali Yuga it is very easy to make enemies or opponents. Even as devotees sometimes we find it difficult with each other. But this Sraddha Kutir will bring in so many friends. And friends are what we need. And more the friends more the merrier and happy you can be in your Krishna consciousness. I cannot imagine me staying around as a devotee without my friends. So please expand as much this Sraddha Kutir and cultivate friendship amongst all people and bring as many to your homes. Talk to them, hear them, cook for them, feed them and chant with them. And then, they will not want to go back to where they were. They will be dreaming whole week for the Sraddha Kutir programme.So the programme may be a once in a month or weekly but in the other days both the host and the guests will be meditating when they will meet again for the programme. A perfect way to manage our time and energy.”
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Sri Jagannatha Mandir ,Kuala Lumpur held a programme in honour of Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura’s disappearance anniversary. Programme started with singing of Je anilo Premadhana followed by reading from “The seventh Goswami”. Soon after that Bhoga offering , pushpanjali and Maha arati was performed. A delicious feast was served to all at the end. It was a day to meditate on the development of congregational preaching since it was Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura who revived Lord Nityananda’s Nama Hatta preaching programme and later on developed Lord Chaitanya’s tree of devotion. It is mentioned that Bhakti Vinode Thakura established at least five hundred namahattas and was actively preaching amongst grihasta devotees. It is amazing to see that the preaching techniques that Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakura used 100 years ago are relevant even till today. On this day ISKCON Malaysia Regional Secretary, His Grace Simhesvara Prabhu wrote a wonderful message with regards to congregational preaching by developing Shraddha kutirs . His Grace is presently engaged in developing a first ever farm community in Malaysia. Read more › The post June 27th, 2014 – Darshan appeared first on Mayapur.com.
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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. To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places of pilgrimage, studied the Vedas and fulfilled everything required. SB 3.33.7 Read more ›
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namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda namine
gaura shakti svarupaya rupanuga varaya te
Have you read the Science of Self Realization?
By Krishna Bhava dasi
Sometimes with his mother and sometimes with his son, Herbie has been visiting NV for a decade, “Under the radar” as he likes to say. Originally from Kent, Ohio, he moved to West Alexander, WV.
Ten summers ago he decided to take a camping vacation near the Palace of Gold. One day while driving to his campsite, he discovered the Palace. He had always been interested in different religions and was very attracted.
He went into the Palace gift shop, Krpamaya das shared with Him some passages from the Bhagavad Gita and he bought a Science of Self Realization. After reading the Science of Self Realization he became inspired. He works for a large corporation and teaches customer relations to thousands of people. While teaching them customer relations he now tries to incorporate principles from Srila Prabhupada’s Science of Self Realization. In his work place he has inspired over 40 workers to download the Science of Self Realization and they have discussions on it.
Last summer I was very enlivened when he shared his story with me and the last thing he said to me was “Have you read the Science of Self Realization?”
The author of this article, Krishna Bhava das,i has lived in New Vrindaban for over 30 years, having done lots of different services, while raising two children as well. She now runs the Palace Gift Shop at Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Around 37 000 people attended this year's Stonehenge Summer Solstice, Parasurama Prabhu and his team arrange a Midnight Ratha Yatra and the distribution of thousands plates of Prasadam. Afterwards MahaVishnu Swami with the Harinam Party was rocking the stones till sun rise Read more › Mahavishnu Swami Kirtan at London Ratha Yatra – 15 June 2014
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