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Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.18.9 during the morning program.
“The mercy of Lord Nrsimhadeva is manifest in different ways: There are internal demons and external demons, and He is fully competent and inclined to vanquish both. As preachers we face both internal and external demons, and being sincere in our service we are quite distressed by the internal demons—not just because they disturb our consciousness in our own bhajana, or worship, but because they also interfere with our ability to help others. So we take shelter of Krishna consciousness. Prahlada is actually praying that people think of Krishna, for the power of thinking of Krishna is immeasurable. As stated in the last paragraph of the purport, ’If the Krishna consciousness movement spreads all over the world, and if by the grace of Krishna everyone accepts it, the thinking of envious people will change. Everyone will think of the welfare of others. Therefore Prahlada Maharaja prays, sivam mitho dhiya. In material activities, everyone is envious of others, but in Krishna consciousness, no one is envious of anyone else; everyone thinks of the welfare of others.’ (SB 5.18.9 purport)”
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Over the past few weeks one of the main topics locally has been the recent arrests of health care professionals for falsifying medical records, and a report on failings in health care provisions falling well below the professional level that even unqualified home care staff are expected to deliver.
For me one statement from a qualified nurse was unexplainable they didn’t see that basic care was their responsibility and the person being left in distressing unclean condition’s. The disconnect of the patient need and care delivery has left a stunned health board, assembly government and community silent and stunned.
Working in the profession I am am saddened to read such headlines whilst reassessing the standards of care I personally deliver to my clients is it the best I can given the restraints of time and facilities at my disposal.
What disappointed me working in the profession is not the relative’s call for heads to roll (that’s understandable) but that each looked at blaming everyone other than themselves, the nurses weren’t to blame as they had been let down by lack of management direction, the management weren’t to blame as they had been let down by lack of health board direction, they intern weren’t to blame as they were only in place over the last few years and look to the assembly government. Who in tern said sorry but pointed out it was the trust boards responsibility overall.
I wondered what happened to nurse accountability, how we are not only care provider’s but also primary advocates for those vunrable and unable to self advocate due to illness, it was seen as the nurse’s duty and great pride was taken in how high the standard’s of not only the ward you worked on but the hospital.
Accurate and honest documentation
Clean well cared for patient’s, with each component of the care package delivered in a timely fashion. This was see as good nursing.
After all in vedic culture the nurse is described as one of our mother’s and this is high praise indeed as no mother can turn a blind eye to suffering putting others needs before her own, a majority of nurses put patients needs before their own.
I return to the thought of personal responsibility
And also personal responsibility as devotee’s/my responsibility.
It is easy as in the case highlighted to pass blame, its not my responsibility it’s the temple, senior devotee’s (let me tell you so and so Prabhu/Mataji don’t do ###### and so that’s why I don’t)
It’s easy to fall into this trap.
But Krishna consciousness is personal not impersonal
I am personally responsible for our japa
I am personally responsible for reading and studying Srila Prabhupada book’s
I am personally responsible for distributing and sharing prasadam, and inspiring others to take to Krishna consciousness
The GBC, Iskcon give guidelines and instructions to follow, it is personal choice to follow or not the results will reflect this.
As in my professional life I have guidelines from the professional bodies that oversee the care profession it is my responsibility to make sure this standard is met, the results of my client’s experience will reflect this.
If their is failings it is not theirs but mine.
I as a devotee should reflect the highest standards any failings is non other than mine.
Personalism not impersonal
The end thought
I should be the example and by this example others should be inspired to follow
Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda Temple, ISKCON
Hare Krishna Land
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Salem - 636012
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Last month a cover of New Scientist had emblazoned on its cover, “Move over nature, we’re taking control” Interesting, I thought. Have they discovered some way of checking the force of hurricanes?
We can have successful cow protection projects in ISKCON. But only if we’re willing to accept the high cost of violence-free milk, and of caring for cows and their handlers.That’s the message that Shyamasundara Das, the recently appointed Global Minister for Cow Protection and Agriculture, is bringing to communities around the world.
The silk road going through Uzbekistan is one of the oldest traveled paths in the world, historians save over 2,500 years. The silk road has always been a melting pot of cultures from India, Europe, Russia, and central Asia.
It's developing a new meaning as Srila Prabhupada's followers began to quietly spread in the country.
This album is a collection of pictures of some of the devotees and the traditional culture in Uzbekistan, mostly shot in Tashkent, Samarkand, and the mountains during our visit in April-May of 2014 Read more › 
Nrsimhadeva (nri-SING-ha-deva) is Krishna’s half-man and half-lion incarnation. After Krishna's incarnation as a boar, Varahadeva, killed the demon Hiranyaksha, the demon’s younger brother, Hiranyakashipu, was determined to get revenge and conquer the universe. He performed severe austerities to get the attention of Brahma, and asked to be granted immortality. Brahma, the engineer of the universe, was himself a mortal being and so could not grant him immortality. But he did give Hiranyakashipu the boons that he could not be killed by any man or animal, by anything living or dead, during the day or night, inside or outside, on the land or in the sea or sky. Read more › 
In the heart of the Belgian Ardennes, near Durbuy, lies the fairytale castle of Petite Somme. The castle has a long history which now houses the spiritual community of ISKCON Radhadesh.
Russell Brand has recently burst onto the activist and consciousness scene with his interview on BBC a few months ago. Since then, he has been speaking out against many of the injustices that have been plaguing the world from wealth inequality to political corruption.
Restriction of religious symbols in the public space.
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Bhaktivedanta Manor is an oasis of spiritual inspiration just north of London in the Hertfordshire countryside.
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Why be part of an institution? Especially in times of disagreement (or embarrassment), I've asked myself this question and have, on more than one occasion, struggled to find an answer.
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Sri Narasimha Bhagavan ki Jaya! Read more › Radhanath Swami at 24 Hour Hare Krishna Kirtan Festival 2008 New Vrindavan
New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 05/15/14.
Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban.
This week’s challenge: Can you identify all six devotees in the photo?
Extra credit: What’s the occasion & when was the photo taken?
What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook Page.
Technical stuff: We share a photo Thursday and confirm known details Sunday. Let’s keep it light and have a bit of fun!
Special request: If you have a photo showing New Vrindaban devotees in action, share it with us and we’ll use it in a future posting.
An imperfect living being does not even know what is happening within his own personal body. He eats his food but does not know how this food is transformed into energy or how it sustains his body. When a living being is perfect, he is aware of everything that happens, and since the Supreme Person is all-perfect, it is quite natural that He knows everything in all detail.
Srimad Bhagavatam Introduction