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All the planet gets the benefit from these sages that have gathered in Mayapur Dhama to perform the sacrifice recommended for this age: Sankirtan Yajna, the congregational chanting of the Holy Names to glorify Lord Shri Krishna, thank Him and request for His mercy! Read more ›

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3rd March 2014 The historical festival in Mayapur will be again! Tomorrow, On 3rd March, 2014, the worldwide vaisanva community gathered  at Mayapur will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Sri Panca Tattva Installation in Mayapur. Around 6000 devotees are already in Mayapur, taking part in the kirtan mela. Many more devotees are expected to arrive […]

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), established the Governing Body Commission (GBC) to be the ultimate managing authority for the society. In ISKCON’s Direction of Management written on July 28, 1970, Srila Prabhupada states: As we have increased our volume of activities, now I think a Governing Body Commission (hereinafter referred to as the GBC) should be established. I am getting old, 75 years old, therefore at any time I may be out of the scene, therefore I think it is necessary to give instruction to my disciples how they shall manage the whole institution. They are already managing individual centers represented by one president, one secretary and one treasurer, and in my opinion they are doing nice. But we want still more improvement in the standard of temple management, propaganda for Krishna consciousness, distribution of books and literatures, opening of new centers and educating devotees to the right standard. (SMIS is the Sri Mayapur International School) Read more ›

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HH Loknath Swami revived the Pandharpur Panchacroshi Parikrama, which was originally initiated by Namdev Tukaram Maharaj in the holy land of Pandharpur ,which houses the traditional Lord Vitthal temple. The three day festival saw thousands of people participate in the 49 kms journey from various towns and cities of Maharastra from 1-3 February 2014. Devotees from ISKCON Pandharpur were congratulated for restablishing the broken tradition of Pandharpur Parikrama. Read more ›

Srila Prabhupada Appreciates New Vrindaban’s Protected Cow Milk – June 1969.

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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June 24th, 1969.

My Dear Kirtanananda,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kind attention for me continually for one month, and I was so happy to remain in New Vrindaban. Yesterday afternoon, we safely reached Los Angeles, and Tamala Krishna has rented a very, very nice entire house for me, with compound and garage, at $350 per month. So I am very comfortably situated here. Two brahmacaris, Purusottama and Sridama, are always taking care of me, but at the same time, I am always thinking of your New Vrindaban. The first thing I find in the taste of the milk. The milk which we are taking here is not at all comparable with New Vrindaban milk. Anyway, there must be a gulf of difference between city life and country life. As poet Cowper said, “Country is made by God, and city is made by man.” Therefore, my special request is that you should try to maintain as many cows as possible in your New Vrindaban.

The first thing is that whether the girls and women who live there are agreeable to work as I have suggested; namely 1) to take care of the children, both from health and educational point of view, 2) to keep the whole temple, kitchen, etc. very clean, (At the present moment, things are not kept very clean. You are right that if some outsiders come, they will view our situation as not very hygienic.), 3) cooking, 4) churning butter. If they agree to all these four principles, that is to say, if they cooperate with the boys, then surely very quickly New Vrindaban will develop as nicely as possible.

So far as milk is concerned, I can arrange for financing in the matter of purchasing cows. The arrangement will be like this, that I shall ask all the centers to finance at least for one cow, and you will have to pay them back the price by supplying ghee. Suppose somebody advances $200 for purchasing a cow; you will have to repay the debt by supplying $200 worth of ghee. After that, the cow becomes your property. But to produce this ghee means there must be regular churning.

The men should be engaged in producing vegetables, tilling the field, taking care of the animals, house construction, etc. and the women shall do the indoor activities. Of course, those who are engaged in typing, like Syama Dasi, they cannot do any other work. So you may arrange things in this way. Please request Satyabhama to send me back the Krishna Book immediately. Mail may be sent and forwarded to the LA temple, at the above address. Hope you are well.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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When? Sunday, March 2nd Program starts at 11 am Where? 6 George Street South Brampton, Ontario L6Y 1P3, Canada Phone:416-648-3312 New! Listen Click here to listen to previous class recordings on our blog Make a Donation

Bhagavad-gita As It Is 9.23 ye 'py anya-devatā-bhaktā  yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ  te 'pi mām eva kaunteya  yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam TRANSLATION Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way.   Program Schedule:  11.00- 11.15      Tulsi Puja                                           11.15 - 11.30     Guru Puja                                            11:30 –11:55     Aarti & Kirtan                                       11.55 - 12.00    Sri Nrsingadeva Prayers                  12.00 – 1:00     Vedic Discourse    1:00 –  1:30      Closing Kirtan ON GOING EVERY SATURDAY         Bhagavad-Gita Classes Join Bhagavad Gita Course with His Grace Vaisnava Dasa from 9.00am-12.00pm and get certified from Bhaktivedanta College at the completion of this course towards Bhakti Sastri Degree. To register please contact Vaisnava Dasa Prabhu in person or via email[vaishnavadas@icloud.com] ON GOING EVERY SUNDAY Govinda's Natural Foods Snack Bar Govinda's has always been a giver of love and friendliness, food with a home cooked feel, Check out this Sunday your own Govinda’s Snack Bar at ISKCON Brampton for dine in or take out. This snackbar definitely has the best selection of cruelty-free eats with a bang for your buck. Nutrition Help & Diet Tips Mother Rashmi Ahuja is offering free one to one consultations and development of Individualized Nutrition Plans on Sundays between 1:30 - 3pm. Please contact (416)569-6373 or (905)488-7272 to book an appointment. Sunday School The Sunday School provides fun filled strategies through the medium of music, drama, debates, quizzes and games that present Vedic Culture to children. However the syllabus is also designed to simultaneously teach them to always remember Krishna and never forget Him. The Sunday School follows the curriculum provided by the Bhaktivedanta College of Education and Culture (BCEC). COMING UP AHEAD Gaura Purnima[Appearance day of Mahaprabhu] On march 16th Fasting till moonrise Mangala arati @ 5.00 am Evening program @ 7.00 pm[Regular Sunday Feast,11am-2pm, is moved at this time due to Gaura Purnima Celebrations]                                                                                                      Maha Clean-up for Gaura Purnima Please join us for the Maha Clean-up of the temple on march 9th after prasadam,everyone is welcome. You can be helpful in so many different ways with this festival if you'd like,  please do ask Prema Gaurangi Devi Dasi how. Sponsor Kalash   If you'd like to participate in the Maha Abhiseka Ceremoney of Lord Caitanya,you may sign up for  Kalash[108 $]for a family. Note:we've limited no of Kalash,so first come first serve. To sponsor/finance this festival,please contact Krsna smaran Devi Dasi in person or via[kavitabalram@yahoo.com]  (We'll keep you updated for more details of this festival coming up shortly) Please note that ISKCON Brampton is a nut free environment in order to support those with allergies. Your cooperation is appreciated. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Chant and Be happy!

Guess who got a fantastic review recently? Check out the online version of the article here and make a headway to Govinda's (during working hours, of course)! The original appeared in the print version of The Grid on the 27th of February, 2014.

Bhakti Vijnana Maharaja, our GBC from Russia, presented a seminar at the ILS entitled, “A Culture of Empowerment.”

I am just a fool who is learning from Krsna and His devotees how to love unconditionally.

To the supremely fortunate, pious and affectionate persons who live in Vrndavana, which is more blissful than Lord Visnu’s abode, and who, worshipping Them with prayers and gifts, make Radha and Krsna deeply indebted to them, we offer our respectful obeisances.

[Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-77Translation.]

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.8.5)

The time slot is very short so, one last point,

sarva maha-guna-gana vaisnava-sarire

krsna-bhakte krsnera guna sakali sañcare (Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75)

 

A great collection of good qualities are present within the vaisnavas – a vaisnava gradually develops all the good qualities of Krsna. So in this way, the vaisnavas also like Krsna become all-attractive and that is what we see in Srila Prabhupada, that he became all-attractive. Like when Prabhupada was here, wherever he was, that was the center of the universe! Wherever he was that became the place where ‘it’ was happening. So in this way, we hope that this movement will produce, and it has already produced, many amazing devotees to whom I am offering my obeisances.

Still the thought comes to my mind. If we would take a scale and if we would put all our collective wealth – all the wealth, all the jewels that we have received of realizations in Krsna consciousness of all the devotees – on one end on the scale and we put the weight of Prabhupada’s wealth on the other side, I am sure that his wealth, his spiritual wealth outweighs the collective wealth of all of us.

Therefore, I think we are greatly challenged, greatly challenged to push on this movement since we do not have the adequate wealth to come up with what is needed but by trying, by trying we can by the mercy of guru and Krsna become empowered and attract mercy of Prabhupada and Krsna. Then it can be done!

 

Food For All – Feeding the Poor is offering people who care about others in the community a chance to sponsor a day of feeding 1,000 people and it has been done in a very creative way:

For £108 we will add your name or a family members name to our yearly calender, all you have to do is buy a day for you or your loved one, cost is £108 and we shall add yours or their name to our calender where people will be able to view our personal sponsors list, in return we will use it to feed 1,000 people on that particular day, helping in this way is affordable and beneficial on a spiritual level.

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"At about 3:30 Baladeva came into my room and I invited him to join me in chanting. We chanted together until 4:30 and then we found out that Nitai-gaurasundara was chanting in the living room as he does every morning. We went out to join him. He chants with the lights out. We found him sitting in his chair chanting with a low distinct rumble. When I entered and sat on the chair he insisted on sitting on the floor. He was a good japa partner for me. He induced me to chant loudly at a very audible whisper which was different than my usual style in Delaware."

From Bhajan Kutir #288
by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

1966 March 1:
"Saw the India office for extention passport. Still hopeful. Received letter from Secretary of Indian Prime Minister. Disappointing. Received letter from Universal book not encouraging.

Butter & Bus fare etc.
Expenditure .50
Income .15"
Prabhupada Letters :: 1966

1968 March 1: "I have induced my younger son, Brindaban De, to supply anything Indian that is sellable here and he has agreed. I think he may get 10% commission for his labor, and he can supply everything you may require from India."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 March 1: "When I came to your country I wasn't very much in comfortable situation. Still I had the strength of mind, and I stayed. Similarly, you can stay always in India even in the most inconvenient condition. For a preacher there is no difficulty anywhere, irrespective of climate and conditions."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 March 1: "This Maya will attack the body always, because the body itself is the source of all troubles. We try to make a solution of our misfortunes, but at the same time we want to keep this body. If anyone wants real happiness, he has to get out of the entanglements of this material body."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 March 1: "Take that house and live there, all three together, chanting Hare Krsna, and try to remain in transcendental peace. You cannot live together so you are living scattered. If you would have lived together with mutual cooperation, there would have been no trouble."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 March 1: "Jayananda is purchasing a nice house in San Francisco. He has asked my approval. I think I shall send my approval with pleasure and we shall install Sri Sri Radha Krishna Vigraha there in a permanent place."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1972 March 1: "It is our most important branch because it is located near a large university. If we can convince the intelligent class of men our success for saving your country and the rest of the world from a very dangerous condition is assured."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 March 1: "Instruct them in the principles of brahminical life, namely, to be always pure or suci. One's actions are not pure until the body is pure. Through all kinds of cleanliness habits, eventually one can be purified completely, and thus qualify oneself to meet God face to face."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

Our annual plot fees are due in March, which is when our year begins.

Sometimes it is hard to connect with the garden coordinator to pay for plots at our community garden (Kalachandji’s Community Garden). I try to be at the garden on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but many times I have other obligations.

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In Mayapur the congregational chanting of pure vaishnavas during the Kirtan Mela these days is transforming the lives of many for ever! Read more ›