
Ipoh – Appreciation Dinner at Sanatana Dharma Mandir
Ipoh – Appreciation Dinner at Sanatana Dharma Mandir
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Srila Prabhupada Tributes book: Deadline, April 15
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The deadline for Srila Prabhupada Tributes — the open Vyasa-puja book — is fast approaching.
- All devotees initiated by Srila Prabhupada are welcome to write an offering. No exceptions.
- Here are the submission guidelines.
- Here’s where to send your offering: sptributes@gmail.com.
- Here’s your deadline: April 15.
Everyone who sends an offering will receive a free copy of the book.
Our production manager says that this year he’s on top of his game and the book will come out on schedule, if not before.
Hare Krishna.
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New Hip-Hop Album to Promote Vedic Wisdom
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Young poet and hip-hop musician Mikey Jay describes himself as “a wandering soul learning the lessons of life” as he “traverses its diverse path.” For Rama Navami, April 8th, 2014, he came out with a new music album the “Sri Isopanisad”, consisting of 19 songs; an Invocation and 18 songs based on the 18 Mantras of the ancient scripture the Sri Isopanisad.
Monday, April 7th, 2014
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Sunday, April 6th, 2014
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HG Nityananda Prabhu / Lord Ramacandra’s Pastimes
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HG Nityananda Prabhu / Rāma Nāvami – Appearance day of Lord Ramachandra
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Śikṣāṣṭakam Will Become Revealed In Your Heart.
Bhakti Charu Swami
Devotees in Passau Spring Three Country Fair, Germany (Album 13 photos)
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We have Lost a Wonderful Devotee — Visvakarma Prabhu
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BY GOLOKA CANDRA DASA
KUALA LUMPUR - Very sad to inform all of you that we have just lost a wonderful devotee. I received a call from Devananda Krishna Prabhu in Melaka that Visvakarma Prabhu has left his body today 09APR2014 at about12:30pm.
The man we used to call as the "Coach" is no longer with us.
Visvakarma Prabhu was a pillar of the Melaka temple congregation and regularly served as the pujari and cooked up big feasts on festival days.
In his younger days, he was a champion 400m runner and hurdler and later went on to coach many youth athletes.
He regularly participated in the Ratha Yatras festivals all over Malaysia and many devotees around the country would have surely seen him enthusiastically participating in the kirtana.
Visvakarma Prabhu received initiation from HH BVV Narasimha Swami last week.
Niranjana Swami gives Bhagavatam class
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The Lord shows his anger (English/Hungarian).
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April 9th, 2014 – Darshan
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358. Ram Navami Day
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Ramachandra Raghuvira
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10 Part Founder-Acarya Seminar
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Madhava Prabhu at Urban Yoga
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Madhava Prabhu at Urban Yoga
Renovations for Radha-Syama’s abode in Hungary (Album 36 photos)
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Sri Ram Navami Maha Abhishek in ISKCON-Delhi: 08-04-2014 (Album 34 photos)
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Agnideva dasa leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013
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Video of Agnideva dasa leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan - June 15th, 2013.
11 April 2014 – Kamada Ekadashi
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Are You Pretty Without Makeup and Nice Clothes?
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Chanting Hare Krishna is so utterly simple that it is difficult. How can something simple be difficult? Because there is no faking it. Not to be crass – but it is a lot like being naked after bathing. Then there is no makeup and no clothes – so you are either beautiful or you are not. You cannot fake it. There is nothing to hide behind, because nakedness is simplicity.
So it is difficult to be beautiful when absolutely naked. Only a truly beautiful person will be beautiful in that condition.
Similarly chanting Hare Krishna is so simple, it is naked spirituality. There is no makeup and no clothing on it. Makeup is like jñāna and philosophy and clothing is like rules and relugations and rituals. These are things we can hide behind to make it seem like we are spiritually advanced, when, in fact we are not. We can follow a bunch a rules and behave just the right way, and then it looks like we are good devotees. Or we can learn a lot of words and phrases and ideas, and become good at explaining them – and then people can think we are good devotees. In this way by jñāna and karma (makeup and clothes) we can fool ourselves and others into thinking we have bhakti (beauty).
But none of these things help us chant Hare Krishna, honestly.
When it is time to chant Hare Krishna, the mind will completely lose interest in all other thoughts and feelings and completely embrace Krishna like a lover embracing her long-absent beloved at a rare opportunity of privacy. Is that what happens when you chant Hare Krishna?
Not for me, at least, not very often at all.
But this is the TRUE MEASURE of our bhakti – how passionately our heart and mind runs to embrace Krishna and drop everything else. And this is truly measured when we sit and chant Krishna names.
It is so SIMPLE – you just have to hear Krishna’s name and naturally think of Krishna as a result of hearing his name. By hearing the name your mind will flood with the image of him, the sound of him, etc, and his associates, and their activities together. Just by hearing the name, such a simple thing – just like if you hear “President Obama” you immediately get a mental image of him, etc. Similarly hearing any name (what to speak of a non-dual name) you will think of the person named. It is a very simple thing.
But our practice is so poor.
Our mind insists on thinking of other things, and makes up excuses that “this distraction is related to Krishna so its OK to think of it while I bounce around, pace around, and mouth some words with some rhythmic pacing to make sure I keep going with the mantra even though I’m paying zero attention to it.”
So, we are very useless sadhakas. Therefore we should try harder, because you should know that kripa-siddhi is EXTREMELY rare. Sādhana siddha is the standard path. In other words we will not get anywhere until we finally become less useless sadhakas. So its time to practice more seriously.
That doesn’t mean getting new clothes and makeup. It means simply forgetting everything else for a few minutes at a time, and just paying attention to the plain and simple names of Krishna for a few minutes at a time, at least.
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

Are You Pretty Without Makeup and Nice Clothes?
→ The Enquirer
Chanting Hare Krishna is so utterly simple that it is difficult. How can something simple be difficult? Because there is no faking it. Not to be crass – but it is a lot like being naked after bathing. Then there is no makeup and no clothes – so you are either beautiful or you are not. You cannot fake it. There is nothing to hide behind, because nakedness is simplicity.
So it is difficult to be beautiful when absolutely naked. Only a truly beautiful person will be beautiful in that condition.
Similarly chanting Hare Krishna is so simple, it is naked spirituality. There is no makeup and no clothing on it. Makeup is like jñāna and philosophy and clothing is like rules and relugations and rituals. These are things we can hide behind to make it seem like we are spiritually advanced, when, in fact we are not. We can follow a bunch a rules and behave just the right way, and then it looks like we are good devotees. Or we can learn a lot of words and phrases and ideas, and become good at explaining them – and then people can think we are good devotees. In this way by jñāna and karma (makeup and clothes) we can fool ourselves and others into thinking we have bhakti (beauty).
But none of these things help us chant Hare Krishna, honestly.
When it is time to chant Hare Krishna, the mind will completely lose interest in all other thoughts and feelings and completely embrace Krishna like a lover embracing her long-absent beloved at a rare opportunity of privacy. Is that what happens when you chant Hare Krishna?
Not for me, at least, not very often at all.
But this is the TRUE MEASURE of our bhakti – how passionately our heart and mind runs to embrace Krishna and drop everything else. And this is truly measured when we sit and chant Krishna names.
It is so SIMPLE – you just have to hear Krishna’s name and naturally think of Krishna as a result of hearing his name. By hearing the name your mind will flood with the image of him, the sound of him, etc, and his associates, and their activities together. Just by hearing the name, such a simple thing – just like if you hear “President Obama” you immediately get a mental image of him, etc. Similarly hearing any name (what to speak of a non-dual name) you will think of the person named. It is a very simple thing.
But our practice is so poor.
Our mind insists on thinking of other things, and makes up excuses that “this distraction is related to Krishna so its OK to think of it while I bounce around, pace around, and mouth some words with some rhythmic pacing to make sure I keep going with the mantra even though I’m paying zero attention to it.”
So, we are very useless sadhakas. Therefore we should try harder, because you should know that kripa-siddhi is EXTREMELY rare. Sādhana siddha is the standard path. In other words we will not get anywhere until we finally become less useless sadhakas. So its time to practice more seriously.
That doesn’t mean getting new clothes and makeup. It means simply forgetting everything else for a few minutes at a time, and just paying attention to the plain and simple names of Krishna for a few minutes at a time, at least.
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

If You Carefully Chant
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Just now coming…
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8)
Srila Prabhupada stated that spiritual life means surrender – there is no question of spiritual life without surrendering. He said, “Just like in the darkness you cannot find the sun. You can go looking in the darkness… Where is the sun? It must be somewhere? But in the darkness, you cannot find the sun. In the same way, in a conditioned state, one cannot find Krsna.” It is not possible. One may look here and there and everywhere but impurity is the condition. Therefore we must just take our shelter in service to Krsna and nothing else.
In all others things, it is so difficult to surrender. This can be translated as: it is so difficult to stop being rebellious, basically. It is so difficult to just stop being rebellious against Krsna, “Why do I have to accept his supremacy? I feel forced. Why is it Krsna? Why is there suffering in the material world – I think he is trying to forcing us into serving him. Is it?”
Why? Because Krsna is impatient. He does it out of love. How long does he have to wait for us to say, “Yes, yes, just now coming.” And then not coming at all. Not coming to serve him at all.
Bow Down Mister, April 6, Houston
Giriraj Swami
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Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.21 during the Sunday program in Houston.
“The common man who is puffed up with his material position and does not bow down before the Deity of the Lord in the temple, or who defies temple worship without any knowledge of the science, must know that his so-called turban or crown will only succeed in further drowning him in the water of the ocean of material existence. A drowning man with a heavy weight on his head is sure to go down more swiftly than those who have no heavy weight. A foolish, puffed-up man defies the science of God and says that God has no meaning for him, but when he is in the grip of God’s law and is caught by some disease like cerebral thrombosis, that godless man sinks into the ocean of nescience by the weight of his material acquisition. Advancement of material science without God consciousness is a heavy load on the head of human society, and so one must take heed of this great warning.” (SB 2.3.21 purport)
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Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.21
Prabhupada Letters :: Anthology 2014-04-08 18:32:00 →
"Chaturthi. Today the whole day and night also I stayed at Mr. Paul&'s loft. Saw Elsy to enquire about the Library of Congress card. No very encouraging. Evening there was meeting. Seven boys & girls attended. Contribution $5.00 and some fruits also. Expenditure - Bus fare .30."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1966
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1968
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1973
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1974
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Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
New Vrindaban Grows Through Care and Communication
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New Vrindaban Grows Through Care and Communication
by Madhava Smullen
Since moving back to New Vrindaban three years ago, Lilasuka Dasi has used her people skills to inspire residents to care for each other and communicate positively with one another. This, she feels, is the key to the community’s recent attempt at rebuilding and growth.
Originally from Toronto, Lilasuka first lived in the rural West Virginia community between 1980 and 2000, teaching at the day school there.
She then relocated to Pittsburgh until New Vrindaban president Jaya Krishna Das, who calls her “the mother of New Vrindaban,” invited her back to head up the communications department.
From the way she talks about the community, it’s clear that Lilasuka loves New Vrindaban deeply. And that makes her ideal for the job.
“I know the ins and outs of New Vrindaban, and am friends with just about everyone, because I lived here for so long,” she says. “It’s ideal for a deep spiritual life, and is full of interesting people. I just like people, so I like studying them and figuring out how to work with them.”
Initially, the goal of Lilasuka’s department was to establish communications amongst a variety of external groups like the media, the local municipal departments, and the academic community.
And she does nurture a relationship with some, like the Marshall County Tourist Board, whose website advertises New Vrindaban’s festivals and lists Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold as one of the top six tourist attractions in the county.
But her first priority, she felt, was to focus on internal communications amongst New Vrindaban devotees and nearby ISKCON communities.
“A lot of people didn’t know what was going on in New Vrindaban -- even those who lived here!” she says. “Now many devotees tell me that they are glad to see the regular updates about what’s happening.”
Vedic Knowledge is coming down to us from God
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Vedic knowledge was originally imparted by the Lord into the heart of Brahma, the first created living being, and Brahma in his turn disseminated this knowledge to his sons and disciples, who have handed it down through history.
- Srila Prabhupada, Sri Isopanishad Mantra 1
Hanuman’s Success by Radhanath Swami (8 min video)
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April 8th, 2014 – Rama Navami Darshan
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