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India burst with color as Hindus observed the playful festival of Holi by dashing each other with colored powder. Americans partake of the spring festival, too.
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One elderly American lady and two younger ladies wandered into the lobby of Sri Sri Radha Vrindabanchandra temple the afternoon of Thurs. March 13, 2014. “Rhis is my mother, Sally Aggarwal!" a younger one says. "She sponsored Srila Prabhupada on the Jaladuta from India in 1965!” she proudly declared.
Mother Nrtya kishori says”For Gaura Purnima My little ones absorbed themselves the last couple of weeks in meditation on Lord Caitanya and His transcendental pastimes. We read stories about the thieves who try to steal His jewels, the Brahmana who tried to make an offering but was “interrupted” by little Nimai repeatedly, and several others. Then, spontaneously, the students made play-dough preparations to be offered to Lord Caitanya”.
The Iskcon Temple of Vrindavana, Krishna Balarama Mandir, has its own live broadcasting facility on their http://vrindavan.tv/ website where they have two channels trasmitting 24/7 in different video qualities to fit everybody's internet speed connection.
In addition to this their stream from this year's Boat Festival, occured today, was simultaneously picked and redistributed by the DishaTV cable television which has a vast audience as also by other national networks! This resulted to a fenomenal crowd watching simultaneously that superated the 1.000.000 number according to their facebook page announcement Read more › Please view the following galleries: Darshan Abhishek Boat Festival Ganga Puja Ratha Yatra Hati Procession Maha-Abhishek Kirtan Mela This year we had a wonderful Gaura Purnima Festival that was unmatched like any previous years. Each year more and more devotees are coming for the festivities, and we are becoming more prepared. We had our newest guesthouse […]
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Haridasa Thakura Dasa: It's easy to pick out people’s faults. We subconsciously keep track of all the flaws of all the people in our lives.
Whether someone is vain, self-centered, arrogant, petty, bitter, or obnoxious, we can easily slap a label on every person we meet. We see the faults of politicians, celebrities, and criminals, but we also know the flaws of people in our everyday lives, whether our family members, friends or co-workers...we've got them nailed.
It’s our nature to evaluate the person in front of us, to figure out if we can trust them or if we should be on our guard.
We should try to see people as God sees people. God looks at people differently than we do. He sees the entire life history of that person and knows every thought, motive and feeling and how he/she has changed over time. Most importantly, He sees them, heart and soul. Read more › 
We don’t take their milk, okay… (booming voice), “If everyone becomes vegan and like millions and millions of people in the world don’t drink milk, then the milk industry will feel it and milk consumption will go down and less cows will have to suffer for all this. That reduces the temporary suffering of the cows! Yay! We got some temporary benefit for the suffering of those cows”.
But what if we take the milk and offer it to Krsna? We give those same cows eternal benefit that cannot be destroyed by anything. Let devotees take all the milk, as much as possible, and offer it all to Krsna! In this way, give the cows as much eternal benefit as possible. The rest of the world should become vegan (laughing). We should have lots of milk, lots of it and we give milk sweets to the vegans :-) Read more › The post Radha-Krsna’s boating pastimes appeared first on SivaramaSwami.com.
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Our own lives would improve if we started showing some basic decency to the 9 billion cows, calves, pigs, lambs, turkeys and chickens that are slaughtered a year in the United States.
The buildings at Dinamo where Vaisnavas worshipped Krishna for ten years have been recently demolished after the devotees had moved all their belongings to their new temple. The new rented place is spacious and beautifully renovated. But still not spacious enough to accomodate the crowd of five to ten thousand people that are expected to visit the Centre on Janmashtami.
We are currently working repairing/restoring/replacing the three large domes on top of the altar. Read more › 
Many years ago, Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia today was a part of India and its Vedic heritage. Much resemblance of India and its culture is seen in Indonesia. This includes the moral structure, the language, the arts and to some extent, the religion. As Indonesia only recognises six official religions, all religious organisations has to be linked to either one of them.
by Kacey Orr
Greetings from the garden….
My name is Kacey and I will be in charge of the Garden of Seven Gates. I am looking forward to producing many varieties of vegetables and fruits this year. I have come here from my own small organic farm in Dallas Pike. Each week I will be providing an update for the garden and volunteer opportunities. We also have plenty of space if there is anyone interested in having a personal plot within the garden. Even in this late winter season there is something new and wonderful in the garden each day.
Currently garden activities include:
- Bramble pruning and thinning
- Asparagus preparations
- Greenhouse seeding (flowers, tomatoes, peppers)
- Spring bed preparations
- Planting Perennial Bushes
- Garden Planning
Sivarama Swami at Kirtan Mela Mayapur 2014 Day 1
SB 07.07.15 No Permanent Shelter 2012-08-30
Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.15 No Permanent Shelter – Video Russian
Loving the Mission of Lord Caitanya 2012-08-29 Russian
Lecture – Loving the Mission of Lord Caitanya – Video
SB 03.20.29 Our words, our wealth, our intelligence, our life 2012-08-22
Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.20.29 Our words, our wealth, our intelligence, our life
AKA
Cooperation at the Brahmabhuta stage
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8)
One should never think that we possess anything in this world, not even our children. Our children, they are independent from us; living beings on their own destiny who are placed under our care for sometime, that is all. It is not that they are part of us, ”Something of me lives in this child.” That is illusion.
Genetically, it can be proven, fine! But genes have nothing to do with our identity, absolutely nothing – they are simply part of our bodies. The soul is not determined by genetic clumps in any way. The soul is completely aloof and therefore, why single out one living entity over another and get very affectionate towards one particular living entity and not affectionate towards another.
Maybe if it is based on devotional service, then that criteria is right, that we feel particularly affectionate towards one living being because that living being is very much eager to serve Krsna. That is when we are free from illusion otherwise when we are bound by all kinds of different affections in this world – deep, emotional, we feel it so strong. If it is due to temporary relationships then we are in illusion – we are in maya!
SB 01.01.14 Understanding What Is It That We Do Not Understand 2012-08-15
Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.14 Brihuega - Understanding What Is It That We Do Not Understand 2012-08-15