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Saturday Sanga with HH Hanumat Presaka Swami (May 22)

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By HH Sivarama Swamu

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Your Fearless Hand

“O Lord who lies on the bed of Ananta Sesa! O Lord of the universe! O Nrsimha! O husband of Laksmi! O destroyer of the devotees fear! I am suffering from great distress due to drowning in the ocean of sinful activities and disease. So, kindly lend me Your fearless hand and give me protection!”

[ Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Vilasa 14, Texts 486-487 ]

kara avalamvanam dehi / sesasayin jagatpate
sri nrsimha ramakanta / bhaktanam bhayanasana

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Get ready to hear some of Sanka Prabhu’s wild stories in Krsna Consciousness! He’s been cooking for Yogeshvara Krsna for many many years and is ready to pass the torch. How is he going to do that? Learn about his views on family and how he is dealing with his terminal diagnosis, and much more

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 Nrsimha-caturdasi, the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva. The appearance and activities of the Lord in the world are a great mystery. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita (4.9) Lord Krishna says: janma karma ca me divyam   evam yo vetti tattvatahtyaktva deham punar janma  naiti mam eti so ’rjuna “One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities […]

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“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”

"We called the cows to the fresh spring grass of the back pasture. Happy cows ran, jumped, and mooed their joy! Once they reached the spring grass, they munched to their heart's content. All winter they have been eating hay with an occasional mouthful of grass from under the trees or from the front pasture when the weather turned warmer than usual. Lila shows us how blue flowers taste great too! Now from our back windows, we can watch the cows munching contentedly on the fresh spring grass," said Chayadevi, ISCOWP Co-Managing Director. 

ISCOWP is the International Society for Cow Protection, Inc. (ISCOWP). Incorporated in the USA, March 1990, as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization. William and Irene Dove (Balabhadra das and Chayadevi dasi) are its founders. They are disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Through their spiritual master’s teachings, they have imbibed the practices and benefits, both spiritual and material, of lifetime cow protection.

Paramahamsa Thakur is a play written by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami in glorification of HDG A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and produced by the disciples of HH Kadamba Kanana Swami. It was created with the help of over 30 devotees with illustrators, video editors, a director, subtitles creator, translators, music composer and many voice actors.

Communication is a basic human need. Our words can have deep lasting impressions on people. We can encourage or cut with our razor-sharp words. Compassion in the three modes of nature and spiritual compassion will be discussed. Srila Prabhupada’s compassion spurred a worldwide movement. Is compassionate communication a by-product of Krsna Consciousness? Tune in to find out and pick up some tools and tips for communicating compassionately! This presentation was organized by the ISKCON Alachua EOL Team. Catch it on:
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ISKCON of Naperville, New Jersey is continuing its new temple construction and this has been reported in the local news channel, the Naperville Community Television (NCTV17).

This next phase of construction was celebrated by an event onsite. This current phase is building the temple and community center while the next phase of the project will be to build a guest house and restaurant. 

Deep Leap, a new Youtube series from Bhaktivedanta College of Radhadesh, Belgium, is responding to the “overwhelming need” amidst ISKCON devotees for applied philosophy, with authentic solutions to modern challenges.

On May 1st, 2nd and 8th, devotees from all over Brazil and beyond attended the “Art of Caring for Vaishnavas” Zoom webinar by Vaishnavas CARE co-founder Sangita Devi Dasi, which offered training in how to lovingly serve devotees, especially those experiencing terminal illnesses. Altogether 80 people registered for the course including participants from the North […]

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“We certainly hope that after having attended the seminar, devotees are inspired and will inspire others to be trained and launch Vaishnavas CARE teams in their respective communities,” Ekanistha Radha says.

This year, we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the appearance of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, born in 1896 in Calcutta. Leading up to his Appearance Day or Vyasa-Puja on August 31st, ISKCON News is commemorating the occasion with a series of articles glorifying his achievements, contributions and qualities. […]

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ISKCON News is commorating Srila Prabhupada's 125th appearance anniversary with a series of articles glorifying his achievements, contributions and qualities. 

Wikipedia defines Vaisnavism as “one of the major Hindu denominations.” This definition is misleading.  To be a Vaisnava transcends any religious, social, or ethnic designation. A Vaisnava can come from any caste or any racial or ethnic group. Bhaktivinoda Thakura referred to this as “the principle of natural brotherhood.”  This depicts a state when people […]

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Sankirtana Das is a longtime resident of the New Vrindaban Community and an award-winning author and storyteller. His most recent book, Hanuman’s Quest, is acclaimed by scholars and has received a Storytelling World Resource Honors. For more info about his work see www.Mahabharata-Project.com

The Lotus Trust, the welfare arm of Bhaktivedanta Manor in the UK is working with the ISKCON Temple in Delhi. This help has come at the most vital time for India. Sundaranand das (Dr Sanjiv Agarwal) a consultant Urologist at Imperial College and Director of the Lotus Trust said “to achieve this enormous help at this scale and […]

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 Bhaktivedanta Manor’s charity wing The Lotus Trust raises £140,000 to help Covid victims in India. Please continue to donate, today, here: http://krishnatemple.com/covid

Kandarpa Koti Krishna Das is not a Ph.D. holder in Vaishnava studies, neither is he a famous millionaire businessman, nor will you find a famous youtube or Facebook channel in his name, nor is he the GBC or the temple president of his local ISKCON temple. Yet, if you have the good fortune of attending […]

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Kandarpa Koti Krishna Das is not a Ph.D. holder in Vaishnava studies, neither is he a famous millionaire businessman, nor will you find a famous youtube or Facebook channel in his name, nor is he the GBC or the temple president of his local ISKCON temple.

In a lecture on March 8, 1966, Srila Prabhupada instructed that if we want to do something good for our families we should try to make them Krishna Conscious, then our lives will be successful. Communities are the sum of the individuals who make up those communities. If our family units are strong then the communities that we collectively represent will be strong as well.

People seeking help are in a position in which they must trust in the knowledge and guidance of their caregiver or guide. This results in a greater-than-ordinary vulnerability. Consequently, people are unusually susceptible to harm and confusion through misuses (either under- or overuse) of power and influence.

We exist to develop an inspired, nourished and engaged community of practitioners of bhakti yoga that people love to be around. We strive to create relevant ways for people to experience spiritual transformation and feel at home within our community by making it easy to apply the principles of Krishna consciousness or bhakti yoga in their daily lives

Hare Krishna!

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

Date: 23rd May 2021

Day: Sunday

Time:11 am to 12 noon

Topic: Where is God?

Speaker: HH Sundar Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj

Link to join the class from your desktop or laptop:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9150790510?pwd=Wk5GYXVRMkJmdk84MzZJRXBKYUgwUT09

HH Sundar Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj

His Holiness Sundara Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj is an international motivational speaker, leadership trainer and a renowned youth preacher. He specializes in spiriting and empowering people to realize their true selves. As a keynote speaker, thousands of people have discovered a new light from his energetic workshops worldwide.

He is basically from Mauritius where he came in contact with ISKCON in 1982. In 1986 Maharaj joined the Brahmachari ashram dedicated his life to the mission. From 1988 - 1992 He served as a sankirtan leader in Mauritius.

Maharaj has  served as temple president in Mauritius and in Nagpur, India for several years.

He travels to many countries and is very active in preaching in Aravade, Noida, Delhi, Europe ( Italy, England, France, Belgium), South Africa, Reunion Island.

Last year we had the opportunity to have his association in Toronto and Scarborough temple.

He has Managed inter- faith events, bringing together the communities of different religious faiths in order to strengthen their faith and belief in God together. He has opened ISKCON preaching centers all over the world

Maharaj Sundara Chaitanya Goswami is popular for his outstanding lectures and seminars about the philosophy of Krishna consciousness with the expert hand in Bhajan & Kirtans.

He has been instrumental in providing the teachings of Vedic scriptures, the Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-Gita. For the past few years and at present - Maharaj is a lecturer at the Vaishnav institute of higher education in Sri Vrindavan dhaam, India.

He has also been an inspirational coordinator to various international level festivals in Mauritius. He has managed the famous 3 days rath yatra festival in Mauritius which is attended by thousands of guests.

ISKCON Scarborough

3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,

Scarborough, Ontario,

Canada, M1V4C7

Website:www.iskconscarborough.org

Email:

iskconscarborough@hotmail.com

scarboroughiskcon@gmail.com

Please accept our humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

Date: 23rd May 2021

Day: Sunday

Time:11 am to 12 noon

Speaker: HH Sundar Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj

Link to join the class from your desktop or laptop:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9150790510?pwd=Wk5GYXVRMkJmdk84MzZJRXBKYUgwUT09

HH Sundar Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj

His Holiness Sundara Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj is an international motivational speaker, leadership trainer and a renowned youth preacher. He specializes in spiriting and empowering people to realize their true selves. As a keynote speaker, thousands of people have discovered a new light from his energetic workshops worldwide.

He is basically from Mauritius where he came in contact with ISKCON in 1982. In 1986 Maharaj joined the Brahmachari ashram dedicated his life to the mission. From 1988 - 1992 He served as a sankirtan leader in Mauritius.

Maharaj has  served as temple president in Mauritius and in Nagpur, India for several years.

He travels to many countries and is very active in preaching in Aravade, Noida, Delhi, Europe ( Italy, England, France, Belgium), South Africa, Reunion Island.

Last year we had the opportunity to have his association in Toronto and Scarborough temple.

He has Managed inter- faith events, bringing together the communities of different religious faiths in order to strengthen their faith and belief in God together. He has opened ISKCON preaching centers all over the world

Maharaj Sundara Chaitanya Goswami is popular for his outstanding lectures and seminars about the philosophy of Krishna consciousness with the expert hand in Bhajan & Kirtans.

He has been instrumental in providing the teachings of Vedic scriptures, the Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-Gita. For the past few years and at present - Maharaj is a lecturer at the Vaishnav institute of higher education in Sri Vrindavan dhaam, India.

He has also been an inspirational coordinator to various international level festivals in Mauritius. He has managed the famous 3 days rath yatra festival in Mauritius which is attended by thousands of guests.

ISKCON Scarborough

3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,

Scarborough, Ontario,

Canada, M1V4C7

Website:www.iskconscarborough.org

Email:

iskconscarborough@hotmail.com

scarboroughiskcon@gmail.com

Harikesa: Well, it's the mother's choice to kill the child or not. If the child isn't born yet, it hasn't come to life in the world, so the mother has the responsibility; she can kill it or not because it's her thing, her child, her production, so she can kill it or not. Prabhupada: So I can kill you; I am your guru?

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