Purushottama dasa Thakura Disappearance
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From the time he was a small boy, Purusottama dasa Thakura was dedicated to constantly meditating on the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.

In Caitanya-Caritamrta Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami has written: “The twenty-third and twenty fourth prominent devotees of Nityananda Prabhu were Sadasiva Kaviraja and his son Purusottama dasa, who was the tenth gopala. Since birth, Purusottama dasa Thakura was merged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, and he always engaged in childish play with Lord Krsna.” 

The Caitanya-Bhagavata records: “Sadasiva Kaviraja was greatly fortunate. His son was named Sri Purusottama dasa. Purusottama dasa Thakura had no concern for his external body; Sri Nityananda Prabhu always resided within the core of his heart”.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada writes: “Sadasiva Kaviraja and Nagara Purusottama, who were father and son, are described in the Caitanya-Bhagavata as maha-bhagyavan, greatly fortunate. They belonged to the vaidya caste of physicians.”

WSN January 2021 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Vijaya Dasa

It looks like book distribution is almost back to normal, though the Covid-19 crisis still lurks around us. Temples worldwide did huge in January. Usually, January is a slow month, being just after the Prabhupada Marathon, but not January 2021. New Delhi did 139,522 book points. It’s hard to keep a good temple down, and they were in their normal No. 1 position again. Continue reading "WSN January 2021 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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Yajigrama Yatra
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By Chandan Yatra Das

Yajigrama is a tiny village 4km from Katwa, viz. 1 hour from Navadvipa town or 2 hours’ drive from Mayapur via road trip. Katwa is where Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. Yajigrama is important place connected with many most wonderful pastimes of three Vaishnava stalwarts - Srila Narottama Das Thakura, Srila Shrinivasa Acharya and Srila Ramchandra Kaviraj. After the disappearance of the manifest pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and their associates, Srila Narottama Das Thakura, Shrinivasa Acharya and Sri Shyamananda Prabhu, under the instructions of Six Gosvami’s of Vrindavana, propagated the Krishna Consciousness movement. Continue reading "Yajigrama Yatra
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Narottam Das Thakura’s Appearance Festival in Vrindavan (2021) (Album of photos)
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One of the six Deities established by Srila Narottam Das Thakura in the Kheturi Festival, Sri Sri Radha Braja Mohan, preside in an area of Vrindavan known as Gyan Gudri. Today being Srila Narottama Das Thakur's Appearance Day, we made a pilgrimage to this holy place and sang Narottama bhajans, had Narottama katha, followed by aratik, and relished a wonderfully delicious feast at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha Braja Mohan and Narottam Das Thakura.

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TOVP Book of the Week #3
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Cosmology on Trial: Cracking the Cosmic Code

by Pierre St. Claire (Vaiyasaki Dasa)

What if you knew the anomalies that cosmologists don’t discuss in public?

Cosmology on Trial – a remarkable study of unexplained and unsolved mysteries of the universe. New discoveries challenge the Big Bang model, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, Gravity, Black Holes, and Redshift interpretation. Bestselling author, Pierre St. Clair, examines the latest theories like an attorney in a court of law. The author speaks without complex jargon. “Just the facts, please. Show me the evidence.”

Author: Pierre St. Claire (Vaiyasaki Dasa)
Published: February 12, 2017
Book size: 246 pages
Formats: Kindle, Paperback
 
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Interview – H.G. Dina Sharana Devi – Books are the Basis (video)
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“Don't take books that ‘I am member. It is my duty to take books and keep it in the almirah.’ No. Read it thoroughly. Nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā. By regular reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, then our this material contamination becomes vanquished. Naṣṭa-prāyeṣu. Naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā (SB 1.2.18). As soon as it begins to diminish, then it will diminish finally, and then you will be situated in your pure, original constitutional position, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, bhakti-yogataḥ.” Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 03.26.41 -- Bombay, 16 January 1975

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God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
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By Virabahu Dasa

As an institution representative of Krsna and the parampara, we have the duty and obligation to be an example of responsibility and caring concern for everyone. Thus, in the present context of the coronavirus pandemic, we must strictly take all recommended precautions and strictly follow all official indications. Continue reading "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
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First Gaura Purnima festival in Kheturi-What does it teach us? (video)
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Sitala dasi moved into the ISKCON temple in Detroit, Michigan in 1970, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1971. The first years of her devotional life, were spent in daily Harinams, book distribution, preaching programs, cooking, sewing and transcribing of Srila Prabhupada tapes. She also assisted in opening temples in Cleveland, Ohio and Bloomington Indiana.

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TOVP Gaura Purnima Special Campaign
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If you have not yet sponsored a Brick or other higher level TOVP seva option, there is still time to do so and get your name included in the magnificent TOVP Book of Devotion offering to Srila Prabhupada at his grand murti installation ceremony in October. Fully sponsor a Nrsimha ($1,000 / ₹51,000) or Mahaprabhu ($1,600 / ₹1 Lakh) brick by Gaura Purnima, March 28 and your name will be included in the Book of Devotion, and also inscribed on the brick and placed under the respective altar.

A Glorious Offering to Prabhupada at His Murti Installation. From the Makers of the World’s Largest Bhagavad Gita

  • 15” (38cm) x 20.5” (52cm) in size
  • 55lbs.(25kg) in weight
  • 4.6” (11.4cm) thick
  • 500 gold-leafed pages
  • Silver/Gold bas-relief on the cover
  • Printed on hand-made Freelife Merida paper
  • Special illuminated text
  • Printed in Milan, Italy
  • Over 6,000 donor names
  • To remain permanently on display in the TOVP

Sponsor a Nrsimha or Mahaprabhu Brick TODAY! Click on the link below:

Book of Devotion Gaura Purnima Campaign

 

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When Helping Others Is Compassion and When It Isn’t …
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Suppose someone is starving. We may help them by giving some money. If they are starving because a recession has left them jobless, they will gratefully use that money to feed themselves. But if they are starving because they are alcoholics who waste all their money on drinks, they will probably do the same with […]

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Srila Narottama Das Thakur Appearance
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Narottama Dasa Thakura was a leading acharya in the Gaudiya Vaisnava line. He was the only disciple of Srila Lokanatha Gosvami. Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura helped bring the books of the Goswami’s from Vrndavana to Bengal and Orissa. Appearing as the son of a king, Shri Narottama Dasa Thakura (Shri Thakura Mahasaya) showed all the […]

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Srila Narottama dasa Thakura’s Appearance Day
Giriraj Swami

Today is the appearance day Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, of whom Srila Prabhupada said, he was “a great acharya of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya. He has written many songs about the Vaishnava philosophy, and they are approved as completely corresponding with Vedic instructions.  .  .  . So, we should relish the instruction of Narottama dasa Thakura.”

At the original Gaura-purnima festival held in Kheturi, in the presence of Srimati Jahnava-devi, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, and Srila Srinivasa Acharya, six pairs of Radha-Krishna Deities were installed, and one pair, Radha-Braja-mohana, was sent to Vrindavan.

A few years ago, after Indradyumna Swami told me about the poor condition of the temple, I gave a donation to support the Deity worship, and in reciprocation, Maharaja presented me the conch shell that Narottama sent to Vrindavan for the worship of Braja-mohana. Maharaja said that it may have been blown by Jahnava-devi, Narottama, or Srinivasa, but in any case, it was part of the paraphernalia that Narottama sent to his disciple in Vrindavan.

In the photo here, you can see the conch.

Hare Krishna.

Yours in service,
Giriraj Swami

Nityananda Trayodasi 2021 – Launch of the PRABHUPADA IS COMING! Campaign
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Nityananda Trayodasi in Sridhama Mayapur this year commences the official launch of the PRABHUPADA IS COMING! Installation Abhisheka Campaign, to honor Srila Prabhupada’s 125th Appearance Anniversary Year. In October, a unique, one-of-a-kind, ‘worship-pose’ murti of Srila Prabhupada, made by ISKCON’s foremost Prabhupada murti maker, Locan das, will be installed in the TOVP.

This historic and auspicious celebration brings Prabhupada into the TOVP where he will observe and oversee the completion of his dearmost project, heralding the relocation of his worshipable Deities Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva and Sri Nrsimha in 2023. Thus, the slogan PRABHUPADA IS COMING!, coined by His Holiness Lokanath Swami in remembrance of his physical presence when he would visit temples throughout the world, is most appropriate.

Five kinds of abhishekas and a grand Samstapak Acharya sponsorship are available for devotees of all means starting at $25/₹1600 for the Sacred Water Abhisheka consisting of water from 125 sacred rivers. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all ISKCON devotees and well-wishers to welcome His Divine Grace and offer him a suitable Guru Dakshina in grateful appreciation for his having brought to us the topmost spiritual perfection of Krishna consciousness. We hope to present him a $1 million offering.

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ISKCON Communications Journal Returns to Cover Important Issues After 15-Year Hiatus
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In mid-March, the ISKCON Communications Journal (ICJ) is set to publish its first issue after a fifteen-year hiatus, under the guidance of Mahaprabhu Dasa, Director of ISKCON Communications Europe. The Journal is edited by Tattvavit Dasa and Rupa Sanatana Dasa.  ICJ was known for addressing many important topics and issues, including challenges and crises that […]

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