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The video focuses mainly on Gaura Purnima or the day of the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This is the biggest festival at Mayapur and brings devotees from across the globe to this Nadia town.
Born Paul Dossick, he joined ISKCON in October 1970 in Gainesville, Florida. Leaving college as a premed student in his last quarter, he immediately set off with Gargamuni Swami to assist the preaching in Dhaka, East Pakistan, in March 1971. In April, when the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out, they escaped to Bombay just in time.
Harinama at Burleigh Heads - 30 June 2019 (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, then very quickly he is cleansed of all offences. Thus as soon as he chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, he feels the ecstasy of love for God.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.31)
Blissful Harinama in Turin, Italy (1 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “As a result of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one makes such great advancement in spiritual life that simultaneously his material existence terminates and he receives love of Godhead. The holy name of Krishna is so powerful that by chanting even one name, one very easily achieves these transcendental riches.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.28)
This is the video of the Ganga Puja festival held recently at Sri Sri Gaura-Ganga Jagat-pavani Mandir, Devotees came together to hear the glories of Ganga mata & pastimes of Lord Caitanya on the banks of Ganges, offer abhishek & arti and honor prasada. “The waters of the Ganges are always carrying the flavor […]
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Summer marathon of book distribution in Birmingham, UK, with 60 devotees (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: Day 2 of the Summer Marathon. Our Monthly Sankirtan Festival in Birmingham was pretty far out to say the least with approximately 60 devotees participating. We initially had a one and a half hour seminar presented by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu at Birmingham temple. We then all split into groups and went out Door to Door as well as Street distribution in Birmingham City Centre.
"Ryali" in local Telugu language means falling. According to the Srimad-Bhagavatam when the Demigods and Rakshas were quarreling over sharing of holy divine nectar, seeing this, Lord Krishna came in the guise of Mohini-Murti avatar to the rescue of demigods and convinced both the rivalry groups promising to distribute the divine nectar in equal share to Demigods and Rakshas. Podcast
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ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 05/05/2019
Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes cow protection, local agriculture, and above all, loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON New Vrindaban’s Founder-Acharya.
Participating Directors: Anuttama, Chaitanya Mangala, Jamuna Jivani (board secretary), Makara (chair), Olivia, Ranaka, and Vraja.
Participating Advisors: Jaya Krsna and Kripamaya
1. Ranaka’s Monthly Report
2. External Funding Request: $500K for Palace Roof Restoration
WHEREAS: ECO-V wishes to help preserve Srila Prabhupada’a preeminent samadhi in North America.
RESOLVED: The ECO-Vrindaban board authorizes up to $500K toward Prabhupada’s Palace roof and dome restoration effort, as presented by members of the INV board and the Palace Restoration Committee.
ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 4/4/2019
Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes cow protection, local agriculture, and above all, loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON New Vrindaban’s Founder-Acharya.
Participating Directors: Chaitanya Mangala, Makara (chair), Olivia, Anuttama, Ranaka, and Vraja.
2. Internal Funding Request: $40K for High Tunnels
WHEREAS: ECO-V wishes to extend the growing season for its gardening efforts.
RESOLVED: The ECO-V board authorizes up to $40K for the purchase and installation of two high tunnels.
3. Internal Funding Request: $7K for ATV
WHEREAS: ECO-V wishes to maintain adequate vehicles for its farm related activities.
RESOLVED: The ECO-V board authorizes up to $7K for the purchase of a Honda Rancher ATV.
By Vijaya das Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Last week we went to a festival in Tours. It was encouraging to see one of our senior devotees, Janananda Goswami, running around distributing books like a twenty-year old (he’s seventy). He stayed out till 12:30 a.m. distributing books — ecstasy! Before he went to France, it was pretty much off the map of book distribution, but in May, Paris did 1,225 book points and New Mayapura did 662 book points. Not many farm communities distribute books, but New Mayapura does. Continue reading "WSN May 2019 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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Rathayatra in Siauliai (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: On Thursday morning we had Rathayatra in Siauliai, one of the...
Chariots festival Ratha Yatra in Wroclaw, Poland, 22 June 2019 (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: “Although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.3.51 Purport)
A few days ago we reported on a video documentary produced by the West Bengal Department of Tourism about the 2019 Gaur Purnima Festival in Sridhama Mayapur in their beginning efforts to help promote ISKCON Mayapur and the TOVP. You can read the article and view the video here.
Below is a follow up article printed in the Times of India. This combined effort of the West Bengal Department of Tourism and India media will help to put Sridhama Mayapur and the TOVP on the world map and achieve our long-term goal to bring millions of visitors to the holy place of Lord Caitanya’s birth for the spiritual upliftment of humanity.
“My idea is to attract people of the whole world to Mayapur”
Srila Prabhupada
MISSION 22 MARATHON KI JAYA! THINK 22! TOVP NOW!
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Follow us at: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
Watch us at: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo
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Phone App at: http://tovp.org/news/announcements/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/
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RSS News Feed at: https://tovp.org/rss2/
Buy from us at: https://tovp.org/tovp-gift-store/
Support us at: https://tovp.org/donate/seva-opportunities/
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10 day marathon of book distribution in UK (Album of photos)
Geeta Bhandari: The first day of the 10 day marathon was a roaring success. We were all blessed to go out door to door in Stanmore with His Grace Vaisesika das. He is so empowered and inspired us as he invariably does. The people were so receptive and we had so much fun. Seeing how fulfilled and content people are when they receive the books is truly one of life’s most special gifts. Thank you Vaisesika das for giving us so much of your time, wisdom & blessings which allowed us to give Srila Prabhupada to those lovely conditioned souls!
By Bhurijan Dasa Vrndavan means naturally and spontaneously being attracted to Krsna. They all have an individual gift to offer to Krsna, but no competition, no corporate ladder, sorry. That’s just not the mood Continue reading "Uddhava’s shock and joy
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By Chirag Dangarwala With the advancement of the ages, human consciousness had changed too. It is believed that today modern society has advanced far more than the ancient civilization. With more technology and equipments available at disposal, everything has become fast paced and instant. Material science has achieved a lot of progress than the yester years. This progress is thought of as an advancement in Civilization and is looked upon as a great achievement by the society Continue reading "Dream World
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Harinama in Israel (5 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Adi Purana Krishna tells Arjuna: “Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased.” (Nectar of Devotion, 12)
The gopis pulled Madhumangal’s sikha! (Album of photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: We are extremely grateful to the devotees of Sri Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram for their loving hospitality. They arranged nice preaching programs and took care of us like a family. In the temple preside Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra, along with Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra, Sri Lakshmi Nrisimha and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.
Shaunaka Rishi das - Education, Vision, Love & More (video)
Shaunaka Rishi das is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), a position he has held since the Centre’s foundation in 1997. He is also a Hindu cleric, a lecturer, a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University. His interests include education, comparative theology, communication, and leadership. He is a member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, convened in 2013 by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. In 2013 the Indian government appointed him to sit on the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation.
EXCERPT from CHASING RINOS VOLUME TWO: INDIA/AROUND THE WORLD
by Sam Speerstra (Syamsundar das)
Inauguration of ISKCON Dindies- Worlds largest walking festival (Album of photos)
Pandharpur Wari or Wari (Vari) is an annual pilgrimage (yatra) to Pandharpur - the abode of Lord Vithoba(Krishna) in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the deity. Palakhis (palanquin processions) carrying the paduka (foot prints) of various saints - most notably Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram - from the Varkari (Warkari, “one who performs the Wari”) sect (which venerates Vithoba), are taken from their respective shrines to Pandharpur.
Ecstatic kīrtans and nectarean discourses on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. All night long this was the typical sight observed in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita. Why was Śrīvāsa Āṅgan chosen? What was its specialty? Dive below to know more. With hands folded and head finely tilted to its left stands the tall deity of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita – the fifth member […]
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С самого зарождения у Амбариши прабху идеи о том, чтобы приступить к строительству Храма ведического планетария в 2008 году, Его Святейшество Локанатха Махарадж был главным столпом и убежденным сторонником нашего проекта. Он и его ученики пожертвовали крупные суммы для оплаты строительных работ, и вдохновленные его примером продолжают поддерживать храм.
Команда Храма ведического планетария хотела бы воздать хвалу служению Локанатхи Махараджа в день празднования его наиболее благоприятной 70-ой Юбилейной Вьяса-пуджи, которая состоится 12 июля 2019 года, и предложить еще одну возможность для поддержки проекта и помощи Махараджу в строительстве этого храма для Шрилы Прабхупады: кирпич/флаг Локанатхи Махараджа. Ученики Махараджа могут стать спонсорами кирпича, выполненного по особому заказу, с высеченным на нем именем Махараджа и своим именем, который будет навечно помещен под алтарь Гуру-парампары. Дополнительно, в качестве уникального подарка спонсорам от их имени и имени Махараджа на купол Нрисимхадева будет поднят Победный флаг. Сумма данного пожертвования составляет 1 600 долларов США / 100 000 индийских рупий.
В рамках данной экстатичной кампании по служению Шриле Прабхупаде будет доступно только 1008 кирпичей и флагов. Инициированные ученики и кандидаты в ученики могут прямо сейчас оформить свое пожертвование на сайте Храма ведического планетария, перейдя по ссылке ниже, и либо сразу оплатить всю сумму целиком, либо выплатить его за несколько взносов в течение одного года – до июля 2020 года. Махараджу передадут список всех его учеников, кто принял участие в данной кампании по сбору средств, чтобы он смог принять их служение и лично предложить его Шриле Прабхупаде в Шридхаме Майяпуре. Он также поднимет Победный флаг над куполом Храма ведического планетария от лица всех своих учеников, чтобы благословить их и обеспечить их успех в выплате обещанных пожертвований в рамках нашей компании «Сдержи свое обещание Храму ведического планетария».
Не тяните, эти кирпичи и флаги разлетятся очень быстро. Сделайте свое пожертвование уже сегодня и воспользуйтесь этим предложением в честь 70-ой Юбилейной Вьяса-пуджи, пока еще есть кирпичи и флаги.
7 столпов Киртанам были специально зарезервированы для преданных, которые хотят профинансировать их от лица Локанатхи Махараджа, одного из столпов киртана, «киртан-самрата» ИСККОН. Уже намечено, что Махарадж проведет первый киртан на церемонии торжественного открытия храма в 2022 году. На пожертвованных колоннах на обозрение многим будущим поколениям преданных будет высечено имя Локанатхи Махараджа и имя спонсора, что увековечит славу выдающегося таланта Махараджа в воспевании киртана.
Пожертвуйте уже сегодня: https://cutt.ly/LMVyasaPuja2019!
МАРАФОН «МИССИЯ 22» КИ ДЖАЙ! ПОМНИТЕ ОБ ОТКРЫТИИ В 22 ГОДУ И ПОДДЕРЖИТЕ УЖЕ СЕЙЧАС!
Посетите ХВП: www.tovp.org
Читайте о ХВП: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
Смотрите о ХВП: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo
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Загрузите приложение ХВП для мобильного телефона: www.tovp.org/ru/announcements-ru/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/
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Since the inception of the idea to begin construction on the TOVP in 2008 by Ambarisa prabhu, His Holiness Lokanath Maharaja has been a main pillar and staunch supporter of the project. He and his disciples have pledged and donated large amounts towards the work, and they continue to do so with his inspiration and example.
The TOVP would like to honor the service of Lokanath Maharaja on the most auspicious celebration of his 70th Vyasa Puja Anniversary on July 12th, 2019 with yet another opportunity to support the TOVP and help Maharaja build the temple for Srila Prabhupada. Announcing: the Lokanath Maharaja Brick Seva Campaign. Disciples of Maharaja can sponsor a custom-made brick inscribed with both his name and theirs to be placed under the Guru Parampara altar for all time. Additionally, as an exclusive bonus gift donors will receive a TOVP Victory Flag specially raised in Maharaja’s and their name onto the main dome. The sponsorship cost is $1600/₹100,000.
Only 1008 bricks and flags will be available for this ecstatic seva opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada. Initiated and aspiring disciples can immediately make their donation using the TOVP website link below and either pay in full or in installments up to one year until July 2020. Maharaja will receive a list of all his disciples who donated for this campaign to recognize their service and will personally offer it to Srila Prabhupada in Sridhama Mayapur. He will also raise a Victory Flag onto the TOVP on behalf of all his disciples to bless them and insure victory in the fulfillment of their pledges as part of our Live Your TOVP Pledge Campaign.
Don’t wait, these bricks and coins will go fast. Make your pledge today and take advantage of this 75th Vyasa Puja Anniversary seva offer while the bricks and coins last.
As one of the pillars of kirtan, 7 specially reserved Kirtanam Pillars in the temple are also available to sponsor for the ISKCON “Kirtan Samrat”, Lokanath Maharaja. He is already scheduled to lead the first kirtan during the Grand Opening in 2022. These pillars will be inscribed with Lokanath Maharaja’s name and the name of the sponsor to be seen by generations of devotees in the future and will perpetuate Maharaja’s glorious kirtan stature.
Make Your Pledge Today: http://bit.ly/2IhPf9QLMVyasaPuja2019!
MISSION 22 MARATHON! THINK 22! TOVP NOW!
Visit us at: www.tovp.org
Follow us at: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
Watch us at: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo
View us 360° at: www.tovp360.org
Phone App at: http://tovp.org/news/announcements/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/
Mailing List at: https://goo.gl/forms/ojJ2WcUUuqWh8bXt1
RSS News Feed at: https://tovp.org/rss2/
Buy from us at: https://tovp.org/tovp-gift-store/
Support us at: https://tovp.org/donate/seva-opportunities/
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By Radhika Ramana Dasa You are asking what should your preaching work be now that you are attending the university. So the first preaching work is that yourself should become an ideal devotee. Lord Caitanya said that one should first make himself perfect and then attempt to instruct others. There is no point in telling another man to stop smoking if you yourself are smoking cigarettes. Even though you are mixing with all kinds of the student class at the university, you must strictly refrain from the four prohibitive sinful activities, and as an initiated student you must not let a day pass when you do not chant at least 16 rounds of Hare Krsna Mantra. If you can follow just these things nicely that in itself will be strong preaching by behavior. You should also always wear Kunti beads around the neck and wear the marking of tilak. People will inquire from you and you can tell them about Krsna Consciousness and sell them books also. (Letter to Niranjana, Hyderabad 23 April, 1974 74-04-23) Continue reading "A Bhagavata Philosophy Of Education
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“Intelligent Srivasa Pandita had previously been Narada Muni, the best of the sages. Srivasa’s younger brother, Sriman Rama Pandita, had previously been Narada’s close friend Parvata Muni” (Gaura Ganodesh Dipika 90.)
“It was in Srivasa Pandita’s house that Sri Chaitanya enacted His pastimes of sankirtana. Those four brothers (Srivasa, Sri Rama, Sripati and Srinidhi) were continuously engaged in singing the names of Sri Krishna. They worshipped Sri Krishna and bathed in the Ganges thrice daily.”
These four brothers previously lived in the district of Sri Hatta. Later on they came to reside on the banks of the Ganges. There they regularly used to attend the assembly of Devotees who gathered at Sri Advaita Acharya’s house to hear the Srimad Bhagavatam and engage in congregational chanting of the Holy Names.
Gradually the brothers became very close friends of Sri Jagannatha Mishra, with whom they would chant and listen to the Bhagavatam.
In all matters Srivasa was the leader of the four brothers. By the strength of his devotion, he could understand that Sri Krishna was going to appear in the house of Jagannatha Misra.
Srivasa Pandits’s wife’s name was Sri Malini Devi. She was a very close friend of Sri Saci Devi and was always very helpful to her.
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A video by ISKCON Desire Tree.
Every January, pilgrims come from around India to bathe at Ganga Sagar, the confluence of the Ganges and the ocean, on the day the sun enters Capricorn. The students and teachers from Bhaktivedanta Academy's gurukula in Mayapur go there to sing harināma, to distribute the writings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and to serve thousands of plates of prasāda (sacred food) to the pilgrims who come there for the Mela. A video by Bhaktivedanta Academy (Mayapur).
Although little known in the western world, Mount Kailash is one of the most sacred spots on Earth. It is a holy pilgrimage site for people of the Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Bon faiths.
Rukmini Walker on the power of vulnerability, Bhakti Yoga, healthy relationships between men and women, parenting and much more. A video by Inspire by Balarama.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7)
How can we look at Krsna and see Him as the well-wisher of all living beings when there is so much suffering in this world? There is so much distress around us. And then if we think about that, all the great hardships that are happening to people, then here we have the all kind, all loving Supreme Lord, the well-wisher of all living beings. How can we see it like that? How can we see suffering as a benediction? But that is exactly what suffering is. It is a bitter medicine!
We cannot just look at the suffering alone and isolate it. We have to also see our own stubbornness, our own sinfulness, our own inclination towards being cruel, our own insensitivity, our own degradation, all of which runs deep within us. So how can we correct that? By good intentions? The road to hell is paved with good intentions. That is not so simple.
Krsna may stop us in our tracks at times and gives us some suffering, but if we take it like that and grow to accept this as Krishna’s plan to somehow or other elevate us, then we can grow through the experiences of suffering and survive it by relying on Krsna. Naturally at times of hardship, it is difficult and we hope that it would be over soon. That is natural. Nonetheless, we somehow or other go through it all with knowing that whatever this is, this is for our purification. This is Krsna who is now giving us this medicine; to lift us out of our own weakness and so then we will grow.
In this way, we can be positive. Positive about everything, because ultimately Krsna is positive and if we take shelter of Krsna, then we know that whatever happens to us is surely going to be ultimately positive. Although in the short term it does not always look so positive, but in the long term we know that this is Krsna’s divine arrangement to bring us closer to Him. And so then we can see that He is there with us at every moment. Not just behind everything, but He is there, constantly involved, and He is making active arrangements for our ultimate benefit.
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I may die today. I may not be able to finish this piece of writing. I have an incurable condition which I was blessed to remember from my cancer diagnosis. I am a soul encased in a body that by identifying with gives me the view that I must suffer disease, old age, death, and rebirth.Read More...
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