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Auckland NZ: Harinam sankirtana ki Jai (Album of photos)
Giving out the mercy and relishing the nectar of seeing the response from the condition souls as they hear the holy names and take delicious Kṛṣṇa prasadam.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/MWCH25
Radha Krishna Prana Mora (New Music Video)
Vishakha Devi Dasi (Mayapur): I have created a music video of “Prayers to Sakhis: Radha Krisha prana mora…” bhajan by Narottam Das Thakur for the pleasure of Radha Madhava & the devotees worldwide.
Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change.
Chaitanya Charan gave a talk at Microsoft at Seattle, USA on Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change.
Audio and Video are available at: https://goo.gl/yEgEyo
Radha Kunda Seva - September 2018 Photos and Updates (Album of photos)
In this last month of September, we got a lot of rain and we got a lot done! It’s all thanks to Radharani’s mercy (it was Her birthday last month) and the steadiness and consideration of you, our donors. We got mass amounts of cleaning done, food was distributed in impressive quantities, Jihva Mandir was endowed with fresh paint as well as improvements in the garden, the sandstone benches by Lalita Kunda got reinforced, and they, as well as the cement fence grills, got a bright new paint job. The area of Govardhana and Radha Kunda also got several downpours of monsoon rain resulting in Kundas filled nearly to the brim - an unusual, refreshing and beautiful sight. Please browse our latest photos to see more and join our efforts by visiting www.radharani.com. Your servants, Padma Gopi Devi dasi, Sri Arjuna dasa, Campakalata Devi dasi, Urmila Devi Dasi, and Mayapurcandra dasa.
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By Satyaraja Dasa Although many articles have been written about the Gita as a philosophical poem, exploring its meaning and theological implications, and although both devotees and nondevotees have written elaborate studies of Srila Prabhupada's translation, few articles deal with the text as a historical phenomenon, something that came to us after a long journey of commentary and explication. In the very beginning of the Gita's fourth chapter, the text itself provides its own explanation of its prehistoric unveiling: Krishna says that He revealed the teachings to the sun-god Vivasvan, who in turn instructed Manu, the father of mankind, who then conveyed this same knowledge to Ikshvaku. (Gita 4.1) Continue reading "The Life of a Text: Bhagavad-gita Through the Centuries
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Bhagavad-gita verse-by-verse podcast
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Answer Podcast
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Govindadvip Revival! (2 min video)
We are delighted to begin a phased development plan for Govindadvipa, Inis Rath island, th...
My Rupa Prabhu.
Gopi Gita: Today commemorates the end of 6 months of Rupa Prabhu’s aggressive chemotherapy treatment - the 5th time cancer had come back and the 5th time it was attacked by heavy drugs.
3 days after FOJ Rathayatra (April 2018), after another intrusive bone marrow biopsy, the doctor confirmed: Yes, cancer was back. We already had some clue - going up the stairs was difficult; blood sugar readings haywire; sharp pain in his bones. Diagnosis? Aggressive chemo for 6 months followed by a low dose for the rest of his life. (Better to keep the cancer at bay, than to weaken organs by the aggressive therapies.)
This ‘rest of the life’ diagnosis at the time felt like a death sentence. For the first week I just felt so sluggish; low motivation to cook or do anything in the home. Rupa Prabhu, on the other hand, felt peaceful to have a solution that would diminish the chances of yet another physical attack on his body.
A Hare Krishna Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurant in Wales, UK suffers a setback.
Sorry to you all but we are having to shut due to these adverse weather conditions! The roads aren’t safe and have turned into rivers with trees down from where staff are coming…
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Huge parade with Ganga Puja in Mayapur (video)
Srila Prabhupada: If the surface of the globe is overflooded with the chanting ...
Mexico City Maha Harinam Sankirtan, Mexico (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When loud chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra ...
HG Akshara Prabhu ACBSP, from Germany, left his body recently. You can see him here in the photo in the center, with the glasses. A...
By Jayapataka Swami It was a long operation, 10-12 hours and he thought maybe 50:50 chance. So I am very grateful to all the GBCs and god brother and god sisters who prayed for me. Also the devotees who are caring for me around the clock. All the devotees who gave their blood and platelets. I have a lot of affinity to different devotees and all the devotees who wrote to me encouraging letters. To those devotees who prayed for me around the world. And those who are doing special yagnas in Mayapur and different places. I am really coming out of the cave of death. There was a time when I did not know if I was going to survive or not and of course we know we are not the body and it was tempting somewhere just to return back home to Godhead. Continue reading "First public appearance of HH Jayapataka Swami post operation (video)
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Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Bhakti Charu Swami - 12th Oct 2018 at ISKCON Ujjain (video)
By TOVP staff Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Satari, along with Their Graces Jananivas, Ambarisa, Svaha and Braja Vilasa prabhus paid an ecstatic visit to Hong Kong and Taiwan (Taipei) as part of the worldwide TOVP Tour that has been on the road since 2015. The Hong Kong visit consisted of three separate programs organized by the devotees of Hong Kong who went far above and beyond the call of duty to make the fundraising events successful and inspiring for all. We are very grateful for their support and enthusiasm, without which this visit would not have been as transcendentally fruitful as it was. Overall, this tour raised over $1 million in pledges. Continue reading "The TOVP Tour Sets Foot in Hong Kong and Taiwan
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Bhagavad-gita verse-by-verse podcast
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Answer Podcast
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BG 18.57 Servant Identity 2013-06-08
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 July 2014, Serbia, Summer Camp, Lecture after kirtan)
In Mayapur, there is a bus that stops everyday in front of the gate of our Sri Caitanya Candrodaya Mandir. When one gets on the bus in Bengal, it is not uncommon that people are involved in a heated discussion because Bengali people are fiery people and they like politics. So often times, great discussions would be held on the bus and even when the original people who started the argument got off the bus, the argument stayed on the bus the entire day.
So in the same way, even when the people who started the kirtan have left, the kirtan just ‘stays on the bus’. So like that, may the kirtan stay with us even when we are no longer here together. The kirtan carries on – akhanda kirtan, endless kirtan. Kirtaniya sada harih, that ongoing chanting is our desire. In order to come to that point, one must become thoroughly honest. A sadhu is one who is sadhava, thoroughly honest, and when we become thoroughly honest, then automatically we must become humble – because everybody knows how many mistakes we make all the time. Everybody knows how limited we are really.
When there is a success, mostly it is good luck and has nothing to do with us! When there is a failure, it is normal because that is basically where we are at. Considering all that, when we are honest, then humility can finally develop in our heart and maybe then, maybe that day we will be able to always chant the holy name of the Lord.
I am praying for that and I thank you for your kind association upon me, for your enthusiasm. Thank you very much because it is together that we will go back to Godhead, and it is together that we are continuing our spiritual life: sometimes meeting and sometimes not meeting – being apart but we remain together. It is nothing between us, because our only interest is to together make spiritual advancement. So for that, I am grateful because I have been nourished in your association and I am leaving here carrying that with me, taking some energy of Serbia to Italy and will try to drown the devotees in some Serbian ecstasy. In that way, we wait for the Italians to become all ecstatic, and then from there we will drown again another part until the whole world is submerged in the chanting of the holy name!
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A few weeks ago, Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Satari, along with Their Graces Jananivas, Ambarisa, Svaha and Braja Vilasa prabhus paid an ecstatic visit to Hong Kong and Taiwan (Taipei) as part of the worldwide TOVP Tour that has been on the road since 2015.
However, we first would like to express our gratitude and thanks to TOVP Chairman Ambarisa prabhu and his wife Svaha mataji who, despite his busy personal schedule and pressing health issues, made the time to come to Hong Kong. Ambarisa and Svaha are the backbone behind the TOVP and are the ideal devoted couple. He sets the standard of service and she, imbibing his cherished seva attitude, follows suit with insightful and inspiring speeches revealing the depths of the TOVP’s importance and why each and every one of us must participate in its completion. Their support, encouragement, devotion to the project, and unshakable determination to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s deepest desire are the inspiration for the entire TOVP Team and anyone they come in contact with.
The Hong Kong visit consisted of three separate programs organized by the devotees of Hong Kong who went far above and beyond the call of duty to make the fundraising events successful and inspiring for all. We are very grateful for their support and enthusiasm, without which this visit would not have been as transcendentally fruitful as it was.
The first program was organized on Saturday, September 22nd specifically for Indian businessmen and their families. About 30 people attended and over $450,000 in pledges raised, with connections made to help organize similar programs in other parts of the world.
The second and third programs were held on Sunday, September 23rd at the Hong Kong temple on the auspicious appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, whose blessings were certainly felt by all present. In the late morning and early afternoon a program was held with the Chinese community of devotees, approximately 60 devotees attended, with $250,000 being pledged. In the evening, a gathering with the Indian community of devotees was held, with a little more than $200,000 being pledged.
All three programs were very enlivening for all concerned, particularly due to the presence of Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s Padukas, Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Satari and the presence of their servants, the TOVP Team. An abhiseka and puspanjali was held for these two events in which everyone had the opportunity to participate in bathing Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s padukas.
Outside of these three main programs other smaller scale programs were held in the temple and in the homes of various devotees. In all of these programs the TOVP Team shared with all those present Srila Prabhupada’s vision for Mayapur and the TOVP, and the special nature of the mercy of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda in the form of the Sankirtan Movement.
The highlight during the more than one week visit was the opportunity to have Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Satari touch and thus bless everyone’s head.
The tour then made its way to Taipei, Taiwan for a program organized by the devotees of Taipei on Sunday, September 30th. An abhisheka, puspanjali and kirtan ensued with approximately 50 devotees attending the program and $100,000 being pledged. Jananivas prabhu noted that the kirtan at this program was one of the sweetest he has heard during his entire three years of touring for the TOVP.
Overall, this tour raised over $1 million in pledges. We are grateful to one and all who sacrificed their time and wealth in the Sankirtana yajna of the TOVP project for the MISSION 22 MARATHON to complete the TOVP by Gaur Purnima 2022.
Below are photos from both programs and videos from the Taiwan program.
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In the year 1992, Chitra Devi was one of the last of the four Asta-sakhis, or principle associates of Srimati Radharani, to be installed in Mayapur. Chitra Devi stands third on Madhava’s right. Sri Chitra Devi’s father is Chatura, her mother is Charchika, and her husband is Pithara. She has the beautiful complexion of kasmira, […]
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She has the ability to identify the ingredients used in cooked food merely by glancing at it. If she is presented with any type of milk, she can tell which animal it comes from, and simply by looking at honey, she can easily classify which type of bee collected the honey. 
For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of September. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5 
Devotees can sponsor a flag for the appearance day of an acharya or their guru, a relative’s birthday, a wedding anniversary, in memory of a deceased relative, or any other special occasion. Or simply for the seva of the Lord and to glorify the TOVP. Not only individual devotees, but ISKCON temples, zones, farms, preaching centers, restaurants, etc. can also participate. 
Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HG Pancharatna Prabhu - ISKCON Kanpur - Sri Sri Radha Madhav Mandir (video)
Project for ISKCON Temple in Gurabo, Puerto Rico (4 min video)
The devotees in Puerto Rico island try to re-build their Radha-Krishna temple after deadly Hurricane Maria last year demolished it.
Yoga instructors from 40 yoga studios visit ISKCON of Houston and attend a religious ceremony (Album of photos)
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Effective ways to develop Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON (Album of photos)
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami: We are currently having Organizational Committee meetings in Kanpur, trying to plan out more effective ways to develop Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON.
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By Nrsimha Krsna das We organized 4th annual Turkish Namahatta camp on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey. Our special guest was HH Sivarama Swami and also there were 7 devotees from Hungarian Yatra came along with him. It was the most crowded namahatta event for us and some days we reached 70 visitors in the place. Actually, it was the best retreat we have ever organized in terms of attendance, hotel itself, staff of the hotel, weather conditions, and many other aspects. Devotees had opportunity to get HH Sivaram Swami’s wonderful association. Everybody served in a very good mood and athmosphere was joyful. Along with Sivaram Swami we had HG Ananda Caitanya Prabhu, HG Shyam Bihari Prabhu, HG Manjari Mataji, HG Jitendriya Prabhu, HG Brijbasi Mataji, HG Sri Gokul Mataji and HG Pandita Mataji. Every day we started the day with Mangala Arati and after guru Puja HH Sivaram Swami lectured about “what is bhakti?” It was a wondeful serie based on Brihad Bhagavatamrita. Continue reading "Annual Turkish Namahatta Retreat
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Bhagavad-gita verse-by-verse podcast
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Answer Podcast
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By Gauranga Darshan Das In the material world, a conditioned soul, due to his false ego, is generally not comfortable to think of oneself as a ‘subordinate’ to anyone including God. But it is in the best interest of a soul to accept subordination to God and His representatives at various levels. Submissiveness to the Supreme Lord, the bona fide spiritual master and their transparent representatives constitute one of the vital aspects of spiritual advancement. Srila Prabhupada writes, “A spiritual master knows very well how to engage each disciple in a particular duty, but if a disciple, thinking himself more advanced than his spiritual master, gives up his orders and acts independently, he checks his own spiritual progress.” (CC Adi 7.72 Purport). Continue reading "Anatomy Of Autonomy
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By Aseem krishna Das Dharmsala is a beautiful hill station in Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh. Located at a height of 4800ft. from sea level, it is situated on the slopes of scenic dhauladhar mountain range. The view of these mountains from our host's roof in Dharmsala is really fascinating. Dhauladhar's snow covered peaks decorate this valley just like a mighty crown. It’s rich flora and fauna renders the landscape even more beautiful. Dhauladhar range is a paradise for worldwide mountain trekkers and Paragliders. Banana, Papaya trees, guavas, pumpkins, amala, various citrus fruits, pomegranates to name a few and also various aromatic flowers grow abound. Continue reading "Dharmsala Rath Yatra 2018 & Preaching to the Lamas
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Adult Education At The Temple
