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Srila Prabhupada: When Lord Caitanya asked Ramananda Raya what is the most painful experience in human society, Ramananda Raya replied that separation from a pure devotee is the most painful experience. In other words, when there is no devotee of the Lord present, there is great suffering in society, and association with other people becomes painful. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.30.6–7) it is stated that if one who is bereft of the association of a pure devotee tries to become happy through society, friendship and love devoid of Krsna consciousness, he is to be considered in the most distressed condition. In the Brhad-bhagavatamrta (1.5.54) it is stated that the association of a pure devotee is more desirable than life itself and that in separation from him one cannot pass even a second happily. “The Teachings of Lord Caitanya” by Srila Prabhupada
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Many prominent Sri vaishnava Scholars and many eminent Social leaders and eminent media celebrities also graced the event. They spoke on the need for more information and awareness on God consciousness of ancient India and congratulated Sri Giridhari Prabhu for his work in this field. The honorable chief minister of Tamilnadu though couldn’t make up for the event but send an appreciation note. A part of which is as follows “I appreciate the activities of ISKCON spreading devotion to all without any discrimination of caste or religion. “I believe that release of this Chaitanya Caritamritam in Tamil will establish peace in society and serve as a great contribution to Tamil literary world. ” Continue reading "Lord Chaitanya From Bengali To Tamil!
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Akuti Dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada from Canada left this world at 3:30 pm on Apara Ekadasi, at the Bhaktivedanta Hospice in...

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17)

Question: What is the highest act we may perform to attract the mercy of Radharani?

To serve Lord Nityananda. Radharani is so exhalted and pure that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati instructed that only those who are liberated and in the madhurya-rasa can go to Srimati Radharani, while everyone else must go to Lord Nityananda. You can think of it as two counter windows at the ‘Mercy Office’. On Radharani’s counter, there is a sign that reads ‘Liberated souls only!‘ And then you have Lord Nityananda’s counter, which has a very long queue, where he is calling out ‘Oye mate, get your mercy over here!‘ So the rest of us must go to his window to get our mercy.

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In a talk with Srila Prabhupada in Chicago, on July 5, 1975, Tamal Krishna Goswami asked him about Ekadasi. “Sometimes we have heard that Ekadasi is an inauspicious alignment of the planets and that therefore one has to counteract this inauspiciousness by chanting more.”

Prabhupada laughed. “No, no. It is the most auspicious. And chanting is more effective.”

“I remember you were instructing once that all of your initiated disciples should chant twenty-five rounds . . .”

“Minimum.”

“Minimum on this day. Is that a rule that we should all follow in our temples?”

“We are sixteen rounds.”

“No, I mean on Ekadasi.”

“Oh, yes. Ekadasi, simply you should chant. No other business.”

Later, in Mayapur on February 11, 1976, Tamal Krishna asked for further clarification: “We should always chant twenty-five rounds on Ekadasi if initiated?”

“Initiated? Everyone. Why initiated?”

“So, that should be standard for our movement on Ekadasi day?”

“Standard is sixteen, but if one can chant more, then he is welcome.”

“It’s not mandatory for Ekadasi.”

“No. Ekadasi means that—fasting and chanting.”

“Sometimes I’m wondering, because our men have to go out on book distribution.”

“No, no. That is also preaching work. For that purpose you can stop this. But generally, one who has no preaching work, he can chant.”

“Extra.”

“Yes, extra.”

“I see.”

Hare Krishna.

TOVP Euro Tour Overview
Miracles are not uncommon in the pastimes and seva of the Lord, and certainly the TOVP Euro Tour is a current example of how the Lord reciprocates with His devotees, blesses them and simultaneously fulfills His own purposes, in this case the building of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and manifestation of His own prophecy of the adbhuta mandir.
From April 10th – 27th, history was created as Jananivas and Braja Vilas prabhus, led by Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Sitari, traveled to twelve European temples inundating the devotees with the Lord’s mercy and MISSION 22 to complete the TOVP by the year 2022. Unexpected by all the leaders was the incredible outpouring of financial support by the small numbers of devotees in most of the European temples, many of them considered poor by material standards. The total collection in pledges was 1,240,150 Euros/1,470,290 USD!!! Never before has such a fundraising fervor taken place in the European countries. This overwhelming enthusiasm and support was an indication that Lord Nityananda is in everyone’s heart as Supersoul and is inspiring devotees to serve Lord Gauranga by helping to build His temple, the adbhuta mandir from which His service and Krishna prema will spread to all corners of the universe.
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“Servant Leaders Applied Training and Education (SLATE)”
For the first time, by the presence of all prominent ISKCON Leaders of Bangladesh, “Servant Leaders Applied Training and Education (SLATE)” camp are successfully completed this week. The whole camp was conducted by H.G. Radheshyam Das, Youth revolutioner, and president of ISKCON Pune, India. All the youth leaders of Bangladesh, especially general secretory of ISKCON Bangladesh, H.G.Charuchandra Das Brahmacari, joint secretory of ISKCON Bangladesh, H.G.Jagatguru Gouranga Das Brahmacari, ISKCON Chittagong Divitional secretory, H.G.Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmacari, President ISKCON Cox-bazar H.G.Radha govinda Das Brahmacari, President ISKCON Nandankanon Radha Madav Temple, H.G.Pandit Gadadhar Das Brahmacari, Councellor (IYF) ISKCON Dhaka H.G.Mitragopa Das Brahmacari, Sylhet IYF Director H.G.Deborshi Sribas Das, Noakali IYF Director H.G.Hariprem Das Brahmacari, H.G.Tribanga Shyam Das Brahmacari, H.G.Mukunda Bhakti Das Brahmacari and many more various place of Bangladesh (in total 75) attended the camp at Sri Sri Pundarik Dham, the birth place of Sri Pundarik Vidyanidhi. It was a six-day camp with discourses, group presentation, Drama etc. Out of 64 topics of SLATE, Six topics covered this year as follows-Learning to see good in others and overcoming fault-finding tendency, IS competition in devotee circle good or bad, Overcoming insecurity and developing Confidence in Krishna, Balancing the extremes in guiding, Rising above the mental concoction of friend and enemy, and art of revealing mind with confidence.
In the holy land of Bangladesh, by the Instruction of HH. Jayapataka Swami, and by the inspiration of HH. Bhakti Purushottam Swami, youth preaching is going on very vigorously for 14 years. Bangladesh youth preachers, especially ISKCON Nandankanon, are following the exact model & structure provided by H.G.Radheshyam Das Brahmacari. So all the youth preachers considered this camp a great boon and success. All prominent youth Leaders now have become rejuvenated by the rare association of H.G.Radheshyam Prabhu. ISKCON Chittagong devotional committee expresses its gratitude to H.G. Radheshyam Prabhu for visiting Chittagong, Bangladesh. All leaders and devotees of all temples had requested him to come at least once in a year in Bangladesh and inspire and guide them in devotional service to Lord Krishna.

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Srila Prabhupada: You mentioned that you are not yet a very bold preacher, but you will become bold, if you have got sincerity. In the beginning also I could not speak. But Krishna is within you, and when you are serving Him sincerely He will give you courage, boldness, everything. We are not going to bluff anyone or cheat others, and we are delivering the message on behalf of the Supreme Lord, so we haven’t got anything to fear and we should be always mindful of our topmost position of occupation of life. To be the messenger of the king is practically as good as to be the king, so the king is the most exalted position. I act like a king because no one can defeat me, and similarly, you should take your responsibility very, very seriously as being the representative of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is God Himself, and always remember that you are one of the few men I have appointed to carry on my work throughout the world and your mission before you is huge. Therefore, always pray to Krishna to give you strength for accomplishing this mission by doing what I am doing. My first business is to give the devotees the proper knowledge and engage them in devotional service, so that is not very difficult task for you, I have given you everything, so read and speak from the books and so many new lights will come out. We have got so many books, so if we go on preaching from them for the next 1,000 years, there is enough stock. Just like we have spent one day discussing one sloka, so you introduce this system in all of the temples, and very quickly the devotees will make spiritual progress by getting knowledge. As for the GBC members, if we study one sloka daily in our classes it will take you more than 50 years to finish Srimad-Bhagavatam alone, so at least 50 years matter is already there minimum. So we can finish Bhagavatam once in our lifetime and the next generation can begin again, like that. —From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to: Satsvarupa - Los Angeles 16 June, 1972
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The usual program was held in the evening with kirtan, abhisheka and presentations by Jananivas and Braja Vilas prabhus. And once again, the devotees were so overwhelmed by Lord Nityananda’s mercy that, although only twenty five devotees were present, 65,000 Euros/77,000 USD was pledged. The temple President, Krishna Premarupa prabhu was so enthusiastic that even after we left and despite a large monthly mortgage payment, at the Sunday program he raised an additional 10,000 Euros/12,000 USD for a total of 75,000 Euros/90,000 USD. This is the type of sacrifice that brings the blessings of the Lord. We would like to thank the GBC, Dina Sharana devi dasi and temple president Krishna Premarupa das for their support and cooperation which inspired the generous response from all the devotees. All glories to Lord Nityananda! All glories to Lord Nrsimha! All glories to all the devotees of the Lord! The tour is now completed and the Padukas and Sitari have returned to Their places on the altar in Sridhama Mayapur. Continue reading "TOVP Euro Tour Day 13: Zurich, Switzerland
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The future is very bright. We are organizing research projects and conferences in collaboration with Universities such as Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Stockholm University. We are also in the process of affiliating with Kolkata University. It is with deep regret then that due to significant health challenges, as of Gaura Purnima, March 2nd, 2018, I have retired from active service as Administrative Co-Director at the BRC. During the last few months I have been working with Academic Director Pranava dasa and others to ensure that the project continues effectively up to the high standards we have already established, and will continue to expand its services. Continue reading "Important changes in the management of the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) in Kolkata
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Prisoners danced in ecstasy with the devotees during the concluding kirtan. The total environment of Jail changed all on a sudden. ISKCON Nandankanan distributed sumptuous Krishna Prasad among the prisoners. The prisoners were blessed by the unconditioned service of the devotee of ISKCON-Nandankanon. It was a lifelong memory and experience for the prisoners, they expressed. Continue reading "ISKCON Bangladesh Chittagong takes a divine maneuver to purify the prisoners
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“Your program of speaking in colleges…is very much liked by me; in this way, try to penetrate every school and college and introduce our books profusely…That is the method recommended by my Guru Maharaja—now you are practically demonstrating this fact with good results. So go on like this, you have all of Krishna’s blessings.” – […]

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