Turkish Sadhu-sanga.
Upadesamrta overview #2
Friday evening in Istanbul
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How to be more serious in bhakti and how do the handicapped advance to Krsna
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Conversation, Turkish Sadhu-sanga.
What is Dusshera? (3 min video)
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What is Dusshera? (3 min video)
Ultimately, this fight went on for days and nights continuously. And can you imagine the emotio...
Gita 14.08 The mode of ignorance begins with not knowing and leads to false knowing
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Govinda’s Asrama Kirtan
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Tuesday night kirtans at Govinda’s Asrama in Darlinghurst draws a wide variety of people from young to old. There are many regulars but about a third are newcomers.
I haven’t attended for over 6 months but was fortunate recently to head up the second half with ecstatic chanting. Everyone was enthusiastic and at the end, to everyone’s delight, a sumptuous dinner was served.
FORMULA FOR LIFE
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Daily Darshan: September 29,2017
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ISKCON Farm Conference Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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The event showed how far ISKCON farms have come in networking and working together particularly over the last decade, with conferences now regularly organized in four continents by the GBC Ministry of Agriculture and Cow Protection. Because the ISKCON Farm Conference began in Europe in 2008, however, the 10th anniversary event focused on European farms.
How Perceptions of God Help Determine Self-esteem, Mental health
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Escaping
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TOVP Announces A Once-in-a-Lifetime Chakra Abhisheka Seva Opportunity
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Why I Became a Vegan
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Was I drinking milk meant for a calf? Would Krishna accept my offering of milk when the cows were raped, killed and slaughtered? Did he, being God need such dairy? If a calf had to be killed so that I may have milk, would I kill it myself? I felt like I was in the ring with Mohammad Ali, knocked out in the first round.
Paramahamster – Hurricane
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Why does sometimes Jaganatha appear alone without his brother and sister?
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Upadesamrta overview #1
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Turkish Sadhu-sanga.
Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work
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Jagat Pavani Gaura Ganga Mandir!
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On the occassion of 6th anniversary of Ganga Puja, Mayapur Ganga Puja Committee organised a grand Ganga Puja, Arti, Kirtan, Lecture and Mahaprasad distribution at the new temple of JAGAT PAVANI GAUR GANGA MANDIR on the banks of Ganges at Mayapur. HG Prem Caitanya das of Ganga Puja Seva Committee recalls the inauguration of Ganga […]
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Prabhupada life-story 07 – Seeking to reach the Western mind
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Seeing ourselves clearly through others’ eyes
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Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
– Ellen DeGeneres
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When we want to know how we look, we need a mirror. Similarly, when we want to understand ourselves better, we need an appropriate mirror. One such mirror is others who know us well.
Of course, just anyone who knows us well can’t act as a useful mirror – they need to be intelligent and benevolent. That is, they need to be perceptive enough to see our potentials and our blind spots, and they need to be favorably disposed, wanting to help us. From our social circle, we need to carefully shortlist such people, or we may need to expand our social circle till we find such people. And once we have identified such intelligent and benevolent friends, we need to cherish and nourish our relationship with them.
Do we need others for understanding ourselves? Can’t we understand ourselves through introspection? Yes, we can. By observing ourselves, especially in situations that foster emotions of comfort and in situations that trigger emotions of discomfort, we can better understand our strengths and our limitations.
However, when our mind is attached to something and agitated because of an opportunity or threat related with that thing, we can’t easily calm it by our own efforts. The ruffled mind makes our inner world like a turbulent pond that we can’t see through. Amidst such inner murkiness, introspection becomes not only difficult but also dangerous. Our mind becomes a distorter of our vision instead of a channel for our vision. The more we try to think about that thing, the more our mind misleads us towards misperceptions and mistakes. Pertinently, the Bhagavad-gita (06.05) cautions that our mind can act as our enemy.
In such situations of attachment and agitation, we need trustworthy others who can look at things objectively. For issues in which we are too emotionally invested and others are not, they can give us a healthy balancing perspective that we can’t get by introspection. This is one critical role played by spiritual friends. When they can understand our mind and can help us to understand our mind, they serve as vital mirrors and invaluable mentors.
According to modern psychology too, accountability partners are especially important in fostering self-awareness and facilitating self-improvement, especially for addicts whose minds often sabotage introspection with rationalization.
Additionally, others can also act as sounding boards, wherein we test our ideas and get feedback. By thus better appreciating the strengths as well as the limitations of our ideas, we can process them appropriately, by rejecting, refining or developing them.
In spiritual circles, introspection and association are both considered important for fostering growth. The Bhagavad-gita (17.16) recommends silence as an austerity of speech. Simultaneously, it stresses that devotees joyfully enlighten each other through spiritual discussions (10.09).
Our spiritual friends are mirrors who help us see both the best within us as well as the worst within us. They help us understand our essential spirituality, our dormant divinity as eternal parts of the supreme divinity, and our capacity to unleash that potential. And they help us to see the conditionings and contaminations that we keep hidden so deep in our inner closet that we try to deny their existence not just to the world but even to ourselves. The opportunities coming from our higher side and the threats coming from our lower side – both of these we can process better by opening ourselves to heart-to-heart communication with our spiritual friends.
By seeing ourselves through their eyes, we feel inspired to purge out our worst and to bring out our best.
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Vyasa-puja Celebration, September 24, Carpinteria
Giriraj Swami
“Srila Prabhupada wrote to one disciple, ‘You cannot survive without my mercy, and I cannot survive without your mercy. It is reciprocal. This mutual dependance is based on love—Krishna consciousness.'”
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Special thanks to Gaudacandra Prabhu for the beautiful photographs.
Devotees’ appreciations (right-click, save as to download)
1.Balaram Chandra das
2. Sarvatma das
3. Yudhisthira das
4. Radha Priya dasi
5. Sri Murti dasi
6. Balarama das
7. Krsangi dasi
8. Gaudacandra das
9. Sri Vallabha das
10. Rajani Priya dasi
11. Siddhi-lalasa dasi
12. Varsabhanavi dasi
13. Syamananda das
14. Apsara Kund
15. Abhay Charan
16. Purusottama Ksetra das
17. Revati dasi
18. Bhakta Rob
19. Vrajesvari dasi
20. Shyam Gopal das
21. Gandharvika Haulkhory
22. Tulsi Manjari dasi
23. Parvata Muni das
24. Sita dasi
25. Giridhari Priya das
26. Lavanga Manjari dasi
27. Aditi dasi
28. Visnupriya dasi
29. Hari Bhakta das
30. Adilakshmi Nanduri
31. Shyama Chandra das
32. Bhaktin Vivian
33. Radhika Bhuckory
Mexico City Devotees Feeding 2,500 Earthquake Victims A Day
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Daily Darshan : September 28, 2017
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If devotees can donate towards this project they will be doing service to Yamuna Devi and that will be appreciated by Radha Syama
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Every bit helps. http://bit.ly/2yIKUWa
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
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Monday, September 25th, 2017
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Sunday, September 24th, 2017
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Nectar drops: 28 September 2017
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The best kirtana of the year – except its from 2010
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A special experience in New Mayapura
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Good leadership
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, January 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9)
I visited a temple during my travels last year. For quite a number of years, that temple was emptying out. Everyone was leaving! Then suddenly, they found a new president who was young, enthusiastic and kind of nice in human relationships. That was his strongest point and this had changed the mood so much that now everyone is moving towards the temple. People were telling me, “Can I talk to you? I am thinking of moving into that temple!”
So it is like that. Good leadership is certainly important. Especially leadership centred around the behaviour of a sadhu – a person who is gentle; who is an example; who is spiritually strong and who is kind in his dealings. People look up to that kind of leader.
It is still a fundamental principle. In India, they still say, “Ram raja… Ram raja!” The rule of Lord Ramachandra from one million years ago is relevant still today – very relevant in India today. They all want that.
In our Movement, this is required but it also requires that we all come forward. I read a book about management and it mentioned, “Three hundred sixty degree leadership!”
It means that everyone on every level must be in a role of leadership. It is not that the person who is at the top position has to be a perfect example and a leader. No, everyone has to take his share of leadership! Everybody has to be a leader in his own field – three hundred sixty degrees means all around! Everyone has to be an example, everyone has to lead and take the initiative! No one can just wait for someone to make it happen!
Daily Darshan: September 27,2017
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Pictures of Gopaswami and his wife’s “Little India” residence
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The Gita Contest – December 2, 2017
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Krishna's Funskool at ISKCON Toronto is pleased to announce the Gita Contest 2017– Bhagavad Gita competitions for children.
Event Date: Saturday, December 2nd, 2017
Venue: The Hare Krishna Temple, 243 Avenue Road, Toronto
Category 1: Age 3-5 years - Recitation and Translation
Category 2: Age: 6-8 years - Recitation and Translation
Category 3: Age: 9-12 years - Recitation, Translation and application
Category 4: Age: 13-17 years - Chapter study - MCQ and Short answer quiz
Please note: The selected verses will be sent by email to the participants on completion of registration
- Assured prizes and Certificates of Participation for all contestants
- For Gita verses and translations, please refer only to Bhagavad-gita As it is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
- Contestants should bring proof of age (preferably copy of birth certificate/ photo ID card with age on the day of the contest
- Registration fee is $20 per child (can be paid online at torontokrishna.com, or at Krishna's Funskool, ISKCON temple, Toronto on Sundays between 6:15 and 8:30 p.m.)
For details about content for Bhagavad Gita contest, registration and other information, contact kids@torontokrishna.com
Puerto Rico Temple “Almost Completely Destroyed” In Hurricane Maria
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Reconnection – Multi-Award-Winning Film About Vrindavan Premieres Online
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Reconnection, a multi-award winning film by ISKCON filmmakers Maxim Varfolomeev (Shyam Gopal Das) and Olga Avramenko (Vijay Radhika Dasi) has premiered online on Tuesday, September 26th. Reconnection is a coming of age story of a Western young man, Sean, who ends up in the sacred town of Vrindavan and goes through a transformative experience.
Reconnection
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A coming of age story of a Westerner to the sacred town of Vrindavan. An multi-award-winning film by ISKCON filmmakers Maxim Varfolomeev and Olga Avramenko. For more information visit the film's website: https://five.pictures/reconnection/
Sita Rama Prabhu describes the successful development of Ahimsa Milk (Part 2)
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New Mayapura #3
Daily Darshan : September 26,2017
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This Sunday – Insights from a World Travelling Teacher
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Don’t miss out! This Sunday 5pm (1st October) @ The Loft. Comes with an incredible vegetarian/vegan meal as usual.
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