Demystifying Reincarnation 8 – Near Death Experiences – Hallucinations or Guesses?
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Saturday June 24, 2017
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Roosevelt, Utah

Motorists Who Stopped and What They Said

Worker: “I saw you walkin’. I work in the heat all day. I know how it feels. I'll give you a ride.”

An elderly man and his wife: “Come in! You must be thirsty and hungry. I’ll take you somewhere where I can get you food and drink.”

A woman: “What are you doing? Can I share some water?”

Man whose RV broke down: “If you're a monk, you got the wrong shoes on (should be sandals). Don’t mind me.” He chuckles. “I’m just giving you a hard time.”

A State Trooper: “You’re okay? Oh well, you're not in my county. Happy walking!”

A man and woman pulling a trailer: “I was talking with my wife, here, deciding if we should pick up a hitchhiker or not (referring to me), but you're different.”

An Hispanic local: “I’ll take you as far as Roosevelt, Utah. That's where I live.”

Roosevelt Policeman: “Where are you from? From New York to San Fransisco? Good luck!”

A farmer irrigating his field: I had to come over. I'm an architect, an artist, and I also harvest alfalfa on the side. I’ve never met a monk before. Happy trails!”

Meanwhile, two emails came to me, from a librarian I met yesterday, hoping my travels are safe, and well-wishes from Glen of Boulder, Colorado, who remembered me from the other day.

Hayagriva, Marshall and I then left for Salt Lake City for a program with the renowned ‘kirtan’ man, Madhava. I want to thank Shyam Vihari.
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May the Source be with you!
20 miles

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ISKCON Scarborough – 7th Annual 64 round chanting day coming Saturday – July 1st 2017
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Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

We are pleased to announce that our 7th annual 64 round chanting day will take place coming Saturday- 1st July 2017 from 10 am to 6 pm.

Every year over 50 devotees take part in chanting 64 rounds at ISKCON Scarborough that takes on CANADA DAY or the weekend of Canada day.


Only in the association of devotees, we will be able to chant over 100000 names of the Lord on that day.

Srimad Bhagavatam: 12.3.51:
"My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna Maha mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom"

Srimad Bhagavatam: 12.3.52
"Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krsna Maha mantra"


We invite you, your family and friends to ISKCON Scarborough on 1st July to take part in this auspicious event.

ISKCON Scarborough
3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,
Scarborough,Ontario,
Canada,M1V4C7

Email Address:
iskconscarborough@hotmail.com

website:
www.iskconscarborough.org

A mentally retarded child can’t do any karma – what determines his future life?
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The rarity of a brahmana
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 February 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.4.12)

Austerity is the wealth of the brahmanas. Great sages like Bhrgu had attained higher planetary systems above the heavenly planets. They were very powerful by dint of their austerity and everyone within the universe was under the control of these great sages. So also a vaisnava, by his austerity in devotional service, is gaining in transcendental strength. Spiritual strength depends on many factors but austerity is an essential element of it. In this age, it is difficult to perform austerity because we are weak and not inclined to austerity. But we see that great personalities in the past were famous because of the austerities they had performed in their spiritual practices.

When Nanda Maharaja was celebrating the appearance of his new born son, at that time Gargamuni appeared. He was sent by Vasudev to perform the birth ceremony. It is said that Nanda Maharaja was highly pleased to receive that brahmana. He worshiped that brahmana because even at such a time, 5000 years ago, such a brahmana was very rare!

Friday June 23, 2017
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West of Vernal, Utah

Flowers and Trucks

I broke my walk into three parts today—night-time, morning and a blazing afternoon for an hour. I met Steven, seventy-five, who was shocked to see a monk in town. He has all the books of the popular Indian gurus. His collection also includes Aurobindo and Srila Prabhupada. He said, “Prabhupada emphasizes devotion.”

“That’s right!”

On Monday, our team will visit Steven, who lives in a rather isolated place. I’m looking forward to it.

I also met another Steven, the library operator in one of the local towns. Like many folks who stop to talk, he offered a ride, but suspected I was on a mission.

“I’ll come to see you in the library,” I said, “when we get to your town.”

In reality, everyone is in a car or a truck. Vernal has Hwy 40 running through it. There’s a passion in this place. What tempers the passion is the petunias potted all along the street. The town seems to take them very seriously. I was leap-frogging with the fellow who goes around in a truck watering those flowers with a hose. It was almost like a game. I had to dodge the squirt-hose.

Flowers usually make you smile, laugh or offer some comfort. Usually the more flowers planted in a city, the less crime there is.. Sounds too simplistic? Apparently it’s true.

I want to thank Jaya Gopal for sponsoring our room in the Days Inn. That was very devotional of you.

May the Source be with you!
21 miles

Editor’s Note: The Walking Monk will be live on Facebook at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, aka 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday June 26, 2017. Here’s the link. We hope you can join the event.

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Los Angeles Times Review ‘Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the…
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Los Angeles Times Review ‘Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All’ reveals an inner glow!
Michael Rechtshaffen: The documentary “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All” essentially says it all as a fittingly devotional tribute to Srila Prabhupada, who traveled from Calcutta to New York at age 70 and spearheaded a revolution of self-realization.
As chronicled by director John Griesser, it wasn’t all rose petals and hand cymbals when the former pharmacist arrived in America by cargo ship in 1965 without sponsors or suitable winter clothing.

Eventually, hippies, in pursuit of an alternate reality that wasn’t drug-induced, began trickling into his East Village storefront, and, within a few years, Prabhupada’s movement would have high-profile outposts in San Francisco and then London, where it found a valuable ambassador in George Harrison.

With its rare archival footage featuring the quiet Beatle, as well as adherents Allen Ginsberg and, later, Boy George, the film effectively summons an evocative moment in time.

But, in the absence of on-screen detractors, save for brief mention of a backlash from alarmed parents who accused movements such as Hare Krishna of employing mind-control techniques to recruit their children, the film ultimately feels like a marketing tool for ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Still, and it may just be the lighting, there’s no denying that the swami’s original American disciples, shown a half-century later and 40 years after the death of their leader, all seem to possess a palpable inner glow.
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During the evolution of life on the earth, when did the soul enter into the picture?
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New Updates from the Bhaktivedanta Archives. Published on the…
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New Updates from the Bhaktivedanta Archives.
Published on the Auspicious Disappearance Day
of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, June 23rd, 2017
The Bhaktivedanta Archives is pleased to offer two new releases:
1) The VedaBase™ 2017.1 update.
2) Original unedited audio for the year 1969.
The 2017 VedaBase™ Update Includes:
a) New Unicode w/Reference Icon!
Authored by Indupati Dāsa
Unicode is a modern typographic standard for processing text in multiple languages. This standard accommodates all the diacritic marks needed for rendering Sanskrit and Bengali in roman transliteration, etc.

The new Unicode icon converts selected diacritic text in the VedaBase to this universal standard which can be applied on the web, emails, Facebook, etc.

Mac: Preinstalled.

Windows: Refer to Unicode—README.
[Advanced Users Only—no tech support]

b) 1969 Reverified Against Original Audio

c) 1975 Room Conversation with Gurukula Teachers
Via Rūpa-vilāsa Dāsa

d) The Way of Kings
Drew Lawrence / Duryodhana-guru Dāsa

e) The Realization & Manifestation of Your Eternal Identity
Uttamaśloka Dāsa

f) Śrī Godruma Kalpāṭavī, The Desire-tree Grove of Godruma
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
with Translations and Commentary by Jayapatākā Swami

Download VedaBase™ 2017.1
[Both Windows & Mac]

Alternative Downloads:

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Audio Publishing and Processing Update

Tape Ministry Compared to Original Audio

1977 (038 / 387 (audio files published)
1976 (244 / 703 (audio files published)
1975 (302 / 563 (audio files published)
1974 (309 / 439 (audio files published)
1973 (289 / 418 (audio files published)
1972 (160 / 413 (audio files published)
1971 (015 / 228 (audio files published)
1970 (017 / 084 (audio files published)
1969 (067 / 145 (audio files published)
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1968 (052 / 150* (audio files)
1967 (011 / 048* (audio files)
1966 (101 / 118* (audio files)

* Anticipated 316 original audio files [pending]

1969 (102 hours, 145 audio files, 04 Gb)
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1970 (043 hours, 084 audio files, 02 Gb)
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1971 (136 hours, 228 audio files, 06 Gb)
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1972 (258 hours, 413 audio files, 14 Gb)
Individual Downloads

1973 (252 hours, 418 audio files, 11 Gb)
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1974 (250 hours, 439 audio files, 11 Gb)
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1975 (315 hours, 563 audio files, 14 Gb)
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1976 (340 hours, 703 audio files, 17 Gb)
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1977 (237 hours, 387 audio files, 10 Gb)
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Total: (1933 hours, 3380 audio files, 89 Gb)*

*[All audios are accompanied by matching PDF transcription files.]

Alternative downloads from Prabhupadavani.org

How to Acquire without downloading:

a) Receive all 145 ‘69 original audios for $50.- on an USB Drive, including shipping and handling worldwide. Includes the latest VedaBase 2017.1 NFO (Mac & PC).

b) Receive all 3380 [1969—1977] original audios for $75.- on an USB Drive, including shipping and handling worldwide. Includes the latest VedaBase 2017.1 NFO (Mac & PC).

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Thank you.

Your grateful servants,
The Bhaktivedanta Archives staff

Parama-rūpa Dāsa
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Boy goes into a “trance” by getting the…
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Boy goes into a “trance” by getting the Bhagavad-gita!
Mohanasini’s Sankirtan Pic/Pick of the Week: After his parents gave a generous donation for Food for Life, I offered them a Bhagavad Gita for being so kind. Well, this 5-year-old, Cayden from Arkansas, who will be going into 1st grade in the fall, spontaneously grabbed the book from his father and opened up to the picture of Krishna and His different incarnations. He got a big smile and was practically glowing. He tried to show the picture to his parents but they didn’t pay so much attention. I asked his mom if he can read and she said yes. They were waiting on the corner for some time and I looked over and saw this intelligent boy sitting like a yogi on the sidewalk perusing the Bhagavad Gita very intently. Looks like he’s picked up where he left off! :)

Yoga and Peace
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Hare KrishnaBy Satyaraja Dasa

Prabhupada quickly engaged his disciples in mimeographing thousands of pamphlets with his “peace formula” philosophy, and he distributed them worldwide. Here is what he had to say: “The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others’ property as though it were one’s own and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is Krishna conscious can easily overcome the stringency of the laws of nature and thus become happy and peaceful in the world. “As a state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state of Universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant fragment, is protected by the laws of nature. This material nature is one of the different potencies of God, who is the ultimate proprietor of everything that be. This earth is, therefore, the property of God, but we, the living entities, especially the so-called civilized human beings, are claiming God’s property as our own, under both an individual and collective false conception. If you want peace, you have to remove this false conception from your mind and from the world. This false claim of proprietorship by the human race on earth is partly or wholly the cause of all disturbances of peace on earth. Continue reading "Yoga and Peace
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Demystifying Reincarnation 7 – Past life memories – Fraud by investigators?
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Canada Day Harinama (Outdoor Chanting) – July 1st
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What can be a better way for devotees to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday than going out on the Seventh Annual Canada Day Harinama (outdoor chanting and dancing)? It has been our Hare Krishna tradition to celebrate Canada Day by hitting the streets with chanting and dancing! Let's continue our annual tradition of celebrating Canada Day by showcasing Krishna Consciousness in the most fun and attractive way. We will be having a WHITE and RED theme, so please dress in your best red or white vaishnava attire.

The main goal of this event is to invite as many people as possible to the upcoming Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) by distributing flyers and cards. It will be an opportunity for us to create a buzz for the upcoming festival!

Event Details:

Date: July 1st, 2017

Timings:

Leaving the temple at 3pm
**Gopi-dots (traditional face paint) artists will be available from 1pm - 3pm at the temple**

Location:

We will be leaving the temple by subway to College Station
Walking from College Station to Old City Hall (near Nathan Phillips Square)

Let's all head out to the streets of downtown and share the sweet sounds of kirtan with everyone as a perfect gift for Canada Day!

Two Million And Counting (Album with photos) Indradyumna Swami:…
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Two Million And Counting (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Today myself, Bada Haridas and several local devotees in Skopje, Macedonia were on two prime time television programs; one in the morning at… breakfast time and another at lunch time. Each program was watched by over one million people. When I inquired how it was possible so many people could be watching, one of the producers smiled and replied, “It’s a habit here in Macedonia to watch television while enjoying breakfast and lunch.” Srila Prabhupada, we offer the results to your lotus feet and pray that we may serve your samkirtan movement until all the 14 worlds are chanting the holy names!
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Iskcon London Update: Temple Facade Refurbishment. Last year we…
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Iskcon London Update: Temple Facade Refurbishment.
Last year we undertook a major refurbishment of the temple from Govinda’s restaurant right up to the mens ashrama at the top. It took over three and a half months to complete. There has been consistently wonderful feedback from everyone about how the temple has never looked so beautiful and inspiring. But the plan was not to stop there. The outside of the temple was also in dire need of a ‘facelift’ to recover from damage done to it as a result of the construction in adjoining building and the rigors of time. Finally all the elements came into place to undertake this work. So from the week starting 12th June, scaffolding was erected to facilitate this work and the repair work commenced on Monday 19th June. This includes repairing the numerous major structural cracks throughout the facade, installing new windows and lighting and of course a beautiful new coat of paint. And upon further consideration now a complete retiling of a portion of the roof has been added to the works, as previous repairs have failed to stop leaks that are coming into the ladies ashrama. The proposed duration of work is up to four weeks. While the work is going on, there will be absolutely no impact on the restaurant or temple activities and everything is running as usual with no change to opening hours. We thank you for your patience during these essential works and request your support in well-wishes and prayers that everything proceeds nicely in continuing to ‘Beautify Krishna’s Temple’.

Gaura Sharanam – the new album of Badahari prabhu (Audio…
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Gaura Sharanam - the new album of Badahari prabhu (Audio tracks)
Whether you prefer your kirtan music for meditation, yoga, dancing, or singing, your desires will be satisfied with Bada Haridas’ new album, Gaura Sharanam.
Easy to sing-along melodies, original tunes and stunning arrangements, the tasteful fusion of musical accompaniment, and the beautiful voices of guest artists, combine to make Gaura Sharanam a new favorite kirtan album. From beginning to end, it’s uplifting and engaging. Truly, anandambudhi vardanam: an ocean of bliss!
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