When Dhritarashtra was forced by the modes to support Duryodhana, why is he blamed?
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Did the celestial voice stopping Duryodhana from committing suicide interfere with his free will?
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Shoes made for walking: Monk walks through Craig, Colorado,…
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Shoes made for walking: Monk walks through Craig, Colorado, USA.
Marathon walker Bhaktimarga Swami — The Walking Monk — is passing through Craig and Moffat County this weekend. Swami, formerly John Peter Vis, a 64-year-old Canadian, has been taking long walks since he was about 5 years old. He adopted the monastic lifestyle of the Hare Krishna order in 1973 and incorporated marathon walking into his spiritual practice. In 1996 he walked across the entire length of Canada which was documented in the Canadian film “The Longest Road.” This year he is walking across America in honor of his guru, Swami Prabhupada, and in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the incorporation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in America.

Kalash Installation Begins
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After several weeks of assembling the titanium nitrate Kalashes, we have finally reached the final stage of commencing their installation on top of the TOVP Domes and Chatris.

This is a major achievement in the progress of the TOVP, and if the Lord allows us we are on schedule to complete the installation of both the Kalashes and Chakras by the end of 2017 with a grand installation ceremony.

In the video you can view the first piece being hoisted up by the immense crane on the premises and placed upon the first Chatri. It will be securely fastened down onto the Chatri, followed by the remaining pieces. This same sequence will continue for all the Domes and Chatris until all the Kalashes are mounted.

To donate for the completion of the main TOVP dome Chakra, please contact Braja Vilas prabhu at: *protected email*

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Marble Cladding and Window Installation Progress
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Marble cladding work on the temple exterior and the installation of Rajasthani style sandstone window frames on the higher levels of the structure continues throughout various areas of the TOVP and will soon cover all sections of the temple, floor by floor.

Marble Cladding and Window Installation Progress

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Time, the Winkless God
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Hare KrishnaBy Mathuresha Dasa

A look at what the Srimad-Bhagavatam has to say about time, a concept that has challenged philosophers for centuries. Time is a little difficult to define. Philosophers and theologians have tried for at least twenty-five centuries. Albert Einstein remarked, in the midst of slightly more esoteric statements regarding physics, that time was what his wristwatch measured. St. Augustine said that he knew what time was as long as no one asked him to explain it. And sounding a note of frustration in her book What, Then, Is Time (the title too is from St. Augustine), Eva Brann laments, “Why don’t I know what that is which I tell, save, spend, mark, waste, and even kill every day of my life with perfect aplomb?” Continue reading "Time, the Winkless God
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Saturday June 17, 2017
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Craig, Colorado

The Inner Cool

The fellow had a big grin on his face when he approached me at the corner of Yampa Avenue and 5th Street.

 “Yah know everyone’s facebookin’ yah. Could I get a selfie with us?” Meaning his cute little daughter was to be included.

“Of course!” Snap!

It was quite phenomenal at how much exposure our little team achieved out there, with merely two news articles plus photos, and simply walking westward along Highway 40 between the two communities of Steamboat Springs and Craig.

In downtown Craig, Whittle the Wood Fest is being held and folks are in a relaxed mood. Just about every other person on the street had spotted the saffron robes and let me know about it. It caused the same sensation with motorists and many pulled over.

“Hey, it’s great to meet you! I read about you! I saw you!” And naturally they wanted to congratulate me.

Luke and his wife stopped. “Do you have some advice?”
“Yes, as humans we have an obligation to take care of both the physical and the spiritual sides of life. We must achieve a balance.”

To Scott and friend, I said, “Let’s slow down the pace of existence and address the needs of the soul.”

At one point it was hard to move forward. One motorist after the other wanted a little piece of the action with The Walking Monk. It was so welcoming. Finally at Stylz 5th Avenue hair salon, the owner came out and offered moisturizer for my poor dried feet. I appreciated the display in her shop promoting ‘sexy hair gel’ but I really liked the caption “Find Your Inner Cool” with the image of James Dean.

May the Source be with you!
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Editor’s Note: The Walking Monk will be at the Sundance Studio, 385 Anglers drive, Suite D, in Steamboat Springs, Sunday June 18, 2017 from 6 to 8 p.m. Join him for an evening of stories, chanting and inspiring movement. 970-819-9275
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Friday June 16, 2017
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Hayden, Colorado

Others Have Done It

I’ve known that I am not the only one who has walked or is walking across the U.S., that others out there have pushed causes like myself. Toby Shaw from Denver, Colorado, sent me an article about a fellow who trekked and made it to Kansas City after four months on the road. He concluded his walk in 2015. Erick Brown is his name and he was spreading peace and love, accompanied by his goat named Deer; he was on his feet and his pet was on his hooves.

Another walker, Steve Wescott, started his walk in Seattle in 2012 with his first goat, Leroy Brown—until Leroy died—and then his second goat, Miles, with whom he made it to Times Square after several years. They were raising money for an orphanage in Kenya. Steve said sometimes they only walked four miles a day.

Meanwhile, progress is being made with my walk, albeit goat-less. I think it would be safe to say, we are approaching two-thirds of the way across the U.S. as we get nearer to the Utah border.

Each day, I note the mileage marker, and Marshall, who does most of the navigation and driving, jumps ahead at three miles, so after an hour, we meet. At other times, errands have to be run and in those circumstances, I’m on the road, seemingly alone, for hours. Actually, I’m never really by myself. There are enough motorists who greet me with a smile or wave a hand, and now that the weather is fine, people are out and about offering their thumbs up.

It always excites me when a journalist like Audrey Dwyer of “Steamboat Today” out of Steamboat Springs, famous for its hot springs and skiing, and Sasha Nelson from the “Craig Daily Press” from the city of Craig—home of the “Whittle the Wood Rendevouz” happening this weekend—come out to ask questions.

http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/the-walking-monk-passes-through-steamboat-springs-on-his-journey-across-the-u-s/

http://www.craigdailypress.com/photos/shoes-made-for-walking-monk-walks-through-craig/

One, or maybe two, of my pet peeves along the road are trash, especially broken beer bottles, as well as roadkill. Today, it was dead snakes.

A question I asked the boys, as our day ended, was, “What are your realizations about the Creator today?”

Answers were: “Conquered by Love.” “Reciprocities.” “Is multi-dimensional?”

May the Source be with you!

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HG Rohinipriya das prabhu will be at ISKCON Scarborough coming Friday- June 23rd 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 inform you that HG Rohinipriya das prabhu will be at ISKCON Scarborough coming Friday (23rd June 2017) to give a special class.

Program starts at 6:45 pm.

Biodata of HG Rohinipriya das prabhu:
HG Rohini Priya Das prabhu graduated as a doctor of Medicine from Mumbai university but decided to dedicate his life in the service of Lord Krishna.

Prabhu, is a senior Brahmachari at ISKCON's Sri Radha Gopinath mandir at Chowpatty,Mumbai,India.

He is currently serving as the Vice President at ISKCON Chowpatty in Mumbai.

For the last 25 years he has not only been practising Krishna Consciousness but has been actively distributing the message of Bhagavad Gita to thousands of Engineering , Medical students and other professionals all over India.

He also travels widely to USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal and Canada and delivers various classes/ seminars on Krsna Consciousness.

We welcome you, your family and friends to ISKCON Scarborough coming Friday

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

Email Address:
iskconscarborough@hotmail.com

website:
www.iskconscarborough.com

On the altar
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2017, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.68)

Worshiping the deity is a way to regulate our lives but this is not the real thing about worshiping the deity. In worshiping the deity, when you step onto the altar, you step into the spiritual world. Whoever is on the altar is actually in the spiritual world.

Although devotees are in the spiritual world while on the altar, they do not just walk around. They do everything according to prescribed rules and regulations. Everything is done according to the directions of scripture and in the mode of goodness because although we are elevated to the spiritual world by the mercy of the guru-parampara and by the mercy of Krsna who agrees to this whole system still we are not suitable to be in the spiritual world. We are like outsiders in the spiritual world. We do not really belong there but still, we are put on the altar when we are engaged in deity worship. All the arrangements on the altar are like the arrangements in the spiritual world – very opulent seating arrangements, thrones for Radha and Krsna, beautiful decoration, beautiful clothing and delicious foodstuff – the best of the best are being offered just as it is going on in the spiritual world.

In this material world, you cannot leave your house without a phone but in the spiritual world, you cannot leave the house without an aarti tray! You have to have one with you at any time because there is always someone to worship. Aarti is something like, “Hi, how are you?” You start to worship, this is a spiritual culture. It is quite amazing, everyone worships everyone, everyone glorifies everyone. In this way, there are loving exchanges, deeply respectful exchanges.

Respect comes from recognising good qualities in people, not only to recognise these good qualities but actually to deeply appreciate them, when we truly think a person is absolutely wonderful because the person has amazing qualities, it is actually very nice. In the spiritual world, everybody is like that! Everybody is full of wonderful qualities and everyone is appreciating everyone!

Are some people utterly incapable of understanding God’s form – are some religion’s revelations customized for such people?
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Will Christians in the kingdom of God see Christ as described in the Bible or as sages described in the Vedic literature?
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If we feel more devotionally connected with Krishna while hearing than while taking darshan, what should we do?
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Why can’t the soul be seen with microscopes – where is it located in organisms that have no heart?
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NYC premiere of “Hare Krsna! The Mantra, the Movement and…
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NYC premiere of “Hare Krsna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Guru who started it all.” (Album with photos)
Ramesvara das: Just attended the NYC premiere of the movie.
Seeing it on a big screen in a sold out theater - was one of the greatest experiences of seeing and being with Srila Prabhupada that I’ve ever had! I’m ready to buy tickets to bring friends and family this weekend -
Everyone’s HEART beating wildly with LOVE; everyone’s eyes filled with tears!
Impressions that will last forever!
Your aspiring servant, Ramesvara dasa
Who would have thought we would ever see so many devotees all together in a movie theater in New York City. Premiere night of the biggest movie in Iskcon history. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/VfEh9C

A Prestigious Centre In Oxford (Album with photos) Indradyumna…
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A Prestigious Centre In Oxford (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Oxford, a city in central southern England, revolves around its prestigious university established in the 12th century. ISKCON’s Saunaka Rsi Das established the Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies there in 1997 with the aim of sharing our Vaisnava tradition with the academia and students of Oxford. The project has brought great recognition and honor to our movement. A number of scholarly devotees serve in the Centre. Myself and Bada Haridas led a small program for local devotees during our stay in Oxford.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/BNqVRM

How the Hare Krishna Movement Started 51 Years Ago in the East…
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How the Hare Krishna Movement Started 51 Years Ago in the East Village.
Kasper Van Laarhoven (for bedfordandbowery.com): This Friday, June 16, Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It will premiere at Village East Cinema. The documentary tells the story of Srila Prabhupada, a disheveled 70-year-old Hindu who boarded a freighter to the U.S. in August 1965 with little more than three self-translated religious texts and instructions from his guru to “offer spiritual wisdom to the people of the world.”
Prabhupada – back then still called Bhaktivedanta Swami – struggled through life on New York City’s rough “bum Bowery” until one of his early admirers found him a place one avenue over. It was here, in a tiny storefront at 26 Second Avenue, that Prabhupada established what would become the very first Krishna Consciousness temple outside of India.
To read the entire article click here: https://goo.gl/JZp7pG

Die Before Dying—Move Before Moving: Parts 1 & 2
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Author: 
Karnamrita Das

(this blog is recorded on the full blog page: quick time player is needed; works best with Firefox or Explorer; if you are using Google Chrome it will automatically play, so if you don't want to listen, mute your speakers.)
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Part 1[Republished from June 16th, 2015]

Devotee: “Hey! Haribol! How are you? I noticed that you haven’t written any new blogs on Krishna.com in quite a while. What have you been up to?”

Karnamrita: “I am good, thanks. Krishna is very kind! For the last two months I have taken a full time job, so I have been recycling, or reposting, my older blogs, which don’t usually don’t get read.”

D: Really, I thought you were retired?”

K: “I wouldn’t consider myself “retired” or tired, but it’s true that I haven’t worked a regular job in many years. My focus has been on my spiritual practices and writing. However, my new “job” over the last two months has been preparing our house for selling. In other words I have been repairing, painting, cleaning, getting rid of stuff, organizing or straightening what we have kept, making our house spiritually neutral, and doing a great deal of landscaping and gardening. While the lion’s share of the work is done thanks to my hiring a devotee neighbor, there are still many small actions that I continue to complete on a daily basis.”

D: “Organizing and getting rid of things. Hmmmm…that is really difficult for me. What was that like for you?”

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Sunday Love Feast – Vedic Discourse by HG Srinath prabhuji
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Chant: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare And Be Happy!!

When?
Sunday,June 18,2017
Program starts at 11.00am

Where?
6 George Street South
Brampton, Ontario
L6Y 1P3, Canada
Park underground(free) @ City Hall
Phone:416-648-3312

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Bhagavad Gita As It Is (18.66)
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah
Translation
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.




11.00- 11.15      Tulsi Puja
11.15 - 11.30     Guru Puja                                        
11:30 –11:55     Aarti & Kirtan                                      
11.55 - 12.00    Sri Nrsingadeva Prayers                 
12.00 -  1: 00   Vedic discourse
  1.00  -  1.30    Closing Kirtan
  1.30  - 2.00    Sanctified Free Vegetarian Feast



 
COMING UP AHEAD

Yogini Ekadasi
Fasting.....................on Tue Jun 20,2017
Breakfast................. on Wed  Jun 21 ,2017 b/w 6.14am-9.44am

Every fortnight, we observe Ekadasi, a day of prayer and meditation. On this day we fast (or simplify our meals and abstain from grains and beans), and spend extra time reading the scriptures and chanting the auspicious Hare Krishna mantra.By constantly ‘exercising’ our minds through regular japa we can train our senses to push the threshold of contentment.
 
English audio glorification of all Ekadasis is available here 
 

ONGOING PROGRAMS
 
Japathon-Congregational Mantra Meditation

Next program TBC

The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His Energy to give protection to the conditioned soul.japa, when performed with focus and attention, can subdue the agitating effects of one’s mind and senses. The senses, of which the mind is also one, are constantly being stimulated by the external world  - by gross and subtle matter.
If you have not chanted before, and would like to participate in this program, we will be very happy to show how you can do this.
All welcome. We’ll loan you a set of Beads!


Sunday School
To register,contact us
Email:sundayschool108@gmail.com
Call:647.893.9363

The Sunday School provides fun filled strategies through the medium of music, drama, debates, quizzes and games that present Vedic Culture to children. However the syllabus is also designed to simultaneously teach them to always remember Krishna and never forget Him. School
The Sunday School follows the curriculum provided by the Bhaktivedanta College of Education and Culture (BCEC).

Monthly sankirtan Festival(MSF)
“One who has life can preach, and one who preaches gets life.”(Previous Acaryas)
Every member of ISKCON should have the opportunity to make advancement in Krishna consciousness by preaching.We encourage everyone to come out and participate and make Srila Prabhupada happy.

Please contact:
Dharma Dasa- dharandev58@gmail.com-647.892.0739(Mississauga and Brampton regions)

The Mentorship Program

Please note that registration in the Mentorship System is now a mandatory requirement for all initiation requests at ISKCON Brampton.It

1.Facilitates  and nurtures devotees aspiring for first and second Initiation.    
2.One-on-One personal follow up on a regular basis.
3.Systematic training to devotees in matters of Philosophy, Sadhna, Vaishnava behavior, etiquette, Lifestyle and attitudes.

To find details please click here

Gift Shop

Are you looking for some amazing gift items which are less expensive and more beautiful for your loved ones for festivals or many other occasions??
Our boutique is stocked with an excellent range of products, perfect for gifts or as souvenirs of your visit. It offers textiles, jewellery, incense, devotional articles, musical instruments, books, and CDs inspired by Indian culture.We're open on all Sundays and celebrations marked in our annual calendar.

Special Japathon – Sunday, June 25
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TST-LIFELINE will be launching a special Japathon on Sunday, June 25th to collectively offer special prayers to Lord Jagannatha and to get in the right mood for our Ratha -Yatra Festival (Festival of India) this year.







We welcome each member of our community to chant 32+ rounds of Japa to prepare our mood and consciousness to welcome Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra into our hearts. If you cannot do 32, then please chant at least ONE extra round - Everyone matters, every bit counts!

We will be making a special offering of our collective rounds to Lord Jagannath during the Ratha Yatra festival. Therefore we encourage everyone to participate and log your rounds by clicking here.



Did you know that June 25th also marks the Ratha Yatra in Jagannath Puri Dham this year? Another reason to chant extra rounds on this auspicious day and invoke Lord Jagannath's special mercy in the GTA!

Details:

Date: June 25, 2017
Timing: 24 hours (12am-12am)
Location: at your convenience!




Johannesburg Brahmacharis Reach Out To Townships
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Last October, brahmachari Narottam Das and his friend Mukharavinda Das walked an incredible 654 kms from Johannesburg to Durban to raise funds for a new Sankirtana bus so that their Brahmachari ashram could bring Prabhupada’s books and the Holy Name to people. The journey, which took them eighteen days, saw them walking alone with no supporting vehicle through baking sun and torrential rain.