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Ratha Yatra at Stonehenge, UK (Album with photos)
Midnight Ratha Yatra at Stonehenge for summer solstice and Harinam party till Sunrise and some... 
By Iskcon Sweden “Simple Living — High Thinking” is a Strategic Partnership project involving youth workers and youth from 5 partner organizations from Sweden, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, and Czech. All the organizations are active in youth work, connected with areas of self-sustainability, healthy lifestyles, and youth employment. The partners expressed their mutual interest in creating a network based on strong partnerships aimed to connect more and exchange the good practices in relevant areas of their work. Continue reading "Simple Living — High Thinking
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By Hema Jagannatha Dasa Plainfield, NJ. Radha Krishna Temple and Cultural Center (ISKCON of Central NJ), Plainfield, NJ celebrated Sri-Jagannath Rath Yatra with sincere devotion and active participation by more than One thousand devotees - on the actual day of Jagannath-Puri Rath Yatra. Devotees started coming to the temple and brought bhoga to be offered to the supreme siblings - Lord Jagannath (Sri-Krishna), His elder brother Lord Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra Maharani. The Rath Yatra festival is a key component of Krishna Conscious movement, instilled by the Founding Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada - who initiated first documented Festival of Chariots in western world in San Francisco on July 9, 1967. Today Rath Yatra is celebrated in hundreds of cities around the world. Continue reading "Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra – ISKCON of Central NJ, Plainfield, NJ
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By Nila Kamal das On the day of the festival, three fire sacrifices were performed in order to invoke auspiciousness. Once the fire sacrifices had finished, there were a series of speeches by various VIPs. The chief guest of the event was the Netrakona District Commissioner; Prasanta Kumar Ray. Other distinguished guests were Head Police Officer; Jayadev Chowdary and the District Chairman; Sitangushu Vikas Acarya. All the VIPs glorified the efforts of ISKCON Netrakona in trying to spread the glories of Lord Jagannath. Continue reading "7th Ratha Yatra in Netrakona, Bangladesh
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46th Kolkata Rathyatra (2017) (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The secret of surrendering to Krishna is that such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krishna’s plan. Whatever is meant to be I am doing. Let me do it with my full attention to every detail. Let me become absorbed in such service, never mind what it is. Let all other considerations be forgotten and only my desire to do the thing best for Krishna’s alone pleasure is my motive. Letter to Jayapataka, December 19, 1972
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ISKCON London 2017 Mentorship Retreat at Plas Glansevin in Wales (2 min video)
This year we had the great fortune to have HH Kadamba Kanana Swami as our guest speaker.
Maharaja took us through the theme of - “The Essence of Bhakti”, the nine processes of devotional service.
The retreat lasted 5 days, giving the mentees the unique opportunity to dive deeper into their Krishna conscious life. The retreat provided to all the opportunity for vaisnava sanga, kirtan, seva, and delicious prasadam… all focused to help uplift and rejuvenate body, mind and soul.
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ISKCON Dhaka, Radha Krishna Performance in A Manipuri dance (8 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Every one of us is searching after some mellow, some ... H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja recently visited Dubai. On 26th June 2017 Bhakti Charu Swami gave a nectarian class on the pastimes of Lord Jagannath for Ujjain devotees. For hearing the Lecture please visit:-
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All the temples in Bali celebrate Rathayatra on the scheduled day of the year. Some take out Their Lordships, Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Devi on a big cart around the area and others simply take Them on a palanquin around the temple.
Their Lordships enjoy a nice promenade and, of course, the devotees enjoy every festival, especially Rathayatra. Everyone will come together for the big Rathayatra festival in downtown Denpasar.
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Some pictures from this week:
The Slovenian landscape is 60% forest
Burger bars are not my usual haunt but this one was special: Radha Govinda in downtown Ljubliana
Looking every inch the Buddhist chef in this designer ensemble is Mrigendra das, TV cook and organiser of the wedding feast
An upturned salad cup: even more tasty than it looks.
A fleet of srikhand and halava boats
The happy couple cut the wedding cake: Prema Gopi and Bharata
The Bob Dylan of Slovenia
Meanwhile, back in England, devotees sang in the sunshine at Glasto.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 July 2012, Modra, Slovakia, Lecture)
In so many ways, maya (the illusory energy) is infiltrating our lives. Maya is everywhere. They say maya is a witch. For the male, maya takes a female form and for the female, maya takes a male form. In this way, maya has only one purpose which is to bind the living beings. Different chains are being used; chains of greed, chains of anger but the strongest chain of all is known as mayy āyuṅktām anugraham (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.14.11), the chain of sex! That is maya’s most powerful weapon because that makes us think that the material world is a place to enjoy.
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By Bada Haridas Krishna is present in His Name. He is there when we are chanting. Sometimes when we chant, by His mercy, we really feel His presence. We know He is there and the kirtan becomes very wonderful. I experience this in different ways, never quite the same. The Lord in His deity form, Srila Prabhupada, or other spiritual personalities, appear in the mind. Sometimes spiritual feelings arise. RadheShyamAlachua2 Although Krishna is always there, sometimes we don’t feel His presence. He keeps Himself hidden, and I feel like a stone and the chanting seems empty. Krishna does this so that we will examine our heart and, with greater humility and sincerity, call out to Him. It’s not automatic or mechanical bliss, there is a reciprocation going on. Somehow, we need to chant and hear. But that is our time to be with Krishna and we need to be aware of what is happening in our relationship with the Lord. If this seems like too much work sometimes, you can always go back to the basic instruction of chanting and hearing, and bringing the mind back to being present with each mantra. This is the basic instruction Srila Prabhupada gives and we don’t have to over think this. Chant with the tongue and hear with the ears. But it is natural that, as the mind settles down and you become absorbed in chanting, devotional feelings come. Continue reading "What is the role of the Kirtan leader, spiritually?
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