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Srila Prabhupada Praised at ISKCON 50 Event in Peruvian Parliament.
On December 12th, Peruvian devotee Bhadra Rupa Das was presented with an honorary doctorate by the National University of Education, Peru at the Peruvian Parliament in Lima. But he quickly turned what was set to be an event in his honor into one in praise of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON, and ISKCON’s 50th anniversary. The prestigious Parliament setting was a rare opportunity, as the honorary degree is normally presented at the university itself. The ceremony, which turned out to be one of the most significant ISKCON 50 events in South America, was also broadcast all over Peru by national television station Channel Seven.>

By Janananda Goswami

HH Bhaktivrajendranandana Maharaja was born in Malaysia. He came to the UK to study where he joined ISKCON in 1971 in Birmingham. He was around 33 years old at the time of joining. Subhag, now swami, was his inspiration at that time and remained so throughout his life. He then moved to Bury Place temple in early 1972 and served selflessly there for several years - he was known as the simple hard working, surrendered brahmacari who would never miss anything. He received initiation in July 1972 from Srila Prabhupada on Trafalgar Square, receiving the name Vrajendra Kumar. For years he travelled throughout the UK distributing books until his move to India in 1975 where he took up the responsibility of temple commander in Vrndavana. He would occasionally return to Europe for sankirtan and raising funds for India. In 1979 along with two other devotees he returned to his home country and they established the Malaysian yatra on firm grounds. Continue reading "Departure of His Holiness Bhakti Vrajendranandana Maharaja
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By Madhuha Das

In 2014 Prahlada, now Panca Tattva dasa, started designing an exhibit to replace the Gita exhibit Festival of India has been using for many years. Of course nothing was wrong with the original exhibit that was being used, it is just after 12 or 15 years the exhibit needed to be replaced. Lord Krishna's words and Srila Prabhupada's purports are Guaranteed Perfect for Everyone for the next 10,000 years. Unlike Srila Prabhupada's transcendental purports, and Lord Krishna's sublime and eternal words spoken to Arjuna in the Gita, the Panels used to build Festival of India's exhibits do not last for eternity. Fifteen years is all the use we plan on from an exhibit. Panca Tattva dasa spent spent hundreds of hours in selecting paintings and text from the original edition of Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-Gita and designing the exhibit. Manorama Prabhu and M. Raghu d.d. polished it, and it was sent to the printer in early May. Continue reading "Hare Krishna Festival of India Tour – 2016-Review of the Year
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ISKCON Auckland NZ: New years eve Harinam (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: I am very glad to learn also that you are feeling joy while chanting the mantra Hare Krishna. Yes, it is exactly like this. If anyone chants this mantra in good faith and in simple understanding, then surely this transcendental vibration will act immediately in spiritual bliss. Please therefore continue to chant this mantra as many times as possible throughout the day and night. I do not think there is any inconvenience or loss on your part if you do so all the time. Even when you are walking, you can softly chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, or even when you are on the bus going to somewhere you can also chant. When you are working with your hands you can also chant and when you are resting or going to take rest you can also chant. Even in your toilet room while taking bath you can also chant. In this way there is no limitation or restriction for chanting this Holy Name of God, Krishna, and His Energy, Hara. In doing this business there is no loss, but there is very great gain which is transcendental realization. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Minoru, Kenji – Los Angeles 22 April, 1970
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156 Ton Bhoga at Radha Kunda! (Album with photos)
Deena Bandhu Das: Ring in the New Year with 156 tons of fruit bhoga offering at Radha Kunda on New Year’s Eve. The offering was done by Sri Balak Yogeshvar Das Maharaja! Was not nearly as crowded as I imagined and got darshan everwhere with ease. Photos thanks to Vittalrukmini Das!
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By Titiksu dasa

It was the longest 50th Event, lasting 366 days and potentially involving every member of ISKCON on a personal and collective level. Its aim was simply to provide the opportunity for every devotee to make an offering to Srila Prabhupada in ISKCONs 50th year, of distributing 50 BBT books. On behalf of the 5050 Campaign Committee, I would like to thank all those devotees who took part in the Campaign and hope they remain inspired to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books always. If you have any news or stories from the Campaign in your area, please share with us via PAMHO, the 5050 website or the facebook page (details below). It is hoped that in the future a way can be found to inspire every devotee to distribute one book per week. This way our international distribution would be approx. 50 million books per year. At present it is approx. 7 million world wide. Continue reading "5050 Campaing Final Day Message
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Kirtan-Fest Atlanta (2016) (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Devotees who are always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna will soon see Krsna face to face without a doubt. In other words, devotees who are always engaged in Krsna consciousness and are fully absorbed in thoughts of Krsna certainly return home, back to Godhead. They then see Krsna directly, face to face, talk with Him and enjoy His company. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (4.9): tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so ‘rjuna. Because during his lifetime a pure devotee is always speaking of Krsna and engaging in His service, as soon as he gives up his body he immediately returns to Goloka Vrndavana, where Krsna is personally present. He then meets Krsna directly. This is successful human life. This is the meaning of prakateha anibe satvara: The pure devotee will soon see the personal manifestation of Lord Sri Krsna. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya 13.155
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“Mangal sweets from the temple are better and easier to get.”
I eagerly gathered my utensils and ingredients to prepare my favourite Mangal* sweet—burfi. I couldn’t wait to offer this decadent, creamy, condensed milk fudge to the Lord on Diwali and Govardhan Puja. I boiled four litres of milk in a sturdy thick-bottomed pot and began to stir. “How hard could it be?” I thought. “After all, it’s just a matter of continuously stirring the milk and sugar until it’s reduced to a brown sticky mass.” But I was in for a surprise. One hour passed, and the milk reduced only by a fraction. Two hours passed, and I began to feel tired. Three hours trudged on, and I started looking at the clock, praying that what had become a mammoth task would soon be over. In less than four hours, my arms and legs ached. I needed to sit down. On a chair by the stove, I broke into a sweat. I called my kids, who took turns to stir. Five hours ticked by, and soon they too were sitting by the stove, moaning that they could not continue. I urged them to persevere when I saw the thickened condensed milk starting to turn into a golden gooey texture. But the end didn’t seem to come. When six hours drew closer and our patience died off, we refrigerated the slightly undercooked burfi, and eventually rolled it into balls. They tasted delicious, but my kids commented, “Mangal sweets from the temple are better and easier to get.”

“How true,” I thought, “but who are those devotees who have been making these sweets daily for the past thirty years at the temple?” I was now convinced that they couldn’t be any less than saints.

When I came to know who one of those devotees is, I wasn’t surprised. For more than twenty-five years I had observed his calm and unassuming nature, and his steady service to the Deities and devotees. Swayambhu Das, a behind-the-scenes person, is always welcoming others with a smile and generous gifts of Mangal sweets. I needed to find out what was behind his mood of unconditional service, humility, and patience. Patience—something I realize more and more that I have none of.

Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something, which we have no control over, happens: the arrival of a late bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. We forget that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. Swayambhu clearly understands this principle; he feels that his moments in Krishna’s service are most precious. His patience comes from knowing that Krishna will be pleased. It comes from seeing Krishna’s service as a rare gift, one to relish and appreciate. After all, in the spiritual world only Lord Krishna’s most intimate devotees are privileged to serve Him in this personal way. “It is not always easy,” Swayambhu acknowledges, “but I am able to persevere by the grace of my spiritual master.” He recognizes that just as his spiritual master has given him this rare opportunity to progress in his spiritual journey, the grace of his spiritual master helps him overcome the internal struggles.

The art of cooking Mangal sweets can be compared to the art of living. We start off with plain ingredients, and with time we see the challenges of life (internal and external) boiling over and sometimes almost consuming us. If we enthusiastically persevere through the purifying process, endure with confidence knowing that the Lord is helping us, and patiently use the moment to take shelter of the Lord, the result will be sweet, saturated, condensed devotion.

For most of us to develop such devotion and patience can take a long time, but for some, like Yashoda-mayi Devi Dasi, they are inherent qualities. I was shocked to hear that this sixty-seven year-old lady has been steadily making Mangal sweets for the Deities for the last fifteen years. Yashoda-mayi sees her service as a blissful experience, a personal offering to the Lord, and a way to express her devotion. It takes her about five-and-a-half hours, not only to make burfi but also to prepare the other Mangal sweets like sandesh, rasagulla, and sweet rice. She has become expert in making all kinds of authentic Vedic sweets for Sri Sri Radha Radhanath. Her sweet countenance and blissful serving attitude are evidence that these divine virtues emanate from using our lives for Krishna. How difficult it is to be patient by our own efforts? Yashoda-mayi explains that hearing about Krishna and chanting His names before and during the cooking enables her to have the proper consciousness and focus. “The sweets come out differently every time,” she adds, “Krishna is showing us that He is a person, and that He reciprocates with our efforts. So this service can n e v e r b e boring or stagnant. My spiritual master especially presented me with brahman initiation fifteen years ago so that I could make Mangal sweets for the Deities. So I feel inspired to follow his instructions and please him.” Not many devotees are able to do this service, but those who have been part of the Mangal sweet-making crew and those who have recently joined the team, brave the challenges and experience the joys of this service. They cannot be ordinary!

If preparing Mangal sweets for the Lord is such a herculean task and is only one of the six food offerings made to the Deities every day, I wonder what it takes to arrange the myriad of other services to the Deities: sewing intricate deity outfits, creating breathtaking flower arrangements and altar decorations, stringing gorgeous flower garlands, dressing the Deities with such creativity and flair, cooking opulent dishes, organizing elaborate festivals, and other aspects of the daily worship of the Lord. It could only come from knowing and experiencing that service to God is the highest and most blissful occupation.

The Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple, itself, has been built with great sacrifice and patience. It has become the heart of our community, pumping the life of God consciousness into our diseased society, and healing it from the influences of corruption and vice. The temple re-instates the pillars of truth, non-violence, austerity, and cleanliness; and reminds us of the importance of making Krishna a part of our lives, of coming to love Him.

When that saturated love in the form of Mangal sweets enters my mouth, I feel it acting like a soothing balm. I taste its divine sweetness, recognizing that all good things, especially spiritual results, come from diligence and patience. *Mangal means “auspicious.”
Nikunja Vilasini Dasi
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UK-The Final Offering. Manor devotees surpassed last year’s number of SP’s books distributed during the Marathon!
Sutapa Das: We finished counting the scores yesterday evening. More to come in, but we have to stop somewhere. Nikhil prabhu and myself went to Srila Prabhupada’s darshan room to offer him the final results. In that transcendental tirtha, Mahaprabhu’s commander-in-cheif looked effulgent and absorbed, ever exuding the purity and potency which drives this movement forward. As Prabhupada glanced over each devotee’s name, I prayed for compassion, conviction and creativity. Aside from serving the preaching mission, I thought, what else is worthy of our energies? This is the family business - the best job in the world - and many devotees experienced that in the last month.

In this 2016 Marathon, the Manor devotees, as a final offering to Their Lordships and Srila Prabhupada in this 50th anniversary year, distributed… 142,402 transcendental books!

We didn’t quite reach 200k, but surpassed last year’s historic marathon by 11000 books, making it another record-breaking effort. Thanks for taking part, giving your heart, and making it a resounding success. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Results in Life’s Exams.
Q: This is my junior year in high school and like most kids in school, this has been my hardest year. The following question keeps coming back to me.
I work hard and I don’t get the results that I want. Do I beat myself up for it and get the results I want for the next time or do I just leave it up to fate? Or for example, do I plan that I want to do certain things so I get into the college of my desire or do I just leave it up to fate or Krishna’s mercy? Because I have noticed that when I don’t pay attention to the results I have no motivation to achieve and work hard.

Romapada Swami: Thanks for presenting in such a clear manner this core question, in applying the teachings of Bhagavad-gita to very practical aspects of life like your current academic studies.

Please know that this very same application principle arises in every single aspect of our lives, as we mature in age. Best to learn this principle clearly, as early in life as possible. In turn, as the complexities of life unfold before us, the very same principle can be enhanced and developed through application, step by step through the course of our lives.

Bhakti teaches us to transfer our attachments from the temporary to the eternal Supreme Person, Krishna via rendering of loving service to please and to satisfy Him.

Read B.G,9.27. Cultivate the consciousness of doing your studies in such a way that you are wanting Krishna to smile at your effort, which you are presenting as an offering to Him. When making this offering, the actual results (your grades in an exam, or your report card, or your GPA, etc.) are fully up to him. Krishna is “the ability in man.”

When you bake a cake for your mother or father or a friend on their birthday, will you pay attention to the details of how you mix the ingredients together, such that the cake looks attractive and the taste matches theirs? Will you choose a particular type of cake you know they particularly like — maybe something very different and particularly healthy perhaps? Will your endeavor be focused on getting a result which will be pleasing to and appreciated by them?

Endeavor to please Krishna in all that you do in life, including your studies.

“Beating yourself up” if the results do not meet your expectations is clearly within the lower modes of nature, and will NOT at all guarantee better grades in your next exam!

Nor does Bhakti teach that you must leave things to fate.

You have painted for yourself a false dilemma, as a result of leaving devotion to Krishna off the option list.

In life, we can always do better, yes? Next, where does ability come from? The source of everything, Krishna, is where ability to do better comes from. Next, how to best encourage Krishna to decorate you with increased ability? Answer: When Krishna sees you are striving for one purpose only, to serve and to please Him, you can expect His mercy to flow, in whatever manner or form He decides.

Think of Mother Yasoda binding Krishna. Only when Krishna extended His Kripa-Sakti were Mother Yasoda’s efforts successful in binding Krishna.

There are so many scriptural examples that teach us this very same lesson.

Bhakti teaches that your Dept is the Service Department, and Krishna’s Dept is the Results Dept. You do your services to your maximum capacity in full Krishna Consciousness, striving all the while to make the best possible offering to Krishna, while simultaneously understanding that the Results are in fact fully up to Krishna.

Cultivation of this principle in all that you do is the art of living in Krishna Consciousness.

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Time flies by when you are reading KKSBlog! And indeed, you have been visiting the site and reading many articles. Facebook offers “Your year in review”, other sites do their annual closing year posts and KKSBlog takes the time to share what you have been reading, commenting and reacting on in 2016. So sit back and enjoy this year’s summary…

Our Team & Readers

Help I need somebody! Not just anybody… but only our most helpful team of transcribers, travel reporters, editor and of course, our readers! Again we have memorable posts like this one that rock the scene a bit, next to the almost 300 other posts that were published this year. This would not have been possible without our team and the quality could not have kept so high without the expert editor eyes of Ragalekha!

And last but certainly not least we have you, our readers, to thank for visiting, appreciating and commenting. We are being ‘followed’ everywhere and again some articles appeared on www.dandavats.com!!

2016 Statistics

We published fewer posts (286) in 2016 than 2015 but increased the quality of our publications and we revisited older posts that were in a dire need of a re-edit. We also received fewer visitors (52653 vs 56635 in 2016) due to our stronger Facebook presence and newsletter subscription.

World Domination

India is again strong this year with the most visits but newcomers Mexico and Mauritius have joined the Top 10!

 

What was read most?

Here is the Top 10 of most read* articles in 2016 on KKSBlog. When we would combine the newsletter and facebook articles the count would be even higher. You reacted the most by commenting on the post “Vegans – Toothless tigers”. That was a nice controversial post!

970 views – The Elephant of Material Life is my Companion
714 views – The Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakur
705 views – Vegans – toothless tigers!
572 views – Astrological compatibility
576 views – Do you think sex is bad?
541 views – “Never trust a guru who does not dance”
478 views – School excursion: Boat tour in 1968
477 views – Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day, 2016
476 views – Vyasa Puja & Kingsday 2016: Recordings
466 views – Give your heart even when it hurts

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By Mahatma das

It’s natural to talk about new year’s resolutions. You might be thinking about doing something you’ve put off or making some changes for the new year. Srila Prabhupada cites Dhruva Maharaja as a perfect example of determination. He says that we should be as determined to be Krsna conscious as Dhruva was to see Krsna. Dhruva was willing to undergo any austerity to see Krsna. We learn from this that there’s a big difference between wanting something and being committed to achieving it. This is the difference between determination in the mode of ignorance and determination in the mode of goodness. In the mode of ignorance determination doesn’t get past the dreaming stage. In the mode of goodness determination is unbreakable and sustained by constant self control. Have you ever thought it would be nice to achieve something - but then not do much about it? If you have, you probably didn’t achieve it. However, have you ever committed yourself to achieving something no matter what the cost? If you have, it’s likely you succeeded. So if you make a new year’s resolution and are not committed to achieving it, there’s a really good chance you won’t follow through. Continue reading "What is the Difficulty? Some Help with Making New Year’s Resolutions
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2017: Perform 91.25 HOURS of Intelligent Worship! Positive Intellectual Stimulation
Modern research proves that persons who engage in hobbies that involve the brain, like reading or puzzles, are less likely to fall into the grips of mental and physical disease. What to speak of the benefits we receive by reading Bhagavad Gita everyday?
‘If one reads Bhagavad-Gita very sincerely and with all seriousness,then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him.’ (Lord Shiva to Parvatidevi, Gita-Mahatmya 2)
Age of Mass Distraction
But reading in this world is filled with distractions and isn’t always easy.We might read a few verses or even few pages and get distracted by the notifications on our phone or those news feeds on FB etc. This way we inevitably end up dragging and procrastinating our reading of Bhagavad Gita for hours, days and months.

Tailor Made Process
This procrastination leads to a development of distaste in our spiritual lives. Unless we consciously allocate time for reading, we may never read a chapter every day. Therefore the process has been simplified. All you need is 15 minutes a day to read the Sanskrit verses OR the English translations along with just ONE purport. You could do it in the morning, before bed or even during your commute t0 work/school. Whenever it is you choose, make sure you put it in your schedule and strictly adhere to it.

2017: Intelligent Worship
Lord Krishna Himself says in Bhagavad Gita, “I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation of ours worships Me by his intelligence.”(Bhagavad Gita 18.70)

Just by reading Bhagavad Gita for 15 minutes everyday, you will perform almost 91.25 hours of topmost worship of Lord Krishna for the entire year of 2017. Nothing in the world can stop you from achieving spiritual success if you sincerely, strictly, and seriously follow this practice. By this form of worship through intelligence, we can please Krishna. When He is pleased we, in turn, become blissful.

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New Year Message By Bhakti Charu Swam.
Dear devotees,
Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
A very happy New Year to all of you!
This celebration marks the end of the present year and entrance to the following one – our entrance to a new cycle of time. Time is like a river, continuously flowing and we all are floating in its current. In this way time takes us through childhood, boyhood, youth and old-age. When we get the human form of life, we are meant to utilize our time in developing our relationship with Krishna, our Supreme Lord and master, dear-most friend and caring father.

Time is an expansion of Balaram, the original spiritual master, whose main business is to take us to Krishna. So, let us flow through the time, especially now that we found our ultimate destination, the lotus feet of Sri Krishna. Let us have the full conviction that if we remain fixed in our goal, then someday, time will take us to that destination. And as we are floating in the current of time through different phases of life let us sing the glory of the Lord and dance in ecstasy for receiving this golden opportunity to reach our ultimate destination.

Thank you very much.

Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada,
Bhakti Charu Swami

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By Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami

When remembering Maharaj, we should meditate on his “golden years” of service and preaching in Malaysia. He was the only sannyas disciple of Srila Prabhupad from Malaysia. He was officially the president of ISKCON Malaysia since 1980. He was a great pioneer and early general in developing the preaching in Malaysia. Srila Prabhupad came to Malaysia in 1971, paving the way for Maharaj to develop the preaching. Maharaj was a major player in expanding Srila Prabhupad’s movement so nicely in Malaysia, crowned by the grand opening of the Penang octagonal temple attended by at least 10,000 guests. For India, that may not be such a large number, but for Malaysia that is huge. ISKCON Penang, with its beautiful deities Sri Sri Radha Krishna Kanhaiya, is certainly one of the grandest and now one of the most popular of “Hindu” temples in all of Malaysia. Continue reading "Remembering Bhakti Vrajendranandana Swami
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Basically this is the equation...

animal propensities + dharma (selfless service to God) = human being
human being - dharma (selfless service to God) = animal propensities

Today, essentially human civilization is glorified animal civilization (as God is not the center). Not surprised with all the fighting going on between nations, communities and people!

Below is the verse.

āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca
sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām
dharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣo
dharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ

Eating, sleeping, sex, and defense—these four principles are common to both human beings and animals. The distinction between human life and animal life is that a man can search after God but an animal cannot. That is the difference. Therefore a man without that urge for searching after God is no better than an animal.

Hare Krishna

Dear devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. A very happy New Year to all of you! This celebration marks the end of the present year and entrance to the following one – our entrance to a new cycle of time....

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