Seminar – Krishna Conscious Parenting – Nov 5-6, 2016
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The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is excited to announce a special seminar being presented by Aruddha Devi Dasi along with her son, Radhika Ramana Dasa.  Information is as follows:

The Art of Krishna Conscious Parenting
A Seminar by Aruddha Devi Dasi and son, Radhika Ramana Dasa

Saturday, November 5, 2016
10:00am to 1:00pm
2:00pm to 4.30pm

Sunday, November 6, 2016
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Tips and Techniques for Successful Parenting

  • Creating a Krishna Conscious Home Environment
  • Studying Srimad Bhagavatam with Children
  • Pathways to Academic Success
  • Developing Social Skills
  • Sharing Krishna with Others
  • Discipline
  • Festivals with the Family
  • Are Restrictions Good for Our Children?
About Aruddha Devi Dasi
Aruddha Devi Dasi and her husband Anantarupa Dasa began practicing Krishna consciousness in Chicago in the early 1980’s, and started the ISKCON Temple in Boise, USA, in 1986 as a small weekly program in their home. Now thirty years later there is a beautiful Vedic temple for Sri Sri Radha Bankebihari. Aruddha and Anantarupa home‐schooled their two sons using a curriculum based on Srila Prabhupada’s books and ran the Govinda’s restaurant in Boise for six years.  Aruddha has been traveling around the world doing seminars on Krishna conscious parenting as well as workshops on how to teach Srimad Bhagavatam to children.  She is the author of Homeschooling Krishna’s Children, published by the BBT, and compiler of a children’s study guide for Srimad Bhagavatam, published by Torchlight.  

About Radhika Ramana Dasa
Radhika Ramana dasa and his brother Gopal Hari dasa, completed their bachelor’s degrees at an early age at Boise State University, and then received their PhDs from Oxford University in England. Radhika Ramana is now Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies at Utah State University and the author/editor of four books. Gopal Hari is a professor of Religious Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University.

**To register, email shyamamohini.bcs@gmail.com or call 416‐844‐2937**
** Suggested donation $50 per person**


Invite and Honour Lord Damodara in Your Home
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During this most auspicious month of Kartik (Oct 16 to Nov 14), you can invite Lord Krishna in the form of Bala Gopala (Damodara) to your home, offer beautiful lamps and hear about wonderful stories of baby Krishna.

You can book your 1-hour slot by contacting (647) 867-4727 or kartikbookings@gmail.com to reserve your spot during Kartik weekday evenings or weekends.  Please note, limited spots are available.  Please feel free to take this unique opportunity for your family.




Govardhana Farms Featured in "Ontario Farmer"
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Earlier this month, the newspaper, "Ontario Farmer" featured both Govardhana Farms and Bhaktimarga Swami.  Ontario Farmer is a newspaper which is delivered weekly to subscribing farmers in Ontario.

Their October 6th issue had a very nice article that featured the Govardhan Farms project, Bhaktimarga Swami and the Hare Krishna philosophy.  Check it out below:





Honouring Srila Prabhupada – November 3, 2016
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The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites one and all to join us for a reflective evening as we observe Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day on Thursday, November 3, 2016 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. On this day, we reflect on the remarkable life of Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on the anniversary of his passing (known as the Disappearance Day).

ISKCON is now a worldwide movement and is comprised of more than 450 centres, 60 rural communities, 50 schools and 60 restaurants around the globe. This day will provide a great chance to meditate on what Srila Prabhupada means to us.

Please join us for the festivities that will start at 6:00pm with arati and will continue until approximately 9:00pm. Please join us as we glorify Srila Prabhupada on this very important day.

Radha Kunda’s Appearance Day – Oct 22, 2016
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This Saturday, October 22, 2016 marks a special festival, Radha-Kunda's Appearance Day.  Radha-Kunda is a pond near Govardhan Hill in Vrindavan, India, which was originally created by Krishna's cowherd girlfriends, the gopis, during Krishna's boyhood pastimes in Vrindavan.

In the sixteenth century, it was rediscovered by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and renovated by Mahaprabhu's disciples, the Six Goswamis. Many sacred texts, including the Puranas, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Upadeshamrita, and Chaitanya-charitamrita say that Radha-kunda is one of the most significant places of pilgrimage on earth.

Celebrations will be taking place at the Hare Krishna Temple on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.  The festival will be a small and intimate gathering and everyone is welcome to join!

Below is a modern retelling of Krishna's pastime which resulted in the creation of one of the holiest places on earth by Amala Bhakta das:

On a field near Govardhana Hill, in the twilight, the demon Arishtasura had assumed the form of a bull and, at King Kamsa’s order, had tried to kill Lord Krishna. Instead, the Lord had slain him. Just prior to his attack, Krishna had been chatting with His girlfriends, the gopis of Vrindavana, who had become quite frightened by the demon’s angry bellowing.

Krishna strolled over to them, expecting to engage in their usual rasa dance. In this, the girls would form a circle, Krishna would miraculously reproduce His body between each two girls, and the party would ecstatically dance round and round. But the gopis, now relieved of their fear of Arishtasura, were in a playful, joking mood.

As Krishna tried to place His arm around the shoulder of one of them, she flinched and stepped back, saying, “I don’t think You should touch any of us now.”

Krishna smiled.

“Oh? And why not?”

“Well, You’ve just killed a bull. And the scriptures consider a bull to be as sacred as a cow.”

“True, but that bull was really a demon.”

“Doesn’t matter,” a second girl said. “He still had a bull’s body. So by killing him, You’ve committed a terrible sin.”

“I have?” Krishna beamed, playing along with their joke.

“Absolutely. You’re very contaminated now.”

“How terrible!” Krishna said with mock seriousness. “Then what should I do?”

“You should atone for Your sin,” a third gopi said.

“Atone?” He asked, eyebrows raised.

They all nodded firmly, wanting to laugh but restraining themselves.

“But how?”

The first gopi said, “I think You should bathe in every holy river in the world.”

The other gopis nodded.

“All the rivers?” Krishna asked.

“Yes,” the girls giggled. “All.”

“But that’ll take too long. I have a better idea.”

“Oh?” they inquired.

“Instead, I’ll bring the rivers here.”

“How can You do that?” asked the second gopi skeptically.

“Just watch.”

Krishna turned away from them and kicked His heel into the ground, making a hole.

Then He ordered, “O holy rivers, please come here at once!”

In a few seconds, the personified forms of every sacred river appeared there, standing with their palms folded and heads bowed. The men were bare-chested but decked in rich dhotis, whereas the women were wearing luxurious saris.

Krishna turned to the gopis.

“See? They’re all here.”

Although the girls were astonished, they scoffed, “We don’t see anybody.”

Krishna said to the rivers, “Would you please announce yourselves?”

Each river spoke his or her name, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Sarayu, Sona, and Sindhu.

The gopis looked at each other doubtfully. Were those persons really those rivers?

Then the hole that Krishna had made with His heel suddenly expanded into a vast hollow, and all the personified rivers gladly entered it, each manifesting his or her own water form. It was now a beautiful, inviting, holy pond.

Krishna descended and splashed into it up to His neck, dunked His head several times, and climbed out, drying His dark glistening body with His hands.

“Well, now I’m completely pure.” He smiled. “You don’t have to worry anymore.”

The girls tittered, knowing they never had to anyway.

“But look at you,” Krishna said with mock condescension, pointing at them.

“What about us?” a few asked.

“You’re all impure.”

“Us?” several answered, incredulously.

“Yes, you!”

“No, we didn’t touch the bull,” the second girl said. “You did.”

“True, but you’ve never performed any religious activities for Lord Brahma’s pleasure. That makes you impure.”

Then Krishna’s favorite, Srimati Radharani, turned to Her girlfriends and said, “All right, if we’re impure, then we’ll become pure.”

“How?” the third gopi asked.

“I’ll make an even better pond than Krishna’s, and we’ll all bathe in it.”

“But where?” asked the second gopi.

“Just follow Me.”

With Krishna in tow, Radharani confidently led Her friends a short distance away. They noticed that Arishtasura’s hooves had dug a shallow ditch just west of Krishna’s pond, and Radharani decided to make Her pond there.

“Let’s start digging,” She said to Her friends.

They bent over, began clutching clumps of soft clay, and discarded them. After only an hour, they created a large hollow.

Krishna was astonished by how rapidly they had dug it.

When the gopis came out, the Lord munificently said to them, “You can fill it up with the holy water from My pond.”

“Your pond?” Radharani asked, patronizingly.

“Yes, why not?”

“Because Your pond is contaminated. When You bathed in it, You left Your bull-killing sin there. I don’t want that in My pond!”

Krishna laughed loudly.

“Then where will You get the holy water?”

“From the nearby Manasi Ganga lake. We’ll bring many pots of it here.”

Krishna recalled that some time ago He had meditated on the holy Ganges River, which was a considerable distance from Vrindavana, and had miraculously made it appear here as a lake. It was thus named Manasi Ganga (“the Ganges created by Krishna’s mind”). But now Krishna wanted to spare Radharani and Her friends the heavy labor of lugging thousands of jugs of water from there to here. So He gestured to His pond, and suddenly a male representative of all the holy rivers emerged from it. With tears in his eyes, he folded his palms, bowed his head to the ground before Radharani, and devotedly prayed to Her.

Radharani’s mood changed from playful to serious. She could see that he was approaching Her for some sacred purpose.

Rising to his knees, the representative said, “O Goddess, even those who know the scriptures well, such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, cannot understand Your glories. Only Krishna, the highest goal of all human effort, can. Therefore, He wishes to make sure that, when You’re fatigued, You can wash away Your perspiration. That would make Him very happy.”

Radharani gratefully glanced at Krishna, and then returned Her attention to the rivers’ representative.

“As soon as Krishna ordered us, we came here to live in His excellent pond. But we all have a desire, and only if You are pleased with us can it be fulfilled.”

Radharani pleasantly asked, “Oh? And what is it?”

“We desire to come to Your pond, for only then will our lives be successful.”

With a gentle smile, Radharani replied, “All right. Please do.”

Her friends nodded in agreement, feeling immensely happy.

At that moment, all the holy rivers in Krishna’s pond broke through its blackish clay boundary and quickly flowed into and filled Radharani’s pond. This movement sounded like a surging river during a heavy rainstorm.

As Radharani was enjoying this sight, Krishna seriously said, “My dear Radharani, may Your pond become even more famous than Mine. I will always come here to bathe in it and to enjoy water sports. Indeed, this pond is as dear to Me as You.”

Radharani was touched deeply and replied, “And I, with My girlfriends, will also bathe in Your pond, even if You kill hundreds of Arishtasuras here. And anyone who, with intense devotion, bathes in My pond or resides on its bank will surely become very dear to Me.”

“And dear to Me also,” Krishna added. “I will certainly bless such persons well!”

As the darkness enfolded them, Krishna and the gopis formed a circle and began their rasa dance. He resembled a rain cloud, and Radharani a flash of lightning. As They danced, They generated a torrential downpour of brilliant, transcendental joy. From that night on, Radharani’s pond (kunda) would be called Radha Kunda, and Krishna’s, Shyama Kunda. And anyone who would bathe even once in Her pond, or perform devotional service on its banks, would, by Her mercy, develop pure love for Krishna. Such love would of course culminate in continuous divine ecstasy. Thus, Radha Kunda would become known as the most exalted pilgrimage spot in the world.

For this reason, countless pilgrims travel many miles just to bathe in its spiritually exalting waters.

The Thinking Gym
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While the unhealthy world loses its physical edge, we may also consider how we’re losing our mental edge. Just as we exercise the body and keep it tuned, we also need to exercise our mental capacity.

The power of your mind” talk at Hotel El Panama
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The highlight of my Panama visit was a program on Sunday, 16-10-16, at one of Panama’s biggest hotels, Hotel El Panama.

Nearly 300 people, most of them Panamanian, attended the talk on “The power of your mind” and asked many earnest questions. My host and trip coordinator, Shyamachandra P, the vice-president of ISKCON, Panama, did the sentence-by-sentence translation of my class into Spanish.
This was the biggest program of my trip to the West wherein I spoke directly to Western audiences – several temple Sunday feasts had bigger audiences, but those comprised mostly of Indians and mostly of devotees. The audience in Panama was ninety percent Panamanians and non-devotees.
Several in the audience like a point that I have been making repeatedly during this trip: “Anxiety is the interest we pay on loans we haven’t yet taken.” During the post-class QA, when a person asked what role acceptance plays in spirituality, I explained that bhakti-yoga helps us to accept the unchangeable as the will of God for our ultimate well-being and thereby focus our energy on the changeable – and when we do what we can, God helps us to do what we can’t.

The audio is available here: http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2016/10/tap-power-mind/

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Joy of Devotion in Montreal
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During this unique showcasing of India's deep spiritual culture, the over 15,000 people who attended were treated to an in-depth presentation of Srila Prabhupada's amazing contributions, richly illustrated within 20 professional displays: Sacred Literature, Bhagavad-gita, Hommage to Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON Celebrates 50 Years, Spiritual Solutions, Eco-Village, Harmony with the Earth, Higher Taste, and Ayurveda.

How can we balance our material commitments and spiritual aspirations?
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Tuscon’s (Arizona) ISKCON 50 Gala
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On Saturday, October 15th, under a brilliant Karttika moon, sixty-plus devotees and VIP guests celebrated ISKCON’s 50th anniversary in the courtyard of Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet. As a harpist stroked heavenly notes, devotees and guests feasted on Govinda’s prasadam, forging new friendships and renewing old ones, for one thing was clear: practically everyone had been here before, setting the stage for the tributes.

Did Krishna feel confused about which pure devotee to support – Arjuna or Bhishma?
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​​​​Which aspect of the universal form did Duryodhana see?
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The Talavan Forest
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Talavan is one of the 12 sacred forests of Sri Vrindavan Dham in India. Even today, it retains much of the beauty it had 5,000 years ago during the appearance of Lord Sri Krsna. Indradyumna Swami and his parikrama party sat and discussed Krsna and Balarama's pastimes in that transcendental abode and relished the sweet chanting of Krsna's holy names for many hours. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

Important for all kirtaniyas: Fake Paul & co Vs Real Paul…
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Important for all kirtaniyas: Fake Paul & co Vs Real Paul & co (4 min video)
It’s all in the details. So many times I’ve seen people buy the harmonium because the cover says Paul and Co on it and the shop guy said it was true. There is a classic design and a logo to look for. If the price is too good to be true, walk away lol.
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The Hare Krishna’s and Their Books (2 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna takes special appreciation for His devotees who are engaged in risking for His preaching work, and He will give you special care and guidance at all times because you are sincerely trying to serve Him in this way. Letter to Amogha, August 9, 1972.
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Monday, October 17th, 2016
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Mumbai, India
  
High Point
  
A major high point for me at the Juhu Temple was the great moments of kirtan in the evening.  This, of course, involves dancing, and dancing is good.  It involves using leg muscles which don’t get used in the course of walking.

The ISKCON complex is somewhat that—complex.  For me, it’s like a maze when trying to get around from temple room, to meeting room, to accommodation room.  There’s quite a lot of transmigration of body and soul which goes on within the complex.

Yes, I’m intimidated by the outdoors.  Traffic is crazy.  Weather is hot.  Pollution is high.  I’m actually relishing the time with peers whom I don’t see for months at a time.  We all stay within the complex.

Spiritual advancement is largely dependent on good spiritual company.  In fact, it is the major factor behind growth.  Therefore, my stay here in Juhu, Mumbai is a true blessing because of all the great comrades I have here.

Mind you, most of them just can’t dance up a storm with the many young males present, who reside as monks in the confines of temple and ashram.  But the sit-down and break-out sessions we have together are precious.

One important topic for us is succession planning.  Hey, most of the old boys are in their mid to late 60’s.  It is time for more delegation and empowerment—time to transfer responsibilities to the ones who can dance.

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
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Mumbai, India
  
Lament Not
  
“One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again.  Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.”  Bhagavad-gita 2:27

We received the news today that a very prominent member of our community, known not just in Mumbai but globally, passed away in Bhutan.  Nataji, as everyone knows him, died from heart failure and he had the biggest heart.  He was a generous devotee and he was dear to his guru, Srila Prabhupada.

As the verse above from the Gita indicates “we will be back and so there is no need to lament.”  Over the course of four and a half decades, many senior men and women got to know Nataji.  He was very kind to all.  He had compiled reading material on bhakti-yoga in the business place.

Condolences to his family.  We may try to pay heed to the words above by Sri Krishna, “Do not lament,” in regard to his going.  Based on his magnanimous disposition, Nataji will march on to the subtle greener pasture of the spiritual world.  Therefore, why lament?  But, a notion of self-pity is natural, as he’ll be missed.

Funeral rites will be tomorrow in Mumbai, with a procession beginning at his home.

For my evening, I had every reason to rejoice.  I usually dream about giving presentations to young enthusiasts of the bhaktimovement.  One hall got filled up at 8 p.m. with fresh young monks in training.  They came to hear “Tales from Trails.”

May the Source be with you!


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Gurudev – An Offering To Srila Prabhupada | By the Madhavas | (9…
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Gurudev - An Offering To Srila Prabhupada | By the Madhavas | (9 min musical video)
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
The lyrics: gurudev!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse,
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro’,
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

(2)
sakale sammāna korite śakati,
deho’ nātha! jathājatha
tabe to’ gāibo, hari-nāma-sukhe,
aparādha ha ‘be hata

(3)
kabe heno kṛpā, labhiyā e jana,
kṛtārtha hoibe, nātha!
śakti-buddhi-hīna, āmi ati dīna,
koro’ more ātma-sātha

(4)
jogyatā-vicāre, kichu nāhi pāi,
tomāra karuṇā-sāra
karuṇā nā hoile, kāndiyā kāndiyā,
prāṇa nā rākhibo āra

WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Gurudeva! Krpa Bindu Diya

TRANSLATION
1) Gurudeva, O spiritual master! Give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

2) I offer you all respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.

3) When will such mercy fall to this one who is weak and devoid of intelligence? Allow me to be with you.

4) If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful unto me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life.
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Sunday, October 16th, 2016
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Mumbai, India
  
A Lesson From the Python
  
Yesterday, Bhanu Swami spoke about the python man—the sadhu, or holy man who becomes popular by merely lying there in the field and accepting whatever may come of its own accord as food.  His disposition is one of detachment.  Such was the topic during the Bhagavatam lesson.

Today, we were honoured to hear from Kavi-chandra Swami who spoke further on the nature of a python, who hypnotizes his prey causing it to come closer.

The parallels, between the python and the certain type of monk who doesn’t walk about, are very interesting.  The main theme I picked up on was instructive.  As Rupa Goswami, another celebrated monk of the 16th century, expressed it, “Do not endeavour for mundane things.”

In a conversation I had at lunch with Tejiyas, a true blue researcher on rural community development, he said the greatest challenge in implementing the simpler life for even the welcoming city slicker is to resign oneself to the principle that we be content with what we have.  It appears greed is an element which really needs to be tackled if one wants to be more frugal in the way one does things.  I think most of us will admit we waste like crazy and we work way too hard to accumulate what we don’t need.

My walking, by the way, hasn’t totally diminished.  I’m not excited about walking at nearby Juhu Beach.  In the day, it’s extremely hot.  In the night, the dogs attack.

May the Source be with you!

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Your enemy is inside you – and so is your friend – with Spanish translation
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Kartik Month
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Whatever your situation—even if you live far from a Temple–try to be Krishna conscious as best you can, and pray for the mercy of Krishna and his devotees. There will be special benefit during this month. That can be an impetus for us for this month, but the idea is to make our entire life, day after day, month after month, and year after year centered around devotional service so we can offer our whole life to Krishna. Then we will go to a plain where the only activity is Krishna bhakti, performed with love and devotion.


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The Talavan Forest (6 min video) Indradyumna Swami: Talavan is…
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The Talavan Forest (6 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Talavan is one of the 12 sacred forests of Sri Vrindavan Dham in India. Even today, it retains much of the beauty it had 5,000 years ago during the appearance of Lord Sri Krsna. Our parikrama party sat and discussed Krsna and Balarama’s pastimes in that transcendental abode and relished the sweet chanting of Krsna’s holy names for many hours.
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In humility, appreciation and awe for Sri Nathji…
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In humility, appreciation and awe for Sri Nathji Prabhu.
Rasaraja dasa: I am truly saddened to hear of the sudden departure of Sri Nathji Prabhu. He was a stalwart devotee and an example for all devotees on many fronts. A most respectable grihastha Vaishnava, a tireless preacher, not only in the temple but even in his own professional circles, where he made many working persons coming in touch with him for business reasons into devotees.

Srila Prabhupada discusses the early days of Back to Godhead Magazine in the US
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Hare KrishnaBy Ranjita Dasa

Prabhupada: There was advertisement. So I went to Long Island. That two machines... I asked, "What is the price?" "$150 each." Then he wanted to take away the machines. Machine was all right. And then I told him that "I have got $150 only. If you want to give us, give those two machines." So "All right, you take these all." (laughter) So I gave him $150, whatever I had, and I took the machine. In that machine was printed Back to Godhead. So five hundred copies... How many copies you were selling? Tamala Krsna: Well, by the time we were selling, you were printing about three thousand, and we were selling twenty-five hundred. Prabhupada: Oh, yes. Then I asked Brahmananda that "Why not print it nicely?" So he said that "Unless we print twenty thousand, nobody will take this work." And "All right, order twenty thousand." Now, from twenty thousand or five hundred, what is the quantity now we are printing? Continue reading "Srila Prabhupada discusses the early days of Back to Godhead Magazine in the US
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Writing for Krishna: The Price and the Prize
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Hare KrishnaBy Chaitanya Charana Dasa

Srila Prabhupada has expressed his fond dream for BTG: “As I have told you several times, I am awaiting for the day when this paper will take the shape of Life magazine or similar other magazines in the matter of its popularity.” (Letter dated June 1968) The popularity of BTG depends on many factors: for example, the reach and appeal of our movement; the magnitude of the efforts to distribute BTG; the format, feel, and cost of the issues. But the most important factor, the factor I can influence, is its core content—the quality of its articles. The only way I can improve the quality of my articles is by improving the quality of my writing. Continue reading "Writing for Krishna: The Price and the Prize
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Back to Godhead 1966: Gargamuni Dasa Remembers
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Hare KrishnaBy Gargamuni Dasa

In a Back to Godhead we’d have twenty to thirty pages in those days, which means if we printed 500 copies, which was the normal run, we’d print 500 copies, I’d have to spread out twenty to thirty pages of 500 copies. When it was all printed, then I would have to collate them by hand and then stack them up and then put on the cover, which was a color offset. We’d use every month or every two weeks, every month, a different color – yellow, green, blue, like that – to show that it was a different issue. Then we’d have the cover offsetted, and then Rayarama would make a special stencil to print on top of that. And then we would print something special on the mimeograph…on the stencil, what articles were inside and what the date was, the date of the magazine. So, therefore, we could keep using the… We only had four colors – yellow, green, and blue, and used them every other…so we’d have different color issues. I can remember the first one was blue, the second was yellow, and the third was green. Then we went back again to blue, yellow, and green. Continue reading "Back to Godhead 1966: Gargamuni Dasa Remembers
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Publication of Back to Godhead Magazine in the West
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Hare KrishnaBy Ranjita Dasa

On this day in 1966, Srila Prabhupada's Diary records: "Back to Godhead published again today." On the same day, it records that Gargamuni Dasa was initiated. Gargamuni Prabhu's account of the beginning of the magazine at 26 Second Avenue is presented in this week's keynote article. His story is a unique personal glimpse into the mood and happenings of the time. For an insight into writing for Back to Godhead, we are presenting an article by Chaitanya Carana Prabhu entitled "Writing for Krishna," which first appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Back to Godhead. Continue reading "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Publication of Back to Godhead Magazine in the West
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Recordings: September 2016
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Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami captured during September. 

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Durban 

KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Short_Lecture

KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Kirtan

KKS_DBN_29September2016_HouseProgram_Kirtan

KKS_DBN_27September2016_Lecture_SB_2.4.19

KKS_DBN_27September2016_CC_BookClub

KKS_DBN_25September2016_NJP_KirtanFestival

KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Lecture

KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Kirtan

KKS_DBN_20September2016_CC_BookClub

KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Lecture

KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Kirtan

KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_Lecture

KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_JayaRadhaMadhava

KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Evening

KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Midday

 

Cape Town 

KKS_CPT_07September2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.26

KKS_CPT_06September2016_HouseProgram_Lecture

KKS_CPT_06September2016_HouseProgram_Kirtan

KKS_CPT_06September2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.26

KKS_CPT_04September2016_SundayFeast_Lecture

KKS_CPT_04September2016_SundayFeast_Kirtan

KKS_CPT_04September2016_StudentRetreat_Morning_Lecture

KKS_CPT_03September2016_StudentRetreat_Lecture

KKS_CPT_03September2016_StudentRetreat_Kirtan

KKS_CPT_03September2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.25