Radhastami – Iskcon New Govardhana community in Australia (Album…
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Radhastami - Iskcon New Govardhana community in Australia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, is called cancala. She does not remain at one place. Today one man is very rich; next generation is no longer rich. If you are actually religious, then don’t spoil your money for sense gratification. Use it for service of Krishna. If you have got some money, try to construct a very nice temple for Krishna’s situation. That is proper use. Bombay, December 26, 1972.

TOVP South Africa Tour 2016
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Hare KrishnaBy the TOVP team

September 2016 will mark the undertaking of the second TOVP fundraising tour in South Africa in commemoration of ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary and Srila Prabhupada’s sacrifices for the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The first tour in 2013 was a major success bringing in over $3 million (U.S.) in pledges from the devotees. However, this time Lord Nityananda’s padukas (shoes) and Lord Nrsimhadeva’s sitari (helmet) will grace and bless the tour and will be accompanied by His Grace Jananivas prabhu and Ambarisa, Braja Vilas and Svaha prabhus. The tour begins on September 15th and will continue for ten days visiting temples and homes in the cities of Durban, Cape Town, Botswana and Johannesburg. Devotees are ecstatically making arrangements to greet the Lord and His associates for the tour in order to maximize attendance. Daily reports will be posted on the TOVP website and Facebook Page and on ISKCON social media sites. Continue reading "TOVP South Africa Tour 2016
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Bhakti Charu Swami Visits The Funeral Of Hari-Narayan Prabhu In Spain
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One of my very dear disciples, Harinarayana Das, from Malaga, Spain, whom many of you know as one of the most wonderful devotees, left his body this afternoon. I am leaving for Spain tonight.  Those of you, who knew him, please write about your remembrances of him and post them in this Istagosthi. Many of […]

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Gopal Krishna Maharaja 2016 Vyasa Puja – $350,000 in Pledges Raised
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Hare KrishnaBy the TOVP team

The TOVP Team wants to express its deepest thanks and appreciation to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja and all his disciples and the devotees of the Delhi Temple for their sacrifice, cooperation and example in facilitating the TOVP fundraising efforts at Maharaja’s recent Vyasa Puja ceremony. This is the second time Maharaja invited us to attend and he and his disciples are leading the charge in India to help finance this dear-most project of Srila Prabhupada. Continue reading "Gopal Krishna Maharaja 2016 Vyasa Puja – $350,000 in Pledges Raised
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Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj in Juhu, Mumbai
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His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj came back to India on 7th September 2016 from South Africa. On same morning, Maharaj gave Srimad Bhagavatam class at Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari temple, Juhu, Mumbai. From there Maharaj left for Spain the same day. Please hear the class here:

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Which wrong default programs can sabotage people who start business?
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For knowing God, is there any basis other than the Bhagavad-gita?
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Just as scientific truths are proven, can spiritual truths be proven?
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​How does scientific curiosity lead to theories like Darwinian evolution?
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Radhashtami class – Appreciating the transcendence of the Radha-Krishna relationship
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Class at ISKCON, Orlando, USA

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​Radhashtami class – When Krishna leaves the gopis and Radharani during rasa lila
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​Class at ISKCON, Alachua, USA

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GITA Champions League (GCL) Quiz
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PENANG - GITA will be launching GITA Champions League (GCL) Quiz, the first online quiz in Malaysia based on the ancient scriptures of Bhagavad Gita. This GCL Quiz is open nationwide to both children and adults of all races and religion. Upon registration, the contestant will receive a copy of Bhagavad Gita, study links and will also receive study kits that will be shipped to the contestant’s doorstep.

Registration for the GCL Quiz will be open from 05 September to 31 October 2016 and can be done at www.gita.org.my website. The study kits will be shipped to the contestants beginning of November 2016. Contestants will have four months from December 2016 to March 2017 to digest the study kits.

The GCL online quiz will be held in the first week of April. The contestant will receive results of the quiz immediately upon completing the quiz. Prizes for the GCL Quiz are

1st Prize: RM25,000.00

2nd Prize: RM15,000.00

3rd Prize: RM10,000 and

10 Consolation Prizes: RM1,000.00 each.

All are welcome to join this Quiz.

Radhastami Initiation names
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Today Guru Mahārāja initiated 8 devotees into our sampradāya and with abig smile said “Prabhupāda’s family is expanding” :) Pictures soon…
 
Kisbenedek Máté
Mākhana-cora Dāsa – servant of Kṛṣṇa, the butter thief
 
Ivánszki Árpád
Aśoka-Kṛṣṇa Dāsa – servant of Kṛṣṇa who is never sad, but always happy
 
Enekes Zoltán (Marcali Nama Hatta)
Sādhu-cārī Dāsa – servant of the Lord who always resides among His devotees
Bozóki István
Indrapati Dāsa – servant of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Indra
 
Hajas Mara (Szeged Nama Hatta)
Mīnākṣī Devī Dāsī – servant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, whose eyes are restless like fish
 
Zoltai Lujzi ( Pécs Nama Hatta)
Lalita-Mādhava Devī Dāsa – servant of charming Kṛṣna
 
Rasarāṇī dd.
Śuddha-bhakti Devī Dāsī – servant of pure devtional service
 
Bozóki Zsuzsanna
Śuka-śārī Devī Dāsī – servant of Rādhā-Śyāma’s transcendental parrots, who discuss the most intimate pastimes
 

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A masterpiece that can be read again and again! Indradyumna…
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A masterpiece that can be read again and again!
Indradyumna Swami: Dear Devotees: There are certain priceless treasures that I keep close to my heart as I travel and preach around the world. Things that give me great inspiration; like the holy names, my beloved deities, instructions that Srila Prabhupada gave me and certain special items like a bead from Srila Jiva Goswami’s japa-mala and a small piece of cloth from Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I also carry the following 1994 Vyasa Puja offering of Sivarama Swami everywhere I go. I must have read it hundreds of times… and each time I read it I cry. For me, it reveals the essence of Lord Caitanya’s samkirtan movement and the heart of my spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada. Some of you may have read it and others not. In either case, it’s a masterpiece and can be read again and again.
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Management: Material or Spiritual?
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Hare KrishnaBy Bhurijana dasa

Srila Prabhupada: Everywhere, in the office, there is some immediate boss. So you have to please him. That is service. Suppose in office, in a department there is office superintendent. And if you do in your own way, “Yes, I'm doing my business,” and the office superintendent is not pleased, do you think that kind of service is nice? No. Similarly, everywhere we have got immediate boss. So we must work. That is systematic. If everyone manufactures, invents his own way of life, then there must be chaos. SUDAMA: Yeah, that's true. Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Now we are world organization. There is spiritual side, and there is material side also. That is not material side. That is also spiritual side, systematic management. Otherwise how it will be done? Continue reading "Management: Material or Spiritual?
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ISKCON Holds Farm Conferences in Brazil and USA. In the hopes…
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ISKCON Holds Farm Conferences in Brazil and USA.
In the hopes of launching a support network for ISKCON farms around the world, the GBC Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture is holding conferences on simple living in four continents this year.
The first two, in South America and North America, were held last month with encouraging results.
The South American conference, running from August 5th to 7th, took place at the Goura-Vrindavan farm in Paraty, Brazil, three-and-a-half hours’ drive from Rio de Janeiro. Covering 1,600 acres, it is located in the middle of the Atlantic Rainforest, a large forest reserve that is richer in plant life than the Amazon.
Around 60 people attended the conference, including leaders and residents from ISKCON farm communities, as well as sympathetic professionals in relevant fields such as ecologists and agroforestry lawyers.
“The first day was an internal meeting for representatives from different ISKCON projects to identify our needs, and to discuss the benefits of networking and what we could achieve together,” says conference coordinator Kalakantha Das, a Brazilian agriculturist.
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Padayatra in Iceland
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Hare KrishnaBy Candrabhaga devi dasi

Padayatra Iceland was a joint event largely made possible by the efforts of Bhakta Pavel, who last year had gone to the main town of Reykjavik on a book distribution mission. Happy with the success of his mission, he planned another visit for the summer of 2016 both to the city and to a remote tourist area of northern Iceland called Akureyri. While in Mayapur during the padayatra ministry seminars for the ILS event, I thought about how to expand, to do more padayatras to reach the goal of 50 padayatras for Iskcon 50. Being inspired by the stories of worldwide padayatras, I returned home to Sweden and inquired from Pavel about the opportunity to convert the book distribution mission into a padayatra program. We advertised far and wide, even amongst former padayatris, but ultimately it was a small team going to the remote villages surrounding Akureyri. Continue reading "Padayatra in Iceland
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