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ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Deity Darshan: Sunday March 8, 2010     ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Sunday Feast Recordings - March 7, 2010The recording for this week's Sunday Feast can be viewed by clicking the image below.  ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Kadamba Kanana SwamiDaily Class - Kadamba Kanana Swami - Srimad Bhagavatam 11.18.16 Srimad Bhagavatam 11.18.16 - Get the higher taste in the purifying activities of Krishna consciousness. 11.0MB Posted by Kanapathy Ramasamy at 8/3/10; 8:25:14 AM to the Daily Class dept Download: Daily Class - Kadamba Kanana Swami SB 11.18.16: A saintly person should step or place his foot on the ground only after verifying with his eyes that there are no living creatures, such as insects, who might be injured by his foot. He should drink water only after filtering it through a portion of his cloth, and he should speak only words that possess the purity of truth. Similarly, he should perform only those activities his mind has carefully ascertained to be pure. SB 11.18.16: Una persona santa debe caminar o poner su pie en la tierra solamente después de verificar con sus ojos que no haya criaturas vivas, tales como insectos, que pudieran ser dañadas por su pie. Él debe beber el agua solamente después que la filtre a través de un paño, y debe hablar solamente las palabras que poseen la pureza de la verdad. Semejante hombre, debe realizar solamente esas actividades que su mente ha comprobado cuidadosamente que son pura. HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 3684:04 A.MI woke up during the night with a headache at ten o'clock and subdued it. I got up from bed at 2:30 and began my chanting. I didn't try isolating the mantras the way Bhurijana Prabhu recommends. I can't seem to do it. My eyelids were heavy. But I pushed on and did rapid chanting in my mind. I heard the syllables and paid attention to them. I've chanted ten rounds so far, which is pretty good. But it has not been a very deep chanting with concentration on the pastimes of Radha and Krishna, what to speak of Their qualities and forms. At least I am chanting the names and deriving the greatest benefit. I hope to do the remainder of my rounds in a better condition after my shower. Heavy eyelids but Prabhupada Smaranam
Here are pictures of Prabhupada traveling in New York City. In 1965 he went out into the streets by himself. He took long walks just to acquaint himself with the city and he rode the buses and subways. Sometimes he went to bookstores like the "Orientalia" and placed his books there on consignment. They would pay him only if they sold the books. He survived the winter of 1965-66 without boots for the snows. One day he woke up and looked out the window and saw snow for the first time covering the side of the wall of a building. At first he thought it was whitewash but soon he walked outside in his rubber slippers to go shopping at the local small grocery. He kept accounts of his expenditures in a small record book. He had very little money and postage stamps to India—to his godbrothers and to possible donors asking for assistance—ate up considerably from his meager funds. He gathered some money from the sales of his books, but not much. He was poor and except for the hospitality of Doctor Misra who gave him a windowless studio to stay in, he was homeless. When he moved to the Bowery as a roommate to Mr. Paul, he didn't have to pay rent, but Mr. Paul's taking LSD drove Prabhupada out of the Bowery loft for his own safety. Only when he moved to 26 Second Avenue did more serious followers attend who donated from their salaries enough to pay his food and rent. Factually, it was dangerous for Prabhupada to wander around Manhattan alone, and especially when he moved to the Bowery and took morning walks. Only in the second picture do we see him accompanied by a young companion. The young man is Gargamuni. Prabhupada used to playfully tease him for not shaving his head and for maintaining "Shakespearean locks." But Gargamuni was a loyal follower and he raised money for the temple by buying loose incense and packaging it and selling it in the head shops and in the temple. For his ability to raise money, Srila Prabhupada nicknamed him "Gargamoney". Here they are riding on a city bus. Prabhupada looks full faced, healthy, strong, and not very old. I once traveled alone with Prabhupada to see a lawyer on Chamber's Street for his immigration status. Walking in the crowded streets I commented, "The city is like a jungle. Except it has no snakes." Prabhupada quipped "What about Mr. Payne?" referring to a real estate man who had tried to cheat us out of five thousand dollars. On the bus going back to 26 Second Avenue I pulled the buzzer one block too early and Prabhupada corrected me. "You pulled it too soon. It is the next stop." I had lived in the city for three years but he knew his way around better than I did. In all things material and spiritual he was as sharp as a tack and could not be cheated, even by New Yorkers. I Would Like to Be Your PoetLow batteries, replace them, while you have new ones. I can tell stories of Krishna. Yet He is a supreme person Once He was a tiny child and kicked the cart demon He used to love to give His Krishna is janmady asya yataha, I need to write poems Krishna roams the world in Please be kind to me Lord, When You lifted Govardhana You are the supreme and I have so little power I would like to be Your Here are pictures Antonio Machado partly described in his poems. Free write
The beautiful nature scenes are incomplete without the vision of the Supreme Lord. A nature lover might say the pictures as they are contain the vision of the Lord and in a sense that is true. The man with outstretched appears to be worshiping the divine effulgence streaming in sunlight through the pines. The sun pouring down on the tumultuous ocean surf which crashes on the rocks is like the Brahman effulgence from the body of the Lord. Beauty in nature is a reflection of the personal beauty of God. In Bhagavad-gita Krishna says "For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost nor is he ever lost to Me." (Bhagavad-gita 6:30) Prabhupada writes of a pure devotee, "Such a person may appear to see all separate manifestations of the material nature, but in each and every instance he is conscious of Krishna, knowing that everything is a manifestation of Krishna's energy. At this stage, Lord Krishna never disappears from the sight of a devotee, nor does a devotee ever lose sight of the Lord." (Bhagavad-gita, 6:30 purport) So the pure devotee sees the form of Syamasundara in the material world being transformed. But for ourselves, as neophytes, how much we have to strive and be sincere, and not bluff that we are seeing Krishna in the woods or in the surf. He is there but we can't see Him with our imperfect vision. The starting regimen for seeing Krishna everywhere is to chant His holy names. When this is done offenselessly, it leads to perceiving the qualities and finally the form of the Lord. We can also see Krishna now in worshipful reception of the arca-vigraha.                Print/Share this entry in The Yellow Submarine: My Bhajana KutirCaitanya Mangala, CA, USA: Kuli Mela 2010 – New Mayapur, France
The Organizing Team for Kuli Mela 2010 – New Mayapur France is happy to officially announce the dates and place for this second European reunion, after the first successful gathering which took place in Radhadesh, Belgium in 2008. This Kuli Mela will start on Wednesday, the 4th of August, arrival day, through Monday, the 9th of August 2010, departure day. The event shall take place in the special surroundings of New Mayapur, France, a community set around a historic castle on a site spreading over 80 hectares. In this place that Srila Prabhupada destined to self sufficiency and simple living, it seemed obvious to choose these values as symbols. Which is why the theme of the event will be: Ecology! This gathering invites a great number of Gurukulis and Vaishnavas of all generations to a 6 day festival where seminars, workshops and conferences will be held to encourage encounters and reunions as well as discover the links that bring us together and share our experiences in an atmosphere of inspiration… An “Open House” day in the spirit of the festival “L’Inde dans l’Indre” will be held on Sunday 8th August for neighbouring people to discover our movement in positive and summery circumstances in which they will attend the shows, walk around the “mini market,” and listen to bhajans and kirtans in the temple. The achievement of this special event requires subsequent funds for the rental of the circus and other canvas tents for the shows and activities, shower and “dry toilet” settings to receive participants on the campsite arranged for the occasion, the rental of a sound system, as well as, of course, cooking up memorable feasts for all! So we are appealing to your generosity to help the successful outcome of this project, by asking for a financial participation of your own choice. We thank you in advance. Jai Shree Radhe! The Organizing Team for Kulimela 2010 – New Mayapur France General email: contact@francekulimela.com Main website: http://www.francekulimela.com/ LET’S BE THE CHANGE WE WANT IN THE WORLD!       Japa Group: Change The Temper Of The Mind
Hare Krsna my dear devotees, I hope your week has been blessed with lots of nice realisations, service and peaceful chanting of the precious names of the Lord. I was thinking today how we are always trying hard to engage our minds in chanting and concentrating on the sound vibration of the holy names, actually we shouldn't think too much about the mind but just chant and hear, because by doing this our mind will be trained to concentrate and won't bother us with so many thoughts about what we should be doing - how, future, present, past and so on. Here is a nice quote from Srila Prabhupada about the mind, hope you like it. It Is One's Mind that generates different kinds of bodies for suffering different kinds of material pangs. Therefore as long as the mind is absorbed in fruitive activities, the mind is understood to be absorbed in nescience, and thus one is sure to be subjected to material bondage in different bodies again and again until one develops a transcendental love for Godhead, Vasudeva, the Supreme Person. To become absorbed in the transcendental name, quality, form and activities of the Supreme Person, Vasudeva, means to change the temper of the mind from matter to absolute knowledge, which leads one to the path of absolute realization and thus frees one from the bondage of material contact and encagements in different material bodies. Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.36 purport Engaging our minds in the chanting of the holy names facilitates and helps us to focus on the Lord's names and we know that this is the right consciousness for the time of death which can be anytime....we never know. My son said he was going to make my astrological chart in India, so I told him I didn't want to know when I was going to die and he told me, maybe its good because you can prepare yourself so I felt so scared, what will I be thinking of this day - will I be able to chant properly? Am I prepared to die now? Definitely not...I hardly concentrate when I am chanting, but I would like to become a nice chanter, serious and also improve in japa.  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1966 March 7:  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1967 March 7: "The interpretation that one has to be naked before the Lord is mayavada philosophy. The pictures are certainly unauthorized. In future before publishing any picture you must consult me."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1970 March 7: "Our students, either Brahmacari or Householder, are being trained up for constant engagement in Krsna Consciousness service without any personal interest. This is perfect order of Sannyas."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1970 March 7: "So in accordance with your recommendation, I have accepted him as my bona fide disciple. Please keep him nicely advancing in Krsna Consciousness under your guidance."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 March 7: "If outsiders want to send their children to us, it will not be for accreditation, but because they will get the best education for relieving them of all anxieties of material life."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 March 7: "Let the children learn our method of Krishna Consciousness by rising early, knowledge of Sanskrit, English, a little Mathematics, history, that's all. We haven't got to take any help from the government by getting so-called accreditation."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1973 March 7: "Meanwhile he can be encouraged to continue his literary contribution of articles, editing of the smaller books, etc. We shall see what he can do, and if at all possible he should be brought back to the standard."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1973 March 7: "Four things can be surrendered: Our life, our words, our intelligence, and our money. So just try to gradually engage these things in Krishna's Service."  Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Battery Farm For Cows: 8,000 Animals To Be Housed In Milk FactoryA factory farm housing more than 8,000 ‘battery cows’ will be built in the English countryside. Under the controversial plans, Britain’s largest ever dairy herd will be kept in industrial-scale sheds with little access to pasture or sunshine. The cows will be milked around the clock to produce 430,000 pints each day - while their slurry will be recycled to generate power for the national grid.  No room to move: An automatic milking shed The complex is the first ’supersize’ cattle factory planned for Britain and follows growing concerns about the spread of ‘zero-grazing’ farming. Justin Kerswell, of animal rights group Viva, said: ‘This is factory farming - and it blows out of the water the pastoral image the dairy industry likes to portray.’ The £40million farm will be built near Nocton, Lincolnshire, later this year. It will have eight hangars for 8,100 cattle and two 24-hour milking parlours. The animals, fed on fodder, will spend most of their days inside where they will stand and sleep on sand rather than pasture.  And they will be milked three times a day, while a typical dairy cow is milked just twice. Waste will be removed each day and fed into an anaerobic generator to produce enough electricity for more than 2,000 homes. Robert Howard, a farmer behind the Nocton Dairies project, said the farm will be the largest in Western Europe and help the dairy industry compete against imports. ‘Campaigners think cows should be like in the Anchor butter advert, with 50 to 100 cows dancing in a field,’ he said. ‘It is a lovely idea, but not the reality.’ His colleague Peter Wiles said the cows would have access to open pasture when they were not producing milk. The sheds would have open sides, he added. ‘We will have a visitor centre to show the public around,’ he said. ‘We are aiming to have exceptional standards.’ The company’s website played down the industrial scale of the farm, saying: ‘The layout is designed so the cows get plenty of exercise and fresh air. ‘A vet will be on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support the trained dairy staff in their daily inspections of every single cow to check they are healthy and happy.’ But animal campaigners are fighting the plans. Linda Wardale, of the group Vegan Lincs, said the conditions would be akin to ‘ battery farming for cows’. ‘Cows should be in the fields, nibbling on grass, but here they’re going to keep them in sheds,’ she added.  Open air: Campaigners say cows should be free to roam in fields, not in a factory And Patrick Holden, an organic dairy farmer and director of the Soil Association, said the farm was a wake-up call. ‘Will consumers be happy to know that they are drinking the milk from one of 8,100 cows that will never get out to grass?’ he asked. ‘There is also a greater risk of disease - and the spread of new diseases, as we saw with BSE.’ In addition, the move away from family farming would make Britain more vulnerable to rises in energy prices and trade crises, he added. The Nocton Dairies’ farmers hope to have planning permission by the end of next month and milk the first cow by September. Filed under: Cows and Environment       Krishna Dharma dasa, UK: Time for real change"The only constant is change." In this world that is certainly true. Nothing stays the same, not even for a moment. All things are forever moving from one state to another. In the case of political parties and leaders that often seems to be from a state of grace to one of disgrace. Sooner or later we will inevitably tire of them and elect someone else. Those therefore hoping for election often campaign on the word 'change'. "Change we can believe in," was Barack Obama's rallying cry, and now here in the UK the Conservative party are urging us to "Vote for Change." Even Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the recent Labour party conference declared that his party would be the "change makers" for the "many and not the few". It's a good platform. We all want change, an improvement to our present situation. It is a rare person who is content. Most of us are striving to make things better, our finances, job, homes, health, relationships, peace of mind or whatever. It seems to be human nature to be dissatisfied with our lot, no matter how good it may be. What do we really want though? What are we looking for? When will we finally stop struggling to change our lives? According to Vedic wisdom we are trying to get back to our original true nature, which is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge. However, we face an uphill battle as this world is described as being intrinsically the very opposite; temporary, miserable and full of ignorance. Hence science, technology, industry, indeed human endeavour in every field never ceases to embrace change as we strive to attain the unattainable. No matter how hard we try to secure our situation and make it permanent, through building solid houses, good healthcare, strong defences and whatever, eventually everything will fall apart and we ourselves will die. "All valiant dust that builds on dust." We may work hard to achieve a state of uninterrupted bliss, but it will be always marred by the onset of diseases, anxiety, disasters, wars, and an inventive array of miseries we inflict upon one another. And our endeavours to attain knowledge will be never ending, for there is no end to our ignorance. As it is said, the more we know the more we realise we don't know. But we want to know. Information or knowledge - the 'news' - is thrust at us from all sides these days, day and night. It seems we can't get enough. Leaders then have a real struggle on their hands to satisfy the people they lead. Unless, that is, they base their policies upon an understanding of our real spiritual nature, and how we can be restored to that happy condition. This knowledge is given in the Bhagavad-gita. First of all Krishna explains that the main change confronting us is the changing body. It is constantly transforming and bound for ultimate destruction, but the soul, the person within, is not. Through all the external changes the soul remains the same. We all have experience of our body growing through so many stages, but we know that we are still the same person. Knowing this unchanging person is self-realisation, or realising our true nature. That is the change we need, that our leaders should lead us toward; changing our consciousness. Right now we are absorbed in bodily consciousness, identifying with so many temporary designations that pertain only to the destructible body. Hence we suffer, as we also identify with all the miseries that attend the body. It is only when we are free of this false consciousness that we become free of suffering, which means reinstated in our constitutionally joyful condition. We are not meant to suffer, and hence our never ending battle to overcome misery in all its unwanted forms. Leaders always claim that they will somehow alleviate our suffering and increase our happiness, and allured by this promise we give them our vote. But until they understand how to move us toward pure spiritual awareness they will always fall short on their promises. They need only turn to the Gita. Krishna explains that we can attain our spiritual nature by approaching him, the Supreme Spirit. One Vedic text says, "Come out of the darkness and into the light, out of ignorance and into knowledge." Krishna is compared to the brilliant sun and when we approach him the darkness of ignorance and forgetfulness is completely dissipated. Just as the sunlight purifies all contamination so the brilliance of God purifies our contaminated consciousness and we shine forth as our eternal ecstatic selves. How to make such an approach is also explained by Krishna. "Do everything as an offering to me, for my pleasure, while always thinking of me." That's Krishna's campaign slogan. A bit different from the usual message of course, which always entails somehow increasing our own pleasure, but that's the point, before we can please ourselves we need to know who we are. If we are not the changing body there's no point simply trying for bodily pleasure. As eternal beings we are a part of the Supreme, and his pleasure is automatically ours. The closer we get to Krishna the closer we get to our real self, our eternal identities as pure spiritual beings, full of bliss and knowledge. Somehow I doubt that our leaders' enthusiasm for change will encompass any change in consciousness. Except that we become conscious of their undoubted eligibility for our vote. But until they incorporate Krishna's message into their manifestos we will be voting for more of the same, changing only from one state of dissatisfaction to another. Book Distribution News: Secret behind the SecretJadu Thakur Prabhu a devotee in the Brahamchari Trainee group of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty recalls this interesting experience from last year's Marathon: I was distributing books in the train with Pitambar Prabhu, when I saw this man reading a book. He was so absorbed in reading that he just looked up for a split second to see what Pitambar Prabhu was announcing and immediately went back to his book. I edged closer and saw that it was the bestseller, Secrets. I had read an article in BTG about this book. It is about desiring something so badly that eventually the cosmos arranges it for us. Although very simplistic in approach, the book is widely popular. I went to the man and said, "Excuse me sir, may I have a moment, please?" He looked up. "I see that you are very interested in this book. It is nice to see someone so spiritual." He smiled. "But," I continued, "There is a fundamental flaw in this book." "What is it?" he asked. "It ignores a very basic law of this cosmos-the law of karma. You see, so many people in this world want things, some of them really do so desperately-they may even pray for them-yet they do not get them. Do you know similar people from your life?" He pondered for a moment, and then nodded in affirmation. "Why don't they get the things that they so badly desire for?" Everyone wants happiness and no one wants distress. Yet we don't get happiness all the time and we keep on getting distress. Who decides this allocation of joy and sorrow? Is our quota of pain and pleasure destined by some higher authority, or is it under our control?" He was listening intently. "Here is a book," I handed him 'Laws of Nature,' that explains karma in a lucid and simple way. It teaches you the laws that bind us and what is the process that will free us. Give it a try. It will teach you the real secret of success, and even give you a mantra for achieving it." He took the book gave a donation and asked for my phone number. (Text D:2263015) ------------------------------------------- ------- End of Forwarded Message ------ Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: India's Holy Ganges To Get A CleanupBy KRISHNA POKHAREL But perhaps the greatest threat to the devotees who flocked to Haridwar, India, on one of the most auspicious days of the triennial Kumbh Mela festival, was the water itself. The river is intensely polluted with sewage and industrial waste. Water-treatment facilities have been unable to keep up with India's rapid growth, often held back by a shortage of funds and other resources. Now, the spiritually cleansing waters of the Ganges are about to get some cleaning of their own. The Indian government has embarked on a $4 billion campaign to ensure that by 2020 no untreated municipal sewage or industrial runoff enters the 1,560-mile river. Only 31% of municipal sewage in India undergoes treatment, according to the Central Pollution Control Board, a government agency in New Delhi, while the rest gets discharged into the country's rivers, ponds, land and seas, contaminating underground and surface waters. More than 500,000 of the 10.3 million deaths in India in 2004 resulted from waterborne diseases, according to the most recent comprehensive mortality data from the World Health Organization. The filth in the Ganges holds special resonance for this majority-Hindu nation. The Ganges basin supports more than 400 million of India's 1.1 billion people, the majority of whom are Hindus, who revere the river as "mother" and "goddess." The cleanup initiative, which is supported by the World Bank, includes the expansion of traditional treatment facilities and, for the first time in India, the introduction of innovative river-cleaning methods. Veer Bhadra Mishra, a 70-year-old priest and hydraulics engineer in Varanasi, the holy city downstream from Haridwar, has been a prominent advocate of treatment methods used abroad but not yet in India. His plan: to introduce a system to divert sewage and effluents, before they enter the river, to a series of specially designed ponds, for treatment and ultimately to be used use in irrigation or directed back into the river. His efforts were mired in court and by opposition from local bureaucrats. The bureaucrats had a "difference of opinion" with Mr. Mishra about the best way to clean the river, says Ramesh Singh, general manager of Ganga Pollution Control Unit, the local government body charged with running government treatment facilities in Varanasi. Mr. Singh says the technologies already in use were time-tested and reliable, but suffered from a lack of trained manpower and proper infrastructure, and a shortage of funds for equipment maintenance. Last summer, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identified cleaning up the river as a national priority, the government in New Delhi increased funding to operate and maintain conventional treatment facilities, and also approved Mr. Mishra's plan—giving $184,000 to his organization, the Sankat Mochan Foundation, for the design of a new sewage treatment plant. The foundation is working with GO2 Water Inc., a Berkeley, Calif., wastewater-technology company. In the plan, 10.5 million gallons of sewage a day—13% of the daily output from Varanasi's 1.5 million people—will be intercepted daily at the riverbank, and diverted. In a nearby village, water will pass through a series of ponds, where sunlight, gravity, bacteria and microalgae will clean the water. A larger pond system is planned, to process 33% more of the city's sewage. Olivier Culmann/Tendance Floue for The Wall Street Journal GANGA Devout Hindus come from all over to cleanse themselves in the Ganges for the festival of Kumbh Mela, celebrated every three years. The government has started a massive campaign to clean up the polluted river itself. The treatment system "will be the best solution for dealing with huge amount of domestic sewage being discharged into Gangaji and other rivers in India," Mr. Mishra said, using the honorific "ji" with the river's local name, Ganga. In Haridwar, the National Botanical Research Institute is developing a wetland with local species of reeds to absorb the polluting elements from the wastewater, according to U.N. Rai, a scientist heading the project. Other wetlands will be developed in other areas "to ease the current pollution load in the river," Mr. Rai says. The load is heavy. On a recent winter morning in Varanasi, lab technician Gopal Pandey descended the stone stairs of Tulsi Ghat, one of the holy city's 84 bathing platforms, to fetch some Ganges water for testing at the Sankat Mochan Foundation, an organization run by Mr. Mishra. In the laboratory, Mr. Pandey found that each 100 milliliters of the river's waters were laden with 29,000 fecal coliform bacteria, which potentially cause disease. India says a maximum of 500 per 100 milliliters is safe for bathing in the river. Another sample from downstream, after the Ganges meets a tributary carrying a black mass of thick industrial effluents, showed 10 million bacteria—mostly E-coli—in the same amount of river water. Mr. Pandey's verdict: "The pollution is at very, very dangerous level." Write to Krishna Pokharel at krishna.pokharel@wsj.com  Bhakta Chris, New York, USA: No Time: A Disease Of The Common Man
 Hari Sauri das, Mayapura, IN: Australia 1974 — Jet-age parivrajakacaryaIn 1973 Srila Prabhupada had promised to attend the Melbourne Rathayatra. We had built two new rathas, but the main factor in attracting him to come was the prominence of the small Australian yatra in the book distribution listings. Inspired by Buddhimanta prabhu, (seen in this photo from NY July 1976 on the right holding the mrdunga)
the Australians were leading the world in their attempts to spread Krsna consciousness and Srila Prabhupada therefore promised to attend the 1973 Rathayatra. Unfortunately he got sick in India and had to cancel: My Dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 29, 1973 and have noted the contents carefully. So, everything is going on so nicely there. So many books are being distributed. There are good prospects for a new temple. You are going to introduce three rathas this year for Rathayatra. This is all very pleasing and inspiring to me. I would very much like to come there for Rathayatra, but now I am not in very good health, and it is the opinion of Tamal Krsna Maharaja, Bhavananda Maharaja, Jayapataka Maharaja and Jagadisa that it is best for me if I stay here for now so that I may get my health back. However, you may again invite me next year and, if Krsna wants, I will surely come there. Thank you very much. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Madhudvisa – Mayapur 12 June, 1973 Letter to: Madhudvisa – Mayapur 12 June, 1973 My Dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 29, 1973 and have noted the contents carefully. So, everything is going on so nicely there. So many books are being distributed. There are good prospects for a new temple. You are going to introduce three rathas this year for Rathayatra. This is all very pleasing and inspiring to me. I would very much like to come there for Rathayatra, but now I am not in very good health, and it is the opinion of Tamal Krsna Maharaja, Bhavananda Maharaja, Jayapataka Maharaja and Jagadisa that it is best for me if I stay here for now so that I may get my health back. However, you may again invite me next year and, if Krsna wants, I will surely come there. Thank you very much.” Srila Prabhupada kept his promise the following year: Letter to: Madhudvisa – Bombay 6 April, 1974 “I am presently fixing a traveling schedule for visiting Paris, France in the second week of May. Then I will visit, Geneva, Rome, Stockholm, and three or four cities in Germany, each place for no more than four or five days. So since I will not have to return to India until August, after Europe I can go to Australia for your Rathayatra if you can purchase our tickets. You can reply to me here in Bombay until the second week of May, when we shall go to Paris.” Letter to: Jayatirtha – Bombay 5 May, 1974 “Regarding your invitation that I attend the Rathayatra festival in San Francisco, on July 7th, it is possible that I may attend depending on when I finish my European tour. I am due to arrive in Rome on May 23, then after a week Geneva, the Paris and possible Stockholm, Germany and England. If there is time I can fly directly from Europe to Los Angeles and go to the festival, then as you suggest, go to Australia Rathayatra via Hawaii. This is known as jet-age parivrajakacarya.” He flew into Melbourne on June 25 1974 for his fourth trip to Australia with his secretary Satsvarupa Das Goswami. This time he only visited Melbourne whereas for his first three trips he had visited Sydney as well. The Rathayatra on June 29 was glorious and Srila Prabhupada, after joining up with the rathas in the main city square, walked the whole route, terminating at the Royal Exhibition Gardens.
above: Srila Prabhupada dances before the 15′ high murti of Lord Caitanya; Gopinatha Acarya plays kartalas
on the parade: Buddhimanta’s forehead; Bhakta “Greek” George; Srila Prabhupada with secretary Satsvarupa das Goswami behind; my first wife Mohini-sakti dasi The full glorious account of the parade, and Srila Prabhupada’s visit, is narrated by Kurma prabhu in his excellent book “The Great Transcendental Adventure.” The rathas were taken right inside the main hall and Srila Prabhupada delivered his address from his vyasasana on the ratha.
Satsvarupa Maharaja, Srila Prabhupada and Madhudvisa Swami
Apart from the Rathayatra, Srila Prabhupada followed his normal routine during his visit, going on walks in the Botanical Gardens
Madhudvisa Swami; Sabhapati dasa; ?; Antaratma dasa; Srila Prabhupada
Bhutanatha dasa; Srila Prabhupada; Satya dasi and lecturing each morning at the temple at 14 Burnett Street, St. Kilda
He also gave some wonderful lectures at several outside venues, such as this one at Ormond Hall Prahran
Srila Prabhupada; Ugrasrava dasa
I particularly remember the Ormond Hall engagement, which was held the day after the Rathayatra because the string broke on Srila Prabhupada’s karatals. Madhudvisa Swami, who was leading the kirtana, noticed and immediately handed Prabhupada his own kartals. He took a set of ‘whompers’ from me and gave me Srila Prabhupada’s karatals to re-string, all the while keeping the kirtana going. Srila Prabhupada noted his smooth management and mentioned it in a subsequent letter: Letter to: Madhudvisa – Vrindaban 18 September, 1974 My Dear Madhudvisa Swami Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 3rd, 1974 and have noted the contents. I have also received the enclosed pictures of the proposed house. I am thinking that you are a very sincere devotee. I am remembering that during my recent visit there in Australia how during the kirtana you were seeing to my personal and not letting anybody come forward and still leading the kirtana. When you begin the chanting, everybody becomes captivated, and you can go on without stopping. I feel happy that even after my departure, things will go on. I am happy that I have got so many sincere devotees who will carry on. That is my happiness. I like Australia very much because of your book distribution. So sell books and secure money and purchase the house and pay BBT conveniently. …” As for my own service, I was so spaced out that I failed to re-string Srila Prabhupada’s karatals and instead I simply kept them in my locker at the temple, procrastinating about the matter. One or two days later Srila Prabhupada was still waiting for his karatals to be returned and I had to ignominiously hand them back, the job still not done. Gouranga TV: Hare Krishna Kirtan – Aindra Das – Vrindavan – 9-11-2009 Part 3/3Hare Krishna Kirtan - Aindra Das - Vrindavan - 9-11-2009 Part 1/3Subido por gaura79 el 17/02/2010Aindra kirtan at ISKCON Krishna Balaram Mandir. Hare Krishna Kirtan - Aindra Das - Vrindavan - 9-11-2009 Part 2/3Subido por gaura79 el 17/02/2010Aindra kirtan at ISKCON Krishna Balaram Mandir. Hare Krishna Kirtan - Aindra Das - Vrindavan - 9-11-2009 Part 3/3Subido por gaura79 el 17/02/2010Aindra kirtan at ISKCON Krishna Balaram Mandir. Hare Krishna Kirtan – Aindra Das – Vrindavan – 9-11-2009 Part 3/3 More Recent Articles
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