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- Sita-pati dasa, AU: Slideshow: Madhava at Urban Yoga
- Dandavats.com: The Boys Summer Trip 2010 - Devotional Summer Tour for Boys
- Dandavats.com: St. Patrick's day London Parade
- Sita-pati dasa, AU: Live Stream: Melbourne 12 hour kirtan festival
- H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Ogo-ogo
- H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: The "crime"
- H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Photos from the Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama
- H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama
- H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Some photos of the Ogo-ogo's
- ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Aniruddha Prabhu
- Kirtan Australia.com: Live Stream: 12 hour kirtan in Melbourne
- HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '402' from The Yellow Submarine
- HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'At Juhu Beach' from The Yellow Submarine
- Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Srila Prabhupada in the lower planets
- Namahatta.org: WSN January 2010 - World Sankirtan Newsletter
- H.H. Sivarama Swami: Returning to New Vraja-dhama and appreciating its wonders
- Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: Let us do something about human civilization
- Book Distribution News: Let us do something about human civilization
- Japa Group: Meaning of the Mantra
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
- Sankirtana das, USA: A Pre-Conference Workshop
- Sita-pati dasa, AU: Kirtan Concert Live Stream: Janardana, Mallika, Madhava
- H.H. Sivarama Swami
- Kaunteya das, Mayapura: Home-based sankirtaneros
- Gouranga TV: Trivikrama Swami 2006 POLAND
- Gaura Sakti das & Adi Radhika dd, New Vraja Dham, Hungary: The easter rabbits appeared :)
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Sita-pati dasa, AU: Slideshow: Madhava at Urban Yoga
Check out a slideshow of Madhava's kirtan at Urban Yoga in Melbourne here.
Dandavats.com: The Boys Summer Trip 2010 - Devotional Summer Tour for Boys
Jaya Radhe dasi: The Boys Summer Trip is a five to six week trip for boys ages 12-15 that visits ISKCON Temples and Ratha Yatras around the United States and Canada. The program focuses on helping boys develop a Krsna Conscious identity and vaisnava qualities, building friendships, and providing opportunities for devotional service.
Dandavats.com: St. Patrick's day London Parade
By Parasuram das
This was the first year the devotees got involved in St. Patrick's day parade London. It was a major success and we plan to bring the Rathayatra cart for next year - with a green canopy.
Sita-pati dasa, AU: Live Stream: Melbourne 12 hour kirtan festival
Head on over to Kirtan Australia.com to check out the live stream of the Melbourne 12 hour kirtan festival.
H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Ogo-ogo
Dear devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am now on a plane, flying from Bali back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Then later tonight I'll fly to Johannesburg, and then in the morning from there to Cape Town. I last wrote to you from Auckland, where I was visiting my 91 [...]
H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: The "crime"
Dear devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I last wrote a few days ago, but I thought I would write again as one particular incident has occurred which was quite important. I flew to Kuala Lumpur on the 27th morning, and arrived there around 6am local time. The 28th of course was Gaura [...]
H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Photos from the Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama
H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama
Dear devotees, Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The GBC meetings have come and gone, and some interesting things happened. Two devotees were approved to take sannyasa - Devamrita prabhu from Chowpatty (who used to be the Temple President in Vrindavana) and Nitai Caitanya prabhu from Russia. One of our South African devotees, Campakalata [...]
H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Some photos of the Ogo-ogo's
ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Aniruddha Prabhu
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.19.8 - The power of association.
Kirtan Australia.com: Live Stream: 12 hour kirtan in Melbourne
April 11 we will be broadcasting the 12 hour kirtan festival from 10am – 10pm Melbourne time on Kirtan Australia Internet Radio.
Current Time in Melbourne:
10.00 – 12.00am – Madhava Das
12.00 – 12.30am – Radhika Dasi
12.30 – 1.00pm – Stoka Krsna
1.00 – 1.30pm- Jada Bharat
1.30 – 2.00pm- Prem Yogi
2.00 – 2.30pm -Vraja Dhama
2.30 – 3.00pm -Krshnapada
3.00 – 3.30pm- Sita Pati
3.30 – 4.00pm -Vara Datri Radha
4.00 – 4.30pm- Kanapathy
4.30 – 5.00pm-Kundalata
5.00 – 5.30pm-Aniruddha
5.30 – 6.30pm-Janardana
6.30 – 7.00pm-Bhakti Lata
7.00 – 7.30pm Gaura Arati & Nrisimhadeva Prayers –World Sankirtan Party
7.30 – 8.00pm – Mallika
8.00-10.00pm- Madhava das
HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '402' from The Yellow Submarine
4:20 A.M
I was able to get up at 2:30 and chant my rounds, mechanically. There are many good things you can say generically about the chanting of the holy name. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss. It wipes away the dirty mirror of the self by which we cannot see our clear soul. It is an extremely accessible practice, as easy as can be. It has all the potencies of Krishna Himself and just by chanting Hare Krishna you can disentangle yourself from maya. It is the only method for God realization in this age of Kali. These are all the good things and there are many more about chanting, and no doubt I benefit from bits of them. But from my side the chanting of Hare Krishna is like "the girl next door" whom I adore but whom affection for me doesn't show. I do adore her but she does ignore me, the girl next door. When can I attract her? We are told I don't have to have great power of sastric knowledge or be a pure Vaisnava in all areas. All I have to do is chant sincerely and I will attract the name next door, so close and yet so far.
How can I ignore
my performance
of harinama so close?
I should score well
but instead I fall,
and she doesn't look
my way. But because
she live so close and
is so attractive I won't
give up my chase.
I talk a good game
about my love for name
but so far
the magic hasn't happened.
I'll still pursue
her without spare and maybe
my attentive love will come.
HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'At Juhu Beach' from The Yellow Submarine
Another merry walk on Juhu Beach. Although Dr Patel is speaking opposition to Prabhupada's pure conclusions, his disciples are laughing because Dr Patel is being trounced. He is mere child's play for Prabhupada. We don't like his walking with us but because Prabhupada is so nonplussed we can't help but find it enjoyable as when your baseball team smashes the other team. He thinks the Absolute is impersonal and all of India's popular sadhus are right in their opinions. Prabhupada controls the talk and crushes him in such a way that Dr Patel is simultaneously frustrated, angry and honored to be paid attention by the greatest guru in the world.
Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Srila Prabhupada in the lower planets
Jayantakrid das: I remember also asking Nitai, who was Prabhupada's secretary at that time, "Did Prabhupada mention where he would go next life for preaching?" Nitai told me, "Prabhupada said he would go on the lower planets to preach in the next birth." That was the most far-out thing. He said very clearly, "Prabhupada said he would go in the lower planets to preach the message of Krishna."
Does anyone else remember Srila Prabhupada saying this?
Namahatta.org: WSN January 2010 - World Sankirtan Newsletter
By Vijaya das
Hare Krsna Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Many devotees are now returning from India after their pilgrimage to the
holy dhama. Srila Prabhupada wanted the sankirtan devotees to go to
India to get inspiration and then go back to their countries with
greater strength to spread the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. We had nice sankirtan meetings in Mayapur, with devotees
from Russia (Ambarish Prabhu), Italy (Anakadundubhi Prabhu) , Finland
(Tatvavad
Prabhu), England (Vishvambhara Prabhu), and the USA (Paramesvara and myself)
giving inspiring talks about book distribution. Radhanatha Swami, Devamrta
Swami, and Gopal Krsna Maharaja also blessed us with their realizations
during
the sankirtan seminars.
H.H. Sivarama Swami: Returning to New Vraja-dhama and appreciating its wonders
Also asking for devotees' patience this year while completing NVM.
Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: Let us do something about human civilization
On the whole the whole human civilization is not being given a chance to know the value of life and how to conduct life. It is the first time, that we are giving the real idea of life. Otherwise whole world is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim. They do not know what is the end of life. Adanta... Matir na krsne paratah svato va. Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vyasadeva's real contribution... Ajanatah, lokasyajanato vidvams cakre satvata-samhitam [SB 1.7.6]. He has given the right direction. And they are not taking advantage of it. If they come to sense some day, they'll read all these books, and they will come to know how to live life. That is our contribution, Krsna consciousness. The whole world plunged into darkness. They do not know what is life and what is the aim of life. That's a fact. Periodically, they manufacture some ideas, and people will follow, and then it is failure, and again another revolution. They are..., the Russian philosophy, that periodically revolution required. That is also to some extent. But why revolution? Take the standard. They do not know what is the standard. Hari-sauri: That means they're always imperfect. Prabhupada: Imperfect, surely. Let us do something about it.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Conversation -- January 2, 1977, Bombay
Book Distribution News: Let us do something about human civilization
On the whole the whole human civilization is not being given a chance to know the value of life and how to conduct life. It is the first time, that we are giving the real idea of life. Otherwise whole world is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim. They do not know what is the end of life. Adanta... Matir na krsne paratah svato va. Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vyasadeva's real contribution... Ajanatah, lokasyajanato vidvams cakre satvata-samhitam [SB 1.7.6]. He has given the right direction. And they are not taking advantage of it. If they come to sense some day, they'll read all these books, and they will come to know how to live life. That is our contribution, Krsna consciousness. The whole world plunged into darkness. They do not know what is life and what is the aim of life. That's a fact. Periodically, they manufacture some ideas, and people will follow, and then it is failure, and again another revolution. They are..., the Russian philosophy, that periodically revolution required. That is also to some extent. But why revolution? Take the standard. They do not know what is the standard. Hari-sauri: That means they're always imperfect. Prabhupada: Imperfect, surely. Let us do something about it.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Conversation -- January 2, 1977, Bombay
Japa Group: Meaning of the Mantra
Hare Krsna my dear devotees, I hope your week of chanting has been peaceful and you have been able to concentrate on the sound of the holy names. Once someone asked about the meaning of the holy names and Srila Prabhupada said its like a prayer to Krsna saying "Oh Lord please engage me in your devotional service". This is so powerful and if we think of the meaning of these words we may understand that means surrender, means we are thinking of the Lord and not in our own sense gratification, our own material desires and personal needs - we are thinking of how we could improve our service in order to satisfy the Lord, also we are accepting more and more service to His lotus feet.We sometimes maybe offer to Krsna many prayers but we need to mean them, to really make them with our hearts and engage our senses on that too. Here is a prayer asking for service from the Sri Sanatkumar Samhita:
"O Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, you are like two great oceans of mercy. Please be merciful to me. I take shelter of you. I surrender to you. Please engage me, a sinner and offender, in your service."Sri Sanatkumar Samhita 5
Chanting is a great service, when we chant we invite Krsna and Radha to our hearts and offer Them our service, our senses, our time, our voice and our love so They can take care of our whole life and engage us like They want to. This means we are surrended and we have complete faith the Lord will be there for us, to protect us any time in any situation we are in and we accept anything They give us. When we achieve this stage of complete faith we may understand our position as eternal servants and advance to pure chanting as our goal of life.
I pray so I can be blessed by the vaisnavas to be able to achieve this level and through strong faith I maybe serve the Lord much better than I do now.
your servant,
Aruna devi
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1970 April 10: "As soon as a center is opened it gives me Vaikuntha bliss. Such news is life-giving ambrosia, so the more you open branches, the more I increase my duration of life. Go on opening nice branches as many as possible."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1972 April 10: "I am very much puzzled by the whole business. You have passed so many resolutions and made so many other changes. Therefore I have not approved of it, and I have suspended the GBC."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1972 April 10: "Now I have given you everything, but I do not see that even the basic principles of advancement are there and instead we become carried away by big big talk. So I am still thinking how things will go on."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1966 April 10:
"Sasthi. Today the whole day I remained at Paul's loft and did not go out. Today I am working on Cohen's big Royal Typewriter and it is very good for hard working. Paul is impressed with my mission in America."
Prabhupada Journal :: 1966
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1969 April 10: "I eulogize your attempt for improving the Center. Do it very nicely, and when I go there I shall see that you have done so much for Krishna Consciousness."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1974 April 10: "So many criticisms he alleges you are making. This is not good. Let them work peacefully. This fighting spirit will ruin our great movement."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1975 April 10: "The process of opening a center somewhere is that we go there and hold classes for one week on the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and if the people like, then we'll open a center."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1975 April 10: "I am very glad that you have come forward, one of the leaders of the community. Our ideology is standard. It is not anything new, but it is very old. It is not anything concocted."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
Sankirtana das, USA: A Pre-Conference Workshop
If your coming to the Festival of Inspiration you might consider arriving a day earlier for my workshop. Whether you're in theater or interested in storytelling or are a workshop presenter or want to enhance your preaching, this workshop has something for you.
The Dramatic Edge
A workshop for those interested in utilizing the dramatic arts
In this one day intensive participants will explore the essentials of the dramatic arts - voice, gesture, movement. You will walk away with some solid techniques for learning and improving your performance or presentations, making your points by strengthening the voice and pronunciation, engaging the imagination of the audience, and understanding the power of the age old art of storytelling. We'll also discuss promoting yourself and your work. Five hours of personal and professional growth.
BIO: In college Sankirtana majored in Theater and Film. Since 1975 he engaged in writing, acting and directing scriptural dramas, taking productions to Off-B'way, colleges, temples and special events. In the past 15 years he has focused exclusively on offering dramatic storytelling programs and workshops to schools, colleges, churches, libraries, museums and conferences, including the 2006 National Storytelling Conference and 2000 Religious Communications Conference. He is also the recipient of a West Virginia Artist Fellowship Award.
Thursday, May 6
Morning session: 10:30 – 1 and continues after lunch: 2:30 - 5
Fee: $30
For further info or to reserve a spot, contact me at story108@juno or
304 845 6840 and www.sacredvoices.com
APPRECIATIONS
"Sankirtana Das is my storytelling guru." Sacinandana Swami
"Over the years, Sankirtana Das has coached me on a variety of pieces, that led to my landing parts and also getting into college, where I studied acting. More importantly, he was the first to introduce me to the concept of technique and stress its importance, in turn helping to shape my approach to all my work." Halavah Sofsky, Actor/Filmmaker, NYC
"Sankirtana is a gold mine for anyone digging in the storytelling field. In addition, he is well equipped to provide the necessary tools for any prospector of tales. He has been my storytelling coach over the past ten years and has helped me tremendously. I have attended his workshops and have received private instruction as well. He offers a mix of humor, honest constructive criticism and knowledge of the art of storytelling. I enthusiastically recommend his services for anyone interested in developing their storytelling and writing skills." Kripamaya Das, Musician/Storyteller, West Virginia
"Although I've been writing and periodically telling stories for years, Sankirtana's expert guidance has taken my creative abilities to a whole other level. His mentorship has been invaluable. Over two decades of performing, writing, and teaching have given Andy the insight a master has of his subject, inside out and outside in. He recently helped this attached writer to learn to edit her work from an initially wordy and heavy script into an effective and fast moving tale that sacrificed none of the emotional content. What a difference this process has made in my ability to communicate in a compact and effective manner. THANK-YOU SANKIRTANA SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!" Harinam DD, Storyteller/Writer, Flordia
Sita-pati dasa, AU: Kirtan Concert Live Stream: Janardana, Mallika, Madhava
You can listen to it Saturday April 10 5pm - 9pm on Kirtan Australia Internet Radio.
April 11 we will be broadcasting the 12 hour kirtan festival from 10am - 10pm.
Current Time in Melbourne:
H.H. Sivarama Swami
The Lord is pleased only if one has unflinching, unalloyed devotion to Him.
Without sincere devotional service, everything is simply a show.- Prahlada Maharaja
Kaunteya das, Mayapura: Home-based sankirtaneros
I received, with pleasure, the news that Navina Nirada Prabhu - accompanied
The flyer, in Spanish, specifies that the expected audience is the
by Hanuman Prabhu - will hold a book distribution seminar in Lima, Peru on
April 16-18.
Bhakti-vriksha groups, other congregational members and the regular book
distributors (sankirtaneros). This news made me think of how, in the past, such book distribution seminars
tended to focus on the full-time book distributors. The realization appears
to have now dawned that the largest book distribution force for ISKCON is
constituted by home-based devotees. Just this morning I was doing some editing of the yearly Srila Prabhupada
Vyasa-puja offering from the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, in
which the writer - Mahaprabhu Caitanya Prabhu - quotes the purport to Sri
Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya-lila, 7.128, where Srila Prabhupada concludes
his commentary saying that "one should stay at home, chant the Hare Krishna
mantra and preach the instructions of Krishna as they are given in the
Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam." We, as a movement, are gradually getting to the point of grasping the import
of such crucial instruction, and the seminar in Lima is a welcome addition
in this cultural process of realignment with Srila Prabhupada's vision.
Gouranga TV: Trivikrama Swami 2006 POLAND
Trivikrama Swami 2006 POLAND
Gaura Sakti das & Adi Radhika dd, New Vraja Dham, Hungary: The easter rabbits appeared :)
As we were strolling around Somogyvamos, to our surprise, we noticed the easter rabbit couple sitting on the corner of the road surrounded by a flowery garden! Surely, Hladini couldnt keep herself but jump into the garden.
First we investigated what are in their laps, then we touched the rabbits carefully, may they be real??
Everyone liked this surprise, we laughed and made a photo. Here is our easter souvenir from Hungary
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