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  1. The Loft, Auckland, NZ: Vegetarian Cooking Class
  2. The Loft, Auckland, NZ: Priceless Pleasure & Free Spirits
  3. Kurma dasa, AU: Life's a Beach, and Then You Cook
  4. Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Srila Prabhupada's books are better than his speeches
  5. ISKCON News.com: Iceland's Farmers Try to Save Herds From Toxic Ash
  6. Bhakti Lata, Alachua, USA: Let It Be
  7. HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '420' from The Yellow Submarine
  8. ISKCON News.com: Censoring of 'South Park' Episode Underscores Struggle to Balance Rights
  9. HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Playing the Gong' from The Yellow Submarine
  10. HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Holding on Krishna' from The Yellow Submarine
  11. HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'The Kirtana Dance' from The Yellow Submarine
  12. ISKCON News.com: Obama Wants Supreme Court Nominee Who Supports Abortion
  13. ISKCON News.com: Has Noah's Ark Been Discovered on a Turkish Mountain?
  14. ISKCON News.com: US Position Could Pose Problems For GM-Free Labeling
  15. ISKCON News.com: Dreams 'Can Help With Learning'
  16. Srila Prabhupada's Letters
  17. Srila Prabhupada's Letters
  18. Srila Prabhupada's Letters
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  22. Srila Prabhupada's Letters
  23. Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Powwow Dancing
  24. Nityananda Chandra Das, Dallas TX: my latest twitter updates 5
  25. Kurma dasa, AU: Getting it Right
  26. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: 18th Annual Astaprahar (24-Hour Kirtan)
  27. Akrura das, Gita Coaching: Vaisnava Etiquette
  28. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Bhakta David asks
  29. Mukunda Charan das, SA: The Secret Of All Secrets
  30. Gauranga Kishore das,USA: Dawkins and Hitchens lead a campaign to arrest the Pope!
  31. Japa Group: Keep Going For The Quality
  32. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Kesava Bharati Maharaja's arrival and greeting in New Vraja-dhama
  33. H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Visit to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, by Gauranga Das
  34. H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Monday, April 26th, 2010
  35. H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Sunday, April 25th, 2010
  36. Mayapur Online: Bhakti Vedanta Music School Inauguration
  37. Mayapur Online: Food For Life Magic-True Story
  38. Akrura das, Gita Coaching: PROPER USE OF INTELLIGENCE
  39. Dandavats.com: Govindadvipa Parikrama
  40. Dandavats.com: Departure of a servant of the servant…….
  41. Gouranga TV: Bhajan – New Year's Eve 2010 – Rupa Madhurya das
  42. Akrura das, Gita Coaching: Stool Cleaner
  43. More Recent Articles
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The Loft, Auckland, NZ: Vegetarian Cooking Class

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Kurma dasa, AU: Life's a Beach, and Then You Cook

Kurma Class at Mangrove:

One of my attendees blogged her recent attendance at a class of mine.

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Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Srila Prabhupada's books are better than his speeches

In discussing with His Divine Grace I summarized your desire to have access to all of the many tapes which Golden Avatar has for the purpose of transcribing them into rough manuscript form to be published later on as cross references or in some other form. His Divine Grace was not very enthusiastic at all about this idea. Srila Prabhupada commented, "This is not necessary. My books are sufficient. Let all of my disciples read my books. This idea is over-burden. It will mean too many readings. Let them read whatever is there and digest it. Everything I have wanted to say I have said in my books. This will only be superfluous. Tell him to concentrate on reading my books, not on studying such transcriptions. Does he think he will find something else in these transcriptions that are not in my books?"

...Actually you should know that Prabhupada's books are better than his speeches. This is because He concentrates tremendously and chooses each word when he writes these books. This is not my opinion but he himself has said this to me.

Letter from TKG, 770720

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ISKCON News.com: Iceland's Farmers Try to Save Herds From Toxic Ash

By Carlo Piovano on 28 Apr 2010
Farmers across the region where the volcano erupted this month under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier have been scrambling to protect their herds from inhaling or ingesting the ash.
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Bhakti Lata, Alachua, USA: Let It Be

Several nights ago I took a japa walk along the temple road. My mind was on my spiritual master, Radhanath Swami, and I wished that I could be wherever he was.

I turned a bend in the road where the trees parted, and the universe unfolded above me to glitter in breathtaking silence. I halted in my footsteps, stunned. Suddenly, a wave of helplessness washed over me:

I miss my spiritual master, I miss Radhanath Swami, but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. Nothing. He's across the world... as far as the moon... and I'm here. 


So I stood there under the stars, just stood there. Then I knelt to the ground and buried my head in my hands.

And I realized that that was a glimpse of how I will feel when my spiritual master leaves this world.
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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '420' from The Yellow Submarine

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4.10 AM

I woke up at 2 AM and spoke with Narayana for awhile. My chanting was sleepy. My eyeballs were heavy. But I pushed on and didn't stop chanting. But with sleepy eyes you can't keep focused attention on Hare and Krishna. You're in a kind of daze. I stopped and took a break and washed my face. I pushed on through the jungle, keeping a good numerical pace. I've chanted fourteen rounds. But they weren't fervent rounds. I chanted the best I could but was hampered by heavy eyes. Of course it counts in my favor that I've chanted almost sixteen rounds, but if I could have been thinking of Krishna and Radha, it would have counted much more. I will try to do better.

Heavy eyeballs in japa,
he doesn't know the reason
why. It's purely physical,
an impediment of drowse.
But if you were a little kid
at the circus, you would have
been wide awake. You have
no good excuse.
You only hope you'll
do better when you
chant again. You have
to do better or you
will die in your chair.
Try harder, you can
do it, make a
better effort.

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ISKCON News.com: Censoring of 'South Park' Episode Underscores Struggle to Balance Rights

By Scott Collins and Matea Gold for Los Angeles Times on 22 Apr 2010
After an ominous warning from a radical Muslim website, the network that airs the program bleeped out all references to the Prophet Muhammad.
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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Playing the Gong' from The Yellow Submarine

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Prabhupada Smaranam

Prabhupada playing the gong at Vyasasana at Krishna Balarama Mandir.

You are playing the gong. It has a high tinny sound, not as melodious as the karatalas. But it crashes loudly for the leading of the entire kirtana group. Prabhupada played it with the steady rhythm. The wooden mallet strokes resound on the lower part of the gong and make it heard throughout the hall. Prabhupada leads the kirtana of Jaya Radha Madhava Kunjabihari. He refreshes our memory to the time when Sukadeva Goswami spoke to Maharaja Pariksit when the king had only seven days to live. The king had insulted the yogi, and his son cursed the king that he should die in seven days. Prabhupada leads the singing and then gives the lecture. He speaks on all the sections of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is in Vrindavana which Prabhupada said was his residence. It is Vrindavana where he lived after he took sannyasa in the early years and where he printed the first three volumes of the Srimad-Bhagavatam comprising  the First Canto. Now he lectures in many different sections of the Bhagavatam and his disciples come to see him from different parts of the world. Prabhupada is always in Vrindavana. He plays the gong like this all over the world. He withdraws within himself and meditates on Radha and Krishna as he sings Jaya Radha Madhava Kunjabihari. And he lectures on all the sections of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lecturing and singing in Vrindavana is special, but he is universal and carries this mood with him wherever he goes. He is the founder acarya of ISKCON. He plays the gong.

His mouth is shut. His eyes are shut. He is deep within. The two lions astride the vyasasana attack and kill the mayavadi impersonalists. He is not silent. He rings the gong.

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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Holding on Krishna' from The Yellow Submarine

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It's possible to make this material
kingdom a kind of Vaikuntha
if we all act in service
to Krishna, but it doesn't seem
likely in Kali-yuga.
The only yajna possible is sankirtana,
the widespread chanting of His holy
names and acting in accord
with His rules and regulations.

Krishna, Lord, please save
us from calamity. Give us
the intelligence to work
for Your cause. If only ten percent
can take up the chanting the
nightmare can be changed to
a decent place to live.

I pray to be with You in all
the places You send me
and let me take shelter
of You and extend that
shelter to others. Today
is another crucial day,
and I don't know what
may happen. But I
pray to stay close to You
reciting the mantras in
my mind when
I'm in the CAT scan and
when I have to meet
destiny as you have arranged it.

Let me do my part. Let me not
fall away. I want to keep
the strong rhythm of the
heart, fingers like
Charlie Mingus's bass
pulsing for You without
hesitation or fear.
Let me be Yours.

That I am older should
not slow me down but
make me grip tighter
to Your hand.


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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'The Kirtana Dance' from The Yellow Submarine

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Free write

 Boy and girl dancing in kirtana.

In the strict religious-social system of India boys and girls are not allowed to participate together in spiritual functions. When Prabhupada came to America in 1966 he found that many boys and girls were coupled up. They attended his programs together, especially in California. Prabhupada made a revolutionary move. He told his students that they should not live together as boyfriends and girlfriends, but they should get married. It was unorthodox for a bona fide spiritual master to perform marriages, but Prabhupada went ahead and did it for the purpose of spreading Lord Caitanya's movement. But he told his married couples they should engage in sexual intercourse only for the purpose of conceiving children.

In this picture the boy and girl are not embracing but they are enjoying spiritual ecstasy by taking part in the vigorous kirtana. In this way they are associating together but not engaged in sense gratification. At first Prabhupada was proud of his householder couples. He saw them as double power, two preachers serving together in his movement. They made the mission more accessible to other couples, and they satisfied their natural desire for a man-woman relationship but within spiritual restrictions. When sporadic divorces started occurring and couples became lax in their spiritual behavior, Prabhupada grew somewhat disillusioned with his matchmaking. He stopped personally performing the marriage ceremonies, but he never stopped allowing them. The majority of Hare Krishna members are married couples with children and the predominant way of life is for couples to live outside of temple asramas in apartments or houses of their own with the spouses earning money in outside jobs. The celibates, the brahmacaris and sannyasis, who live in the asrama constitute the minority of the membership. According to a questionnaire taken of Hare Krishna members in the 1990s, the householders perform their sadhana or spiritual practices on a level equal to those who live in the temples. A devotee is not judged as inferior or superior according to his or her sex or marriage status. Narottama das Thakura composed a song with a line "Whether he be a householder or a sannyasi I want to associate with that person who chants the name of Gauranga."

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ISKCON News.com: Obama Wants Supreme Court Nominee Who Supports Abortion

By Anne E. Kornblut and Robert Barnes for The Washington Post on 22 Apr 2010
President Obama said that it is "very important" to have a justice who interprets the Constitution as protecting individual rights, including women's.
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ISKCON News.com: Has Noah's Ark Been Discovered on a Turkish Mountain?

By Claire McNeilly for Belfast Telegraph on 28 Apr 2010
Seeing definitely is believing for a group of 15 religious explorers who claim to have uncovered a jaw-dropping glimpse into biblical times.
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ISKCON News.com: US Position Could Pose Problems For GM-Free Labeling

By Caroline Scott-Thomas for Food Navigator USA on 22 Apr 2010
More than 80 food processing, farming and consumer organizations have called on officials to revise the US position on draft Codex food labeling guidance, saying it could cause problems for labeling food as GM-free.
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ISKCON News.com: Dreams 'Can Help With Learning'

BBC News on 23 Apr 2010
Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory - as long as you dream, scientists say.
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1966 April 28:
"Navami. Expenses Paul paid $1.00. Today I brought all things from 72nd Street to Paul's loft."
Prabhupada Journal :: 1966

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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1966 April 28: "Last month there was a theft in my room, my typewriter and tape recorder and some books were stolen. The American people have every thing in ample and still there are thieves for want of character. That is the way of material nature."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1966

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1969 April 28: "Develop the house into a students residence. At a fixed up time there should be lectures and kirtana. If the students take part, they will take Krishna consciousness up and if our prasadam program is also introduced, that will also be great impetus."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

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1970 April 28: "Regarding their dogmatic insistence, everyone thinks like that, so if one is not prepared to advance more, it is better to avoid them. If one is limited by formulas only, he is described as an animal bound up by the master and unable to move beyond the length of the chain. So we are concerned only with people who are not chained by anything."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

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1974 April 28: "Those who pretend they have already attained perfection are sahajiya, simply imitation. This early rising, holding classes, going out regularly for sankirtana, worshiping the deity, they are the very substance of our devotional life."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

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1974 April 28: "I am very very proud of you both as you have given up everything and gone to a far away part of the world just on my order to carry out the will of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, that the chanting of the Holy Name be heard in every town and village."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

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1974 April 28: "As for political speaking, our main message is that people should elect pure God Conscious leaders. If anywhere they will take seriously the principles of Bhagavad gita As It Is, that will be America. We are getting good response and there is every prospect that we may capture some political post."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

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Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Powwow Dancing

Back when I was growing up I loved to dance but white guys weren't part of Native American culture then so I joined the Hare Krishnas instead for the dancing.

Here are some powwow videos. FYI, in competition dancing if any part of your costume falls off you are disqualified. If you don't stop completely on the final beat you are disqualified.

When we lived free on the prairies first the Grass Dancers would come out and smooth the arena:

Men's Traditional:

The younger guys like Fancy Dancing:

The women also like to dance. Here is a Fancy Shawl Dance:


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Nityananda Chandra Das, Dallas TX: my latest twitter updates 5

"I hate it when you are with MC Hammer and he wont let you touch anything!!" RT from Katelyn [05:07:47]

Sri Sri Chhota Radha Kalachandji back in Dallas after 30 years http://bit.ly/9kFT1Y[01:50:06]

Sri Sri Chhota Radha Kalachandji back in Dallas after 30 years http://flic.kr/p/7WkHpo[00:45:10]

Performed a benedicting ceremony today @the temple for a Unitarian who lost his 30yr old wife to Lupus disease.We served prasad to everyone [04:36:40]

wrote a new blog Not Bollywood Bhishma: A few weeks ago we had a wonderful time due the visit of His Holiness Gun... http://bit.ly/cXn8jF [18:36:49]

"Each and every star means they are different planetary system" http://bit.ly/byOFCg 1974/06/06 Geneva, Bhagavad-gita 13.35 -Prabhupada [14:07:19]

Did a temple tour for Jordan who is Miss Irving future Miss Texas.She was very attracted to Bhakti,the practice of fully devoting one to God [23:16:32]

Krsna is Saksi ceta kevalo nirgunas ca, the pure conscious witness who is free from the control of the modes of nature-Gopal Tapani Upanisad [23:34:10]

Studying for Bhagavad Gita class at 7pm http://bit.ly/dr2XwS text me if you have any questions. [22:38:56]

Indians Knew the Laws of Gravity 500Years Before Newton! http://bit.ly/9FZ0xd speed of light is 2202 yojan per 1/2 nimesh=71 Million MPH [18:15:25]

That is the highest perfection of life, to shed tears for Krsna.Yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam. http://bit.ly/9zHpds SB 1.10.14 Lec [17:59:59]

"Krsna is going back to His home. How we shall live? How we can give up Krsna?"…they cannot give up Krsna at any risk http://bit.ly/c0z7QA [17:57:04]

http://bit.ly/bpiucp In the year 1931…I had a very severe tooth pain…in the jungle to…(ayurveda) vaidya…cured me,& the dentist could not [03:56:58]

http://bit.ly/bSCVkw So if you keep the cows happy,then cow [like the earth] will supply large quantity of milk. [03:26:06]

"I Hate you…my dear Prabhu" http://bit.ly/dr2XwS by Braja Bihari Prabhu, [00:38:23] Conflict Resolution Seminar.Great tips on getting along with others

wrote a new blog TEXAS FAITH 26: Should the feds pursue illegal immigrants or the businesses that hire them? Or ne... http://bit.ly/9PgI3h [19:00:14]

Temple: http://bit.ly/byWHLI Weekly http://bit.ly/9obaBQ Vaishnava Calendarhttp://bit.ly/dnKkkW Events http://bit.ly/cFsyy8 Festivals [15:58:03]

Resentment, it is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. [13:15:51]

"don't blame the instrument of your karma" Srila Prabhupada quoted by Braja Biharihttp://www.Krishna.com/Dallas [12:55:31]

Brahmana means liberal, opposite is krpana, miser. A brahmana should give chance to everyone…how to become brahmana. http://bit.ly/bXT32m [14:32:14]

They lost even their original dress…I have never changed my dress…given the dress to the foreigners,&they have taken http://bit.ly/ceoVXQ [14:14:47]

http://bit.ly/aBd07Y Artah means diseased, artharthi means in need of money…generally go to church/temple when they are suffering…or need $ [14:04:59]

Nectar Kirtan program going on at the Vohra howu near SMU [00:17:31]

♫ New #trottr voice message at http://trottr.com/68u7uf Want to reply by phone? Use code 82324 [00:11:09]

Spiritual India in the Belgian Ardennes | Radhadesh http://bit.ly/az2MCy "Or take a holiday and stay in our guesthouse" sounds very nice :) [18:25:06]

http://bit.ly/dkgj5H "but…so foolish that we dont…care. We live like cats&dogs, eat something &sleep &have sex…" human life is meant 4 more [04:41:18]

Watching http://www.mayapur.tv [01:44:46]

Bhajan - Vrajavadhus performing in Vrindavan | Krishna.com http://bit.ly/d6WWMh posted on krishna.com [22:46:11]

Just starting Bg class http://www.Krishna.com/Dallas [00:18:03]

LORD MACAULAY'S ADDRESS @BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 2 FEB, 1835 http://bit.ly/dikBjG not seen not.1 person who is a beggar,a thief. READ! [18:34:29]

I liked a YouTube video -- Research Examines the Power of a Human Stare http://youtu.be/7YhM8yJsjOM?a [22:45:31]


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Kurma dasa, AU: Getting it Right

asafetida:

M from India writes:

"Kurma, I often wonder why you recommend yellow asafoetida? Is it better quality?"

I replied:

Not necessarily. But it is of a standard mildness. Therefore if people want to follow my recipes and duplicate what I got in my test kitchen (and hence get as perfect an outcome as possible) I have specified the yellow asafetida, which tends to be fairly mild, despite the brand.

If I just said '1/2 teaspoon asafetida' some people might have cooked recipes with too much asafetida since they select a stronger grey variety or even a very pure asafetida crystal (where only a pinch is required) and ruin the dish. It's all about me transmitting the best recipe instructions over time and space under as many variant possibilities as possible via a cookbook.

Just like if I said "a cup of rice", one inexperienced cook may choose a tiny coffee cup, another a giant mug, but if I say a 'metric cup (250ml)' we're all on the same page. Hope this clarifies.

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ISKCON Toronto, Canada: 18th Annual Astaprahar (24-Hour Kirtan)

This weekend, devotees from ISKCON Toronto as well as visiting devotees from ISKCON Montreal will be participating in the 18th Annual Astaprahar: 24-hour non-stop chanting of the maha mantra. The program is being held at the Tagore Center, 140 Millwick Drive, Toronto (Islington and Steels Ave West), Phone: 416-740-7222. The program begins at 9:00am on Saturday May 1st, and the kirtan will be kicked off by our very own Bhaktimarga Swami at 10:00am and will continue till 10:00am on Sunday.

Click HERE for the event flyer.

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Akrura das, Gita Coaching: Vaisnava Etiquette

Here is how the Hari-bhakti-vilasa defines Vaisnava etiquette, its philosophy, and some basic Vaisnava principles.

"Since nothing can be successful without sadacara or etiquette, every action should be performed with proper etiquette." We must act according to proper etiquette. The heart of a saintly person is free from contamination. The way a saintly person acts is known as proper etiquette. A way a saintly person acts is know as sadacara.

"If a person reads the six branches of the Vedas without practicing proper etiquette, he does not get purified, just as a bird flies away from the nest as soon as it grows wings, the Vedas leave him at the time of his death.

"Although one may have acquired the knowledge of all of the Vedas, but if one is not practicing the proper etiquette or if he did not become a Vaisnava, then all of this knowledge which he has acquired, will be lost at the time of death.

"Proper etiquette increases fame, opulence, longevity and destroys all inauspiciousness.

"O king, proper etiquette gives the results of dharma, artha and kama. Therefore a wise man very carefully performs the proper etiquette described in the scriptures.

"Thus one can understand that Vaisnava etiquette purifies the heart and the consciousness."

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H.H. Sivarama Swami: Bhakta David asks

whether there is some minimum standard for receiving and accommodating sannyasis and guests in temples?

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Mukunda Charan das, SA: The Secret Of All Secrets

'The ideal yogi concentrates his attention on Krsna, who is called Syamasundara, who is as beautifully coloured as a cloud, whose lotuslike face is as effulgent as the sun, whose dress is brilliant with jewels and whose body is flower-garlanded. Illuminating all sides is His gorgeous luster, which is called the brahmajyoti. He incarnates in different forms such as Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He descends like a human being, as the son of mother Yasoda, and He is known as Krsna, Govinda and Vasudeva. He is the perfect child, husband, friend and master, and He is full with all opulences and transcendental qualities. If one remains fully conscious of these features of the Lord, he is called the highest yogi'.

(A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 6.47 purport)


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Gauranga Kishore das,USA: Dawkins and Hitchens lead a campaign to arrest the Pope!



The latest publicity stunt of the dynamic duo, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, is their call for the arrest of Pope Benedict for his "crimes against humanity."

My initial response is revulsion because I have a visceral dislike for the two of them and find them to be obnoxious and intellectually dishonest, but there could actually be a good case for pressing criminal charges against him if he has been involved in the covering up the crimes of priests. And if he has been involved in criminal activity it would only be fair that he stand trial for those crimes.

But why just go after the pope, I think we should go after Tony Blair and George Bush and a host of other politicians and capitalists for their crimes agains humanity.

So why just go after the pope? In the name of justice we find Dawkins and Hitchens attacking religion but their attacks have nothing to with justice and everything to do with their hatred for religion. In a similar way their books attack religion in the name of science and truth but really have nothing to do with science and everything to do with their hatred for God.

I'm sure the charges will not really come to anything but if nothing else this is a very interesting new escalation in the battle between "religion" and atheism.

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Japa Group: Keep Going For The Quality


The important thing is not to worry about speed but just be peaceful and keep going for the quality. You'll surely get your rounds done, there's no doubt about it.

From Bhajan Kutir #419
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H.H. Sivarama Swami: Kesava Bharati Maharaja's arrival and greeting in New Vraja-dhama


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H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami: Visit to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, by Gauranga Das

Sunday 11 April Both Gurudeva and I arrived at the Durban international airport 10 minutes earlier than our scheduled rendezvous of 06h45. Gurudev had some blisters, from his skin cancer treatment, on his head, face and neck, and one on his hand that had just burst. So we got plasters and covered it. [...]

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H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Monday, April 26th, 2010

Dirty Fingers

Montreal, Quebec

The day became jam-packed with communication, not on internet or on the phone but one-on-one dialogue. How important that is to see the face of a person. It certainly beats face book. I tried to meet with individuals at a different park for each session. Sitting in the midst of green and having heart to heart communication has such extraordinary value. I was hearing of people's plans, their dreams, their reviews and opinions. They sought blessings.

I became especially satisfied to see certain individuals become well-situated, as in plans for marriage. There were even those who spoke of anticipating securing land for farming it. To this I recommended start a garden first, work it, harvest the growth and then let's see how that goes. I can help being a little sarcastic on the self-sufficient drivers. I don't see such commitment. As soon as someone talks "self-sufficient" (as important as it is) the song, "Dream, dream, dream….." From the Righteous Bros. starts brewing in the atmosphere. While I'm a great supporter of the "towards agro-centric life" I do raise a brow of skepticism as it is a strong commitment (with a capital C) that must be implemented in order to realize results.

To those who ponder living off the land I underscore start a garden and get your fingers dirty .

5 KM

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H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Stepping Up

Montreal, Quebec

Jacynthe is a very strong devotional woman who is a teacher of philosophy. I asked her if she likes the philosophy of Krishna. And she said she indeed does. She was one of three people to come forward today to formally accept initiation into the membership of Krishna's family. She made sure to invite her 25 yr. old son to see the ceremony. He was very happy for her.

Another person, Jordan, from British Columbia originally, made the commitment as well. He did a very good job dealing with sound and light technical doings of the previous night's show "Natakam". Jordan was shining and he donned saffron, the monk's colour, for the first time today.

Finally Marie Jose from the area near Mont Tremblant ski district also accepted being a participant in the vow making ceremony of no meat eating, no gambling, no intoxicants and no casual sex. Marie, I found out, is great at her garden but I first got to know her years ago when she, her husband, and I took to an extended walk in the bush.

Two fine French Canadian ladies and one English Canadian monk stepped up to the occasion before and exciting group of Sunday attendees followed by an arati (an ancient rite) and a class delivered en englais by myself and a class presented en francais by a dear god-brother, Laksminath. There have been discourses in Hispanol because of the growing Spanish speaking community and so the mood is to accommodate people as much as possible making them feel comfortable to enter the spiritual abode of the temple and the great world beyond.

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Bhakti Vedanta Music School- the first music school of its kind in ISKCON is inaugurated in Mayapur. HH Bhakti Charu Swami, HG Jananivasa Prabhu, HG Pankajanghri prabhu and Umapati Maharaj graced this auspicious occasion. An initiative of HG Naru Gopal das, CEO of ISKCON Mayapur, who has been working over these years to start a full fledged Music School in Sri dham Mayapur to facilitate the devotees worldwide and Mayapur community to learn to play musical instruments in a systematic manner.  Pankajanghri prabhu, blessing the inauguration, said that ISKCON is an educational institution.

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Sri Manikandan Ramamoorthy, Director of Administration of Cognizant Technologies, which ranks among the top IT majors in India, visits Sri Mayapur whenever he gets an opportunity. He is very enthusiastic about Krishna Consciousness, chants Hare Krishna and has even made an inspiring video clip about Srila Prabhupada.


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Akrura das, Gita Coaching: PROPER USE OF INTELLIGENCE

Illusioned by the material nature, the living entity identifies with false ego. More clearly, when the living entity is entrapped by the material body, he at once identifies with the bodily relationships, forgetting his own identity as spirit soul. This false ego associates with different modes of material nature, and thus the senses become attached to the modes of material nature.

Mind is the instrument for feeling different material experiences, but intelligence is deliberative and can change everything for the better. The intelligent person, therefore, can attain salvation from the illusion of material existence by proper use of intelligence.

An intelligent person can detect the awkward position of material existence and thus begin to inquire as to what he is, why he is subjected to different kinds of miseries, and how to get rid of all miseries, and thus, by good association, an advanced intelligent person can turn towards the better life of self-realization.

It is advised, therefore, that an intelligent person associate with the great sages and saints who are on the path of salvation. By such association, one can receive instructions which are able to slacken the conditioned soul's attachment for matter, and thus the intelligent man gradually gets rid of the illusion of matter and false ego and is promoted to the real life of eternity, knowledge and bliss.

SB 2.10.33 Purport

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As a young boy I envied my cousin, who was older, bigger, stronger, and more opulent than I. When he died of a brain hemorrhage, I cried false tears. My spite found new objects, however, in my teenage years -- those who were more popular with the girls or had better grades. After a few years of college, drugs, and "Eastern" philosophy, my malice overtly manifested itself as tat tvam asi. Fortunately, after a couple of decades, my beleaguered heart took refuge under the cooling rays of your lotus feet, and I joined the local ISKCON center. For a brief period I found solace and freedom in the attitude of dasa-dasanudasa. Being a sincere sweeper of the stool room was better than being a charlatan meditator or a "frog in the well."

Gradually my old comrade (envy) announced his continued presence. He had just been waiting on the shore for the initial waves of bliss to subside. "Why do I have to do the menial services?" my mind asked. "If they only knew how qualified I was." So I set out to do the most notable service -- book distribution. "The temple should quickly recognize me as the most fired-up preacher." But then, "Why not become the TSKP leader? The current leader is a fallen grhastha anyway."

As time passed, Your Divine Grace officially accepted me as your disciple and agreed to free me from the reactions to my previous sinful acts. My old nature, however, still persisted. I wanted to become a brahmana: "Surely that will satisfy me." You mercifully gave me second initiation, but the sound of Lord Krsna's flute was drowned by the shrill screams of my material ambitions. "I need more authority. Why not become a Radha-Damodara TSKP bus leader?" That wasn't enough. "If I take sannyasa, others will look up to me (while bowing down, of course)." But what I really needed was more responsibility: "How about GBC? Prabhupada said they were his best men."
Something was still missing. "If I just had a few disciples, I could be absolute."

So you allowed me to "serve" you in this way, too, Srila Prabhupada, though I finally realized that all along I was only serving my false ego. The envy was still there: "Others have more disciples. They give better lectures. Their disciples are more qualified." And so on ... What's next? I could try for "avatarship." But isn't that the original reason I chose to come to this miserable material world? There is one alternative -- surrender. I hope I'm ready for it. You are definitely demanding it more and more. You say that an envious person cannot advance, cannot be happy, and cannot enter the spiritual world. Still I'm envious. What can be done? The mantra can work on the serpent, but it doesn't work on me. Please help me, Srila Prabhupada, to be a simple, sincere, uninhibited, and unassuming stool cleaner again. Maybe this time I can start with my own heart.

Ganapati Swami, Vyasa Puja Offering 1991

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