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ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Subhag Maharaja Visits MelbourneWe are privileged to have His Holiness Subhag Swami visiting Melbourne until Sunday June the 6th. Subhag Maharaja is one of ISKCON's initiating gurus, and one of our senior-most sannyasis. He is based at Mayapur. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Kesava PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 11.21.8 - Don't be a hypocrite. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Mark your calendars for the upcoming weekend!Summer is a busy time at the Hare Krishna temple with a lot of fun, festivity and activity! The coming weekend is just the beginning of a fun-filled summer at the Hare Krishna temple!  On Saturday, June 5th, senior monk, Devamrita Swami will be giving the morning Srimad Bhagavatam class at 7:30am at the Hare Krishna Temple. Initiated by Srila Prabhupada in January 1974, since the past 35 years he has traveled extensively on every continent of the world sharing his realizations of Krishna Consciousness. He is very well reputed in the academic circles for his insightful presentations on contemporary topics like Spiritual Economics, Sustainability, Yoga of Money etc. However, those of us who have heard him lead kirtan, know that his kirtans can have devotees dancing in pure joy! He is currently based in New Zealand but is a frequent visitor to Toronto and we are very happy to have him give a very special class!  Sunday, June 6th, will be a very special Sunday Feast. Firstly, it is the Youth Sunday! At this very special Sunday Feast, the youth will be cooking and serving prasadam, taking part in aratis etc. If you are interested in helping out with Youth Sunday, please contact our local youth group Pandava Sena for more information. Another main reason by June 6th Sunday Feast will be very special is because we will be enthralled by amazing class and kirtans led by Bada Hari das. Based in Gainesville, Florida, he is a celebrated Kirtan singer who travels internationally presenting seminars on Vaishnava songs and devotional practices. In his previous visits to Toronto, he had the entire temple room dancing in pure joy and had us all looking forward to his next visit! A lot happening this weekend, so make sure that you will be at the Hare Krishna temple this weekend to get a chance to meet these two amazing monks and listen from them!  ISKCON Toronto, Canada: No Sunday Feast Recording This Week :(
Due to technical difficulties with the Mic, we were unable to record our live broadcast of the Sunday Feast and so we are unable to post a recording this week. We apologize for any inconvenience as many devotees were hoping to catch a recording of the amazing 8pm arati again. We hope to resolve the problem and to resume with live broadcasts and videos with the upcoming Sunday Feasts!  ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Deity Darshan: Sunday, May 30, 2010     H.H. Sivarama Swami: Festival darsana and initiation namesfrom today’s Nrsimha Caturdasi in New Vraja Dhama. Due to slow internet connection the initiation pictures will be posted later Sivarama Swami Maharaja: Hari-nāma dīkṣā 1. Molnár Gábor (Budapest) – Gopa-gaṇa dāsa 2. Eördögh Richárd (Budapest) – Rasikānanda dāsa 3. Merő Mátyás (Budapest) – Madhupati dāsa 4. Schnitchen Csaba (Budapest) – Śākṣī-gopāla dāsa 5. Halmai Zoltán (Budapest) – Sārathi dāsa 6. Somogyi Tibor (NVD) – Triyuga dāsa 7. Antardhī dāsa (NVD) – Antardhī dāsa 8. bhakta Denis (Russia) – Daśāvatāra dāsa 9. bhakta Sherhat (Turkey) – Nṛsiṁha-Kṛṣṇa dāsa 10. Bocsor Ildikó (Budapest) – Yamunā-jīvana devī dāsī 11. Eördöghne Kussinszky Brigitta (Budapest) – Bhakti-devī devī dāsī 12. Molnár Gáborné Blaskó Rita (Budapest) – Rūpāśrayā devī dāsī 13. bhaktin Teresa (Romania) – Tejaśrī devī dāsī 14. bhaktin Anna (Sweden) – Ādi-gopī devī dāsī 15. Caitanya Carana (UK) – Cakorī Rādhā devī dāsī 16. Indira Suryakantbhai Patel (mother of Varṣāṇā dd., UK) – Sukaṇṭhī devī dāsī Gāyatrī initiation Gaṇaśyāma dāsa (NVD) Candramauli Swami Maharaja: Hari-nāma dīkṣā 1. Bhakta Milej – Mahāsiṁha dāsa 2. Bhaktin Ruzica – Śraddhā devī dāsī 3. Bhakta Boris – Mahātmā dāsa Gāyatrī initiation Vṛndāvaneśvarī devī dāsī BB. Govinda Swami Maharaja: Hari-nāma dīkṣā bhaktin Enikő – Acyuta-gopī devī dāsī Gāyatrī initiation Śrī Prahlāda dāsa Niranjana Swami Maharaja: Gāyatrī initiation Viśvarūpa dāsa Japa Group: The Method Of Chanting
The method of chanting refers to physical considerations such as sitting straight on an asana, chanting during the peaceful predawn hours, and associating with lovers of nama. It also includes using tulasi beads; clear pronunciation; concentrating on the meaning of the mantra; reviewing and avoiding the ten offenses, and repentance for transgressions. From The Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna by Mahanidhi Swami  Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: The solution to all problemsIn all circumstances one should try to develop love of Godhead, and that will solve all contending problems. >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.9.42 H.H. Sivarama Swami: More Vyasa-puja picturesMorning and evening darsana and worship David Haslam, UK: Hugging a questionIt is with some interest I noted a discussion about hugging in devotee circles especially between the sexes in fact we see in a lot of temples a strict discipline is kept and in some cases even the question over someone’s health or a greeting is frowned on. To those who have grown up in such [...] Kurma dasa, AU: Winter Cookery Retreat with Kurma DasaIt's officially winter here in Australia! Just letting you all know that I'm running a hands-on Winter Cookery Retreat in rural Victoria (just outside of Melbourne, Australia) in August this year. The retreat will run from the evening of Friday August 13 until the afternoon of Sunday August 15.
Don't bother squinting to read the poster above. The full version is available if you click this link. Click it and it will enlarge (for any of you, like me, who are visually-challenged). To book, or get more details, call Keshava (pronounced Kay-shavva) or Veda (pronounced Vader, as in Darth Vader) on 0405 577 453. Are you free? Book now, places are limited. Hope to see you there. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '453' from The Yellow Submarine3:55 A.M.I woke up at 11:47 P.M. last night with a headache. I subdued it and went back to sleep and woke with the alarm clock at 2:30 A.M. I had a new headache and took medicine for it, but it didn't go down. After fifteen minutes I took more medicine, and gradually the pain went down. But my chanting report is mostly about the feeling of pain and not the concentration on the Hare Krishna mantra. I want to share with my readers experience and even instruction about japa, but it's like I'm trapped in a car after a car accident and my consciousness is occupied with pain. I have only a small portion of attention that I can spare for contemplation. The one thing I can teach is that the chanting goes on like a heartbeat despite the physical inconvenience. I continue chanting rapidly and hearing the mantras quietly in my mind. So far I've chanted almost nine rounds, which is not a slow pace, but it's not been a relaxed pinpointing of my mind on prayer to Radha and Krishna. I have been chanting for my survival. It's really not so bad in terms of pain, but it's not good in terms of excellent japa-yajna. You can't chant well H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'In His Own World' from The Yellow SubmarinePrabhupada Smaranam
Srila Prabhupada stops on his walk, and he dramatically gestures with both his hands. Svarupa Damodara, Brahmananda Swami, Srutakirti and others gather in closely and listen thoughtfully. He is not speaking something humorous that has made them smile, but they are attentive and serious. He looks like an actor on stage, with his two arms extended and his fingers held apart. He is making a dramatic point. Prabhupada wears his long, hooded coat, and the devotees are wrapped in big chadars, sweaters and scarves. But the chilly weather is of no importance. Prabhupada is in his own world, speaking his personal realizations of the Vedic truths. He does it for the benefit of his students and also because he is unselfconsciously ecstatic over the words of the acaryas in praise of Sri Krishna. The devotees are spellbound because Prabhupada is not an ordinary presence on the beach but a transcendental speaker like Sukadeva Gosvami. They know they are honored to be in his presence, and they accept it gratefully and soak it in like thirsty sponges. Unlike the dog-walkers and strollers on this California beach, they are fortunate to be close to him like magnets and hear the rare Vedic sound from the bona-fide spiritual master. Fortunately, it is being recorded and can be heard in the future by people who are not even born yet. His words, like the Srimad-Bhagavatam when it was spoken five thousand years ago, are timeless, and this little group is fortunate to be in the presence of Vyasa's direct representative for a vivid retelling of brahma-sabda. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Chanting Underneath Distraction' from The Yellow SubmarineBefore I begin my Sanskrit read more from SDGonline - daily updates from The Yellow Submarine: My Bhajana Kutir journal H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Your Map Of the World' from The Yellow SubmarineFree write
The typical New Yorker thinks his neighborhood of the city is the center of the world. The rest of the world is seen as far away and insignificant. The Hudson River is almost as big as the Pacific Ocean. Japan, China and Russia are just dots on the horizon. What really matters is the streets and buildings with action on the west side of the city. This is, of course, an extremely subjective and erroneous map. Seen from the correct universal point of view, all the cities of the world are insignificant, and the people are tiny without influence. Out of false ego we think we are the controllers of everything. We are actually controlled by material nature, and if we see through the scriptures we will see actual reality. The Krishna conscious scriptures inform us that the living entity is one ten-thousandth the tip of a hair in size. He lives in a material covering of a body which is his material size. As for the planets and countries and cities in the material world, they are all only one-fourth of the size of the spiritual worlds. We and our lands are small in comparison to the spiritual world.
The scriptures give the picture of the material world in comparison to the spiritual world and in comparison to the other planets in the material world. The earth planet is a very small planet in the material world where people suffer the threefold miseries. To think that Manhattan, or Paris, or London or Moscow or Tokyo is the center of the action is a great misconception. They are not places of eternity, bliss and knowledge, and so they are all filled with illusory activities. On The New Yorker map there is no trace of the higher material planets or the spiritual Vaikuntha planets. If we want to see a map of the total reality it would be entirely different, like the cover of Srila Prabhupada's First Canto Srimad-Bhagavatam printed in India. The reader is encouraged to look at that cover for an accurate picture of the mapping of the spiritual and material worlds, which all emanates from the topmost planet of Goloka Vrndavana. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Vyasa-puja address on Sunday’s festival
Srila Prabhupada's Letters1966 May 31:  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 May 31: "I am going to Montreal and Krishna willing I may be staying for some time to organize the Temple. I have in mind to start two or three branches there, one in Vancouver."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 May 31: "Hiranyakasipu understood Prahlada as crazy, and he tried to put him in so many forms of Bellevue Hospital. Even Lord Caitanya, His relatives thought of Him as crazy. Therefore I wrote, 'Who Is Crazy?'"  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 May 31: "Try to keep nice peace with the police. Our method is to be tolerant. We don't mind for so-called prestige. If keeping peaceful we can execute our Krishna Consciousness duties, that is all we want."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 May 31: "Krsna has given you the opportunity to make advancement by becoming very responsible. So take this responsibility to heart and be always jolly and determined. You must be the perfect example for others to follow."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 May 31: "Now push on with full enthusiasm to save the fallen humanity. This Krsna Consciousness Movement is the only thing that will save them. You yourself become very convinced of this and be very bold in preaching Krsna Consciousness."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 May 31: "We may get permission for our men to enter Jagannatha Puri temple. It will be an important achievement for our society. Take these statements from Swami and the Endowment Minister. Try for it in earnest and Krsna will help you."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 May 31: "Regarding your sarod playing, I shall hear you play when I come next. Continue doing nice plays for the public. This can be very attractive if it is done very nicely."  Radha Priya dd, Austin, TX, USA: Things go Better With Hare KrishnaNearly two months have passed since my last entry and thus I have received a couple notes from devotees about my lack of blogging. For the last ever I’ve been going through a transitional stage in my attempts to practice Krishna consciousness, sometimes during these there are lots of things to write about, others I [...] Mayapur Online: Lord Jagannatha's Ram darshan
Sri Sri Radha-Madhava was dressed in Raghunatha vesha few days before. Today Sri Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra's altar in Rajapur turned from Nilachala’s Ratnavedi to Ayodhya's Raja Simhasan. Lord Jagannatha dressed as Lord Ramachandra & Balaram as Lakshmana with Hanuman taking shelter of Their lotus feet- beautiful darshan. In Mayapur, Sri Madhava enacted Govardhana puja pastime today. Japa Group: Krishna Sees Me At My Station
It remains the most introverted and prayerful time of the day even though it is not suddha-nama. Krishna sees me at my station without fail always chanting early, always chanting steadily. From Bhajan Kutir #452  Dandavats.com: Beautiful Game, Beautiful FestivalBy Kesava Krsna Dasa Whichever way we look at it, anyone practicing Krishna consciousness has to live and function in a world of duality. The same can be said for all followers of religion. Yet while being faithful to a certain religion, people would do well to see where these sporting events benefit our society in areas that religion does not ISKCON Klang, Malaysia: Sri Sri Nitai Sunder Gaura Hari installed in Kuala LumpurBY MULAKARANAM DASA Please keep this picture attached in your heart. These are the newly installed deities in Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur. Tagged: Kuala Lumpur H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, May 27th, 2010I Will Pursue It!  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, May 27th, 2010You Are What You Have Thought  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010In Vancouver  ISKCON Klang, Malaysia: Amazing abhishek of Sri Nrsimha BhagavanSource: Dandavats.com BY BHAKTI SIDDHANTA SWAMI This year another abhishek of Lord Nrsimha took place over a two day period, oils on one day and milk products and sweet fruit juice liquids on the next. Buckets of offerings were poured onto the Lord, marking another year of protection for the work in Mayapur, what to [...] Gouranga TV: Nitaj-Gauranga Festival 9/9Nitaj-Gauranga Festival 9/9 Czech deity installation More Recent Articles |
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