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Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1949 July 5 : "Mahatmaji started another spiritual movement known as the temple entry movement irrespective of caste distinction. He himself installed the deity of Sri Radha Krishna at Noakhali when he was there and that is very significant."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1949 July 5 : "People should be given chance to become harijana with equal facilities for all. The Gandhi Memorial Fund should be utilized mainly for this purpose. Myself with a batch of sincere workers are ready to take up this work."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 July 5 : "I marked it in your person and I prayed to Krishna that this good soul may be aware of the importance of Krishna Consciousness. With my blessings I am sending herewith your beads, duly chanted upon by me."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 July 5 : "So in the spiritual world, the same Maya works auspiciously, and in the material world the same Maya works inauspiciously. This auspiciousness and inauspiciousness is our own choice."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 July 5 : "You should attract new devotees from your quarters. Instead of importing devotees, it is better to attract devotees from your own area. And the basic principle for doing this is Sankirtana Party."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 July 5 : "We want good preachers. Preaching shouldn't depend on me only. My disciples should all become good preachers, and that depends on studying the books nicely so that you can arrive at the right conclusion."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 5: "I think he has given you good, sane advice. You should not think of relinquishing your job without meeting me and discussing the matter deeply. Don't do anything out of sentiment."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 5: "I very much like these bus programs. They are greatly increasing the scope of our book distribution and many new men are being attracted. So hand over the management of your temple affairs and come here immediately."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 July 4 : "If we can change the materialistic nature of the tongue, by changing of taste and vibration, then automatically the other senses become purified. As such we should try to chant and eat Krishna prasadam as much as possible."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 July 4 : "I know there are many Sanskrit scholars in Germany, unfortunately I have no practice to speak in Sanskrit. But I am not going to Germany as a Sanskrit scholar - but to deliver the message of Krishna Consciousness."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 July 4 : "My principle is that where my other Godbrothers cannot preach I shall go there. On my behalf you should follow this principle, also. Now combined together do some real service to the cause of Lord Caitanya."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 July 4 : "Here things are going on very nicely and just this week forty new devotees were initiated. So the stock of japa beads I brought with me has been depleted. I would like that more beads be sent immediately by air."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 July 4 : "This is very welcome news, that all obstacles are cleared in the way of building our temple at Vrindaban. Similarly in Bombay we have been victorious and gained overwhelming new popular support."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 4: "So, you begin the work, and money will come to you by the grace of God. Don't worry, just finish the buildings as soon as possible and somehow or other money will come."  ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Bhakti Sara PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 11.22.5 - Philosophical disagreements are resolved by surrender to Krsna. Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group
 Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: time management for purificationCaitanya Mahaprabhu says read Srimad-Bhagavatam and chant Hare Krsna mantra. Don't talk nonsense; don't waste your time. Then you become purified. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.16 -- Bombay, November 16, 1974 Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: my proposed schedule, updatedAdded to the previous is the entry for 14 July July 6 Rajkot 7 Amreli 8 Mahuva 9 Bhavnagar 10 Vallabh Vidyanagar 11 Initiations 12 Ratha Yatra Vallabh Vidyanagar 13 morning to Baroda, midday to Surat for Ratha Yatra 14 to Mumbai, Juhu 16 to Munich 17 to Moscow 21 to Kazan 22-26 July Kazan festival 30 to Moscow 31 to Ljubljana Sep 4 to Zurich 6 to Rome 8 to LA 12 to Laguna 13 to San Diego 21 Sep to Orlando 27 to Charlotte 28 Tu to Munich 1 Oct Fri to Mumbai 5 Oct to Gulf 9 Sat to Chennai 11 Vellore 14 to Salem 15-17 Salem sravana-kirtana camp ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Sunday Feast - Live!!!!! H.H. Sivarama Swami: Today’s podcast was the following kirtana for Radha Syama after which I was indisposed
Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Bhajan - New Year's Eve 2010 - Mukunda Datta das - 22/22
Mukunda Datta das singing a Hare Krishna bhajan during the New Year's Eve 12hr bhajan. Dallas, TX Download: 2010-01-01 - New Year Eve Bhajans - 22 - Mukunda Datta das.mp3 Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: Stalker or Seeker?by Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada) Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop -- but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought he was kind of scary. Then Krsna played a trick on me. I walked over to a man who I thought was someone else, but somehow I ended up right in front of the man I was trying to avoid! I started to panic. I warily lifted up a hard-cover Bhagavad-gita, but before I could speak he said, "You know what?" I thought he was going to blast me, but instead he said, "When I woke up this morning I told the Lord that I wanted to surrender to Him. I think He sent you to me." I could hardly believe what I just heard. He went on to explain how he had spent so much time trying to make sense of his life but had failed. We talked for a very long time. Then he gave me a nice donation. He said he was leaving the next morning for Alberta to work on the oil rigs and was happy to be able to take the Bhagavad-gita with him. Book Distribution News: Stalker or Seeker?by Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada) Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop -- but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought he was kind of scary. Then Krsna played a trick on me. I walked over to a man who I thought was someone else, but somehow I ended up right in front of the man I was trying to avoid! I started to panic. I warily lifted up a hard-cover Bhagavad-gita, but before I could speak he said, "You know what?" I thought he was going to blast me, but instead he said, "When I woke up this morning I told the Lord that I wanted to surrender to Him. I think He sent you to me." I could hardly believe what I just heard. He went on to explain how he had spent so much time trying to make sense of his life but had failed. We talked for a very long time. Then he gave me a nice donation. He said he was leaving the next morning for Alberta to work on the oil rigs and was happy to be able to take the Bhagavad-gita with him. Maddy Jean-claude Durr, New Govardhana, AU: Summer Life in the CastleThe alarm rings. The boys of the top tower rumble each other out of their sleeping bags. We rush down the countless cases of stairs…one, two, three…like I said, countless. This epic journey is simply to make it to the bathroom - and some of us have to go up and down another case of stairs simply to grab a gamsa. Thus is the life in a Castle, living in the highest tower. Once again going up and down a flight of stairs to hang a simple gamsa, it's time to go back up the countless stairs to the highest tower - one, two, three, four… Down again we must go, past the bathroom level, past the laundry level, down the hall, down another double set of stairs leading in and out of the ashram, and then you are on the second floor. Now you have the option of taking the royal road (the main stairwell) or the back way down the spiralling stairwell. This is the daily mission to the temple for Mangala Arati. Many devotees are found chanting outside the temple room, before mangala arati. If you desire focused rounds at this early time of the morning than it is recommended that you find yourself a nook or cranny because every person that enters the room will induct a Vaisnava Pranama. The whole room will reciprocate, most likely with japa bag in hand, and the murmuring of the holy name will then continue. The high ceilings and fair walls produce an amazing acoustic environment for the holy name and the melodious atmosphere is enchanting for the mind. While waiting for the Deities you may be enticed by a couple more Vaisnava Pranamas, as the last of the devotees fumble in. The conch blows and then the mechanic curtains can be heard edging open (providing the batteries don't fail). The sounds of many voices can be heard as the devotees gaze upon Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha in their morning dress. The scheduled kirtana leader begins the chant and chorus follows along. If the leader provides a tune too unfamiliar for the locals than the matajis will drown out the chorus with a default melody. Nrsimha prayers come next, as per usual, and the chorus tune is standardized by the matajis, yet again, to the unique Radhadesh tune. This gives one a little homey feeling, regulating one to a certain mood. Before Tulasi Arati there are some announcements, which are generally short but sometimes linger depending on the importance of an event. Tulasi arati rings on and then the Namamrta is read, with a different accent everyday. Again, just in case anyone missed out, the Vaisnava Pranamas are recited. Depending on the week, the Matajis or the Prabhus will occupy the temple for the japa period and the other will sit in the room just outside. If you choose to steal any milk sweets, 5:30am is the appropriate time (although the sweet rice usually comes later) but you may need a Brahmana friend to help you gain access. Those who stay chanting in the temple will eventually be booted out for Srila Prabhupada to be dressed (because there is otherwise no curtain. Before Deity greeting everyone piles back into the temple room. The Deities manifest in a new dress and the traditional Govinda prayers are sounded from a mysterious location. The Salagrama Silas tend to move location on the alter everyday; occasionally one may see a set of Cota Gaura Nitai, who usually aren't matching the dress code; and there are many other spectacular things to be seen. Gopinatha is usually wearing some kind of pants, which I suspect He uses for dancing in, and His shirt is rarely worn. Radha or Her friends - Lalita Sakhi and Visakha Sakhi - are sometimes seen with a flute, tucked under their arm, though I have never seen them play; and the alter is decorated by little birds, who are occasionally seen bopping their heads up and down in some mischievous chatter. Jagannatha sometimes carries a little bamboo flute, which seems to match His mood, appearing a little squashed and misshapen due to ecstasy. Before the Gurupuja begins, the English translation is recited. The program goes on as per usual after that - Gurupuja, kirtana and then straight to class. After class you have the option to vanish off into the Castle or go down the spiralling staircase to the back tent for Prasadam. The menu is usually dahl (or soup), bread with butter & jam (the jam is made by a devotee's jam company in France and the bread is made in the Radhadesh bakery), muesli, yogurt (made by the devotees), some herbal tea and the maha Prasadam, which tends to contain an abundance of milk sweets. Normally after breakfast everyone is off to their services but otherwise there is plenty to see. In the Castle there are many paintings, that one may miss in the darkness of the morning. Above the main stairwell is an impressive painting of the Rasa Lila, and a beautiful scene of the cowherd boys chilling in the pastures with Krsna and Balarama. The Srila Prabhupada museum is also something to see and there a few other trinkets here and there. The multiple notice boards are always stacked with activity, being posted up in three different languages. Out in the main courtyard there is a beautiful walkway, between rows of flowers. The drive is decorated with different tents, containing inside different aspects of India and Vedic culture. There is also a restaurant, which contains within it an ice-cream parlour and is well renowned for its pizzas. Next to the restaurant is a gift shop, stacked full with wondrous items and loads of books. On the other side of the gift shop is the bakery, filled with baked delights and usually stacked with some free sampler cookies. Above the bakery is a museum and behind is a community hall. Behind this whole set of buildings is the guest house (or the motel), with first class accommodation for the passing pilgrim. Across the other side of the courtyard is the main archway, leading out of the drive, to the church car park (there is a church in the middle of all this, believe it or not). Across from the church car park (which is actually the temple car park) is a playground, a diorama house and a classroom for Bhaktivedanta College. When feeling hot from the summer heat one can continue on to the flower gardens, an array of pathways through rose bushes and there is a nice place under the tree to sit, overlooking the vegetable gardens, which appear to stretch out of sight. For lunch you have the option of restaurant, bakery or temple Prasadam. Wandering back around the Castle you can sample the lunch menu, which usually includes rice, dahl (or soup), subji (made with unique European vegetables), salad (mostly picked from the temple garden), a drink and some maha Prasadam from the midday offering. There is a beautiful view over the bullock field, at the edge of the tent or there is a nice slope of grass to sit and talk katha. After lunch the students usually head over to the library. The library is found across the road from the church, tucked behind some other College buildings. The path goes past all the administrative offices so its not always the best place to hide out from teachers. Along the same side of the street as the College buildings are houses inhabited by devotees. If you creep down the road a little further you will find a public bookshop, that only stocks devotional books for the passing tourists. Around the back of this book shop is Vanipedia headquarters. These dedicated devotees are studying and compiling many of Srila Prabhupada's quotes for the future reference and benefit of our international society. In the evening one usually finds milk, bread and butter in the bottom level of the Castle. We normally check the kitchen, because if there is no sign of it, then it's simply time to crawl up the endless flights of stairs and say goodnight. Some others take the option of staying up and singing bhajans on into the night, in the temple, for the pleasure of Radha Gopinatha. Thus is Castle life in the summer. The only thing I almost neglected to mention was the dungeon - it does exist and is located just outside the main entrance of the Castle but the dungeon's entry is covered by layers of soil and leaves and then spaciously tucked under a steel grate (so there is no access for now). [http://maddmonk.wordpress.com] Maddy Jean-claude Durr, New Govardhana, AU: Original Aussie Journey: Day 17Saturday 5th, January 2008. The flooding in Murwillumbah was now all over the news. It was declared a natural disaster. What had been a sports field only a few days ago and a mud puddle the day before, was now a lake. We took our boards and pondered our way through the murky waters. After this, I took a walk around town, examining the flood damage. I soon passed a local motel and saw, sitting on the balconies, all the tour devotees. Apparently the motel was an evacuation point and the devotees had been sent there. I invited them down for some board games and Prasadam. They sounded rather eager for the invitation but never ended up coming. I found out that the flood was severe at the farm. They had lost eight of the cows in the rising river water and all of the cars but one, at the bottom guest house, had been written off by water (that one car that was still in shape was my car!). The Prabhus from the tour had been staying in the bottom guest house and a lot of their possessions had floated down the stream with the flood waters. It was a big ordeal for the tour devotees, battling the threefold miseries in a way they had never experienced before. For New Govardhana it was supposed to be a big new years celebration, one of their biggest celebrations every year. This year there were supposed to be six Swamis attending and now the six Swamis were on different islands around the country. HH Janananda Goswami was flooded on the farm; HH Prahladananda Goswami was flooded in a neighbouring house, literally across the road from the farm; HH Mukunda Goswami was flooded into his residence, which was half a kilometre down the road from the farm; HH Indradyumna Swami and his troupe were flooded in Murwillumbah township; HH Prabhavisnu Swami had fled back to Brisbane, in the middle of the night when the water level had dropped; and HH Jayapataka Swami was off somewhere else with a foot injury. The poor devotees of New Govardhana were scattered and soggy but the bulk of them were still altogether hearing and chanting, proving that our process is transcendental. [http://maddmonk.wordpress.com] Maddy Jean-claude Durr, New Govardhana, AU: Original Aussie Journey: Day 16Friday 4th, January 2008. The bridge was still well flooded and we were still stuck on the farm but we had ourselves a breakout plan. Abhirama, Dhananjaya and I were going to leave by foot, through the neighbouring property, and my father was going to meet us at the gate. This might have been our last chance because sometimes the floods worsen and you can't even access the entrance road by car. We hiked our way across the fields as the rain teased us from above. I was so pleased to see my father, and the warmth and shelter of the family car. We dried off, had some breakfast, and reunited with my brothers and other devotee boys in the township. Once we were reenergized and had regained our inner warmth, it was time to enjoy the uncommon circumstance. We dressed in swimmers and mounted our body boards and boogie boards. We marched out to the local park, which was now a local mud factory, and began to slide, slide, slide. We were enthusiastically entertained for hours, even past the point when one of the boys gave himself a concussion in his skull. There is something about Vaisnava youth that seems to make them seemingly less mature than regular boys and girls but I will not speculate on the matter. We found out later in the day that the tour troupe broke off the farm property and were eager to make their date at Byron Bay for the show the same night. I joined Abhirama and his mother for the occasion and we headed off in the early evening. We found out that the day was a little dryer in Byron Bay and the devotees managed to hand out enough flyers this time. The whole hall was packed and every seat was full. The show was another spectacular event, made intimate by the close theatre style of the Byron Bay venue. The drive home was a little scary. Abhirama was at the helm and there was flash flooding all around. There was one point when I didn't think we would make it through, due to so much water being on the road, but Abhirama was steady and determined, and we made it home in one piece. I arrived to see the water only a couple feet under my doorstep. Indeed the demigods were spicing up the whole event, showering abundant rain in exchange of the tradition flower shower. [http://maddmonk.wordpress.com] H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Tuesday, June 29th, 2010To A Lovely Person  Kaunteya das, Mayapura: The power of the possible Different ISKCON communities in the same city offer precious opportunities followers in terms of, say, ethnic and economical status. Eventually, due to differences in approaches to economic organization, target-audience, kinship styles, patterns of conflict resolution, consumption, gender relations, childrearing, strategies of propagation and association, role-models, etc., the two communities grow more and more different, to the point that - in the span of a couple of generations- even genetic differentiations might become observable. And of course all starts from the fundamental intrinsic assumptions of the leaders, the underlying (and often subliminal) beliefs, later manifested in practical emphasis in the realm of action. What is desirable? What is possible? What is worth investment of time and effort? Such questions shape the future of any ISKCON community - to the point of turning geographically adjacent human conglomerates, formally subscribing to the same books and norms, into hardly recognizable groups. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Saturday evening bajana for Radha-SyamaISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gopa-Vrndesa PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 11.22.4 - The essence of all Vedic knowledge is to chant Krishna's holy name. Gouranga TV: London Rathayatra 2010London Rathayatra 2010 Kaunteya das, Mayapura: A chronicle of a cycle of decadence In his book "Full Circle: How the Classical World Came Back to Us" Ferdinand with the body. . . In our attitudes to sex and food we are much closer to the Romans than to those who lived in the Dark Ages or the Victorian era-or even the 1950s." http://www.economist.com/node/16423350 "There has been a similar reversion in our mental attitudes . . . The return to the ways of ancient Rome 'has closely paralleled the decline of Christianity.'" As Greeks and Romans lived in a pre-Christian culture, "we live in a post-Christian society." Christian piety and religiosity had a sattvicizing effect on Europe. But the edifying influence of its morality and the stabilizing effect of its theology (think Aquinas) were vulnerable, being devoid of a clear connection to the all-encompassing Vedic revelation. And so Christianity lost ground to the increasingly aggressive challenges of atheism and hedonism. We can daily witness how, for instance, the Pope and his faithful forces (weakened by their own indiscretions) are waging a losing war of re-evangelization of a continent growing more indifferent and even spiteful towards their message. Mount's "central premise is an arresting and disturbing one. What if our civilisation is followed by a second dark age?" I am not a Gandhi buff, but I do enjoy his answer to the interviewer who asked, "What do you think of Western civilization?" Gandhi replied: "I think it would be a good idea." The witty retort illustrates a politically-incorrect truth: Shedding its veneer of refinement engendered by an Oriental influence (Christianity comes from Asia and Jesus Christ "went to college" in India), Europe is coming full circle and its reaffirming its barbarian, Pulinda roots. Japa Group: Quells All Your Anxieties
Chanting japa brings a mood of peace to the mind and quells all your anxieties when you do it nicely. From Bhajan Kutir #484  More Recent Articles |
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