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Dandavats.com: Exploiting HumilityBy Kesava Krsna Dasa Sometimes our fixation on who's "junior" and who is "senior" within our ranks, can inhibit proper devotee relationships. And introducing corporate ideas for managing our devotees can hinder, rather than promote healthy interactions between ourselves • Email to a friend •  •Dandavats.com: Stop and Smell the Roses at Prabhupada's Palace of GoldBy New Vrindaban Communications "The fact that the Palace of Gold Rose Garden in New Vrindaban has been AARS-accredited since 1987 is one of the best-kept secrets in the Ohio Valley," says Wheeling, WV, native Betty Hickey, the Palace of Gold rosarian since 1985 • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Kirtan in the fields: four days of drums, dance & prasadamBala Krishna dasa: Join us this year for Saranagati's special festival of presentations, performing artists, teachers, authors and special guests • Email to a friend • •Japa Group: Chanting With DevoteesJaya Radhe!  • Email to a friend • •Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group
 • Email to a friend • •Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: a correction and a storyHare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I my last posting I mentioned that Bn Radhika was the only femal in the top fifty book distributors in the world, that was a mistake. Mohanasini dd was for the month of June in thirtieth place in the world, a very steady book distributor and a disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Krishna Is All-attractive This is the third year ISKCON Hong Kong participated in the Hong Kong Book Fair. One evening during the fair a lady visited our booth and I struck up a conversation with her. I learned she was quite fond of religion and was a vegetarian, so I recommended that she purchase the Bhagavad-gita. She refused, claiming she was too busy to read, and then left with her two full shopping bags. After a little while she returned and started chatting with other devotees. Then she told our booth manager that she would take the Gita if we would give her a discount. We explained that our policy was never to give discounts and suggested that we give her a small book as a bonus for her purchase of the Gita. Her smile disappeared and she left again. About ten minutes before closing time we started a kirtan at the booth. We chanted Hare Krishna in ecstasy in front of our Srila Prabhupada murti. The lady returned and made a wise decision: She bought the Gita and a few other books. One devotee invited her to join us, and she chanted with us for a little while. The Lord is nondifferent from His names and instructions. Both can attract every living entity in this world. Sri Krishna Sankirtan Ki Jaya! Vrajendra Kumar Dasa ISKCON Hong Kong • Email to a friend • •Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Patience and self-controlWe should not try to hurry Krishna up. Our thoughts and our speech should also be controlled. We will see Krishna when He chooses. We should render service without reservation to the spiritual master. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Notes transcribed from a lecture given September 8, 1966 from BTG #4 • Email to a friend • •Akrura das, Gita Coaching: ADVERSITYAdversity is an opportunity, not an excuse.  • Email to a friend • •Book Distribution News: a correction and a storyHare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I my last posting I mentioned that Bn Radhika was the only femal in the top fifty book distributors in the world, that was a mistake. Mohanasini dd was for the month of June in thirtieth place in the world, a very steady book distributor and a disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Krishna Is All-attractive This is the third year ISKCON Hong Kong participated in the Hong Kong Book Fair. One evening during the fair a lady visited our booth and I struck up a conversation with her. I learned she was quite fond of religion and was a vegetarian, so I recommended that she purchase the Bhagavad-gita. She refused, claiming she was too busy to read, and then left with her two full shopping bags. After a little while she returned and started chatting with other devotees. Then she told our booth manager that she would take the Gita if we would give her a discount. We explained that our policy was never to give discounts and suggested that we give her a small book as a bonus for her purchase of the Gita. Her smile disappeared and she left again. About ten minutes before closing time we started a kirtan at the booth. We chanted Hare Krishna in ecstasy in front of our Srila Prabhupada murti. The lady returned and made a wise decision: She bought the Gita and a few other books. One devotee invited her to join us, and she chanted with us for a little while. The Lord is nondifferent from His names and instructions. Both can attract every living entity in this world. Sri Krishna Sankirtan Ki Jaya! Vrajendra Kumar Dasa ISKCON Hong Kong • Email to a friend • •Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Vegan Lemon Curd Recipe sweet cherry pie topped with lemon curd Super simple, this recipe is a great way to turn your sweet sour. No dairy, no eggs, just pure plant based pucker. Ingredients: Zest and juice from 6 large-ish lemons (not talking Meyers here) 1 to 1.5 c natural sugar (the darker you go with the sugar, the less pure yellow the color of the curd) 3 T arrowroot powder (corn starch, tapioca flour, etc make okay subs) Pinch o’ salt 1/2 c H2O Approx. 8 oz coconut milk (half a can, get the organic kind!) Methodology: 1) Zest and squeeze those lemons! Make sure no seeds get into the mix. Put in pot. 2) Whisk in your sugar, arrowroot powder, salt, agua. 3) On medium heat, cook for about 15 minutes, stirring constantly. When mixture thickens and starts to pull from bottom of pan, add coconut milk. 4) Continue whisking on a low heat until mixture thickens up again. 5) Cool! The more it cools, the more it thickens. *The picture above shows hot lemon curd. After a few hours cooling, the mixture was much more jammy. * I used turbinado sugar, which definitely darkened it up a bit. If you are after purity of color, use evaporated sugar cane juice.       • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Deity Darshan: Sunday, August 1, 2010     • Email to a friend • •Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Hayton Family Bon Voyage DinnerOur friends Satya Sara and Krishna Bhajan are moving back to England. Due to vacation plans, we weren’t going to be able to make it to their going away party. So, we had them over for dinner. Their daughter, my BFF Padi, is vegan, so I tried to plan the menu accordingly. Dairy items marked with an *. MENU: Broccoli Rabe Yum! The vegan lemon curd topping was the perfect accompaniment to the sweet cherry pie, which lacks all the charm of a traditional sour cherry pie otherwise. Thanks to our guests, Martinelli’s, vegan ice cream and sorbet were also served to the masses of children. I really will miss SS and KB who have shown nothing but kindness to our children. SS babysat the kids when I was attending classes and, even though she got my daughter hooked on chewing gum and spoiled the kids with candy, she was always extremely loving and kind. And she often cleaned up my kitchen. Have a great trip to your Motherland! 
vegan cherry pie, to be topped with lattice
lunch break: fried bitter melon
homemade raviolis
homemade fettuccine
hostess gift: Ribena squash from our guests
broccoli rabe
vegan entree: butternut squash raviolis w/ pesto
homemade cheese raviolis
ready to serve: homemade fettuccine
sweet cherry pie topped with lemon curd
dinner guests
late comers
      • Email to a friend • •Hari Sauri das, Mayapura, IN: 2010 Tour – Split CroatiaThe last stop on my tour of Croatia was the southern Adriatic port and holiday resort of Split. Split goes way back, more than two thousand years, first as a Greek colony and then part of the Roman empire. It is currently the second largest urban center of Croatia.
I was transported down by Sudama prabhu & his wife Vinata dasi,
It took us over four hours but a decent highway made it a pleasant journey. Vinata also provided excellent translation for my seminars.
In Split I was hosted by a real clown
His name is Madhucchanda dasa and he earns a living entertaining kids with magic tricks and good humor. He is a perfect man for the job, always jolly and eager to serve. Along with his wife Acyuta Priya, I was made to feel completely at home. Their new flat commands a wonderful view of the harbour, and directly over the waters lies our temple.
However to get to it you have to go the long way around the bay. The devotees have had the same temple facility for a number of years. Although it doesn’t look much from the outside,
the temple room is light, clean and spacious enough for about 80 devotees.
And it houses very beautiful Deities of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.
The Sunday feast was well attended by about 40+ devotees
and the morning and evening sessions of “Srila Prabhupada The Living Bhagavatam – Writing” during the week were well appreciated by the dozen devotees who took their time off from work and other duties to attend. All in all it was a very pleasant and enlivening visit. I fondly remember my previous trip several years ago and I hope by Sri Sri Gaura Nitai’s mercy that They bring me there again. • Email to a friend • •Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Drama - The Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadev
The youth of ISKCON Dallas present the drama "The Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadev". The lighting was very challenging (backlit by the altar) so the video quality is substandard. Dallas, TX • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 283:40 A.M.I woke up at 1 A.M. and began chanting. For some reason my chanting wasn't as fast as yesterday, and I only completed twelve rounds by 3:30. The rounds were attentive enough but not so speedy. Yesterday I talked about japa with Haridasa Prabhu. He said he had read a statement in the Krishna book were Prabhupada defined Krishna consciousness. He said it is thinking of Krishna attentively and offering all your love to Him. He said he felt he was lacking in doing this in his japa. I feel I have room for improvement in that direction also. It is hard to conceive of Nama Prabhu as nondifferent from Krishna and offer your love to Him. But that is what is required for suddha-nama. Around three o'clock while chanting I got a headache and took medicine but persisted in my chanting. Now I'll have a few rounds to make up later in the day. Chanting not as speedy as • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Fingering Japa MalasPrabhupada Smaranam
Srila Prabhupada fingers japa beads and there are more japa beads sitting before him in an open book. He appears to be performing initiations, perhaps in Hawaii. Wherever he visits there were devotees waiting to be initiated by him, recommended by their temple presidents. It was a great fortune for them to be personally accepted by him and for him to chant on their beads. In this way Prabhupada increased the numbers of disciples. One of the principles of devotional service is that a spiritual master should not accept too many disciples. The reason is he has to accept the sinful karma of his disciples and taking too many can become a burden, such as physical illness or spiritual weakness to the spiritual master. But Jiva Gosvami says that a spiritual master should accept as many disciples as possible to increase the numbers of the sankirtana movement. The solution to the dilemma is that if the spiritual master is very strong he can accept unlimited disciples without any adverse effects. Prabhupada was so purified by his constant preaching and by his internal mood that he did not suffer from accepting many disciples. He always remained humble and thought of himself as a servant of his own spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. He went forward with full strength on this basis and accepted thousands of disciples by the initiation process. Here he is chanting on a disciple's beads to give him special blessings. Once a disciple lost his beads and wrote to Prabhupada to please chant on another set. Prabhupada wrote back that there was no need to chant on another physical set of beads. "Once the blessing is given it is eternal." The connection established with the spiritual master at initiation is permanent, and it is said that the spiritual master will even come back in the next life to rescue his disciple. "But you should all go back to Godhead. Don't make your spiritual master come back to save you from this material world." • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Krishna-Gopis CenteredMy new book of prayers
Of course he said you can,
What about this morning?
Krishna seems far away,
Only talk of Govinda,
His eyes are beautiful as
Krishna in Vrndavana is the
But it's the gopis most of all
These are the topics to write on. • Email to a friend • •Gauranga Kishore das,USA: Essential Wisdom for the spiritual path from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
 • Email to a friend • •H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: The Party and VrndavanaHealing House
Yadunandana Swami and Rupa Swami didn't go to the wedding, but Ollie and Baladeva from Trinidad went. Ollie was paired-off with the bride's uncle, Uncle Russell and spent the whole evening with him. The groom didn't want a religious ceremony so Russell gave the speech and the exchange of vows. The night before the wedding he came to see Ollie for some input. He said he had a little ecumenical speech prepared and had Buddhist and Christian parts ready but asked Ollie for Hindu ideas. Ollie told him the two main themes were service and devotion. When the husband and the wife developed this in their relationship with each other they can develop it in its highest expression, towards the wider family and ultimately to God. Ollie arrived fifteen minutes late after the vows had already been exchanged but he sat with Uncle Russell and got to know him. The uncle was from the University of California in Berkeley where he was an activist in the anti-war movement during Vietnam. He had gone on to get masters and Ph.D. degrees in other universities but he maintained his revolutionary spirit. What he wanted to know from Ollie was what is enlightenment? He said he wasn't satisfied with explanations he'd received. He'd like to sit down with the Dalai Lama and find out what it was. He wanted an "ah-ha!" a whammy experience, something like an electric shock or what he had read in The Autobiography of a Yogi. Ollie told him the main enlightenment is to know you are not the body. Uncle Russell challenged that he had read in a book that all religions are metaphorical. Ollie countered by saying the Vedic literatures are classic Sanskrit texts in which the answers to questions were given in calculated, scientific ways. • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1958 August 2 : "Now you have gone to foreign countries on business so begin these Paropakara activities there. I shall be in touch with you by correspondence so that I may give you my humble suggestion for this service."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1967 August 2 : "Physical presence is not essential; Krishna is present by His message which was delivered 5,000 years ago. Never think I am absent; presence by hearing is real touch."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 August 2 : "I hope by now you have occupied the house. On receipt of your reply I shall send you at least ten brahmacaris as you desired. I have not heard anything about the Mayapur land - this is also essential."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 August 2 : "I wish that combinedly you may all pool your resources and purchase one nice van for spreading this Movement in India. Please all cooperate for procuring this dream of mine."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 August 2 : "We are not canvassing for people to convert or criticize, we are canvassing that people utilize their time for loving God either they are Christian, Catholic or Jew."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 August 2 : "When Hare Krishna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes clear, or Krishna conscious, and there is no question of Maya."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 August 2 : "So preach like this, very simply. We are servants of God. We are after God, that's all. And hold sankirtana widely and everything will be increasingly successful."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 August 2 : "I simply want to see that the work is going on vigorously and the money used only for construction. If I go to Vrindaban by Kartika Vrata may my quarters be at least habitable."  • Email to a friend • •Clemens Both, Germany: from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur to Thailandpreparing for the Ratha Yatra in Kuala LumpurMalaysia has over 10 ISKCON temples and carries out 32 Ratha Yatras per year: astounding!they put me in saffron! yes! finally ;) since malaysia is a very religious country, everybody knows how a sadhu dresses, so for the sake of successful book distribution, saffron does help a lot... this picture is at Batu Caves where Lord Kartikeya resides.flying • Email to a friend • •David Haslam, UK: Surrender to Krishna, means to deal with selfWhen we look at the pictures of the British Rage in India we see them in expensive Rolls Royce cars and opulent homes so the impression is that the ruling class at the time was rich and wealthy; but the true story was that actually the cars and homes were not owned by the British [...] • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama SwamiThe devotees may fail, the temples might fail, but my books will live for ever. - Srila Prabhupada • Email to a friend • •Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: After Elevated Park's Success, Other Cities Look Up
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• Email to a friend • •Gaura Yoga, NZ: Getting Real! with Devamrita SwamiDevamrita Swami is a world travelling monk and author with thirty-eight years of practical experience in Krishna Consciousness. In 1972 after graduating from the prestigious Yale University, he came across the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada which he discovered was the start of his real education. Devamrita Swami's charismatic, entertaining style will make you smile, will make you frown and will make you think outside the box. He will be speaking this Sunday 8 August at 5pm, then after dinner run a Q&A session in the Gaura Yoga Lounge. Please come and ask any question you so desire about the realities of life… and be prepared for some serious answers! Further more on both Thursday 12 & 19 August Devamrita Swami will be leading his famous open discussion style workshops going into even more deeper understandings, which will leave you feeling inspired to take on life with a new perspective! These are three not-to-be-missed evenings.
• Email to a friend • •Japa Group: The Cooperation Of Your Mind
It was good. I chanted all 16 rounds in a row and kept my attention on the silent mantras without wandering to other thoughts. It is an easy process when you get the cooperation of your mind. There's nothing to do but adoringly hear the repeated names of Hare, Krishna and Rama. It is mantra meditation and the most recommended form of God realization for this age. From Bhajan Kutir #26  • Email to a friend • •Mayapur Online: Suffering in Rajapur...!
Sridhama Mayapur is a wonderful place full of special devotees. Due to their magnanimous nature they sometimes give me their association and I get the glorious opportunity to discuss philosophy with them. One day we were discussing a verse from the Caitanya-caritamrta Antya Lila verse 20.52 • Email to a friend • •Gouranga TV: Aindra Prabhu – Hare Krishna kirtan – ISKCON Vrindavan kartik – October 29, 2009 – 3/3Aindra Prabhu – Hare Krishna kirtan – ISKCON Vrindavan kartik – October 29, 2009 – 3/3 • Email to a friend • •More Recent Articles |
And urging everyone not to while away the time like a cricket, but be prepared for the winter of hardship like the grasshopper.
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