Divide and Conquer by HH Indradyumna Swami on 12 May 2014 at ISKCON Moscow

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)

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Lecture on Are Science and Spirituality at war with each other by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Appearance of Vakresvara Pandita and Tamal Krishna Goswami by Bir Krishna Goswami on 08 June 2012

(Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada’s disciple.)

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Dear Devotees, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

This is to cordially invite you to participate in the 33rd annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival organized by ISKCON Baroda, that will be observed on Sunday, June 29, 2014, that corresponds with to the annual Rathayatra day at Puri, the "aashaad shukla dvitiya" tithi.

Certainly this festival has one of the largest public participation of any of the Rathayatras organized by ISKCON, worldwide.

Most of Baroda's political leaders, including Gujarat State Education Minister Saurabh Patel (the "no. 2" Minister in the new Anandiben Patel BJP led Gujarat State Government) who is our local MLA, will attend as he did last year, along with Baroda Mayor Sri Bharat Shah, etc., etc.

Last December I remember a discussion I had with one of our seniormost respected leaders, wherein I queried: do they distribute 15,000 kgs of halava at the XYX Rathayatra?

Well, we have been distributing 15,000 kgs -- yes, that's 15 TONS -- of halava, cooked in "deshi ghee" to the public from trucks that follow behind Lord Jagannath's Rath for the past 6/7 years now! The crowds that turn out to have darshan of Lord Jagannath's Rath have to be seen to be believed!

This year were are extremely pleased to announce the participation of HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj in the Rathayatra festival. Maharaj will also address the annual Rathayatra press conference on June 27, and lecture here in the temple room in the evening of the same day (June 27).

As has been the case for the past many, many years, HH Bhakti Vikas Swami will also participate in the Rathayatra festival. After the festival, Maharaj will lecture daily in the temple room from June 30 through July 2.

ISKCON Gujarat Chief, Sriman Jasomatinandan Prabhu has confirmed his participation in this year's festival. Also Sriman Devakinandan Prabhu, ISKCON Global Minister of Fund Raising and ISKCON Zonal Secretary for Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bombay, Sriman Braja Hari Prabhu, Temple President of ISKCON Juhu, Sriman Vrajendranandan Prabhu, ISKCON India Communications Director and Vice President of ISKCON New Delhi, Sriman Surapati Prabhu, TP of ISKCON Lucknow, and Sriman Bhaktivinod Prabhu, Co-TP ISKCON Chandigarh, have all confirmed their participation.

If you wish to participate, please let me know via e-mail so we can arrange your accommodation accordingly.

Thanks very much in advance for your kind consideration of our humble invitation.

Hope this meets you all well.

das,
Basu Ghosh Das
President ISKCON Baroda
(Text PAMHO:26497370)

Preisdent of India Pranabh Mukherjee (left) receives the deluxe Bhagavad Gita from ISKCON-guru Gopal Krishna Goswami

ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) trustee Gopal Krishna Goswami met the honorable President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on 12th June, 2014 at the President’s official residence in New Delhi and presented him the BBT’s deluxe edition of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is along with the maha-prasad of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi.

President Mukherjee examinig the fine quality of paper and the ecxusite artwork of the unique book 

On receiving the Gita, Mr. Mukherjee personally browsed through it appreciating its beauty all the while Gopal Krishna Goswami briefed him about this unique limited edition which is printed on Garda-Pat ivory paper produced in Verona, Italy at Fedrigoni, an ancient paper mill established in 1888.  The Gita with its high-quality artistic hand-made binding and artwork is surely a treasure to have.Gopal Krishna Goswami requested Mr. Mukherjee to read a verse of Gita daily.

Gopal Krishna Goswami thanked the President for inaugurating ISKCON’s Pune center last year and invited him to inaugurate ISKCON upcoming center in Kanpur later this year, and presented him with a brochure of this 12 acre project and explained him the different activities that would be held there.

The deluxe edition Gita is surely a treasure to have

Mr. Mukherjee expressed his pleasure to open the temple as “ISKCON is a good organization doing good work”.

Gopal Krishna Goswami thanked the President for accepting the invitation and before the meeting ended, a group photo was taken along with ISKCON Communications team of Vrajendranandana Dasa and Yudhistir Govinda Dasa.

(From right to left) a group photo of Gopal Krisna Goswmai, President Pranabh Mukherji, Vrajendranandana Das and Yudhisthir Govinda Das.

​By: Yudhisthir Govinda Das ISKCON News on June 15, 2014

Source : http://iskconnews.org/president-of-india-presented-with-bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-deluxe-edition,4459/

As the devotional ecstacy of building and completing the TOVP increases like the flood of love of God, devotees worldwide are coming forward to assist with promotion and fundraising.

Officially formed under the banner of the Toronto, Ontario temple with the guidance and inspiration of His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami, the TOVP Canada Team has begun moving forward, spreading the glories of the TOVP and helping to raise funds for its completion by 2022. Due to regional laws and regulations, the fundraising will focus on specific items for the TOVP, the first of which will be a highly advanced and powerful Lightning Arrester System (see below for description) costing around $100,000. With this new initiative, Canadian donors will now also be able to receive a tax-deductible receipt for their donations.

For more information and to donate,

Contact Rajasuya das at: tovpcanada@tovp.org

If you are an ISKCON leader, temple president, etc. and also feel inspired to help fulfill this desire of Srila Prabhupada in your community on an ongoing basis,

Please Contact Vraja Vilas das at: brajavilasa.rns@gmail.com

From Wikipedia:

A lightning arrester is a device used on electrical power systems and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors of the system from the damaging effects of lightning. The typical lightning arrester has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a lightning surge (or switching surge, which is very similar) travels along the power line to the arrester, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrestor, in most cases to earth.

In telegraphy and telephony, a lightning arrestor is placed where wires enter a structure, preventing damage to electronic instruments within and ensuring the safety of individuals near them. Smaller versions of lightning arresters, also called surge protectors, are devices that are connected between each electrical conductor in power and communications systems and the Earth. These prevent the flow of the normal power or signal currents to ground, but provide a path over which high-voltage lightning current flows, bypassing the connected equipment. Their purpose is to limit the rise in voltage when a communications or power line is struck by lightning or is near to a lightning strike.

Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita (Adi Lila 08-40-41) by Shikshashtakam Prabhu on 07 June 2007 at ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor

(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship.

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Lecture on Panihati Chida Dahi Utsav by HG Gaur Krishna Prabhu 11 June 2014 at ISKCON Punjabi Bagh

(His Grace Gaura Hari Prabhu is the temple president of Oslo, Norway, the disciple of HH Sridhar Swami. He is the one of the candidates on the list for the sannyas order of life.)

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Lecture on Meditation minimizes inner friction and maximizes outer contribution by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Mother Natures Krsnas Natures by Hh Sivarama Swami on 12 June 2014 at New Vraja Dham

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973. )

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class (10.44.14-17) by HG Pancaratna Prabhu on 12 June 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(His Grace Pancharatna Prabhu first came across Srila Prabhupada's writing in 1970. He is serving Bhaktivedanta Book Trust as Executive Officer. He also writes articles on "ISKCON News" – The News Agency of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Master and Servant by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami at Durban, South Africa

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami is mostly engaged in traveling and spreading Krsna consciousness in an authoritative and accessible way. His permanent base is Durban, where his gentle and saintly presence provides stability.)

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Lecture on Bhagavan Sarvatra Hai to Mandir Kyu Jaye by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 27 Mar 2014 at Rishikesh

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on ISKCON the embodiment of the Visva Vaisnava Raja Sabha by Sivarama Swami on 01 June 2014 at Budapest

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada. Sivarama Swami first came in contact with the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1970, becoming an initiated disciple of Prabhupada in 1973.)

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Lecture on Krishna is everything by HG Urmila Mataji on 13 Mar 2013 at Vrindavan

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Lecture on Do Not Compromise by Giriraj Swami on 01 June 2006 at Baltimore

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Lecture on Demigods appeal to show the form of the Lord by HH Romapada Swami in 28 May 2014 at Los Angeles

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)

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Lecture on Spiritual Attachment to cure Material Attachment by HG Urmila Mataji on 03 Oct 2013 at Hawaii

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Lecture on Panihati Festival by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Bhaktivedanta Manor on 13 June 2014

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Lecture on Lord Caitanyas Teachings by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 16 May 2014 at ISKCON Silicon Valley

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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