Lecture on Faith by Atmanivedana Swami on 22 April 2012 at Zurich

(His Holiness Atmanivedana Swami preaches mostly in UK and Indonesia. Maharaja was born in Mozambique, of Gujarati origin.)

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Seminar on Sudama Katha by Nirantara Prabhu

(In his spare time (when not going out for preaching) he composes and records original recordings of the Shrila Prabhupada's teachings of what he calls "Bhaktivedanta yoga" in western musical format using guitar, keyboard, and bass.)

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Seminar on Prasadam by Hari Sauri Prabhu

(Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia where, on the second day of his arrival, he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement.)

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Lecture on How To Get Rid of Our Pride by Kratu Prabhu on 10 Jan 2011 at Toronto

(During high schooling years, he became president of the students union and went on to receive a bachelor degree in engineering from the M.S. University, Baroda.)

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Lecture on Wonderful Krsna by Jnanagamya Prabhu on 05 Aug 2012 at ISKCON Mayapur

(H.G. Jnanagamya Prabhu joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement in 1972.)

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Seminar on Love by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu

(His Divine Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari appeared in this world in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on 7 November 1947, the tenth day (Dasami) of the most holy month of Kartik according to the Vaisnava calendar.)

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Devotees revelled in the drizzle amid chants as the splendidly decorated chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra threaded their way through the city Wednesday during the annual rath yatra (chariot festival) here.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the annual rath yatra festival organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), by sweeping the streets with a gold-plated broom. Banerjee, who took part in the rituals, distributed prasadam before lending a hand to pull the rope of the chariots.

Amid jubilant chants of "Hare Krishna", thousands of devotees from across the world pulled the multi-hued chariots. Themed on the world's largest Vedic temple Chandrodaya Mandir, under construction at West Bengal's Mayapur, the ISKCON rath yatra witnessed legions of devotees accompany the deities atop three chariots from Park Circus Maidan of south Kolkata to reach the Brigade Parade Ground in the central part of the city.

In a spirit of celebration and obeisance, the believers sang and danced all the way through to the rhythmic beats of cymballs and drums. A tableau depicting the replica of the Mayapur temple proved to be a big eye-catcher. The festival marks the age-old annual journey of the three deities from the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha, to their aunt's residence in the Gundicha temple, 3 km away. The festival is celebrated elsewhere too in the country by the faithfuls.

The chariots would be kept at the Brigade Parade Ground for the next seven days before making the return journey or Ulta Rath, July 18, marking the end of the festival. As a sideshow to the festival, a fair has been organised at the Brigade Parade ground where devotees can participate in songs, dances, kirtans (devotional songs) and various other cultural programmes.

Folk and tribal artists from Odisha enthralled audiences with their performances while women participated in contests at making peetha (a type of sweet from West Bengal and Odisha). Over 10,000 pilgrims attended the rath yatra festival at Mahesh in Hooghly district. A few lakh devotees have also gathered at Mayapur in Nadia district on the occasion.

The 295 years old rath yatra - the oldest in the state - organised by Subarna Roy Choudhury's clan, started from Barisha, in the city's southern outskirts to Halishahar in North 24-Parganas. Month-long rath festivals have started in various parts of the city, including Moulali in central Kolkata and Rashbehari in the south.

Security has been beefed up in the city and the outskirts to prevent untoward incidents during the festival.

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Lecture on Hera Pancami by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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SURAT: Thousands of devotees participated in the Lord Jagannath RathYatra organized in the city which turned out to be a joyful celebration with continuous rainfall till late evening. The Rath Yatra, organized by ISKCON temple, started near Surat railway station and ended at ISKCON temple in Jahangirpura in the evening.

Around 10,000 people participated in Lord Jagannath's yatra which remained peaceful throughout the route. Apart from the decked-up horses, no other animals were used in the yatra this year. Women were seen cleaning the streets ahead of the chariot with a golden broom.

It was interesting to note that more number of women were pulling the rope of the rath compared to men. The procession included a few ornamental tractors carrying some of the participants while the rest joined in dancing. Many worshipers also performed group dances in colourful costumes. Khir, bundi and dry fruits were distributed to devotees as 'prasad'.

Other Rath Yatras were also organized at Lanka Vijay Hanuman Temple in Amroli, Godiya Gopal Temple in Mahidharpura, Jagannath Mahaprabhu Temple in Pandesara and Krishna Temple in Sachin. The Rath Yatra organized by Lanka Vijay Hanuman Temple is the oldest in the city, with the temple organizing the grand procession from Varachha to Amroli for the last 27 years.

Police had arranged heavy bandobast on the Rath Yatra route with one company of SRP, 200 home guards, 150 traffic brigade jawans, 816 head constables and constables, 62 PSI, 25 PI, 8 assistant commissioners of police, 5 deputy commissioners of police and 3 additional commissioners of police.

"The yatra remained peaceful on its route and there were no issues during the day. The police had carried out a flag march on Tuesday as preparation," said S K Gadhvi, deputy commissioner of police, Zone-IV.

Sri Sri Radha Damodar

Jagganath Baladeva Subhadra

Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

Lecture on Hera Panchami by Bhakti Purusottama Swami

(Bhakti Purusottama Swami first joined ISKCON in Mayapur, India, in 1978. He is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami and is an integral part of the organization of the Headquarters of ISKCON in Mayapur, where he is based.)

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Lecture on Hera Pancmi Festival by Mahanidhi Swami

(Mahanidhi Swami’s spiritual journey began in his early years when he was raised in a Christian family. His early education included an extensive study of the Bible. However, he found Christian theology leaving many of his questions unanswered.)

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Hare Krishna Dear Prabhu

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Sri Sri Nitai Mayapur Chandra

I am extremely happy to announce that ISKCON Cape Town, Rondebosch temple is 25 years old this year !!!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we will be holding a special 25th anniversary Reunion and Kirtan Mela festival.

Our guests will include HH Bhakti Caitanya swami, HH Kadamba Kanana swami and many senior devotees and former full time Cape Town devotees who will share their memories and pastimes with us. We would really like to hear all your experiences and pastimes you enjoyed while living in the Cape Town temple.

I would like to formally invite you to join us for this special milestone event, you were instrumental in the successes we enjoy today. We would be honoured if you could attend. All accomodation and prasadam will be covered by us, all you need to do is come to Cape Town.

The planned schedule for the festival is :
- Saturday 21, September - Kirtan Mela festival.
- Sunday 22, September - 25th Anniversary & Reunion festival
- Monday 23, September- South Africa National council meetings

Please diarise and share with your friends.

Please register with us by sending email if you would like to attend to info@iskconcape.org.za

The facebook page for the festival is ISKCON Cape Town Please like the page so that you can follow the festival and receive all the news and updates.

Your servant
Jyotirmoy das

Just creating people who can earn, who can invent, is not going to help the world in itself unless people become holistic, become united with their own inner spiritual nature and act with dynamic compassion.

- Radhanath Swami

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/World-Population-Day/articleshow/21008094.cms

Lecture on Jivan Shaili by Subhag Swami

(Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness specific services of translating Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures & Prabhupada’s books. Also Srila Prabhupada ordered him to preach Krishna Consciousness all over the world.)

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Lecture on Finding Balance by Yadunanadana Swami on 21 Feb 2012 at ISKCON Radhadesh

(Yadunandana Swami principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor is a sannyasi (monk, religious mendicant) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).)

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Lecture on The main thing is Desire by Rohini Suta Prabhu on 08 Sep 1990

(Rohini Suta Prabhu joined ISKCON in 1974 and is initiated by Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he was engaged in book distribution, mostly in Switzerland and Germany.)

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Hon’ble Dr A. P. J .Abdul Kalam Former President of India on arrival to the hospital first started his visit auspiciously by offering his respects to Srila Prabhupada ,Founder Acharya, International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Later he took a tour of the hospital and interacted with the key management of the hospital and also with the hospital staff and others. Mr.Hrishikesh Mafatlal, (H.G.Krsnachandra Prabhu) Chairman and Dr.Ajay Sankhe,(H.G.Madhavanand Prabhu) Director of the hospital also spoke on this occasion.

Dr.Kalam appreciated the hospital for the righteousness prevailing around when he visited the departments , spiritual background and health care services to the community . He then proceeded to give a wonderful inspirational talk for the medical fraternity with latest relevant examples and statistics. Here are some of the highlights from Hon A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s speech which we can take few lessons in our life.

- He cheerfully greeted the assembly of doctors on the eve of the ‘International Doctor’s day ‘and added "Be a lamp ..a life boat and a ladder, help someone’s soul heal, walk out of your house like a peaceful shepherd. He emphasized the need for the doctor’s to have 2 hearts, one biological and second ‘human, caring heart with ‘service’ attitude."

- He suggested that the community care should reach the unreached sections and asked the hospital to consider mobile dialysis clinics . He spoke of the affordable and accessible treatment for needy patients in India, which will help in rapid national growth.

- He emphasized the need for the using research to provide break through and gave examples of John Hopkins which has become a world class medical research center, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad on Eye Care and Thrombosis Research Institute at the Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore,

- Periodic review is very essential with the hospital’s medical community. Whether it is pre-operative, operative, post-operative and recovery period, and large number of sophisticated instruments and monitoring systems are used, safety of the patients is utmost importance and sharing of the experience of the treatment and problems need to be done periodically and results documented and recorded. This will become wealth of the information for the Cardiology Department.

- He spoke about the mortality and morbidity resulting from the cerebro and cardio vascular diseases which have increased rapidly and is increasingly a public health problem. The stroke which is a age related disorder in developed countries occurring in age group 55 and above occurs to much earlier in India and 18-40% stroke occurs for people below 40 yrs of age. The condition adds dramatic consequences on the young patient and heavy burden on the family and society in general. Thus he stressed the need for Preventive Cardiology services. He was appreciative of the fact that Bhaktivedanta Hospital has Preventive Cardiology in its agenda.

- He spoke at length on including the life style intervention and gave example of the programme carried out by DRDO in partnership with Global Hospital and Research Center, Mount Abu. There was remarkable improvement in the cardiac health of these patients within 7 days by following the following

o Simple and rudimentary lifestyle
o Traditional Indian fiber diet with fruits and sprouts
o Brisk walking morning and evening
o Stress management through meditation
o Empower people with information and education on heart disease and how they can control or reverse it
o Chest pain and uneasiness reduced
o Capacity to exercise increase and post six months many could take to swimming
o Bad cholesterol, stress hormones increased remarkably
o Improvement in psychological and mental health

Dr Kalam concluded talk by inviting all the doctors and para medical staff present to take a oath “ I love my medical profession a noble mission, I will follow the motto “Let my care, remove the pain and bring smile, I will always radiate cheer to give confidence to patients and their families, I will be a lifelong learner , I will practice what I learn and I will train my team to be competent, I will deliver quality care with high standard irrespective of whom I am treating , I will not introduce any diagnostic pain, I will work with integrity and succeed with integrity”.

- Humbleness: As a man of his stature & fame (accomplished, distinguished scientist of world repute, Former -President of India, Inspirational leader) he took opportunity to discuss with one and all inspiring them. There was no air of being Bharat Ratna or Padma Vibhushan or Padma Bhushan.

- Righteousness: He made everyone recite the wonderful couplets linked the importance of righteousness which is the foundation of everything i.e. character, attitude, success …. Peace at country level

• Where there is righteousness of the heart… there is beauty in the character
• Where there is beauty in the character… there is harmony at house
• Where there is harmony at house … there is order in the nation
• Where there order in the nation … there is peace in the world

- Approachable: He mingled and interacted with the staff at all the levels, this shows that although a person of his stature, he was well grounded and set the example for humility in the leaders.
- Simplicity: We all know how simple and down to earth he is and this was the main reason that he was liked by one and all. The hospital also felt delight to host him as the Chief Guest. He was simple, serious and expressed himself with no ulterior motive
- Caring for others: He gave many suggestions for improvements (mobile dialysis, medical research) for taking the programme to mass community healthcare.
- Leader: He leads by example and encourages team work, learning, sharing, growing through co-operation
- Life style Intervention: He spoke at length on including the life style intervention and gave example of the programme carried out by DRDO in partnership with Global Hospital and Research Center, Mount Abu shows how inclusion of the traditional Indian Vedic lifestyle improves overall health.

If you look at all these qualities they reflect a life of perfection based on strong righteous founding principle. We all know he was rational religious person with respect for ultimate truth .He was born and cultivated in the holy city of Rameshwaram. Some of qualities which reflect his personality - He is a vegetarian and Teetotaler
- He listens to Carnatic music & plays Veena
- He recites both Koran and Srimad Bhagvad Gita
- He leads by his conduct
- He stresses the importance of power of prayers in ones life
- His books are inspiring and he has given practical solutions for success, perfection and sustainability of individual as well as the country

The following message from his book Wings Of Fire speaks for itself.

“My third and last year at MIT was a year of transition and was to have a great impact on my later life. In those days, a new climate of political enlightenment and industrial effort was sweeping across the country. I had to test my belief in God and see if it could fit into matrix of scientific thinking. The accepted view was that a belief in scientific methods was only valid approach to knowledge. If so, I wondered, was matter alone the ultimate reality and were spiritual phenomena but a manifestation of matter? Were all ethical values relative, and was sensory perception the only source of knowledge and truth? I wondered about these issues, attempting to sort out the vexing question of “scientific temper” and my own spiritual interests. The value system in which I had been nurtured was profoundly religious. I had been taught that true reality lay beyond the material world in the spiritual realm, and that knowledge could be obtained only through inner experience.”

Bhaktivedanta Hospital is grateful to Dr.Kalam for inaugurating the Heart Centre and sharing his inspirational thoughts.

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