Lecture When Lord Nityananda is Pleased by HH Sivarama Swami on 21 Dec 2014 at Budapest
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books.)
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Lecture on How to See God by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 29 Nov 2014 at Salem
(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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Predictions vs. protection
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 October 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.18)
There was a pujari in Mayapur, in the early days, worshipping Radha Madhava. He was a grhasta; he had a family and a few children.
One day, he went to an astrologer and an astrologer who looked at his chart and his palm and he said, “Oh, within three months from now, you will leave your family and you will start a new family.”
He said, “Ah, come on, you know. Nah, that is too much!” Time went by. Six months went by. Nothing happened. “He is a useless astrologer.”
One day, he was again in Calcutta and he walked passed the astrologer and he thought, “Let me drop in and let me tell him that his prediction did not come true.”
So he said, “You know, you made that prediction within three months, I shall leave my family etc. etc. Nothing happened. Six months passed. Nothing happened.”
The astrologer said, “Okay. Let me do a calculation and see why.” So, he did a calculation and he said, “According the calculation, it shows that the deity that you are worshipping has protected you.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could have said that also.” So he did not immediately believe it.
But then, then shortly after that he got a business offer and the business offer meant that he had to move to Calcutta. He gave up his service to the deity that he had been worshipping for many years, Radha Madhava in Mayapur. He went to do business and then it happened! Within two months, this lady appeared and somehow or other, it was Kamadeva, Cupid and this and that and you know, and he left his family and he left everything and started a new life, somewhere else. Okay, that may happen and I mean, I hope that everything is going well for him and for everyone else. The reason why I am telling this story is to show that the deity actually did protect. The deity did protect all along.
Radha-Vallabha (Deity in melborne) knows very well who comes for mangal-arati. Oh yes, they come every day for mangal-arati and that one never comes. The one who comes every day, I will give some special protection. Yes, the other one, a little less.
ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham (Bhagavad-gita 4.11)
As you surrender unto me, I reward you accordingly. That is Radha Vallabha, very personaliyes. Hmmm (laughing). Anyway Gaura-Nitai are very mercifuli very merciful and because Gaura-Nitai are the presiding deities of the yuga, their influence touches all the others also. Radha-Krsna are especially merciful now. Radha Vallabha especially merciful at the moment and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra also. So there is a lot of mercy to get and that protects us. That protects us. It is like that.
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We would like to bring your attention to our latest newsletter.
Within the newsletter contains a highlight on an AFFCAP-certified gaushala, a Day in the Life of an AFFCAP inspector, etc. In addition, there are two articles of note, one by Shivali Miglani, who writes profoundly on the importance of cow protection and ends with a request to sign a petition advocating the adoption of recommendations from the Report of the National Commission of Cattle.
The second article is the recommendations put forward by the Nat'l Commission of Cattle.
These recommendations are comprehensive and practically encompasses the vision that Srila Prabhupada had for cow protection. It is difficult to conceive of an area of cow protection which hasn't been touched on.
We pray that the contents may be of interest to to the devotees.
Please email us at this PAMHO address or info@affcap.org if you would like to have your name placed on our mailing list. The list is used solely for publicizing our newsletter and will never be lent or sold to a third party.
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Best regards,
Vyapaka das
The TOVP Fundraising Team announces yet another opportunity to help build the Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: The Radha Madhava Brick. Sri Sri Radha Madhava and the Ashta Sakhis have been in their current “temporary” building since 1972, waiting now for 42 years for Their new temple to be built. With the progress of the TOVP steadily moving along Their new home and altar will be ready for Them by 2022.
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 13 Text 04-09 You Are committing Sins on the Strength of Chanting by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 01 Dec 2014 at New Goloka
(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Dhruva Charitra by HH Lokanath Swami on 25 Dec 2014 at Pune
(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)
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Recently a movie "PK" has been released. In this movie certain spiritual practices have not been represented in a proper way. There is a possibility that innocent people may get a wrong idea about religion.
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 16 Text 40 by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 02 Dec 2014 at Punjabi Bagh
(HH Gopal Krishna Maharaj appeared on the auspicious day of Ekadasi, on August 14, 1944 in New Delhi, India. After graduating from the Delhi University, His Holiness studied Business Management at the University of Paris in Sorbonne and later obtained his Master's degree in Business Administration.)
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Lecture on Picking Up The Pieces by HG Charu Prabhu
(Caru Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 11 Text 21 Dont Commit Suicide by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 10 Nov 2014 at New Goloka
(Born in October 1949, Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on How to overcome Gunas Kala and Karma by HG Hari Vilas Prabhu on 03 Aug 2014
(Hari Vilasa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968 in New York. He has been a member of the GBC since 1988. He serves as zonal secretary for: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia)
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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 03 Text 11 We live not just in a universe but in a universal government by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in Dec 2014
(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advise to the GBC)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 Chapter 16 Text 32 by HH Bhakti Nityananda Swami on 16 Dec 2014 at ISKCON Juhu
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Lecture on Disappearance Day of Srila Jiva Goswami by HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami at Dallas
(HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami joined ISKCON in 1969. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Since then he served as temple president in NY, Buffalo and San Diego, developed successful recruiting and training programs for new devotees)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04 Chapter 25 Text 39 The Human Life is For Spiritual Advancement by HH Romapada Swami on 14 Dec 2014 at Chicago
(HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago.)
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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07 Chapter 09 Text 08 Prahlada-The most humble servant by HH Indradyumna Swami on 12 Aug 1988 at Bhaktivedanta Manor
(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.)
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