Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Due to hudhud cyclone our temple hall, Mechanised Kitchen,book godown, Rice godown,homeo Clinic,whole big shed with doors windows,goshalla,North side boundary wall,Guest house reception,guest house glass windows,water
tanks,Main gate,few vehicles,airconditions,all elctrical system have been extensively damaged.

Since we have to repair immediately,we again appeal to each and every devotee for some donation or temporary loan for a year or so with or without Interest,whatever possible.For some time it is difficult to collect from local donors of Visakhapatnam since mostly they are also affected.

We look forward for your kind response.

Thanking you
your servant
Samba das & devotees of
Iskcon Visakhapatnam

Dear Devotees,
The new book by Satyarja Prabhu  about Brahamananda and Srila Prabhupada is now available in India at our Torchlight offices in Mayapur.
Call or email us on Zakaya Burke <zakaya.burke@gmail.com> or phone on 800 167 5056

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Your servant,
Advaita Candra das

The Glories of Govardhan

The Vedic scriptures proclaim that the glories of Lord Krishna are unlimited and eternal and no one is able to reach the end of them. In the same way, who can fully describe the splendid glories of Sri Giriraja-Govardhana, the best servant of the Lord and at the same time non-different from the Lord Himself? To protect his dear vrajavasis from Indra’s wrath, Sri Krishna held the Hill on the small finger of His divine hand for seven days. The area of Govardhan is full of wonderful forests, lakes, caves, waterfalls, jeweled paths, platforms and pavilions. Lord’s most intimate pastimes’ places – Sri Radha-kunda and Sri Syama-kunda are located at the foot of the Hill. The Vaishnava acharyas and saints left us a great treasure of scriptures, describing the wonderful pastimes, which are going on eternally in the shade of Giriraja. Here are but a few drops of this nectar.

The holy place known as Mathura is spiritually superior to Vaikuntha, the transcendental world, because the Lord appeared there. Superior to Mathura-Puri is the transcendental forest of Vrndavana because of Krsna's rasa-lila pastimes. And superior to the forest of Vrndavana is Govardhana Hill, for it was raised by the divine hand of Sri Krsna and was the site of His various loving pastimes. And, above all, the superexcellent Sri Radha-kunda stands supreme, for it is overflooded with the ambrosial nectarean prema of the Lord of Gokula, Sri Krsna. Where, then, is that intelligent Person who is unwilling to serve this divine Radha-kunda, which is situated at the foot of Govardhana Hill?
(Sri Upadesamrita, verse 9)

“Of all the devotees this Govardhana Hill is the best! Or my friends this Hill supplies Krishna and Balarama, along with their calves, cows and cowherd friends, with all the necessities: water for drinking, very soft grass, caves, fruits, flowers and vegetables. In this way the Hill offers respects to the Lord. Being touched by the lotus feet of Krishna and Balarama, the hill appears very jubilant”.
(SB 10.21.18).

The birth of Sri Giriraja

One day, in the beautiful rasa-dance circle, which was filled with the tinkling of anklets and with courtyards splendid with pearls and parasols, strings of flowering malati vines fragrant with nectar honey, sounds of flute and mridanga and beautiful singing from beautiful throats, and which was shining with many beautiful girls, Radha cast a sidelong glance at Lord Krishna, who is more charming that many millions of Kamadevas, and who generously gives the sweetest nectar. She spoke to Him the following words. O Lord of the worlds, if You are pleased with My love in this rasa-dance, then there is a desire in My heart I would like to place before You.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O girl with the beautiful thighs, You may ask for whatever Your heart desires. O beloved, if I have not already given it, I will lovingly give whatever You wish. Sri Radha said: In splendid Vrindavana forest, in a beautiful and secluded place by the Yamuna's shore, please make an arena for a nectar rasa-dance. O Lord of lords, this is My desire.
Sri Narada said: Saying, "So be it", the Lord meditated. With His lotus eyes he looked inside His heart. As the gopis watched, Krishna's love, in a form of fire and water, came from His heart as a sprout comes up from the ground. Falling onto the ground of the rasa-dance circle, that love grew into a great mountain filled with many caves and swiftly-moving streams, beautiful with kadamba, bakula, and asoka trees and a great network of flowering vines, opulent with mandara and kunda flowers, and filled with graceful birds. O king of Videha, in a single moment that mountain became eight hundred thousand miles wide and eight billion miles long. It was like another Ananta Shesha. It was four billion miles tall. It is four billion miles tall eternally. It was like a gigantic elephant. It had a hundred eighty-million-mile-tall peaks. O king of Mithila, it was like a great palace with many golden domes. 
As the mountain expanded, Goloka became filled with fear and there was a great uproar. Lord Krishna at once stood up and slapped the mountain with His hand. He said, "Why do You expand so much? You have covered the entire realm! Why do you not stop at once?" In this way Krishna stopped the mountain from growing any further.
Gazing at this best of mountains, Lord Krishna's beloved Radha was very pleased. O king, She enjoyed pastimes with Krishna in a secluded place on that mountain. In this way Govardhana Hill, which is the best of mountains, which is dear to the Lord, which is dark as a monsoon cloud, and which contains within itself all holy places, was manifested by Lord Krishna.
(Garga Samhita, Canto 3, Chapter 9)

A few verses from Garga Samhita, describing Giriraja’s glories.

Chapter 10
Text 14
The liberated soul said: Glorious Govardhana Hill, the king of mountains, is the personal form of Lord Krishna. Simply by seeing it, one attains the supreme goal of life.

Texts18-19
Even though he has committed hundreds of sins, a person who on Mount Mangala gives gold in charity attains a spiritual form like Lord Visnu's. That same result is attained simply by seeing Govardhana Hill. No other holy place is as sacred as Govardhana Hill.

Texts20-21
O brahmana, simply by visiting Govardhana Hill one attains piety a hundred thousand times greater than the piety he would attain if on the sacred mountains Rishabha, Kutaka, and Kolaka he had worshiped many brahmanas and given in charity ten million cows with golden horns.

Texts28-30
O best of brahmanas, bathing in sacred rivers, giving charity, performing austerities, and performing pious deeds, all these performed during Sri Rama-navami on Mount Citrakuta, during the third day of Vishakha on Pariyatra, during the full-moon on Mount Kukura, during Dvadasi on Mount Nila, or during Saptami at Indrakila bring a great pious result. That pious result is multiplied ten million times by visiting Bharata-varsha. It is multiplied unlimited times by visiting Govardhana Hill.

Texts31-37
By giving charity, performing austerities, bathing in sacred rivers, chanting sacred mantras, or worshiping the brahmanas and the Supreme Personality of Godhead at the Godavari, Mount Simla, Mayapuri, Kumbhaga, Pushkara, Pushya-nakshatra, Kurukshetra, Ravi-graha, Candra-graha, Kashi, Phalguna, Naimisha, Ekadashi, Shukara, Kartiki, Ganamuktida, Janmashtami, Madhupuri, Khandava, Dvadasi, Kartiki, Purnima, Vateshvara-maha-vata, Makararka, Prayaga, Barhishmati, Vaidhati, Ayodhya-sarayu-tira, Sri Rama-navami-dina, Shiva-caturdasi, vaijanatha- subha-vana, Darsa, Soma-vara, Ganga-sagara-sangama, Dasami, Setubandha, Sri Ranga, or Saptami-dina, on attains a great pious result. O best of brahmanas, by visiting Govardhana Hill one attains a pious result ten million times greater than all those pious deeds together.

Chapter11
Text26
One who hears the glories of Govardhana Hill, glories that are filled with the secrets of Lord Krishna's ever-new transcendental pastimes, will become as fortunate as King Indra in this life, and as fortunate as King Nanda in the next.

Here are the Govardhana-vasa-prarthana-dasaka & Govardhanasraya-dasaka from Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami which were the favourites of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami. They have been translated by Kusakratha Prabhu.

Govardhana-vasa-prarthana-dasaka

Ten Appeals for Residence at Govardhana Hill

Text 1
O Govardhana, O king of all incomparable great mountains, O hill that became an umbrella with the arm of your own Lord as the handle and then destroyed the pride of the deva king madly attacking with raised weapons, please grant the residence near you that is so dear to me.

Text 2
O Govardhana, please grant to me the residence near you that will guarantee the sight of the youthful divine couple as they enjoy passionate amorous pastimes in your caves.

Text 3
O Govardhana, O hill where Lord Krishna happily plays with Balarama and His friends in the incomparable jeweled courtyards, jeweled lion-thrones, trees, waterfalls, mountain-brooks, caves, peaks, and valleys, please grant the residence near you that is so dear to me.

Text 4
O Govardhana, O hill that provides the dark courtyard that witnesses the dana-keli pastime of the nectar-treasure youthful divine couple, O hill that brings great bliss to the best of they who relish transcendental nectar, please grant to me residence near you.

Text 5
O Govardhana, O hill that, hiding as you playfully embrace the neck of your dear friend, Lord Hari's dear, unprecedented Radha-Kunda, secretly gazes at the pastimes of the youthful divine couple, please grant to me residence near you.

Text 6
O Govardhana, O hill that by nourishing the cows with its water, grass, and the shade of its trees declares to the three worlds the appropriateness of its own name, please grant to me residence near you.

Text 7
O Govardhana, O hill that the enemy of Agha and Baka honored by transforming into a new house to give Vraja protection from the sustained fury of the sura king, please grant to me residence near you.

Text 8
O Govardhana, O king of mountains, O hill whose nectar name "the best of Lord Hari's servants" flows from the moon of Sri Radha's mouth, O hill that the Vedas declare to be the tilaka marking of Vraja, please grant to me residence near you.

Text 9
O Govardhana, O philanthropist that gives transcendental happiness to Vraja's people, animals, and birds, all anointed with the nectar of friendship for Sri Sri Radha-Krishna surrounded by Their friends, out of Your immeasurable mercy, please accept unhappy me and please grant me residence near you.

Text 10
Although I am a cheater and a criminal, unlimitedly merciful Lord Sacinandana, who is very dear to you, has given me to you. O Govardhana, please do not consider whether I am acceptable or not, but simply grant me residence near you.

Text 11
One who carefully reads these ten nectar verses describing Srila Govardhana, the king of mountains, will very soon reside near that blissful hill and quickly attain the precious jewel of the service to the handsome divine couple.

Sri Govardhanasraya-dasaka

Ten Appeals for Shelter at Govardhana Hill

Text 1
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, the best of mountains, the friend of Gokula, the charming bumblebee that for seven days stood on the graceful whorl of the lotus flower of Lord Krishna's hand and protected Vraja from the mouth of the Indra-crocodile raining a great monsoon?

Text 2
What pious person will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, whose peak is the place of pastimes for Lord Krishna, the master of the surabhi cows, and near which is blissful Govinda-Kunda, where a surabhi cow, followed by humbled Indra bearing the waters of the celestial Ganges, bathed Lord Krishna and secretly crowned Him king of the surabhi cows?

Text 3
What pious person will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, which is glorified by the great sages, and which is encircled by the lakes Siri-Kunda, Brahma-Kunda, Hara-Kunda, Apsara-Kunda, Priyaka-Kunda, and Sri-dana-Kunda, which are splendid with the happiness of pure love and more dear to Lord Hari than the celestial Ganges and a host of other sacred places?

Text 4
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, which is charming with cows, deer, birds, and trees, and which is the place where the lakes Jyotsnamokaana-Kunda, Malya-Kunda, Hara-Kunda, Sumana-Kunda, Gauri-Kunda, Balaridhvaja-Kunda, Gandharva-Kunda, many other lakes, many swiftly-moving mountain streams, many lion-thrones for amorous pastimes, many places for Lord Hari's other pastimes, and the cowherd boy Lord Hari Himself, are all splendidly manifest?

Text 5
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill? He who with always devotedly caries on his bowed head the lake known as SyAma-Kunda, which is millions of times greater than the Ganges, and which was born from the foot of Lord Krishna, becomes more dear to the Lord than even the demigod Siva. He who in the same way carries the jewel known as Radha-Kunda attains the full mercy of Lord Krishna. He becomes the most dear and glorious of devotees.

Text 6
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, where the divine couple enjoy Their rescue-fee pastimes, and where the Manasa-ganga flows? In the Manasa-gangA the pilot Madhava took sweetly beautiful Radha on His boat, and when She, frightened by a great storm, prayed that He calm it, He claimed from Her as a rescue-fee the fulfillment of His amorous desires.

Text 7
Ah, what pious person will not take shelter of lofty Govardhana Hill, the beautiful and transcendental place of the rAsa dance, where Sri Radha, accompanied by Her beautiful friends worshiped by hundreds of goddesses of fortune, and the splendid, nectar arm of Lord Krishna playfully resting on Her neck, dances in the springtime rasa-lila?

Text 8
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill where, blossoming with happiness at the outrageous joking words of Their friends, perpetually wounded by the swift arrows shot from the corners of Their cruel, smiling eyes, and laughing at the crooked words of the ever-new dana-keli quarrel, the youthful divine couple displayed so many transcendental pastimes?

Text 9
Who will not take shelter of graceful and auspicious Govardhana Hill, where, accompanied by Sridam and His other friends, playing with Sankarsana, and carefully herding the cows, Lord Krishna happily sings" ri ri", and where Lord Krishna enjoys amorous pastimes with Radha in the rasa dance arena and deep in the hidden caves?

Text 10
Who will not take shelter of Govardhana Hill, the crowned king of all mountains? For the people of Vraja's sake Lord Mukunda neglected the sun-god's daughter Yamuna, a host of other lofty hills, the wish-fulfilling forest of Vrindavana, and the town of Nandisvara, and respectfully worshiped Govardhana Hill.

Text 11
By the mercy of Govardhana Hill these ten beautiful verses about Govardhana Hill, which grant residence at Govardhana Hill, have come from the mouth of a blind old man. The pleasure of Govardhana Hill, which is my life and soul, and which is a beautiful jewel-mine of transcendental virtues, is the ripe fruit I seek from my labor in writing these verses.

An except from Vraja-riti-cintamani by Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakur

Chapter 3
1 Govardhana Hill is like a flag of intense sweetness placed in the opulent land of Vrndavana. As the king of mountains Govardhana Hill offers very pleasing royal service to the young prince of Vraja.
2 The rocks of Govardhana Hill are many kinds of splendid jewels that provide thrones, couches, and other kinds of furniture for Sri Krsna, the supreme monarch of all nectar mellows.
3 Govardhana Hill's beautiful forests and caves are Krsna's nectar pastime palaces, each one perfect for the supreme good fortune of His beloved and Her friends.
4 Govardhana Hill's trees and vines serve Sri Krsna by offering Him blossoming branches with sweet fruits, and flowers filled with honey, nectar and fragrant pollen.
5 The red, vermilion, yellow and other coloured pigments of Govardhana Hill decorate Lord Krsna's transcendental body for the pleasure of His beloved gopis.
6 The musk left by deer, as well as the kunkuma, camphor, and aguru naturally produced by Govardhana Hill, were all used to give a sweet fragrance to the transcendental body of Lord Krsna.
7 There is a pleasant grove of sandalwood trees on Govardhana Hill. Although snakes generally flock to sandalwood trees, no snakes ever come here, or if sometimes a snake may come it is not poisonous, or if sometimes a poisonous snake may come its poison is automatically counteracted, and it can do no harm. As the best servant of Lord Hari, Govardhana Hill has made this
wonderful arrangement for the Lord's pleasure.
8 One time a contrary fawn-eyed gopi left Sri Krsna. A short time afterwards She saw a snake on the road. Frightened, She took shelter of Lord Krsna, embracing Him and begging for protection. As Lord Hari's best servant, Govardhana Hill made all these nectarean arrangements for His pastimes.
Note: This verse may also be translated in the following way: 
Rejected by a certain contrary fawn eyed gopi, Sri Krsna said: "I have just been bitten by one of Govardhana Hill's snakes". When the gopi heard this, she became repentant and came before the Lord with many apologies. As Lord Hari's best servant, Govardhana Hill made all these arrangements for His pastimes.
9 The rocks of Govardhana Hill are all precious gems. Some are sapphires, some emeralds, some rubies or crystals. They provide the perfect backdrop for Lord Krsna's pastimes.
10 If, while walking on Govardhana Hill, Krsna's elder brother Balarama sees a series of golden stones, He thinks: 'the daughter of King Vrsabhanu must have just now walked before Me', and He changes course to avoid an awkward situation. In the same way, if She sees a series of crystal stones, She thinks: 'Balarama must have just now walked before Me', and She changes Her
course.
11 If, on Govardhana Hill, which is the best of Lord Hari's servants, Sri Krsna sees a golden stone, He takes it to be His beloved. In the same way, His beloved sees a sapphire, She assumes it is Her lover.
12 The gopis' necklaces, ornaments, red foot cosmetic, betelnuts, and other paraphernalia gaze on the beauty of Govardhana Hill's groves and caves. Who would not become enchanted by the beauty of Govardhana Hill?
13 Sri Krsna is the sapphire and the gopis the golden necklaces ornamenting Govardhana Hill. The pastimes of Krsna and the gopis are the sons and daughters of Govardhana Hill. Who is able to describe the glories of Govardhana Hill?
14 The peacocks dance enthusiastically, the bees and cuckoos sing melodiously and may other birds chirp a rhythmic accompaniment, as they all gaze on the serve to Lord Hari done by Govardhana Hill, the best of Lord Hari's servants.
15 The land around Govardhana Hill in all directions is filled with many lakes, groves, and other charming places of Lord Krsna's pastimes. Many lovely streams flow from Govardhana Hill onto these lands in all directions.
16 To the east is Dana-nivartana-kunda. When Sri Radhika's handsome beloved remembers it, He begins to tremble, and the hairs on His body stand erect.
17 To the east of that is Candra-sarovara, where the divine couple enjoyed many rasa dances. The memory of this place makes Them dance in ecstatic love.
18 Southeast of Govardhana Hill is Sanksarsanananda-sarovara, and to the east of that is Gauri-tirtha, which is scrupulously avoided by Gauri's husband, Lord Siva.
19 The nectar flood of supreme good fortune rising from His eternal pastimes with Her has made Her beloved supremely learned in the philosophy of forest-pastimes.
20 In between Sankarsana-sarovara and Dana-nivartana-kunda is Anandaraja-tirtha, where the Mahanna-kuta festival delighted the young prince of Vraja.
21 West of that are two splendid places in the mouth of Krsna's pastimes. They are Sri Dhana-ghata and Sri Sumani-ghata, where the divine couple playfully talked and joked.
22 At this place the divine couple enjoyed the playful quarrel pastimes known as dana-keli. Who would not be astonished by this pastime? When this pastime enters the ears it makes both the body and mind dance.
23 Govardhana Hill resembles a gigantic peacock that has Govinda-kunda as its tail. The Manasa-ganga, where the divine couple eternally enjoys boat-sailing pastimes, enters into the waters of Govinda-kunda.
24 If one hears about the divine couple's boat-sailing pastimes, he will become stunned in ecstasy and it will not be possible for him to stop hearing about them.
25 On the Manasa-ganga's shores are many madhavi-vine pavilions with nectar beauty that shines in the three worlds. There the divine couple enjoys splendid pastimes that are eternally remembered in the world's hearts.
26 With its nearby forest groves and the limitless nectar-trickling flowers in its waters, Kusuma-sarovara shines with great splendour. Is it the handsome face of Govardhana Hill, the king of mountains?
27 This lake is known as Kusuma-sarovara because of the many blossoming flowers, destined to become gopis in the future, that grow in its waters. Simply by one bathing in this Kusuma-sarovara, Narada Muni attained a gopi-form. This fact is directly confirmed in the words of the enchanting Supreme Personality of Godhead.
28 The Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally enjoys pastimes on Govardhana Hill. He personally lifted Govardhana Hill with His own hand to protect His cowherd associates. Who is able to describe the glories of Govardhana Hill, the best of Lord Hari's servants?
29 Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda are Govardhana's two love-filled eyes. Because it nourishes the gopas, gopis, and surabhi cows with Lord Madhava's sweetness, it shines with the name 'go-vardhana'.
30 Syama-kunda and Radha-kunda are two great floods of the nectar of beauty. They are two great oceans of splendour. They are two beautiful roots from which sweet devotional service grows.
31 They are two jewel-mines of love. They are two seeds from which grow the jewel-vines of transcendental pastimes. How did they become two splendid and nectar-sweet lakes?
32 By seeing these two lakes, Radha and Krsna believe They are present in them. It is as if They directly see each other there. The wise say that by approaching these lakes one directly approaches Radha and Krsna.
33 Longing to meet, but forced to remain separate, Radha and Krsna assumed the forms of Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda. In this way They becomes splashed with the nectar of meeting each other.
34 I think that when Radha saw Krsna She melted with ecstasy and thus assumed the liquid state of the waters of Radha-kunda, and in the same way when Krsna saw Radha He also melted in ecstasy and became the waters of Syama-kunda. In this way these two lakes bear the names and qualities of the divine couple.
35 Out of great kindness to the people, so they could directly taste Their sweetness, Radha and Krsna have become these two lakes. Shining with happiness, the devotees bathe in these two lakes.
36 I think these two lakes are the divine couple's love. They who are fortunate bathe there. Because bathing there is like bathing in Their transcendental love, these two lakes bear the names of the divine couple.

Sri Giriraja-Govardhana ki – Jai!

Holi, or the Festival of Colors, which heralds spring and celebrates the pastimes of Lord Krishna and his eternal consort Srimati Radharani, was once an esoteric festival celebrated mainly in India.

But today, thanks to festivals like the one at the Hare Krishna temple in Utah, USA, it has become a phenomenon across the Western World.

The latest country to host the event is Brazil, with last year’s hugely successful “Festival das Cores” drawing 25,000 people to Villa Lobos Park in Sao Paulo.

This year, the second annual festival will be held on October 25th at the much larger 545-acre Ibirapuera Park in the center of Sao Paulo. 200,000 people are expected to pass through the park on the day, with about 50,000 expected to pack in front of the stage and participate in the event.

The festival is organized by Krishna Murari Das with his company Verdi, which puts on cultural events and art festivals around the city.

“Although my colleagues are not devotees, when I brought the idea of Holi to them, they liked it so much that now we are investing 90% of our time in it,” he says.

Krishna Murari and his colleagues are currently putting their energy into advertising the event in social media and working with media partners to get the word out to all major television channels, radio stations and newspapers.

Meanwhile under PROAC, a tax benefit law by the Sao Paulo State Department of Culture, major corporations like toothpaste company Colgate and transportation company Sigla will sponsor the event with funds that would have gone towards paying taxes.

Executed on a massive scale, Festival das Cores will mix Brazilian folk arts with Krishna conscious presentations to draw a diverse crowd.

The festival will start at 10:00am, with people spreading out their yoga mats on the grass as teachers from the Art of Living Foundation teach a yoga class from a huge stage decorated to look like a temple with Indian-style cloth drapings and 250 kilos of flowers.

A colorful presentation of Bharat Natyam, known in India as “the temple dance,” will follow, after which devotees from the International Society for Krishna consciousness will ascend the stage to sing bhajans and kirtan.

“The temple president at the ISKCON temple in Sao Paulo has an idea to have the devotees first appear in the crowd, and start dancing with them, like a flash mob,” says Krishna Murari.

During the kirtan, powdered colors will also be flung into the air, creating a joyous cloud as people dance and chant the Hare Krishna mantra.

“Last year, thousands of people were dancing and chanting with raised arms, like Lord Chaitanya,” says Krishna Murari. “It was very, very inspiring.”

At 12:15pm, legendary ISKCON musician Titiksava Karunika Das and his band Namrock will kick off a one-and-a-half-hour set of their special brand of danceable “mantra rock,” once again packed with names of Krishna. Again, the crowd will chant along and hurl rainbow clouds of powder into the sky.

 At 1:30pm, Brazilian folk music band Xaxado Novo will take to the stage, followed by 20-member group Bloco Kaya Na Gandaia, which will get the crowd dancing with their sunny blend of samba and reggae. DJ Convidado will continue the nonstop music until 4:30pm.

Finally, the “Verdi Jam Session” will see all of the festival’s performers gather together along with other yet-to-be-confirmed special guests that may include famous Brazilian artists like Criolo, Negra Li, and Nando Reis, whose song Mantra, featuring the Hare Krishan mantra, was used in a national television show.

The session will comprise funk, jazz, and samba influences, and conclude with a group performance of George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord, again inspiring the crowd of thousands to chant the Holy Name.

During the event, sannyasis like Chandramukha Swami and Bhakti Dhira Damodara Goswami will speak about the spiritual history of Holi and connect it to Krishna consciousness, while devotees will make 10,000 prasadam sweet balls to distribute.

Holi organizers will also direct festivalgoers to the first ever Goloka Vibrations, a more direct Krishna conscious event to be held one week later, on Sunday November 2nd.

As Sunday is traditionally a day for funerals in Brazil, Goloka Vibrations’ slogan will be “We Are Not The Body, We Are The Soul,” with a mood towards finding solace and joy in spirituality and chanting Hare Krishna.

Thus, it will feature a japa meditation workshop,  an acoustic set by Titiksava Karunika, and kirtan and bhajanas by other devotee musicians.

The event will also create a “be a devotee for a day” kind of experience for attendees.  “They’ll learn how to cook simple Hare Krishna dishes and offer them, then they’ll receive a card with the offering mantras and recipes,” says Krishna Murari. “They’ll also learn to apply tilak and gopi dots, and dress up in saris or dhotis that they can buy and take home with them afterwards.”

The plan is to hold Goloka Vibrations every two months, at a location the Sao Paulo temple rents for its larger festivals such as Janmastami.

The role that Festival das Cores plays in all this is a big one.

“Festival das Cores is a portal to make Krishna consciousness more accessible to everyone,” says Krishna Murari. “Last year, people who went were all saying ‘It was the best day of my life,’ on our Facebook page. I think that when they go to Holi, they realize that something about this festival is just so right.”

 Next year, Festival das Cores organizers plan to make the event national, with either buses bringing people from all over the country to one location, or a national tour. Already, an extra event in March 2015 has been confirmed on the island of Ilhabela.

“We’re definitely going bigger,” Krishna-Murari grins.

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-06 Chapter-12 Text-35  by HH Guru Prasad Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Juhu

(HH Srila Guru Prasad Swami, whom his disciples respectfully address as Srila Gurudeva or Srila Guru Maharaja, is one of the most outstanding preaching leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for the area of Latin America.)

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Lecture on Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-44 Mucukunda Passed the Test of Krishna  by HH Devamrita Swami on 11 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-10 Chapter-51 Text-51-53 The Art of Hearing  by HH Candramauli Swami on 18 Oct 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(HH Candramauli Swami, disciple of A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement. Maharaja, who is based in Chicago and is an advisor for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Prison Ministries (IPM).)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-02 Chapter-04 Text-21 How to think of Krishna 24 Hours a day  by HH Bir Krishna Goswami on 15 May 2014 at Sweden

(Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at North Western University, he began reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Swami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971.)

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75)

I will tell you the story of André. Some of you may have heard it. There was a devotee in Holland who was always very eager to preach. He was the kind of person who was very friendly to everyone and with strangers, he would always be friendly. So, he was quite a bold preacher but he had one problem: with principle number four! That principle was a little difficult for him sometimes.

Anyway, one day he went to the director of a big, big warehouse store. You know, a multi-multi-storey thing which has branches all over the country and he said, “In your book department, you are missing the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and you should take a full set of these books to make it complete.”

The director told him, “Young man, no one has ever walked to my office like that and sort of treated me the way you did. I must say, you have guts. I will do it.” So, he got (Prabhupada’s) books into all the stores, all over the country. That was very big! So like that, he was a powerful preacher.

Then due to the weakness he had with the principles, in a city like Amsterdam it can be dangerous. At one point, I was no longer in Holland but I heard about it, I heard that he had AIDS. You know, what to do? Anyway such is, such is life.

Then some time later, I was coming through the Netherlands for a few days and someone said, “Did you remember André?” I said, “Yeah, sure.” He said, “Well, he is really very close-by in some sort of hospital and he is in his final days. You want to go?” I said, “Okay, let us go.”

So we went there and he was in this hospital bed and then he coughed. He started coughing and a ball of mucus as big as a tennis ball came out of his mouth and I was like, “Whoa! Some kind of pneumonia that only parrots get and AIDS patients.” It was intense.

So then we were speaking a bit and then he said, “Can youi” He said, “You know, could you do me a favour?” I said, “Sure.” You know, dying man, right. So he said, “I am just right now organizing my funeral and I like your singing. Could you sing at my funeral?” So what can you say when somebody asks. So I said, “Yes.” Then I was thinking, “Gosh, I may have to come back for thisi” You know what I mean! “Or should I stay here?” It is like what do I do it? I promised him now.

Anyway, he left his body within days after that and then it was the funeral. So, we went for the funeral. It was a cremation and they had like an amphitheater, and a stage and on the stage, the box was standing there.

So, first a letter was read out and the letter said, “I know that most of you think that I am dead and gone but I have news for you: I am still alive. I am still here but no longer in the same body in which you knew. I have moved on but certainly alive. All of you are my friends and all of you are from very different backgrounds but today, for my sake, I am asking that you appreciate each other. Within a few moments from now, a devotee of the Hare Krsna movement will come forward and he will start singing that Hare Krsna song and I want you all to sing along and not just a little bit but with full enthusiasm, for my sake, today. After that, you are invited to go to the temple and have some prasadam there.”

Then it was my turn and I chanted Hare Krsna and I chanted a basic tune, you know, “Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare” Prabhupada’s tune. Then the people got into because he told them to. There was this big lady (high pitched voice), “Hare Krsna!” You know, like the opera. Then at the very end they gave me a signal to stop and then they turned on the Govindam tape and then slowly the box was going down the stage. The people cracked. I mean, that music was very powerful. They cracked. They just fell in each other’s arms and were crying. Everyone said, “I have never seen a funeral like this.” Well, what can I say? I am sure he got some mercy for that. What do you think? If I could organize my funeral like that, it would be pretty good.

By Dusyanta dasa

If this were a boxing contest in a fight between the two opponents “margarine” and “butter” it would not be a fair contest. It’s like trying to compare a little girl or boy fighting against Muhammad Ali. In this example “butter” is Muhammad Ali because butter is a natural food product. Not only is butter a natural food product but more importantly the body recognises butter when butter is ingested. Because margarine spreads are not natural, when it is ingested into the body it is not recognised as a natural product by the body.

These two points are of huge consideration and consequence when it comes to choosing your foods. The first being how food is manufactured, processed and made, from its raw products, and the second being how it reacts inside the body and how the body recognises what is food and what is toxic so it can be dealt with properly by the body.

How butter is manufactured is common knowledge. We start off with protected Cows that are milking that eat green lush grass. The milk is processed into butter by a method called churning, which ends up with two products; butter and buttermilk. And as far as that there is nothing more to report about making butter. The only variations in butter are directly related to the diet of the milking cows. The more the cow eats fresh green grass during a full moon period the resultant butter takes on an appearance more or less yellow. Some butter has salt added and some don’t. Because butter is not artificially processed, and made from milk, which is a natural product and the human body easily recognises it as such, it is able to digest it accordingly.

The process of manufacture of margarines and other oil based spreads is entirely a different story. Spreads originate from the Industrial Revolution period when just about everything was changed into an industrial method of approaching foods. It was originally manufactured as a food to fatten up turkeys for Christmas in the USA. It killed all the turkeys. So back to the drawing board. Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic and shares 27 ingredients with paint. Because originally it was white they added pigments to make it yellow like butter.

Then they add artificial flavours and synthetic vitamins. To harden the original oils that make up the bulk of spreads they have to partially hydrogenate it. The oils are extracted from seeds, nuts and vegetables through high temperature and pressure with hexane solvents. Hexane is a petro-chemical solvent used as glue in the car manufacturing industry. The oils then go into another high pressure and high temperature container and mixed with a nickel catalyst. Out of the container comes a grey cottage cheese looking substance, which has to have emulsifiers added to iron out the lumps. The product is steam cleaned twice to help smooth it out and remove the horrible aromas. Then it is bleached to get rid of the grey colour. At this point the spread can be used as a vegetable shortening. After adding annatto or some other natural colouring it’s then packaged into blocks or tubs for sale as margarine or spreads.

What we can do as an experiment is to buy some margarine and some butter. Leave them open in a shaded place in your garage or garden shed and within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things.

No flies, not even those annoying flies will go near the margarine, which should tell you something straight away. Margarine does not rot or decompose or smell because it does not contain any nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Even micro-organisms will not find a home to grow because margarine is nearly a plastic. The process transforming the oils to a solid state spread is called Hydrogenation. You see it all the time in the ingredients list on tubs of spreads. Hydrogenation is a process using extremely high temperatures to change the structures of fat molecules from fluid to solid, which also prevents the fats from becoming rancid and simultaneously strips all the nutrients out.

The false propaganda attached to all these modern foods is an amazing non-truth that we have all bought in to. It’s another graphic scenario of the “cheaters” and the “cheated”. Mostly the propaganda has been aimed at converting people to believe that margarines and spreads are a healthy option to the traditional butters and olive oils. Their false argument was that animal fats such as butter had high levels of the wrong sorts of cholesterol, a contributing factor to heart disease and that vegetable fats were a better fat for the body to digest and had low levels of good cholesterol. In fact the total opposite is now largely recognised as true. Because the oils in spreads have had to been processed into Transfats or Hydrogenated Oils/Fats, the chemical molecules of that original fat transformed the essential fatty acids into a form of fat that the human body does not even recognise as food. Essentially what happens is that the vegetable fats are “oxidised” by the process they are put through, the “oxidised” fats that contain the cholesterol are the ones that are not healthy, whereas in butter the fats remain originally natural which the body deals with accordingly.

The body therefore naturally treats the Transfats as toxins and dumps them around the body in stores and in some organs like the liver and blocks them up. The Transfats are just like “plastic fats” since they do not resemble food anymore. And the critical melting point of these fats is 9 degrees above human body temperature, which means that these fats do not break down inside the human body. Consequently the Hydrogenated fats are unrecognisable as natural food products by the body because they are not made up of the same components as the body. When we use the word “natural” in the context of food it means what is natural for the body and what is recognisable by the body as food. We can analyse products that are called “food” until the cows come home but the important factor in “food” is how the body recognises it, then how the body deals with it and then the effect it has on the health of the body, and the immune system.

On a label of a plastic bottle of milk there is information as to what is contained and any processes the product has received. In a British supermarket called Morrisons, and it does duplicate to all supermarkets, it is labelled as British Whole milk. Organic, delicious naturally. So by that information it looks like we are doing well, it’s naturally whole milk and delicious but then in small print the Organic whole milk has been processed. Organically produced standardised pasteurised homogenised whole milk. Now the product that started off life as Organic Whole milk has been heat-treated to 161 degrees Fahrenheit and then high-pressurised treatment to bombard the fat molecules to merge with the milk.

Once milk is pasteurised the nutritional value in the milk is destroyed and all that is left is a delicious sanitized liquid of oxidised fat that causes more health problems than the miraculous elixir of Mother Nature’s perfect milk ever did. Throughout the board in modern industrialised food production is the way our food is processed. Practically speaking all the processes destroy the original nutritional food, organic wholesome milk is destroyed by the processes of pasteurisation and homogenisation. Not only is it destroyed but the fats have now become oxidised which is why the foods become a health hazard. In the story of the processing of seeds, maize, cottonseed and nuts etc into oils the facts are exactly the same. From natural nutritional seeds, nuts and maize, cooking oils are produced that strip out all vestiges of nutrition and also make the product a health problem. Then these poor products are then transformed to Margarines and Soy spreads by horrendously damaging processes like Transfats and Hydrogenated fats with added synthetic vitamins and colours and emulsifiers. The end products are closer to a plastic than food.

All through modern processes of this industrialized approach to food production the similar story is found. Grains are extruded, the germ of grains is removed where all the nutrient value is found, juices are produced from good wholesome fruit by high pressure extrusion so that all the nutrients are oxidised and the flavour has to be replaced artificially by chemical enhancement. And we should not even talk about white sugar, white flour and white rice. These processes have altered all our main foods. What we think of as healthy food just does not exist anymore. And what should make us worry even more is that food is promoted not buy nutritionists and farmers but by experts, scientists, legal professionals and doctors, the pharmaceutical business.

Behind the scenes of this transformation is the culture of capitalism, greedy tradesmen, commerce and industrialisation and Srila Prabhupada noted all these problems years ago and thus directed devotees to embrace the simple living and high thinking culture, which has at its heart cow protection, so we can by-pass all these problems and focus on the real job at hand Sankirtana. By growing all our own food and depending on our own sattvic efforts we will harvest wholesome food, it wont be touched by invasive processes designed to strip all the nutrients out. We will grow wholesome food that will keep us healthy, it will energize our bodies and pacify our minds, and by such diets as these the mode of passion is controlled so that community and society will function in harmonious ways just by eating, growing and culturing a better way of life through wholesome un processed foods.

“ A picturesque scene of green paddy fields enlivens the heart of the poor agriculturist, but it brings gloom to the face of the capitalist who lives by exploiting the poor farmers.

With good rains, the farmer’s business in agriculture flourishes. Agriculture is the noblest profession. It makes society happy, wealthy, healthy, honest and spiritually advanced for a better life after death. The Vaisya community, or the mercantile class of men, take to this profession. In Bhagavad-gita As It Is the Vaisyas are described as the natural agriculturalists, the protector of cows, and the general traders. When Lord Krishna incarnated Himself at Vrindavana, He took pleasure in becoming a beloved son of such a Vaisya family. Nanda Maharaja was a big protector of cows, and at the time of Lord Krishna (about 5000 years ago) the tract of land known as Vrindavana was flooded with milk and butter. Therefore God’s gifted professions for mankind are agriculture and cow protection.

Trade is only meant for transporting surplus produce to places where the produce is scanty. But when traders become too greedy and materialistic they take to large-scale commerce and industry and allure the poor agriculturalist to unsanitary industrial towns with a false hope of earning more money. The industrialist and capitalist do not want the farmer to remain at home, satisfied with his agricultural produce. When the farmers are satisfied by the luxuriant growth of food grains, the capitalist becomes gloomy at heart. But the real fact is that humanity must depend on agriculture and subsist on agricultural produce.

No one can produce rice and wheat in big iron factories. The industrialist goes to the villagers to purchase the food grains he is unable to produce in his factory. The poor agriculturalist takes advances from the capitalist and sells his produce at a lower price. Hence when food grains are produced abundantly the farmers become financially stronger, and thus the capitalist becomes morose at being unable to exploit them.”

Srila Prabhupada, Light of the Bhagavata, verse 10.

For me the line that sticks out the most is, “Agriculture is the noblest profession. It makes society happy, wealthy, healthy, honest and spiritually advanced for a better life after deathi.”

Agriculture is the basis of community/society otherwise what foundation do we have? Agriculture makes us wealthy, that’s all of us and through those wholesome products that have neither been refined nor processed beyond belief, community/society is healthy. And agriculture makes community spiritually advanced just by its nature, because we cultivate a real connection to our food. The capitalistic route of purchasing food in exchange for money does not connect us to this basic foundational relationship with food and agriculture, that’s why agriculture is so important for society and community connection to Krishna’s nature. 

In His writings Srila Prabhupada describes the industrialist and capitalist in a bad light as exploiters. And when agricultural produce is abundant the capitalists become morose. When trade is exploited through making profits where it is not needed then this illustrates the beginnings of capitalism and materialistic trends. Trade is for transporting produce to places where there is scarcity of produce not to make profits or money. And today we can see exactly how the industrial revolution based their actions on being greedy traders to such an extent that they even introduced foods that are unhealthy and are marketed with false propaganda. Not only is it false propaganda but also we have been forcibly made to believe it by politicians, food experts, legal professionals, capitalists and industrialists.

But finally the rank and file commoners have realised this is not the truth. That we have been conned, that the health of the world is going down hill because of the food changes that have taken place, that heart diseases are increasing even though butter is consumed less and these rancid ill gotten margarines and spreads have become common place. Still world health is reducing. In all aspects of health the populations are getting worse, there is more mental health issues, there is more problems with bone related illnesses, there is more coronary infarction, there is more social instability, there is more diabetes, there is more weight issues and these are all related to diet since the early 1900’s in the western worlds. And these facts speak for themselves. Even though butter practically is not eaten any where near where it used to be and vegetable fats are commonplace in spreads and cooking, still the health of the population is worse than it was over 150 years ago. Modern diet is to blame because of the modern processes of stripping out of all nutrients in the name of refining, shelf life and greedy traders, which converts wholesome food into toxicity.

So in one sense when we look at the whole cycle of modern food production it does not really matter about the violence in growing the product originally because it takes on an insignificant role compared to the toxicity of modern foods, why should a bit of violence matter. The products such as fats and oils, sugars and grains, milk and dairy produce, juices and cereals and a host of other combinations, what we wind up with is a stripped non-food. We can put all that extra effort in to reduce all that violence, to try and steer clear of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and chemical fertilisers, and then avoid all that massive mechanisation that farms the land, the huge carbon footprints of world distribution of raw materials, the politically correct health and safety rules for animal husbandry, just to produce a  food product so that we can ruin all that positive work, by industrialisation in food production. A farmer produces organic wholesome milk say from protected cows and puts all that extra effort in to try to be sensitive in all aspects of animal husbandry and protection just so the final product, milk, has to be legally pasteurised, and homogenised, and standardised which leaves it redundant of nutrients, which is why we are producing milk to start with; as a nutritious food. So why bother to start with?

By observing, living and understanding a devotee’s lifestyle with all those extra activities in devotional service that other people don’t perform means that it is mandatory/obligatory for us as devotees to by-pass everything modern in food production. Why would we want to support any of this anyway? The whole world food production is an integrated system that is totally dependent on violence in every aspect of its existence, why would we want to support it? Its not changing what food we put into our mouths as vegetarians/vegans that counts, that’s way to superficial to be of any importance and significance, what’s important is how we produce and farm the lands and how we deal with the raw products once we have produced them sensitively, self sustainingly and self-sufficiently. Following that holistic lifestyle means we would naturally eat healthy unprocessed food. It would automatically be less violent, as devotees farming; we would not need a choice.

Firstly as devotees we need to establish cow protection projects that satisfy their reason for existence, that is to produce good wholesome milk, natural food grains, and vegetables and fruit. There is no point in having cow protection projects that don’t serve that purpose. With a community of devotees that relate to cow protection then the components for success are present. Just by adding a tablespoon of mode of goodness then the right ingredients are added to the mix. Then we can make our own butters, harvest our own grains, produce our own vegetables, fruits and flowers and still make cooking oils in the traditional ways, by cold pressing. Then all devotees are satisfied, who is not?

We can’t subscribe to industrial “oxidised” margarine spreads because it is inherently processed and industrialised in its existence with no nutrients, we can’t subscribe to industrialised produced cooking oils because of the same reasons, only foods that are produced through the process of the mode of goodness are good enough to be offered to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada and our dietary concerns take second place. Otherwise what is next on the list of acceptable practises? And is that not exactly how the industrial attitudes to food slipped down that slippery slope to ignorance anyways?

Our diets are dictated to us as devotees by what we can offer to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna. If we let the industrial attitudes to agriculture dictate to us what our diets are as devotees then we have let the materialistic industrial food production business win. What we have to do is to satisfy devotees needs not let violent procedures in milk production sway our decisions. We have to set up cow protection projects that satisfy devotee’s needs for food. If they need protected minimum violent milk then we have to do that not abstain from those products. We have to proactively positively produce them ourselves not avoid them by not subscribing to them, that’s akin to putting our heads in the sand. “Oh I am ok I am not accepting those violent products”, but that does not deal with the problem that just hides from the problem.

Even if a devotee cannot accept dairy products we still must all protect cows because that is part of our culture as a devotee. It’s scriptural. And the positive outcome is that we protect our own cows, farm our own lands, produce all our own foods, by-pass all the industrialised techniques that ruin food, cold-press our own raw products to make alternative oils and fats and we accept our own dairy products from the cows. And to make that work as it is intended to work, so that all devotees have access to protected dairy products, we must all support proactively cow protection. Don’t bury your heads in the sand, that does not solve a thing!

Lecture on And what do we learn from the mountains and the trees  by HH Sivarama Swami on 02 Oct 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. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-05 Chapter-26 Text-1 Glorification of Holy Name by HH Lokanath Swami on 07 Oct 2014 at Noida

(As he was coming from a traditional Indian family, thee was some initial resistance. However, Maharaj not just made them favorable but transformed his entire village into Krishna consciousness by opening a fantastic ISKCON temple.)

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Lecture on Spiritual Economics  by HH Romapada Swami on 21 March 2014 at St Louis

(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 Don"t be worn out by the mind wear the mind out ;by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Oct 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.)

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We happily welcome this most miraculous month of Kartik! As was announced by HG Radha Jivana Prabhu, the TOVP fundraising team prepared lamps for offering to the Lord on behalf of the Golden Brick donors.

We made list with around 700 donor’s names and are expecting this to increase. Our two cheerful sisters, Mitra Vrinda Devi Dasi and Nirguna Devi Dasi, who restlessly accept and fix all donations according to required legal procedure, both said simultaneously in a lively mood, “Along with ‘Damodarashtaka’ we will chant ‘Donors Sahasra Nama’”.

Devotees explain that by offering lamps to the Lord, this means that we offer our eager desire for devotional service, which is the only thing that can conquer Krishna. So we offered lamps on behalf of our Golden donors first to Sri Sri Radha-Damodar, then to Sri Sri Radha-Mahhava and Ashta-sakhis, Lord Nrisimhadev, Sri Pancha-tattva, Tulasi Devi and finally to Srila Prabhupada. We have a sincere hope that all of Them will give us a rope of love, by which we tie Krishna in our hearts.

Please donate for a Golden Brick here: 
http://tovp.org/news/fundraising/donate-a-golden-brick-campaign/

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Sunday Feast Lecture on Srila Prabhupada Mission  by HH Niranjana Swami on 28 Sep 2014 at ottawa

(HH Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-04 Chapter-22 Text-14 The Auspicious and Inauspicious by HH Romapada Swami on 21 March 2014 at St Louis

(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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Hare Krishna

Dear All,
ISKCON Daiva varnasrama ministry (pramoting rural development in INDIA) in association with Mayapur Institute coducting cow care management course from monday to saturday,from 10:am at chaitanya bhavan class room no 4 details are below,

For registration visit room no 137,chakra building or

visit our website www.iskconvarnasrama.com

Varnasrama Training Course 2014 -15
Below is the schedule for Varnasrama Training course 2014-15

Course 1 –  Cow Care Management – By DR Sreekumar

. Introduction to animal husbandry
. Different practices in animal husbandry
. Shed management
. Open management
. Grazing techniques
. Calf care
. Old animal care
. Identifying sick animals
. Allopathy/homeopathy/naturopathy practices in treating sick animals
. Nutrition
. Prenatal/post natal management
. Videos/power point presentations & Many morei