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The Scriptures call us “nitya badha” or eternally bound.

In a state of perceived embodiment we as individuals possess under 15% control on these bodies or metaphysical terminals of the metaphysical network. With little clue as to who are the Individuals who possess the balance 85% control on all bodies and from where and what is the control mechanism or technology, we exist in this colossal drift perceiving ourselves to be independent.

Bodily there is little doubt of dependence but at least 15% in

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Brahmananda: In 1971 Prabhupada was having big public programs in India, and one evening an Arya Samajist challenged Prabhupada. He said, “Oh, Swamiji, you have come to India with your western chelas, but we know all these things. This is our culture. Better you go to the other places and do your work there. All right, you have been to the West, but what about the Muslim countries? What about Pakistan?

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You should go to Pakistan and preach there. Make them devotees.” This was in a public panda

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Seerojnie: The devotees of Queens invite all to come and celebrate our 7th annual Rath Yatra parade. It begins at 12 noon from the corner of Liberty Avenue and 123rd Street, and will continue all the way to our Mandir at 111-14 101 Avenue at 3:00 pm, followed by the festival’s stage show until 7:00 pm. There will be hours of melodious kirtan as well as a delicious vegetarian feast! Plus a full afternoon packed with dances, bhajans, devotional talks and fun for the entire family.

Saturday – Augu

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By Jahnavi Harrison
Submitted by Radha Mohan Das

After 30 glorious years of performance, including almost 20 international tours, UK’s Bhaktivedanta Players marked their outstanding contribution to devotional art with a gala performance of The Mahabharata. This was a brand new production conceived and directed by Jaya Krishna das, and acted by a cast of more than 20.

With the soundtrack arranged by actor and musician, Kishor Murti das, and new props and costumes, the stage was set for a rivetin

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Just the day before he departed, His Holiness Navayogendra Swami visited him and recently other very senior vaisnavas such as His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja, HH Bhaktiragava Swami, Sarvabhauma prabhu, Her Grace Racitambara prabhu and others visited him.
Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=19048

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TOVP e-Newsletter

July – September 2015

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TOVP North American Tour Ends
The North American 108 Day TOVP Tour with Lord Nityananda’s Padukas and Nrsinghadeva’s Sitari, accompanied by Jananivas prabhu, Radha Jivana prabhu, Vraja Vilas prabhu and Sunanda prabhu came to an end on July 5th. Click the links below to read the Daily Diary and see the results, temple by temple.

Daily Tour Diary

Pledge Results by Temple

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ISKCON UK’s First National Convention



http://www.iskconuk.com/convention/


(Please scroll down on the above page for parking and directions)

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Dear Devotees, Friends and Supporters,In celebration of the glorious 50th Anniversary of ISKCON, we are holding the first ever UK National Convention. This will be a free one day event on Saturday the 22nd August 2015 and the main theme will be glorification of Srila Prabhupada. The venue will be Granby Street ISKCON Leicester.

We see this as a great opportunity to bring devotees tog

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These are the words of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who also said, “Vrindaban is my home and Bombay is my office”.

The TOVP Team has published a book by the above name with selected excerpts about the spiritual power of this holiest of sacred places and the manifestation of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.

E-book version can be downloaded by clicking the button below.

MayapurIsMyPlaceOfWorship

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real freedom

real freedom is to get liberation by mercy of lord krishna ! for mercy of lord krishna there are many ways but greatest ways in kaliyuga are reading/listening shrimad bhagwatam,hare krishna mahamantra japa ,hari-kirtana,sant-seva,lord's bhakt seva like shri mahadeva,shri hanuman..... by doing seva of this deities we get faster bhakti of shri krishna,also readling lila-katha from other puranas like brahma vaivarta ,vishnu purana,etc.

one who regularly reads shrimad bhagwatam,he gets liberation and

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Prabhupada departs for USA

Hare Krishna.

15th August, 2015. Gurgaon.

 Today is the last in the three series of  glorification of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental qualities and the events leading to his departure to USA.

Lineage: Srila Prabhupada was an authorised spiritual teacher in an unbroken succession that can be traced back to God Himself – and his appearance was predicted. Sages in this line have learned and taught the pure wisdom of God’s original instructions for millennia, and include Vyasa, the author of the sacr

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.13

TEXT 13
tatah sankhas ca bheryas ca
panavanaka-gomukhah
sahasaivabhyahanyanta
sa sabdas tumulo 'bhavat
SYNONYMS
tataḥ—thereafter; śaṅkhāḥ—conchshells; ca—also; bheryaḥ—bugles; ca—and; paṇava-ānaka—trumpets and drums; go-mukhāḥ—horns; sahasā—all of a sudden; eva—certainly; abhyahanyanta—being simultaneously sounded; saḥ—that; śabdaḥ—combined sound; tumulaḥ—tumultuous; abhavat—became.
TRANSLATION
After that, the conchshells, bugles, trumpets, drums and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sou
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August 12, 2015by: Acarya DasaMydukur kids’d never been so happyOn August 3rd Padayatra India reached the town of Mydukur in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. As we were doing nagar sankirtana and book distribution in the town, the principal of a local school became very much impressed. He asked us many questions about padayatra, how it started, who was our inspiration and so on. That was a great opportunity for us to glorify Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON and Lokanath Maharaja, our beloved Gurud
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By Subhang Balaram Das and Basu Ghosh DasPictures of the function can be seen the internet at the following links/URLs:http://tinyurl.com/oc47tsphttp://tinyurl.com/owvnl7nhttp://tinyurl.com/o2ymw4cVyasa-puja is an annual observance wherein devotees offer homage to their Spiritual Master.Vyasa-puja means the “worship of Vyasadev, who is the compiler of the vedic scriptures and thus the original spiritual master”.This ceremony traditionally takes place on the Spiritual Master's appearance day. Dis
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Prabhupada leaves for USA Part II

Hare Krishna

14th August, 2015. Gurgaon

( A murti of Srila Prabhupada at his birthplace in Tollygunge)

This the the second in the series of three part glorification of Srila Prabhupada’s qualities and the events leading to his departure to USA.

Teacher: Srila Prabhupada was not just a teacher, but also a teacher of teachers for the modern age. He translated more than 70 Vedic books into English and was honoured by many leading scholars. He taught and led by example, embodying the knowledge that he c

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As of August 13, 2015 – the 50 year Anniversary since departure of Jaladhuta on Kolkata dock,

ISKCON can report there are:

CENTRES
602 ISKCON Temples World wide
65 Farms / Eco Villages
54 Educational Institutes: Including primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary Colleges
110 Vegetarian Hare Krishna Restaurants worldwide

DEVOTEES

75,000 devotees in ISKCON have received initiation (taken clerical vows)
7 million worshippers attend an ISKCON centre annually
2000 home study / worship (Bhakti

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