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On Tuesday, April 21st we made a one-day excursion to Saranagati Dhama, a devotee farm community in Ashcroft, British Columbia (Canada) and Lord Nityananda arranged for us to meet a special disciple of Srila Prabhupada along the way.

Adi Yajna owns and operates a Tour Bus company called Chaitanya Coachways out of Calgary, Canada. Due to his driving schedule he missed us in both Calgary and Vancouver, but Lord Nityananda had plans to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada’s servant.

While stoppin

On the morning of Wednesday, April 21st, before departing from Saranagati, we stopped at their Govardhana Academy where Jananivas prabhu spoke about how he became a devotee and what he likes about being a devotee.

Upon returning to Vancouver we went for lunch prasadam to the home of Tulsi das and Chaitanya Priya dasi. Chaitanya Priya is the granddaughter of Saktimata dasi, a well-known disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Tulsi das pledged a Silver Gratitude Coin ($11,000) and then their son and daught

On Monday, April 20th the TOVP Team and the Lord’s Padukas visited the home of Kalarupini dasi who, along with Bhaktin Katelin, prepared and served us prasadam.

In the evening we were invited to the home of Virendra Sharma where many devotees came to hear Jananivas speak. The Padukas were worshiped along with kirtan and prasadam was served.

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TEXT 27

ragi karma-phala-prepsur 
lubdho himsatmako 'sucih 
harsa-sokanvitah karta 
rajasah parikirtitah

SYNONYMS

ragi--very much attached; karma-phala--to the fruit of the work;prepsuh--desiring; lubdhah--greedy; himsa-atmakah--and always envious; asucih--unclean; harsa-soka-anvitah--complicated, with joy and sorrow; karta--such a worker; rajasah--in the mode of passion;parikirtitah--is declared.

TRANSLATION

But that worker who is attached to the fruits of his labor and who passionately wants to enjoy

TEXT 26

mukta-sango 'naham-vadi 
dhrty-utsaha-samanvitah 
siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikarah 
karta sattvika ucyate

SYNONYMS

mukta-sangah--liberated from all material association; anaham-vadi--without false ego; dhrti-utsaha--with great enthusiasm;samanvitah--qualified in that way; siddhi--perfection; asiddhyoh--failure; nirvikarah--without change; karta--worker; sattvikah--in the mode of goodness; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

The worker who is free from all material attachments and false ego, who is ent

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita (04.14.21)by HH Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan

(His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami is from West Africa. He is the first Sannyas disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami. He is known for his years of dedicated services to ISKCON. He is very dear to devotees from Africa.)

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Lecture on Death No Mercy by HH Indradyumna Swami on 08 Nov 2013

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

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Lecture on Narsimha Chaturdashi by Charu Prabhu

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)

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Lecture on Marriage in Spiritual Culture by HG Devaki Mataji on 26 Jan 2015

(Mother Devaki has served in various capacities for over 20 years and has in later years engaged in creating festivals and various meetings for devotees to listen about and glorify Krsna. She started pioneer preaching in former Soviet Union.)

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Hare Krishna,

Pamho. AgtSP.

To establish Sridhama Mayapur, the audharya dhama, as the World Headquarters of the Hare Krishna Movement and bring it to the forefront and attention of the entire world, as well as to show our love and gratitude to Srila Prabhupada for this most rare benediction and gift he has given us in the form of the ISKCON society, we all need to work together to make our acharyas’ vision become manifest. Srila Prabhupada said that the temple was already built, but we must tak

Hare Krishna

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Hare Krishna

5th April, 2015. Gurgaon

Since many months I was looking for a picture of Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu’s lotus feet first for my study wall and later for my altar. I checked at the main shops near the temple, when I visited Vrindavan, but could not get them. As time passed by my search narrowed down to look for only Nityananda Prabhu’s lotus feet. I had seen one in a metal foil two years back at a devotee’s home but no one could help me where to get them. I spoke to a couple of de

TEXT 25

anubandham ksayam himsam 
anapeksya ca paurusam 
mohad arabhyate karma 
yat tat tamasam ucyate

SYNONYMS

anubandham--future bondage; ksayam--destruction; himsam--violence; anapeksya--without consideration of consequences; ca--also; paurusam--distressing to others; mohat--by illusion; arabhyate--begun; karma--work; yat--which; tat--that; tamasam--in the mode of ignorance; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

And that action performed in ignorance and delusion without consideration of future bondage

Lecture on Six work habits that destroy peace and sanity by HH Romapada Swami in 23 Mar 2015 at Detroit

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

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Lecture on Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada by HG Suresvar Prabhu on 29 Mar 2015 at ISKCON Juhu

(His Grace Suresvar Prabhu joined Srila Prabhupada's movement in 1970, serving as a preacher and book distributor across the U.S. He is currently teaching with MIHET in Sridham Mayapur. He is a contributor to Back to Godhead Magazine. )

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Lecture on According to How You Approach Krishna you get a Corresponding Result by Giriraj Swami on 29 Mar 2015 at Dallas

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

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To Undestand the Love of Srimati Radharani by HH Indradyumna Swami on 27 March 1994 at ISKCON Poland

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

TEXT 24

yat tu kamepsuna karma 
sahankarena va punah 
kriyate bahulayasam 
tad rajasam udahrtam

SYNONYMS

yat--that which; tu--but; kama-ipsuna--with fruitive result; karma--work; sa-ahankarena--with ego; va--or; punah--again; kriyate--performed; bahula-ayasam--with great labor; tat--that; rajasam--in the mode of passion; udahrtam--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in th

TEXT 23

niyatam sanga-rahitam 
araga-dvesatah krtam 
aphala-prepsuna karma 
yat tat sattvikam ucyate

SYNONYMS

niyatam--regulative; sanga-rahitam--without attachment; araga-dvesatah--without love or hatred; krtam--done; aphala-prepsuna--without fruitive result; karma--acts; yat--which; tat--that; sattvikam--in the mode of goodness; ucyate--is called.

TRANSLATION

As for actions, that action in accordance with duty, which is performed without attachment, without love or hate, by one who has renounced fruit