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By Basu Ghosh Das

On the auspicious day of Sri Rama Vijaya Dashami, aka "Dassera", October 3, 2104, ISKCON inaugurated a grand new temple for Sri Sri Radha Madhava, on the outskirts of Kanpur city, the largest city in India's largest and most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Sri Ram Naik, and the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Sri Padmanabh Acharya, presided over the inaugural ceremony.

A number of ISKCON leaders of ISKCON, including ISKCON Global Governing Body Chair

Romeo loved Juliet & she loved him so much, in this way they were perfect match...

This was a film going on on TV that day when my dad insisted me to come and join them in watching.

Both my elder sisters, father were eagerly watching the movie. But I rejected my father's proposal because I had my duties scheduled strictly.

I could not waste my time.

It was when I was 8 or 9. My dad was telling to other my sisters that this film is about a very nice girl like my youngest daughter but still I di

TEXT 8-12

amanitvam adambhitvam
ahimsa ksantir arjavam
acaryopasanam saucam
sthairyam atma-vinigrahah

indriyarthesu vairagyam
anahankara eva ca
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-
duhkha-dosanudarsanam

asaktir anabhisvangah
putra-dara-grhadisu
nityam ca sama-cittatvam
istanistopapattisu

mayi cananya-yogena
bhaktir avyabhicarini
vivikta-desa-sevitvam
aratir jana-samsadi

adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam
tattva-jnanartha-darsanam
etaj jnanam iti proktam
ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha

SYNONYMS

amanitvam--humility; adambhitvam--pri

Lecture on Lord Balarama Appearance Day at Russian Festivals by HH Nitai Chaitanya Goswami on 10 Aug 2014 at Kursk

(His Holiness Nitai Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj, is one of the first sannyasis of Russia and one of senior most devotees from the times of USSR. He served as ISKCON temple president in Ukraine and later and to this day as a Regional Secretary of Central Russia region. Dedicated to preaching in the Central Russia that he supervises, he opened first purpose-build temple of the area in 2

Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 03 The Politician seeks martial dedication by Emotional Manipulation by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 51 Text 01 We See Yet We don't by HG Kaunteya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty on 14 Nov 2013

(H.G. Kaunteya Prabhu a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami has been serving as Co-Minister of the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (www.namahatta.org), as a member of the GBC Strategic Planning Team and as Co-Chair of the GBC Organizational Development Committee.)

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Lecture on Stress Management by HH Romapada Swami on 16 Sept 2014 at Brandeis University

(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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Prabhupada: Ah. Anyone who is Krsna conscious, who knows Krsna, he is guru. Otherwise all rascals. Why should you go to a rascal? Immediately you can understand he is guru who has fully surrendered to Krsna. He is guru. Others? They are all rascals. Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg. 7.15]. Who has not surrendered to Krsna, he is under these four groups: duskrtina, mudha, naradhama, mayayapahrta-jnana. They may talk of so much knowledge, but they are rascal fools because they ha

“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a" 



Develop the taste of hearing about Krsna …..………...... Nectarean Mellows 



As we become more advance in Krsna consciousness, it is not that we know everything and we just speak and we don’t want to hear from anyone else; it is the opposite. If we are actually making advancement, we are getting the taste in hearing about Krsna, we want to hear it again and again and again, we are eager to learn, we are eager to inquire so that message would be broadcasted agai

This is a story of a woman from Mumbai which I heard in the lecture of His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj. A woman who suffered in her life too much but one who still continued to live & give help to others; And of course achieved many good results.

It is a story which gave me HOPE * ENTHUSIASM * DETERMINATION TO MOVE FORWARD!

 She was 9 when she was forced to marry to a 30 years old man. When she was 19 she already had 2 sons and again pregnant with her daughter.

 Once husband beat her

TEXT 6-7

maha-bhutany ahankaro
buddhir avyaktam eva ca
indriyani dasaikam ca
panca cendriya-gocarah

iccha dvesah sukham duhkham
sanghatas cetana dhrtih
etat ksetram samasena
sa-vikaram udahrtam

SYNONYMS

maha-bhutani--great elements; ahankarah--false ego; buddhih--intelligence; avyaktam--the unmanifested; eva--certainly; ca--also; indriyani--senses; dasa-ekam--eleven; ca--also; panca--five; ca--also; indriya-go-carah--objects of the senses; iccha--desire; dvesah--hatred; sukham--happiness; duhkham--

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

इस जगत में तथाकथित विद्द्वान मनुष्य देवताओं को भगवान के विभिन्न रूप मान लेते हैं | वस्तुतः ये देवता ईश्वर के विभिन्न अंश होते हैं जिन्हें भौतिक जगत का प्रबन्ध करने के लिए विभिन्न मात्रा में भौतिक शक्तियां प्राप्त हैं | ऐसे व्यक्ति इस जगत के कष्टों के स्थायी निवारण के लिए कृष्णभावनामृत की शरण नही लेते क्योंकि वे इन्द्रियभोग के पीछे दीवाने रहते हैं इसलिए वे देवताओं की पूजा में व्यस्त रहते है

TEXT 5

rsibhir bahudha gitam
chandobhir vividhaih prthak
brahma-sutra-padais caiva
hetumadbhir viniscitaih

SYNONYMS

rsibhih--by the wise sages; bahudha--in many ways; gitam--described; chandobhih--Vedic hymns; vividhaih--in various; prthak--variously; brahma-sutra--the Vedanta; padaih--aphorisms; ca--also; eva--certainly; hetu-madbhih--with cause and effect; viniscitaih--ascertain.

TRANSLATION

That knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in

Dear Devotees,

Hare Krsna!

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

It is our great pleasure to announce ISKCON MAYAPUR's 2nd annual six day Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama during the most auspicious month of Kartik (organized by the Mayapur Chadnra's). The Parikram begins on October 22nd and will end on October 29th, 2014.

There will be two days break, one for Goverdhan puja (24th October) and the other for Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day (27th October), so

TEXT 4

tat ksetram yac ca yadrk ca
yad-vikari yatas ca yat
sa ca yo yat-prabhavas ca
tat samasena me srnu

SYNONYMS

tat--that; ksetram--field of activities; yat--as; ca--also; yadrk--as it is; ca--also; yat--what is; vikari--changes; yatah--from which; ca--also; yat--which; sah--he; ca--also; yah--one; yat--which; prabhavah ca--influence also; tat--that; samasena--in summary; me--from Me; srnu--understand.

TRANSLATION

Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is const