Anyway, print books, distribute profusely, and that will be the best preaching work. What will your three minutes' preaching do?--but if they buy one book, it may turn their life. (S.P.L. to Bhagavan 5th November, 1972)
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Nelson Mandela has friendly with several ISKCON leaders and members. On the picture he is with Indradyumna Swami.
Released by the International Society for Krishna Consiousness (ISKCON) Ministry of Communications, Anuttama Dasa, Washington, D.C., USA, Champakalata Dasi, Durban South Africa and Nanda Kishor Das, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The International Society for Krishna Consciou
“It is guaranteed that as long as you stick to the order of the spiritual master you can accomplish whatever is ordered. But we must develop a sincere heart.”
--- Srila Sripada Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami
December 5th, 1982
San Francisco, California
Hare Krishna Dear Devotees,
On Friday 13.12.13 it is the occasion of Gita Jayanti (when Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna over 5000 years ago). We are celebrating this wonderful occasion in ISKCON South London (42 Enmore Road, London SE25 5NG) on Sunday 15.12.13 from 12noon with recitation of the complete Gita and yajna followed by a sumptuous vegetarian feast.
So destiny is that we should devote our life for awakening Krsna consciousness. This human life is meant for that purpose. By nature's way, prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27], nature is bringing us. As soon as we become sinful, we are dropped down to suffer the sequence of sinful life in different varieties. Again, just like a man, criminal, is put into the jail, but when his time is finished, again he is made free. Similarly, the cycle of birth and death, dehantara-praptih,
Due to some Technical reasons 4th jan 2014 Shivaji Park Rath Yatra is
POSTPONED.
Next date and further info will get updated on www.facebook.com/ShivajiParkRathYatra
“In Krishna Consciousness our first business is how to train the mind so that it becomes friendly. You cannot force the mind. You have to train it. You have to mold it. You have to nurture the mind. You have to handle the mind in such a way that it is always friendly with you. That is one of the secrets of advancing in Krishna Consciousness"
--- Srila Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami.
Srila Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami Vyasa Puja at Mangalagiri
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Lecture on Kaliyug ke Labh by Subhag Swami on 20 Oct 2010 at Himachal Pradesh, India
(Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness specific services of translating Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures & Prabhupada’s books. Also Srila Prabhupada ordered him to preach Krishna Consciousness all over the world.)
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By fully concentrating on distributing books for Krsna, one is fully absorbed in Krsna. This is samadhi. (Purport S.B 10.2.37)
Lecture on Basis of Sadhana Bhakti by Yadunanadana Swami on 30 Sept 2013 at Radhadesh
(Yadunandana Swami principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor is a sannyasi (monk, religious mendicant) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).)
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Lecture on How to Chant with Sincere Feeling by HH Niranjana Swami on 31 July 2013 at Riga Lativa
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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Lecture on The Means of Spiritual Perfect by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 10 Dec 2012 at Mayapur
(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)
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By Her Grace Prema Padmini Devi Dasi
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s method of preaching is simple and yet the most sublime. Love is the weapon He used to conquer everyone. If every devotee is taught and trained that love is the highest principle, then his mind will not be deviated by the mental wrangling. The mind will not be tinged by philosophical speculation, dry renunciation or the desire for fruitive results.
In ISKCON, there is a great need for congregational preaching to take deep roots and flou
TEXT 29
jara-marana-moksaya
mam asritya yatanti ye
te brahma tad viduh krtsnam
adhyatmam karma cakhilam
SYNONYMS
jara--old age; marana--death; moksaya--for the purpose of liberation; mam--unto Me; asritya--taking shelter of; yatanti--endeavor; ye--all those; te--such persons; brahma--Brahman; tat--actually that; viduh--they know; krtsnam--everything; adhyatmam--transcendental; karma--fruitive activities; ca--and; akhilam--entirely.
TRANSLATION
Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation
