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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Yes, so final, that unless you are spiritually realized, you do not know what is the final end. The final end is that we are part and parcel of God. Somehow or other we are in contact with this material atmosphere. So our final aim is to go back to home, back to Godhead. Unless we know this and we practice how to return back again to Godhead, then we have to remain within this material world, transmigrating from one body to another. Therefore the human intelligence is meant for under

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A Very Special Offering

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

 

We would like to share with everyone an inspiring incident revealing the wonderful dedication of a five and a half year old devotee in Abu Dhabi.

A few days back we got a phone call from Malhar (Maharaj named the child Kishore Chandra Krishna das) five and half years old son of our God brother HG Stithaprajna Prabhuji and HG Vasundhara mataji. That day morning he has told hi

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BIRTHDAY OF THE BHAGAVAD GITAA call to action*************All resources needed for singing the Entire Gita on GJ DAY (free downloads):->>Text (pdf) -eitherPresentation Format (1st link)orBook Format (2nd link)from here:http://ebooks. iskcondesiretree.info/pdf/His_ Grace_Dina_Anukampana_Dasa/ (Courtesy of Iskcon Chowpatty temple)>>& Audio (mp3)-from here: www.tiny.cc/gitasinging*********A Call to action!!==============If you love Mother Gita thenplease share this msg & links and thus help us to e
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Spiritual needs is our Most urgent needs

2514938416?profile=originalLecture on Spiritual needs is our Most urgent needs by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(He served as temple president in Mumbai, Belgaum and Vrindavan- which is the spiritual hub of world wide ISKCON temples. He has been preaching in many prestigious educational institutions all over India.)

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Speaking and Distributing Bhagavad Gita

2514938415?profile=originalLecture on Speaking and Distributing Bhagavad Gita by Devamrita Swami on 04 Dec 2011 at Los Angeles

(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)

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Preaching Krishna Consciousness

2514938348?profile=originalLecture on Preaching Krishna Consciousness by Sesa Prabhu on 28 Aug 2011 at ISKCON Alachua

(Sesa Dasa joined ISKCON in 1973 inspired by the political activism of the In God We Trust Party for Purified Leaders, organized by members of ISKCON.He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party.)

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Taking Risks for Krishna and Preaching

2514927443?profile=originalLecture on Taking Risks for Krishna and Preaching by Giridhari Swami on 27 Sept 2013 at ISKCON Texas

(Giridhari Maharaja would very often and intensely pray to God, asking God to show him the answer, point the way. Shortly after that, in 1974, believing it to be Krishna’s arrangement, he somehow or other went to a second-hand bookstore.)

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THE BIGGEST LIGHT IN RELIGION


THE BIGGEST LIGHT IN RELIGION


Dear Devotees,


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


Below is an approximate translation of articles in Dainik Bhaskar (India’s leading Hindi Daily) on 3rd November regarding the Mayapur Project.


The largest temple in the world, although constructed only one third it is visible from 10 Km.


This is no stadium being constructed. 130 Km. from Kolkata. More than 500 skilled people are giving shape this building. This is the biggest temple in the world. When full

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Damodar Arati in a Chennai Mall


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In the mall's central atrium, a diorama of Little Damodar and Mother Yashoda welcomed visitors


Today urban India dwells on malls for their needs and entertainment. They are great places to hang out and have some fun. Diwali season probably sees the maximum visitors to shopping malls in India, with Express Avenue Mall at Chennai being no exception.


Apart from the exciting festive offers, attractive gifts and crowded food courts, Express Avenue had more to offer this November. Owners of the m

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 7.24

TEXT 24

avyaktam vyaktim apannam
manyante mam abuddhayah
param bhavam ajananto
mamavyayam anuttamam

 

SYNONYMS

avyaktam--nonmanifested; vyaktim--personality; apannam--achieved; manyante--think; mam--unto Me; abuddhayah--less intelligent persons; param--supreme; bhavam--state of being; ajanantah--without knowing; mama--My; avyayam--imperishable; anuttamam--the finest.

 

TRANSLATION

Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they

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World Enlightenment Day: December 14th


Hare Krsna,


Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!


What does it mean to be enlightened? It means to be out of darkness and in the light of Krsna consciousness. If we're facing the sun can we be in darkness? The material world is a dark place where the main interest in peoples mind is in trying to satisfy the senses which can never be satisfied, this means they've turned their face from Krsna to maya, darkness. To be in the bodily consciousness means to be in dark

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Actually producing and distributing books is our most important engagement, all other engagements culminate in this one end--distribution of books. (S.P.L. to Tamala Krsna 27th July 1973)

For more quotes on book distribution go to


For different sizes of above wallpapers please go to

If you get some money, you print books!

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: No, this is for spiritual realization. If you chant, then, gradually, you realize yourself that you are a spiritual being; you are not this body. Then his spiritual life begins. Actually human life is meant for spiritual realization, and if one does not spiritually realize his identity, then he remains an animal. That is the difference between animal and man. Man is supposed to be spiritually realized.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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The Art of Book Distribution

2514938175?profile=originalLecture on The Art of Book Distribution by HG Navina Nirada Prabhu on 01 Sept 2009 at Atlanta

(HG Navina Nirada Prabhu gave lecture on Fearless and Honest Person.)

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2514938108?profile=originalLecture on Material Happiness Is Sweet Rice Mixed With Sand by Shikshashtakam Prabhu on 07
Aug 2005

(His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu joined full time as a bramachari ISKCON in 1998)

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The Journey to Improve Japa

2514938033?profile=originalLecture on The Journey to Improve Japa by HH Indradyumna Swami on 28 March 2007 at New York

(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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Srimad Bhagavatam Class (04.31.24)

2514938046?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 27 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 31, Text 24)

(Originally from New Zealand, Bhakti Caitanya Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in London, early in 1973. Almost a year before, as a philosophy student at Auckland University, he had first seen his future spiritual master walking across the campus with his followers. Srila Prabhupada initiated Bhakti Caitanya Swami later in 1973, giving him the

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The Jewel of Auspiciousness

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

 

 

Hearing and reciting a special story on
Ganesa Caturthi awards great benediction

(Based on Skanda Purana)

Jewellery

There was a city called Candra Jyoti. It was reigned by a king Dharmakanta, who was very much involved in religious activities. He was very kind to all the subjects and animals. Dharmakanta had a splendid queen called Svarnakanta. She was intently devoted and loyal to her husband and was very sober and polite.

Once, the

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

 

Decorate the Deity as nicely as possible with nice flowers and dress. You will forget all other false beauty. Letter to Kirtanananda, October 22, 1968.
 
Always remember that our first business is preaching and distributing literatures, never mind we have to live under a tree. Letter to Narottamananda, October 23, 1972.
 
Renunciation is required, but when one makes further progress after renunciation towards spiritual life a
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

On the mirror if there is dust, you cannot see your face very nicely. If you wipe the mirror very nicely… So this Hare Krishna chanting is the process of wiping out the dust accumulated on the mirror of my mind. Montreal, October 25, 1968.
 
“I am the seed-giving father of all living entities.” It doesn’t matter in different forms. He does not say that “I am the father only of the white, not of the black.” Nairobi, October 2
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