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As of today, Russia and the Former Soviet Union Countries just sent us a report to announce that they have 550 Bhakti-vriksha groups with more than 6600 devotees.

Please give them your blessings so they may continue with their amazing preaching.

Prabhupada: Yes, that is also, just like, Krsna comes. Similarly Krsna's son, God's son, sometimes He comes. Sometimes Krsna's great devotee, servant, he comes because the spiritual enlightenment to the fallen souls, that is required. So in the human society, when the living entity gets the chance of having this human form of life, he has got the facility to understand his position, how to go back to home, back to Godhead. So that facility is offered by God, by Krsna. Therefore, we have got thes

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Niranjana Swami on 13 november 2013 at Taiwan
(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 01, Text 02)

(One of Niranjana Swami’s achievements is the annual Ukrainian Bhakti-sangama festival that he originally conceived and developed over the last ten years.)

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Lecture on Accomodation and Exclusivism by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 10 Nov 2013 at Kanhaiyadesh

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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what would have i done, if i was in that place ???

The miraculous sequence of events unfolded before our eyes on the tuesday, the day before the Bakrid. Bakrid is a painful day for the devotees of Lord Krsna as they helplessely and tearfully watch the cruel butcher of the several cows in the lanes and bylanes of area surrounding the Narasimha Giridhari temple. But this Bakrid was different as the Lord had a plan to involve us in a heroic rescue act.

As I entered the temple in the morning, S

From a class by H.H Indradyumna Swami -

In London I got a call from my mother at 2 a.m. She said, "Can you take me to Vrndavana? I want to go to Vrndavana." I was surprised because she had a materialistic philosophy and no interest in Krishna consciousness. I said I would call back when I got up in the morning. When I called three hours later, my brother answered. I asked to talk to my mother, but found she had just died. When my mother died, my brother said her last words were, "Don't lament

The Euro RGB is an assembly of Global GBC, Euro RGB and elected senior leaders. Their purpose is to watch after the welfare of Srila Prabhupada’s movement in Europe. They have an annual meetings, in which they discuss continental preaching strategies and pending crisis situations. Their internal structure includes a Chairman, 1st Vice-Chairman, 2nd Vice-Chairman, Special Officers, and a Secretary. These positions, appointed by the larger group of members, form the European RGB Executive Committ

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Tamohara Dasa on 14 Nov 2013 at ISKCON Alachua

(Tamohara Dasa has a doctorate in educational psychology and has been a faculty member and administrator in several graduate schools and universities, including dean of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.Tamohara Dasa and wife Mantrini Devi Dasi first saw the Hare Krishna devotees chanting at a rock festival, after which they were inspired to purchase Bhagavad-gita As It Is, the Radha Krishna Temple

Lecture on Hearing With Attention And Feeling by HH Prahladananda Swami on 28 Sep 2011 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada. He helped open temples and distributed Srila Prabhpada's books and preached in universities. He also served as the president of several temples in Texas.

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam by HH Niranjana Swami on 13 Nov 2013 at Taipei Taiwan

(After reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and seriously practicing the path of devotional service, Niranjana Swami took initiation from him in 1974, in Boston, USA. In 1986, he took sannyasa vows in Mayapur, India, and then proceeded to travel extensively throughout North America, the former Soviet Union, and India, lecturing on the teachings found within the books of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Devoted to as

TEXT 17

tesam jnani nitya-yukta
eka-bhaktir visisyate
priyo hi jnanino 'tyartham
aham sa ca mama priyah

SYNONYMS

tesam--out of them; jnani--one in full knowledge; nitya-yuktah--always engaged; eka--only one; bhaktih--in devotional service; visisyate--especially; priyah--very dear; hi--certainly; jnaninah--person in knowledge; atyartham--highly; aham--I am; sah--he; ca--also; mama--Mine; priyah--dear.

TRANSLATION

Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotiona

Prabhupada: So, in this way, as soon as we understand or become convinced that I am not this body, then spiritual education begins. (If) I am different, then the next question will be, then what for I am working? Naturally at the present moment we are working for this body, maintenance of the body. For eating, sleeping, having facility for sex life or sense gratification and to protect this body from being harmed. This is our business. But if I am not this body, then, I am spirit soul, then the

SB 10.69.45 - Can’t we JUST appreciate Krishna’s extraordinary activities?

yänéha viçva-vilayodbhava-våtti-hetuù

karmäëy ananya-viñayäëi haréç cakära

yas tv aìga gäyati çåëoty anumodate vä

bhaktir bhaved bhagavati hy apavarga-märge

-Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.45

TRANSLATION

Lord Hari is the ultimate cause of universal creation, maintenance and destruction. My dear King, anyone who chants about, hears about or simply appreciates the extraordinary activities He performed in this world, which are impossible

Dear All,
On 15/11/2013, at New Delhi Railway Station Platform No.12, one black color bag was stolen, Which Contains one Pair of Ladu Gopal JI, and some jwellery items as well as cash
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By His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

I think everybody has realized that congregational preaching has become more and more important because we discovered that all over the world, we have congregations. If Krishna consciousness is going to spread—and it will be spread, it will be chiefly through congregation. That is to say, people living at home, and practicing Krishna consciousness at home, and preaching Krishna consciousness in their homes and from their homes to other people in their homes.

The

TEXT 16

catur-vidha bhajante mam
janah sukrtino 'rjuna
arto jijnasur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha

SYNONYMS

catuh-vidhah--four kinds of; bhajante--render services; mam--unto Me; janah--persons; su-krtinah--those who are pious; arjuna--O Arjuna; artah--the distressed; jijnasuh--the inquisitive; artha-arthi--one who desires material gain; jnani--one who knows things as they are; ca--also; bharata-rsabha--O great one amongst the descendants of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna]

Prabhupada: That people are not interested. Only officially chanting "God is great," that's all. These are the... You try to understand. Athato brahma jijnasa. This is the Vedanta-sutra. Go, inquire, be inquisitive. Jijnasuh sreya uttamam. Tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreya uttamam [SB 11.3.21]. One should be inquisitive. That is human life. And as soon as you become inquisitive, you become aware of God more and more, then your devotion increases. That is wanted.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

“My past has been so sinful. How can I possibly approach Krishna?” Such doubts may block us in our devotional journey.
Gita wisdom reassures us that Krishna focuses on our intentions for the future, not on our actions in the past. Using the journey metaphor, he focuses on where we want to go, not where we have been. He declares in his conclusive proclamation in the Bhagavad-gita (18.66) that he will free us from all our sinful reactions if we just surrender to him.
Of course, Krishna wants us to b

As you have mentioned in many of your mails, and so does Krishna in Bhagavad-gita, that this material world is full of miseries. Why is it that we fail to understand and realize this? In other words, we aren't always sad or distressed. Why is it so?

Please enlighten me with your wisdom 
Your servant,

Hitesh Khanna

You are wondering why the material world is described as a place of misery when we are only sad or distressed some of the time, not all of the time. Actually we are miserable all the time,