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1)      ADHOKSAJA KRISHNA DASA

Nominated in category: Book distribution

Age: 50

ISKCON Temple (name/place): Karuna Bhavan, Scotland

Number of years that he has been doing this service: 31

Date and place of his joining ISKCON movement: 1982 Caitanya College England

Description of his services in the nominated category: Practically the day he joined, Adhoksaja Krishna has been engaged in book distribution. He has developed both street and contact sankirtan while inspiring and training

Lecture on The Importance of Devotee Association by HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami at Dallas on 07 Oct 2013

(His Holiness Gunagrahi Das Goswami joined ISKCON in 1969. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Since then he served as temple president in NY, Buffalo and San Diego, developed successful recruiting and training programs for new devotees.)

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Lecture on Mind is very difficult to Control by HH Jayapataka Swami at Kuala Lumpur on 21 June 1981

(Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school. As a new student at Brown, Jayapataka Swami heard a guest lecturer speak on the life of Buddha.)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 07 Text 20 by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 09 Sep 2013 at Melbourne

(Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)

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Seminar on Sadhu Sanga Festivals by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 23 Sep 2013

(In 1981 Gopal Krishna Goswami took sannyasa initiation and began to extend his travels to spread Krishna consciousness more widely in parts of the USA, Canada and eventually in parts of Africa. )

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Are you facing problems in life? Are you frustrated with life?

 If your answer is yes, then you are very lucky than those who are living their life in luxury. Now your mind must be puzzled with the above statement. But this the truth. People who are materially engrossed often forget Krsna and consider their material life as the permanent life. But people who are depressed, who face problems in life, who are frustrated with the situations going in their life often pray to Krsna, Oh Krsna! Please h

Prabhupada: At the present moment, the people in general, they are engaged in service, in factories, in big, big office, big, big establishment. So they're all sudras, fourth-class men. And the fourth-class men select their representative. So they must be also fourth-class. Democracy means selected, I mean to..., voted, elected. So because they are being elected by the fourth-class men, the leaders are also fourth-class men. The fourth-class men cannot appreciate the first-class men. And there i

On the Question of Initiation in a bona fide Vaishnava Sampraday

Dear Devotees,

As every year this year too we are organising ISKCON camp at the ancient pilgrimage site of Prayag during the annual Magh mela holy fair. This fair has been held by Vedic followers since the beginning of creation. Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 18.145-146 mentions Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's attending this fair being invited by a Sanodiya brahmana.

Bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna near the fort at Allahabad, Prayaga, is mentioned in revealed scriptures: 

maghe mas

This coming February marks the auspicious 11th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple opening! To celebrate we are organizing special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The culmination will be our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Parikramas will be going out from 14-27 Feb with the main festival day on Sunday 23 Feb. Even after that there will still be some parikramas.

Gaura Purnima will be next year on 16

Lecture on Passing Time with Krishna's Pastimes by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 15 Dec 2012 at Durban

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami initially served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and also distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books from 1973 until 1980.Then Bhakti Caitanya Swami moved to South Africa, where, from 1980 to 1982. )

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Lecture on The Essence of Bhagavad Gita by HH Candramauli Swami

(Born in New Jersey, USA, in 1947, Candramauli Swami came in contact with the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) in Denver, Cororado, at the age of twenty-four.)

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The Supreme Personality of Godhead descended in his Vaaman(The Dwarf) Avatar to restore back all the possessions to the demigods , which were held captive by the descendent of Prahlad Maharaj, King Bali.

When Lord Vaaman arrived at the place where King Bali was performing a yajna ,everyone was mesmerized by his appearance. King Bali's daughter Ratnamala who was also present there, felt a motherly affection towards Lord Vaaman and desired to breastfeed him.

As the Lord is all pervading he could

Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto - 10 Chapter - 28 Text - 15 by HG Badahari Prabhu

(Bada Haridas Prabhu Known for his inspiring and soulful chants, he has studied and performed Indian devotional music, including Indian classical music and raga since 1975. Bada Haridas artistically blends his many influences to create unique music in celebration of the divine. )

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Lecture on Spiritual Knowledge by Tamohara Prabhu on 24 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.

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by H.H. Kavichandra Swami

For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me.

There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.

And I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation of ours worships Me by his intelligence. 

And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the auspicious planets where the pious dwell.

Today is the day when Krishna spoke the pristine message of Gita to Arjuna about 5000 years ago.  The setting was unprecedented – Kurushetra was swarmed with millions of mighty warriors of Pandavas and Kauravas who were ready to take the life or give the life. But just before the beginning of the war, Arjuna got completely bewildered. In quagmire he was ready to run away from the battle and live by begging. But Arjuna was fortunate because he had befriended Krishna. He beseeched Krishna to show