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Daily GBC Report 2-February 7-9, 2010

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 13, 2010 at 9:30pm

Reporting by Sraddhadevi Dasi

GBC Meeting Report #2

GBC Report: February 7th-9th, 2010

Strategic Planning for ISKCON’s future was the central focus for the second

through fourth days of the 2010 Annual General Meeting for ISKCON’s

Governing Body Commission. In 2006, the GBC Body collectively decided to

increase their attention on Strategic Planning, more specifically to spend

additional energy on defining and planning ISKCON’s direction and management

for Srila Prabhupada’s mission to be passed down to

A meditation for Sivaratri - His Holiness Bhakti Vikas Swami

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 13, 2010 at 9:30pm

The Lord's beauty resembles a dark cloud during the rainy season. As the

rainfall glistens, His bodily features also glisten. Indeed, He is the sum

total of all beauty. The Lord has four arms and an exquisitely beautiful

face with eyes like lotus petals, a beautiful highly raised nose, a

mind-attracting smile, a beautiful forehead and equally beautiful and fully

decorated ears.

The Lord is superexcellently beautiful on account of His open and merciful

smile and His sidelong glance upon His devotees. Hi

A LESSON ON GEOMETRY..

Posted by SALONI NAGPAL on February 13, 2010 at 3:12pm

There was once a poor widow who,through great hardship,was struggling to bring up her only son. As she realized that he was her only hope for the future, she appointed a tutor for him although she would sometimes have to borrow the money to pay for the tuition fees.. Once, after being promoted to class 7th, the boy was being taught geometry by the teacher in English. As soon as the boy read ot loud, "let ABC be a triangle", the boy's mother rushed into the classroom and screamed at the teacher t

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18 points of summary of Bhagavat gita

Posted by kartik on February 13, 2010 at 12:18pm

Advised in Srimad Bhagavat Gita one should culture knowledge in the following way:

1) One should become a perfect gentleman and learn to give respect to others.

2) One should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame.

3) One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, by the thoughts of his mind, or by his words.

4) One should learn forbearance even in the face of provocation from other.

5) One should learn to avoid duplicity in his dealings with other

Inspiration Explosion Album Released!

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 13, 2010 at 12:30am

Review:
This is the maiden album released by His Grace Ekalavya Prabhu, disciple of His Holiness Lokanath Swami.

However, when I heard about the sound tracks they were simply wonderful. Ekalavya prabhu has nicely mixed western music with ancient vedic chants. This is a perfect fusion of east and west.

Ekalaya prabhu is a full time dedicated bramachari. He is himself a qualified sound engineer & a musician.

His sole purpose of releasing this album in service of Srila Prabhupada is to inspire the yout

Food for Life Global Haiti Relief- Prasadam being already distributed

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 12, 2010 at 11:18pm

Hospital distribution in Santo Domingo Food for Life Global volunteers are

continuing their distribution of freshly prepared vegan lunches for Haitian

survivors of the earthquake who are now being cared for in the Dr. Dario

Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo. Volunteers prepare the lunches at the

local FFL kitchen and then package them to be handed out at the hospital,

which specializes in trauma.

Haiti DistributionWe have made great progress in securing a working

relationship with other agencies to b

How to Always Be Absolutely Ecstatic

Posted by sanjay krishna on February 12, 2010 at 3:37pm

How to Always Be Absolutely Ecstatic

Nobody truly desires to be miserable. But yet most people are foolishly acting on a regular daily basis in ways that guarantee to keep them miserable. It doesn't have to be like this because there is a solution. There is a way that anybody and everybody no matter what situation they may be in can always be absolutely ecstatic. That way is called the science of self-realization. Just as there varying stages in the science of mathematics, there are also varying

Margarine vs Butter

Posted by Chitra Datta on February 12, 2010 at 1:22pm

Pass The Butter .. Please.This is interesting . .. .Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys.When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.How do you like it?They have come out with some clever new flavo

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Song "Amara jivan" with translation and purport by HDG Srila Prabhupada

Posted by kartik on February 12, 2010 at 12:14pm

Amar Jivan

My Life

(from Saraëagati)

(1)

ämära jévana, sadä päpe rata,

nähiko puëyera leña

parere udvega, diyächi ye koto,

diyächi jévere kleça

(2)

nija sukha lägi’, päpe nähi òori,

dayä-héna svärtha-paro

para-sukhe duùkhé, sadä mithya-bhäñé,

para-duùkha sukha-karo

(3)

äçeña kämanä, hådi mäjhe mora,

krodhé, dambha-paräyaëa

mada-matta sadä, viñaye mohita,

hiàsä-garva vibhüñaëa

(4)

nidrälasya hata, sukärye virata,

akärye udyogé ämi

pratiñöha lägiyä, çäöhya-äcaraëa,

lobha-hata sadä kämé

(5)

e heno durjana, saj-jana-varjit

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Message for enlightment

Posted by kartik on February 12, 2010 at 12:11pm

Message for enlightment

HARE KRSNA

Most of the times, we lose our valuable time and opportunity in trying to correct the situations for better in order to perform our bhakti with full vigour however this is where we miss the point

If we just forget our situation, and just somehow push ourselves and in whatever situation we are in, just put our full heart into our service, our bhakti, then the situations automatically get aligned to our requirements over a period of time

In the path of life, learn to

Definition of pure bhakti

Posted by sanjay krishna on February 11, 2010 at 4:30pm

Definition of pure bhakti:

anyabhilasita sunyam

jnana karmadi anavritam

anukulyena krsnanusilanam

bhaktir uttama

["The cultivation of activities that are meant exclusively for the pleasure of Sri Krsna, or in other words the uninterrupted flow of service to Sri Krsna, performed through all endeavours of the body, mind and speech, and through the expression of various spiritual sentiments (bhavas), which is not covered by jnana (knowledge aimed at impersonal liberation) and karma (reward-seeking activ

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"How to deal with blames" byHH Bhakti charu swami

Posted by kartik on February 11, 2010 at 11:00am

HOW TO DEAL WITH BLAMES

Yesterday one devotee was commenting that on each level of ISKCON management we find devotees blaming the persons on the level just above them for their problems. That is if one is a cook in the temple for example, one will blame the temple commander, if one is the temple commander one will blame the vice president, the VP will blame the President, and the president will blame the GBC or guru.

The standard way of dealing with this blaming situation (the one which leaders us

Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

Posted by Gopi Janavallabha DD on February 10, 2010 at 8:56pm

Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

By Sraddhadevi Dasi on 9 Feb 2010

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON commenced Saturday morning in Sri Mayapur Dham with Bhakti Caru Maharaja offering the traditional guru-puja ceremony to ISKCON’s Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada, while Ekalavya Prabhu led anenthusiastic and inspirational kirtan. This year’s GBC Chairman,Romapada Maharaja, welcomed everyone in attendance and delivered areading from the tenth canto of Srimad Bh

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ekadasi

Posted by kartik on February 10, 2010 at 11:17am

Basic Rules for understanding Vaisnava Calendar.

1. The Tithi at sunrise rules the day.
2. If the Tithi begins after sunrise and ends before sunrise of the next day (Lost) it is combined with the next Tithi.
3. If the same Tithi falls on sunrise two days in a row, observances are scheduled on the first day; except Ekadasi, Amavasya, or Purnima Tithis which are scheduled for the second day.

Rules for Ekadasi :

Srila A. C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada makes an interesting comment in his purport to S

3 NICE Stories,* 1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella. THATS FAITH. *2. Example of the feeling of

Posted by Pravin on February 10, 2010 at 10:50am

3 NICE Stories,*

*1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all

people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella. **THATS FAITH.***

*2. Example of the feeling of a one year old baby. When you throw him in the

air, he laughs because he knows you will catch him. **THATS TRUST.***

*3. Every night we go to bed, we have no assurance to wake up alive the next

morning but still we have plans for tomorrow. **THATS HOPE. ***

Stop the construction of unnecessary bridge in front of keshi Ghat on Holy river of yamuna in Vrindavan

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on February 10, 2010 at 10:00am

Stop the construction of unnecessary bridge in front of keshi Ghat on Holy river of yamuna in Vrindavan

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On Yamuna ji a two way highway bridge is being built to divert the traffic which, makes a half ring,

through the Keshi Ghat. This Bridge serves no purpose but reveals the cruelty towards our yamuna ji.

Just think after constrution of the bridge, how will it look in front of Keshi Ghat?

Let us go through what PROBLEMS & DAMAGES the bridge would bring...

• Decreasing the already scarce supply of swee

Standing in Two Boats!

Posted by Chitra Datta on February 9, 2010 at 12:18pm

Standing in Two Boats!"Bhaktivinod Thakura gives an example of a person trying to stand with his feet in two different boats. Obviously when the boats separate, the person falls in the water. This is the situation we are faced with.We are trying to accommodate material desires and our spiritual desires too. There is a saying in the west, 'to have your cake and eat it too'. Someone wants material comforts, sense gratification, and at the same time wants to experience the ecstasy of pure Krishna C

100 Names of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on February 9, 2010 at 9:00am

Nadiya Nagare Nitai Nece Nece Gay Re

LYRICS:

(refrain) nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy re

(1)

jagannātha-suta mahāprabhu viśvambhara

māyāpur-śaśī navadvīpa-sudhākara

(2)

śacī-suta gaurahari nimāi-sundara

rādhā-bhāva-kānti-ācchādita naṭabara

(3)

nāmānanda capala bālaka mātṛ-bhakta

brahmānḍa-vadana tarkī kautukānurakta

(4)

vidyārthi-uḍupa caura-dvayera mohana

tairthika-sarvasva grāmya-bālikā-krīḍana

(5)

lakṣmī-prati bora-dātā uddhata bālaka

śrī-śacīra pati-putra-śoka-nibāraka

(6)

lakṣmī-pati pūrva-deśa-sa

We are starting a new agricult. comunity in Jaganatha Puri

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 9, 2010 at 8:01am

All glories to S.Prabhupada
Our small family, originally from Europe, just spend 4 years in Sri
Vrndavana Dhama.

In the beginning our plan was to find other Vaisnava families who were
interested in living a few Km outside of Vrndavan town. We wanted to buy
land together, so that each family can have their own land, where they can
grow vegs, fruits, flowers and keep cows.

This way form a small community together.

But due to the risks involved living in the countrie side, outside Vrndavana
and the extreme

Hare Krishna's Ratha Yatra parade descends on Coconut Grove

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on February 9, 2010 at 7:56am

Miami Herald

COCONUT GROVE

Hare Krishna's Ratha Yatra parade descends on Coconut Grove

THE HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE WITH MEMBERS COMING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS HOMESTEAD CELEBRATED A FOUR-DAY FESTIVAL THAT INCLUDED THE COLORFUL RATHA YATRA PARADE

BY PARADISE AFSHAR

pafshar@MiamiHerald.com

The streets of Coconut Grove recently came alive with one of the world's oldest parades, Ratha Yatra.

Traffic came to a stop for the colorful procession.

Of course, most people who watched the 5,000-year-old event last weekend

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Daily GBC Report 2-February 7-9, 2010

A meditation for Sivaratri - His Holiness Bhakti Vikas Swami

A LESSON ON GEOMETRY..

18 points of summary of Bhagavat gita

Inspiration Explosion Album Released!

Food for Life Global Haiti Relief- Prasadam being already distributed

How to Always Be Absolutely Ecstatic

Margarine vs Butter

Song "Amara jivan" with translation and purport by HDG Srila Prabhupada

Message for enlightment

Definition of pure bhakti

"How to deal with blames" byHH Bhakti charu swami

Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

Mayapur GBC Meetings: Day 1

ekadasi

3 NICE Stories,* 1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella. THATS FAITH. *2. Example of the feeling of

Stop the construction of unnecessary bridge in front of keshi Ghat on Holy river of yamuna in Vrindavan

Standing in Two Boats!

100 Names of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!

We are starting a new agricult. comunity in Jaganatha Puri

Hare Krishna's Ratha Yatra parade descends on Coconut Grove

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