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“I was distributing at Orange Coast College near Los Angeles with my friend from India, Dhira Lalita Prabhu. Dhira Lalita set up a table, and I walked around. He met a student who fell in love with Srila Prabhupada’s books and stayed at the table all day.

We decided to go back there a week later. Before we got to the campus, Dhira called our friend to let him know we were coming. He met us, helped us set up, and even distributed books. He must be picking up where he left off in his last life.

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By Madhava Smullen

ISKCON New Vrindaban is set to offer a Covid-safe Mother’s Day Wellness Retreat for Vaishnavis and their families with an aim to provide nourishment, relaxation and inspiration for women during difficult times.

“During the pandemic, people have sacrificed their sanga, and in some ways their mental health through isolation,” says Palace Lodge Manager Sarah. “So although we can’t do something on the scale of Festival of Inspiration [which was typically held over the Mother’s Day

The day was gloomy, chili, overcast but necessary as a part of a cycle. Rain came. It’s needed. The night came in with a waxing crescent moon just as it has been some nights before in the cycle. Then we love our seasons. “Of seasons I am flower-bearing spring,” states Krishna in The Gita. This welcoming season has come full circle. There’s a pattern also with the sun. “Here Comes the Sun” (the Beatle’s song). Visible and not visible.

Then we have “The Circle of Life” (Lion King). Yes, we have o

अध्याय एक - भगवान श्रीकृष्ण का अवतार-परिचय (10.1)

1 राजा परीक्षित ने कहा: हे प्रभु, आपने चन्द्रदेव तथा सूर्यदेव दोनों के वंशों का, उनके राजाओं के महान तथा अद्भुत चरित्रों सहित विशद वर्णन किया है।

2 हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ, आप परम पवित्र तथा धर्मशील यदुवंशियों का भी वर्णन कर चुके हैं। अब हो सके तो कृपा करके उन भगवान विष्णु या कृष्ण के अद्भुत महिमामय कार्यकलापों का वर्णन करें जो यदुवंश में अपने अंश बलदेव के साथ प्रकट हुए हैं।

3 परमात्मा अर्थात पूर्ण पुरुषोत्तम भगवान कृष्ण, जो विराट जगत के कारण हैं, यदुवंश

My mother, Purnamasi, was born on August 15, 1922, in Surat, India. At the tender age of twelve she married Purushottam Patel, who brought her to South Africa.

They had nine children. In order to support the large family after her husband’s early demise, Mother Purnamasi held three jobs: at a creche in the morning, at the local Gujarati school as a teacher between 2 and 5 p.m., and doing tuitions from 5:30 to 9.

The creche was in a two-story building on Victoria Street in Durban. On the first fl

I would devote the day in my service to guru’s mission with a stride in the park. It was dark and some young men from the neighborhood just completed shooting basketball. I was on a bench fingering on my meditation beads and, as they walked by, they very respectfully nodded or made remarks such as, “Hi!” Or “Good night!” I was impressed. Decent people do exist.

In one conversation with a member of our community he expressed that people are having it tough, even amongst the devotional types, bein

अध्याय चौबीस – भगवान श्रीकृष्ण (9.24)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: अपने पिता द्वारा लाई गई उस लड़की के गर्भ से विदर्भ को तीन पुत्र प्राप्त हुए – कुश, क्रथ तथा रोमपाद। रोमपाद विदर्भ कुल का अत्यन्त प्रिय था।

2 रोमपाद का पुत्र बभ्रु हुआ जिससे कृति नामक पुत्र की उत्पत्ति हुई। कृति का पुत्र उशिक हुआ और उशिक का पुत्र चेदि, चेदि से चैद्य तथा अन्य राजा (पुत्र) उत्पन्न हुए।

3-4 क्रथ का पुत्र कुन्ति, कुन्ति का पुत्र वृष्णि, वृष्णि का निर्वृति, निर्वृति का दशार्ह, दशार्ह का व्योम, व्योम का जीमूत, जीमूत का

We are all touched by the pastime of Mother Earth approaching Lord Vishnu for protection from “conceited demons dressed like kings” (SB 10.1.17) at the end of the last Dvapara-yuga. At that time, Mother Earth, known in the Vedas as Bhumi, was overburdened by “unnecessary military arrangements”, which threatened the peace, sanctity and religiosity of all the devas.
Needless to say, this threat to the Earth has only increased as Kali-yuga has progressed. In the 12th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bh

On Earth Day, I thought of a prayer that resonated with me in my youth. “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For He has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord.” (Psalm 24:1-5)

Later, when I m

Yes, I was in the room, but less than the last few days. I took to the park and, of course, to a bench, for serene chanting on my beads. I stopped abruptly because someone paid me a visit.

He was wearing my colour, at least his top was that soft but rusty orange. He hung around and kept staring at me, very curious. Don’t be mistaken, it wasn’t a human. With that silent stare I would consider him a lunatic if he was human. It was a bird, a Robin, a sure sign of spring. He was pecking away at the

अध्याय तेईस – ययाति के पुत्रों की वंशावली (9.23)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: ययाति के चौथे पुत्र अनु के तीन पुत्र हुए जिनके नाम थे – सभानर, चक्षु तथा परेष्णु। हे राजन, सभानर के कालनर नाम का एक पुत्र हुआ और कालनर से सृञ्जय नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ।

2 सृञ्जय का पुत्र जनमेजय हुआ, जनमेजय का पुत्र महाशाल, महाशाल का पुत्र महामना और महामना के दो पुत्र उशीनर तथा तितिक्षु हुए।

3-4 उशीनर के चार पुत्र थे – शिवि, वर, कृमि तथा दक्ष। शिवि के भी चार पुत्र हुए – वृषादर्भ, सुधीर, मद्र तथा आत्मतत्त्वित केकय। तित

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By Candrasekhara Swami

I have lost my three legs and am now standing on one only. Are you lamenting for my state of existence? Or are you in great anxiety because henceforward the unlawful meat-eaters will exploit you? Or are you in a sorry plight because the demigods are now bereft of their share of sacrificial offerings because no sacrifices are being performed at present? Or are you grieving for living beings because of their sufferings due to famine and drought?

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By Ananta dasi and Karuna Dharini dasi

Yasoda Priya devi dasi, pujari, chef, prasadam distributor, expert gardener and dear friend to the New Dwaraka devotees, left the material world on her way back to Krishna on April 11, 2021 at 7:15am, exactly the current time of the temple Guru Puja.

Yasoda Priya arrived from Venezuela to Hawaii in 1981. She was traveling with a friend who suggested they visit the temple. Just previous, at the beach she had a vision of a peacock feather rising from out of t

By Madhava Smullen

The Bhadra Campaign, flooding the world with spiritual wisdom in the form of full sets of Srimad-Bhagavatam, keeps going from strength to strength.

Launched in 2017, the campaign is inspired by the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse 12.13.13, which states, “If on the full moon day of the month of Bhadra one places Srimad-Bhagavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift, he will attain the supreme transcendental destination.”

It’s also driven by Srila Prabhupada’s instruction in a 19

I walked around the block. It was a great victory going at it — three times in one day. Well-masked in the temple room, which I hadn’t visited in days, I offered my respects to the deities of Krishna. I sat down and read from the purport of the book, Bhagavatam: Canto 11, chapter 2, text 54. It was beautiful; worth sharing.

“When the moon rises, the expansion of its rays drives away the distress of the sun’s fierce heat. Similarly, the cooling rays emanating from the lotus nails of the Personal

अध्याय बाईस – अजमीढ के वंशज (9.22)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन दिवोदास का पुत्र मित्रायु था और मित्रायु के चार पुत्र हुए जिनके नाम थे च्यवन, सुदास, सहदेव तथा सोमक।

2 सोमक जन्तु का पिता था। सोमक के एक सौ पुत्र थे जिनमें सबसे छोटा पृषत था। पृषत से राजा द्रुपद उत्पन्न हुआ जो सभी प्रकार से ऐश्वर्यवान था।

3 महाराज द्रुपद से द्रौपदी उत्पन्न हुई। महाराज द्रुपद के कई पुत्र भी थे जिनमें धृष्टद्युम्न प्रमुख था। उसके पुत्र का नाम धृष्टकेतु था। ये सारे पुरुष भर्म्याश्व के वंशज या पाञ्चालवंशी कहल

In the Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Rama at one point is compared to a baby elephant, however, this is not disrespectful. Rather, the comparison was made to show how young Lord Rama was at the time of Sitadevi’s swayamvara, yet he was so inconceivably powerful. While it took 300 strong men to barely lift that bow, a young Lord Rama just strings the bow effortlessly to the point that He pulled it so far back that the bow broke. So in this way, Lord Ramachandra showed with how much ease he could do suc