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2515107483?profile=originalLecture on What is difference between chanting a loud or Silently by HG Sankarsana Prabhu on 10 May 2016 at Riga Latvia

(In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world.)

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How to Remove Weed like Desires

2515106015?profile=originalLecture on How to Remove Weed like Desires by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 01 May 2016 at Vellore

(HH 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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Lord Ram's Diary

2515105989?profile=originalLecture on Lord Ram's Diary by HH Indradyumna Swami on 11 May 2016 at Moscow Russia

(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.)

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How to Live and Die Gloriously

2515106071?profile=originalLecture on How to Live and Die Gloriously  by HH Giriraj Swami on 04 Jun 2016 at Maryland

(Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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 ‘A living being, especially the human being, is seeking happiness because happiness is the natural situation of the living entity. But he is vainly seeking happiness in the material atmosphere. A living being is constitutionally a spiritual spark of the complete whole, and his happiness can be perfectly perceived in spiritual activities. The Lord is the complete spirit whole, and His name, form, quality, pastimes, entourage, and personality are all identical with Him. Once a person comes into

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The deities of Sri Sri Krishna Balaram, Radhe Shyam and Nitai Gaura were being transported from Jaipur to Vrindavan to be installed in their new temple on Ramnavmi day. It was the middle of the night, very quiet. Suddenly, just as the transport vehicle was coming close to the temple, hundreds of peacocks started to loudly ke-ka, all around the temple area. Sometimes the peacocks will crow when there are clouds in the sky or when they know clouds are forming. But this time there were no clouds.

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Radha Krishna Adultery?

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If you sense that someone is either very philosophically deep or has some moral issues about sex, then its not a good idea to describe Rādhā as “Krishna’s girlfriend.” In those cases it is better to describe her as the female manifestation of divinity, the goddess epitomizing divine beauty and love. Describe her as the “personified bliss of Krishna,” and explain that their relationship with one another allows divinity to experience and enhance the fullest extent of divine bliss, which would oth

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Visnujana: How will it be possible, Prabhupada, for a man whose mind is clouded to constantly chant Hare Krsna? A man who’s always thinking thoughts about family, friends, country, nation?
Prabhupada: Yes. Think of. At the same time, chant. Two things will go on, and this will conquer. (chuckling) As maya is forcing you to drag you from this Krsna consciousness, you also force maya by chanting Hare Krsna. There is fight. And maya will go away.
This maya is very strong. She’ll force you to entic

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KSL TV and radio in Utah

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USA: Eight Reasons People Move To Utah: “Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple & Festival of Colors” prominently mentioned: https://goo.gl/MpdHZV
“…Utah even hosts one of the biggest Holi festivals in the world at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, where over 70,000 people join together to dance, hug and throw colors in the air during a weekend of pure joy.” 

Source:http://m.dandavats.com/?p=21947

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2515106280?profile=originalKripamoya Prabhu: One disciple asked Srila Prabhupada, “I am right in assuming that although your first organization was called ‘League of Devotees’ that you in fact were the only member?”
Srila Prabhupada laughed, and said, “You are right. I was the only one.”
If I fainted from the heat in Delhi, if I were gored by a bull, and if no one joined the institution I created, I would have given up, but not Srila Prabhupada. If I got two heart attacks on the ship, I would have given up.
It is not that

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, known for her devotion to Lord Krishna, welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the U.S Capitol. As part of a select committee of lawmakers that welcomed and escorted the Prime Minister to the House Floor, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard thanked the Prime Minister for his commitment to strengthening the U.S.-India friendship, which will help us grow our economies, strengthen our security partnership in t

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Vijaya Dasa: On my way to take prasada at a devotee’s house, I asked him how he joined. This is what he had to say:
“When I was seventeen, I started asking the big questions about life and reading books on philosophy. My father observed this and told me that he’d gotten a book ten years ago from the Hare Krsnas — it was in the attic. So I went up there and found the Bhagavad Gita, very dusty. I brought it down to my room, wiped off the dust, and started reading it. I was thinking it was from an

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Just imagine the confusion, especially for our newcomers, well-wishers, younger devotees, and even for some senior devotees. Everybody who “loves” Srila Prabhupada, and is “loyal” to him, must be a bona-fide follower of his, or so it seems.

Out of the many thousands and millions of souls around the world who have been touched by Srila Prabhupada, either through his writings, recordings, inspirations, dreams and so on, can any of us define who are genuine followers or sympathisers, as opposed to

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TOVP Cast Iron Grill Work

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Here is a finished ‘mock-up’ of the cast-iron grill design, made by our new CNC machine.
By hand, this would have taken more than a month to complete (without the precision), while by machine it only took 8 hours, (with perfect alignment).
So this machine is really a “God-sent”! It will be duplicated on the other side, so both sides will be exactly the same.
1 piece will weigh around 200 kgs. The next step is to make molds for casting.

Source:http://m.dandavats.com/?p=21965

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Existential Questions

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Hare Krishna! It’s been a while — since the last time we talked I’ve relocated to New Vrindaban, it’s been quite a lovely journey immersing myself in this eclectic community & landscape.  Real life is such that my virtual life has somewhat suffered which to me is a wonderful thing. At any rate my husband posted a few questions on his facebook status that provoked me to ponder & answer. I thought I’d share my answers with you all & request that if you are so inclined please provide your own answ

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śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-dayā karaha vicāra

vicāra karite citte pābe camatkāra (Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 8.15)

Krsnadas Kaviraj Goswami is saying that the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is just amazing, and the more one tries to logically understand it, the more amazing it is. I like to call this verse, the open invitation to the Caitanya Caritamrta. I see this verse as an important verse because it shows us the proper attitude by which we are meant to look at the life of Lord Caitanya. We are lo

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BIRTH OF ISKCON

In calcutta a child was born 
on september One 1896  morn
it was none  other than abhay charan 
Sun and Moon combination
his father was Gour Mohan 
Person so benign 
a devotee of Lord Kishan
His mother Rajani  so kind so pure
who ate sand with rice to Abhay once cure
for rats which in his shop lived
Gour Mohan  used to leave plates grain-filled
instead of, like others, getting them killed  
even as a four year old little small boy 
Abhay made a beautiful chariot - toy
placed in it Jagannath Subhadra and Balab
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 4.33

TEXT 33
sreyan dravya-mayad yajnaj
jnana-yajnah parantapa
sarvam karmakhilam partha
jnane parisamapyate
SYNONYMS
śreyān—greater; dravyamayāt—than the sacrifice of material possessions;yajñāt—knowledge; jñāna-yajñaḥ—sacrifice in knowledge; parantapa—O chastiser of the enemy; sarvam—all; karma—activities; akhilam—in totality;pārtha—O son of Pṛthā; jñāne—in knowledge; parisamāpyate—ends in.
TRANSLATION
O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice of knowledge is greater than the sacrifice of material possession
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'I wanna be beautiful'

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How often You shout at Your friends not to tag You on Facebook photos?
Did You ever had thoughts of wearing burka?
Did You ever fasted to loose weight & then after 1-2 days because of hunger ate whole fridge then sat & wept?
If You practice spirituality, did ever Your yearning for God increase seeing a fresh line on Your face?
Or did You once went out with Your beloved. You both enjoyed & captured lots of photos. Both of You were so happy. But the next day You saw Your photos to remember
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6 Places to visit while in Mayapur

ISKCON Chandrodaya Temple


The holiest of all places in entire India, Mayapur Chandrodaya Temple is the major reason why devotees all over the world come to this sacred land. Inside you can see the magnificent statues of Pancatattva, Lord Nrisingha Dev, Srila Prabhupada and Radha-Madhav with the Gopis. This is a place flowing with devotion like no other place on earth.

Radha Madhav

 Srila Prabhupada's Pushpa Samadhi


Established after Srila Prabhupada left for Vaikuntha Lok in 1977, Pushpa Samadhi is one of the m

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