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Disobedience-The sign of envy

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Lecture on Disobedience-The sign of envy  by Bhakti Vinoda Swami on 26 Aug 2015 at ISKCON Coimbatore

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Rath Yatra in Indonesia

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First Ratha Yatra in Tanggamus, Lampung, Indonesia

By Hari Narayana Das

Kota Agung is a small town located in Tanggamus, Lampung. Being the capital, it is also the most important city in Lampung. Situated at the foot of Mount Tanggamus and nearby the Gulf Coast Semaka it stands as a beautiful location for tourists. At present there are no devotees living in Tanggamus. Those who do live in Lampung, live in the ‘Gita Nagari Baru’ farm community established by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami, a five hour

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ISKCON Aligarh- Bhoomi Pujan – 2015

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By Mohan Sunder Das

With a pure desire in their heart to spread Lord Sri Chaitanya’s message to one and all, Aligarh devotees worked day in and day out on the land donated by Dr. Maheshwar Pratap Varshney.

Dr. Varshney, an ardent follower of the Bhagwad Gita, donated 4 acres of land to ISKCON because he had firm faith on ISKCON for spreading Lord Sri Hari’s ‘Gita’, Bhagwad Gita.

The devotees worked very hard and finally saw the very eventful day of ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony’ on 13th November’20

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2 positions sought for ISKCON South London

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Role – Congregational Youth Minister

ISKCON South London is looking for candidates who are able to work and help growing the temple membership and temple activities. Brief Job descriptions are as follows:

Congregational Youth Minister – candidate has to work as a Pastoral care to youth of the Congregation with aim to develop and increase our temple’s youth membership, maintain strict sadhana (Morning Worship, Chanting 16 Round of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra daily, following Four Regulative Princip

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Sailing to Jambudwipa

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By Mayesvara dasa

The Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal, India (presently well under construction as of December 2015), is an attempt to depict the map of the Universe according to the ancient Vedic literature, primarily the Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam as translated and presented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Canto 1, chapter 5, verse 11 of Srimad-Bhagavatam predicts that this literature will bring about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s m

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Various - Flash Flood Warning

2515050748?profile=originalLecture on Various - Flash Flood Warning by Charu Prabhu in 2015

(Charu Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples.)

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Favorite Prayer

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The other day a devotee asked me what is my favorite prayer from our Vaisnava scriptures. I replied with the following verse by Narada Muni, who was requesting a benediction from Lord Krsna. In service to my spiritual master, I would like to follow in his footsteps.

“O swan gliding in the lakes of the Vraja-vasis’ love, I wish that I may wander everywhere always chanting and drinking the nectar of Your names. Those most sweet names arise from the ocean of Gokula and spread the glories of Your i

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King Prthu’s Appearance and Coronation

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King Prthu
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: Canto 4: “The Creation of the Fourth Order”
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
 
Canto Four, Chapter 15
 
King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation
 
TEXT 1
 
maitreya uvāca
atha tasya punar viprair
aputrasya mahīpateḥ
bāhubhyāṁ mathyamānābhyāṁ
mithunaṁ samapadyata
 
maitreyaḥ uvāca—Maitreya continued to speak; atha—thus;tasya—his; punaḥ—again; vipraiḥ—by the brāhmaṇas; aputrasya—without a son; mahīpateḥ—of the King;bāhubhyām—from the arms; mathy
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Gita Jayanti

2515050647?profile=originalLecture on Gita Jayanti by HG Vishwarup Prabhu on 03 Nov 2015 at Manchester (Hindi)

(HG Vishwarup Prabhu delivered professional and spiritual discourses to medical professionals in UK and USA in 2007-2008.)

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Gift a van

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Dear Devotees and Friends, Have a happy Gita-jayanti day! 

We would like to offer you an opportunity to get special blessings from Lord Krishna on this auspicious day. Since 1987. we have been spreading the words of Lord Krishna (Bhagavad-gita) to the public in Germany and Austria. In order to enable us to be more effective, please consider the following appeal. After many years, book distribution from ISKCON Simhachalam temple (Germany, simhacalam.de) is on the rise and we aim by the end of 20

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.52

TEXT 52

yada te moha-kalilam
buddhir vyatitarisyati
tada gantasi nirvedam
srotavyasya srutasya ca
SYNONYMS
yadā—when; te—your; moha—illusory; kalilam—dense forest; buddhiḥ—transcendental service with intelligence; vyatitariṣyati—surpasses; tadā—at that time; gantāsi—you shall go; nirvedam—callousness; śrotavyasya—all that is to be heard; śrutasya—all that is already heard; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
When your intelligence has passed out of the dense forest of delusion, you shall become indifferent to all that
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Sri Shukhadev Goswami Stuti Day 02

2515050882?profile=originalLecture on Sri Shukhadev Goswami Stuti Day 02 by Sarvabhauma Prabhu 13 Oct 2015 at ISKCON Vrindavan

(Sarvabhauma Prabhu was born on 6th Feb 1952, in a Puskarana Vaishnava Brahmin family, having a Radha Krishna temple for eight generations in Mithi, which is part of Rajasthan in Sindh province of Pakistan.)

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Selecting Proper Guidance

2515051003?profile=originalLecture on Selecting Proper Guidance by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 01 Nov 2015 at Telangana 

(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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Internal Conquest

2515051036?profile=originalLecture on Internal Conquest by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on 13 Dec 2015

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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Joy and wanting more

2515050650?profile=originalLecture on  Joy and wanting more by HG Urmila Mataji on 16 Nov 2015 at Hawaii

(Urmila Devi Dasi (Dr. Edith Best) joined ISKCON in 1973 in Chicago. She received first initiation in 1973 and second initiation in 1975 from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In 1996, Urmila and her husband, Pratyatosa, entered the renounced order of vanaprastha.)

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Aunty Yamuna…

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By Vani Devi Dasi

Four years ago I got a phone call at three in the morning. Minutes later I couldn’t control my tears and the only thing I knew to do was to take shelter of Panca Tattva. Standing in front of their Lordships in a daze the tears came again as I felt your absence. My heart hurt, my heart still hurts. Your love for Krsna, Prabhupada, and all of us met no bounds, and a moment with you was like a hundred as time stood still and I couldn’t take my eyes from you. Your love was rea

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ISKCON wishes to President of India

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By Vrajendranandan Das

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Recently, we had a big networking opportunity as ISKCON was officially invited to attend the birth day celebration event of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, who turned 81 on Dec 11th, 2015.

The august gathering witnessed presence of many matteraties, including the Prime Minister and other dignitaries from far flung areas of the country. .As a gesture of mercy an

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Vedic Cosmology: Integrating God and Physics

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In 2012, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, called for a debate between scientists, philosophers and theologians to find common ground between science and religion over how the universe began. Even though the explanations found in the texts of the world's spiritual traditions are admittedly not exhaustive in the details referring to the origin of the universe, they do outline key concepts thereof which are important to the development of the philosophy for spiritual devel

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