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Yahoo Messenger claims reincarnation

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    SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo launched a next-generation messaging platform Thursday in an ambitious bid to steal a march on a crowded field, as rumors swirled that the Internet pioneer is considering selling its core business.

    New Yahoo Messenger apps were released in English for smartphones or tablets powered by Apple or Android software, as were versions of the service tailored for use on the Web or on desktop computers.

    The updated instant messaging platform is replacing its predecessor in Yahoo

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Sri Alarnath Temple at Brahmagiri

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SRI ALARNATH TEMPLE

at Brahmagiri, Orissa (Odisha)

Sri Alarnath Temple

Sri Alarnath Temple is a very important temple of Visnu near Jagannatha Puri (23 km) at Brahmagiri, Orissa. Lord Alarnath is the representative of Lord Jagannatha at Puri. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at this temple during anavasara, the two-week period afterSnana-yatra when Lord Jagannatha rests in seclusion before the annual Rathayatra (chariot festival) in Jagannatha Puri. Lord Caitanya couldn't bear staying in Puri

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Do I really need a Guru

2515048716?profile=originalLecture on Do I really need a Guru by HG Urmila Mataji on 30 Nov 2015 at Hawaii

(HG Urmila Mataji has mainly served ISKCON since 1973 till the present time as book distributor, assistant secretary for the BBT, pujari, temple cook, actress, writer, traveling preacher, editor of BTG since 1990, primary and secondary teacher for 27 years, school principle for 18 years, member of Sastric Advisory Council to the GBC. )

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Seeing beyond contradictions.

Hare Krishna.

17th December, 2015. Gurgaon.

Krishna

So many times one come across apparent contradictions in scriptures. Yesterday I read a beautiful explanation of inconceivable nature of Krishna by HH Romapada maharaj in reply to a question at http://www.dandavats.com. It is so nice to hear explanations on such topics from a self realised soul, suddenly inconceivable becomes conceivable.

Question: I have a question regarding a statement I heard in the past and remembered recently: Seeming paradoxes are f

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Science and Positive Thinking

2515048791?profile=originalLecture on Science and Positive Thinking by HH Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 2015

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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Interview with Krishna Kanta Dasi by Pranada Devi Dasi On theVaishnavi Voices Poetry Project

A new book is being produced that calls for the participation of women poets in the Bhakti tradition. The Vaishnavi Voices Poetry Project is drawing in women devotees from all over the world, who are uniting together to represent and offer a tribute to the spiritual sentiments of contemporary vaishnavis, or women practitioners of bhakti yoga. Here, Pranada Devi Dasi interviews the organizer, Krishna Kan

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Men and Women Spiritual Culture Day 03

2515047877?profile=originalLecture on Men and Women Spiritual Culture Day 03 by HG Devaki Mataji on 07 Dec 2015 at ISKCON Mira Road.

(Mother Devaki has served in various capacities for over 20 years and has in later years engaged in creating festivals and various meetings for devotees to listen about and glorify Krsna. She started pioneer preaching in former Soviet Union.)

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The Greatest Gift

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A famous American celebrity, Mark Ruffalo, gets the Bhagavad-gita in New York City, this year during the book marathon from a resident monk. 

Every December, the devotees and friends of ISKCON world-wide do an annual ‘book marathon’, giving out books on Krishna consciousness by the thousands. To learn more about this on-going marathon in the UK, how to contribute and reactions by the public, please see: www.facebook.com/The-100k-Effort-Prabhupada-Marathon-2015

As he stood at his upstairs win

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.49

TEXT 49
durena hy avaram karma
buddhi-yogad dhananjaya
buddhau saranam anviccha
krpanah phala-hetavah
SYNONYMS
dūreṇa—by discarding it at a long distance; hi—certainly; avaram—abominable; karma—activities; buddhi-yogāt—on the strength of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; dhanañjaya—O conqueror of wealth; buddhau—in such consciousness; śaraṇam—full surrender; anviccha—desire; kṛpaṇāḥ—the misers; phala-hetavaḥ—those desiring fruitive action.
TRANSLATION
O Dhanañjaya, rid yourself of all fruitive activities by devotion
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Me, The Sweet Control Freak

Me? The Sweet Control Freak? Could it be? Consider, we could just be sweet, well mannered control freaks. Not rude, unmannerly and egotistical, but sweet control freaks. We like everything to go according to our plan. Yet, we don’t take seriously how there could be a master plan and a master reason for things. We think that the resources of this world are meant for our enjoyment, they should be under control – for us… This full length presentation given at the Loft Yoga Lounge in Auckland highl

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A lady's sister helps a devotee distribute a book

During the Prabhupada marathon in Upper Hutt, near Wellington, NZ, I tried stopping a young Maori lady with a pram as she entered a burger shop. She gave me the cold shoulder - didn't even consider stopping.

Soon after I stopped another young Maori lady who was very interested in the Gita, though she didn't know much about Krsna or Eastern wisdom. Being fifty cents short of the recommended donation, she said she would get more from her sister in the burger shop. I told her not to worry (I was c

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Finding for pearls in the ocean

Finding for pearls in the ocean

It was a wonderful day on sankirtan as HG Vaisesika Prabhu returned from the dham after 6 weeks. Just the presence of Prabhu felt so purifying in the most passionate place, Market and Powell street in San Francisco. As Prabhu mentioned it felt like an milk ocean of people and there were some valuable pearls here and there. Everyone was going somewhere and no one was interested in spirituality. But ISV devotees, almost 35 of them including kids were determined to churn the ocean to find those pe
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Our agenda to control and enjoy matter is not an innocent one. It has consequences. It robs us of peace. It contributes to strife, both individually and collectively. Through yoga knowledge and practice, we can relinquish this agenda, and revive our genuine blissful mission in life.

Source:http://devamritaswami.com/the-agenda-behind-the-mask-the-agenda-that-destroys-peace/

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Rasa Purnima, 2015

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Written by Rukmini dd

An earthquake hit Sri Dhama Mayapur on Wednesday, November 25th, lasting approximately 90 minutes with tremors for at least half an hour before. Some call it kirtan, but I beg to differ. It was an earthquake! After navigating through the Damodarastakam on the last day of Kartika in front Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Kadamba Kanana Swami launched into kirtan that shook the layers of our conditioning, split through the modes of nature and revealed a core of beauty found in the hol

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Book Distribution from the Comfort of your own Home

This type of book distribution is especially for the devotees having reservation for street/door-to-door distribution, but WANT to participate. This method uses the *C*ircle *o*f *I*nfluence (*CoI*) contact of each devotee. CoI contacts can be Friends, Relatives, Previous or Present Colleagues, Neighbors, Shopkeepers or anyone whom one can approach.
 
*Phase 1:*
 
Make a list of 10-15 very close people from your CoI contact, with whom you can freely talk.. Call 3-5 people from that list daily.
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Pujari Course

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For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Pancatattva, Prahlad Nrisimha Dev, Srila Prabhupada and for all the readers Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha happily informs that, for the first time there was a Training class arranged by Mayapur Bhakti Vriksha on‘Bhoga offering and Aroti performance’ for one day (2 times class) on 6th December, 2015 to facilate those upcoming Bhakti Vriksha members in order to help them regarding daily Bhoga offering and Aroti performance in their home.

It took

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Book distribution sankirtan in UK - Encounter of the day.
Visvambhara das: I met with the famous comedian/magician, John Archer. He took a Bhagavad-gita and gave a £10 donation. I said, “If you give me another £10, I’ll show you some Italian magic.” John gave it and then wanted to see the magic. I replied, “The magic is that I made £20 disappear from your pocket!” John replied, “You cheeky fellow!” Lol

Source:http://m.dandavats.com/?p=17613

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Shiva, The Auspicious One

Shiva, The Auspicious One

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SHIVA is among the most widely worshiped deities in India. With names such as Mahadeva ("the great god") and Nataraja ("the king of dancers"), he is venerated in ancient holy cities like Benares, where Shaivites (as his worshipers are called) devote their lives to him, viewing him as the Supreme Lord.

The fact is, he is supreme. As the scriptures say, "Srimad-Bhagavatam is supreme among Puranas just as the Ganga is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta [Vishnu] the

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Pusta Krishna das: I have started a new Facebook website entitled BhaktivedantaPerspectives. You all are invited to visit and contribute. I will instantly Friend you.
This new facebook website is intended to tap into the teachings of Srila Prabhupad and the realizations of his disciples and well-wishers regarding the solution to the world’s challenges. Different topics will be presented and I shall try to help keep the discussions on the point of that issue.
After we have thoroughly analyzed th

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