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online study on the SIx Sandharbhas ( in depth study of Srimad Bhagvatham by Srila JIva Goswami Prabhupada ) by HG Caruchandra prabhuji. This course is being offered in January, 2016. This course is comprised of 6 modules and duration for each module is 6 months .

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The Glories of Kartik Month

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One of the most important of these ceremonial functions is called Urja-vrata. Urja-vrata is observed in the month of Karttika (October-November); especially in Vrndavana, there is a specific program for temple worship of the Lord in His Damodara form. “Damodara” refers to Krsna’s being bound with rope by His mother, Yasoda. It is said that just as Lord Damodara is very dear to His devotees, so the month known as Damodara or Karttika is also very dear to them.

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Mukunda Swami’s health update.

Mukunda Swami’s health update. Dear Devotees, Mukunda Maharaja is doing well and is scheduled for heart bypass surgery today or tomorrow. His hip surgery will be two to three days after that. The surgeon is very confident of a full recovery so our grave concerns of yesterday for him have been lifted enormously. I am sure this is due to the worldwide prayers from you. We read some messages to Maharaja from Godbrothers and sisters, disciples and well-wishers and he was pleased to hear them. Many New Govardhana devotees have expressed the desire to visit Maharaja and he has asked if you could please hold off until after some recovery time from both operations. Kk, Visnujana and Madana Mohana Prabhus are taking care of his personal needs and liaising with the medical staff. Please continue your prayers for Mukunda Maharaja for his safe and speedy recovery. Thank you so much.

Mukunda Swami’s health update.
Dear Devotees, Mukunda Maharaja is doing well and is scheduled for heart bypass surgery today or tomorrow. His hip surgery will be two to three days after that. The surgeon is very confident of a full recovery so our grave concerns of yesterday for him have been lifted enormously. I am sure this is due to the worldwide prayers from you.
We read some messages to Maharaja from Godbrothers and sisters, disciples and well-wishers and he was pleased to hear them.
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October 26. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations. Srila Prabhupada received a reply to his letter to Tirtha Maharaj in Calcutta. Prabhupada explained his hopes and plans for staying in America, but he stressed that his Godbrothers would have to give him their vote of confidence as well as some tangible support. His Godbrothers had not been working cooperatively. Each leader was more interested in maintaining his own building than in working with others to spread the teachings of Lord Caitanya around the world. So how would it be possible for them to share Prabhupada’s vision of establishing a branch in New York City? They would see it as his separate attempt. Yet despite the unlikely odds, he appealed to their missionary spirit and reminded them of the desires of their spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Their Guru Maharaj wanted Krishna consciousness to be spread in the West. But when Prabhupada finally got Tirtha Maharaj’s reply, he found it unfavorable. His Godbrother did not argue against his attempting something in New York, but he politely said that the Gaudiya Math funds could not be used for such a proposal. Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=20490/#26

October 26. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Srila Prabhupada received a reply to his letter to Tirtha Maharaj in Calcutta. Prabhupada explained his hopes and plans for staying in America, but he stressed that his Godbrothers would have to give him their vote of confidence as well as some tangible support. His Godbrothers had not been working cooperatively. Each leader was more interested in maintaining his own building than in working with others to spread the teachings of Lord Ca

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Bhaktivedanta Hospital Ramai Swami: The Bhaktivedanta Hospital is a tribute to Srila Prabhupada, inspired by HH Radhanath Swami. it essentially functions as a “not-for-profit” institution with the motto of “Serving in Devotion.” What started as a dream to provide quality healthcare at an affordable cost by a few devotee medical graduates, transformed into the present-day state-of-the-art 150-bed multi-speciality hospital. While at the Govardhana Eco Village, I needed some dental work, so Radhanath Swami organised I got that done at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital. Read more: http://goo.gl/cDfCYT

Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Ramai Swami: The Bhaktivedanta Hospital is a tribute to Srila Prabhupada, inspired by HH Radhanath Swami. it essentially functions as a “not-for-profit” institution with the motto of “Serving in Devotion.”
What started as a dream to provide quality healthcare at an affordable cost by a few devotee medical graduates, transformed into the present-day state-of-the-art 150-bed multi-speciality hospital.
While at the Govardhana Eco Village, I needed some dental work, so Radha

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Srila Prabhupada in Moscow.

Srila Prabhupada in Moscow. Shyamasundar: Moscow. This, you have to remember and realize, was the height of the cold-war period, and there were threats going back and forth between America and Russia to drop hydrogen bombs at any moment. Leonid Brezhnev was in charge in Russia in those times, and it was a very paranoid and extremely repressive regime. No one was allowed in. But Prabhupada kept saying, “I want to go to Russia. I want to get behind this iron curtain and see what is going on. Those people, they would probably like to hear about Krishna.” At that time no one was able to get Prabhupada a visa. And then, by some fluke, Prabhupada asked me if I could get him one in Bombay, and that very day I secured us visas and tickets to Moscow. A couple of days later, we were on our way. Those days are hard to imagine now. I mean, even in India, there was very little available in the way of consumer goods or freedom, and things like that were very scarce. And I remember thinking, “Hmm, I better have a camera of some kind to take some pictures of Prabhupada in Russia. This is an historic occasion.” And I scoured the streets of Bombay, and I was able to find, finally, a small Brownie box camera with just a hole in one end for a few rupees. And that was it. And one roll of black-and-white film that had twelve shots on it. That was it. And those have subsequently become historic photos. They all came out perfectly by Krishna’s arrangement, because I had no idea how to photograph anything. But anyway, there we were in Russia. And Prabhupada was just like a commander-in-chief behind the lines. We knew we were being stalked by the KGB. All kinds of things were happening. But in five short days he was able to plant the seed of Krishna consciousness resulting in tens of thousands of devotees growing. That was his potency.

Srila Prabhupada in Moscow.
Shyamasundar: Moscow. This, you have to remember and realize, was the height of the cold-war period, and there were threats going back and forth between America and Russia to drop hydrogen bombs at any moment. Leonid Brezhnev was in charge in Russia in those times, and it was a very paranoid and extremely repressive regime. No one was allowed in. But Prabhupada kept saying, “I want to go to Russia. I want to get behind this iron curtain and see what is going on. Th

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“Murali Manohar” Dance by Radha and Lalita (5 min video) Kathak Fusion on the song from “Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje” Artists: Radha (Srimati Radharani), Lalita (Krishna) Performed on 25th Oct 2015 at Samadhi Auditorium, Sridham Mayapur Watch it here: https://goo.gl/AUKWh5

“Murali Manohar” Dance by Radha and Lalita (5 min video)
Kathak Fusion on the song from “Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje”
Artists: Radha (Srimati Radharani), Lalita (Krishna)
Performed on 25th Oct 2015 at Samadhi Auditorium, Sridham Mayapur
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/AUKWh5

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By Damodara Pandit das

We are very excited to announce that as part of the Global 50th Anniversary of ISKCON Celebrations we have booked the Sydney Opera House for a Special Gala Performance.

TRANSCENDENTAL JOURNEY: Krishna 50 Years On – will be a beautiful night of vaisnava performance arts presenting the cultural history, inception, development and achievements of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON. It will be a seamless narration of the story of the Hare Krishna Movement told through bhajan dance & d

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Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja Disappearance Fest 2015 (Album with photos) For the last few years on Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja’s Disappearance Day, I have been organizing along with Narottam Baba, who takes care of his Bhajan Kutir at Radha Kunda, a Sankirtan Procession with Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja’s beautiful painting all around the sacred Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda. Relish Vittal Rukmini’s pics of yesterday’s fest! Find them here: https://goo.gl/kxgWrR

Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja Disappearance Fest 2015 (Album with photos)
For the last few years on Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja’s Disappearance Day, I have been organizing along with Narottam Baba, who takes care of his Bhajan Kutir at Radha Kunda, a Sankirtan Procession with Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja’s beautiful painting all around the sacred Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda. Relish Vittal Rukmini’s pics of yesterday’s fest!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/kxgWrR

Source.... www.dandavats.com

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Tomorrow is the first day of Kartika here in Vrindavan (Album with photos) Indradyumna Swami: Tomorrow is the first day of Kartika here in Vrindavan. One can just feel the excitement in the air. Everyone is busy preparing for the most auspicious month of the year. Ananta Vrindavan dasa arrived in the afternoon and even before he put his bags down we were out capturing the mood of Vrindavan through the lens of his camera. For the next month we&rsquo;ll be producing, almost daily, photos albums and short videos of our parikramas with 400 devotees. All for the pleasure of those who can&rsquo;t be present in Sri Vrindavan during this special time. Find them here: <a href=

Tomorrow is the first day of Kartika here in Vrindavan (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Tomorrow is the first day of Kartika here in Vrindavan. One can just feel the excitement in the air. Everyone is busy preparing for the most auspicious month of the year. Ananta Vrindavan dasa arrived in the afternoon and even before he put his bags down we were out capturing the mood of Vrindavan through the lens of his camera. For the next month we’ll be producing, almost daily, photos al

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.17

TEXT 17
avinasi tu tad viddhi
yena sarvam idam tatam
vinasam avyayasyasya
na kascit kartum arhati
SYNONYMS
avināśi—imperishable; tu—but; tat—that; viddhi—know it; yena—by whom; sarvam—all of the body; idam—this; tatam—widespread; vināśam—destruction; avyayasya—of the imperishable; asya—of it; na kaścit—no one;kartum—to do; arhati—able.
TRANSLATION
Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul.
PURPORT
This verse more clearly explains the real n
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Immortal Longings

By Ravindra Svarupa dasa

No one likes to be the bearer of bad news. Not only is it unpleasant; it can be dangerous. Kings routinely used to kill on the spot hapless messengers bringing word of defeat.

Even so, most people still acknowledge that truth, however unpalatable, is preferable to illusion, however cheering. This is, after all, only practical, for the facts as they affect us have a certain implacable stubbornness to which even the most compelling illusions must eventually yield. Facts a

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

September was a good month, as always, thanks to all the sincere book distributors worldwide. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada founding ISKCON, and on this occasion devotees will hold events and celebrations. Book distribution, as everyone knows, is very dear to Srila Prabhupada and was a big factor in his spreading Krsna consciousness throughout the world in a short time. So we would like

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Oct 9 & 10, Kochi, Kerala : While news forums around the world were replete with angst filled reports of a sinister and wanton environmental damage that a world famous automobile company committed . . . in Kochi Kerala, coincidentally, a rich confluence of eminent personalities deliberated Ethics , Economy and the environmental crisis. S E E 2015 – Summit on the Environment & Economy was hosted by the Prakriti Forum of ISKCON, commemorating 50 years of the unique voyage of His Divine Grace

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ŚRĪMAD BHĀGAVATAM (5.18.30) DATED 21-01-2006

 
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Lecture by His Holiness Radhanath Swami
          This verse is from Chaitanya Charitamrita, where Srila Krishna das kaviraj Goswami, have given us throughout his divine eyes, a vision of the spiritual world, Sri Vrindavan Dham, Vrindavan is that place beyond the earthly pleasures that we all are aspiring to achieve. Beyond the heavenly pleasures which the most pious of all man attains, beyond the brahmajyoti , the

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What are the Vedas?

What are the Vedas?

by Atma-tattva dasa

The Vedic scriptures are the spiritual literature of the ancient Indian culture, written in the Sanskrit language. They are comprised of a huge collection of books which include material (mundane), religious (ritualistic) as well as spiritual (monotheistic) knowledge. The expression "Vedic" is derived from the Sanskrit word veda, which means knowledge or revelation. According to the Vedic history, they were written down thousands of years ago. The date, howe

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Sharad Purnima Festival

Sharad Purnima Festival

Sharad Purnima

It is said that the love of the Gopis, the cowherd damsels of Vrindavan, for Krishna is the topmost love. It is without a tinge of selfishness and material motivation. The Gopis are the embodiment of the highest expression of the soul’s love for God, because pleasing God is their exclusive aspiration of life. Sharad Purnima is celebrated on the full moon night of Sarad-ritu (October). This is the night when Lord Krishna performed the Rasa dance. This dance represents th

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