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You are a pujari and you are too busy for making ghee wigs by hand? Check this video :-) Watch it here:https://goo.gl/d7TuSg
Srila Prabhupada: If we make our Deity worship program extremely opulent and gorgeous, and if all of the devotees are always attending arati and holding kirtan in front of the Deities, that will be the best program for attracting the Indian people to Krishna Consciousness Movement. Letter to Giriraja, June 8, 1972.

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NBS#32 Lord Kapila’s Teachings.

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NBS#32 Lord Kapila’s Teachings.
This issue dives deeper into the philosophies presented by The Supreme Lord to mother Devahuti. 
NBS # 32 Features:-
1) What is Sankhya Philosophy ?
His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
2) Further Inquiries By Mother Devahuti
Sri Maitreya Rishi 
3) Material Life
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
4) Renunciation Of Conduct Unfavorable To Pure Devotion
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
This issue can be viewed through these links:
ISSUU: http://issuu.

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Vidura Das 1944 - 2016

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A disciple of Srila Prabhupada and long time resident of New Vridaban, Vidura and his wife of 45 years, Tryadhisa, have been serving in the Dhama since 1984.

On July 31st of 1970 Vidura and Tryadhisa married, soon after Vidura ran across a copy of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is in a used book store and began his spiritual awakening. That same year while in Boston they ran into devotees in downtown Boston performing sankirtan. “Jadhurani was taking donations in a conch shell and gave us the pamphlet

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Gita Upadesham - an offering for ISKCON 50. 
All glories to ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary! With great pleasure, we would like to announce that the Temple President of Sri Jagannatha Mandir Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, HG Kripa Sindhu Krishna Das has received the Congregational Preaching Medal from HH Jayapataka Swami the Co-GBC for ISKCON Malaysia.
Some of the preaching activities that actively is conducted by the Congregation devotees of SJMKL currently are Gita Upadesham home to home preaching, Bhakti

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By Kesava Krsna Dasa

There are those who feel that all of their hard work, and endless hours spent in serving Iskcon, benefits either the immediate temple authorities, the temple presidents, the gurus or the GBC. Then with ordinary vision think, “why should I serve those who are prone to the four human defects?”

Some of us may have sustained a lasting injury or health problem, due to carrying heavy book bags for years, or pushing ourselves beyond what our bodies are normally capable of. Some de

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Saksi Gopala Temple

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Saksi Gopala Temple is a very important temple located almost midway between Jagannatha Puri Dhama and Bhubaneswar, in a town called Saksi-gopala, about 20 km west of Jagannatha Puri Dhama. The Saksi-gopala Deity here, being 5000 years old, is an exceptionally special one. It is said that Vajranabha, Lord Sri Krishna’s great-grandson, installed two Gopala Deities in Vraja Mandala namely Saksi-gopala and Madana Gopala (Madana Mohana). The Saksi-gopala Deity is the life-size Gopala Deity who w

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Lord Kapila's Teachings Part 2

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Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!  All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga! 

Continuing from the previous issue of Lord Kapila's teachings Part 1, this issue dives deeper into the philosophies presented by The Supreme Lord to mother Devahuti. 
We pray that this issue brings some pleasure to the devotees of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. 

NBS # 32 Features:-
1) What is Sankhya Philosophy ?
His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
2) 
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This morning in Sri Mayapur Dham devotees celebrated the flat lifting for the start of Gaura Purnima festival month.

As a special offering to Srila Prabhupada to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of ISKCON, 50 National flags were put up in the park and 50 lamps were offered. Then as the flags reached the top of their poles, thousands of colorful flower petals came down from the sky showering all devotes present, with sweet Bliss. Beautiful sanayasis broke coconut as an auspicious way to officially

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E-Counselor

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(..Story of a Man who wanted to takeup bhakti seriously and surrender onto the lotus feet of Krsna )

I just started with my professional education and somehow wanted to Chant the holy names of Krsna attentively and takeup devotion seriously but unfortunately even after trying  alot I was not able to do it...!

So I decided to discuss with my lover (Mind) and get some solution for this.

I was asking my Mind...

Me:O my dear Mind,When will I be able chant attentively and takeup bhakti seriously ?

Mind:Ve

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The TOVP Master Plan

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The design for the overall TOVP Master Plan has been created by one of our Russian architects, Rangavati dasi, who has been with the TOVP since 2013.

We are trying to create the most aesthetic and colorful gardens in India for the pleasure of the Lord.

By clicking on an icon number, you will get a glimpse of how magnificent the surrounding TOVP gardens will look. There are currently 2 sections available: Vegetation and Outdoor furniture.

Here is the link for the masterplan: http://masterpla

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Multiple health benefits of Ginger

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One of the most commonly used spices worldwide is ginger.  Known in Hindi as adrak, ginger has been used in India since before 200 B.C.  Ginger decreases Vata and Kapha doshas and increases Pitta.  In Ayurveda, the health benefits of ginger are vast.

Dry ginger has a bitter and pungent rasa (initial taste); it is heating. Its vipak or post digestive effect is pungent.  Fresh ginger has a pungent rasa.  Its virya or energetic effect is heating; and its vipak is sweet. Ginger’s botanical name

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"Jagannath", "Baladeva and "Subadra" getting a special prize for their costume in Krishna-valley

It is an age-old custom in Europe that in every February, people say goodbye to the cold and dark winter and welcome spring in a celebratory way, singing, dancing, and dressed up in colorful costumes. 

The students of Krishna-valley and the Budapest Gurukula’s nursery schools did not want to miss out on the fun all their fellow nursery schoolers enjoy during this season, so with the help of the

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Seminar: Sri Tattva Sandarbha – The Life of Jiva Goswami – Romapada Swami.
HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago. He has accepted renounced order of life- sannyasa, and preaches the message of true devotion by traveling all over the United States of America, Canada, the Caribbean, India, and many ot

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Hare Krishna,

On the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration, this year in Shivaji Park Rath yatra, devotees have planned to break world Guinness record of forming  ISKCON  50 logo.
Devotees are requested to participate in huge numbers and make this event a great success. 

Participation fees is RS 100 /- per person.

Age group : 10 years to 75 years . Yes all can participate . It's very simple just standing on the marking of logo which will give aerial view of iskcon 50 logo. 
 
Dress code
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The Light of the Soul

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“Welcome home!” Mahavan dasa, a Russian disciple, greeted me as I came out of New Delhi’s slick new airport terminal, tired after my flight from Bangalore. Mahavan is my secretary when I travel in India. A brahmachari in his thirties, he wears saffron, shaves his head, and stuffs his bag with the latest gadgets—cell phones, iPads, ear buds, chargers.

“We’re not home yet,” I said. “I wish we were, but Vrindavan is still a good three hours away.”

“Well, let’s get there quickly,” he said. “The c

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            (This article was written in 1956 by Sri Navinacandra Cakravarti, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. There are many stories of Ekadasi in the Puranas, but most explain the material benefits and blessings one gets from observing Ekadasi. This article, based on the conversation between Srila Vyasadeva and Jaimini Rishi, gives the real spiritual reason for following the vow of Ekadasi as emphasized by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita and later by

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Jet airways is not a “budget” carrier. Having run a successful travel business for almost two decades, we come across clients asking – “Is it safe to fly with them?” This is a type of question that comes up when someone is inclined to choose to fly with a “cheap” airlines. Almost always, our answer to such questions has been – “Nothing is safe in this world”! We also tell them how in the past many reputed airlines flights have crashed killing all passengers or having sudden technical glitches s

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Interrupt Anxiety with Gratitude

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As we were driving through West Bengal, I spotted a newly built house, with two words painted in large black letters across the entry portico – God Gift (written as spelled :). I imagined how every day the family would get this message as they arrived home and could not help but smile.

It also reminded me of a quote posted at one of the seminars at the ISKCON Leadership Sanga last week – Interrupt anxiety with gratitude. Anxiety is a given in most of our lives. It seeps in all over the place, i

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Vrndavana

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This is one of my favorite songs in the Vaisnava Songbook. This morning it became my meditation.

Vṛndāvana
by Narottama das Thakura

Vrndavan is a transcendental beautiful place. It is the spiritual sky, where everything is made of touchstone, which fulfills all desires. All the temples there are bedcked with costly jewels, In that far distant place is the River Yamuna, which is full of lotus flowers, In the midst of that throng of lotus flowers there is a golden boat, appearing like another big

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Recently, the office wing of the temple building and the apartment building II went through roof transformations. Yoder Amish Roofing Company began replacing the temple’s office wing roofing on Monday, February 29th, 2016 and replaced the apartment building II roofing on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016.

The crew of about 8-10 men stripped old shingles, laid new plywood, added top quality synthetic underlayment and finished with a layer of lifetime duration shingles onto the temple roof.

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The new offic

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