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Vaikuntha put us on the road for Regina. The sky, clouds and valleys are scenic. Of course, there are the herds of cattle, grazing. Human population is sparse until one gets to Regina. And next to Regina is White City where we ventured.

One of the first homes in White City and established in the early 70’s is the house of Jagannath and Chintomani, who pioneered Krishna Consciousness in the province. They deserve our visit. He is 92 and she is 87. Health is challenging these days, especially for

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Selfishness By Visakha Dasi

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If, in our marriage, we focus on what we need and negate the needs of our partner, the relationship can’t last. If we give up who we are to please our partner, we may suffocate and become frustrated, resentful and depressed. One who is self-controlled doesn’t need to lord it over another, and neither does that person need to be overpowered by another. Marriage is a balance between satisfying our self and satisfying our partner. It means maintaining an awareness of the other person and their des

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Harmful Inclinations

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By His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Lecture given in Honolulu, May 6, 1976

Our proclivity to enjoy here under the influence of the material nature keeps us bound to material existence.

pravritti-lakshanash chaiva
traigunya-vishayo mune
yo ’sav alina-prakriter
guna-sargah punah punah

“O great sage Sukadeva Goswami, unless the living entity is freed from the infection of the material modes of nature, he receives different types of bodies in which to enjoy or suffer, and

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The average Prairie day in the summer is blessed with sun, dry air, if lucky, a little breeze, jack rabbits hopping around, and most probably countless invisible souls hovering about in the big sky. Let’s no forget quiet.

To the residence of the Joshi’s  we go - Vallabha, Mahadeva, Annapurna and I (we four call ourselves  the Four Kumaras) leave for a chant, a meal and a debriefing of the former day’s festivities. The theme floats around the question, "Now did we, the festival team, do for t

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Security Training Program

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Date: 12-14 August 2024

Trainer: Ajita das (Avelo Roy)

Number of Participants: 210+ (male and female security guards), divided into batches of 70 per day

Duration: 6 hours per day, with 40% theory and 60% practical role-playing

Objective: To enhance the skills and knowledge of security guards in providing excellent pilgrim & devotee care, ensuring temple security, and handling various situations effectively.

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Module Highlights:

– Pilgrim & devotee care and temple security
– Effective communicat

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By Atma Tattva Das

Nestled in the vibrant capital of Colombia, ISKCON Bogotá has become a strong source of spiritual guidance and community development under the leadership of Harinam Gauranga Das. His dedication and service to the mission of Krishna consciousness have transformed the temple into a thriving center for spiritual growth and outreach.

Harinam Gauranga, born in Colombia in 1980, began his spiritual journey in 2009 when he first encountered Krishna Consciousness. Initiated by Jayapa

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On this date in 1965, at the age of sixty-nine, Srila Prabhupada left India on a steamship bound for the United States, with the intention of bringing the teachings of Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to the English-speaking world. With him was a trunk full of his translations and commentary on the First Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and about forty rupees in cash.

Within a year, he had attracted a few committed followers willing to help him spread his mission. Over the next decade, Srila Pra

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These excerpts have been taken from Satswarup dasa Goswami’s Prabhupada-lilamrita ch 11-12.

With the manuscript for Volume Three complete and with the money to print it, Bhaktivedanta Swami once again entered the printing world, purchasing paper, correcting proofs, and keeping the printer on schedule so that the book would be finished by January 1965. Thus, by his persistence, he who had almost no money of his own managed to publish his third large hardbound volume within a little more than two

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According to the lunar calendar, today is the most auspicious 54th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s departure for the United States of America.

On the 13th of August, 1965, just a few days before Janmastami and a few days before his sixty-ninth birthday, Srila Prabhupada boarded the cargo ship Jaladuta with only a small suitcase, an umbrella, a bag of dry cereal, some boxes of books, and a few rupees in his possession. He was about to embark on the mission that his spiritual master had given h

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Gargamuni said: This child, the son of Rohini, will give all happiness to His relatives and friends by His transcendental qualities. Therefore He will be known as Rama. And because He will manifest extraordinary bodily strength, He will also be known as Bala. Moreover, because He unites two families—Vasudeva’s family and the family of Nanda Maharaja—He will be known as Sankarnana.

sri-garga uvaca
ayam hi rohini-putro
ramayan suhrdo gunaih
akhyasyate rama iti
baladhikyad balam viduh
yadunam aprt

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By Urmila Devi Dasi

Activities and stories about Lord Balarama! Lots of fun things to do for children aged 2-18.

Here are many stories about Balarama, along with activities about the stories. The story activities were created by the Hare Krishna School in Auckland, New Zealand, under the direction of Prana dasa. There are also dozens of Balarama-centered activities in the areas of scripture, Deity worship, devotee association, holy places, and Balarama’s holy name. Have some transcendental fu

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Sometimes people ask who is Lord Balarama? And the answer is that He is the brother of Lord Krishna. However, He does many things besides that.
How we understand this is to first recognize that, according to Vedic scripture such as the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, it is described that Lord Krishna is the primeval Lord, the original Personality of Godhead, so He can expand Himself into unlimited forms with all potencies. They are no different from Him, but may exhibit differences in form and functio

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Today is the appearance day of Lord Balarama, the Personality of Godhead who is the first expansion of Lord Krishna, the original Personality of Godhead. Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7):

yada yada hi dharmasya
  glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
  tadatmanam srjamy aham

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.”

Krishna says, srjamy aham: “I manifest Myself

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APPEARANCE

Sri Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He is equal in supremacy to the Supreme Godhead, yet wherever Krishna appears, Sri Baladeva appears as Krishna’s brother, sometimes elder, sometimes younger. In his vaibhava-prakasa feature, Lord Krishna manifests Himself as Balarama. The Balarama feature is as good as Krishna Himself, the only difference being that the bodily hue of Krishna is dark and that of Balarama is fair. These two Lords, Krishna and Balarama, are e

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Our Dear Lord Balaram

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“𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 ℜ𝔬𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔰 𝔖𝔞ṅ𝔨𝔞𝔯ṣ𝔞ṇ𝔞 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔪𝔟 𝔬𝔣 𝔇𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔨𝔦 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔪𝔟 𝔬𝔣 ℜ𝔬𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔦. ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 ℜā𝔪𝔞 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔥𝔞𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔊𝔬𝔨𝔲𝔩𝔞, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔞𝔰 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔯𝔞 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔢𝔵𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔭𝔥𝔶𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥.” 𝔖𝔅 10:2:13

Isn’t it interesting to think of Lord Krishna having an elder brother or siblings, like we call them (Balarama and His other five brothers killed by Kamsa), or even a sister (Yoga Maya and S
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Krsna Praises Balarama

7198878290?profile=RESIZE_400xKrsna and His brother Balarama passed the childhood age known as kaumara and stepped into the age of pauganda, from the sixth year up to the tenth. At that time all the cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth-year charge of the cows in the pasturing ground. Given charge of the cows, Krsna and Balarama traversed Vrndavana, purifying the land with Their footprints.
Accompanied by the cowherd boys and Balarama, Krsna herded the cows and played on His flute thr

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Raksha Bandhan

 

2514876766?profile=originalThis Indian event about brother and sister loving affection and commitment to care for each other - materially and spiritually.

On this day, sisters tie a rakhi, a colorful bracelet made of silk thread, on the wrist of their brothers to protect them against evil influences. Sisters pray for long life of their brothers and ask God to bless them with His blessings.
Brothers in turn, give them best gifts and promise to care and help them life long.

The Rakhi event importance reflects in Mahabhara

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The 2024 Srila Prabhupada Tributes Book has just been released in multiple digital formats. Each year, “the book provides an opportunity for all of Srila Prabhupada’s direct disciples to express their realizations, reflections, and gratitude – and for other devotees to read and reflect upon what these disciples have expressed,” notes the Introduction. “The book can [also] help fill your mind with thoughts of Srila Prabhupada and his devotees as the sacred day of Vyasa-puja draws near. And later

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By Atma Tattva Das

As environmental challenges continue to escalate, integrating sustainable practices into every aspect of life has become crucial. Religious festivals, often marked by large gatherings and elaborate preparations, provide an opportunity to promote environmental awareness. The Hare Krishna community, guided by Lord Krishna’s teachings, is uniquely positioned to lead by example. Krishna, often depicted as the protector of nature, embodies the principles of environmental stewardshi

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Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami

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Rupa Goswami was one of the six Goswamis of Vrindavan, who were instrumental in the development of the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition. He was born in 1489 in a wealthy family in Bengal, India. Despite his privileged upbringing, Rupa Goswami was known for his humility and devotion to Lord Krishna. He left his family and material wealth to join his brother, Sanatana Goswami, in Vrindavan, where they dedicated their lives to the service of Lord Krishna.
 
Rupa Goswami is considered the chief a
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