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Damodar month special

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A message to all devotees of ISKCON Desire Tree - Devotee Network

Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

HARI BHAKTI VILASA 16/3 from SKANDA PURANA:
Specifically in the month of Damodara, one should daily worship Lord Damodara and take bath early in the morning, give charity and follow a fasting vow. This is the duty of Vaisnavas.

The month of Damodar is here and this is a special time for us to humbly request you to help iskcondesiretree to serve vaishnav
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Business prospectives: Bhagavad Gita vs Art of War

From: Conscious Manager - Online Magazine: Holistic approach to self, business and life. Founded by Dinadayal dasa
www.conscious-manager.com



Business prospectives have changed since the character Gordon Gekko quoted Sun Tzu in Oliver Stone’s movie “Wall Street”. Since then the business world and academia started to explore the wisdom in the ancient Eastern scriptures called the Vedas and their corollaries. Phrases from the Bhagavad-gita pop up in management tomes and on the Web sites of consultan
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9 Instructions by Bhismadeva


Bhismadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications:

1. Not to become angry
2. Not to lie
3. To equally distribute wealth
4. To forgive
5. To beget children only by one’s legitimate wife
6. To be pure in mind and hygienic in body
7. Not to be inimical toward anyone
8. To be simple
9. To support servants or subordinates.


Bhismadeva also advices this:

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.
To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.
By spiritual culture one is

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Froth on the Seawater

Froth on the Seawater




samudrera phena yena ksane srsti-layamayara samsare khela sei-bhave haya


"The froth on the seawater arises one moment and disappears the next; the play of maya's worldly illusion is exactly like that."

keha nahe pita-mata atmiya-svajana...saba-i phenara mata thake alpa-ksana


"No one is actually a mother or father, a family member or relative. Everyone is just like the froth on the seawater, existing for only a moment."

samudrera phena yemana samudre misayapanca-bhutera deha
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The Duties of of a Vaisnava devotee, a Servant of Sri Gouranga and Sri Nityananda.

To Serve the Spiritual Master, the Bona fide Representative of the Lord who has dedicated his Life to the Order of His predecessor Acaryas to Fulfill the Desire of the Lord that all the conditioned living entities should be Delivered through the Mercy of His holy Names.
To go about your activities of Daily Maintenance of your life and responsibilities and spread the Rays of the benediction Moon of Lord Caitanya.
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Battle with identity

and independence



As a senior secondary teacher of a public school, I realized that the biggest conflict that the adolescents of modern era face today is of “identity crises”. A lot of these adolescents are rejecting their culture as old fashioned ideas and would rather adapt to the ways of the west.

These young adults living in ignorance are mostly misbehaved. The reasons being they go to bed late, awake late, watch violent and sexual movies and are surrounded by lust and fig

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Poem on Lord Krishna

Hare Krishna !!

I wish to share this poem.


कान्हा जी हमे अपनी पायल नही तो
पायल का एक घुँघरू ही बना लो
और उसे अपने चरणकमलों से लगा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपने कंगन नही तो
कंगन में जड़ा हुआ एक पत्थर ही बना दो
और उसे अपनी प्यारी कलाईयों में सजा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपनी मुरली नही तो
अपनी मुरली की कोई धुन ही बना लो
और उसे अपने अधरों से इक बार तो बजा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपना मित्र
नही तो दासो का दास ही बना लो
यूं कुछ कृपा दृष्टि हम पर बर्षा दो

कान्हा जी और कुछ नही तो अपने
चरणों की धूल ही बना लो
वो चरणधूल फिर ब्रज में उ
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Process of Dying



Q: What happens, in what sequence, when the soul leaves the human body?

A: There's no one exact way for all. How and when a person will leave his body and where he will go depends mainly on his guna and karma (joined with interventions by others through blessings, prayers, rites, etc.)

From accounts of dying persons and hospital staff coupled with the sastric descriptions (mainly Vedanta sutra, BG, Puranas) these things happen:

Several days/hours before death the person enters the terminal phase. O
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Remembering - Hladini Devi Mataji

Sunday, October 3, is the anniversary of the day on which Hladini devi dasi was brutally gunned down by an extra-judicial firing squad in war-torn Liberia in western Africa. The death squad arrived at the Hare Krishna temple in the capital city of Monrovia in the early morning hours, and ordered the devotees to come out. Seven devotees, five men and two women, exited the temple and filed into the waiting jeep. They were driven a short distance to the Sturton Bridge, where the devotees were forc

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Vrindavan Kartika Parikrama and Festival

Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule

Now that Janmastami and Radhastami Festivals have finished, thoughts turn
towards Kartika. The Puranas glorify the month of Kartika as very special for
making spiritual advancement, and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja
Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar since in the middle of this month,
the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also
represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to
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Yugala-bhajana-nistha

Yugala-bhajana-nistha
(Undivided service to the Divine Couple)
by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura

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ana katha ana byatha nahi jena jana tatha
tomara carana smrti-sajhe
abirata abikala tuya guna kala-kala
gai jena satera samajhe

Wherever there are discussions on mundane topics, pains and pleasures, may I restrain myself from going there. Let the rememberance of Your lotus feet decorate my heart. May I properly chant Your transcendental qualities unceasingly in the society of devotees.(1)


anya-brata anya-dana
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ISKCON Guyana last weekend celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their first installed Deities, Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanya Chandra, on September 11th and 12th at the Gaura Nitai Ashirvad Mandir, Crane Village, located two miles west of the capital city of Georgetown. The occasion was marked with a Ratha-yatra parade down the main public road, from Pouderoyen Village to the Hare Krishna Temple at Crane Old Road—through the thoroughfare that on every other day of the year is reserved for traffic and bus

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A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, according to fire crews.

A religious celebration was being held at the property in Thoresby Street when one of the occupants went to disconnect a gas cylinder being used for cooking.

Leicestershire Fire Service said the man noticed the valve was leaking and got everyone out with moments to spare.

It was a "miracle" no-one was killed, watch manager Bill Smith said.

'Saved lives'

He said "Mo

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Save Yourself


In 1966 Srila Prabhupada told his followers, "Always remember that this Krsna consciousness is a sort of declaration of war with this illusory material nature. So there is war. She will always try to get you to fall down. It is very strong, powerful. How you can save yourself?" This is an issue we all need to resolve, and here's an approach you may find helpful.

Whether you are riding a wave of success in your devotional service or you are overwhelmed with life's challenges, please seriousl
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*Yamaraj's Greatest Concern*

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Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious and evil deeds. The servants of Yamaraj approached him and complained about something they were very concerned about. Here is the conversation between Yamaraj and his Yamaduta servants.

Yamaduta 1: How are you Prabhuji?

Yamaraj: I am doing well. But you look a little tense.

Yamaduta 1: Yeah Prabhu. We are little held with few matters.

Yamaraj: Oh. Let me know your issues.

Yamaduta 1: I am worried about this hell.

Yamaraj: Why? What ha
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Hare Krishna!!


Finally Madhavas The Sankirtan Rock Band



Are coming up with their new album called Prerna The Timeless Inspiration!!!


Please Visit

http://www.myspace.com/madhavas


and listen to our music


ABOUT US:


The Madhava’s: The only sure thing about life is that…it changes. And music is the most inseparable part
of life as a whole. As such, the most inherent characteristic of music
is that it is as dynamic as life itself. Experimenting with such
ideology, we are regarded as one of the most vivid a

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Ghosts Versus Hare Krsna!



This is a true story that took place near Rome,
in March 2009

As soon as we entered the apartment we understood we were in for some excitement. We'd heard different stories of how this young woman had been terrorized by a ghost for the last nine years, of how just the other week she had been hospitalized due to a flying chair striking her in the head, and how she was now at the limit of her sanity. We'd been told of knives flying across the room, pictures leaping from the walls and levitating coff
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1.) First let us analyze what our relationship is with Vrndavana and then see how we can develop it. Lord Caitanya explained that these are the five most important aspects in devotional service, which if even a little bit performed, can quickly bring one to the stage of love of God.

sadhu-sanga, nama-kirtana, bhagavata-sravana, mathura-vasa, sri-murtira sraddhaya sevana

One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, reside at Mathura and worship the
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Summer 1973. It’s 8am, and already Washington, DC is bustling with activity, as everyone hurries to work. A group of ISKCON devotees also leave their temple, crossing Q Street and heading towards Connecticut Avenue, a heavily populated business district. But their job is different: as they walk, they sing kirtan, an ancient Vedic call-and-response style of chanting God’s Holy Names.

Suddenly, a young fellow appears out of nowhere, a flute tucked under his arm and long red hair streaming out behin

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