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In Tomsk, there's angst;
About a Scripture in fame,
That man goeth against;
Truth, is verily a shame.
"Consign to Siberia",
Oft' heard as nowhere;
But with a new criteria;
'tis here now somewhere !
'Cos to ban they chose,
The Gita - a love tale;
Then Of souls there arose;
In India, a gale !
To surrender soul and mail,
For pure Love is amiss,
The Gita doth detail;
'Cos religions' no bliss !
How be it extreme ?
For a father's such care;
Now, He is the Supreme,
& In Love 'tis all fair.
Extremist notion,
prosecutors foi
Moscow: Press Trust of India says that a court in Tomsk has turned down a petition that asked for a ban on a translated version of Bhagavad Gita.
The petition was originally filed in June in Siberia and has created a diplomatic stress point for India and Russia.
India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met the Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin earlier this week to discuss the matter.
Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk have argued that the Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It I
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Member of Parliament, Mum Beatrice Ngcobo Honours Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita
“I feel very honoured today, to meet, His Holiness Bhakti Vasudeva Swami from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and receive a set of the most precious Books of Knowledge”, said Top Government Official, Mum Beatrice Ngcobo, Member of National Parliament the highest Legislative Body in the country.
The set consisted of The Bhagavad Gita, Coming Back, hi
HARE CHRISHNA - MERRY CHRISTMAS
HEAR AUDIO LECTURE - JESUS http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=s&sm=ff&s=jesus&x=0&y=0
I BELIEVE........
there is light at the end of every dark tunnel,
I believe ......
There is always hope to rise after every tumble
I believe,
to stand up for the rights of others, is a sign of strength
i believe...
Justice for the weak should be fought for at any length.
i believe......
Love for God is not so narrow, as to to be limited to oneself
i believe....
a lover of god loves everyone over and beyond himself.
i believe.....
Friendship is not just agreeing at each and everything
i believe,
True friendship
Moscow: The Indian government had been alerted to the move by a Russian court to ban the Bhagvad Gita, but it reportedly did not intervene, claims press agency IANS. The controversy provoked a strong response again in Parliament today, with the BJP slamming the government for not being proactive enough.
ISKCON devotees in Russia have a copy of a letter that they sent in November to the Prime Minister's Office. The letter was addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Principal Secretary Pul
from Times Of India:
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NEW DELHI: Parliamentarians across the political spectrum on Monday asked the government to ensure that the religious rights of Hindus in Russia are protected after a member pointed out an IANS report about the Bhagvad Gita facing a ban and the prospect of it being branded as "extremist" literature there.
Angry MPs forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha till 2pm after Biju Janata Dal leader Bhartruhari Mahtab raised the issue in the
Today we received the testimony of the experts from Kemerovo State University, Russia. As it should have been expected, it is highly negative. We uploaded the petition. It is self-explanatory, and formulated in such a way that not only ISKCON devotees can vote. Please feel free to share this link. http://www.petitions24.com/gita
Please find below the text of the petition. On the site it is both in Russian and English. Bhagavad-gita As It Is, one of the most respected holy scriptures of the world
Uproar over call to ban Bhagavad Gita
AP
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, followers protest outside the Russian consulate in Kolkata, India, on Monday.
New Delhi - Angry Indian lawmakers forced parliament to close on Monday and protesters gathered outside a Russian consulate over a Siberian trial calling for one of Hinduism's most holy books to be put on a list of banned literature that includes Hitler's Mein Kampf.
The case
The move to ban Bhagwad Gita by a Siberian court led to a storm in the Lok Saba on Monday, with several members denouncing it and demanding that the government take it up strongly with Russia.
"We will not tolerate any move to insult Lord Krishna," chanted Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, who was supported by several members, angry over reports that a court in Tomsk was due to pronounce its verdict in a case calling for a ban on the Bhagwad Gita.
The reason for the reported move is tha
Devotees in Tomsk, Siberia, are currently in court fighting an attempt by the Russian government’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to prove that Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is an extremist literature that should be banned.
It all began in May 2010, when an officer of the Tomsk FSB division approached Sergey S. Avanesov, the dean of the philosophy department at Tomsk University, and asked him for his “expert assessment” of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
Interestingly, Avanesov also teache
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Text PAMHO:22678040 (62 lines)
From: Acyuta Priya (das) RNS (Regional Secretary - Ukraine)
Date: 15-Dec-11 15:17 (17:17 +0200)
To: GBC Discussions [21858]
Reference: Text PAMHO:22677406 by Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (GBC) (Moscow - R)
Subject: Bhagavad-gita court case
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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I want to add something to Maharaja
EXPECT MISERIES AND CALAMITIES
(based on talks of H.H.Radhanath swami )
Just like we expect monsoon and are not surprised by the coming and going of seasons , similarly we should expect miseries,challenges, tempations to come our way & be prepared , just as we are prepared by carrying our umbrella in monsoon , simlarly we should take the shelter of lotus feet of krishna , it is such a umbrella which will not only protect you from misery but shower you with nectar .
If you think that i am very intel
Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
It is an important message. Please read and send it to whomever you know.
Please give your full support to this very important cause, and try to
involve as many devotees as you can. Srila Prabhupada would have mobilized
the entire movement to stop this atrocity.
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada,
Bhakti Charu Swami
HARE KRISHNA
Hungarian Govt is going to ban ISKCON in Hungary. if they get 50,000
su
Physicist hunt for Higgs Boson
To prove that universe was created with smashing of proton
They say smashing and bang happened for no reason
And matter turned into mass and spirit without reason
Life cannot spring out of matter
Even a child knows this better
Can inanimate particles collide and make life?
How silly to spends billions behind this obstinate rife
Just accept with humility that the creator has a purpose for creating one and all
How can the universe run systematically without control?
He is the
Criticize cheaters and swindlers, not struggling devotees
And that too with care and a sympathetic heart
Don’t shout on his face, “you are a hypocrite”
Speak pure principles in a general gatherin
Don’t focus too much on his external deficiencies
Appreciate his good past and sincere intentions and deeds
If you come down on him with force to prove him bad
You will break his heart, discourage him to become mad or sad
Don’t make a fault, to counteract another fault
Then what makes us differen
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Lord Krishna says in 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.”
The religious principle for all living beings is to always remember Krishna and never forget Krishna. It is explained in the Chaitanya Charitamrta 22.113
smartavyah satatam visnur
visma
Rasanath Das, an ex-investment banker turned Hindu Monk, was spending recent Sunday afternoons leading Occupy Wall Street protesters in meditation until police cleared their camp at New York's Zuccotti Park this week.
The 32-year-old monk isn't sure now where his next session will be. He'll keep following the protesters to lead meditation, though, convinced they will only roll back the inequality around them if they find equanimity deep inside.
"Anger won't solve anything," he told Reuters. "We h
