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2514863392?profile=originalCongratulations devotees,
because of your prayers, we won the Bhagvad Gita case again in Tomsk, Russia.
NDTVMoscow:


India's diplomatic efforts to resolve a controversy relating to Russian state prosecutors' bid to get a Russian interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita banned and branded extremist literature will be put to test again with a high court in the Siberian city of Tomsk set to deliver its final verdict on Tuesday.

Anxiety and frustration has gripped Hindus in Russia as they feel there was

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Deity Pastimes in the ISKCON era

Deity pastimes in the ISKCON era remind us that Gauranga's pastimes are going on today. Two amazing accounts (from narasimhalila.com "World Deity Pastimes") of Deities interacting with ISKCON devotees are presented below.
 
 
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The Deities Who visited Their devotee's home


There is a devotee named Adya, a Prabhupada disciple--very nice devotee. In Laguna Beach we have beautiful Panca Tattva Deities. He was thinking, "If only the Panca Tattva would come to my house, I could worship them so nicely." But

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Dear Devotees,
ISKCON Food Relief Foundation, Annamrita serving Midday Meal to over 12 lac Children everyday across India.
We have participated in One minute Video Award Competition, So our Video is listed in the following link.
 
The Video is now available for audience to vote. It is open for voting till March 12th 2012 only.
There are many videos of other NGOs here.You will find our video, with an image of H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj sitting down, serving food to the children.
The image below shows
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Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

A green village project named "Fourth Wave" is envisaged near Mysore city, Karnataka, South India encompassing some of the elements of varnashrama concept including land & cows to live a simple life.

Any Brahmana initiated or Harinama initiated devotee linked to Srila Prabhupad through a disciplic succession is eligible to participate. Criteria is that the devotee family should be willing to re-locate to the village at a certain point in time, spend

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MP3 Audio book with background music & dramatic narration on

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's lilas

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Gaura-purnima special - Download for free

[mp3] Track-00_prastavna_n_prak-kathan.mp3 2.0 MB
[mp3] Track-01_janma_tatha_bal_lilayen.mp3 6.4 MB
[mp3] Track-02_yuva_pandit.mp3 5.6 MB
[mp3] Track-03_diksha_tatha_sankirtan_andolan_ka_subharambh.mp3 14.0 MB
[mp3] Track-04_sannyas_grahan_karna_aur_puri_aagman.mp3 5.4 MB
[mp3] Track-05_dakshin_bharat_yatra.mp3 5.5 MB
[mp3] Track-06_purime_lotna_evam_rathayatra_lilayen.mp3 7.7 M
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The Irresistible Quality of the Bhagavatam

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"Did you know that the Bhagavad-gita is the most widely read book in history?" I asked a gentleman, a senior at the University of Houston. We had just met late in the afternoon, after most people had left for home. I prayed that my behavior with this person would please Sri Guru, remembering that the opportunity to preach is a real gift.

"But I have a copy already, so not today, thank you," he replied.

"Wait, sir," I insisted, "I have two other books with me." After showing him "The Science of Sel

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Good News, Good News.....

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"When Good Fortune Arises, Life and Teachings of Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami" from Gopal Jiu Publications is now available for online purchase using paypal. To read about the book or to order copies, copy the below link and paste it into your web browser: 

http://www.gopaljiu.org/wgfa



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On a Sunday we were in Juinagar distributing books near a pandal put up on the occasion of a major spiritual discourse by some well-known organization. The distribution went nicely, so around 3o'clock in the afternoon, as the program concluded, we were getting ready to leave. Just then two girls about twelve and fifteen years old happened to pass by our stall. I thought they might be interested, so I asked them, "Please look over this 'Krsna' book. See the color pictures? This is the best storyb

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The teaching of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati on raganuga-bhakti is, that ajata ruci (without taste) raganuga sadhakas (practitioners) should adopt the methods of raganuga sadhana that they are qualified to adopt in proportion to their development of sacred greed (lobhamayi sraddha), while following the angas (limbs) of vaidhi bhakti (regulated devotional service).

This follows Sri Jiva Goswami's Bhakti-sandarbha 311

ajata-tadrsa-rucina tu sad-visesa adaramatradrta 
raganugapi vaidhi-samvalitaivanus he

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Hare Krishna,

Here is the process to add Vaisnava Calendar Events in Google Calendar & sync with Mobile calendar:

1) Read the process to subscribe to calendars in Google Calendar at: http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37100

2) Add one of the below calendar URL
Mayapur: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/7l6vk5t3odbtdus5a1pp6nb8k4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

Mumbai: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/ptpcn6djilhhhsepcp6m1rrf00%40group.calendar.google.com

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(based on a webinar class on Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s fifteenth century classic, Vrndavana Mahimamrta)

“In this verse, Prabhodananda Sarasvati says that for a male sadhaka, the embodiment of maya or illusion is woman. In fact, there are many verses in this book about the perils of woman, which we compare to icebergs on the ocean of devotion for a male sadhaka. But why is this rasika-vaisnava, Prabhodananda Sarasvati, discussing this, since this book is about amrta or the nectar of Vrndavana? 

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Indian National Anthem is praise of Lord Krishna

"Jan Gan Man" is national anthem of India written by Ravindranath Tagore.

Many people dont know that it have 5 paragraphs (Because all are not sung)

It was written in Bengali but most of the words are Sanskrit.

Linguist tried to understand why Tagore wrote it for King George V?

They were trying to find with what intention did Tagore compose this song?

And they arrived at the conclusion that it was not written for King nor it refers to 'Bharat Mata' or mother earth it was specifically written for Lord

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Dangers of Guru Groupism

by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami(Featured in Congregational Development Journal, published by ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, Jan–Mar 04)By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, more and more people worldwide are coming to Krishna consciousness. Congregations especially are increasing. Along with this naturally come challenges, but better to face the challenges that arise from preaching than to have no preaching.A unique feature and strength of ISKCON is having many devotees awarding initiation.
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Long time coming...

I have been a devotee for going on 10 years.  My family is small, and we live in the city.  There are not a lot of opportunities for me to learn how to be the most devout that I can be and, in truth, one of my biggest obstacles was my Ekadasi-phobia.  I was just terrified that I would ruin it somehow by using a spice I shouldn't, or that I would forget entirely in the morning and go for my cup of tea.  

Terrible, right?  10 years & I have not yet observed Ekadasi.  I looked at the beautiful pictu

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Pepsi and Coca Cola Contains PORK (PIG) extracts - PROVEN!!

Shocking / Bad News : Pepsi and Coca Cola contains extract from Pork (Pig)

Most of the people avoid Pepsi and Coca-Cola for various reasons:-

Because of harmful chemical contents such as excessive carbonates, etc.


Now there is yet another reason which is more dangerous


The scientific and medical research says that drinking Pepsi & Cola leads to
cancer because the key element is taken from Pigs sausage. The pig is the
only animal that eats dirt

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ISKCON e-books available now!

2514847388?profile=originalDear devotees,
 
 
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to all his faithful followers.
 
 From the Congregational Development Ministry, we thank you for your continuous support.
 
We are very happy to inform you that we have e-Books available on our website at   http://www.iskconcongregation.com/ebooks . The following titles are on hand : Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Free to Preach, The Nectar of Congregational Preaching and Super Sunday.
 We would appreciate if you could s
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