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Gita Champions League (GCL) Contest


2514889126?profile=originalDear all,

We hope that you are doing very well in your family and career.  

In the past many great personalities have praised Bhagavad Gita because of the wisdom it contains. We found that people were finding it difficult to access this great wisdom because of their busy life and lack of interest. So with this in mind, Gita Champions League (GCL) contest was started to spread the profound wisdom of Bhagavad Gita in an interesting manner. 

We are very happy to announce that we are organizing

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Great Men and Greatness

In educated society today, we are exposed to this concept of 'Great Men'. These Giants, these Tall men are said to rewrite the history of the world with their magnificent ideas and actions.

From a very young age, we are advised to read their biographies, their books etc. We are advised to emulate them and strive to develop a character like them. We are encouraged to be just like them.

 

The realization that I had never possessed the inclination to do all of the above, came to me a few days ago.

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Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada in ChilhoodEarly life: 
Born on September 1, 1896, the day after Janmastami, one of the most important vaishnava holidays, in a humble house in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, he was named Abhay Charan, “one who is fearless, having taken shelter at Lord Krishna’s feet.” Since he was born on the day of Nandotsava (“the celebration of Nanda,” Krishna’s father, a traditional festival in honor of Krishna’s birth) he was also called Nandulal. His parents, Sriman Gour Mohan De and Srimati Raja

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DEEP, MEANINGFUL REALIZATIONS

     

     AS YEAR 2012 is coming to a close, I am reflecting on all the service rendered to Lord Krsna by the prison ministry, and I feel very grateful to all who have been involved in pleasing the Lord in this way.

            In preparing more excerpts from inmates’ letters to share with the devotee community, I had to go over the ones that haven’t been published yet. Although a majority of them are from letters I have received in the course of the year, reading them again was as refreshing and

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The Door (Story, Realizations)

Hare Krishna,

I have written this story to be used for preaching purposes and to be distributed among people uninterested in religion and philosophy, and among followers of various religions.

The idea of this story is to interest these people in Krishna-conscious philosophy, without labeling it as such, so as to make it more acceptable to people of other religions. This story is based it on Krishna-conscious philosophy but I have not mentioned Krishna's name anywhere, lest it appears biased or 'se

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Free and Happy Within Prison Walls

by Mother Vinata, from Rejika Croatia

 

     "Where is your tilak?“ Candramauli Swami asked us as we gathered in front of Karlovac vege restaurant club, managed by local devotees, preparing to go for a preaching progam in a nearby prison. Quickly running to refresh my already invisible vaisnava marking, I overheard Maharaja quoting Prabhupada on the importance of wearing tilak and vaisnava clothes and remembered Sridhar Maharaja's instruction, "If you are unable to preach by explaining philosophy,

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The most widely recognized concept of evolution ( ironically termed as scientific ), the theory which always points out to fossils for evidence, the theory every science student learns from his young age is certainly the “DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION”, which relies entirely upon “NATURAL SELECTION”, a process which is still not yet Scientifically proven.

           When a person generally comes across a picture of Charles Robert Darwin, he will be superficially convinced that Man originated from

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Damodar Mahima

Damodar Mahima

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Dear Devotees!
Damodhara (Karthik) month starts today (29.10.12). Dates may vary in some other parts of the world. During this month, follow these instructions:

(i) Offer ghee lamps to Lord Damodhara (Krishna) daily.

(ii) Follow brahmacharya in this month (Avoid sexual contacts);

(iii) Try to Eat only Prasadam (Food offered to Krishna);

(iv) Chant as many rounds as possible in this month;

(v) Read the Damodhara lila and other childhood lilas of Krishna from Srimad Bhagavatham or KRISHNA

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Dear Prabhujis and Matajis,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
Our spiritual master shared some simple but powerful realizations in one of his Bhagavatam classes on 1st Oct 2009 in Rajkot. I would like to share with you some of the salient points that I had noted down from that class.
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Devotion at Work

 


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Dear Prabhujis and Matajis,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
In our yesterday's offering, there were a couple of points which were rather crisp and many devotees had written asking for more clarification. I thought that it is better to share the explanation of Maharaj from the lec
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----- Work and Devotion -----

 

 

 

 

Work and Devotion

 


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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
In one of the discussions with devotees on 2nd Oct 2009 in Sri Sri Radha-Neelmadhav dham Rajkot, our spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj gave a few thunderbolt like instructions about how we should balance our wor
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Unity in Diversity by Radha Madhava Dasa


2514884128?profile=originalEight years ago, His Holiness Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Maharaja (aka Dr. T. D. Singh) asked me to present the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in a scientific way. I started to compile a book, and by the grace of Guru-Vaishnav-Bhagavan it is now completed.

It is my great pleasure to present to you the new ebook Unity in Diversity, which was published on the holy appearance day of Srimati Radharani on www.diversityinunison.com. The ebook is attached in this email. You can also download it fr
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2514884179?profile=originalIt is exciting to know who was the cow who participated in Lord Krsna’s pastimes, or who did severe penance to please the Lord or who appeared from the churning of the ocean. Are all the cows alike? Holy scriptures discriminate, as does Science – Bos Indicus and Bos Taurus. The book throws light on these aspects while discussing the different existing indigenous cow breeds of India; differences between indigenous cows and exotic cows; and difference between buffalo milk and cow milk. It gives bo

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College Preaching Success

College Preaching Success

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Thank you, Vijaya prabhu, for the wonderful service of churning and sending out the sankirtan nectar. The following is a recent response from a student in Boulder. We recently met with him for a couple of days, upon returning to Colorado. He is already organizing a Krishna conscious club on campus. It is inspiring to see Srila Prabhupada's words penetrating the hearts of these sincere seekers.

Your servant and friend, Tusta Krsna das

Letter from this student:

Hey Tusta,
This

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The power of reading Scriptures

An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-gita
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Dare to dry the ocean

The sparrow challenged the ocean, “Return my eggs else I will dry you”. Hearing this ocean started laughing. The ocean had stolen the eggs of the sparrow and the little bird wanted her eggs badly. She was determined to get it back. And so with her tiny little peek she took a few drops of water from the ocean and threw it on the surface. She did it again and again. Everyone was amused; the ocean could not control his laughter. But nothing deterred the sparrow. She continued with her endeavour wit

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