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From Kibbutz to Krishna


From left to Right: Dorit, Tali

By Visakha Priya dasi

The Hebrew word kibbutz (kibbutzim in the plural) refers to a voluntary democratic community based on the principles of communal ownership of property, social justice, and equality. Kibbutzim started around one hundred years ago, when a group of idealistic young Zionists, many of them from wealthy landed families in various parts of the world, traveled back to their ancestral land, the biblical land of Palestine, with the idea of building a

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Krishna adherent will provide the keynote address for area faithful

By Allan Turner

September 7, 2015

If not for bad timing, Alfred Ford might not have been booted from the family home.

But the young great-grandson of auto magnate Henry Ford chose to announce his conversion to the Hare Krishna movement just as Detroit newspapers trumpeted the Hindu spiritual awakening of Elizabeth Reuther, daughter of United Auto Workers Union president Walter Reuther. Fords and Reuthers mixed as well as motor

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The False Attempt

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In the material world, to be dependent on the mercy of someone else is the utmost sign of misfortune, but in the case of our transcendental relation with the Lord, it is the most fortunate case when we can live completely dependent on Him.
 
As we can envision from our holy scriptures, that the sagacious Pandavas are most fortunate because with all good fortune they were entirely dependent on the mercy of the Lord. The material disease is due to thinking of becoming independent of everything. B
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The Perfect Civilization

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The whole material world is thriving on the delusion of becoming independent of the laws of nature. 
 
Beginning from Ravana, who wanted to prepare a direct staircase to the planets of heaven, down to the present age, we are trying to overcome the laws of nature. We are trying now to approach distant planetary systems by electronic mechanical power. But the highest goal of human civilization is to work hard under the guidance of the Lord and become completely dependent on Him. 
 
The greatest a
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A book that can transform your life

Speaking straight from the heart, Kiran Bedi, one of the first woman IPS officer in India, talks about how the book - The Journey Home has positively impacted her. Commended worldwide for the remarkable prison reforms introduced during her tenure as the IG of Tihar jail, Mrs. Bedi is also a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award. Highly respected for her no-nonsense approach, she unabashedly recommended this book to her 3 million twitter followers. The Journey Home, documents the fa
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.36

TEXT 36
papam evasrayed asman
hatvaitan atatayinah
tasman narha vayam hantum
dhartarastran sa-bandhavan
sva-janam hi katham hatva
sukhinah syama madhava
SYNONYMS
pāpam—vices; eva—certainly; āśrayet—must take upon; asmān—us; hatvā—by killing; etān—all these; ātatāyinaḥ—aggressors; tasmāt—therefore; na—never; arhāḥ—deserving; vayam—us; hantum—to kill; dhārtarāṣṭrān—the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; svabāndhavān—along with friends; svajanam—kinsmen; hi—certainly; katham—how; hatvā—by killing; sukhinaḥ—happy; syāma—
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By Eklavya Das

September 5, 2015  Janmastami

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 Dear well wishers, God-brothers, God-sisters, and friends,

 Please accept my most humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.

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As we all know, Janmastami is a wonderful festival in which we celebrate the descent of Lord Krishna into this world.  Lord Krishna performs His lilas, and mercifully blesses all of us with his causeless mercy.

On such a joyous occasion, I am reluctant to convey, with a h

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Historical facts in Bhagvat Purana & comparision between Dharmic & Abrahamic history

                                                   Veerendra Ekbote

          SrimadBhagvatam is known as spotless Purana and is hence called as ‘Amala Purana’. It is the golden ripen fruit of all Vedic literatures. It is God Krishna himself who after ascending to his own Goloka Vrindavandham in Vaikuntha after completing his earthly pastimes on earth once again appeared on earth in the form of SrimadBhagvatam in

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E-Counselor

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श्रील प्रभुपाद ने एक बार नक़ल करके बताया कि जब हमारा जप करने का मन न हो रहा हो तो, कैसे हम ध्यान, एकाग्रता और उचित उच्चारण के बिना जप करते हैं । यह कुछ ऐसा होता है, निश निश, राम राम, निश निश, राम राम । इस से हमारी इस मनःस्थिति का पता चलता है, "मुझे कुछ और करना था परन्तु अभी जप करना है ।" और मन में हम सोच रहे होते हैं की किसी तरह यह जप खत्म हो । हम सभी यह करते हैं और यह बद से बदतर हो सकता है । मैं ऐसे भक्तों को जानता हूँ जो टीवी पर मैच देखते हुए भी जप करते हैं ।

श्रील प्रभुपाद समझाते हैं कि इस तरह

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Iskcon Devotees

By Mrs.suganthi Lakshminarayanan

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

INFINITE HUMBLE PRANAMS TO LORDSHIPS, GURU MAHARAJS, SRILA PRABUPAD

Honestly the devotion and dedication by the Devotees of ISKCON is too exemplary and beyond any words to describe.

Please accept my infinite humble pranams to one and all GURU MAHARAJS, and the Devotees who are serving and who have WISELY carrying out their life to SRI SRI RADHE KRISHNA,in the SriDham,

I a

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By Mayapurcandra dasa, Campakalata Devi dasi, and Padma Gopi Devi dasi

What a joy it has been to welcome so many of you on board to help feed our Radha Kunda widows! Our 68 ladies are now nearly 80% sponsored! 53 of them! http://radharani.com/daily-meals-for-widows/

The new kitchen facility we rented has been working well for serving their daily meals. And we’ve continued to use the Lalita Kunda temple facility for the once per month feast for the widow

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Dependence leads to Independence

Dependence leads to Independence Absolute Dependence on the Lord bestows us Independence from Maya, and gives us a feeling of fearlessness and permanent happiness. To attain this stage, it is of foremost importance that we render devotional service unto the lotus Feet of Lord, by hearing about His pastimes, chanting His names as has been taught by ever benevolent Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who gave us the beautiful, Harinama. This will enable us to clean our souls and merge our consciousness in the service of Lord Shri Krsna. Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=19651

Dependence leads to Independence
Absolute Dependence on the Lord bestows us Independence from Maya, and gives us a feeling of fearlessness and permanent happiness. To attain this stage, it is of foremost importance that we render devotional service unto the lotus Feet of Lord, by hearing about His pastimes, chanting His names as has been taught by ever benevolent Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who gave us the beautiful, Harinama. This will enable us to clean our souls and merge our consciousness i

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