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By: Kate Bratskeir The Huffington Post on July 31, 2015
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Amy's vegetarian burrito

America is getting another all-vegetarian drive-thru next month. Amy's Kitchen, a company known for its vegetarian convenience food and frozen meals, will open its first restaurant in Rohnert Park, California, a city north of San Francisco. 

Quick service and cheap prices won't mean fat-laden mystery meat when Amy's Drive Thru opens in July. The restaurant will offer meat-fr

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The Many Astounding Ways to Use Curcumin

By: Emma Sturgis Natural News on Aug. 6, 2015
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"Today, modern science is backing up what ancient Indians have known for centuries—that turmeric, and curcumin in particular, has many astounding uses."

Curcumin is derived from turmeric, the former being what gives the popular spice its bright orange-yellow color. Turmeric has been used for thousands of years, primarily in India, where it is a mainstay of Ayurveda, the traditional system of Indian medic

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By: Contributor healthylifetricks.com on Aug. 14, 2015
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"Your sleep position can influence your health, help in keeping your skin look young, and improve your digestive health."

Everyone knows that sleep is very important for maintaining a good physical and mental health. However, the duration of your sleep is just as important as the way in which you sleep. Your sleep position can influence your health, help in keeping your skin look young, and improve y

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Sanskrit to be made compulsory in govt schools. Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday announced that Sanskrit will be introduced as a mandatory subject in all government schools in the state. Presiding over a meeting at Himachal Sanskrit Academy, the Chief Minister urged the academy officials to make earnest efforts to promote Sanskrit. Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/aUzfx9

Sanskrit to be made compulsory in govt schools.
Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday announced that Sanskrit will be introduced as a mandatory subject in all government schools in the state.
Presiding over a meeting at Himachal Sanskrit Academy, the Chief Minister urged the academy officials to make earnest efforts to promote Sanskrit.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/aUzfx9

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Should devotee chant any other mantras?

Hare Krishna

18th August, 2015. Gurgaon.

Here is another wonderful conversation where Srila Prabhupada shares so many wonderful gems.

Jayadvaita: Just like sometimes we’ll hear our men. They’ll be chanting… Like yesterday I heard someone was chanting “Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Nitai-Gaura.” Like that, I’ll hear different mantras. Someone is chanting ‘Radhe, Radhe, Radhe, Radhe.” like that, at kirtana.

Prabhupada: Well, that is not done by the acaryas. But there is no harm chanting “Radhe.” But

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----जय श्रील प्रभुपाद-----

जलदूत के कोलकाता बंदरगाह छोड़ने से १३ अगस्त २०१५, (५०वीं वर्षगाँठ) तक इस्कॉन की रिपोर्ट :
मंदिर/ केंद्र :
६०२ - विश्व भर में मंदिर 
६५ - फार्म / वर्णाश्रम ग्राम 
५४ - विद्यालय 
११० - जलपानगृह/ भोजनालय

भक्त :
७५,००० - दीक्षा प्राप्त भक्त 
७०,००,००० - श्रद्धालु इस्कॉन के मंदिरों में दर्शन हेतु आते हैं 
२००० - भक्ति वृक्ष ग्रुप विश्व के विभिन्न कोनो में चलते हैं (३०,००० भक्त)

पुस्तकें :
५,१६,००,००,००० - पुस्तकें बी.बी.टी द्वारा छापी और वितरित की जा चुकी हैं

प्रसाद वितरण : 
३,०

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2515022438?profile=originalLecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi Lila 10 - 106 - 113 by Danavir Goswami on 02 Aug    2015 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(Danavir Goswami (Dr. Dane Holtzman) was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied sociology and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While there he excelled in athletics and was selected the Most Valuable Player of 1970 (indoor volleyball) by the National Collegiate Athletics.)

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Superior and Interior Nature

2515022437?profile=originalLecture on Superior and Interior Nature by HG Sesa Prabhu at ISKCON Alachua on 09 Aug 2015

(Sesa Dasa was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1974 while he was traveling as a member of the initial Bhaktivedanta Book Trust library party. Sesa Dasa has a portfolio of two ministries: Minister of Educational Development and Minister of Justice, under which ISKCON Resolve works.)

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Hearing Pastimes Purifies Past Sins

2515022516?profile=originalLecture on Hearing Pastimes Purifies Past Sins by HH Sivarama Swami on 0 Aug 2015 at EGER

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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How to Deal with Lifes Changes

2515022603?profile=originalLecture on How to deal with lifes changes by HH Niranjana Swami on 07 Dec 2014 at Bezvodnoe (Russian Translation)

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 15, Text 27)

(His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.15

TEXT 15
pancajanyam hrsikeso
devadattam dhananjayah
paundram dadhmau maha-sankham
bhima-karma vrkodarah
SYNONYMS
pāñcajanyam—the conchshell named Pāñcajanya; hṛṣīkeśaḥ—Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa, the Lord who directs the senses of the devotees); devadattam—the conchshell named Devadatta; dhanañjayaḥ—Dhanañjaya (Arjuna, the winner of wealth); pauṇḍram—the conch named Pauṇḍram; dadhmau—blew; mahā-śaṅkham—the terrific conchshell; bhīma-karmā—one who performs Herculean tasks; vṛkodaraḥ—the voracious eater (Bhīma).
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Krishna Kirtan’s Continued Journey

        For those of you who read the previous IPM NEWS, you will remember that inmate bhakta, Richard Chase—affectionately nicknamed “Krishna Kirtan”by Sarva-drik prabhu—was very well situated in a prison in Petersburg, Virginia where he had started what became a very successful and popular Hare Krishna program at the chapel library. Last year, however, he was transferred to a prison in Lisbon, Ohio where the chaplains were quite inimical toward Krishna Consciousness and who prevented him from

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Polish Translation - Great Expectations

2515022481?profile=originalLecture on Polish Translation - Great Expectations by HH Indradyumna Swami on 05 Aug 2015 at Poland

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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2515022490?profile=originalLecture on Srila Prabhupadas one step to enter Jaladuta-A giant leap in humanitys Spiritual Evolution in Aug 2015

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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Death our Last Test

2515022553?profile=originalLecture on Death our Last Test by HG Devaki Mataji on 19 April 2015 at ISKCON Slovenia

(Mother Devaki has served in various capacities for over 20 years and has in later years engaged in creating festivals and various meetings for devotees to listen about and glorify Krsna. She started pioneer preaching in former Soviet Union.)

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2515022524?profile=originalLecture on BSrimad Bhagavatam Canto 04, Chapter 08, Text 23 by Sarvabhauma Prabhu in 2015

(Sarvabhauma Prabhu was born on 6th Feb 1952, in a Puskarana Vaishnava Brahmin family, having a Radha Krishna temple for eight generations in Mithi, which is part of Rajasthan in Sindh province of Pakistan.)

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The Mask


We have travelled through millions of lifetimes and lived with many different souls amidst family, friends or those who don't really get along with us. Some may have even tried to harm us emotionally, physically or spiritually.

  

All said and done, we all are the same and belong to only one group that is 'Souls' We all have travelled together in different lifetimes and have shared various relationships with each other; Father-mother, husband-wife, uncle-aunt, brother-sister, friends, neighbo
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Jagannath Ratha Yatra 2015 at Bhaktapur, Nepal

By Bhakta Naresh

A Historical Jagannath Ratha yatra done for the first time in the history of Nepal. Ratha Yatra was done from Sallaghari to Suryavinayak Since The massive earthquake has collapsed town making Rathayatra route difficult. So this time Ratha Yatra Was observed outside the main area. Then Their Lordships were carried on palanquins along with Srila Prabhupada to the historical temple of Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Shubhadra maiya. But

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Jhulan Yatra - The Divine Swing Festival


Jhulan Yatra or the Divine Swing Festival  is celebrated in the month of Shravana (July – August) commemorating the pastimes of Lord Shri Krishna with His eternal consort Srimati Radha, enjoying joyful childhood pastimes with His friends, the young cowherd boys and girls, swinging underneath the Kadamba trees. In the month of Shravana the atmosphere is vibrant with heavy showers and the entire natural setting is decorated with beautiful flowers blooming all around. In this jubiliant mood, the d
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