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By Pradyumna dasa

Tributes is a collection of offerings from the direct disciplines of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The book is now in its seventh year and is produced by a small group of devotees. This year it was funded by one devotee from Africa, who wishes to remain anonymous.

To celebrate ISKCON’s 50th anniversary next year, we would like to reach as many disciples of Srila Prabhupada as possible and special edition of Tributes. I would like to encourage all devot

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Finding the Essence

By Caitanya Vihara das

Anticipation and nervous excitement filled the atmosphere. It was the first day in the dissection room for the three hundred new medical students in my year. Entering the foyer area, we slipped into our white coats and prepared our surgical kits. The doors to the interior theatre swung open, and we were hit by an overwhelming smell of formaldehyde, the chief embalming agent. Inside lay fifty veiled cadavers, evenly spaced around a large white hall. Many of us, having not

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By Hari Narayana Das

2nd Ratha yatra festival at Bantul, Indonesia.

A cultural carnival was held at Bantul city, Jogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 25 this year commemorating its 284 anniversary. Traditional cultural performances starting from dances exhibiting attractive costumes and social life were performed in the carnival. Groups of traditional artists from 17 districts in Bantul participated and presented their performances in front of the crowd at the parade starting from Trirenggo field t

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HH Niranjana Swami in Istanbul



By Nrsimha Krsna Das

We have welcomed HH Niranjana Swami in Istanbul for the 4th time just recently. Here is a just brief update about it. Maharaja was here in 2008 for the first time however we did not make any program that time. Maharaja then visited us again 2013, 2014 and this year from 31th Jul to 4 Aug. We organized 3 programs in our Goranga Yoga center. Turkish attendance was very good although it was very hot summer weekend.

In 3 programs we had total of 90 guests. Maharaja was first

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His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna.

8th August, 2015. Gurgaon

Since yesterday morning I am down with a bad cough & fever, I took this opportunity to catch up reading Srila Prabhupada’s conversations with his disciples. They so nectarean and guide a neophyte like myself on how to preach.  We see how so many times Srila Prabhupada’s young disciples will take the opposite side with the arguments put in by Karmis and Prabhupada will smash their arguments and teach them how to preach with full conviction in the science of

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By Parijata Dasi

Sandstone is a material that will meet the required standards of strength and aesthetics for some of the TOVP construction. Decorative sandstone units will enclose the two base floors of the Temple.

Each unit in pink sandstone will be comprised of a framework, a jali, and an arch at the top flanked by two columns housing the windows on the Pujari floor. The surface of the arch which you see in the pictures are embellished with carvings in the Art Nouveau style. There will be

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New Book - Godliness Love and Sexuality

Hare Krishna, 
PAMHO, AGTSP. 

Dear Devotees. We have just completed our book called Godliness Love and Sexuality, the Bhakti Yoga Perspective.

This book is not for junior bramacharies, unless they want to get married. One of our intentions was to help grhasta's stay married, and also understand the natural Ksatriya needs for pleasure as per many sastra's and contains very unique quotations of Srila Prabhupad. 

Writing this book was very helpful to myself, and there is knowlege i will like to tea

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Mayapur Jhulan Yatra festival

We invite you all to join us for this year’s Jhulan Yatra festival.for the pleasure Sri Sri Radha Madhava and Radha Govinda. This monsoon festival is most dear to Radha and Krsna.

Preparations are underway for this year’s Jhulan Yatra Festival. Due to flooding in Mayapur, we need your support more than ever this year, to make this festival happen. We are appealing to the devotees worldwide to assist us in raising the funds for this year’s festival as our regular channels of donations are immobil

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Prabhupada Loitering in the Street

2515020980?profile=originalLecture on Prabhupada Loitering in the Street by HH Sivarama Swami on 25 Oct 2014 at India

(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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Art of Spiritual Association


There is an art of spiritual association which has been perfectly exhibited by holy saints in the line of disciplic succession. This process has also been very eloquently explained in our scriptures. 


At the onset, persons avowedly inimical to God should be avoided because they will destroy our faith and devotion.

  
If we meet someone less spiritually advanced than ourselves, we should be compassionate and try to inspire that person in developing devotion or Krishna consciousness. If we ass
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2515020889?profile=originalLecture on Disappearance Day of Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami by Krishnananda Prabhu 04 Aug 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(His Grace Krishnananda Prabhu is a disciple of H.H. Radhanath Swami, from Radha-Gopinath Mandir in Mumbai. He travels around India mostly, preaching the glories of the Lord.)

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Standing out from the Crowd

2515021023?profile=originalLecture on Standing out from the Crowd  by HG Charu Prabhu on Aug 2015 

(Caru Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's.)

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Vaishnava Sammelan-Anannya Bhakti 01

2515020842?profile=originalLecture on Vaishnava Sammelan-Anannya Bhakti 01 by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 29 Nov 2014

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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श्री लोकनाथ गोस्वामी का जन्म अद्वैत आचार्य के शिष्य श्री पद्मनाभ भट्टाचार्य एवं सीता देवी के पुत्र के रूप में बांग्लादेश के जेस्सोर प्रान्त के तालखरी गाँव में हुआ था ।

गौरांग महाप्रभु के निकटतम भक्त शुद्ध भक्ति में लीन थें। उनमे से लोकनाथ गोस्वामी सभी गोस्वामियों में वरिष्ठ थे।

लोकनाथ गोस्वामी नाम और प्रसिद्धि के विरुद्ध थे इसलिए उन्होंने कृष्ण दास कविराज गोस्वामी को चैतन्य चरितामृत में अपना नाम डालने से मना किया था ।
वे पूरी तरह से वृन्दावन धाम से आसक्त थे । दिव्य राधा विनोदजी उनके ह्रदय में लीला

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.10

TEXT 10
aparyaptam tad asmakam
balam bhismabhiraksitam
paryaptam tv idam etesam
balam bhimabhiraksitam
SYNONYMS
aparyāptam—immeasurable; tat—that; asmākam—of ours; balam—strength; bhīṣma—by Grandfather Bhīṣma; abhirakṣitam—perfectly protected; paryāptam—limited; tu—but; idam—all these; eteṣām—of the Pāṇḍavas; balam—strength; bhīma—by Bhīma; abhirakṣitam—carefully protected.
TRANSLATION
Our strength is immeasurable, and we are perfectly protected by Grandfather Bhīṣma, whereas the strength of the Pāṇḍava
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End of June we conducted our second Holy Name Retreat in Odessa/Ukraine. Like last year we rented the same holiday camp in Illichovsk, a small town on the shore of the Black Sea. Around 70 devotees assembled here for four days to deepen their relationship with the holy name. Some had come from a long distance – as far as Simferopol in Crimea, which has now become part of Russia. The devotees had to accept the austerity of sitting for twelve hours on the bus, crossing the border to Ukraine at

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