Hare Krishna
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The second edition of “The Book of Icebreakers” is now available.

Sometimes, even among devotees, there can be a little – or a lot – of awkwardness in the air. Either no one knows what’s going on, or no one knows who anyone is. The problem still remains the same: it’s awkward.

That is why we have come up with The Book of Icebreakers, perfect for “breaking the ice”.

This book is not only for introdu

Jagannath Katha by Lokanath Swami on 15 June 2015 at Chamorshi

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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Lecture on Failure and Success in Krishna Consciousness by HH Giriraj Swami on 31 May 2015 at Gita Nagari

(Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Lecture on Shikshastakam - Verse 02  by HG Kundal Krishna Prabhu on 07 June 2015 at ISKCON Mira Road

(His Grace Kundal Krishna Prabhu is a disciple of His Holiness Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj.He is preaching in Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and in ISKCON Mira Road.)

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Lecture on The Fruit of Abhyasa Yoga by HH Niranjana Swami on 04 June 2015 at Beltsi Moldova

(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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TEXT 56

sarva-karmany api sada 
kurvano mad-vyapasrayah 
mat-prasadad avapnoti 
sasvatam padam avyayam

SYNONYMS

sarva--all; karmani--activities; api--although; sada--always;kurvanah--performing; mat--under My; vyapasrayah--protection;mat--My; prasadat--mercy; avapnoti--achieves; sasvatam--eternal;padam--abode; avyayam--imperishable.

TRANSLATION

Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My devotee, under My protection, reaches the eternal and imperishable abode by My grace.

PURPORT

The word mad-vyapasraya

Varnasrama-dharma Comes Later

By Kesava Krsna dasa – GRS

For many years the debate has raged on about varnasrama-dharma. Is varnasrama-dharma feasible? How to implement it? How do we identify our own caste? Is it workable? Do we need it? And so on and so on. As of yet, though varying opinions abound, we have not reached a consensus.

We know Srila Prabhupada wanted the system up and working. We also know that present conditions within Iskcon may not accommodate a sudden dividing of the social or

God Is Great—and Sweet

By Chaitanya Charana Dasa

Scriptures like the Srimad-Bhagavatam reveal that God is not only the omnipotent creator and stern judge, but a delightfully innocent child as well.

“I would believe only in a god who could dance,” wrote German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. During his times, God was generally portrayed as a frozen perfection—remote, static, and wholly unsociable. No wonder Nietzsche was disillusioned.

He might have been pleasantly surprised to hear about Krish

Preaching program at Wedding Wire in D.C.

On June 10th, 2015 Radhanath Swami was invited to take part in the speaker series hosted by Wedding Wire where he was interviewed by Wedding Wire CEO Tim Chi on the subject of Happiness. Wedding Wire is a young Washington DC-based company that specializes in helping couples-to-be find anything they might need to make their wedding day as perfect as possible. They are also one of the most highly recommended companies to work for in the DC area. Tim Chi h

Praying for the Welfare of Others

By Urmila Devi Dasi

On the path of pure devotion to Krishna, where does praying for others fit in?

“Thank you!” I said when a friend brought me a plate of lunch. “Can I do anything for you?”

“Please pray for me,” she replied. “Ask that I can do better service for Krishna.”

Later that day I saw a posted notice about a devotee’s illness that included a request for prayer. I often pray for others, and have also done my share of asking others to pray for me.

A few

TEXT 55

bhaktya mam abhijanati 
yavan yas casmi tattvatah 
tato mam tattvato jnatva 
visate tad-anantaram

SYNONYMS

bhaktya--by pure devotional service; mam--Me; abhijanati--one can know; yavan--as much as; yah ca asmi--as I am; tattvatah--in truth; tatah--thereafter; mam--Me; tattvatah--by truth; jnatva--knowing; visate--enters; tat-anantaram--thereafter.

TRANSLATION

One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord

TEXT 54

brahma-bhutah prasannatma 
na socati na kanksati 
samah sarvesu bhutesu 
mad-bhaktim labhate param

SYNONYMS

brahma-bhutah--being one with the Absolute; prasanna-atma--fully joyful; na--never; socati--laments; na--never; kanksati--desires;samah--equally disposed; sarvesu--all; bhutesu--living entities; mat-bhaktim--My devotional service; labhate--gains; param--transcendental.

TRANSLATION

One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires t

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