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We would like to share with you a seminar H.G. Kaunteya Prabhu gave in Juhu, Mumbai, on Sunday, 20th of October.

The following is a list of topics he covered along with the times at which they were presented:

Unity in Diversity – in which we analyzed the many instructions of Srila Prabhupada on the idea of empowering people to preach from their homes and even install Deities. (0:00- 1:13)

The 50 percent principle (proportional giving for grihasthas):* – Srila Prabhupada spoke and wrote about this i

Harvard scientists have proof that yoga, meditation work. Scientists are getting close to proving what yogis have held to be true for centuries — yoga and meditation can ward off stress and disease.

John Denninger, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, is leading a five-year study on how the ancient practices affect genes and brain activity in the chronically stressed. His latest work follows a study he and others published earlier this year showing how so-called mind-body techniques can

Prabhupada: The designations are on the material platform according to the quality. But in the spiritual platform it is transcendental to material qualities. So when one becomes Krsna conscious there is no more distinction.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

The first Padayatra annual festival was celebrated on 6th Dec at Danthalapally. Dist warangal.

on 5th 5.00pm we started Akanda Harinama sankirthana (24 hr).to give strength for success of festival.

on 6th all participants arrived from morning on wards.nearly more than 100 new people came those who are interacted by padayatra in different villages.Any how all together 250 people attend the evening function.

HH Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaj arrived the village at 5.00pm. All devotees received h

The material life is a difficult journey. Everywhere you look there is pain, suffering, torture, frustration and even if there is some kind of happiness, it is temporary just like a bubble of water. Fear,worries,strained relationships, diseased body, suicides, murders, rapes, thefts,terrorism, war define the current world. All these happen because we add fuel of materialistic desires to the fire of false ego. If not checked, it will burn us completely in misery and death and once again we will f

As popular opinion waned and prospects for victory faded America began the process of disengagement from the tragic debacle that was Viet Nam. Sadly, as America pushed away from the war it turned its back on the sons and daughters who were sent there to fight and die.
You are never safe from us. We are everywhere. We live next door. Across the street. Under the freeways. We marry your daughters. We collect your trash. We may look the same as before but you won’t know us. We’re the people who’ll

By Advaita Chandra Das & Kalasudha Devi Dasi

This year we had very nice response for the Damodara month program. By the mercy of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga, we have conducted 60 programs in different homes all over the city for the pleasure of Lord Damodara and His devotees. This resulted in a total of 6560 lamps being offered.

TEXT 3

sri-bhagavan uvaca
aksaram brahma paramam
svabhavo 'dhyatmam ucyate
bhuta-bhavodbhava-karo
visargah karma-samjnitah

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; aksaram--indestructible; brahma--Brahman; paramam--transcendental; svabhavah--eternal nature; adhyatmam--the self; ucyate--is called; bhuta-bhava-udbhava-karah--action producing the material bodies of the living entities; visargah--creation; karma--fruitive activities; samjnitah--is called.

TRANSLATION

The Su

HH Radhanath Swami has been a member of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) since 1996. For the past twenty-five years, besides guiding the development of the ISKCON Chowpatty community in Mumbai, Radhanath Swami has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, daily serving over 250,000 plates of pure vegetarian food to the children in the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and as

It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one actually wants to be liberated he must render service to the devotees; but one who associates with materialistic people is on the path leading to the darkest region of existence. All the devotees of the Lord traverse this earth just to recover the conditioned souls from their delusion. The impersonalists do not know that forgetting their constitutional position as subordinate to the Supreme Lord is the greatest violation of God's law. Unless one

o Krishna 

empower me,

empower me as i m 

going through the darkest ocean

the ocean of MAYA

although i have got 

my torch ready

but i need the light 

of your love 

to enlighten my soul

to wash the dirt away

from my heart........

o Krishna 

show me the path

as i am alone

completely alone.

i need your mercy 

to move the slightest step

O krishna 

look at me

only your love filled glance

can give me life 

i am nearly dead

come in my dream

come 

to show me the path

o Krishna

empower me

by kuldeep dubey

Seminar on Holy Name by Vedavyasapriya Swami on 07 Sept 2008 at ISKCON Canberra

(Vedavyasapriya Swami worked as a research biochemist first in East Africa and then later when he migrated to USA. Within a week of arrival in the USA, he met the devotees, disciples of His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada)

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Lecture on The different avatars who appeared in different yugas by HH Varsana Swami on 18 March 2011 at ISKCON Alachua

(Varsana Swami was born in 1950 in Morristown, New Jersey. From his childhood he was strongly drawn to the workings of the natural world. He became a vegetarian of his own accord at the age of seven and was determined to lead a life of compassion. )

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Lecture on Basic Level Of understanding Bhagavat Gita by Hanumat Presaka Swami

(Hanumat Presaka Swami grew up in California and graduated in psychology from the University of California in 1970, with a minor in biology and electrical engineering.)

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Lecture on Real Yoga Means To Link With The Supreme Soul by Devamrita Swami

(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)

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ISKCON, LUDHIANA had its 18th annual Rath Yatra which concluded around midnight today covering the area about five kilometers. Lacs of devotees from India and abroad joined this festival of chariot. The parade route was welcomed by different section of society and they were recited Mahamantra all the way. Both sides of the road were beautifully decorated and people welcome Lord of the Universe with great devotions and dedications. Information & Broadcasting Minister of India Sh.Manish Tewari was

TEXT 2

adhiyajnah katham ko 'tra
dehe 'smin madhusudana
prayana-kale ca katham
jneyo 'si niyatatmabhih

SYNONYMS

adhiyajnah--the Lord of sacrifice; katham--how; kah--who; atra--here; dehe--in the body; asmin--in this; madhusudana--O Madhusudana; prayana-kale--at the time of death; ca--and; katham--how; jneyah--be known; asi--You can; niyata-atmabhih--by the self-controlled.

TRANSLATION

How does this Lord of sacrifice live in the body, and in which part does He live, O Madhusudana? And how can those