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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

A ritual is a formula which is meant to dovetail our consciousness to the supreme consciousness of God. The whole purpose of a spiritual ritual is transformation of the heart – from selfish passions to a spirit of selfless service to others, from arrogance to humility and from envy to having the power to appreciate others. If this transformation doesn’t take place in our heart, to create good character, personal integrity

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

"A gosvami, or the bona fide representative of Sri Vyasadeva, must be free from all kinds of vices. The four major vices of Kali-yuga are (1) illicit connection with women, (2) animal slaughter, (3) intoxication, (4) speculative gambling of all sorts. A gosvami must be free from all these vices before he can dare sit on the vyasasana. No one should be allowed to sit on the vyasasana who is not spotless in character and who

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

Chanting of the holy name is the most important activity. Many times I travel around the world and devotees ask me, “What service can I do?”  So I tell everyone that the most wonderful service that you can do is to chant the holy name.  When you chant the holy name, it cleanses the heart and frees it from hatred, lamentation etc. and enables you to experience a higher taste. 

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

Vrindaban       

1 September, 1975

75-09-01

Tampa

My Dear Jayananda das:

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 11, 1975 and have noted the contents. What you have done is good. Why should you remarry? Rather you should take sannyasa. Now you are getting very good training. Why has Jayatirtha suggested you to remarry?

In Delhi there is a certain kind of laddu which has such a taste, that anyo

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

"Those who are preachers are superior to those who go to the Himalayas to meditate. It is good to go to the Himalayas to meditate for one's personal benefit, but those who undergo many difficulties in order to preach are superior. They are actually fighting for Krsna's sake, and they are certainly more compassionate. Those sadhus who leave Vrndavana to go fight in the world, to spread Krsna consciousness, are superior sadh

"param vijayate Sri Krsna Sankirtanam"

* Begin your first day of the year with a transcendental vibration of the Holy name.

* Experience a different reality - associate with Krishna in person, through His Holy Name!

* Spend the whole day in relishing the nectarian melody of holy name - away from all the usual distractions!

* Chant & dance in the tune of the Holy name in the association of devotees.

* Deepen your relationship with the Holy Name!

* Open your heart and allow the Holy Name to

1)      ADHOKSAJA KRISHNA DASA

Nominated in category: Book distribution

Age: 50

ISKCON Temple (name/place): Karuna Bhavan, Scotland

Number of years that he has been doing this service: 31

Date and place of his joining ISKCON movement: 1982 Caitanya College England

Description of his services in the nominated category: Practically the day he joined, Adhoksaja Krishna has been engaged in book distribution. He has developed both street and contact sankirtan while inspiring and training

Lecture on The Importance of Devotee Association by HH Gunagrahi Das Goswami at Dallas on 07 Oct 2013

(His Holiness Gunagrahi Das Goswami joined ISKCON in 1969. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Since then he served as temple president in NY, Buffalo and San Diego, developed successful recruiting and training programs for new devotees.)

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Lecture on Mind is very difficult to Control by HH Jayapataka Swami at Kuala Lumpur on 21 June 1981

(Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school. As a new student at Brown, Jayapataka Swami heard a guest lecturer speak on the life of Buddha.)

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 07 Text 20 by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 09 Sep 2013 at Melbourne

(Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur.)

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Seminar on Sadhu Sanga Festivals by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 23 Sep 2013

(In 1981 Gopal Krishna Goswami took sannyasa initiation and began to extend his travels to spread Krishna consciousness more widely in parts of the USA, Canada and eventually in parts of Africa. )

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Are you facing problems in life? Are you frustrated with life?

 If your answer is yes, then you are very lucky than those who are living their life in luxury. Now your mind must be puzzled with the above statement. But this the truth. People who are materially engrossed often forget Krsna and consider their material life as the permanent life. But people who are depressed, who face problems in life, who are frustrated with the situations going in their life often pray to Krsna, Oh Krsna! Please h

Prabhupada: At the present moment, the people in general, they are engaged in service, in factories, in big, big office, big, big establishment. So they're all sudras, fourth-class men. And the fourth-class men select their representative. So they must be also fourth-class. Democracy means selected, I mean to..., voted, elected. So because they are being elected by the fourth-class men, the leaders are also fourth-class men. The fourth-class men cannot appreciate the first-class men. And there i

On the Question of Initiation in a bona fide Vaishnava Sampraday

Dear Devotees,

As every year this year too we are organising ISKCON camp at the ancient pilgrimage site of Prayag during the annual Magh mela holy fair. This fair has been held by Vedic followers since the beginning of creation. Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 18.145-146 mentions Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's attending this fair being invited by a Sanodiya brahmana.

Bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna near the fort at Allahabad, Prayaga, is mentioned in revealed scriptures: 

maghe mas

This coming February marks the auspicious 11th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple opening! To celebrate we are organizing special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The culmination will be our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Parikramas will be going out from 14-27 Feb with the main festival day on Sunday 23 Feb. Even after that there will still be some parikramas.

Gaura Purnima will be next year on 16

Lecture on Passing Time with Krishna's Pastimes by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 15 Dec 2012 at Durban

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami initially served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and also distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books from 1973 until 1980.Then Bhakti Caitanya Swami moved to South Africa, where, from 1980 to 1982. )

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