Varsana Japa/Kirtan Retreat and Govardhan Retreat 2013 dates

Respected Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krsna!

To facilitate your planning, VIHE and our Retreats team wishes to let you know
the dates for our yearly retreats:

Varsana Japa & Kirtan Retreat, November 20-25, 2013;
Govardhan Retreat, November 29th - December 5th, 2013.

As usual, our lead teachers are HH Sacinandana Swami, HG Bhurijan Prabhu, HG
Jagattarini Mataji, HG Madhavananda Prabhu (wit

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Below we reproduce Giriraj Swami's profound appreciation of Yamuna Mataji: -

"As we approach the first anniversary of Yamuna-devi’s depart

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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When you worry, you are on edge and tense. Therefore you tend to be easily bothered or irrationally upset.

When you worry, it’s more difficult to concentrat

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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This v

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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