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Annamrita - ISKCON Food Relief Foundation Newsletter - Issue 5 - July 2012

Happy Children at Pune

 

Annamrita's tasty Khichdi now reaches the Oxford of the east


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Our greatest enemy - Lust

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 


In a certain place the fishermen were catching fish. A kite swooped down and snatched a fish. At the sight of the fish, about twenty crows chased the kite and made a great noise with their cawing.

Whichever way the kite flew with the fish, the crows followed it. The kite flew to the south and the crows followed it there. The kite flew to the north and still the crows followed after it. The kite went east and west, but wi

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----- Whatever We Own, Owns Us -----

 

 

 

 

Whatever We Own, Owns Us

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)


The following is notes from His Holiness Mahavishnu Gosvami Maharaja’s class on Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.30, given in London, July 10, 2008. Srila Gurudeva is here speaking the direct truth for the benefit of all, about the crime it is to claim any kind of material ownership.

sri-prahraada uvaaca
matir na krsne paratah svato vaa
mitho 'bhipadyeta grha-

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2514875922?profile=originalI was inspired by a song by Vasu Ghosh where he is saying 'yadi gaur na hoito.' That means if there was no Gauranga, what would there be today? So I was thinking, what if there was no Prabhupada? What would there be? Think of all the things that Prabhupada gave us. Of course, he gave so many things that I could not mention them all. I apologize to those devotees who are involved in services in areas I didn’t mention, but then I would have a song that would go all night long! To mention all the t

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ISKCON Toronto’s Ratha-Yatra and Festival of India

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1.Photo’s link for Parade & center island programs ? https://picasaweb.google.com/106652055478422838217/ISKCONTorontoRathayatra2012

2. Photo,s link for 12-hour kirtan ??. https://picasaweb.google.com/106652055478422838217/12HourKirtanISKCONToronto

3. Photo’s for launch Party at Yonge-Dundas Square (Toronto) ?.. https://picasaweb.google.com/106652055478422838217/FestivalOfIndiaLaunchPartyAtYongeDund asSquareToronto

For 40 years, this annual parade ha

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Shri Radharani Ji ki Tulsi Seva

एक बार राधा जी सखी से बोली - सखी ! तुम श्री कृष्ण की प्रसन्नता के लिए किसी देवता की ऐसी पूजा बताओ जो परम सौभाग्यवर्द्धक हो.

 

तब समस्त सखियों में श्रेष्ठ चन्द्रनना ने अपने हदय में एक क्षण तक कुछ विचार किया. फिर बोली चंद्रनना ने कहा- राधे ! परम सौभाग्यदायक और श्रीकृष्ण की भी प्राप्ति के लिए वरदायक व्रत है - "तुलसी की सेवा" तुम्हे तुलसी सेवन का ही नियम लेना चाहिये. क्योकि तुलसी का यदि स्पर्श अथवा ध्यान, नाम, संकीर्तन, आरोपण, सेचन, किया जाये. तो महान पुण्यप्रद होता है. हे राधे ! जो प्रतिदिन तुलसी की

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Hamari Kripamayi Shri Radhey

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आज से लगभग 70 वर्ष पूर्व वृन्दावन में मदनमोहन जी मंदिर

 के निकट किसी कुटिया में अन्धे बाबा रहते थे ! उनका नाम कोई नहीं जनता था , सब लोग उन्हें मदन टेर के अन्धे बाबा के नाम से पुकारते थे , क्योंकि वे मदन टेर पर ही अधिक रहते थे !

दिन भर राधा कृष्ण की लीलायों का स्मरण कर हुए आँसू बहाते ! संध्या समय गोविन्द देव जी के मन्दिन में जाकर रो-रो कर उनसे कुछ निवेदन करते हुए चले आते , लोटते समय 2-4 घरो से मधुकरी मांग लेते और खाकर सो जाते !

पर आते-जात

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On the Way to Krsna!!

In the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gita Sri Krsna gives additional ways in which He can be perceived in every step of life :

punyo gandhah prthivyam ca
tejas casmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarva-bhutesu
tapas casmi tapasvisu

"I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire.  I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics." (Bg. 7.9)

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Don’t Be Depressed

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Excerpts from the teachings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Material compassion, lamentation and tears are all signs of ignorance of the real self. Compassion for the eternal soul is self-realization. The word "Madhusudana" is significant in this verse. Lord Krishna killed the demon Madhu, and now Arjuna wanted Krishna to kill the demon of misunderstanding that had overtaken him in the discharge

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----- A Worthy Son -----

 

 

A Worthy Son

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

SpiritualQuest

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

 

When our spiritual master, H.H.Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaja was in Abu Dhabi in December 2007 he made all of us recite the following points:


1. I will obey my parents.
2. I will never trouble them in anyway.
3. I will always serve them to the best of my ability.
4. I am really grateful to them for all they are doing for me.
5. I will never be arrogant with them.
6.

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One day I decided to quit...

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

One day I decided to quit... I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. "God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?" His answer surprised me...

"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" 

When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water.
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Anxious about the future?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Once two villagers were sitting under a tree and watching the sunset. They were very close friends. After sitting quietly for some time, one asked the other, "What are you thinking?"

"I am planning to buy five acres of land, a garden." The other friend immediately said, "Don't buy the garden!"

The first one was surprised. He asked "why"? The second one replied, "I am planning to buy a buffalo. Then, my buffalo will enter

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Scared Rabbit

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once upon a time the rabbits were having a serious meeting.One rabbit said, "What kind of life is this! All the animals in the jungle are more powerful than us."

The other rabbit replied "How long can we stay like this? Even a leaf falls from the tree, we get scared. It is better to die than to always live in fear."

"This is true. We are living a life full of fear and anxieties. Better we commit sucide."

"You are correct. H

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On the Way to Krsna!!

How is this done?  How is it possible to become Krsna conscious in every step of our life?  Actually Krsna makes it very easy for us :

 

raso ham apsu kaunteya

prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh

pranavah sarva-vedesu

sabdah khe paurusam nrsu

 

"O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man." (Bg. 7.8)

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40th Anniversary of Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji's Installation

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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Hare Krsna.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On Radhastami 1972 Srila Prabhupada personally installed Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji at the Hare Krsna Temple in Dallas, Texas.

There will be a grand celebration on September 22nd, 2012, to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of this momentous event.

Please accept our humble invitation to join us in celebrating this most a

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----- Krtajna vs Krtaghna -----

 

Krtajna vs Krtaghna

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

SpiritualQuest

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Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

In Srimad Bhagavatam Maharaj Pariksit after inquiring about so many things from Sukadev Goswami, concludes his questions with the following verse 2.8.24:

sarvam etac ca bhagavan / prcchato me ’nupurvashah
tattvato ’rhasy udaahartum / prapannaaya mahaa-mune

"O great sage, representative of the Lo

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Who is Sri Caitanya Maha Prabhu?

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Srila Prabhupada writes in SRI CAITANYA CARITAMRUTA:

“Radha and Krsna are one, and when Krsna desires to enjoy pleasure, He manifests Himself as Radharani. The spiritual exchange of love between Radha and Krsna is the actual display of the internal pleasure
potency of Krsna. Although we speak of "when" Krsna desires, just when He did desire we cannot say. 

We only speak in this way because in conditional life we take it th

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Dont' judge! -

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Once Upon A Time….

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled:
“Why did U take all this time to come? Don’t U know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t U have any sense of responsibility?”

Th…e docto

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On the Way to Krsna!!

In Kṛṣṇa all of these tendencies and manifestations exist in pure consciousness, in spirit. One who knows this, in full knowledge, becomes a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa.

 

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
bhajanty ananya-manaso
jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

 

satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ
yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ
namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā
nitya-yuktā upāsate

 

“O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional servic
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