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Srila Prabhupada's 2024 Vyasa-puja Book

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Dear Devotees,

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

With Srila Prabhupada's 128th Vyasa-puja just a few days away, please take the opportunity to download and read the 2024 Vyasa-puja book which was created from all your hearfelt homages:

https://gbc.iskcon.org/srila- prabhupada-vyasa-puja-books/

Please also share the file widely so all followers of Srila Prabhupada can avail of this shower of nectar in glorification of His Divine Grace. A high-res version i

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Sri Badrinath Dhama Yatra

June 24, 2024

 Sri Badrinath Dhama Yatra

The Abode of Lord Nara-Narayana Rsi
 
Important places to visit in and around Badrinath:

1. Sri Badri Vishal Temple

2. Charana Paduka – Footprints of Lord Nara-Narayana

3. Neelkantha Mountain – The Shining Pyramid

4. Keshav Prayag and Sarasvati River at Mana Village

5. Vyasa Gufa - The Cave of Vyasadeva

6. Bhima Pul - Bridge of Bhima

7. Leela Dungi - Appearance site of Lord Nara-Narayana

8. Urvasi Temple

9. Mata Murti Templ

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As I write this article there are pictures on the news of hundreds on people lying on the ground simulating the unjust death of George Floyd, a black man, by an officer of the law. People on the streets all over the country are demanding action, demanding that the police be reformed, defunded and/or disbanded. Cries of “racism” echo throughout the land. In the news, some of the talking heads are saying it’s “a few bad apples” and others warn of a more systemic problem. Is it individuals on the

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4479565187?profile=RESIZE_400xConspiracy theories abound: covid 19, G5, the New World Order, and, of course, the deep state. I remember a time when life was simpler. There was only one conspiracy in town: Maya, the illusionary energy, assigned to keep us conditioned souls enamored in a world that is endlessly mutable (something akin today, I guess, to Facebook).

In this age of greed and hypocrisy, of the cheaters and the cheated, where countless, unfortunate beings struggle in this material world, a world that is confusing a

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Cambodia, a small country between Thailand and Vietnam, has a population of about sixteen million people. Kala Das has regularly visited this land for the last ten years to share Krishna consciousness with people. He is a great source of inspiration for those few devotees who stay there on a regular basis.

“Kirtan is 2020 Vision for Cambodia“ was organized to bring people’s attention to the local programs so that they can become involved in devotional service to the Lord. The beautiful festival

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"Attraction to distraction causes serious inhibition in one's devotion."

When someone practices spiritual life sincerely, he or she is given all facilities for comfort and enjoyment. Why? For the simple reason that God wants to award the best of the best facilities for His sincere devotee. But, it is the onus of the devotee to use these facilities carefully for rendering better and better service to the Lord and not get allured and strayed away from the path of unalloyed devotion to God because
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Activism

By Madhava Smullen 

The Lord’s Holy Names continue to be chanted in every town and village, no matter how exotic or remote. Devotees on Réunion Island held their second annual Rathayatra in the city of St. Pierre on Saturday December 8th, summertime for the island. 

The festival was small yet ecstatic, and was warmly received by locals.

Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean, is a “department” of France. With a total population of about 800,000 people, its only spoken language is French.

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By Madhava Smullen

Vedic Stories for Children Volume 2, a CD produced by the world-renowned Bhaktivedanta Players, was launched during the Diwali and Annakut festivals at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England.

Over the two days the Bhaktivedanta Players peformed interactive skits, and The Kids’ Sankirtan Party, a group created by the Go Matsya book distribution team, performed a Ramayana drama. Meanwhile copies of the new CD were offered for purchase.

Volume 1 of the series was released on Gaura

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Fiji Holds Its First Kirtan Mela

By Madhava Smullen

Events

ISKCON Fiji held its first ever Kirtan Mela in the island nation’s capital, Suva, from June 8thto 10th, to a rapturous reception. 

The event was organized by Braja Govinda Das, a Sydney-based disciple of Tamal Krishna Goswami, who wanted to give Fijian devotees the kind of international kirtan experience they hadn’t had before.

About sixty international devotees – mainly from Australia and New Zealand – attended, along with several hundred from Fiji.

The festivities kicked o

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Wish you Happy Rama Navami !!!

ISKCON Desire Tree wishes you a Happy Rama Navami

Lord Sri Ramacandra is a powerful incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an ideal king. He appeared in the Treta-yuga, more than two million years ago.

Appearance Day of Lord Rama

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Rama Navami Video Playlists : 

  • Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram - Vishwarup Das - Click here 
  • Ramayana - Chaitanya Charan Das - Click here 
  • Ramayan se Shikshayen - Ka
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A new format for Padayatra

Padayatra is one of the biggest preaching programs of the year in Slovenia. For the past fourteen years Slovenian devotees have been organising a walk every summer. By walking in different sections each year they have covered the entire country, which is not a difficult task since Slovenia is a small coutry of 2 million people (less than 1/6 of Moscow’s population) with a superficy of 20 000 square kms, the size of Costa Rica or Macedonia, and 1/32 the superficy of Fr

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Sri Murari Gupta Thakur

“An expert physician by the name Murari Gupta could cure people of their disease of material existence. Along with so many other Vaisnavas, Advaita Acarya, Sen Sivananda, Jagannath Misra, Nilambar Cakravarti, he also appeared in Sylhet. [C. B. Adi 2.35] Srivas Pandit, Candrasekhara Acarya and Sri Murari Gupta Thakur were all from Srihatta. Murari Gupta came from there to live in Navadwip, near the home of Jagannath Misra. He was a few years older than Caitanya Mahaprabh

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Pune Bhagavat katha by HH Lokanath Swami

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By Subhang Balaram Das

25th December 2015, marked the first day of the 14th ‘Bhagavat-Katha Saptah’ in Pune with HH Lokanath Swami Maharaja. Every year devotees from all over the world set aside the last seven days of the year and join Maharaja for ‘nityam bhagavata-sevaya’. Surely there is no better way than this to not only end a year, but also begin a new one. This katha proved to be a very special one as there was glorification of one dhama each day.

It was a feast for devotees accompanying

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LORD SHIVA in Vaishnava Sampradaya !!!!!

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18th Feb 2015 is Shiva Ratri the appearance of Lord Shiva!. Lord Shiv is very important part of bhakti as without his mercy and permission we cannot enter any dham or pastime of Lord Radha Krsna

For example

In Vrindavan there is Gopeshwar Shiv was became in the form of gopi to enter krsna lila

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur offered these prayers wriiten for Gopishwara Mahadev when he visited the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneshwar on Jun

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25 Life Lessons from Ramayana

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

(The lessons are extracted from a talk given by HH Radhanath Swami)
  1. Power of Bad Association: It was a known fact in Ayodhya that Kaikeyi loved Lord Rama more than his own son Bharath, then how could she become so evil. It is by her bad association with Mantara.
  1. Attachment to service & not to the position: Lord Ram was willing to become the king as a service to Maharaj Dasarath and He was also willing to go to the forest a
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Dealing With Money

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Money is spiritual energy

 
‘Money is the honey’ goes so far as it is employed for Krsna consciousness. The body is undoubtedly a material vehicle, but when it acts for Krsna consciousness it becomes spiritualized. By the grace of Krsna, material energy can be transformed to spiritual energy & spiritual energy is never deteriorated. To be in Krsna consciousness means
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An excerpt from Prayers of King Kulasekhara

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

mukunda murdhna pranipatya yace bhavantam ekantam iyantam artham
avismrtis tvac-caranaravinde bhave bhave me 'stu bhavat-prasadat
Mukunda-mala-stotra (Verse 4) King Kulasekhara

O my Lord Mukunda! I bow my head down before Your Lordship's lotus feet and respect fully ask for the fulfillment of my only desire. Throughout my repeated births may I never forget but always re

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An excerpt from Prayers of King Kulasekhara

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

mukunda murdhna pranipatya yace bhavantam ekantam iyantam artham
avismrtis tvac-caranaravinde bhave bhave me 'stu bhavat-prasadat
Mukunda-mala-stotra (Verse 4) King Kulasekhara

O my Lord Mukunda! I bow my head down before Your Lordship's lotus feet and respect fully ask for the fulfillment of my only desire. Throughout my repeated births may I never forget but always r

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Transcription Bhagavad-gita Day 2, US Retreat 2009. by His Holiness Bhakti Caru SwamiTranscription : Syama Mohini Dasi, Prema Lila Dasi, Ashim Krishna Dasa.Editing : Ramananda Raya DasaHis Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami : Hare Krishna. Devotees : Hare Krishna His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami : So should we start? Is everyone in? Ok. So now I will go to the sixth chapter and sixth chapter is known as Dhyana Yoga. I just read this summary and then this chapter I will discuss a little more elaborately. W
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Rama Navami

Lord Ramchandra’s Appearance Day

Wednesday 24th March, 2010


Sri Rama Navami signifies Sri Rama's Birthday and this year falls on March 24, the last day of Vasantha Navaratri. Sri Rama is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is known for his compassion towards human beings. 'Ra-Ma' is an unparalleled mantra which attracts wealth and provides you protection from evil. Even the mighty Lord Shiva once told his wife Parvati that the easiest way to attain the highest in spiritua

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