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Vrindavan Bhakti-shastri: July 19 to November 12 (+teachers list)

Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

VIHE is heartily inviting all the serious students to our transformational Bhakti-sastri course. Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada's books. Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we could be better preachers, teachers and, very importantly, achieve a clear understanding and application of th

Wonderful Info on Shaligram Shila

 Saligrama,

A sacred Gandaki river stone is a special Avatara of Maha Vishnu.It is always placed with Tulasi (signifying Lakshmi). In some parts of India,Tulasi vivaham with Saligramam is conducted- sort of Kalyanotsavam for Saligrmam and Tulasi.

The sacred Saligrama stones (black ammonite stone), are found only on the bed of river Gandak near Muktinath, Nepal. These naturally formed stones are used by devout Hindus to worship Lord Vishnu.

1. Is Saligrama in the for

So what God is giving as law? The law is that "You give up all nonsense religion, simply surrender unto Me." This is religion. So a religious person, it does not mean whether he is Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Buddhist. He must accept God and surrender unto Him. This is religion.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peacefully towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture though

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

When it comes to stress, illness and wellness, it is important to remember that what goes on in your mind is reflected in your body.

People who continually worry and get stressed about their problems tend to develop tense muscles, become tired easily or get headaches. When their mind is stressed, their body becomes stressed too.

Dwelling on your mistakes and over-analyzing what could go wrong or what you could have done d

Hare Krishna … Association Everywhere !!!

With the mercy of my Guru Maharaj and his loving divine grace Srila Prabhupad, I got an opportunity to get an association of ISKCON devotees in north England. 

I arrived in the Leeds city in the month of August’2011, prior to this there was continuous association of devotees from our Chowpatty temple in. I was used to attend our weekly programme in Hanuman Temple, Vrindavan society, Thane. The program was being conducted by HG Dayalchandra Prabhu and his f

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

Once a king had to complete a project and hence selected 4 persons from his own place to complete
the project. They in turn fulfilled the King wishes and completed the project to his satisfaction.
King on a gesture of Love and appreciation wanted to reward these persons and enquired what they would like to ask for.
The first person wished to have nice roads in his village and immediately the King informed his minister to s

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'

Rather than labeling the issues that come up during a typical work day as

problems, think of them as speed bumps (speed breakers). An actual speed

bump, as you know, is a low bump in a road designed to get your attention

and slow you down. Depending on how you approach and deal with the bump, it

can be a miserable, uncomfortable, even damaging experience, or it can

simply be a temporary slow down – no big deal.



If you step on the gas, speed up, and tighten the wheel, for example,

you’ll hit the bump wi

There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet.

He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. He knows that when the boys find out, they will make fun of him.

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead."

He looks up from his prayer and here

Recognizing an opportunity

When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone"!

The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained

Acknowledge your blessings

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
      
My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.' I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on  voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
    

Favorable Judgment
 
In a court of justice two lawyers put forward their respective relevant arguments taken from the authorized law books to decide a point, but it is up to the judge to decide the case in favor of one of the litigants. When the opposing lawyers put forward their arguments, both of them are legal and bona fide, but the judgment is given as to which argument is applicable to the particular case.
 
Lord Caitanya gives His judgment on the authority of sastras that the chanting of the

Peace formula

The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others' property as though it were one's own and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. As a state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state of Universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant fragment, is protected by the laws of nature.

This material nature is one of the different potencies of God, who i

In his final class, speaking on Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada gave an elaborate and careful analysis of the great responsibility that is afforded by the human form of life. Along with human life, he explained, came great intelligence and resourcefulness; but if that was not utilised in the proper cultivation of spiritual knowledge, then humans were no better than cats or dogs. If we instead chose to associate with other cat and dog-like human beings, then we would become infec

Madhudvisa spoke up. "Srila Prabhupada, this concept that everything belongs to God, it can't work unless everybody believes that everything belongs to God."

"Then everybody may be mad," retorted Prabhupada with a grin. "That does not change the fact. If some madman comes in this room and he fights, 'I am the proprietor, you get out', so that is not the fact."

Wally was trying to grasp Prabhupada's point. "I understand, you know you were talking about the sea and so on, b

In the evening, three close associates of the Melbourne temple visited Srila Prabhupada: Raymond Lopez, a prominent Melbourne criminal barrister, and Wally Strauss, a solicitor, had both defended the devotees in many legal cases; Bob Bourne, a professional photographer, who had taken many beautiful photographs of the Deities, had taken the group photograph in the temple the previous day. Madhudvisa introduced them all as they took their seats before Srila Prabhupada who

Devotees arrived for their special afternoon darsana with Srila Prabhupada with garlands, fragrant bouquets and other gifts. Soon the shiny parquet floor of Prabhupada's room was covered with devotees. Srila Prabhupada sat in their midst, appearing relaxed as he sat on his chaise longue, his left leg folded over his right knee, his right leg pointing downwards in front of him. One by one, devotees came forward and offered their garlands, flowers and various gift-wrapped

Towards the latter half of 1974, a large Melbourne advertising agency had approached the devotees. The company had asked them if they would like to feature in a massive advertising campaign for the Wrangler clothing company. Some devotees feared that the offer was maya. Others, considering that the devotees would be well-paid for their participation, thought that it sounded like a good idea.

Madhudvisa Swami and Ugrasrava especially thought it an excellent proposal. So on two

After breakfast, Srila Prabhupada wrote to three of his disciples, acknowledging receipt of their gifts of money. By such letters, Srila Prabhupada established and illuminated the path of Krsna consciousness for his sincere followers. These letters from Prabhupada were treasured, for they contained instructions that offered encouragement and direction for the disciples' devotional lives to come.

To Rasarani he wrote:

I thank you very much for your note and offering. Alw