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Time for a Revolution

(Based on a talk given by Sripada Bhakti Vikasa Swami,

available at http://www.bvks.com/2011/11/time-for-a-revolution/)

If you really want to see iskcon a lot stronger than it is at present, and if you are ready to take part in a grassroots revolution, here is a program for you. It is non-political and non-controversial, easy to implement, and with negligible cost, yet it will benefit the whole society of devotees worldwide. The program is that all members of the Krsna conscio

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

After the battle of Kurushetra was over, Bhima had already killed Duryodhana who was the last survivor from the Kauravas. As they were returning back to home camp, Lord Krishna asked Arjuna to step down first. Arjuna declines. Krishna then forced Arjuna to get down first.

When Arjuna stepped down from the chariot, Lord Krishna followed him. As soon as Lord Krishna got down of the chariot, the hanuman flag disappeared and

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once upon a time, there lived a man named as kamsingh. Although he was capable of working and earning his livelihood, he would beg. People would pity him and give him money. Gradually it became his habit. Gradually he become so lazy that his sole occupation was to eat and sleep and do no work. He become so lazy that he would not even clean his house.

Gradually familiar people started to ignore him and not give him money.

Disguised as a girl learned in astrology, mantras, yoga, and Tantras, Krishna enjoyed the following conversation pastime:

Radha: O all-knowing girl, what is the most blissful place in the three worlds?

Krishna-disguised-as-a-learned-girl: Krishna's land of Vraja.

Radha: In this world what is the best activity to perform for one's livelihood?

Disguised Krishna: Singing songs about Krishna

Radha: What activity brings the most auspicious result?

Disguised Krishna: The desire to attain Krishna.

Radh: What

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

6th Annual New Vrindavan 24 Hour Kirtan 2012 Schedule

6th Annual New Vrindavan 24 Hour Kirtan Festival!

Watch the entire festival *live* on www.mayapur.tv (New Vrindaban channel), www.krishna.com/nv or www.newvrindaban.com

2012 SCHEDULE (all times are EST)

Saturday, June 16

8:00 AM Class by HH Radhanath Swami on the Glories of the Holy Names
10:50 AM Inauguration Ceremony at Yajnasala

11:00 AM Madhava Das
12:30 PM Bada Hari Das
1:30 PM Ananta Govinda & Kesava
2:30 PM Jagannath Kirtan Das
3:00 PM Manor

Free Parikrama/Janmastami/Vyasa puja Hungary Krishna-valley

Dear devotees,

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

http://navavrajadhama.com/reg

This year's Nava Vraja Mandala Parikrama, Sri Krishna Janmastami, Srila Prabhupada Vyasa puja will be free of any charge.The leaders of the hungarian yatra decided to give this opportunity for vaisnava sanga in Nava Vraja-dhama.

Dates:
7-9 August Parikrama
10  August Janmastami
11  August Vyasa Puja

The details will come soon.

Reg

How to Transcend

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

In Srimad Bhagavatam verse 2.3.12

jnaanam yad aapratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram
aatma-prasaada uta yatra gunesv asangah
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah
ko nirvrto hari-kathaasu ratim na kuryaat
"Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the materia

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If you inject just one grain of deadly poison into someone, he immediately dies. No one can see the poison or how it acts. But the poison is acting nevertheless. In the same way, the Vedas say that because the minute particle called the soul is within the body, the whole body is working nicely. According to the Vedas, the measurement of the soul within the body is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. It is too

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There is a story of about a sea captain who in his retirement skippered a boat taking day-trippers to Shetland Islands. On one trip, the boat was full of young people. 

They laughed at the old captain when they saw him say a prayer before sailing out, because the day was fine and the sea was calm. 

However they weren't long at sea when a storm suddenly blew up and the boat began to pitch violently. The terrified passenger

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.38 

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The Bhagavad-gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes up to you; if you say, "Hut!" he'll understand. The dog will understand that you don't want him. So, he ha

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A man saw a poor boy looking at his beautiful and expensive car; he offered the boy a drive….

After the drive the boy said: "Your car is so marvelous, it might be so expensive?! How much does it cost?"
The man replied: "I don't know; my brother has gifted it to me!"
The boy remarked: "Wow so nice of him…."
The man replied: "I know what you are thinking. You also want to have a brother like him!"
The boy quickly responded: "No

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There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched him to help this child.
 So the sage came to the village, and a crowd gathered around him, for such a man was a rare sight. One woman brought the sick child to him, and he said a prayer over her.
"Do you really think your prayer will help her, when m

Kali yuga is an Excuse

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

Gurudeva continued the lecture today morning, on the same verses from Srimad Bhagavatam 3.32.34-35-36, for the third consecutive day.

Maharaja said that only the Vedic literature can provide us the true knowledge. Putting this knowledge into practice is Srimad Bhagavatam Vedic culture which will save us from all kinds of miseries. Any touching sensatio

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ISKCON of New Jersey

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Anything that is going on in this world, is under the supreme supervision of the Lord. There is a philosopher's saying, "Not a blade of grass moves without the will of God." It is actually the fact. Now, we have to dovetail ourself with that plan of the Supreme Lord. That is called karma-yoga. So Arjuna understood it, and he dovetailed himself with the supreme will of the Lord. And when he was inquired, "Whether you are