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He was hungry that night .............

.jai shree banke bihari ki ..............

 
The Incident
 
I own a sweet shop in the street leading to the famous Shri Banke Bihari Mandir in Vrindavan. I am talking of a time when the city was not so well developed and crowded. There were no concrete structures though we had certain two storied houses but most of the houses were single storied. Electricity was yet to become popular in the city. Most places in the market were lit up using kerosene lamps, the humble goosenecks or kuppis. Petromax wer
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Temple Profile: Lagos, Nigeria

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The joy of Janmashtami

 

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Krishna Janmashtami would be celebrated in style on Monday August 22, at the Iskcon Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Temple, 1229 Coatesville Riverhead Hwy, Kumeu this year.

 

The day would begin with a special candlelight mangal arati at 4.30am. followed by a lecture on the birth of Lord Krishna at 7pm.

 

The assembled devotees would greet the deities at 8am in their new outfits. Kirtans will continue throughout the day until 7pm.

 

There would be a grand abhishek at 7.30pm followed by the swinging of the

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Monkey for 20 days!

In Holy Braj, no, it is not good,

To maintain material mood.

Those desires me now killing,

As if they stopping my breathing.

I am in the topmost place,

In the holiest land in all universe.

It is Radha and Shyama Kund,

Crest jewel of all which are around.

The foolish monkey is me,

For saintly people as like enemy.

Everyone busy with Holy Names,

Loudly chanting: Radhe! Radhe!

All came to serve, all came to chant,

To feed their Bhakti plant.

Surrounding Sri Govardhan they do penance,

Walking around

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Dirty vision in Vraj

Today I saw a man smoking,

Oh, my God, in the holy place he is so doing!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Then saw a pig stool eating,

Oh, my God, in the holy place he is living!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Saw a monkey who was stealing,

Oh, my God, it is not for others' well being!

Leave it mind, for him permission,

You just try to purify your own vision!

Meet a person who himself Paramatma claiming,

Oh, my

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Dear devotees,

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

Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school in Govardhana, is inviting applicants for joining its program at the start of its sixth year of operation on October 1, 2011.

In our three-year course we offer intensive training in Sanskrit grammar following the grammar of Srila Jiva Gosvami. Our students also learn how to read the Sanskrit commentaries on Srimad-Bhagavatam, systematic
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The Patient (A Krishna-conscious short story)

The Patient

The attractive woman in her mid-thirties knocked on the door of the consulting room. Her usual pleasant face was clouded with worry and the picturesque journey from Mumbai to the hill-station Mahabaleshwar had done little to cheer her up.

“Yes?” asked a voice from inside the room.

She entered and said, “Dr. Sathe?”

The portly man with the ruddy complexion looked up from his desk and smiled. “Yes, that would be me. Good afternoon, please take a seat. How may I help you?”

She settled uneasi

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Come to Krishna Bhakti

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This is in continuation of the transcription of the lecture delivered on 15th March 1992 in Singapore, by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, very very lovingly explaining the reason why the scriptures have been written and the way to get attracted to the scriptures. Maharaj was referring to the verse 1.7.6 of Srimad Bhagavatam

anarthopashamam saakshaad / bhakti-yogam adhokshaje 
lokasyaajaanato vidvaams / cakre saatvata-samhitaam

The material miseries of the living entity

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Here are some very nice words from Srila Prabhupada in Beyond Birth and Death:
The simple process of chanting the names of Krsna will reveal what one is, what God is, what the material and spiritual universes are, why we are conditioned, how we can get out of that conditioning—and everything else, step by step.
Such meditation on Krsna may seem very difficult, but it is not. If one practices Krsna consciousness by chanting the mahä-mantra, Hare Krsna, HareKrsnaKrsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Räma,
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Importance of being pious

Without being pious, nobody can understand. Yesam tv anta-gatam papam jananam punya-karmanam, te dvandva-moha-nir...So the punya-karma means yajna-dana-tapasya... That is called punya-karma, pious activities. So in this age who is going to perform yajna? Where is that capacity? It is not possible. And who has got money to give in charity? Everyone is poverty-stricken. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagyah [SB 1.1.10]. Everyone is unfortunate, everyone in this age. So how he can give in charity? An
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Simplicity is vaisnavism

Although many persons may come to hear Srimad Bhagavatam, who is actually hearing? To whose ears do these words penetrate and go deep into the heart? There are many that are posing to be hearing, but actually they are not hearing. The words are entering into one ear and going out the other. It never penetrates to the heart because they have no faith. They are crooked persons. They are not simple. This is the only reason. They have no faith in the revealed scripture. They are doubtful persons, so
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ATTACHMENTS

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the air, falling at great speed. He could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity. He kept falling and in the moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad ep

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World Holy Name Festival!

Janananda Gosvami on behalf of the World Holy Name festival committee

 

 

 

WORLD HOLY NAME FESTIVAL 2011

SEPTEMBER    10th -20th

 

The annual World Holy Name festival is fast approaching.

 

Please put these dates on the calendar and as much as possible organize or participate in increased performance of sankirtan and japa during these 11 days. More devotees going to more places, to hold more sankirtan festivals on the streets, in halls, in homes, in temples – any way you can. Increased Japa, It is a gol

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Hare Krishna Devotees,

Please accept the blessings of Lord Sri Krishna!!!

Dear Devotees,
We are going to Celebrate Jhulan Yatra, Balaram Jayanti, Janmastami, Srila Prabhupad Vyass Puja & His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharajs Vyass Puja As Per The Schedule.

So you all are invited for this auspicious occasion.


From 
ISKCON, Mira Road

Please forward....

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Three most important items

" In the Hare krishna movement, the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, the dancing in ecstasy and the eating of the remnants of food offered to the lord are very, very important. One may be illiterate or incapable of understanding the philosophy, but if he partakes of these three items, he will certainly be liberated without delay."- Srila Prabhupada
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“Festival of Chariots”

 

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SANTA MONICA , CA – It was an overcast sky with even a hint of a drizzle on the morning of July 31,  at the grounds of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium  at the start  of  ISKCON’s  “Festival of Chariots”  but it did not in any way  dampen the spirit of hundreds who had collected to participate in the Chariot Parade from there to Venice Beach . This was the 34th time the temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness at Watseka Avenue in Los Angeles was conducting the hugely popu
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Is ISKCON Membership Required?

Question: Is ISKCON Membership Required?


Dear Maharaja,

Does one have to be initiated in order to preach Krishna Consciousness? If an aspirant is sincere in their orientation in Krishna Consciousness, does it make a difference to be initiated? And finally does one have to be affiliated with ISKCON to be Krishna Conscious and preach?

Prem

 


Answer: It Best Facilitates Krishna Consciousness


Whether they are initiated or not, all devotees should dedicate their entire lives for telling everyone about Kris

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Question: Why God should be worshiped in images, not in His originalform, spiritual form?Answer: I cannot see spiritual form. That is my difficulty. My sensesare so imperfect that I cannot see God immediately in His spiritualform. Therefore, out of His causeless mercy, He appears before you asyou can see you, Him. We cannot see just now with our material eyesexcept stone, earth, wood, something tangible. Therefore He becomes...These forms are called arcavatara, incarnation of arca, convenientlyp
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We've Got to Get Out of Here

We do not belong here in this material existence. Just as a fish does not belong out of the water, we do not belong in this material world. We are not meant to suffer the pangs of birth, death, old age, and disease. We are meant to instead experience an eternal life, full of bliss and knowledge. 

What are we doing here? How did we end up in this miserable place? It was simply a stupid mistake and there is not much more to be stated in this connection. We thought that we would like to try being th

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