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108 Names of Lord Chaitanya

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1. namaskritya pravakshyami, dev-devam jagad-gurum namnam-ashtottara-shatam, caitanyasya mahatmanah

→ Oh great soul! After offering obeisances unto the lord of lord, Who is the spiritual master of the entire universe, I will now narrate 108 holy names of Lord Caitanya:

2. Vishvambharo jita-krodho, maya-manusha-vigrahah Amyai mayinam shreshto, varo-desho dvijottamah

→ Gauranga sustains the universe, is victorious over the influence of mundane anger, and He assumes the illusory form of a human. He is

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The Russian devotees recently released a petition:

"Bhagavad-gita As It Is, one of the most respected holy scriptures of the world today, is under the threat of being banned in Russia.

The court proceedings will resume in Siberian city Tomsk, Russia, on Monday 19th. The persecutors in Tomsk suggest that the widely distributed book translated and commented upon by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada should be included in the Justice Ministry's list of banned extremist literature.

Bhagavad-gita As It

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Temple Profile: Detroit, USA


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Name: ISKCON Detroit Devasadan Mandir (Temple of the Gods).
Address: 383 Lennox Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 4215.
Phone: 313-824-6000 / 313-331-6740
Website: www.detroitiskconlive.com
Presiding Deities: Sri-Sri Radha-Kunja-Bihari, Sri-Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri-Sri Jagannath-Baladeva-Subhadra, Sri Nathji, and Sri Bala Gopala.
President: Braja Kumar Dasa
Opened in: Summer 1983.


Temple Style: Historic art-deco mansion built in the early 1920s by the flamboyant auto industry millionaire and Cadillac President La

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From A Miracle to a Dream Come True

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ISKCON acquires historic bank building in the centre of Leicester



ISKCON has finally acquired the HSBC bank building on Granby Street, a Grade II listed building built in 1875 by the famous architect Goddard. Recently this stunning building was identified by English Heritage as at 'risk' of ruination.

The devotees lost their original place of worship last September, when the temple suffered a gas explosion. All of the 50 devotees within the building managed to escape the multiple blasts, uninjured

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Indian Leaders are Cool!

from Times Of India:

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NEW DELHI: Parliamentarians across the political spectrum on Monday asked the government to ensure that the religious rights of Hindus in Russia are protected after a member pointed out an IANS report about the Bhagvad Gita facing a ban and the prospect of it being branded as "extremist" literature there.

 Angry MPs forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha till 2pm after Biju Janata Dal leader Bhartruhari Mahtab raised the issue in the

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Indian Leaders are Cool!

from Times Of India:

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NEW DELHI: Parliamentarians across the political spectrum on Monday asked the government to ensure that the religious rights of Hindus in Russia are protected after a member pointed out an IANS report about the Bhagvad Gita facing a ban and the prospect of it being branded as "extremist" literature there.

 Angry MPs forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha till 2pm after Biju Janata Dal leader Bhartruhari Mahtab raised the issue in the

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Thought Of The Day

Spiritual life means normal life, and material life means diseased life. Therefore we are always suffering in materialistic way of life. Diseased condition means suffering. So when we have got suffering, how we can say, "It is normal life. It is healthy life"? The common sense. Can any materialistic way, those who are living in a materialistic, can say that "I am very happy"? No. That cannot be. That cannot be. This is diseased condition. One who is intelligent, he can understand that "This is d

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Uproar over call to ban Bhagavad Gita

Uproar over call to ban Bhagavad Gita


Copy of India Hindu Protest

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International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, followers protest outside the Russian consulate in Kolkata, India, on Monday.

New Delhi - Angry Indian lawmakers forced parliament to close on Monday and protesters gathered outside a Russian consulate over a Siberian trial calling for one of Hinduism's most holy books to be put on a list of banned literature that includes Hitler's Mein Kampf.

The case

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Rediff.com

The move to ban Bhagwad Gita by a Siberian court led to a storm in the Lok Saba on Monday, with several members denouncing it and demanding that the government take it up strongly with Russia.
"We will not tolerate any move to insult Lord Krishna," chanted Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, who was supported by several members, angry over reports that a court in Tomsk was  due to pronounce its verdict in a case calling for a ban on the Bhagwad Gita.
The reason for the reported move is tha
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How Richard Dawkins et al are so intelligent

How Richard Dawkins et al are so intelligent

Posted on December 17, 2011
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…the atheist class, demon class, they want to forget Krsna. So Krsna gives
him such intelligence that he can speak of atheism so many volumes. But he
is getting that intelligence from Krsna. Krsna gives everyone the chance
that “Whatever you want to do, you can do. I will give you intelligence. So
if you want to become atheist, then I will give you intelligence how to
become first-class atheist, like Hir

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Why we do not become perfect

Posted on December 18, 2011
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To become perfect is not very difficult job. But because we don’t want to
become perfect, because we want to be cheated, we do not become perfect.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 1.13-14 — London, July 14, 1973

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Vyasadeva was not an Ordinary Fiction Writer

rubbish, nonsense writing, and real literature

Posted on December 19, 2011
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Vyasadeva was not an ordinary fiction writer. Anyone can write any nonsense.
No. Formerly, no book will be accepted unless it is written by liberated
soul. That was the system. No other man will dare to write any book, neither
his book will be accepted in society. Only Vedic literature and literature
produced out of Vedic knowledge. That is book. Otherwise, what are these
books? These fictions and nove

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On Tuesday December 14th, members and supporters of the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness protested outside Hungary's Parliament against a new law that could strip them of their status as a recognized church, and which puts the very existence of their world-famous self-sustainable Krishna-valley farm into question.

The crowd of several hundred included politicians, people of different faiths and world views, ISKCON devotees, some of them dressed up as cows and two actual cows from the

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Vaishnava Picnic at Mohenjo Daro

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As part of ISKCON Pakistan`s yearly Gita Jayanti festivities, on December 11, devotees set out for a picnic to Mohenjo-daro, an archeological site situated in what is now the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Said to be built around 2600 BC, it was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. This mysterious culture emerged nearly 4,5

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Siddhis Riddhis & Nava Nidhis


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Total of 8+10+5+19 (18 Mystic Powers has mention in Bhagavatam+24(5 +19) are considered inferior and minor they are automatically present in the ten and all the 10 secondary siddhis are present in the Asta Siddhis) siddhis + 9 types of wealth. 


Siddhi(spiritual power), and Riddhi (prosperity) Nava Niddhi (9 types of Wealth)

Asta Siddhi and Nava Niddhi are the by Products of Bhakti or Suddha Nama 

Hanuma possessed all of the below. (Asta Siddhi Nava Nidhi ke data)

The Ashta Siddhi (eight siddhis) in

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The Nava Nidhis – Types of wealth

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1. PARKAYA PRAVESH  Parkaya Pravesh means one’s soul entering into the body (sensorium) of some other person or animal or bird. Through this knowledge even a dead body can be brought to life.
 
2. HAADI VIDYA  This vidya or knowledge has been mentioned in several ancient texts. On acquiring this vidya, a person feels neither hunger nor thirst, and can remain without eating food or drinking water for several days at a stretch.
3. KAADI VIDYA  Just as one does not feel hunger or thirst in Haadi vidy
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Bhagavad-gita on Trial in Russia!

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Dear devotees of Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On Monday, December 19th, in Tomsk, Russia, a historic court case is taking place. Some of our movement's detractors are making a major court case, attempting to establish that Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is is is "extremist literature" and on these grounds have it banned throughout the country. The implications for ISKCON in Russia and even in the former USSR are far reachi

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Thought Of The Day

So there are three kinds of processes to receive knowledge: pratyaksa, aitihya and sabda. Pratyaksa means by direct perception, experimental knowledge. And aitihya, or anumana. Anumana, hypothesis, "It may be like this," "Perhaps like this." Just like modern scientists say, "Perhaps it is like this." That is called anumana, hypothesis. And another process is sabda-pramana. Sruti-pramana. Sabda means sound vibration, and sruti means aural reception. So out of three processes, the sabda-pramana, o

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Bhagvada Gita BAN!

Devotees in Tomsk, Siberia, are currently in court fighting an attempt by the Russian government’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to prove that Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is an extremist literature that should be banned.

It all began in May 2010, when an officer of the Tomsk FSB division approached Sergey S. Avanesov, the dean of the philosophy department at Tomsk University, and asked him for his “expert assessment” of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

Interestingly, Avanesov also teache

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Let's Fasten Our Belts Tightly & FIGHT!!!

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

Text PAMHO:22678040 (62 lines)
From: Acyuta Priya (das) RNS (Regional Secretary - Ukraine)
Date: 15-Dec-11 15:17 (17:17 +0200)
To: GBC Discussions [21858]
Reference: Text PAMHO:22677406 by Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (GBC) (Moscow - R)
Subject: Bhagavad-gita court case
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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I want to add something to Maharaja

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