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Kirtan Standards in ISKCON

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The Kirtan Standards Committee (KSC) was established by the GBC to formulate clear standards and guidelines for kirtan within ISKCON based on the statements of Srila Prabhupada, and to present their findings for approval by the GBC body. The below are the first of such approved standards and guidelines.
Musical Instruments to be used for Kirtan and Bhajan in Temple Worship and Public Presentations in ISKCON
In our analysis of Srila Prabhupada's various instructions concerning instrument use
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Vrindavan das Thakur was the author of Sri Caitanya Bhagavata, a great biography of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is considered the manifest Vyasadeva of Lord Caitanya's pastimes. He was born shortly after the disappearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. At the age of twenty, he accepted formal initiation from Lord Nityananda. It was on Lord Nityananda's order that he wrote Sri Caitanya Bhagavata. (See Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi- lila 8.33-42 and 11.54-55.)

 

Srimad Vrndavan dasa Thakura's mother's

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"MAMGACHHI" - Birthplace of SRI VRINDAVAN DAS THAKUR



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Hare Krishna! On 29 May, Sunday is the auspicious Appearance Day of a great Vaishnava acarya Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura, the last initiated disciple of Lord Nityananda and author of Sri Caitanya Bhagavata. The Life and Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are very elaborately described in Sri Caitanya Bhagavata. Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura took initiation at the age of 16. He was the dear-most disciple of Lord Nityananda.
 
“MAMGACHHI”
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Being attracted by Madan-mohana

tambhayann atmanatmanam
yavat sattvam yatha-shrutam
na shashaka samadhatum
mano madana-vepitam
[SB 6.1.62]

So his mind became very much agitated, young man, and he is seeing in his front that another young man and woman embracing and kissing. It is very difficult to restrain. Unless one is very advanced, it is not possible. That I was reciting, the verse by Yamunacarya, yadavadhi mama cettah padaravinde, krshna-padaravinde nava-nava-dhaman rantum asit, tadavadhi bata nari-angame bhavati sushtu nishth

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By     Bharat Chandra (das)

I remember, in my first few days in ISKCON, I had asked someone about howmrdangas were made and where were they made.  Clearly, I was not satisfiedwith the answer and always thought, one fine day, I will get into thedetails. Surely enough, I now know, our performance of sankirtan all overthe world is tainted with the blood of slaughter!

DIGESTING THE FACT:

Navadwip to Mayapur via boat crossing Ganga is a beautiful short trip.  Myrecent shift to serve at dham was filled w

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"Remember Krsna 24 Hours A Day"


66/10/02 New York, Bhagavad-gita 7.8-14 

 

Prabhupada:

raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu

Now, Lord Krsna is describing how you become Krsna conscious fully, in every step of your life. This verse we have been discussing last day, that raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. Now, this glass of water, the taste, the juice of this water, is Krsna. You cannot, when you are thirsty..., this water given by God; there is no other replacement. If somebody offers me
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Srila Prabhupada's Trees

Srila Prabhupada's Trees

by Giriraj Swami

Srila Prabhupada had to struggle very hard to build the Juhu temple. The first struggle was to get the land, the next struggle was to get the permission to build the temple, and the last struggle was to actually build the temple and install the Deities. And we had worked very hard to get the permission, but Indian permits often include many conditions. So although they give permission, the permission is not actually valid until one fulfills the conditions.
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Visit to Melbourne

Wednesday, 5 April 1972

After five busy days of preaching in Sydney, Srila Prabhupada flew to Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria. As the Ansett Airlines flight landed at Melbourne's Tullamarine airport, about 20 devotees chanted loudly near Arrival Bay Three, despite objections from airport officials.

This was Prabhupada's first visit to Melbourne. For many of the devotees who lived in the fledgling temple, it was to be their premier chance for personal association w
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 6
sri-suka uvaca
yada tu raja sva-sutan asadhun
pusnan na dharmena vinasta-drstih
bhratur yavisthasya sutan vibandhun
pravesya laksa-bhavane dadaha


sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; yada -- when; tu -- but; raja -- King Dhrtarastra; sva-sutan -- his own sons; asadhun -- dishonest; pusnan -- nourishing; na -- never; dharmena -- on the right path; vinasta-drstih -- one who has lost his insight; bhratuh -- of his brother; yavisthasya -- younger; suta
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Thought Of The Day

To understand Vedic literature means one must have firm faith in Krsna and firm faith in guru, not that "My guru is not so learned, so let me capture Krsna directly." That is useless. That is useless. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, guru-krsna-krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. One can get the seed of the plant or creeper of bhakti, how? Guru-krsna-krpa. By the mercy of guru and by the mercy of Krsna, not that krsna-krpa. First guru-krpa, then krsna-krpa.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.27).

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Management vs. Human Relationships

This happened in the month of April 2005 on the day that Radhanath Swami was about to leave for his western preaching tour. Since he was scheduled to be away for at least 6 months , I put together a list of eight points concerning temple management that I needed Radhanath Swami to decide upon before he left. I then called up his secretary and told that I needed to meet Radhanath Swami, any time that was convenient for him, for half an hour. I did this in the morning, feeling pretty sure that at
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Body Clock

Body Clock

 

 

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12 Important Human Body Organs and their peak timings: Lungs, Intestines,  Stomach, Spleen.  There are 12 important organs in our body, which will be at its peak for two  hours a day. Normal health or disease of any person depends on this factor.  To lead a healthy life, one should learn one's own body functioning  language.

1. Organ
Lungs


Time
Early Morning (3AM-5AM)
 


Remarks
It is good to wake up at this hour. The Ozone content in atmosphere will be  more at

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Prabhupad Nector

Letter to: Nandarani 
Seattle 
15 October, 1968

"Regarding your question: The spirit soul of Krishna's entourage, all the associates of Krishna or anyone situated in Vaikuntha the spiritual sky, never mind, either in Vaikunthas or in Krishna Loka, they have no separate body. Just like Krishna has no differentiation between body and soul, similarly, those who are transferred or living eternally in the spiritual sky, they haven't got also such distinction, between spirit and body. The body is also sp

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Due to being conditioned by the external energy, the conditioned soul within this material world gets two kinds of bodies -- a gross material body and a subtle material body composed of mind, intelligence and ego. Due to the gross and subtle bodies, he is subjected to the threefold miseries (adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika), miseries arising from the body and mind, other living entities and natural disturbances caused by demigods from higher planetary systems.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya
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You have asked some specific mantra; there is no other greater mantra than Hare Krsna. Srila Bhaktivinode says, "When I chant Radha Krsna or Hare Krsna all my dangers are gone immediately." So which other mantra can be more effective than Hare Krsna?

Letter to Upendra - Monday, 25 May, 1970
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 5
suta uvaca
sa evam rsi-varyo 'yam
prsto rajna pariksita
praty aha tam subahu-vit
pritatma sruyatam iti


sutah uvaca -- Sri Suta Gosvami said; sah -- he; evam -- thus; rsi-varyah -- the great rsi; ayam -- Sukadeva Gosvami; prstah -- being questioned; rajna -- by the King; pariksita -- Maharaja Pariksit; pratiaha -- he replied; tam -- unto the King; su-bahu-vit -- highly experienced; prita-atma -- fully satisfied; sruyatam -- please hear me; iti -- thus.


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TV Interview

A second television interview was booked for the evening. Controversial Sydney TV personality Bob Rogers hosted a program of music, comedy and talk, and specialised in interviewing "top-name guests from both locally and abroad". Srila Prabhupada and his entourage squeezed into a taxi for another long drive to ATN Seven studios in Epping; a few other devotees joined them on-site.

Caru: We had to sit in the waiting room for a while before going on. Meanwhile, a wall-mounted television m
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Idol worshipers - Meeting at the Airport
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Taken from a bhagavat saptah of H.H Radha Govind Maharaj at potomac. HH Radha Govinda Maharaj meets an Airport official at Kuwait airport.

H.H Radha Govind Maharaj mentions this incident on his flight from kenya to India his flight had a transit via kuwait. due to some delay he had to wait for 4-5 hrs at Kuwait.While chanting Hare Krishna in the airport lounge, 1 airport official watching the indian swami became intrigued and called him over to speak.

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Wonderful Lila

Hare Krsna,
When Gour Govinda Swami became a sannyasi, he left his home, his wife and seven children. He was 45 years old and his children were still young. After he left, his wife and children were in great difficulty to maintain their lives. Because he had been teaching in a school, he was entitled to receive a pension. The government told his wife, “If your husband will sign a document, you can receive his pension. All he has to do is sign this paper.” One government minister came to him when
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