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Dear devotees.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!

Here are two stories from the previous Srila Prabhupada marathon. I feel they are small examples on how one can be close to Krsna while trying to serve Him by distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.

The whole marathon was very blissful and nice. There were about twelve of us distributing throughout the five weeks. Plus there were many congregational devotees

Devotee:

atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.26]

"If, however, you think that the soul is perpetually born and always dies, still you have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."
Prabhupada:

atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.27]

So Krsna is putting forward the modern scientific view. The modern scientific view is that there is no soul. Life is generated from matter. By combinatio

Brother Hammer served as the chairman. The other members of the tool belt informed him that he must leave, because he was too noisy. But brother Hammer said, "If I have to leave this carpenter's shop, then
brother Gimlet must go too. He's insignificant and makes a very small
impression." (A gimlet is a small tool with a sc...rew point, grooved shank, and a cross handle for boring holes).

All the Holy Places are present where a Pure Saint is Present.

But everything is determined by our Receptivity.

Our receptivity is according to our humility, our gratitude & Eagerness.

Source: South India Yatra 2010

BEYOND YOGA MAYA

Today I had a WONDERFUL thing to share with you, which I am sure that whosoever reads that, their whole body will shiver with joy. Yes, really, whosever reads this mail, their body will definitely shiver with joy, I am very sure.

Daily morning, en-route from my home to office, I pass through a Mosque, hearing “Allaahaaaaaaa”, when hearing the sound from little far off (before reaching the Mosque), the sound “Allaaaa” used to come to my ear as “Hareeeeee” and I used to look left

Srila Prabhupada seems to be very conclusive and exacting as to which terms of
address he deems appropriate for ladies, and "sister" in whichever rendition is
not among them:

Lecture on SB 1.16.10 on January 7, 1974 in Los Angeles:

"From five years old, if a child is trained to call all woman as "Mother,"
naturally his culture is different. Because he has learned to call all woman as
"Mother." He has no other idea. A small child, any woman comes before him, he
knows "(S)He is my mother." So this was th

TORCH LIGHT

TEMPLE is like a Torch....that has a Bulb, Cell & a Switch.

Guru is like a Bulb that shows the Light....

God is like a Cell that Supplies Power to the Bulb (Guru)

Devotee is like a Switch....

Only when the Switch (Mind of the Devotee) is "ON", the Bulb(Guru) can show the Light.

Genuine Vs Hypocrite : An irresponsible leader can break the hearts and faith of his followers and raise suspicion even toward those who are genuine. What pain his hypocrisy caused to those who trusted him and just see what it has done to his own life. How essential it is to live what we believe. How vital it is to practice what we preach.”

Soul Vs Body : “It’s not the body that people love, but the soul. The body is a temporary vehicle. Without the soul, the body is like a car without a driver.

Parents are definitely a special category, but in our books we don't find many practical guidelines on how to deal with them. We can identify the first oppressed and misunderstood young bhakta in the person of Prahlada Maharaja, and call his father Hiranyakasipu the pioneer of the anticult movement, with his allies Sanda and Amarka as the first deprogrammers - unsuccessful, like others who were to come after them. We meet the four determined brahmacaris, the Kumaras, who boldly refused their fa

Truly, Faith is the life-giving tree of Bliss,

It stems from the root of devotion,

It is nourished by the determination of the devotee,

It flowers by the Grace of the Guru,

It fructifies with the Blessings of the Lord,

And then it reaches out to the hearts of others,

To seed, and take root, once again…

Thank you Devotees for the seeds you have sown,

For Faith is the offspring of Faith, in oneself and in others… :)

-eternalmuser

The Euro GBC is delighted to introduce you to nine devotees who received  the second ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards for the year 2010.

Avesarupa Dasa (in the middle)
Initiated by Bhagavan Dasa
Age: 54
ISKCON Madrid
Joined ISKCON in 1978 in Barcelona;
Nominated by Yadunandana Swami and Vedavyasa Prabhu, the Euro-GBC of Spain;
Category: Book distribution (doing this service for 32 years)

Avesarupa has been distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books nonstop ever since a few weeks after he joined ISKCON. He ser

Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.

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ISKCON Sri Jagannath Mandir,Bangalore is pleased to announce this service for benefit of all devotees.

Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement, was started in 1944 by the Founder of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada considered Bac

Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.

ISKCON SRI JAGANNATH MANDIR,Bangalore appeals to the national and international devotees, well wishers, to donate generously for upcoming
ISKCON Temple complex at Kumarswamy Layout,South Bangalore.

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