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Srila Prabhupada's tooth

August 15th, 1976

Srila Prabhupada rang his buzzer early this morning. I entered his room, offered my obeisances, looked up -- and got a shock. Srila Prabhupada was smiling -- revealing a gap where his tooth should have been.

With mixed dismay and surprise I asked, "Srila Prabhupada, what happened to your tooth?"

Without saying anything, Srila Prabhupada reached down and pulled open the drawer of his desk. The tooth was lying inside. During the night it had either fallen out
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 39
sa esa adyah purusah
kalpe kalpe srjaty ajah
atmatmany atmanatmanam
sa samyacchati pati ca


sah -- He; esah -- the very; adyah -- the original Personality of Godhead; purusah -- the Maha-Visnu incarnation, a plenary portion of Govinda, Lord Krsna; kalpe kalpe -- in each and every millennium; srjati -- creates; ajah -- the unborn; atma -- self; atmani -- upon the self; atmana -- by His own self; atmanam -- own self; sah -- He; samyacchati -- absorbs; pati -
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We were about to drive from Townsville, in North Queensland, to Brisbane, a distance of about 400 km. There is a big market in Townsville that I thought would be great for harinam and book distribution. But my wife felt a bit sick and wanted to leave right away so that we wouldn't get to our destination too late in the evening. I agreed with her proposal. So we set off with no plans to do books -- but Krsna had other plans.

I stopped in a side street to wash some fruit to eat on the way. There
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Poetry

Oh, My Master’s Lotus Feet Are Bittersweet

By Tamal Krishna Goswami

God’s greatest gift, service to my master,
Exorcist of the ghost of past desire,
Sweet purgative, bittersweet oil of castor.

I’ve found my master’s service does inspire
Desirelessness of all but pleasing him;
Without remorse, I watch life’s joys expire.

Let lust retire, that most acidic sin,
By guru’s grace, its misery alkalize
My soured life, rescued by his discipline.

I hide my sin in shame lest he recognize
My faults and condemn what I e
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Jagannatha Rathayatra in Agra

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Lakshman (das) Vrindavan (IN): Sri Sri Jagannath in Agra!!! Astonishing
though, see it as a reality to believe it. The Lord will be visible to
the naked eyes at the New ISKCON Centre at Kamala Nagar in Agra.
Devotees eager to witness this grant consecration ceremony- a feast to
the eye, ear and tongue- may please join us.

Rathayatra

From : Sri Mano-Kameswar Mandir, Agra

To : Sanjay Place, Agra

Date : Friday, the 17 September 2010

Time : 1.00 PM

Organiser : International Society for Krishna Cons

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Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila

(A summary of the katha spoken by HH Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj at the Krishna-Balaram Temple at ISKCON, Vrindavan)


On the holy occasion of Balaram-Jayanti to Janmashthami from 24 August 2010 to 2 September 2010, His Holiness Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj enlightened the devotees of the Krishna-Balaram Mandir and the Vrajavasis of Vrindavan with his nectarine Bhagavat Katha— Govardhan Lila. Every day, large crowd thronged up to enjoy the sweetness of the kathamrt f

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A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, according to fire crews.

A religious celebration was being held at the property in Thoresby Street when one of the occupants went to disconnect a gas cylinder being used for cooking.

Leicestershire Fire Service said the man noticed the valve was leaking and got everyone out with moments to spare.

It was a "miracle" no-one was killed, watch manager Bill Smith said.

'Saved lives'

He said "Mo

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Devotees escape a gas blast in temple

LONDON — A gas explosion ripped through a ISKCON Leicester temple in England on Friday destroying part of the building but leaving no one injured.
Rescuers combing the rubble for trapped devotees said everyone was accounted for. "The temple has been burnt, basically destroyed, but no one was hurt, that is the best news," said Varsana Devi-Dasi, a spokeswoman for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Temple officials said the explosion was caused by a gas leak at the temple. Gauran
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VYAS PUJA MAHOTSAV of H H GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI

Please accept my humble obesiances..
Hare Krishna.
Dandavatpranams..
Dear Mata ji's & Prabhu ji's

This is to inform all you that today is a very special day "VYAS PUJA MAHOTSAV" of our beloved spiritual master

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"HIS HOLINESS GOPAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI"...A grand celebration in DELHI being held at "SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM"..
PROGRAMS:9 am to 2 pm...and for evening 4 pm to 9 pm...
Do come and be the part of this grand celebration and get the blessings of GURU MAHARAJ...

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ALL GLORIES
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9th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat, New Vrindavan

9th Annual Vaishnavi Retreat
October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2010
For Women, by Women
New Vrindaban, W.Va

Come experience early fall in the glorious Appalachian foothills in the
shelter of New Vrindaban Dhama.
Nourish your mind, body and soul in the spiritually enlivening
association of Vaishnavi’s from around the country as you spend the
weekend immersed in a retreat reflecting the mood and teachings of His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Included this year:
A full session ded
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Now you can buy cow product online. Shipping Free across the
www.gomataseva.org Hare Krishna


Many of us wants to use cow product but difficult to buy regularly so now you can by cow
product online these service is provided by our iskcon devotees farm community
from Gujarat. GOMATASEVA GROUP


we are staying in far from city life in peaceful atmosphere ,we having 150 cow, pure breed Indian gir cow .Here atmosphere like Vrindavan you
can hear sound of peacock and cow, calf, and many birds also singing

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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Subject: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Srila Prabhupada
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness, was born in 1896, in Calcutta, in a
Vaisnava family.

His father, Gour Mohan De, named him Abhay Charan. His father’s only wish
was that, Abhay would become a devotee of Srimati Radharani.

Abhay studied under British colonial rule, finally going to university to
read chemistry
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Sri Kshetra Parikrama - 2010


Dear Mahrajas & Prabhus,

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


With great pleasure, we invite devotees worldwide to participate in the Parikrama of Puri dhama- Sri Kshetra Parikrama 2010. For the past six years, this parikrama has been conducted very successfully, with increasing number of devotees attending the parikrama a year after year. Last year more than 6500 devotees participated in the parikrama.

This year Parikrama will take place on 26th November. This will
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Realisation on Determination


REALISATION


While coming to Krishna consciousness times and again I shied away from teaching Mahamantra to the kids of my Play school. The very thought of getting criticized by family, parents of kids and onlookers kept me miles away from doing so. Then I came across the following verse was found in the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.3-4


mugdham maam nigadantu neeti-nipunaa bhraantam muhur vaidikaah
mandam baandhava-sancayâ jada-dhiyam muktaadaraah sodaraah
unmattam dhanino viveka-caturaah kaama

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Realisation on determination

REALISATIONWhile coming to Krishna consciousness times and again I shied away from teaching Mahamantra to the kids of my Play school. The very thought of getting criticized by family, parents of kids and onlookers kept me miles away from doing so. Then I came across the following verse found in the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.3-4mugdham maam nigadantu neeti-nipunaa bhraantam muhur vaidikaahmandam baandhava-sancayâ jada-dhiyam muktaadaraah sodaraahunmattam dhanino viveka-caturaah kaamam maha
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A stroke of good fortune

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A few years ago my wife Krsna Rupa and I met an Indian gentleman named Gyan who was interested in the Srimad Bhagavatam set. We went to his house to show him the books, did kirtan and gave him some prasadam. He ended up getting $1600 worth of books; the Srimad Bhagvatam set, Caitanya Caritamrta, Lilamrta, Hari Sauris books etc.

We would go and visit occasionally, do a program and he would gradually pay for the books. But one day I lost his phone number. So we drove around to his house only
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Realisation on determination


REALISATION


While coming to Krishna consciousness times and again I shied away from teaching Mahamantra to the kids of my Play school. The very thought of getting criticized by family, parents of kids and onlookers kept me miles away from doing so. Then I came across the following verse found in the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.3-4


mugdham maam nigadantu neeti-nipunaa bhraantam muhur vaidikaah
mandam baandhava-sancayâ jada-dhiyam muktaadaraah sodaraah
unmattam dhanino viveka-caturaah kaamam ma

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Throw Your Microwave Oven Now


Throw Your Microwave Oven Now

Everyone uses microwave ovens to heat and cook food, especially in the western countries. The microwave oven has become a "must have" kitchen tool. Nearly all the scientists have officially stated that there is absolutely nothing wrong in using microwave ovens. Everyone has accepted the Scientists opinion that microwave ovens are safe.
One day the World will wake up to the fact that microwave oven use does cause cancer, far worse than cigarettes or meat.
Today, there a
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