Departure of HG Vicitravirya Prabhu

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 17, 2010 at 10:04am

Hari Bol Devotees,

This evening at 7.18pm, Vicitravirya prabhu passed away in very peaceful and blessed circumstances. His departure was very gentle in the presence of his children and devotees with Srila Prabhupada's kirtan. We had been able to make all the preparations, offer our prayers and encourage Vici to place himself solely in Prabhupada's hands. We will miss him dearly, but are relieved that he is free of such a debilitated condition and is now on his way to continue his service to the s

Go On Increasing the Asset

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 17, 2010 at 10:02am

Devotee: Prabhupada, are all one’s tiny efforts to serve Krishna virtually useful?

Srila Prabhupada: That I have already explained. You are already coming here, and even though you are not initiated, just your coming is also service. So if you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. When you get a hundred dollars you can buy the business. So you come here daily, one cent, one cent; and when it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee. No effort is wasted. Sukad

!!! Nominations for the second IEEA !!!

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 17, 2010 at 9:54am

Dear Vaisnavas,

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

We would like to call nominations for the second ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (IEEA) for the year 2009-2010. IEEA are meant to recognize the sincere devotees who have dedicated their lives to the mission of Srila Prabhupada in Europe. These awards are to encourage such exemplary devotees. The last year's winners can be viewed here: http://www.eurogbc.com/content/iskcon-europe-excellence-awards-2009

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HG Aindra Prabhu back to Godhead

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on July 17, 2010 at 9:30am

H.G. Aindra Prabhu has returned to Godhead today morning at 7.15 AM. He was found doing dandavat in front Goura-Nitai, his personal Deity, whom he worshipped. A devotee, who always helped him to serve his Deity, tried to open the door today morning, but Aindra Prabhu never turned up. The door was broke opened by the devotees and found Aindra Prabhu left this world forever to Goloka Vrindavana doing dandavat before the Supreme Lord. May he ever dwell at peace in Goloka and sing the glories of Rad

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A to Z of Life....forLife

A--Accept

Accept others for who they are and for the choices they've made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives, or actions.

B--Break Away

Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life.

C--Create

Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows, and happiness with.

D--Decide

Decide that you'll be successful and happy come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks

Sad news - Passing away of His Grace Aindra Prabu

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 17, 2010 at 8:30am

Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupda

We just got sad news from Vrindavan that His Grace Aindra prabhu suddenly left his body in Vrindavan few hours back.

There was an accidental gas leak in his room in Vrindavan causing a blast which caused 100 percent burns.

He was scheduled to do his regular dressing today morning of Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar, ISKCON Vrindavan.

Devotees all around the world would very much miss this great devotee & kirtan singer.

His appearance day was

Afternoon news article - Jagannatha, the strange-faced God - by H G Damodar Pandita Prabhu

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 16, 2010 at 10:26pm

Jagannatha, the strange-faced God

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

EVEN though the International Society for Krishna Consciousness celebrates the “Festival of the Chariots”, annually, in every major city of the world (including Moscow), yet most people are not aware why Lord Jagannatha (who is actually Krishna), His brother, Baladeva, and sister, Subhadra, appear in such strange primitive forms. The festival will be celebrated tomorrowall over the world.

The history is fascinating. In the Satya ‘yuga’, there

Times of India Article - Chariots of the Gods: Jagannath Rath Yatra by H G Damodar Pandita Prabhu

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on July 16, 2010 at 10:00pm

Chariots of the Gods: Jagannath Rath Yatra

Damodara Pandita Dasa, Jul 16, 2007, 12.24am IST

The little boy held his father's hand tightly. The huge crowd of devotees was surging towards the three multicoloured wooden chariots balanced on 12-foot wheels. The bright canopies were decorated with flags that were fluttering in the wind, pretty against the blue skies.

Crashing cymbals glistened in the bright sunshine, while the beating of drums, mridangas, set the mood. Scores of perspiring hands were t

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Kolkata Devotees ~ Q & A to HH Radhanath Swami

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 16, 2010 at 1:06pm

Q: U performed so many austerities in ur life. It was v peak time in our movement. Many times we feel frustrated while practicing spiritual lives. Did u never considered leaving KC?

Ans: I don’t remember even once consider leaving. I accepted “ I have to surrender”, nothing else. I understood from SP books that if we are not submissive, we cannot make proper spiritual advancement. So I was trying to be totally submissive. In those days, for 2 yrs atleast, I am not even getting 2-3 hrs sleep a day

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How to Overcome Distractions ?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 16, 2010 at 1:05pm

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

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

We are living in this world wherein we have so many distractions. Internet, TV, gossips, news-papers, criticisms, cheating, politics, social-pressures and the list is endless. How to save ourselves from these things ? In Srimad Bhagavatam verse 1.8.42, Kunti Maharani very nicely prays to Lord Krishna to help her to remember Him always without any deviation. She says,

tvayi m

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 16, 2010 at 1:03pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

There is no doubt that the words of the sadhu possess the power of destroying the evil propensities of one's mind. The sadhus in this way benefit everyone who associates with them. There are many things which we do not disclose to the sadhu. The real sadhu makes us speak out what we keep concealed in our hearts. He then applies the knife. The very word 'sadhu' has no meaning other than this. He stands in front of the block with the uplifted sacri

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 39

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 16, 2010 at 1:03pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 39
grivayam janaloko 'sya
tapolokah stana-dvayat
murdhabhih satyalokas tu
brahmalokah sanatanah

grivayam -- up to the neck; janalokah -- the Janaloka planetary system; asya -- of Him; tapolokah -- the Tapoloka planetary system; stana-dvayat -- beginning from the breast; murdhabhih -- by the head; satyalokah -- the Satyaloka planetary system; tu -- but; brahmalokah -- the spiritual planets; sanatanah -- eternal.

TRANSLATION
From the forefront of the chest up to

Hera Pancami ( During Puri Jagannatha Rathayatra at Gundica Temple )

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on July 16, 2010 at 10:30am

Hera Panchami is a unique festival in the Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra at the Gundicha Temple. Hera means to ‘see’ and Panchami means the ‘fifth day’ – on Hera Panchami day Goddess Lakshmi comes to the Gundicha Temple to see Lord Jagannath. The visit of Goddess Lakshmi takes place five days after the Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra.

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The meaning of Hera-pancami is as follows. On the fifth day of the Rathayatra Festival, Laksmi-devi becomes very worried and thinks, "Where has my husband gone? He told me, 'I

Jayapataka Swami's first japa

Posted by Amogha das on July 16, 2010 at 6:37am

I am a godbrother JPs and my wife is his disciple. This article is a glimpse at how this courageous preacher carried on preaching, ecstatic, despite the crippling effects of the stroke on his body.

At this time he revealed the first time he chanted japa, with an amazing aspect.

I wrote the following on October 5, 2009, when Jayapataka Swami was in Kuala Lumpur. This was the first time I could be close to him since he had his stroke. For those who don't know, this stroke would normally have finishe

Jagannath Rathayatra ( The Puri Temple Complex ) Part - 3

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on July 15, 2010 at 2:25pm

The temple records reveal that the major temple complex calledSri-mandir was built in the 12th century by King Chodaganga Deva(Anangabhima Deva) and it houses as many as 4000 - 5000 priests andcovers an area of approximately one acre bounded by stone walls with agate on each of the four sides. The 25ft high outer wall (655ft x 640ft)is called Meghanada and the inner wall 420ft x 315ft is calledKurma-prachir. The gopura of the main shrine is said to be 215ft talland houses the six foot tall Deiti

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When is Anger Justified?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2010 at 2:15pm

Hare Krishna

An ordinary man works for his own sense enjoyment, and when this principle of sense enjoyment is extended to include his society, nation or humanity in general, it assumes various attractive names such as altruism, socialism, communism, nationalism and humanitarianism. These "isms" are certainly very attractive forms of karma-bandhana (karmic bondage), but the Vedic instruction of Sri Īśopaniṣad is that if one actually wants to live for any of the above "isms," he should make them Go

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Good Fortune

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2010 at 2:12pm

PAMHO

AGTSP

The Nectar of Instruction 3

By His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami

The material world is a place of confinement for the living entities who are by nature ānandamaya, pleasure-seeking. They actually want to be free from the confinement of this world of conditional happiness, but not knowing the process of liberation, they are bound to transmigrate from one species of life to another and from one planet to another. In this way the living entities are wandering throughout the material

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2010 at 2:11pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

A devotee who confidently states his position and forcefully refutes others may be misunderstood to be arrogant, especially by those brought up in the pseudo-liberal belief that every opinion is as good as any other. But a devotee's confidence comes, not from pride or dogmatism, but because he is actually right and everyone else is wrong. Devotees know the Absolute Truth and thus know everything best. (c.f. Bg. 15.19)

The devotee is always right.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 38

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2010 at 2:11pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 38
bhurlokah kalpitah padbhyam
bhuvarloko 'sya nabhitah
hrda svarloka urasa
maharloko mahatmanah

bhuh -- the lower planetary systems up to the stratum of the earth; lokah -- the planets; kalpitah -- it is so imagined or said; padbhyam -- out of the legs; bhuvah -- the upper; lokah -- the planetary system; asya -- of Him (the Lord); nabhitah -- from the navel abdomen; hrda -- by the heart; svarlokah -- the planetary systems occupied by the demigods; urasa --

Krishna’s Protection in Times of Misery

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 15, 2010 at 1:24pm

An answer to Krishna’s sometimes mysterious ways may lie in the following quote from the Saranagati songs of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

"All the troubles encountered in your devotional service are great causes of happiness, for in your devotional service joy and sorrow are equally great riches, both destroy the misery of ignorance."

I can see this in my own life, when in recent years I had to undergo much physical hardship and a certain degree of insecurity. I often asked myself: "Will I ever be p

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Departure of HG Vicitravirya Prabhu

Go On Increasing the Asset

!!! Nominations for the second IEEA !!!

HG Aindra Prabhu back to Godhead

Enjoy!

Sad news - Passing away of His Grace Aindra Prabu

Afternoon news article - Jagannatha, the strange-faced God - by H G Damodar Pandita Prabhu

Jagannatha, the strange-faced God

Times of India Article - Chariots of the Gods: Jagannath Rath Yatra by H G Damodar Pandita Prabhu

Chariots of the Gods: Jagannath Rath Yatra

Kolkata Devotees ~ Q & A to HH Radhanath Swami

How to Overcome Distractions ?

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 39

Hera Pancami ( During Puri Jagannatha Rathayatra at Gundica Temple )

Jayapataka Swami's first japa

Jagannath Rathayatra ( The Puri Temple Complex ) Part - 3

When is Anger Justified?

Good Fortune

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 38

Krishna’s Protection in Times of Misery

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