Grand opening of the Five Star Hilton for Krishna cows

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 10, 2010 at 2:24pm

*Grand opening of the 'Five Star Hilton' for Krishna cows*

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On 6th November His Holiness Bhakti Cari Swami and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, the Attorney General for the British government opened the new farm complex, called New Gokul, at Bhaktivedanta Manor. Other dignitaries present included ISKCON author Rachor Prime, His Excellency Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise the Ambassador of Nepal, Lord Dolar Popat, Joyce D'Silver from Compassion in World Farming and many others.

Praising Gokul farm for its e

A LOVING QUARREL

Posted by geeta kakkar on November 10, 2010 at 12:30pm

A LOVING QUARREL
Taken from the book "The butter thief"

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Mother Yasoda held Krishna, and began to scold Him. “I’ll give You such a beating!“ she threatened. “I know You go from house to house, stealing. You are a thief (caura)!“ Krishna replied, “Oh! Why are you saying that I am a
thief? There is no thief in My dynasty, in Nanda Baba’s dynasty. Perhaps there is a thief in your dynasty.“
He was so cheeky. He had heard Yasoda Maiya and Nanda Baba talking about Mother Yasoda’s forefather called
Caura Gho

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Srila Prabhupada: be straightforward

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 10, 2010 at 9:31am

I recently sent out a sankirtan story by Madhumangala Prabhu called 'coming back.' When I first read it I felt a little uncomfortable about sending it out because it seemed to be a little shady. However, the exchange seemed to end alright so I sent it out. Then I received this letter from an old friend, Jayarama Prabhu, a devotee in Florida:

"All glories to all book distributors, but I'm not so sure Madhumangala dasa's transcendental trickery is the way to change hearts. Brian could very likely h

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Gopastami Mahamahotsav Invitation

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 10, 2010 at 9:21am

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s,

All glories to srila prabhupad.

Dandvat Pranam,

First time we are celebrating Gopastami Mahamahotsav in Iskcon Vrindavan Goshala. So we are cordially invited you to please come & join us on this great day.

Please see the attached file for programe schedules.

On behalf of Iskacon Vrindavan Goshala.

Y/s

Saci Gaurasundara Das

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on November 9, 2010 at 1:09pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Nandagaon

Devadhideva Mahadeva Sankara(Siva) pleased his worshipful deity Sri Krsna and asked for the boon to have darsana of Sri Krsna's childhood pastimes. The Supreme Lord Sri Krsna ordered him to situate himself in Nandagaon in the form of a hill. Sri Sankara Mahadeva followed this order and became Nandisvara Hill. He then waited for the arrival of his worshipful deity. To fulfill the desire of the exalted Vaisnava Sri Sankara, Sri Krsna performed

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Coming Back

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 9, 2010 at 12:07pm

This morning, after a harinam on a Diwali procession here in Durban, South Africa, I waited with the other the devotees in the party in front of a busy supermarket for Vibhu Caitanya Prabhu to pick us up and take us back to the temple. I noted that there were a lot of shoppers entering and leaving the store. While the devotees went in to get some cold drinks, I stayed outside and distributed books to people waiting in their cars and to the shoppers.

I approached a young lady who had just pulled u

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Pictorial Presentation of Srila Prabhupada Memories

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 9, 2010 at 11:03am

Srila Prabhupada's Former family

Radharani De; Srila Prabhupada holding eldest son Prayag Raj; Gaura Mohan De; other family members

Srila Prabhupada, his brother, and three of his children-Prayag Raj, Mathura Mohan and Sulaxmana.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami-Chippiwada Delhi 1964-5

Srila Prabhupada's original typewriter

Planning the journey at Srila Rupa Goswami Samadhi side

Meeting Sumati Morarji - owner of the steamship company

Ato Tompkins Square Park - New York

Prabhupada’s Passport

Here’s Srila Prabhup

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New Gokul farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor to officially open

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 8, 2010 at 8:21am

At £3 a litre, New Gokul will be selling the most expensive milk in the UK. However, demand is already outstripping supply. Hailed as a blue-print for the future of farming, the cows at the New Gokul project have been described as living in the “Hilton of farms”.

The care received by the 44 cows and bulls, mostly dairy Short Horns and Meuse-Rhine-Yssel is unparalleled . For example, relaxing music is played to the cows as they are hand-milked, and they are allowed to live their full natural life-

Are we letting Krishna Down

Posted by keshav narayan sorathia on November 7, 2010 at 7:57pm

Bhismadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications:

1. Not to become angry

2. Not to lie

3. To equally distribute wealth

4. To forgive

5. To beget children only by one’s legitimate wife

6. To be pure in mind and hygienic in body

7. Not to be inimical toward anyone

8. To be simple

9. To support servants or subordinates.

Bhismadeva also advices this:

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.

To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.

By spiritual culture one is able

Ram carved Gopinath on the way to Ayodhya

Posted by Amogha das on November 7, 2010 at 6:19am

When Lord Ramachandra and Sita Devi were returning to Ayodhya after Their exile, Their flower airplane flew right above this place. In those days, the area used to look magnificent. There were seven rivers flowing through it and the landscape was vibrant with lush vegetation. As Sita was mesmerized by its beauty, she inquried from Lord Rama, "Oh, my Lord, in what form will You appear on Earth when you descend in Dvapara-yuga?"

Lord Rama immediately landed the plane. At that spot there was a large

GBC 2010 Group

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 6, 2010 at 6:30pm

hirty-five members and ministers of the Governing Body Commission attended their second annual meetings from October 31st through November 4th at the ISKCON Juhu temple in Mumbai, India, where they discussed plans to cement ISKCON’s future.

The GBC meets twice a year: once for ten days during the spring Gaura Purnima festival at ISKCON’s international headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal; and once for five days during the autumn Kartika Season at another location.

For the past several years, the s

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Hungary`s Krishna Valley Devotees Elected to Local Mayor’s Council

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 6, 2010 at 8:04am

Since 1998—for the past three elections—one of the seven people on the Mayor’s council in the village of Somogyvamos in Hungary has been an ISKCON devotee.
This year, there will only be four people on the Mayor’s council, as well as the newly elected Mayor Mrs Marianna Dekanyne Karoly—and three of them will be devotees.
Krishna Valley, a sustainable community and one of ISKCON’s most successful rural projects, is situated within Somogyvamos. The tiny village, one of over three thousand such settle

Purnacandra Swami - Offerings by Urmila Mataji

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on November 5, 2010 at 9:07pm

Obeisances. Glories to Prabhupada!

I am deeply mourning the passing of Purnacandra Maharaja. Having the honor, privilege, and pleasure of serving under his guidance for so many years, I know him as a deep Vaisnava – humble, gentlemanly, caring, aiming for the highest bhakti, compassionate, thoughtful, and fully dedicated to His Divine Grace. He has left us during auspicious Kartika, on Diwali, a day of new beginnings.

Your servant,

Urmila devi dasi

Purnacandra Maharaja joined Srila Prab

Purnacandra Swami left his body

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on November 5, 2010 at 9:00pm

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Dear Devotees,

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

I am sorry to be the bearer of sad news: HH Purnacandra Gosvami has left
this world on Thursday, November 4, 22:25 local Moscow time.

More information later....

"He reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die
When thou art living still in sound!
The Vaishnavas die to live, and living try
To spread the holy name around!"

- Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Your servant,
Yugala-kisora

----- INTEGRITY PUT TO TEST -----

Posted by Vandana Goel on November 5, 2010 at 8:00am

INTEGRITY PUT TO TEST

It was Thursday; the most tiring day of my school timetable, with seven periods straight to be taken in continuation and then to take a substitution was like last straw to break the camel’s backbone.

I went through an ordeal to climb down three staircases with 30 steps each and then walking around 200 steps to junior building and again climbing up the second floor to reach fourth standard. Reaching the class in time was another challenge for a myopathic person like me .howe

New £2.5 million cow sanctuary to be opened in Letchmore Heath

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on November 4, 2010 at 10:00pm

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New £2.5 million cow sanctuary to be opened in Letchmore Heath on Saturday

3:18pm Thursday 4th November 2010

By Suruchi Sharma

A NEW brand of slaughter-free milk for Hindus will be brought to the masses following the official opening of a new £2.5million cow sanctuary in Letchmore Heath this weekend.

The sanctuary will be opened at Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hilfield Lane, by thirty saffron-robed priests who will be chanting 5000 year old Vedic mantras or prayers for the farm called New Gokul.

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on November 4, 2010 at 1:17pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Deliverance of Sudarsana

1. One day the cowherd men, eager to take a trip to worship Lord siva, traveled by bullock carts to the Ambika forest.

2. After arriving there, they bathed in the sarasvati and then devotedly worshiped with various paraphernalia the powerful Lord Pasupati and his consort, goddess Ambika.

3. The cowherd men gave the brahmanas gifts of cows, gold, clothing and cooked grains mixed with honey. Then the cowherds p

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Why does my child do Sanskrit?

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on November 4, 2010 at 9:40am

Rutger Kortenhorst, a Sanskrit teacher in John Scottus School (JSS) in Dublin, speaks to parents on the value of teaching Sanskrit to children, based on his own experience with the language.

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, we are going to spend an hour together looking at the topic ‘Why does my child do Sanskrit in John Scottus?’ My bet is that at the end of the hour you will all have come to the conclusion that your children are indeed fortunate that this extraordinary subject is part of thei

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Sunyavad (God Is Never Zero)

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 4, 2010 at 9:06am

We have some money to spend, and the next day our account becomes zero. Rascals say that ultimate truth is zero, sunyavada. They do not know that God is never zero -- that He is always positive. So we must have a clear idea of God. Theologians should take these ideas from Vedic descriptions and not be misled by fools and rascals. God and His full energies are explained in the Vedic literatures. Our energy is lost, but God's is not. That is the difference between God and us. I cannot walk swiftly

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Lakṣmīdevi does not bestow her favor on any materialistic person

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 4, 2010 at 8:46am

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.22

mat-prāptaye 'jeśa-surāsurādayas

tapyanta ugraḿ tapa aindriye dhiyaḥ

ṛte bhavat-pāda-parāyaṇān na māḿ

vindanty ahaḿ tvad-dhṛdayā yato 'jita

SYNONYMS

mat-prāptaye — to obtain my mercy; aja — Lord Brahmā; īśa — Lord Śiva; sura — the other demigods, headed by King Indra, Candra and Varuṇa; asura-ādayaḥ — aswell as the demons; tapyante — undergo; ugram — severe; tapaḥ — austerity; aindriye dhiyaḥ — whose minds are absorbed in thoughts of superior sense gra

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Grand opening of the Five Star Hilton for Krishna cows

A LOVING QUARREL

Srila Prabhupada: be straightforward

Gopastami Mahamahotsav Invitation

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Coming Back

Pictorial Presentation of Srila Prabhupada Memories

New Gokul farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor to officially open

Are we letting Krishna Down

Ram carved Gopinath on the way to Ayodhya

GBC 2010 Group

Hungary`s Krishna Valley Devotees Elected to Local Mayor’s Council

Purnacandra Swami - Offerings by Urmila Mataji

Purnacandra Swami left his body

----- INTEGRITY PUT TO TEST -----

New £2.5 million cow sanctuary to be opened in Letchmore Heath

New £2.5 million cow sanctuary to be opened in Letchmore Heath on Saturday

Story of Lord Krishna

Why does my child do Sanskrit?

Sunyavad (God Is Never Zero)

Lakṣmīdevi does not bestow her favor on any materialistic person

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