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Calls continued to come from well-wishers. Thank you!

I spent a good chunk of the day reviewing the draft manuscript for “The Saffron Road,” which details my walking experiences throughout the US and Canada, as well as a host of other countries; mostly more tropical. Then there’s Ireland – very moist.

So, we are moving along and getting closer to the book’s release and I’m hoping you will all be looking forward to it’s reading. Frankly I feel that it was almost a previous life that I am looking

In this quote Srila Prabhupad describing that Krishna Conscious temples are the hospitals for all diseased souls of this material world..... To know how read whole quote carefully.

Jai Srila Prabhupad

अध्याह चौदह – पुरुरवा का उर्वशी पर मोहित होना (9.14)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने महाराज परीक्षित से कहा: हे राजन अभी तक आपने सूर्यवंश का विवरण सुना है। अब सोमवंश का अत्यन्त कीर्तिपद एवं पावन वर्णन सुनिए। इसमें ऐल (पुरुरवा) जैसे राजाओं का उल्लेख है जिनके विषय में सुनना कीर्तिप्रद होता है।

2 भगवान विष्णु (गर्भोदकशायी विष्णु) सहस्रशीर्ष पुरुष भी कहलाते हैं। उनकी नाभि रूपी सरोवर से एक कमल निकला जिससे ब्रह्माजी उत्पन्न हुए। ब्रह्मा का पुत्र अत्री अपने पिता के ही समान योग्य था।

3 अत्री के हर्षाश्रुओं से

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On the 21st of this month we will celebrate the birthday of Ram. This is my latest poetical rendering. It is in his honour.
 

Ram possesses all the qualities of a superhero

Royal traits of ultimate prince, monarch or pharaoh

Reverent to all, eager to help and listen

With a service attitude acting on what’s given

His build is admirable, countenance grave

A task he’ll tackle meant only for the brave

He never moves suddenly at a reckless whim

No wonder his father, the emperor, adores him

Ram is a h

अध्याय तेरह – महाराज निमि की वंशावली (9.13)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: यज्ञों का शुभारम्भ कराने के बाद इक्ष्वाकु पुत्र महाराज निमि ने वसिष्ठ से प्रधान पुरोहित का पद ग्रहण करने के लिए अनुरोध किया। उस समय वसिष्ठ ने उत्तर दिया, “हे महाराज निमि, मैंने इन्द्र द्वारा प्रारम्भ किये गये एक यज्ञ में इसी पद को पहले से स्वीकार कर रखा है।"

2 “मैं इन्द्र का यज्ञ पूरा कराकर यहाँ वापस आ जाऊँगा। कृपया तब तक मेरी प्रतीक्षा करें।" महाराज निमि चुप हो गये और वसिष्ठ इन्द्र का यज्ञ सम्पन्न करने में लग गये।

3 महा

Dear Devotees, your prayers can make a difference! Lawer of ISKCON Russia, Maha Balaram prabhu, who triumphantly fought for us in the Bhagavad Gita case, has called me to request support of devotees worldwide. Two days ago there was a raid in Moscow and 3 harinama parties were arrested at the same time and were charged with illegal rallies and obstructing pedestrian movement. Last summer in the same way the harinama party was arrested in my hometown, but we have won all 18 cases in court with t

Renowned ISKCON author, Hridayananda Das Goswami, aka Howard Resnick, presents a spellbinding novel that scales literary heights while delivering a powerful Krishna conscious message.

What if an ancient Sanskrit text holds the answers to today’s deepest problems? What if the past—the ancient past—can help us unlock both our present and our future? 

Read more: https://iskconnews.org/justin-davis-the-first-novel-by-hd-goswami,7755/

I’m receiving a lot of sympathy calls and mail. How sweet it is! Thank you all!

My peers do the same! Some of it’s fun, like the message I received from Devamrita Swami, regarding recovery:

“Some have written praying that you walk over the Covid. Other say no, “trample it.” I pray, Dance out of it, in your signature Vaishnava-Motown style!”

Thank you, dear Devamrita Swami. You lift my spirits.

Two more sunny spots of the day I’ll describe and brief. For a Halifax group I Zoomed in to deliver a

अध्याय बारह – भगवान रामचन्द्र के पुत्र कुश की वंशावली(9.12)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: रामचन्द्र का पुत्र कुश हुआ, कुश का पुत्र अतिथि था, अतिथि का पुत्र निषध और निषध का पुत्र नभ था। नभ का पुत्र पुण्डरीक हुआ जिसके पुत्र का नाम क्षेमधन्वा था।

2 क्षेमधन्वा का पुत्र देवानीक था और देवानीक का पुत्र अनीह हुआ जिसके पुत्र का नाम पारियात्र था। पारियात्र का पुत्र बलस्थल था, जिसका पुत्र वज्रनाभ हुआ जो सूर्यदेव के तेज से उत्पन्न बतलाया जाता है।

3-4 वज्रनाभ का पुत्र सगण हुआ और उसका पुत्र विधृति हुआ। विधृति

This is a story which happened in Benares about 300 years ago:
There was one Brahmin who used to take bath in Manikarnika-ghat, a very nice bathing place. One day when he was taking bath he saw a young boy sitting on the steps crying. He felt very compassionate and he went and took the young boy on his lap and asked, “You look so beautiful, a nice attractive young boy. Why are you crying like this?”
“You look at my back,” the boy replied. So when the brahmin lifted up the young boy’s shirt and l

“Thank you for appreciating my books. Read them carefully and you will preach very nicely”
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Candramukhi– Honolulu, 2 February 1975

Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=94593

By Madhava Smullen

‘Strengthening the Bonds that Free Us,’ a Grihastha Course that will teach devotees how to develop the insights and skills for a more meaningful, happy, and inspiring marriage will be offered online via Bhaktivedanta College from April 12th to May 16th. The course is facilitated by husband and wife Partha Das and Uttama Dasi, who have been married for the past fifty years.

Uttama and Partha are part of the Grihastha Vision Team (GVT), a group of Vaishnava couples and professio

अध्याय ग्यारह -- भगवान रामचन्द्र का विश्व पर राज्य करना (9.11)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: तत्पश्चात भगवान रामचन्द्र ने एक आचार्य स्वीकार करके उत्तम साज समान के साथ बड़ी धूमधाम से यज्ञ सम्पन्न किये। इस तरह उन्होंने स्वयं ही अपनी पूजा की क्योंकि वे सभी देवताओं के परमेश्वर हैं।

2 भगवान रामचन्द्र ने होता पुरोहित को सम्पूर्ण पूर्व दिशा, ब्रह्मा पुरोहित को सम्पूर्ण दक्षिण दिशा, अर्ध्वर्यू पुरोहित को पश्चिम दिशा और सामवेद के गायक उदगाता पुरोहित को उत्तरदिशा दे दी। इस प्रकार उन्होंने अपना सारा साम्रा

By Damodarleela dasa, Maharashtra Padayatra leader

The Maharashtra Padayatra reached Pandharpur dhama on January 26, 2021. We were welcomed at the entrance of the dhama by the devotees and our spiritual master, Lokanath Maharaja. It was a great moment. I jumped from the chariot to offer my obeisances to Gurudev and as I stood up, he put a garland around my neck. I felt so humble and thought the perfection of my life is pleasing him, because padayatra is the heart of our spiritual master.

Maharaj

By Subroto Dasa

The care for the resident devotees is of foremost importance and to ensure this ISKCON Mayapur has initiated the launch of Free Covid Relief Prasadam service for all the devotees infected by Covid and their family members. Prasadam will be delivered at their doorstep by the volunteer devotees in disposable containers.

In a note released by the Management “Devotees who wish to register for this service will need to send their Covid test report to us via Whatsapp message and they

9th April 2021

To HRH Queen Elizabeth and family

It is with great sadness that we of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness write to you today, on the passing of Prince Phillip.

Throughout the years we noted how dedicated he was to the betterment of British society, and humanity at large, a principle which we also, in our humble way, are trying to contribute towards. He tried extensively to establish and support projects for the welfare of the people in general and touched the live

अध्याय दस – भगवान रामचन्द्र की लीलाएँ (9.10)

1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: महाराज खटवांग का पुत्र दीर्घबाहु हुआ और उसके पुत्र विख्यात रघु महाराज हुए। महाराज रघु से अज उत्पन्न हुए और अज से महापुरुष महाराज दशरथ हुए।

2 देवताओं द्वारा प्रार्थना करने पर परम सत्य भगवान अपने अंश तथा अंशों के भी अंश के साथ साक्षात प्रकट हुए। उनके पावन नाम थे राम, लक्ष्मण, भरत तथा शत्रुध्न। ये सुविख्यात अवतार महाराज दशरथ के पुत्रों के रूप में चार स्वरूपों में प्रकट हुए।

3 हे राजा परीक्षित, भगवान रामचन्द्र के दिव्य कार्