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A Book for a Body Builder

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By Vijaya Dasa

I was distributing books at a university when I motioned for a student to come to my table. He came over, and I began explaining some of Krsna’s teachings in the Bhagavad-gita. He didn’t show much interest. From his bulging muscles, I could tell he lifted weights and worked out a lot. I said, “It’s good that you’re taking care of your body, but did you know that while we’re talking right now your body is dying? Every second you’re getting closer to death, and in a relatively shor

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Everything In The Name

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"By the power of the Name one will know what cannot be known, one will see what cannot be seen, one will speak what cannot be spoken and one will meet what cannot be met. Incalculable is the gain that comes from repeating the Name of God." - Tukaram Maharaj.

In this world, we are all looking for happiness, peace, joy and abundance. We are all searching for nectar in life. This is the sole purpose of everyone in this world. We are searching for it in relationships, in places and in things. We
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The Uber Man by Bhaktimarga Swami

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Ruben was our Uber driver to get to the Prasher home. From Africa, but now in Toronto, he took a real liking to Connor and I and our lifestyle.  During our conversation, we spoke about books. Ruben seemed rather intelligent, yet admitted that he didn't read big books.

"Well, what's your favourite book?" he asked Connor.

"The book called Bhagavad-gita,” said Connor, and as he said it, I happened to be reading a passage from a copy I had brought with me while sitting in the back seat.

"Here,"
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Walk to Yoga

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By Bhaktimarga Swami

Stephen, Connor, and myself  headed straight south on Avenue Road to the Yoga Show.  Yes, it was happily on foot that we stepped, and it was very much in a straight line, except for a curve at Queen's Park, and then a clean right at Front Street to get to the Convention Centre.  https://www.instagram.com/p/BvokoHzg2gZ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=xafr76165h3k
 
The weather was absolutely conducive for the trek. Optimism was in the air.  After all it was Friday night. 
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By Achyut Gopal Das
 
"Perhaps someday I'll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow." - Sylvia Plath, American poet and writer.
 
Who doesn't like stories. Stories have always been loved by human civilization for eons probably because in the story of others, humans find semblance of their own stories. Some stories are entertaining, some inspiring, some touching and some enlightening. Here is one such story fro
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By Mukunda Bhakti Das 

Chatigram (Chattogram), Bangladesh, was blessed by the divine appearances of some of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabu's important eternal associates such as Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi Thakur, Sri Basudev Dutta Thakur, Sri Mukunda Dutta Thakur, Sri Dhananjaya Pandit, and so many other great souls. 

Recently, with the divine blessings of their lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Jagannatha, Sri Baladeva , Sri Subadra Maharani, Sri Sri Goura Nitai and His Divine grace A.C. Bhaktiveda

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Everyone has this opportunity

By His Holiness Prahladananda Swami

The aim of our Krsna consciousness movement is to convince people that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is a person who is complete in all opulences, and when you offer service to Him with love and enthusiasm, you can attain the highest perfection of life. This is to become conscious of Him. Everyone has this opportunity, especially the humans. In this age, just by hearing about Krsna, we can understand our relationship with Him, and become free

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 16.23

TEXT 23
yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya
vartate kama-karatah
na sa siddhim avapnoti
na sukham na param gatim
SYNONYMS
yah—anyone; sastra-vidhim—the regulations of the scriptures; utsrjya—giving up; vartate—remains; kama-karatah—acting whimsically in lust; na—never; sah—he; siddhim—perfection; avapnoti—achieves; na—never; sukham—happiness; na—never; param—the supreme; gatim—perfectional stage.
TRANSLATION
But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection,
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Arts
 
By Madhava Smullen

“HARE KRISHNA! - The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All,” an award-winning film on the life of Srila Prabhupada, is continuing to see success and reach new people everywhere.

In India, the movie, directed by John Greisser (Yadubara Das) and Jean Griesser (Visakha Dasi), has recently been dubbed into the four major North Indian languages – Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi.

The Honorable Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat, launched the DVD of the

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Events
 
By Madhava Smullen

Since 2016, the ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture has been organizing farm conferences all over the world, to share best practices, create networks, and inspire new projects. Now the fruits are starting to show, with more exciting plans on the way.

UK Parliament Commends ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture

During the European conference in September last year in Karuna Bhavan, Scotland, Karuna Bhavan devotees invited UK MP Dr. Lisa Cameron.

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Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Bhagavad-gita 3.10.

“The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to perform yajñas (sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Visnu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul. By performance of yajña, the conditioned souls gradually become Krsna consciou

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Two People by Bhaktimarga Swami

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Richard Longley, a well-educated lovely man and journalist, spent two and a half hours with me, asking a few questions.  Of course, he was curious about my long walks, but his real purpose in visiting was to take photos of the temple and restaurant, and view how we are utilizing a space which was once a Methodist Church.
 
Richard has written a number of articles for "Now" magazine, articles particularly centered on heritage buildings. In any event, he liked what he saw and heard, about us and
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Doing The Needful

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By Achyut Gopal Das

If everyone does what they want, who will do what is needed?"

During the world-famous Rajasuya ceremony of Yudishtira, when Lord Krishna was worshiped as The Supreme Person, Shishupala - the envious cousin of Krishna couldn't control his envy, he burst out with words of severe criticism. One of his main complaints was that no-one knows what the Varna (ordained duty) of Krishna is - sometimes He acts like a Vaishya, a cowherd boy and sometimes He acts like a Kshatriya, a warr
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 16.22

TEXT 22
etair vimuktah kaunteya
tamo-dvarais tribhir narah
acaraty atmanah sreyas
tato yati param gatim
SYNONYMS
etaih—by these; vimuktah—being liberated; kaunteya—O son of Kunti; tamah-dvaraih—the gates of ignorance; tribhih—three kinds of; narah—a person; acarati—performs ; atmanah—self; sreyah—benediction; tatah—thereafter; yati—goes; param—supreme; gatim—destination.
TRANSLATION
The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gr
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By Purushottam Nitai Das

With just his tail, Hanuman effortlessly burned the entire city of Lanka. But he too wasn’t successful in burning the lust and ego of Ravana, the powerful king of Lanka. In fact Ravana’s real well wishers such as his brother Vibhishana and his chaste wife Mandodari had tried their best to counsel him several times against kidnapping Sita, wife of Lord Rama. Ravana not just refused to listen to them but he even humiliated them. Upon being reminded by Vibhishana that ki

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Approximately 160 visitors from China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Taiwan recently came to Mayapur with His Holiness Giridhari Swami on pilgrimage. They came in two groups – the first group, of about 40 people, visited in late December of 2018, and the second group, of about 120 people, came in late January of 2019.

The tours were arranged by ISKCON Mayapur’s Visiting Devotee and Leader Care Department. Prior to visiting Sridhama Mayapur, the birthplace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the depar

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Power of A Book

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By Achyut Gopal Das

"Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light." — Vera Nazarian

Here is a simple yet powerful story which shows the world "the power of a book". This is a real life story of two boys named Richie and Willy which happened during the 1970's, in the city of California. One day while walking on the streets of California, Richie bumped across the Hare Krishna devotees and one of the devotees convinced him to buy a magazine that they we
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We must care for one another

By His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami

The material world is the world where you have a facade. The material world is the place where you have a hidden agenda. The material world is the place where you want something from someone without really telling them. In the material world, you can never have a totally selfless relationship. But we have a philosophy that offers a path for developing selfless relationships. So if we have that, then it should be possible amongst us to have real, genuine relati

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पूजा पद्धति, अर्चाविग्रह श्रृंगार, मत्रोच्चारण इत्यादि 
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 16.21

TEXT 21
tri-vidham narakasyedam
dvaram nasanam atmanah
kamah krodhas tatha lobhas
tasmad etat trayam tyajet
SYNONYMS
tri-vidham—three kinds of; narakasya—hellish; idam—this; dvaram—gate; nasanam—destructive; atmanah—of the self; kamah—lust; krodhah—anger; tatha—as well as; lobhah—greed; tasmat—therefore; etat—these; trayam—three; tyajet—must give up.
TRANSLATION
There are three gates leading to this hell-lust, anger, and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the
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