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Event Date:2.2.2019

Venue:Kamyavan,Sadashivapet

Key Speakers: HH RP Bhakti Raghava Swami(Minister IDVM-INDIA)

HG Damodar Dulal Das (ISKCON India Cow Protection Minister)

As a part of educating individuals on Cow care, Cow protection and land care OM Sri Surabhi Campaign took initiatives in holding a seminar

on “Holistic Farming : A Common Sense approach to Land and Cow care ” in Kamyavan Farm, Sadashivapeta, Hyderabad.

HG Damodar Dulal das, (ISKCON Cow Protection Ministry of India and National

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H.H. Bhakti Raghava Swami, Minister, IDVM ( India) Inaugurated National Office of OM Sri Surabhi Campaign at West Marredpally, Secunderabad, Telangana South India on 3rd February 2019
The event started with Go-Puja, unveiling SRI Surabhi Campaign Plaque. Around 80 prominent gou sevaks attend the program. An exhibition of posters on different important aspects of Mother Sri Surabhi her significance in the field of spirituality, Health, Agriculture, Alternate Energy & Environment Protection.
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“Who can describe the unlimited glories of Advaita Ācārya? I write here as much as I have known from great authorities.

I offer my obeisances ten million times to the lotus feet of Śrī Advaita Ācārya. Please do not take offense at this.

Your glories are as fathomless as millions of oceans and seas. Speaking of its measure is a great offense indeed.

All glories, all glories to Śrī Advaita Ācārya! All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the superior Lord Nityānanda!” – Sri Caitanya Caritamrt

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In two days, Govinda's Dining Room, the eatery within our temple/ashram, will be open again.  "Closed for renovations" reads the sign at the entrance.  Actually, it's been rather quiet as of late because of the insulation work, repainting, and cleaning of drapes.  It was all quite necessary to improve the comfort and safety of the regulars coming to enjoy the food which we call prasadam(blessed food).  We had a mould problem and it was time for some refurnishing.  We're seeing a new look.
 
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So Krishna receives this love letter from Rukmini, the princess of Vidarbha, and she is head over heels to have Him come to spare her from the arranged marriage to Sisupal, a man not to her liking—at all. The letter was sent via a brahman, and it was in a tone of urgency that Krishna come as soon as possible.

Krishna dropped all business (which was not easy to get disentangled from).  Why? He was combating an ambitious warrior, Jarasandha. He had to save Rukmini before it was too late and thi
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“Endeavor against insurmountable odds!”

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HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja visited HH Jayapataka Swami and handed over Jayapataka Swami an award on behalf of a dear disciple of HH Giriraj Swami.

Please find a letter she enclosed. This is a letter from Madana-mohana-mohini dasi, disciple of HH Giriraj Swami Maharaja:

My dear Jayapataka Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine, lotus-like feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your being the unstoppable hero of ISKCON!

When I was thirteen years ol

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By Krishna Kripa Das

[Drutakarma Prabhu read a paper about how to position oneself as a scientist and as a devotee in which he asked a lot of relevant questions. I asked him for the paper, and I insert it here:]

“Science and Krishna Consciousness: Questions on How to Position Oneself”

For anyone seeking to engage with modern science as a devotee of Krishna, specifically as a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the question of positioning becomes important.

1. What is

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SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 6 / 21)

Sri Bhuthat Azhwar        Part 6 of 21

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1.   Our dearest reverential Bhuthat azhwar also has personally experienced and seen  our dearest lord Sri Krishna and from his divine experiences is totally transported into the world of our king of the cosmos and constantly visualizes the divine and his  most enchanting  form of our most beloved

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SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 5 / 21)

Sri Poigai Azhwar   Part 5 of 21

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Hare Krishna Prabhuji and Mataji,

A VERY HAPPY RATHASAPTAMI (FEB 12, 2019).  MAY THE SPLENDOUR, RADIANCE AND BRILLIANT RAYS OF LIGHT  OF OUR MOST BELOVED LORD SURYANARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA BE SHOWERED ON EACH OF HIS CREATION AND MAY THEY BE SERVED ETERNALLY BY ALL THE SRIVAISHNAVAS, IN THE MANNER OUR DI

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By Caitanya Jivan dasa,
President ISKCON Jalgaon.

The All-India Padayatra has been walking through India distributing the holy names for so many years. Taking inspiration from them, the Jalgaon devotees in northwest Maharashtra arranged last year’s inaugural one-day padayatra. Seven months later, during the 2018 Vyasa-puja of Lokanath Maharaja at Pandharpur dhama, the All-India Padayatra coordinators placed banners across the town in appreciation of the organizers of padayatras that had taken p

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By Karnamrita Das

[Depending on where you are in the world, today, or here in India, to morrow, is Sri Advaita Achary's appearance day. So I am reposting a blog from 2012, and will post my first two Vrindavana Healing Video Blogs in a few days to test the water of interest.]“I offer my respectful obeisances to Shri Advaita Acharya, whose activities are all wonderful. By His mercy, even a foolish person can describe His characteristics.” [Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi-lila 6.1] Shrila Prabhupada, m

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Sri Advaita Acarya - Appearance Day

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The foremost of all the Vaishnavas who reside at Navadwip is Sri Advaita Acarya, whose virtuous presence has made all the worlds blessed. He is the most preeminent preceptor in all fields including knowledge, renunciation and devotion. In explaining Krsna-bhakti he is like unto Lord Shankara (Shiva) himself, and whatever scriptures that exist within the three worlds he explains in the light of Krsna-bhakti.
 

With the intense eagerness he continually worships the Shalagram of Sri Krsna with Tu

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Appearance Day of Sri Advaita Acharya

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To honor Sri Advaita Acharya’s appearance day, I present Srila Prabhupada’s talk about him in Mayapur on April 6, 1975. --GS

advaitam harinadvaitad
acaryam bhakti-samsanat
bhaktavataram isam tam
advaita acaryam asraye

“Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Acarya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of the Lord’s devotee. Therefore I take shelter of Him.” (Cc Adi 1.13)

So, gradually the author is

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JUST A FEW OF 180 PHOTOS—READ THE STORY BEHIND EACH SMILE—AND SMILE FOR 500 PAGES!

 “CHASING RHINOS WITH THE SWAMI”

VOLUME TWO

BY SHYAMASUNDAR DAS

Volume Two is the most exciting first-hand account yet of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s mystic powers, his life without any error. In October 1970, Bhaktivedanta Swami arrives in India with twenty of his Western disciples (“dancing white elephants”);

in an unimaginable display of pure magic, Prabhupada quickly establishes ISKCON as a major spirit

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By Gaurangi Dasi 

Eighty countries sign another peace treaty in Paris

November 11th 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 armistice of World War I. On this occasion, France was very busy receiving 72 heads of state and hundreds of diplomatic missions who had come for a collective rememberance of this terrible war during a grand celebration inmemory of the millions of soldiers who gave their life for freedom. In Paris President Macron, representing France, Angela Merkel, representing

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We are for Krsna by Kadamba Kanana Swami

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In one of the early Back to Godhead magazines, there was a cover with a butcher slaughtering an animal and Prabhupada asked, “Why did you put this? Why did you put this?”

The editor said, “Well, aren’t we against meat-eating?”

Prabhupada said, “We are not against anything. We are for Krsna!”

So our business is to be for Krsna, not just against this or against that. For Krsna, means to do what is pleasing to Krsna. In one lecture, Srila Prabhupada said, “Yes, Krsna said patraḿ puṣpaḿ phalaḿ toya

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Vedic reality is a space-time continuum in which all events of past, present and future are laid out. This however, does not negate the free choice exercised by humans.

Vedic time is not just a linear progression of seconds, minutes, hours, days and years. Within the cosmos, there are time cycles of differing lengths for each planetary system. Time is also a coordinate, and all events, past and future, are to be found in different realms of the four dimensional space-time matrix. This understan

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The appearance day of Sri Advaita Acarya

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By Giriraj Swami

jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

We are gathered here to celebrate the appearance day of Sri Advaita Acarya. Advaita Acarya is an incarnation of Maha-visnu. In terms of pastimes, He appeared before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and so was considered an elder by Mahaprabhu. He was actually older than Lord Caitanya’s own father.

Advaita Acarya, although Visnu Himself, was in the mood of a Vaisnava. As a Vaisnava, He felt compassion for t

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 15.11

TEXT 11
yatanto yoginas cainam
pasyanty atmany avasthitam
yatanto 'py akrtatmano
nainam pasyanty acetasah
SYNONYMS
yatantah—endeavoring; yoginah—transcendentalists; ca—also; enam—this; pasyanti—can see; atmani—in the self; avasthitam—situated; yatantah—although endeavoring; api—although; akrta-atmanah—without self-realization; na—does not; enam—this; pasyanti—can see; acetasah—undeveloped mind.
TRANSLATION
The endeavoring transcendentalist, who is situated in self-realization, can see all this clearly.
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Vaishnava Compassion By Mayapur-shashi Dasa

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From Back to Godhead

Vaishnava acts of compassion are valuable even when apparently not on the level of transcendence.

Pure Vaishnavas care deeply. They feel the suffering of others in the core of their hearts. Their greatest compassionate wish is to lead others away from their suffering once and for all – by helping them go back home, back to Godhead. Until people reconnect with Lord Krishna and hear how to lead their lives in His service, they will never achieve true happiness, free from suf

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