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Activities in Krishna Consciousness

2515036460?profile=originalLecture on Activities in Krishna Consciousness by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 25 Oct 2015 at Dallas

(HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. )

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Before entering the the sacred drama of Sri Vrindavan, one must take permission from one of five divine personalities; Gopiswara Mahadeva, Yamuna devi, Vrinda devi, Govardhan Hill or Vraja-renu, the dust of Vrindavan. The other day we set out early for the Yamuna river, with the beautiful song by Jahnavi devi, "Like a River" flowing through our hearts and minds. All glories to Sri Vrindavan Dhama! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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Devotees Worldwide Pray for Mukunda Goswami.
Maharaja is currently in the Intensive Care Unit, and his orthopedic surgeon plans to operate on his hip today. According to the surgeon, as well as the general risks of the operation associated with old age, Mukunda Goswami is especially high-risk due to having just undergone a major six-hour triple bypass surgery on top of his already weak heart. However, delaying the operation also carries a high mortality risk, as Maharaja’s lungs have begun to ra

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Hearing Srila Prabhupada on Sarat-purnima . . Last night was sarat-purnima, and I listened to Srila Prabhupada’s dictation of Krsna book, “The Rasa Dance: Introduction,” and was especially charmed by the following section:

“When Lord Krsna began to blow His flute, the gopis all over Vrndavana became enchanted. . . . Immediately upon hearing the vibration of the flute, they all left their respective engagements and proceeded to the spot where Krsna was standing. While they ran very swiftly, th

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Preaching program in Vilnius, Lithuania

On the 30th of July, 2015 at a prestigious new concert hall built recently in the very heart of downtown Vilnius, Radhanath Swami shared stories from his autobiography “The Journey Home”. The luxurious hall provided a perfect venue for an evening of spiritual wisdom, where Radhanth Swami shared experiences from his journey from suburbs of Chicago to mystical India.

Radhanath Swami was joined on stage by popular Lithuanian musician and songwriter Amberlife (Edgaras Lubys) who performed live. Amb

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.19

TEXT 19
ya enam vetti hantaram
yas cainam manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijanito
nayam hanti na hanyate
SYNONYMS
yaḥ—anyone; enam—this; vetti—knows; hantāram—the killer; yaḥ—anyone; ca—also; enam—this; manyate—thinks; hatam—killed; ubhau—both of them; tau—they; na—never; vijānītaḥ—in knowledge; na—never; ayam—this; hanti—kills; na—nor; hanyate—be killed.
TRANSLATION
He who thinks that the living entity is the slayer or that he is slain, does not understand. One who is in knowledge knows that the self slays
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Offences and their Consequences

2514909219?profile=originalLecture on Offences and their Consequences by HH Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami at ISKCON Mauritius

(His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami is from West Africa. He is the first Sannyas disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami. He is known for his years of dedicated services to ISKCON. He is very dear to devotees from Africa.)

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Seminar on Damodar Lila

2514929297?profile=originalSeminar on Damodar Lila by Radha Govinda Swami at ISKCON Vrindavan

(H.H. Radha Govinda Swami, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), lives in Vrindavan, India.)

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Damodar Lila

2514987152?profile=originalLecture on Damodar Lila  by HG Nirantara Prabhu on 19 Oct 2014 at Los Angeles

(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. - See more at: http://iskconleaders.com/nirantara-prabhu/#sthash.LRoHflha.dpuf)

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People often enquire - Do miracles still happen today? Does God still care?

Everything around us is a miracle - the rising and setting of the sun, the birth of a child, the formation of rainbows, the air we breathe, the wonderful and unique living creations around us, the waterfalls, the hills, the valleys, the forests, the desert, the existence of our subtle bodies like our mind, the perfect mechanism of how our bodies function,the myriad of emotions we experience, All these awe inspiring elemen

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Hari bol...chant as much as you can in this month...

Kartik (Damodar)...The Holiest Month...Kartik (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda.Everybody should
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Expert at everything. That was Prabhupada. Shyamasundar: Once we were in Mayapur. We had an old—I think it was a 1948 Hudson or some old, big car. And I was driving. We had left the main road. If you have been on the main road you know how bad it is. You can imagine how bad this secondary road was like. We were going to visit Lalit Prasad, who was Bhaktisiddhanta’s living brother, who was a very old man then. We didn’t know the road, and we didn’t know the way very well. We knew that it was up that road somewhere. And we drove halfway up or so, and we came to a place where there was a cement bridge over a big gully. But the monsoon run-off had washed the bank away on both sides of three or four feet, as I recall. This may be an exaggeration, but it was some distance, maybe three feet. And we could see up and down this canal that there was no other way for the automobile to cross, and we still had five or six kilometers to go. So Prabhupada studied the situation. He didn’t even get out of the car. He just studied the situation a little bit. Brahmananda and some of the other big guys sat in the back. He said, “You boys get out. Shyamasundar, you back up, and get going very fast, and we will make it.” [Laughs.] I got back about fifty feet or so and just gunned that old tank. And off we went. Waaaow! We flew over that first gap, screaming across this cement bridge. Waaaow! It looked like a Steve McQueen great escape movie. And the boys walked down around and got back in and off we went. [Laughs.] He was expert at everything. He also used to know everything about engineering. He used to make drawings. In fact, this may not be well known how early the Mayapur project was actually started. Right after Tamal or somebody got that first little, tiny parcel of land in Mayapur, Prabhupada planned the whole thing out one day in London at Bury Place. He sketched it all out, the temples and the buildings. And he called and asked me if there were any English devotees that were architects or knew anything. There was one, Ranchor, and Nara-Narayan was there, the builder. So he had them come up, and he submitted this idea. He said, “We have only a few days until I must leave. I want you to work on a plan for a huge complex for Mayapur.” And that’s all he thought about for days. This must have been 1971 or ‘72. And we would walk in the park in Russell Square every morning then, and he would point to different buildings, and he would ask Ranchor and Nara-Narayan questions. You knew he knew the answers already, but he was testing their ability. Expert at everything. That was Prabhupada.

Expert at everything. That was Prabhupada. Shyamasundar: Once we were in Mayapur. We had an old—I think it was a 1948 Hudson or some old, big car. And I was driving. We had left the main road. If you have been on the main road you know how bad it is. You can imagine how bad this secondary road was like. We were going to visit Lalit Prasad, who was Bhaktisiddhanta’s living brother, who was a very old man then. We didn’t know the road, and we didn’t know the way very well. We knew that it was up

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October 28. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations. Appropriately, Prabhupada had described himself as “a man not to be disappointed.” He was convinced that if there was a center where people could come, hear from a pure devotee, the genuine God consciousness culture of India could begin in America. Yet, because he had made his plans depending on an expensive building in Manhattan, his goals seemed unreachable. Still, he was persistently writing to prominent devotees in India, although they were not interested in his plans. “Why should they not help?” he thought. “After all, they were devotees of Krishna. Shouldn’t the devotees come forward to establish the first Krishna temple in America?” Certainly he was qualified and authorized to spread the message of Krishna. As for the place, New York was perhaps the most cosmopolitan city in the world. He had found a building – not very expensive, a good location – and there was a great need for a Krishna temple here to offset the propaganda of the Indian Mayavadis. Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=20490/#28

October 28. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Appropriately, Prabhupada had described himself as “a man not to be disappointed.” He was convinced that if there was a center where people could come, hear from a pure devotee, the genuine God consciousness culture of India could begin in America. Yet, because he had made his plans depending on an expensive building in Manhattan, his goals seemed unreachable. Still, he was persistently writing to prominent devotees in India, although th

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Kartik! Day - 1 at ISKCON Vrindavan

Kartik! Day - 1 at ISKCON Vrindavan (Album with photos) At 7:00pm daily, the Damodarastakam prayers, heralding the Lord’s famous Damodar pastime, are sung. Meanwhile, thousands of devotees line up to offer small ghee lamps to the Deities of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, Radha Shyamasundar, and Gaura Nitai. “It’s a stunning, awe-inspiring sight,” says Deena Bandhu. “The entire temple room and courtyard is filled with an ocean of glowing lamps.” Find them here: https://goo.gl/ZjEnfW

Kartik! Day - 1 at ISKCON Vrindavan (Album with photos)
At 7:00pm daily, the Damodarastakam prayers, heralding the Lord’s famous Damodar pastime, are sung. Meanwhile, thousands of devotees line up to offer small ghee lamps to the Deities of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, Radha Shyamasundar, and Gaura Nitai.
“It’s a stunning, awe-inspiring sight,” says Deena Bandhu. “The entire temple room and courtyard is filled with an ocean of glowing lamps.”
Find them here: https://goo.gl/ZjEnfW


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