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ISKCON Malaysia Sastra Dana & Anna Dana

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"One thing more, if we are successful in this program then my dream mission of life to spread Krishna Consciousness all over the world will be fulfilled. I wish to speak on the great philosophy of Bhagavata Dharma at least once in a week on television, so if arrangement is made by you for this, then you will be doing the highest service for Krishna." (Srila Prabhupad's letter to Karadhara - Bombay 22 March, 1972)
During the month of Damodara, the Food For Life Society Malaysia and Bhaktivedant
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Seeking Krishna to fulfill your Desires

2515052790?profile=originalLecture on Seeking Krishna to fulfill your Desires by HH Candramauli Swami on 19 Dec 2015 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(In 1986, Candramauli Swami accepted the sannyasa order and began preaching in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. In the early 1990's he became involved with the ISKCON Prison Ministries in America, and began visiting inmates, holding programs, along with writing letters to inmates and sending in Srila Prabhupada's books. )

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His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda’s Disappearance Day, Lecture

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Los Angeles, December 13, 1973

Prabhupāda:

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhūtale śrīmate bhaktisiddhāntasarasvatīti nāmine

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura passed away from this material world on 31st December, 1936. So almost forty years past. So there are two phases, prakaṭa andaprakaṭa, appearance and disappearance. So we have not

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TOVP: Progress on the chatris

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We are working in such a way that we may cover many areas of the finishing work simultaneously, few of which have commenced as you have been able to see in the previous updates.

Next step- The Chatris.

The TOVP has a total of 8 chatris on top of the staircases surrounding the temple.

We begun by placing GRC ribs on the chatris and now between each rib, we are laying blue ceramic tiles.

The GRC ribs are produced here in Mayapur and we are using a special custom made ceramic blue tile. These same

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In September 2015, Nitai Chandra Das started his service as Eco-V's oxen and garden department manager. We are very happy to welcome Nitai Chandra to New Vrindaban. Before coming to New Vrindaban, Nitai Chandra and his family were located in San Diego area growing flowers, vegetable crops, and taking care of the cows for the surrounding temples. He is very knowledgable in his field and has exciting plans for the oxen and the garden programs in New Vrindaban. Below are some plans for

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur (1874 – 1937), was a preacher of Gaudiya Vaishnavism throughout India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was born as Bimal Prasad Dutta in the seaside pilgrimage town of Jagannath Puri, Orissa, India. His father was the Vaishnava scholar Bhaktivinoda Thakur, the first to present the teachings of Chaitanyite Vaishnavism to the English speaking world.

In 1918, Siddhanta Sarasvati accepted the renounced order of spiritual life, assuming t
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.54

TEXT 54
arjuna uvaca
sthita-prajnasya ka bhasa
samadhi-sthasya kesava
sthita-dhih kim prabhaseta
kim asita vrajeta kim
SYNONYMS
arjuna uvāca—Arjuna said; sthita-prajñasya—of one who is situated in fixed Kṛṣṇa consciousness; kā—what; bhāṣā—language; samādhi-sthasya—of one situated in trance; keśava—O Kṛṣṇa; sthita-dhīḥ—one fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; kim—what; prabhāṣeta—speak; kim—how; āsīta—does remain;vrajeta—walk; kim—how.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: What are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 18, Text 31-34

2515052641?profile=original Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06, Chapter 18, Text 31-34 by HG Hrdaya Caitanya Prabhu in 23 Dec 2015 at ISKCON Mayapur

(When he was thirty years old Hrdaya Caitanya Dasa, a disciple of Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, left his teaching job in 1980 in order to become a full time member of the Hare Krishna community in Amsterdam. He returned to his native Belgium where in 1986 he took up the post of temple president at the devotee community known as Radhadesh, one of ISKCON’s most significant Europea

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Bhagavat Katha Day 01

2515052718?profile=originalLecture on Bhagavat Katha Day 01 by HH Lokanath Swami on 25 Dec 2015 at Pune (Hindi)

(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 82, Text 31-35

2515052443?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 82, Text 31-35 by HH Romapada Swami in 11 May 2014 at ISKCON Alachua

(Romapada Swami‘s first encounter with Krishna consciousness came in Buffalo, in the shape of a lecture at the State University of New York in 1969. The lecturer was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following year, Romapada Swami joined the movement in Boston and was initiated in 1971.)

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 18, Text 48

2515052814?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01 Chapter 18 Text 48 by HH Niranjana Swami on 20 Dec 2015 at Taipei ( Chinese Translation)

(His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.53

TEXT 53
sruti-vipratipanna te
yada sthasyati niscala
samadhav acala buddhis
tada yogam avapsyasi
SYNONYMS
śruti—Vedic revelation; vipratipannā—without being influenced by the fruitive results of the Vedas; te—your; yadā—when; sthāsyati—remains; niścalā—unmoved; samādhau—in transcendental consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness; acalā—unflinching; buddhiḥ—intelligence; tadā—at that time;yogam—self-realization; avāpsyasi—you will achieve.
TRANSLATION
When your mind is no longer disturbed by the flowery lang
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Vaishnava Etiquette and Culture

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By Bhaktividya Purna Swami

Today, we’ll try to look at a different angle or go a step a little further in trying to understand the culture. If we’re accepting our premise that culture means following the Vedic rules and regulations with a desire to please the Lord and these rules and regulations then come to us in the form of this varnasrama culture –this dharma. Things become a little bit more easy to categorize if you have a framework to work in.

Dealing with varnas and asramas.

Now then the

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Fortunate People (4 min video)
Public sharing their feelings about the Hare Krishna mantra and the devotees!
Key quotes from this video: “To share this beautiful vibration with the streets that Hare Krishnas do everyday is beautiful service to the humanity.”
‘Walking passed them I can’t stop smiling. They are pure joy!”
‘It has attracted deep-thinking people of higher minds.
There must, must be something in its message!”
Source: https://goo.gl/pQ1c02

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“Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura adopted many practices that were very unusual at the time in order to attract people. He was especially interested in attracting westerners. At the time India was under the rule of the British and perhaps the British looked down on them as a subjugated people. But, although he was so austere and simple, he dressed in a way that an English gentleman would consider him as his equal.”

Disappearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

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Lila vs siddhanta

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If an exalted soul or God descends to this planet and performs activities, in sanskrit it is called lila. The difference between lila type activities and activities of normal humans is that lila is not out of compulsion of the demands of the body and mind rather it is out of supreme independence or adherence to a divine plan. Lila therefore cannot be interpreted within the realms of normal behavior and hence cannot be applied to human beings en masse. In order for us to understand the lila of a

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UK Marathon results: All records smashed!!!

2515052693?profile=originalUK Marathon results: All records smashed!!! 131,340 transcendental books distributed!!!
Sutapa das: We concluded the counting of scores yesterday evening. More to come in, but we have to stop somewhere. Nikhil prabhu and myself went to Srila Prabhupada’s darshan room to offer him the final results. In that transcendental tirtha, Mahaprabhu’s commander-in-cheif looked effulgent and absorbed, ever exuding the purity and potency which drives this movement forward. As Prabhupada glanced over each de

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Simple Thoughts

Today’s huge THANK YOU must go to one of my oldest and dearest friends Chris Foreman aka Chrissy Boy from Madness.
Chris has been a tower of strength in my life for as long as I have known him and is one of thee most compassionate people I have ever met. Thank you so much for sponsoring this trip to Calais our Chris, you have helped us to turn what was a Mission Impossible to a Mission Possible and fully accomplished.
It’s harsh out there at this time of year and in general, it is a hell on ear

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada was known as 'simha' (lion) 'guru' due to his fearless and ferocious preaching. If an impersonalist saw him on the street, the impersonalist would cross the road in fear, or turn off onto another street. Those who didn't, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta would go up to and shake them violently, his huge body towering over them, and say, "Why do you say the Lord has no form? Nonsense offender!" We have already mentioned his birth and some of his early pastimes in

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