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The Cow Incarnation Of Lord Vishnu

Patita Pavana dasa Adhikary

This essay is dedicated to His Grace Shriman Kurma Rupa Prabhu of Vrindavana who has entered into Krishna’s eternal Vraja-lila, and to all devotees of the Hare Krishna Movement whoby the grace of Shrila Prabhupada our savior honor mother cow by offering Her milk and other products into the service of the Supreme Lord Govinda Gopala.

The great forms of the Supreme Lord such as Narasimhadeva, Varaha, Kurma, Matsya, Vamana, Shri Ramachandra and the others, each of Whom

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World Holy Name Week in Mayapur


ISKCON Mayapur celebrated the World Holy Name Week from 24th September to 4th October. Every day from 27th September to 4th October, there was a Nama Yajna at Srila Prabhupada’s bhajan kutir from 4 PM to 9 PM followed by prasadam. This Nama Yajna started on 27th Septmeber in celebration of Srila Haridas Thakur’s disappearance and it was performed in front of a murti of Srila Haridas Thakur. HH Lokanath Swami’s ecstatic kirtana on 2nd October was one of the most liked kirtana in Nama Yajna.

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By Subhatma Guaranga Das

Thousands of pilgrims, guests and visitors chanted and danced to the sweet Holy Names of Krishna at the Krishna Balaram Mandir for 10 days. The chanting goes on anyway with our 24 hour kirtan department, the ladies group chanting in Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi and the devotees from the Youth Forum engaging everyone in chanting one complete round on beads, in Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi upstairs, everyday.

The festival expertly organized by the temple management had diffe

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By Kalavati Sundari Devi Dasi on behalf of Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarkadhish Temple, Dwarka, New Delhi.

The national capital of India witnessed a historic Maha-Harinaam Sankirtan on 27th September 2015 at Janakpuri, New Delhi, organized by ISKCON Shri Shri Rukmini Dwarkadhish Temple, Dwarka under the guidance of Shri Shri Radha Parthasarthi Temple, East of Kailash.

The Maha-Harinaam Sankirtan was marked by Their Lordships Shri Shri Rukmini Dwarkadhish gracing

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Prasad Distribution in Paris

By Parasuram das

The French Revolution of 1798 is regarded by western historians as one of the most important events in human history. The revolution sparked off at the magnificent Place D’ La Republic, this is the location where another type of revolution was to happen, the Krishna Prasad “feeding of the 5,000”.

A revolution of consciousness, the Hare Krishna revolution. Referred to as the “spotless” Purana, the Bhagavatam is “directed towards bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of

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The Indonesian devotees took up this year’s World Holy Name Week with great zest. Youth from all the temples/communities united to perform a Harinama Yajna never before held.

On the first day, a 12 Hour Kirtan at the Sri Sri Radha Madhava Asrama (Gianyar, Bali) with His Holiness Kavicandra Swami (Co-GBC for Indonesia), His Holiness Ramai Swami (Co-GBC for Indonesia) and His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami in attendance. Devotees from the 5 temples and 3 centres took turns to complete the 12 Hours

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WHNW Report - Vrindavan

These days from 24th October to 4th November i was engaged in the service
of writing the reports for the World Holy Name Week event in Vrindavana. It
was kind of service as the reporter . Also required to organize the
mataji's kirtan.
I offer to you the summarized report and some of the pictures.
All glories to You!

The World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana (report).
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Today 24th september on the day of ekadasi The World Holy Name Week started
in Vrindavana. The team of very enthusiastic devotees b
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.7

TEXT 7
karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavah
prcchami tvam dharma-sammudha-cetah
yac chreyah syan niscitam bruhi tan me
sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam
SYNONYMS
kārpaṇya—miserly; doṣa—weakness; upahata—being inflicted by;svabhāvaḥ—characteristics; pṛcchāmi—I am asking; tvām—unto You; dharma—religion; saṁmūḍha—bewildered; cetāḥ—in heart; yat—what; śreyaḥ—all-good; syāt—may be; niścitam—confidently; brūhi—tell; tat—that; me—unto me; śiṣyaḥ—disciple; te—Your; aham—I am; śādhi—just instruct; mām—me;tvām—u
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Chanting the Lord's name purifies our polluted consciousness, the source of all our problems.

A lecture given in Montreal, Canada, on June 15, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Ladies And Gentlemen, this Krishna consciousness movement is meant for reviving our original consciousness.

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At present, owing to our long association with matter, our consciousness has become contaminated, just as rain water be

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WHNW Report - Abu Dhabi

Thank you for making us aware of the WHNW .  I am very glad to inform you that we had one more session of Japathon in Sri Sri Gaur Nitai Sundar (Sri Candrika DD and Harinam Cintamani Das) house at Shyamdesh on 03 Oct. 2015 for the pleasure of Guru and Gauranga. With the Krishna's mercy, this time the Japathon programme was for two hours with Harinaam kritan and Vaishnav Bhajan.Each devotee sang one Bhajan and chanted Mahamantra. It was a wonderful day to spend with the vaishnav devotees.
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Glories of Holy Name

2515030099?profile=originalLecture on Glories of Holy Name by HH Lokanath Swami on 09 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Noida

(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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Sannyasa Initiation of Amal Bhakta Swami

2515030037?profile=originalLecture on Sannyasa Initiation of Amal Bhakta Swami by HH Radhanath Swami on 16 Sep 2015 at Los Angeles

(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)

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Beyond the Surface

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We are often misled by the externals or the outward appearance of people or things. Due to our limited and imperfect senses, we tend to quickly judge others and come to wrong conclusions abruptly. Before reacting to an apparently visible circumstance, we need to dive deeper to uncover the truth. 
 
Here is a beautiful narrative which would help us understand this fact. A cruise ship met with an accident at sea. Aboard the ship was a couple. After having made their way to the lifeboat, they real
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 2.6

TEXT 6
na caitad vidmah kataran no gariyo
yad va jayema yadi va no jayeyuh
yan eva hatva na jijivisamas
te 'vasthitah pramukhe dhartarastrah
SYNONYMS
na—nor; ca—also; etat—this; vidmaḥ—do know; katarat—which; naḥ—us;garīyaḥ—better; yat—what; vā—either; jayema—conquer us; yadi—if; vā—or;naḥ—us; jayeyuḥ—conquer; yān—those; eva—certainly; hatvā—by killing; na—never; jijīviṣāmaḥ—want to live; te—all of them; avasthitāḥ—are situated;pramukhe—in the front; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ—the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
TRANSLATION
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Report of WHNW happened in Ahmedabad namahatt 'ISKCON BASE', and also from ISKCON Ahmedabad Temple, Gujarat, INDIA.
We started WHNW from 24th of Sept. 2015 and continued till 4th of October.
 - 24th of Sept, Thursday , Morning :
From temple devotees left for Harinaam nagar-sankirtan in the morning at 7am to 8.30 am
Evening - Temple prgrm - We had Holy name Seminar in the temple and after the seminar kirtan was lead for more than half an hour. Followed by prasadam.
- 25th of Sept, Friday, Mo
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By: BVP Team ISKCON News on Oct. 3, 2015
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Jajanivas Das introduced the new book.

It is believed that a classic is a book that doesn't need to be written again yet it inspires numerous other books to be composed. Srimad Bhagavatam is such a timeless classic that it has inspired numerous intellectuals to write commentaries since ages; commentary of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami being the most well known in late century.

On September 21st, Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha announced the release of the book B

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