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Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious, as well as evil deeds. Once, the servants of Yamaraj approached him and complained about something which they were very concerned about. Here is the conversation between Yamaraj and his Yamaduta servants.

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Yamaduta 1: How are you Prabhuji?

Yamaraj: I am doing well. But you look a little tense?

Yamaduta 1: Yeah Prabhu... we are disturbed by a few matters.

Yamaraj: Oh, let me know your issues.

Yamaduta 1: I am worried about this hell.

Yamar

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Conference on Farms and Cows (Album with photos) ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry [IDVM] in association with Cow Protection Ministry organised a three days Conference on Farms and Cows which started on 22nd of September 2015 to 25th of September at Neelachal Dham, (Under ISKCON Juhu) Talaseri. Many delegates from various farm communities had taken this wonderful opportunity to share their experiences, ideas and concepts in this conference. Find them here: https://goo.gl/savra0

Conference on Farms and Cows (Album with photos)
ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry [IDVM] in association with Cow Protection Ministry organised a three days Conference on Farms and Cows which started on 22nd of September 2015 to 25th of September at Neelachal Dham, (Under ISKCON Juhu) Talaseri. Many delegates from various farm communities had taken this wonderful opportunity to share their experiences, ideas and concepts in this conference. 
Find them here: https://goo.gl/savra0

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India’s Ancient and Great Maritime History

India’s Ancient and Great Maritime History This shows how ancient Vedic culture was able to reach many areas of the globe. We should first take into account that ancient India, which was centered around the Indus Valley years ago, and was already well developed before 3200 BCE, stretched from Afghanistan to the Indian Ocean and points farther east and north, the largest empire in the world at the time. But its influence spread much farther than that. During its peak developments, it had organized cities, multistory brick buildings, vast irrigation networks, sewer systems, the most advanced metalwork in the world, and a maritime trade network that incorporated the use of compasses, planked ships, and trained navigators that reached parts of western Asia, Mesopotamia, Africa, and other ports far beyond their borders. 1 So they were certainly capable of ocean-going trips that could have reached even to the Americas. Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=20110

India’s Ancient and Great Maritime History
This shows how ancient Vedic culture was able to reach many areas of the globe. We should first take into account that ancient India, which was centered around the Indus Valley years ago, and was already well developed before 3200 BCE, stretched from Afghanistan to the Indian Ocean and points farther east and north, the largest empire in the world at the time. But its influence spread much farther than that. During its peak developments, it had organ

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Question: What is the best thing to do to cure our scars and in particular how to cure bad relationships with devotees? Kadamba Kanana Swami: One of my favorite stories that my mother used to tell me is about two princesses and one, when she would open her mouth, roses would come out and when the other one would open hers – frogs! Now, in our case, since we are vaisnavas we are trying for roses but every once in a while there is an inadvertent frog that just jumps out of your mouth and then what do you do!? Then you think, ‘I should not have said that!’ But you cannot swallow the frog – it is against the regulative principles! So once it is out there, it bounces around in all its ugliness and people may even put it on the internet or quote it in a vyasa-puja offering as some sort of funny pastime! Yes, it happens and we try to avoid these things, but it may still happen even when we try to avoid it. Then what do you do? Keep on trying to avoid and just get engaged in positive, glorifying Krsna, serving Krsna and doing all these things connected with devotional service. Then all the anarthas will just automatically be purified in the process of bhakti yoga – all the scars gone! Read the entire article here: https://goo.gl/QC9fvX

Question: What is the best thing to do to cure our scars and in particular how to cure bad relationships with devotees?
Kadamba Kanana Swami: One of my favorite stories that my mother used to tell me is about two princesses and one, when she would open her mouth, roses would come out and when the other one would open hers – frogs! Now, in our case, since we are vaisnavas we are trying for roses but every once in a while there is an inadvertent frog that just jumps out of your mouth and then

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Sivarama Swami on the European Migrant Crisis Over the past few weeks, in the midst of Europe largest political and humanitarian crisis since World War 2, the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness have been actively involved in helping migrants and refugees stuck at the railways stations or crossing through the country. Devotees have distributed about 5,000 plates of hot meal, and 1.5 tons of fruits and other food items, while maintaining their usual program of feeding 2,000 marginalized Hungarians every day. Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/tJsE4e

Sivarama Swami on the European Migrant Crisis
Over the past few weeks, in the midst of Europe largest political and humanitarian crisis since World War 2, the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness have been actively involved in helping migrants and refugees stuck at the railways stations or crossing through the country. Devotees have distributed about 5,000 plates of hot meal, and 1.5 tons of fruits and other food items, while maintaining their usual program of feeding 2,000 marginalize

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A Second Channel (7 min video)

A Second Channel (7 min video) Indradyumna Swami: Following the success of our recent interview on national television here in Mongolia, another prominent channel, Soyongegeeeruulegch.tv, contacted us and proposed to record 5 separate, 45 minute shows with me. The next day I was in their studios for a marathon recording, changing my chaddar each session for some diversity. I spoke on a variety of Krsna conscious subjects, a few of which appear in this short video. When all was done, I asked the director of the station how many people would see the recordings. She replied, “We will broadcast one each day next week both in the morning and evening. So I suppose around 2 million people will hear from you.” Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Watch it here: https://goo.gl/3gxY0F

A Second Channel (7 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: Following the success of our recent interview on national television here in Mongolia, another prominent channel, Soyongegeeeruulegch.tv, contacted us and proposed to record 5 separate, 45 minute shows with me. The next day I was in their studios for a marathon recording, changing my chaddar each session for some diversity. I spoke on a variety of Krsna conscious subjects, a few of which appear in this short video. When all was done, I asked t

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HH Lokanath Swami Mahraj speaks on World Holy Name

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Hailing from a small village in central India, HH Lokanath Swami Mahraj is one of the most senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada and a vaishnava devotee. He has been handed over the responsibility of heading the World Holy Name Week by HH Bhakti Tirtha Swami Mahraj who was the pioneer of this event. He unfolds the pages of his past as he speaks to us about what the Holy Name of Krishna means to him. 

1. When and how you were first introduced t

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Devotees thank the former premier for help in getting 500 K grant for Albert Park Temple’s “Kitchen Project”

By Richa Bishnoi

On 5 and 6 September, more than 15,000 people got together to for the annual Janmasthmi festivities at Albert Park Temple –Australia’s oldest temple — to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna.

Former Victorian Premier Hon. Ted Baillieu, Melbourne Fashion Festival’s Community Ambassador Mrs Robyn Baillieu, and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Margaret Fitzherbert were among t

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2515028694?profile=originalLecture on Krishna Consciousness outside of what Srila Prabhupada gave by HH Sivarama Swami on 25 Oct 2014 at India

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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2515028741?profile=originalLecture on Memorial Class of HG Kaulini Mataji and HG Sankirtan Prabhu by HH Romapada Swami in 27 Mar 2015 at Naperville

(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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Grihastha Ashram

2515028554?profile=originalLecture on Grihastha Ashram by Kratu Prabhu on 10 Jan 2011 at Toronto

(During high schooling years, he became president of the students union and went on to receive a bachelor degree in engineering from the M.S. University, Baroda.)

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All You Need is Love

2515028791?profile=originalLecture on All You Need is Love by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 23 Aug 2015 at Crawley England

(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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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1.2

TEXT 2
sri-bhagavan uvaca
kutas tva kasmalam idam
visame samupasthitam
anarya-justam asvargyam
akirti-karam arjuna
SYNONYMS
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kutaḥ—wherefrom; tvā—unto you; kaśmalam—dirtiness; idam—this lamentation;viṣame—this hour of crisis; samupasthitam—arrived; anārya—persons who do not know the value of life; juṣṭam—practiced by; asvargyam—that which does not lead to higher planets; akīrti—infamy; karam—the cause of; arjuna—O Arjuna.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme
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“Touching the Feet of the Gods”

Diary of a Traveling Monk

Volume 14, Chapter 6

September 15, 2015

By Indradyumna Swami

“Touching the Feet of the Gods”

Time passes quickly when you are doing something you love, and since the devotees love spreading Krsna consciousness, the summer flew by. Our schedule was intense—a festival every day—but the reward of seeing people smile and dance with us was enough to keep us going. And we got this reward every day.

One evening during harinam on the beach before the evening festival

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Praise for the Highest Mercy

This is a translation of part of a speech delivered in Oriya by HH Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on September 2, 1993, the 155th anniversary of the appearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. On that day a public meeting was held at the Dinabandhu Sahoo Law College, Kendrapara, Orissa, to glorify Thakura Bhaktivinoda, whose portrait was installed in honor of his being the first law graduate of Orissa.
 
namo bhaktivinodaya
sac-cid-ananda-namine
gaura-sakti-svarupaya
rupanuga-varaya te

 

“I bow down

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Mayapur Gears Up for Marathon 2015









By Iskcon Mayapur

As 2015 is the 50th year of HDG Srila Prabhupada’s entry into western land, ISKCON Mayapur is making all the arrangements to make 2015 book distribution marathon a mega event. So, it was announced that this year marathon will be celebrated from 1st October, 2015 to 31st December, 2015 for a period of three months. ISKCON Mayapur conducted an event on 23rd September to encourage devotees to engage in book distribution. The event was inaugurated by HH Jayapataka Swami Ma

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