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Two Bulgarian Bhagavatam Sets


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We had a nice experience distributing books on Janmastami -- in Varna, a city in Bulgaria. Just for two hours, before cooking for the festival, we went on sankirtana, door to door.

In one office a lady just looked at the Srimad-Bhagavatam and said, "Wow, it is the Srimad-Bhagavatam. I love to read the Bhagavad-gita."

I offered her three volumes and explained that we have six more.

"Please, please bring them also."

I ran to the caravan and brought them. She was so HAPPY. She gave a nice donation, and
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I love Krishna!!

ओ मेरे कान्हा जी बहुत धन्यवाद

ओ मेरे कान्हा जी बहुत धन्यवाद
जो आपने मेरी नौकरी तुड़वाई
उस नौकरी से आपकी सेवा भली
जिसने आप संग नेह लगाई
खूब मिलता है समय अब
आप के संग गपशप का
भजन कीर्तन दर्शन और
गीता अध्यन सत्संग का

ओ मेरे कान्हा जी बहुत धन्यवाद
जो मुझे अपनों ने दुत्कारा
किसी ने ना सुनी मेरी
जिसने चाहा उसने फटकारा
मेरे मोहभंग के लिए
यह जरूरी था ही ना
अन्यथा मोहभंग कैसे होता
यह आपकी ही कृपा थी ना

ओ मेरे कान्हा जी बहुत धन्यवाद
जो मेरा स्वस्थ्य बिगाडा
बाहर का आना जाना बंद
इसी कमरे में मुझे है गाडा
अब न कही जा पाऊँ
न रहा क
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Poem on Lord Krishna

Hare Krishna !!

I wish to share this poem.


कान्हा जी हमे अपनी पायल नही तो
पायल का एक घुँघरू ही बना लो
और उसे अपने चरणकमलों से लगा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपने कंगन नही तो
कंगन में जड़ा हुआ एक पत्थर ही बना दो
और उसे अपनी प्यारी कलाईयों में सजा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपनी मुरली नही तो
अपनी मुरली की कोई धुन ही बना लो
और उसे अपने अधरों से इक बार तो बजा लो

कान्हा जी हमे अपना मित्र
नही तो दासो का दास ही बना लो
यूं कुछ कृपा दृष्टि हम पर बर्षा दो

कान्हा जी और कुछ नही तो अपने
चरणों की धूल ही बना लो
वो चरणधूल फिर ब्रज में उ
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Bhakti Bhavan for Women, Located at New Raman Reti in Alachua Florida, is now offering a Bhakti Sastri Course


Ladies, now is your chance to take part in a new study opportunity. Explore Bhagavad Gita, Sri Isopanisad, Nectar of Devotion, and Nectar of Instruction in the association of many serious devotees. Classes are exciting and interactive and will provide you with practical knowledge, important skills, and deep lasting spiritual values to enhance your Krsna Consciousness. Senior Vaishnavis wh
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 19
tubhyam ca narada bhrsam bhagavan vivrddha-
bhavena sadhu paritusta uvaca yogam
jnanam ca bhagavatam atma-satattva-dipam
yad vasudeva-sarana vidur anjasaiva


tubhyam -- unto you; ca -- also; narada -- O Narada; bhrsam -- very nicely; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; vivrddha -- developed; bhavena -- by transcendental love; sadhu -- your goodness; paritustah -- being satisfied; uvaca -- described; yogam -- service; jnanam -- knowledge; ca -- also; bh
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 20
cakram ca diksv avihatam dasasu sva-tejo
manvantaresu manu-vamsa-dharo bibharti
dustesu rajasu damam vyadadhat sva-kirtim
satye tri-prstha usatim prathayams caritraih


cakram -- the Sudarsana wheel of the Lord; ca -- as well as; diksu -- in all directions; avihatam -- without being deterred; dasasu -- ten sides; sva-tejah -- personal strength; manvantaresu -- in different incarnations of Manu; manu-vamsa-dharah -- as the descendant of the Manu dynasty; bib
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Feed the Mouth, Not Your Rectum

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Without God realization we are like a madman who doesn't know into which hole of his body to place his food. If we want taste, nourishment, and eradication of hunger from our eating, we must put the food into our mouths instead of into our eyes, ears, nose, or rectum. By putting the food into our mouth, every part of the body will receive the nutrition it needs. Similarly, the devotee knows that if he offers his loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it will then be wonderfully di
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Especially pleasing to Prabhupada was the news of the sales of his Bengali language book, Gitar-gana. The sannyasis said that everywhere they went people were asking for it, and some devotees were selling up to 200 at a time. It was becoming so popular that when Jayapataka went to the Writer's Building in Calcutta on business about the land acquisition, workers there approached him to buy copies.

Jayapataka said that the only difficulty was that we lacked Prabhupada's books in local langu
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 18
nartho baler ayam urukrama-pada-saucam
apah sikha-dhrtavato vibudhadhipatyam
yo vai pratisrutam rte na cikirsad anyad
atmanam anga manasa haraye 'bhimene


na -- never; arthah -- of any value in comparison with; baleh -- of strength; ayam -- this; urukrama-pada-saucam -- the water washed from the feet of the Personality of Godhead; apah -- water; sikha-dhrtavatah -- of one who has kept it on his head; vibudha-adhipatyam -- supremacy over the kingdom of the
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Realizing the real meaning of peace

Hare Krishna Friends,

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peacefully towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue skywith fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other pictur
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Seek atonement for sinful activities

Seek atonement for sinful activities

This birth, death, old age, and disease. This is our material miserable condition. And again, if we act sinfully, then it will increase. Therefore Sukadeva Gosvami is advising that "Before your death, you should atone for the sinful activities, what you have done." Just like in the Manu-samhita, if a man has committed some murder, it is advised that King should order him to be hanged. Otherwise next life he will have to suffer so much. So this order of hanging
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 38
yasyavatara-karmani
gayanti hy asmad-adayah
na yam vidanti tattvena
tasmai bhagavate namah


yasya -- whose; avatara -- incarnation; karmani -- activities; gayanti -- chant in glorification; hi -- indeed; asmat-adayah -- persons like us; na -- do not; yam -- whom; vidanti -- know; tattvena -- cent percent as He is; tasmai -- unto Him; bhagavate -- unto the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna; namah -- respectful obeisances.


TRANSLATION
Let us offer our respectfu
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Jayapataka Swami had a final darsana of His Divine Grace this evening before departing back to Calcutta. Along with Gargamuni Maharaja, he heard from Srila Prabhupada of the pro-active stance he is taking against all the false propaganda. Prabhupada informed them of a letter he is writing to Mr. Channa Reddy, one of the state Governors. "I'm writing one letter to the governor that I work hard, I print my books and they are selling. And if I bring the money to construct temple
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YASODA REMEMBERS KRISHNA

YASODA REMEMBERS KRISHNA
Taken from the book "The butter thief"

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While Krishna and Baladeva were still very young babies, They sometimes crawled to the outer gate of the house. If They saw anyone, Oh! They became afraid. They remembered Their mothers, and at once turned back, and rushed to sit in their laps. And what did Yasoda, and Rohini do then? They put Them in their laps, covered Them with their veils, and caressed Their hair; and then with tears in their eyes, and with melting hearts, they pu
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Even the Derelicts Take Books



Some time back I was sitting behind a book table in Sydney. Not so many people were checking out the table, but by Krsna's grace I was stopping a few and some books were going out. Then a derelict stopped and started looking at the books. He asked how much the hardback Bhagavad-gita was. When I told him, he walked away, and I didn't think I'd see him again. But he soon returned, and after perusing the books he miraculously pulled out a fifty-dollar bill for the Gita and told me to keep the chang
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One late Friday afternoon we received a call from Reverend Ntombe, the leader of one of the Methodist churches in Pretoria. He said, "I was told you are from a society that is giving books to libraries. Could you donate some books for our church library?" The reverend went on to explain that he was starting a library for his church's congregation and wanted as many quality books as possible. That sounded like a really nice thing for a religious leader to do.

He explained that a member of his cong
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Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Prema sarovara

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Once, Radha and Krsna, surrounded by Lalita and other sakhis, were immersed in various kinds of loving pastimes when a bumblebee hovered around the beautiful lotus feet of Srimati Radhika. Thinking Her face to be a lotus flower, the bee wanted to sit there and drink its nectar; and so it continued to hover around Her face. Srimatiji became afraid and covered Her face with Her palms. She also tried to chase the bee away, but to no avail.
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Sacred statues stolen from Hare Krishna temple
$5,000 reward offered for return of icons
By PEGGY O'HARE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Oct. 8, 2010, 10:42PM

Officials with Houston's oldest Hare Krishna temple are asking the vandals who stole two sacred statues from the house of worship this week to return them, promising no questions will be asked.
The thieves probably stole the deities from the ISKCON of Houston Temple at 1320 W. 34th St. because they mistakenly thought the statues were made of gold, b
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Devotee and Maya

Devotee: Should we not be respectful to maya as the energy of Krsna?

Prabhupada: If you are respectful to Krsna, you are respectful to
everyone. That is the qualification of a devotee. You are respectful
even to an ant and what to speak of maya? Maya is one of the important energy of Krsna. Why should you not respect maya? Maya, Durga, we pray, "Durga" - srsti-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-saktir eka chayeva yasya [Bs. 5.44] - when we pray Durga, we pray Krsna immediately. Because we have to see Krsna e
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When Krsna is pleased, sin becomes dharma

tatraiva sri-bhagavad-vakyam

man-nimittam krtam papam api dharmaya kalpate
mam anadrtya dharmo 'pi papam syan mat prabhavatah

(In the Padma Purana the Supreme Personality of Godhead said:) "If one sins for My sake his sins become pious deeds. If one refuses to worship Me, then by My power his pious deeds become sins."

yatah padme

arir mitram visham pathyam adharmo dharmataam vrajet
su-prasanne hrsikese viparite viparyayah

In the Padma Purana it is said: When Lord Krsna is pleased, enemies can become fr
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