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Hare Krishna temple cleared just before explosion - BBC news

A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was

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Added by ISKCON desire tree network on September 5, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Save Yourself

In 1966 Srila Prabhupada told his followers, "Always remember that this Krsna consci

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Added by ISKCON desire tree network on September 4, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Yamaraj's Greatest Concern

Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious and evil deeds. The servants of Yamaraj app

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Added by ISKCON desire tree network on September 1, 2010 at 11:02am — 10 Comments

Prerna The Timeless Inspiration___NEW ALBUM RELEASING ON 5th Sep In Delhi

Hare Krishna!!

Finally Madhavas The Sankirtan Rock Band

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Added by Braja Kisora Das on August 28, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

This is a true story that took place near Rome,
in March 2009

As soon as we entered the apartment we understood we were in for some excitement. We'd heard different stories of how this young woman had been terrorized by a ghost for the last nine years, of how just the other wee… Continue

Added by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 2, 2010 at 10:29am — 2 Comments

How to keep one's relationship with Vrndavana

1.) First let us analyze what our relationship is with Vrndavana and then see how we can develop it. Lord Caitanya explained that these are the five most important aspects in devotional service, which if even a little bit performed, can quickly bring one to the stage of love of God.

sadhu-sanga, nama-kirtana, bhagavata-sravana, mathura-vasa, sri-murtira sraddhaya sevana

One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, reside at Math… Continue

Added by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 27, 2010 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Sripad Aindra Prabhu - A life of dedication and determination

Summer 1973. It’s 8am, and already Washington, DC is bustling with activity, as everyone hurries to work. A group of ISKCON devotees also leave their temple, crossing Q Street and heading towards Connecticut Avenue, a heavily populated business district. But their job is differ

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Added by vibhava krsna das on July 26, 2010 at 7:25pm — 2 Comments

Tributes - His Holiness Lokanath Swami

My dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada! All glories to HG Aindra Prabhu!

My assistant called me from India, when I was on the way to the airport in Burma, and asked whether I hea

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Added by ISKCON desire tree on July 22, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

GPT Weekly Reflections [14 July 2010]: Lusty for Bhajans?

GPT Weekly Reflections [14 July 2010]: Lusty for Bhajans?

by Ishvari Devi Dasi

In my entries Slaughtering Chastity and Twilight of Destruction, I wrote about some experiences that led me to lose my higher taste for chanting

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Added by Ishvari Devi Dasi on July 15, 2010 at 5:30am — 4 Comments

TRIBUTE TO AYENDRA PRABHU, BY BHAKTI MADHURYA GOVINDA GOSWAMI (ACBSP) [MAKHANLAL DAS GOSWAMI]

“NOT A BLADE OF GRASS MOVES WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF THE SUPREME LORD”—A TRIBUTE TO AYENDRA PRABHU

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY BHAKTI MADHURYA GOVINDA GOSWAMI (ACBSP) (MAKHANLAL DAS GOSWAMI)

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Added by Makhanlal das on July 18, 2010 at 9:41pm — 1 Comment

Offering to His Grace Aindra Prabhu by His Holiness B B Govinda Swami

May Krishna’s holy name, which is a reservoir of all transcendentalhappiness, the destroyer of Kali-yuga’s sins, the most purifying ofall purifying things, the saintly person’s food as he traverses thepath to the spiritual world, the pleasure-garden where the voices ofthe greatest saints, philo… Continue

Added by ISKCON desire tree on July 18, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

HG Aindra Prabhu attains the spiritual realm

He reasons ill who says that Vaisnavas die,
When thou art living still in sound!
The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try
To spread the holy name around.
His Grace Aindra Prabhu Attains the Spiritual Realm With extreme anguish we inform the devotees of the disappearance of His Grace Aindra Prabhu on the night of July 16, 2010. He was alone in his room worshiping His beloved Deities when apparently there was a gas leak from his cylinder. Some devotees heard a sound and there was… Continue

Added by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 17, 2010 at 10:47am — 11 Comments

Sad news - Passing away of His Grace Aindra Prabu

Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupda

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Added by ISKCON desire tree on July 17, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

Fourth Annual BBT Art Seminar now open for registration

The BBT will be holding its fourth annual art seminar in Vrindavana, India, from November 5 25, 2010. Once again, the seminar will led by veteran ISKCON artists Dhriti Dasi and Ramdas Abhirama Dasa, teaching both new and repeat students practical techniques as well as the mood essential in producing devotional art.

A new website dedicated to the seminar is now online at http://artseminar.bbt.info.

The course is free for the fifteen mos

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Added by Pancharatna dasa on July 8, 2010 at 2:24am — No Comments

Amazing Story of Jananivas Pr and Lord Jagannatha! MUST READ!

Dear Maharaja's and Prabhus, Pamho. Agtsp. I would like to share an amazing story that a devotee announced this morning here in Kolkata. Yesterday, Jananivas Prabhu, our head priest in ISKCON Mayapur, was repainting the Lord Jagannatha Deity. He left without finishing the job, because he had to go to another program, the Disappearence Festival of H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja. He was planning to continue the painting work the following day. Last night Jananivas dreamt that Jagannatha's brother… Continue

Added by Ekalavya Das on July 7, 2010 at 3:57pm — 15 Comments

Quetta's 10th Yearly Program Celebration by ISKCON Pakistan Devotees

Quetta is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It is known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan", due to the diversity of plants and animal wildlife. Quetta is 1,680 meters (5,500 feet) above the sea level and having the he

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Added by Sandeep Kumar on July 2, 2010 at 10:58am — 2 Comments

Money millionaires and Mercy millionaires.

hare Krishna! So the news is out. Hold your breath. The world has on date, 1 crore millionaires( in USD), which is 0.016% of the world's population. Within USA approx 0.09% are millionaires and this means 99.01% are not! India has 0.0001% that is one in 10,000.. India also has officially 37% of its people living a Below Poverty Line life. The good news according to the press is that the number is growing rapidly - at what cost to the rest of the world is anybody's guess. Last year was a bad y

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Added by k.s.subramanian on June 24, 2010 at 3:15pm — No Comments

June 24th - HG Jananivas Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.5.2 - from Mayapur

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.2

kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir
jaṭāḿ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam
utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan
gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāḿ bhuvi

SYNONYMS:
kruddhaḥ — very angry; su-daṣṭa-oṣṭha-puṭaḥ — pressing his lips with his teeth; saḥ — he (Lord Śiva); dhūḥ-jaṭiḥ — having a cluster of hair on his head; jaṭām — one hair; taḍit — of electricity; vahni — of fir… Continue

Added by ISKCON desire tree on June 24, 2010 at 7:01pm — No Comments

LETTER FROM GOD

letter from god

As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to Me, even if it was just a few words, asking My opinion or thanking Me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear.

When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you

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Added by meenakshi chawla on June 22, 2010 at 12:58pm — 11 Comments

June 15th - H G Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.4.27 - from Mayapur

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.4.27

tataḥ sva-bhartuś caraṇāmbujāsavaḿ
jagad-guroś cintayatī na cāparam
dadarśa deho hata-kalmaṣaḥ satī
sadyaḥ prajajvāla samādhijāgninā

SYNONYMS:
tataḥ — there; sva-bhartuḥ — of her husband; caraṇa-ambuja-āsavam — on the nectar of the lotus feet; jagat-guroḥ — of the supreme spiritual teacher of the universe; cintayatī — meditating; na — not; ca — and; aparam — not… Continue

Added by ISKCON desire tree on June 15, 2010 at 6:06pm — No Comments