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Older Vaisnavis From JayaLalita Devi Dasi Posted April 30, 2004 Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Some of you know me. Most of you do not. I tend to be a very quiet and very opinionated person. I have one of those opinions now that I want to put forth and try to stir up general concern for this topic. One of my main concerns for our future as devotees is not the future of ISKCON but the well-being of aging and retiring devotees. It is obvious that we have not been able to establish a real social setting. Over the last 30 years, we have failed to develop a system that will shelter devotees through the entire cycle of birth, aging, disease, and death. HH Giriraj Swami along with Sangita Devi Dasi and others are in the process of building the Vaisnavas Care network to see devotees through a hospice-like stage before they leave this world. Voidness Arises from Frustration From Jayadvaita Swami Posted April 29, 2004 Bhagavad-gita As It Is 4.10 "Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me— and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me." Purport First Edition: Second Edition: The ISKCON Prison Ministry From Shyama Priya devi dasi Posted April 28, 2004 The ISKCON Prison Ministry has been giving Krsna consciousness to the inmates of prisons all over the world for over 16 years. Candrasekhara dasa heads this ministry, which started as a way for him to preach as a householder. Responding to hundreds of letters and inquiries every year, he has kept the ministry going all these years, through many difficulties and with very little help. Many people are looking for Krsna while incarcerated. The ISKCON Prison Ministry is helping them find Him by sending books, tapes, Back To Godhead magazines, videos, japa beads, and neck beads. Some inmates, guided by the ministry, have been able to take shelter of a guru. Many prisoners never had the association of devotees before meeting them through the ministry. Some have never visited a temple but are looking forward to it after they are released. "Festival of Inspiration" Posted April 27, 2004 Where: New Vrindaban Community, West Virginia When: North American GBC/Temple Presidents Meeting Convention Friday, May 7, 10 A.M. - 6:15 P.M. Indulge Yourself in Transcendental Enjoyment!
Sri Gadadhara Pandita's
From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi Posted April 27, 2004 Hare Krishna! Sri Gadadhara Pandita's Appearance Day was celebrated in Mayapur with kirtan, abhishek of Sri Gadadhara (Utsav Deity) and prasadam distribution.
From Deena Bandhu Dasa Posted April 27, 2004 On 20th April, history was made at the Ujjain Kumbha Mela when the All India Sadhu Samaj officially accepted Lokanatha Swami as a mahant representing ISKCON. This happened only after a long battle over several days, where Sarvabhauma had to answer many, many objections and prove ISKCON is a bonafide Vaisnava sampradaya. It was a glorious fight, but on the day of the Sahi Snana, or Royal Bath, ISKCON had its own place in the procession, and the devotees were dancing like firebrands in what became a victory march to the Rama Ghat. Staying Alive Please Do Not Do This From Manjari devi dasi Posted April 26, 2004 Dawn Gibbs arrived at Delhi International Airport and got a pre-paid taxi to take her to the Brahmakumari ashrama there. She never made it. The taxi driver murdered her in an attempt to rob her. He then paid someone Rs.10 to clean the car of the blood, returned to the pre-paid taxi stand, and then returned home to sleep, where the police caught him. India, despite the superficial coverings of what is considered civilization, remains a very dangerous and cruel place as Dawn Gibbs found out. The dangers for a Westerner traveling alone in India cannot be underestimated, especially for women. GBC Resolutions 2004 Posted April 26, 2004
Posted April 26, 2004 Rupanuga Vedic College (Kansas City) announces a staff position availability for a male brahmana wishing to perform pujari or cooking services. (Experienced or not is ok). The presiding Deities are Sri Sri Gaura Nitai (36-inch marble). Private room, prasadam, tuition for education courses (bhakti sastri, bhakti vaibhava, bachelors, masters, etc.) will be provided for the person accepting the position. Interested persons are invited to contact Danavir Goswami (RVC president) at rvc@rvc.edu or call 800 340-5286 or 816 924-5619 and visit our website at www.rvc.edu
Festival of Inspiration Thursday, May 6th, 10:00 - 4:00 pm "Unleashing the Power of Story" Stories help us retain ideas, focus the mind, learn new things, and they help bring the listener to a stage of submissive aural reception. This all-day hands-on workshop with Sankirtana das is a storytelling intensive that will help participants understand techniques for rehearsing and telling stories to an audience. Participants will also work on the use of voice and gesture. This is a great opportunity for devotees doing any type of preaching, speaking, teaching, and performing. Learn how to enhance your storytelling/preaching by engaging the imagination of your audience and holding their attention. Vyapaka dasa interviews Kurma Rupa dasa Posted April 23, 2004 During a visit to Vrindavan dhama, Hare Krsna Rural Life (www.hkrl.com) had the good fortune to be able to sit down and interview Kurma Rupa Prabhu (KRP) about his efforts in starting and maintaining the program Care for Cows in Vrindavan. He provided valuable insight into the spiritual perspective of protecting the cows and we were impressed by his selfless commitment to cow protection. The Care for Cows in Vrindavan website can be found at www.careforcows.org. Hare Krsna Rural Life (HKRL): When did Care for Cows in Vrindavan begin? From Prananatha das Posted April 22, 2004 Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. In January this year, a most wonderful three-day celebration took place in our ISKCON society. It was the grand opening of the Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Temple in Auckland, New Zealand. This project, started in 1987 with the ground-breaking ceremony attended by New Zealand's Prime Minister David Lange, has been a labor of love for the Auckland community. Countless hours of hard work by a small army of devotees over a period of 17 years has culminated in this beautiful temple and community center.
USA Tour of
Bhakti Posted April 21, 2004 Dear Devotees of Lord Krishna, Some of you have heard about the country of Russia, some of you have even met Russian devotees. Now, here is your chance to meet with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, head of the devotees in Russia, and to find out more about one of most wonderful preaching fields in ISKCON and learn about the new plans for the first Vedic temple in Moscow. Maharaja will be on tour in the USA from April 30 to May 15th, and if you live in an area where he will be going, please use the opportunity to meet him.
Posted April 21, 2004 This little book is about cows, calves, and bulls. It helps promote the wonderful creature that supplies us milk. It is a volume of trivia about the bovine to give people an insight into the daily life of the mother of human beings. It is an introduction to cow protection— ever so gentle. Retail: 10 Australian dollars Wholesale: 6 Australian dollars— minimum order 10 Plus Postage Hardcover, dimensions: 14.5cmX10.5cm, 180 pages.
Mediation
Training in Boston April 28 – May 2, 2004 Srila Prabhupada encouraged us to work cooperatively to show our love for him by spreading his movement together. Maya certainly tests us, often through conflict, and that gives us a chance to deal with our anarthas (unwanted qualities) that get in the way. H.G. Braja Bihari Prabhu, the ISKCON Ombudsman, and Resolve Project Coordinator, will be visiting ISKCON Boston in April to present and teach ISKCON's Mediation Course. Internet Preaching Attracts 10,000 by Amarendar Nagavarapu Posted April 19, 2004 Sankarshan Das Adhikari has broken new ground in the field of spreading Krishna consciousness. In January of 2003 he started an e-course called "The Ultimate Self-Realization Course" for teaching the science of Krishna bhakti via the Internet. He had previously put up a web page in an attempt to sell Bhagavad-gita but had gotten no result. He then reasoned that if he could first win people's trust by giving them something of value for free, he could then interest them in studying Srila Prabhupada's books. 2004 Gita Nagari Posted April 19, 2004 Friday evening May 28, 2004 – Monday May 31, 2004 Includes initiations, weddings, entertainment, workshops, and delicious prasadam. Sunday May 30th is Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi. "If a person endeavors to observe this great fast very strictly, he easily achieves the results of observing all twenty-four Ekadasi fasts throughout the entire year." [Ekadasi The Day of Lord Hari by Krsna Balaram Swami] Our God-family will be blessed and reap many benefits as we observe this special day of fasting and purification with His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami.
Diary of a Traveling Preacher February 11– March 11, 2004 Remembering Goswami Maharaja On His Disappearance Day Festival Dear Tamal Krsna Maharaja, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to our beloved master, Srila Prabhupada. Goswami Maharaja, this is the first time I have visited your samadhi mandir in Mayapura. I have often walked past the samadhi since I have been here, but I could not bring myself to come in. Please excuse me, but in my heart of hearts I have still not reconciled myself with your leaving. It is too painful. "What is the most painful thing in the life of a devotee?" Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Ramananda Raya. "But for separation from a Vaisnava, I can think of no unbearable pain," the governor replied. As told by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja Posted April 15, 2004 The following article appeared in issue number 68 of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu, the free fortnightly email magazine from ISKCON Gopal Jiu Publications. A mother had a small six- or seven-year-old son. She wanted to admit him into primary school so he could get some education, but the school was a little far away, half a mile from their house. Still she told the boy that he should go to school every morning. So, the boy started going. On the path to school he had to pass through a jungle where there were some ferocious animals like tigers and snakes. Being a small child, he was afraid. He came to his mother and said, "Oh mother, when I was going through that jungle on the way to school I was very afraid. So many ferocious animals are there. I can't go any more." Please Pray for Jacob From Joshua Hawley Posted April 16, 2004 Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glory to Sri Guru and Gauranga! I write today with a humble request: that any one of you Vaisnavas that may read this letter— I would humbly ask that you pray to Krishna on behalf of the newly departed soul of my younger and only brother, Jacob Frederick Hawley. He met with an untimely death at the age of 23. Born October 31, 1980, died April 14, 2004. I loved my brother very much, and unfortunately he never got the opportunity to associate with devotees. So I just ask that he may be remembered by the devotees so that Krishna may bless his soul to take birth as a Vaisnava. Thank you very much. Begging your mercy eternally as servant of the servant of the servant, and begging to remain yours, Sincerely, [Article complete on this page] Narasimha Caturdasi in Germany Posted April 15, 2004 Dear Vaishnavas; Please accept our respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We would like to offer a heartfelt invitation to the Sri Narasimha Caturdasi Festival at Sri Narasimha Ksetra in Germany. The Festival will run from May 1st 2004 through May 9th 2004. The main festival days will be, of course, May 3rd Narasimha Caturdasi, and May 7th. The Narasimha Festival will feature lots of kirtan, a big abhiseka ceremony, dramas, and much, much more. Remembering Gaura Purnima Gaura Purnima in Baroda From Basu Ghosh Das Posted April 14, 2004 Dear Readers, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Gaura Purnima was celebrated in a grand way here at ISKCON Baroda, in Gujarat. The attached photos tell the story. One picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. Hope you all enjoy the photos and the transcendental darshan of Their Lordships. For your servants at ISKCON Baroda,
Remembering Gaura Purnima
Approach a Bona Fide Spiritual Master From Jayadvaita Swami Posted April 12, 2004 Bhagavad-gita 4.34: tad viddhi pranipatena "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth." Concerned about the integrity and fidelity of this translation? Is "self-realized souls"— in the plural— a deviation? Correction to Prison Article Posted April 10, 2004 Dear Prabhu, In the article about going into the prisons, Chandarshekar das's phone should be 419-508-2291. Someone forgot the last 1. Please correct it if possible. Thanks, Hamsagati das [See "Prisoner Brothers and Sisters," dipika.org, March 29, 2004. The article has been amended.] [Article complete on this page]
Sri Sri Radha Govinda in Denver
For the pleasure of the Vaisnavas, here are a few photos of Sri Sri Radha Govinda in Denver. More can be found on www.krishnadenver.com. Your servant,
Diary of a Traveling Preacher Posted April 7, 2004 January 30 - February 10, 2004 "Narottam! Narottam! Narottam!" "Why do you want to visit my country?" the Bangladesh Ambassador asked suspiciously. "We're the poorest people on earth." "I know, Sir," I replied as I adjusted my Yankees baseball cap, "but in a BBC survey several years ago it was determined that the people of Bangladesh are the happiest on earth. I am curious to find out why the poorest are the happiest. My country, America, is the world's richest, but came in a disappointing seventh place in the survey in terms of contentedness. Obviously, happiness is not synonymous with material prosperity." "I'm intrigued by your reasoning," the ambassador said. "I'm a Muslim, and the Koran teaches the same principle. I'll make an exception and grant you a visa. As an American, you'd normally have to obtain it at our embassy in America, not here in a foreign country.
The Blue Star Outfit Text & photos by Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi Posted April 5, 2004 Dear Devotees, Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Below are some photos of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava in Their blue star outfit. This outfit is popular with devotees, and many are asking for pictures of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava wearing it. I hope this will be of some help. Hare Krishna! Sridhara Swami By Mahakratu Das Posted April 2, 2004 I remember first meeting Sridhara Swami in the mid-seventies in Mumbai, India. We were working together under Gargamuni, enrolling life members. In those days we were a bit tough. We had to be because of the circumstances of living on a construction site (the temple) and having very little money or resources but faithfully going out every day to visit Mumbai businessmen and persuade them to give us some rupees and become members of the then fledgling ISKCON. When I first started working with Sridhara Swami, he was quite used to the hot climate and the culture, whereas I wasn't, so sometimes, after a long morning program, when we would head out in our car for an appointment, I would be overcome by sleepiness. Then I would feel a sudden bump or nip on the back. It was Sridhara Swami waking me up. He would have a big smile and pretend nothing had happened. U.S.A. ISKCON Comes to Edison, New Jersey From Madhupati Dasa Posted April 2, 2004 Dear Devotees and Friends, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are pleased to inform you that by the mercy of the Vaishnavas, the inauguration of ISKCON of Central New Jersey on Sunday, 28th March 2004, was a big success. The Sunday feast program was held at a rented hall, and nearly 250 devotees attended. The maximum capacity of the rented hall was 150 people, so some inconvenience was faced, but the program went very well. HH Romapada Swami gave a nice presentation on Sri Pancha Tattva's installation and Their boundless mercy flowing throughout ISKCON. The start of the preaching effort is also Their causeless mercy. New York Harinam in Times Square Posted April 2, 2004 Dear Devotees and Friends, Here is an invitation to a special event in the heart of New York City: **Maha Harinam at Times Square with Indradyumna Swami** Saturday, April 3— from 7:30pm to 10:00pm.
Srila Prabhupada DVDs From Nrsimhananda dasa Posted April 1, 2004 Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We sold out! Yes, we’ve completely exhausted the first replication of 1000 sets of the Srila Prabhupada DVD Library. Demand has been outstripping supply. We are ecstatic— except that we are out of sets....
This is your final notice of opportunity. ITV will be making another replication of the Srila Prabhupada DVD Library in about 120 days. That means that you have the possibility of submitting translations within the next 90 days to have them included in the new edition. We estimate that there won’t be another replication for at least two years or more.
Clarification from From Jayadvaita Swami Posted April 1, 2004 In 1983, when the GBC body discussed the then-forthcoming Second Edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, were the members aware of the extent of the revisions proposed? My sincere thanks to His Grace Balavanta Prabhu for sending me, two days ago, the following clarification: >To Whom It May Concern > The following quotation was attributed to me on the internet with regard to the editing of Bhagavad Gita As It Is: U.S.A. Lord Nityananda Delivers the Mrgari of Southern Idaho By Sri Hari Dasa, Boise, Idaho Posted April 1, 2004 Recently, I had a wonderful experience, the kind that book distributors talk about all the time. It had never happened to me, and I had always wondered how these devotees preach so that people feel inspired to take so many books. It was a nice, sunny, and beautiful springlike day. People were busy in their own fun plans. Some people were with their groups getting ready to enter restaurant for lunch, and others were waiting outside for their mates to arrive. Some were enjoying the sunny lounges of bars and restaurants. The whole area was filled with the smell of roasted meat, garlic, etc.
Looking for a Murti From Rasaraja dasa Posted April 1, 2004 Dear Devotees, Dandavats. All glories to the Assembled Vaisnavas and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. H.H. Srila Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is looking for a murti of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for his personal worship. He wishes to find a murti by Locana dasa that is approximately 12 inches in height or larger. If anyone is interested in selling such a murti please contact Rasarajadasa@hotmail.com. Aspiring to serve the Vaisnavas, [Article complete on this page] Posted April 1, 2004 Dear devotees and friends, ISKCON Baltimore is pleased to
present a new website:
This is the official website for ISKCON Baltimore Yatra. Please visit the website and share with us your comments, and suggestions. Hare Krishna! Your servants, [Article complete on this page] From Deenanath dasa Posted April 1, 2004 Pranams. Please go to http://www.vrindavan.com/darshan for darshan at Krsna Balarama Mandir on Ramnavami. If you would like to receive an automatic notice whenever new festival darshan pictures are posted, please join our darshan mailing list via the www.vrindavan.com website. Your servant, [Article complete on this page] |
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