From
Vrindavan
Lila Dasi
Posted Mar.
31, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept
my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are pictures of
Pancha-tattva's darsan on Gaura Purnima Day
in Mayapur. Their outfit is very special
this time. It is a Maha-mantra outfit. The
Maha-mantra is written in every language
devotees speak around the world. Ramadevi
Mataji did a tremendous job to finish this
outfit in time for Gaura Purnima.
This page
may take a long time to download.
Photos:
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Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Alankara Books is pleased to announce its
debut publication, entitled Eighteen
Days: Sri Panca-tattva's Mayapur-lila.
This beautifully presented book covers the
18-day period from the arrival of Sri
Panca-tattva in Mayapur, up to Their
maha-abhiseka installation
ceremony—undoubtedly the most spectacular
Deity event in ISKCON's history.
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Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Public Announcement: ISKCON Cultural
Journal (http://siddhanta.com)
has changed its name to Hare Krishna
Cultural Journal. Hare Krishna
Cultural Journal continues to pursue its
mission of delivering commentary on and
analysis of the social and cultural issues
important to ISKCON's members.
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By Yugal Kishor dasa
Posted Mar. 31, 2005
It has been a while now that in our
Krishna Consciousness Movement several
individuals have been grappling with the
issue of homosexuality. Some have posed the
idea that homosexuality is as normal as
heterosexuality and thus attempt to
accommodate or justify homosexuality within
the ranks of ISKCON asramas (whether
grhastha asrama or brahmacarya, and perhaps
even sannyasa).
Others have expressed their opposing
convictions on the matter with full force.
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From a private e-mail
Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Also read Hridayananda Maharaj's "Gay
Monogamy" letter, and I applaud you for
posting it. Of course it may ruffle some
feathers, but I believe the principle is
correct…. Wherever we are, we have to start
somewhere.
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By Sita-pati das
Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Marriage does not condone or approve of
sexual activity. It is the product of a
civilization that recognizes that sexual
activity increases material identification,
and actively seeks to counteract this with
regulative legislation.
So where does this philosophical
deviation that marriage condones a lifestyle
based around sex life come from?
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By David Greensberg
Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Is the purpose of ISKCON to be like the
Christian right in America? Is ISKCON
supposed to be the moral watchdog of
society? Is ISKCON supposed to be the
gateway to Vraja or the demagogic enforcer
of morality?
If ISKCON takes the stand of being the
morality police, then this will
automatically curtail its effectiveness in
being the gateway to Vraja. This is an
axiomatic truth. What would happen is that
spirituality would be replaced by moral
ideology. Instead of ISKCON being about the
distribution of kirtan and prasadam and the
Bhagavata, its purpose would be to
tell people what is wrong with their lives.
It would change from being a purveyor of a
positive into being a purveyor of a
negative. Instead of embracing all people
and sharing the gift of Sri Sri Radha
Govinda, it would be about finding faults
with people.
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By Bhaktavatsala
dasa (HDG)
Posted Mar. 31, 2005
Why is everyone insisting on missing the
point? The idea is that we are all fallen
and conditioned souls. We have karma that is
being played out in this lifetime from many
lifetimes ago, still. What you do with your
nature and your karma while trying to follow
the principles is a result of your accepting
Krishna as The Supreme Personality of
Godhead and the wisdom and courage your guru
gives you.
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from Radhanatha dasa
Posted Mar. 30, 2005
Disabled servant of the devotees needs
assistance. Any male, 18 or older, United
States or Canada, with driver's license.
Travel United States and India, all expenses
paid plus $800/month split-shift with
another devotee. Please leave telephone
number so I can call you.
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From Satyanarayana dasa,
BBT trustee
Posted Mar. 30, 2005
Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All
glories to Srila Prabhupada.
For your own protection, I request that
you please beware of the so-called "Sharing
Krishna with Muslims" group, which includes
Airavata dasa, Nararatna dasa, and Amala
dasa. We strongly advise that you do not
under any circumstances give your donations
to this group.
Let my history with them act as a warning
(i.e., I think you would agree that hearing
the painful events of others is better than
personally experiencing them):
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Posted Mar. 30, 2005
We are offering for sale a four-acre
piece of sacred land at Govardhan adjoining
the Kusum Sarovar / Parikrama. This could be
ideal for setting up a spiritual center or
for any other related project in the arts
and music field. Please disseminate this
information to your members.
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From Chaitanya Kapadia
Posted Mar. 28, 2005
Posted Mar. 28, 2005
April 9-10: Radhadesh organizes a weekend
with H.G. Krsna Ksetra Prabhu.
Krsna Ksetra has been a member of ISKCON
since 1972, engaged in missionary and
priestly functions. In 1987 he became an
initiating guru in ISKCON. He has been the
director of ISKCON's ministry of Deity
worship since 1995 and was a member of
ISKCON's sastric advisory council in 2002
and 2003. He also has been responsible for
several publications like Pancaratra
Pradipa: the Process of Deity Worship.
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Posted March 25, 2005
Posted Mar. 25, 2005
Tune in to the Gaura Purnima festival
live at New Raman Reti, Alachua, Florida:
http://www.Krishna.com/Alachua
You'll see a webcam broadcasting from the
temple room, plus streaming MP3 sound.
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Posted Mar. 24, 2005
Appearance Day of
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Dear Devotees,
You are all cordially invited to
celebrate the transcendental appearance day
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Sri Sri Radha
Govinda Mandir on Friday, March 25, 2005.
This year, their Lordships, Sri Sri
Dayal-Nitai Vijay Gauranga, the Deities of
the Bhaktivedanta Ashram in New York City,
will be making their first trip to Sri Sri
Radha Govinda's Temple to accept the worship
of all the devotees on this festival
evening.
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From Lilananda Dasa
Posted Mar. 23, 2005
Wall Street devotee executive looking for
wholesale prasadam business to purchase.
Serious inquiries only please. Can be
contacted at
Lilananda.acbsp@pamho.net
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From Gopal Bhatta das
Posted Mar. 23, 2005
Dear Vaisnava,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All
glories to Srila Prabhupada.
If you're one of the three thousand
devotees who have visited the new SSPT
website, thank you. If not, please accept
our invitation to learn about the new
excitement going on in ISKCON North America.
A wide variety of devotees have now
updated the site with news from the recent
ISKCON continental planning meetings in
Dallas.
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India
From Rajsuya dasa
Posted Mar. 22, 2005
Hare Krsna. All glories to Sri Sri Guru
and Gauranga. All glories to His Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada and Gopal Krishna
Goswami.
One week of morning nagara sankirtan is
being held in the city by ISKCON Ludhiana
starting from March17, 2005, on the occasion
of the forthcoming Gaur Purnima 2005
festival. It passes through the different
streets of the city daily and thus attracts
many people to join and have the blessings
of Their Lordships.
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Utah
Posted Mar. 22, 2005
When: March 26, Saturday 4 pm
The Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork
invites all members of the public to
celebrate the festival of Holi on Saturday,
March 26, from 4 pm.
In India, Holi announces the arrival of
spring and the passing of winter. It is a
festival that breathes an atmosphere of
social merriment. People bury their hatchets
with a warm embrace and throw their worries
to the wind. Every nook and corner presents
a typically colorful sight.
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From Shyama Priya
Devi Dasi
Posted Mar. 22, 2005
Here is a nice letter from a prison
Chaplain:
January 19, 2005
Dear Mother Shyama Priya;
Thank you for your generous donation of
books. Your donation has been given to James
Seal to be put in our Hare Krishna library
for checkout.
We cannot afford to buy these
publications, so we rely on the generosity
of organizations such as yours to help us
help the men here at Oregon State
Penitentiary. We wish you the very best in
your efforts in this area.
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From Padmalochan Das & Vrindavan
Lila Dasi
Posted Mar. 20, 2005
Dear devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
A few days ago we had an ecstatic
maha-abhisek of the big Panca-tattva Deities
in Mayapur. This is just a small drop. More
pictures will be posted on
www.mayapur.info.
Hare Krishna!
Your servants,
Padmalochan Das &
Vrindavan Lila Dasi
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From Udayananda Dasa
Posted Mar. 20, 2005
Dear devotees of Jagat Guru A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada,
This is Udayananda dasa here.
It has been almost a year since I wrote
my appeal to all of you to help in raising
funds to pay for the medical treatment for
my dear friend Praghosa dasa. I am truly
sorry and apologize to everyone for being
unable to give regular updates on Praghosa
Prabhu's progress over the nine months that
he stayed at Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha Mandir
in Chowpatty.
In addition to fundraising, responding to
almost every letter that was sent, buying
herbs, vitamins, and medicines and sending
them to Praghosa and wiring the funds to
India, I went through a personal crisis that
completely changed my life. With only my
wife Rasesvari devi dasi to help me in this
regard, there just has not been any time to
regularly address the world community of
devotees.
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