Going to Woodstock
I'm on my
way to Woodstock, so I'll be offline for
a few days—Umapati Swami
Posted July 30, 2005
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All glories to
Srila Prabhupada! |
Please join us in celebrating Ottawa’s
very first Ratha-yatra festival.
Lord Jagannatha—the Lord of the
Universe—will sit high up on His
beautiful, colorful, and large chariot,
which will be pulled in a jubilant parade
down the streets of Ottawa. Join us in
chanting the names of the Lord and
dancing for His pleasure.
The parade will start at noon on
Sunday, July 31, at Richmond Square 2
(1365 Richmond Rd.—across from Walmart at
the Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre).
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From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 30, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some more pictures
from Ratha-yatra in Mayapur. There was
also a separate Ratha-yatra for children
in the grhastha park. The photos will be
sent soon. Now we are getting busy with
Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja book.
Hare Krishna!
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By Indradyumna Swami
Posted July 30, 2005
June 9–20, 2005
"Back On The Front Lines"
On the flight from Moscow to Warsaw, I
counted the money I had collected for the
festival program in Poland. I had gone to
Russia to raise funds for increasing the
security of the program, but my
collection didn't come to much. In fact
it barely covered the costs of my travels
through Russia.
But I didn't lament. The wonderful
experiences I'd had preaching in Russia
were priceless. As Srila Prabhupada once
wrote to a disciple, "Preaching in the
snows of Moscow is sweeter than the
sweetest mango."
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Posted July 29, 2005
Seminar on Parenting and Home
Schooling
Date:
Saturday, Aug 6, 2005
Location:
ISKCON DC, Cultural Hall
10310 Oaklyn Dr
Potomac, MD 20854
This is a seminar on Krishna-conscious
parenting and home schooling. It will
present tips and techniques for raising
our children in a Krishna-conscious
manner and for Vaisnava home schooling.
It will be presented by Arudha Mataji,
Radhika Ramana Prabhu (Dr. Ravi Gupta),
and Gopal Hari Prabhu from Boise, Idaho.
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Posted July 28, 2005
Ratha-Yatra Parade and Lord
Jagannatha World Peace Festival in
Cologne, Germany
Join our festival and united prayer
for world peace, on August 6th, 2005
The 2005 Cologne Ratha-yatra Parade
and World Peace Festival will take place
for the second time on Saturday August 6,
in Cologne, Germany. The procession of
Lord Jagannatha’s chariot starts at 10 am
at Zuelpichstrasse, in central Cologne.
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From Nrsimhananda Dasa
Posted July 18, 2005
[The following is a response to an
article recently posted on chakra.org.]
Dear Webmaster,
Bhakta Jim, whoever that may be—or
perhaps it's just a pseudonym—makes
outrageous accusations without having
inquired from us directly about our
clearance of copyrights. He, whoever he
may be, is using assumption and
accusation in his charge of hypocrisy.
Moreover, the webmaster of Chakra should
have had the courtesy of informing us of
the pending article so that we could set
the record straight before misinformation
could be transmitted all over the world.
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From Urmila Devi Dasi
Posted July 18, 2005
Please accept my obeisances. All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Tamohara Prabhu, who runs the
International Child Protection Office,
recently had his camper stolen (while he
and his wife were sleeping in it). Their
story is included. They lost all their
most important personal possessions
including their computers, all their
data, and all their software.
Clearly, this loss has made their
service of protecting Krishna's children
far more difficult.
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From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi
Posted July 17, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some photos from the
Ratha-yatra parade in Mayapur. Lots of
devotees and local people from the
surrounding areas came to participate,
and of course, Gulab Kali the elephant
was blessing everyone. In one of the
photos you can see Aharadha Mataji.
Wherever she goes she carries a picture
of Sri Madhava. There was a local band
accompanying the procession.
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From Basu Ghosh Dasa
Posted July 17, 2005
24th annual Jagannath Ratha-yatra
Mahotsav at Baroda, Gujarat, India
On Friday, July 8, 2005, ISKCON Baroda
observed Sri Jagannath Ratha-yatra
Mahotsav on the traditional date (same as
at Puri), Aashadh Shukla Dvitiya (aashaadh
sud bij in Gujarati).
The Ratha-yatra procession started at
2:30 PM on a dry day, less than a week
after torrential rains played havoc with
normal life all over Gujarat, and the
procession received a tremendous response
from the public.
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From Makhanlal das
Gauravanachari
(ACBSP)
Posted July 17, 2005
[The following letter has been sent to
Damodar Swami, one of H.H. Bhakti Tirtha
Swami’s leading disciples. It is
presented here as an offering, to be
shared by the prabhus upon Maharaja’s
departure from this world]:
Dear Damodar Maharaja,
Dandavat pranams. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada, without whose mercy we would
all remain forever blind.
At this time, I feel particularly
compelled to write to you on account of
the physical departure of your Guru
Maharaja.
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From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi
Posted July 16, 2005
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some photos of Ratha-yatra in
Mayapur, part 1 (beginning), starting
from Rajpur Jagannath Mandir. There are
more pictures to follow. The famous
Bengali actor Tapan Pal, an ISKCON
life member, was present at the
Ratha-yatra pandal program and at the
beginning of the parade. The locals were
overjoyed to see him.
Hare Krishna!
Click here for photos
By Indradyumna Swami
Posted July 16, 2005
June 5 - 8, 2005
"Without Discrimination"
Every morning while I was visiting
Rostov, Russia, we would drive from the
apartment where I was staying to the
temple, an old house in a poor
neighborhood of dirt streets outside the
city. The temple didn't have facilities
for more than a handful of devotees, what
to speak of guests.
Over 100 devotees would line the road
to greet us with kirtan, but one morning
I noticed three or four dark-skinned
people in ordinary clothes among them.
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From Padmalochan Das
& Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 15, 2005
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept our humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
An ATM (cash-dispensing machine) was
installed on our ISKCON Mayapur property
on Wednesday, July 13, in the Chakra
Building, room 133. HH Jayapataka Swami
performed the opening and cut the ribbon.
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From Rajsuya dasa
Posted July 15, 2005
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krsna. Please accept my most
humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada.
Today, May 31, was the first day of
Srimad Bhagavatam katha being held in
a large pandal here. The program began
with lectures by HG Radhakrishna das from
Vrindavan, HG Sakshi Gopal Das from
ISKCON Kurukshetra, and HG Rajsuya Das.
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From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 14, 2005
Dear devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some pictures of the Holy
Dham of Mayapur
Click here for photos
Posted July 14, 2005
Welcome to the 2nd annual Harvest
Workshop to be held August 19-21 at the
ISCOWP farm near New Vrndavana in West
Virginia.
Come and have some fun and learn
self-sufficient skills too. More detailed
schedule upon request. Please RSVP. Thank
you so much.
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From Joshua Hawley
Posted July 14, 2005
Thank you finally—an ISKCON sannyasi
for finally taking a clear stance in
support of your spiritual master who is
the clear founder and Acharya of ISKCON
and no on else.
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From Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Posted July 14, 2005
We are now in the most exciting period
in world history. There is a tidal wave
of love of Godhead that burst forth from
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years ago in
India. In the 60s and 70s that tidal wave
was distributed all over the world by His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada.
Now, at the present moment,
Prabhupada's followers are expanding that
wave more and more.
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From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi
Posted July 13, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some photos of Sri
Panca-tattva in Their early-morning
hairstyle.
Click here for photos
Posted July 13, 2005
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept our respectful obeisances.
The Festival of India will take place
on 20 August in Radhuspladsen (The Town
Hall Square), Copenhagen. Consider this
announcement your invitation to take part
in this wonderful event.
If you want to participate in the
festival as a guest, do volunteer
service, or help with donations, please
check out
www.festivalofindia.dk for more
information and contact us. You will also
find videos of the past festival for your
enjoyment.
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Posted July 13, 2005
The upcoming Srila Prabhupada Festival
at New Talavan and New Orleans has been
extended to four days: Thursday, July 28
through Sunday, July 31.
Thursday, July 28 and Friday, July 29
are the 30th anniversary of Srila
Prabhupada's visit to New Orleans and New
Talavan, according to the lunar Vedic
calendar. Saturday, July 30 and Sunday,
July 31 are the corresponding dates in
the Western calendar.
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From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 12, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept my
most humble obeisances. All glories to
Srila Prabhupada!
Here are some photos of devotees
cleaning the temple room on Gundicha
cleaning day.
Click here for photos
From Shyama Priya Devi Dasi
Posted July 12, 2005
I was told to write you because you
could help me grow and understand the
Gita. I found this book in the cell back
in April, 05. Well at first I thought it
was just a book to read and so I started
reading it that same night. Well it
became clear to me that this book was
like a Bible of some kind.
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From Dhanajaya das, Ganapati das,
Devamrita das
Posted July 10, 2005
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It has come to our attention that some
temples are sending devotees to Vrindavan
with terminal diseases so they can their
bodies in the holy dham, expecting
support, facility, and cooperation.
We are sorry to inform everyone that
at this time ISKCON Vrindavan has no
hospice facility or funds for this, nor
is there any medical personnel or support
group to assist terminally ill persons.
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From Rajsuya dasa
Posted July 10, 2005
Sri Narasimha Caturdasi was celebrated
in the temple with more than two thousand
people attending. I performed abhisek of
His Lordship along with other
devotees, and later Shilp Karini Radha
dasi from Mumbai performed kirtan.
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Posted July 9, 2005
Dear Devotees,
The Second Pandava Sena Youth Retreat,
after a very successful one last year in
New Vrindavan!
Who : All young people
(ages 15 to 30) curious about
spirituality
When : July 21 to 25, 2005
Where : Potomac, MD &
Washington D.C.
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By Indradyumna Swami
Posted July 9, 2005
June 2-4, 2005
"The Debate"
Throughout my Russian preaching tour,
I had been corresponding by email with
Sri Prahlada das about managing my time
better. My schedule has been so intense
the last six months that I have found
little time to study, an essential
practice for one who lectures two or
three times a day. As I grow older, I
also find myself hankering to spend more
time chanting japa as well as worshiping
my beloved Deities each morning.
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From Pariksit Dasa
Posted July 9, 2005
Haribol, Prabhus and well-wishers,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
One of our most enlivening kirtan
leaders was none other than His Holiness
Bhakti Tirtha Swami. Truly, his departure
is a great loss to the world. However, a
number of his kirtans were recorded. One
of them has been rearranged nicely and is
now on sale.
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From Vrindavan Lila Devi Dasi
Posted July 9, 2005
June 21–
Dear devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
For about a week now, the Deities in
our temple in Mayapur have been enjoying
air conditioning. Sri Sri Radha-Madhava
have three units, Sri Sri
Prahlada-Nrsimhadeva have one, and Sri
Sri Pancha-tattva have two. I am
enclosing some photos of Sri Sri
Pancha-tattva's, as they were the easiest
to photograph.
Photos inside
Media Release
From the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) also known
as the Hare Krishna Movement
Posted July 8, 2005
The International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON) UK expresses its
deep regret and sympathy to all those who
were injured and bereaved by the
appalling terrorist attacks across
London.
Lord Krishna devotees across the
United Kingdom are deeply saddened by the
terrorist atrocities which have brought
havoc to the City of London, claiming
innocent lives and injuring scores of
commuters.
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By Bhakti-tirtha Swami
Posted July 8, 2005
A Vyasa-puja offering to Srila
Prabhupada written in 1983
My dear eternal father and spiritual
master, Srila Prabhupada,
Lately I have been reflecting more
intensely on how fortunate I and
thousands of other souls on this planet
are to have met and served you personally
or to have been influenced by your
teachings, instructions, guidance, and
encouragement. These days I normally like
to personalize most of my reflections, so
lately I have been thinking what would
have been my fate if you had not so
gracefully come into my life. I am
bursting with gratitude. Thank you for
rescuing me.
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From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 8, 2005
Click here for photos
Posted July 8, 2005
Come and Attend the 33rd Annual
Toronto Rathayatra July 16 and 17.
Summer’s greatest attraction for
Toronto Krishna devotees is the annual
Rathayatra, the festival of Chariots.
Devotees enjoy seeing the beautiful
smiling faces of Their Lordships Sri Sri
Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Lady Subhadra
sitting in their colorful chariots and
being pulled by thousands of devotees on
the famous Yonge street in Toronto. The
two-day festival draws over 30,000
people.
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From Yasomatinandana das
Posted July 8, 2005
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please let us take few minutes of your
time and introduce you to the new Moscow
Temple Project.
Srila Prabhupada came to Moscow in
1971, taking all kinds of risks, in order
to establish Krishna consciousness in
this very important part of the world.
Srila Prabhupada left only one disciple
here, but by his spiritual power Krishna
consciousness gradually started spreading
in the USSR.
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From Ila Devi Dasi
Posted July 8, 2005
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are looking for an illustrator to
draw pictures for a devotee children's
activity book. Most will be
black-and-white line drawings, depicting
scenes from the Srimad Bhagavatam.
Drawings must be original, and copyrights
will go to the publisher.
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From Jagadananda dasa
Posted July 8, 2005
Dear Dipika Org.
Please accept my respectful
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada.
I was favorably impressed by H H
Danavir Gosvami's article "Chaste
Harlots" and I would like to express to
him my appreciation for the way Maharaja
supported his article strictly on the
basis of guru, sastra, and sadhu.
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ISKCON Communications Media Release
By Vyenkata Bhatta dasa
Posted July 8, 2005
Washington, D.C.–With the Fourth of
July in full swing, over three hundred
thousand spectators lined historic
Constitution Avenue to cheer on the
National Independence Day Parade.
Marching bands, military veterans, and
patriotic floats formed the bulk of the
procession, but what caught the attention
of many onlookers was the inclusion of an
authentic Indian chariot, bearing carved
images of Lord Krishna and accompanied by
devotees dressed in traditional dhotis
and saris.
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Jaya Srila
Bhaktivinoda!
Disappearance Day 2005
By Indradyumna Swami
Posted July 7, 2005
May 26 - June 1, 2005
"Sharing Good Fortune With Others"
My three-day visit to Tatarstan went
by fast. It is said that if you enjoy
what you are doing time passes quickly
but if you are bored or annoyed time
drags on. And I was doing what I enjoy
most: sharing my good fortune with
others.
Several months earlier, I had been
talking with my son, Gaura Sakti dasa,
about how the devotees of my generation
are starting to pass away. "You've lived
such a full life," he said, "even if you
were to die today, you would have nothing
to lament."
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By Danavir Goswami
Posted July 7, 2005
From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 6, 2005
Click here for photos
By Siddhanta das
Posted July 5, 2005
"Prabhupada was in his room in
Vrindavana discussing various preaching
plans with Akshayananda Maharaj when
Prabhupada said, 'So, what should we do?'
"Akshayananda Maharaj replied,
'Prabhupada, we’ll just have to become
Krishna conscious.'
"Prabhupada said, 'Another impractical
suggestion.'"
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From Lokanatha Swami
Posted July 5, 2005
My Dear Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharja,
Please accept my most humble
obeisances at your eternally spiritual
Lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada, our savior.
I have written down a few of my
thoughts, which I would like to share
with all of those who are gathered here
today.
So finally the inevitable has
happened.
The thought that we would not meet
again together in Mayapur, at Gita Nagari
or at the Divnomorsk festival in Russia
is unbearable.
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By Sangita devi dasi
Posted July 3, 2005
June, 2005–
By the mercy of my spiritual master,
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, I was
called upon to serve as the hospice nurse
for my dear Godbrother His Holiness
Bhakti Tirtha Swami during his final
months on this Earth.
As most of our readers are aware,
Maharaja had been diagnosed with melanoma
(an aggressive form of cancer) last year
and had undergone surgery as well as many
types of treatments in an attempt to slow
the progression of his cancer.
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By Amara dasa
Posted July 3, 2005
The members of GALVA (The Gay and
Lesbian Vaishnava Association) would like
to express their sincere and heartfelt
condolences to all the disciples and
friends of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha
Swami on the occasion of his passing away
from this world. Maharaja was a dear
leader and spiritual mentor to all of our
members and his unique presence will be
greatly missed.
Below is my last letter to Bhakti
Tirtha Maharaja. I am sharing it with all
of the devotees because I believe it
expresses our deep appreciation for this
wonderful Vaishnava with a heart of gold.
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From Vrindavan Lila
Devi Dasi
Posted July 2, 2005
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble
obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Here are some photos of
Prahlada Maharaja during the abhishek on Lord
Nrsimhadeva's appearance day, as we have Sri
Sri Prahlad-Nrsimha Deities in Mayapur.
Click here for photos
From Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
Posted July 1, 2005
June 27, 2005–
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
About a month before His Holiness
Bhakti Tirtha Swami left this world, I
asked him if there was something I could
do for him when he passed away. He
immediately said yes. I could write a
letter on his behalf and spread it
widely. I was glad that he had such a
positive request in mind but
unfortunately he never gave me many
points about what to say in this letter.
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