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Sankirtan stories

Administrator — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:54:56 GMT

Yadavendra das: Two hair salon customers started showing signs of serious interest. The first one bought Cooking with Kurma and the second one accepted my three books special offer composed of Great Vegetarian Dishes, Cooking with Kurma and Quick Vegetarian Dishes.

Kolkata - Srila Prabhupada’s birth place

Administrator — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:52:05 GMT

Vrindavana Lila: Sankarsan Prabhu talks during Srila Prabhupada Disapearance day, remembering that Srila Prabhupada asked devotees to do something in Kolkata to establish it as His birth place

Fixing Mind And Engaging In Krishna's Service

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:18:34 GMT

2009-11-11 - BG 12-8 - Fixing Mind And Engaging In Krishna's Service - by Jagannath Kirtan Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Remaining Focussed Despite Temptations

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:17:29 GMT

209-11-11 SB-08-06-16-19 - Remaining Focussed Despite Temptations - by Vraj Vihari Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Vaishnava Calender - Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa - Disaapearance

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:12:00 GMT

Coming soon doomsday, do not miss it, a once in a life time chance

Administrator — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:42 GMT

By Janananda Maharaja

Even if we happen to be Brahma which we probably aren't, very soon is an event we can't afford to miss. It only happens once in Brahma's day. Are we just going to let it pass by like any other day?

Flat for sell in Vrindavan

Administrator — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:31:49 GMT

Nanda Gopa das: Because we are moving out from Sri Vrindavan Dham, we are selling our almost new, fully surnished, studio flat (only one room, with kitchennete in one corner and bathroom)

First Ever Public Phone Call-In for Devotees with Relationship Challenges

Administrator — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:30:08 GMT

Sridevi dasi: Ever wondered why a call-in devotee talk show did not exist where you could call in and ask your most pressing/embarrassing/heart-rending relationship questions in complete anonymity and get help from an expert?

For Impersonalists Advancement Is Difficult

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:16:45 GMT

2009-11-09 - BG 12-3-5 - For Impersonalists Advancement Is Difficult by Radha Pati Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Let Krishna's Will Not My Will Be Done

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:16:07 GMT

09-11-08_Sunday Feast - Let Krishna's Will Not My Will Be Done - by Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Krishna Hears Intent Of Our Prayers

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:15:15 GMT

2009-11-08_SB-08-06-14 - Krishna Hears Intent Of Our Prayers - by Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Serving The Lord Without Demanding

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:10:04 GMT

2009-11-07_SB-08-06-13 - Serving The Lord Without Demanding - by Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Surroundings Affect Our Character

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:08:25 GMT

2009-11-06_SB-08-06-12 - Surroundings Affect Our Character - by Govind Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Krishna Untouched By Material Transformations

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:06:41 GMT

2009-11-05_SB-08-06-10-11 - Krishna Untouched By Material Transformations -by Rohini Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesirteree.com

Krishna Is The Swiftest Deliverer

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:05:12 GMT

2009-11-10 - BG 12-6-7 - Krishna Is The Swiftest Deliverer - by Bihari Gopal Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Krishna Is The Source Of All Knowledge

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:54:25 GMT

09-11-04_SB-08-06-09 - Krishna Is The Source Of All Knowledge -by Jagannath Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty - www.iskcondesiretree.com

Vaishnava Calender - Suddha Ekadasi-Fasting for Utpana Ekadashi,Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura - Disaapearance

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:05:00 GMT

Celebrating 40 years of ISKCON in London

Administrator — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:53:45 GMT

Radha Mohan Das: In attendance will be over 1300 prominent and over 200 volunteers of the faith community, various politicians and many VIP’s from business, industry, entertainment and inter‐faith leaders. Speakers will include friends of George Harrison who will be sharing rare stories of the Beatles and Hare Krishnas during the early years, as well as other notable figures associated with ISKCON

Krishna Admirers of Croatia

Subala Dasa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:12:47 GMT

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Twenty Beads of Causeless Mercy

Administrator — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:05:01 GMT

By Indradyumna Swami

By serving Madan Mohan one conquers material desires; by serving Govindaji one purifies the senses; and by serving Gopinatha, master of the gopis, one achieves pure love of God, the perfection of life

Giridhari das, Brasilia, Brazil: November Retreat in Pandavas Paradise

Giridhari Das — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:18 GMT

Our latest yoga retreat at Pandavas Paradise (our environmental reserve and bhakti yoga ashram in Chapada dos Veadeiros) was held over the long weekend of October 30th to November 2nd.

Most of the participants were first-timers and had previously had no previous contact with Vaishnavism. It’s a blessing to be able to meet new people, coming from many different paths. We had people from Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.

During the retreat I gave a seminar on “The Path of Knowledge and Peace in Yoga”. In this seminar we studied the definition of knowledge and peace given by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita, and how to achieve it, as well as techniques to achieve peace given by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutra. Due to rain, instead of the walk that we had scheduled for Sunday, I presented another seminar, “Karma: what it is and how to get rid of it.”

As always, we had two aratiks and 30 minutes of japa every day. It was the first time that most had tried mantra meditation but they liked it!

We had Radharani DD as our yoga teacher. This time she alos brought her fiancé, Tulasi Prabhu. Our guests always appreciate her yoga classes, as well as her ayurvedic and thai massages. No stress can survive a few days in nature, with mantras, yoga and massages!

The guests loved the prasada. We used several products from our organic garden, including sweet passion fruit, strawberries, blackberries, mulberries, bananas, chilis and a variety of herbs.

It was mostly rainy, but we managed to get enough sunshine on the last day for nice walk and a swim at our invigorating water falls.

Here are some comments we received from the guests after the retreat:

“I would like to thank you for sharing this Paradise! It was wonderful! I was in need of a refreshing moment of pause to remind me of myself and to connect with this important aspect of life. “- Cecilia

“… I came back feeling very well, as if I had taken a one month vacation. I am very grateful to you all for the hospitality. I hope to always come back and to bring more people to enjoy such wonderful retreats. “- Gina

“I can only thank you for letting me know and spend some time in this Paradise G_d has lent you.” – Claudia

Click here to see lots more pictures!

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:30 GMT

1967 November 9: "I am now thinking about our society. We were very smoothly going on but this disruption created by Kirtanananda has plagued and disturbed the situation. The best thing is to do our duty nicely with faith in Krishna and everything will be adjusted."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:25 GMT

1967 November 9: "Kirtanananda is a crazy man. That is proved. Try to convince by argument and reason but do not become angry. We should always try to represent Lord Nityananda Prabhu in the matter of preaching work."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:19 GMT

1970 November 9: "As President, see that everyone is following a regulated schedule of chanting sixteen rounds, reading, Sankirtana, and temple worship. Any breakage in the performance of one's duties will surely be a hindrance in one's advancement."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:14 GMT

1970 November 9: "Universities are very important. There they can appreciate our philosophy. When you speak in the classroom, just quote from my books and explain in your own words. They will appreciate very much."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:08 GMT

1973 November 9: "I was sick when I left Calcutta for London. For the time being I am keeping my health. So after all, this is an old body. I am 78 years, and still by the grace of Krsna it is going on."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:57 GMT

1975 November 9: "We have to request them humbly to correct if there is any discrepancy, not changing or dismissing. Our whole process is to humbly request and like Nityananda Prabhu sometimes falling down on the feet and flattering."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:52 GMT

1975 November 9: "The temples should save more and not exceed expenditures. Our principle is tyaga, to renounce material activities as far as possible. It is not good that all the temples are spending more than they are receiving."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

Srila Prabhupada's Letters

letters (noreply@blogger.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:46 GMT

1975 November 9: "We are not interested in giving them vegetarian food; we are interested to give them prasadam. They may take so many nice things, especially the sandesh, kachori, rasagulla, samosa and in this way they will forget their meat-eating."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

Akrura das, Gita Coaching: FLYING INTO HEADWINDS

Akrura@pamho.net (akrura@pamho.net) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:38 GMT

This article is not the absolute truth, but it could be useful in many ways.

Flying Into Headwinds

When you set off toward a new destination or goal, like taking off in an airplane, you will have an idea of both your departure time and your arrival time. You will set a schedule for yourself and expect to arrive pretty much on schedule. But as soon as you take off, you will experience what pilots call "unexpected headwinds." The situation in your life is similar. As soon as you embark on a new journey, you will experience headwinds as well: everything will cost twice as much and take three times longer than you anticipated. You should estimate how long you will take to achieve certain milestones and then triple that time to get the actual time period required.

Types of Headwinds

Headwinds in your business and personal life will come from several sources. Your primary source of headwinds will be other people. They will disappoint you, cheat you, betray you, and fail to live up to your expectations, and turn out to be incompetent or indifferent. Your customers will be a major source of headwinds. When you start a new venture, you will be amazed at how difficult it is to get customers to buy your product or service for the first time. Your customers will disappoint you in that they will buy less than you expected, take longer to buy than you expected, pay slower than you expected, and complain more than expected. Remember that the customer is always right. It is not what you produce but what people buy that counts.

Financial Headwinds

Another form of headwinds that you will face has to do with money. Some people will tell you that it is easy to make all the money you want just by thinking positively and visualizing yourself as wealthy. Everyone wants to believe that this is true, and many people embrace the idea of effortless wealth with their whole hearts. But that doesn't include those people who have actually achieved financial success. People who have made a lot of money have learned through bitter experience that the
only thing easy about money is losing it. As the Japanese proverb says, "Making money is like digging with a pin; losing money is like pouring water on the sand."

Personal Headwinds

You will experience headwinds personally in that you will discover, much to your surprise that you lack specific talents, skills, and knowledge that you need to succeed. You may find that you are a poor time manager or that you lack self-discipline. You cannot seem to focus, concentrate, and apply yourself single-mindedly to your most important tasks. You waste time and feel overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time in which to do it. You may lack financial, analytic, marketing, or selling skills. You may not know how to plan and organize your business, advertise effectively and attract customers, or persuade your prospects
to buy from you. Fortunately these are all learnable skills. But the starting point of mastering these essential skills is for you to admit that you need them. After that, the education can begin.

Action Exercise

Because of your incredible mind, you can learn any skill you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself. You must never allow yourself to be held back because you lack a particular skill. Figure out what skill you need to increase the quality of your life, and then set out to learn it.

Brian Tracy

Duty

Administrator — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:50 GMT

By Giriraj Swami

All of us--husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children, students, and teachers--have duties, and sometime we begrudge the performance of our duties because we think their execution will impede our personal happiness.

“That we shall see” - Prabhupada retreat at Bhaktivedanta College Radhadesh

Administrator — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:32:40 GMT

By Dinadayal dasa

In late October, the college students and Radhadesh devotees had a magnificent opportunity to hear about Srila Prabhupada from two senior devotees, Dhananjaya Prabhu and Vishakha Mataji.

New Issue of Krishna Kathamrita

Administrator — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:11 GMT

Gopaljiukatha: Gopal Jiu Publications is pleased to announce the release of the long-awaited 12th issue of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Magazine, "The Hidden Identity of Lord Jagannath".

New Lectures by His Grace Mahatma Prabhu

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:26:00 GMT

Sivarama Swami Receives Hungarian Gold Cross

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:48:42 GMT

By Govardhana Dasa on 7 Nov 2009

ISKCON guru and leader Sivarama Swami received the Gold Cross of the Hungarian Republic, the second highest award in the state, during a Diwali celebration this October 20th.

Miss India Visits ISKCON New Delhi

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:44:02 GMT

By Madhava Smullen on 7 Nov 2009

Ekta Choudary—Miss India 2009, and the Indian finalist in this year’s Miss Universe beauty competition—turned up at ISKCON New Delhi’s Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir for a visit on November 3rd.

8th European Leaders Meetings Held at Villa Vrindavana

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:25 GMT

By ISKCON News Service on 7 Nov 2009

ISKCON’s 8th ELM (European Leaders Meetings), held from October 2 – 3 in Villa Vrindavana, Italy this year, yielded inspiring news on the year's accomplishments, as well as some exciting new plans.

ISKCON News Grateful to Ekendra Dasa, Welcomes New Managing Editor

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:32:26 GMT

By ISKCON News Service on 7 Nov 2009

We’re extending our gratitude to Ekendra Dasa, the managing editor whose two and a half years of dedicated service brought the site to where it is today—and welcoming a new face.

Halloween-Hare-Krishnas

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:19:09 GMT

By Vineet Chander for Beliefnet.com on 1 Nov 2009

Halloween has come and gone, without incident. None of the neighborhood kids donned Lil' Ganesh costumes after all, and my daughter Shruti's first Halloween costume (an adorable pumpkin) was a hit.

Namaste Brother!

Subala Dasa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:37:53 GMT

By Kripamoya Dasa for The Vaisnava Voice on 1 Nov 2009

Its nice to see a Christian brother find something helpful in the wisdom of the East for a change and to want to share the inner meanings of a common Sanskrit greeting with his flock.