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  1. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana
  2. Spiritual Scientist: The Treasure of the Pauper
  3. Haricharana das, Indonesia: Damodar Puja Festival Groups of Devotees from our ISKCON temples...
  4. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Urmila Mataji
  5. Dandavats.com: Tucson's 'Feast for the Beast' Feed the Animals - Don't Eat Them!
  6. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 5
  7. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings
  8. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Video: Re-Living Nuit Blanche with the Hare Krishnas!
  9. ISKCON News.com: Personal Reflections on the Sacred Bond of Marriage
  10. Japa Group: Japa Is My Most Seri­ous Med­i­ta­tion
  11. Srila Prabhupada's Letters
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  19. Dandavats.com: Global Village Initiative Committee meets at Mumbai
  20. H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Seminar Lecture (1) : Lord Krishna's Vrindavana Pastimes
  21. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Video: Guru-Puja from Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day Celebrations
  22. Dandavats.com: An Interview with Suresvara Dasa on the Prabhupada Seminar
  23. Akrura das, Gita Coaching: PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION STORY
  24. H.H. Kadamba Kanana Swami: The desire to go back to Godhead
  25. H.H. Sivarama Swami: Syama, the son of Sankirtana dasa and Medhya dd offered to Radha-Syama
  26. H.H. Sivarama Swami: This year’s theme for our Prabhupada book distribution marathon is “May everyone be happy.”
  27. New Vrndavan, USA: CVPT – Agriculture, Cows and Self Reliance Minutes 10/17/11
  28. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 4
  29. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings
  30. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 3
  31. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings
  32. H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.7-8
  33. H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Vaishnava-Etiquette (2), Mauritius, 25 March 2011.
  34. H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Ultimate Goal of life from Vedic Perspective
  35. ISKCON Desire Tree: Vaishnava Calender - Vaishnava Calender - Suddha Ekadasi : Fasting for Utthana Ekadasi,Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance,Bhisma Pancaka
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ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana

06/11/2011


"His deeds are sweet, His conquest is sweet,
His thieving is sweet, His love-sports are sweet, His oblations are sweet, His countenance is sweet..."

(Madhurastakam)

Be it in the form of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Ballabha or Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Devi, Your darsana remains equally sweet.

 

 
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Spiritual Scientist: The Treasure of the Pauper

Often, only when we are put into circumstances where Krishna is all that we have that we realize Krishna is all that we need. That is why Queen Kunti in her prayers to Lord Krishna in the Shrimad Bhagavatam (1.8.27) addresses him as akinchana-vittaya, the treasure of the pauper: it is only when we lose everything that we consider to be a treasure and are reduced to a pauper that we realize that Krishna is our actual – and only – treasure. Of course, we don't have to become paupers to realize this. By hearing attentively and contemplating prayerfully the messages of Krishna given in the sacred scriptures, we can gain the twin realizations that, even when we possess worldly treasures, we are still paupers for those treasures can neither truly prevent the miseries of life, nor offer substantial satisfaction to our hearts; and therefore our actual treasure is Krishna and Krishna alone. Thus, when we become material paupers at heart, we can relish Krishna as the everlasting treasure of our hearts.

 
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Haricharana das, Indonesia: Damodar Puja Festival Groups of Devotees from our ISKCON temples...





















Damodar Puja Festival

Groups of Devotees from our ISKCON temples in Bali traveling bringing Sri Damodar and Mother Yasoda murti to many friend, relative, colleague and others to give them chance to offer ghee lamp at this auspicious Kartika Month. They happy and love to hear the narration of Damodar lila and asked many good question. 

 
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ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Urmila Mataji

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.43Real religion means to know God, our relation with Him and our duties in relation with Him and to know ultimately our destination after leaving this material body.

 
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Dandavats.com: Tucson's 'Feast for the Beast' Feed the Animals - Don't Eat Them!

By Bhakta Geno

Each fall the Zoological Society of Tucson hosts its major fund-raiser and invites one hundred of the best restaurants in the city to give out samples of their cuisine. The event supports the Zoo and the award-winning work they do with the animals

 
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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 5

4:32 A.M.   Poem for November 5   Svarupa Damodara began to sing as follows: "Now I have gained the Lord of My life, in the absence of whom I was being burned by Cupid and was withering away." This song refers to Srimati Radharani's meeting at Kuruksetra with Krishna. It is a song of [...]

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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings

From Dear Sky: Letters from a Sannyasi   "March 26 New Panihati, Berbice, Guyana "My dear Mind,   "Recently I have been reading Manah-siksa to the devotees. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami asked his mind to develop intense, extraordinary love for the spiritual master, the land of Vrndavana, the Vrajavasis, the Hare Krishna mantra and Radha and [...]

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ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Video: Re-Living Nuit Blanche with the Hare Krishnas!

Toronto recently celebrated Nuit Blanche, an all-night arts festival in downtown.  For one sleepless night, tens of thousands of people roamed the streets and took in arts exhibits, performances and more.  An energetic group of devotees from Toronto's Hare Krishna community hit the streets and brought their drums, cymbals and more.

The kirtan began and swept the public up in the sounds of the chanting and before we knew it, there was dancing, singing clapping and more!  Check out this little video that captures the experience!

 
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ISKCON News.com: Personal Reflections on the Sacred Bond of Marriage

By Madhava Smullen on 5 Nov 2011
Wedding

Lately at ISKCON News we've taken a look at how more second generation members of our society are taking their initiation vows, one of the most important "rites of passage" in our Vaishnava culture. There is another other important set of vows, however, which we share more closely with the contemporary culture in which we live—marriage vows.


 
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Japa Group: Japa Is My Most Seri­ous Med­i­ta­tion

Japa is my most seri­ous med­i­ta­tion. Japa has been given to use by Cai­tanya Mahaprabhu, and Prab­hu­pada says the order of the spir­i­tual mas­ter to chant at least six­teen rounds daily is the most essen­tial one. So I'm work­ing at it. I pray to Krishna to bless me.

Japa Transformations
by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1967 November 5: "I offer you my sincere most blessings for the most kind words you have sent me. This attitude of service will help you progress in Krishna Consciousness and perfect Krishna Consciousness will help us to go back to home, back to Godhead."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1967 November 5: "If possible the persons involved must be requested to send a letter of regret and apology for the mistake they have done. This incident of separation from our society is accidental. The fact is that once combined in Krishna Consciousness, one cannot be separated at any time."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1967 November 5: "I have given you a list of good behaviors for the devotees. The person who is a devotee must develop those good qualities. The provocation was set in motion by his uncalled for behavior but in future we shall be very much careful to deal in such provocative situations."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1972 November 5: "All these things are nonsense inventions. Simply perform our kirtana. Such inventing spirit will ruin our movement. People may come to see, some will become devotees, but such devotees will not stay because they are attracted by some show and not by the real thing."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1972 November 5: "Another change, another change, every day another change. Gradually the Krishna Consciousness idea will evaporate. Our standard is to have kirtana, start temples. Don't manufacture ideas."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

 
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1975 November 5: "This is very funny thinking. You want to spend for a boat and he wants to take sannyasa. First, there is no sanction to purchase this boat. And is sannyasa so cheap? This is nonsense. He is not fit. He will become a victim."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

 
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1975 November 5: "If somebody does not go in one line with the rest of the godbrothers, he can remain separately, but it does not mean that he may disobey the principles that I have laid down. So long as one follows the principles, he continues to be my disciple."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

 
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1975 November 5: "Why are you always calling on the telephone? Are you such important men that you have to call all over the world? We are poor men sons, what can I do?"
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

 
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Dandavats.com: Global Village Initiative Committee meets at Mumbai

By Bharat Chandra Das

ISKCON`s Global Village Initiative Committee (GVIC) met for the second time after it's inception last year. The committee was fored under the ausipices of GBC as part of strategic planning initiative

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Seminar Lecture (1) : Lord Krishna's Vrindavana Pastimes

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON LORD KRISHNA’S PASTIMES IN VRINDAVANA IS THE FIRST LECTURE IN A SERIES OF SEVEN, GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CARU SWAMI.   Transcription : His Grace Vrajendrasuta Dasa Editing : Her Grace Hemavati Radhika Dasi Audio source: click here His Holiness began the class by singing the Advaita Ashtakam prayers of [...]

 
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ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Video: Guru-Puja from Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day Celebrations

 
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Dandavats.com: An Interview with Suresvara Dasa on the Prabhupada Seminar

Dinadayal dasa: An Interview with Suresvara Dasa on the Prabhupada Seminar

 
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Akrura das, Gita Coaching: PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION STORY

There is a story in the Skanda Purana about a hunter who was converted into a great devotee by the mercy and the instruction of Narada Muni, a great devotee of Krsna and sage. This story illustrates a great personal transformation. It's a bit long but it's worth your time and attention, because you will learn an important success principle:

By following the wise, we become wise - and nice.

Once there was a hunter in the forest of Prayaga who was fortunate enough to meet Narada Muni when the great sage was returning from Vaikuntha after visiting Lord Narayana. Narada came to Prayaga to bathe in the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna.

While passing through the forest, Narada saw a bird lying on the ground. The bird was half-killed, having been pierced by an arrow, and it was chirping piteously. Further on, Narada saw a deer flopping about in agony. Further, he saw that a boar was also suffering, and, in another place, he saw a rabbit twitching in pain. All this made him feel very compassionate, and he began to think, "Who is the foolish man who has committed such sins?"

In general, devotees of the Lord are compassionate toward the suffering living entities, and so what to speak of the great sage Narada? He became very much aggrieved by this scene, and after proceeding a few steps he saw the hunter engaged in hunting with bow and arrows. The hunter's complexion was very black, and his eyes were red. It appeared to be dangerous just to see him standing there with his bow and arrows, looking just like an associate of Yamaraja, death.

Seeing him, Narada Muni entered deeper into the forest to approach him. As Narada Muni passed through the forest, all the animals who were caught in the hunter's traps fled away. The hunter became very angry at this, and he was just about to call Narada vile names, but, due to the influence of saintly Narada, the hunter could not utter such blasphemies. Rather, with gentle behavior he asked Narada: "My dear sir, why have you come here while I am hunting? Have you strayed from the general path? Because you have come here, all the animals in my traps have fled."

"Yes, I am sorry," Narada replied. "I have come to you to find my own path and to inquire from you. While on the path I have seen that there are many boars, deer and rabbits lying on the forest floor half-dead and flopping about. Who has committed these sinful acts?"

"What you have seen is all right," the hunter replied. "It was done by me."

"If you are hunting all these poor animals, why don't you kill them at once?" Narada asked. "You half-kill them, and they are writhing in their death pangs. This is a great sin. If you want to kill an animal, why don't you kill it completely? Why do you leave it half-killed and allow it to die flopping around?"

"My dear Lord," the hunter replied, "my name is Mrgari, enemy of the animals. I am simply following the teachings of my father, who taught me to half-kill animals and leave them flopping about. When a half-dead animal suffers, I take great pleasure in it."

"I beg only one thing from you," Narada implored. "Please accept it."

"Oh, yes sir, I shall give you whatever you like," the hunter said. "If you want some animal skins, come to my house. I have many skins of animals, including tigers and deer. I shall give you whatever you like."

"I do not want such things," Narada replied. "But I do want something else. Since you kindly agreed to grant it to me, I shall tell you. Please, henceforth from tomorrow, whenever you kill an animal, please kill it completely. Don't leave it half dead."

"My dear sir, what are you asking of me? What is the difference between half-killing an animal and killing it completely?"

"If you half-kill the animals, they suffer great pain," Narada explained. "And if you give too much pain to other living entities, you commit great sin. There is a great offense committed when you kill an animal completely, but the offense is much greater when you half-kill it. Indeed, the pain which you give half-dead animals will have to be accepted by you in a future birth."

Although the hunter was very sinful, his heart became softened, and he became afraid of his sins by virtue of his association with a great devotee like Narada. Those who are grossly sinful are not at all afraid of committing sins, but here we can see that because his purification began in the association of a great devotee like Narada, the hunter became afraid of his sinful activities.

The hunter therefore replied: "My dear sir, from my very childhood I have been taught to kill animals in this way. Please tell me how I can counteract all the offenses and sinful activities I have committed. I am surrendering unto your feet. Please save me from all the reactions to the sinful activities I have committed in the past, and please direct me to the proper path so that I can be free."

"If you actually want to follow my directions, I can tell you the real path by which you can be freed from these sinful reactions."

"I shall follow whatever you say without hesitation," the hunter agreed.

Narada then told him to first break his bow; only then would Narada disclose the path of liberation.

"You are asking me to break my bow," the hunter protested, "but if I break it, what will be the means of my livelihood?"

"Don't worry about your livelihood," Narada said. "I shall send you sufficient grains so you can live."

The hunter then broke his bow and fell down at the feet of Narada. Narada got him to stand up, and he instructed him: "Just go to your home and distribute whatever money and valuables you have to the devotees and the brahmanas. Then come out and follow me wearing only one cloth. Construct a small thatched house on the riverbank and sow a tulasi plant by that house. Just circumambulate the tulasi tree, and every day taste one fallen leaf. Above all, always chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. As far as your livelihood is concerned, I shall send you the grains you need, but you must accept only as much grain as you require for yourself and your wife."

Narada then revived the half-dead animals, and, getting freed from their dreadful condition, they fled away. Upon seeing Narada execute this miracle, the black hunter was struck with wonder. After taking Narada to his home, he bowed down again at his feet.

Narada returned to his place, and the hunter, after returning home, began to execute the instructions Narada had given him. In the meantime, news spread among all the villages that the hunter had become a devotee. Consequently the residents of the villages came to see the new Vaisnava.

It is the Vedic custom to bring grains or fruits whenever one goes to see a saintly person, and since all the villagers saw that the hunter had turned into a great devotee, they brought eatables with them. Thus every day he was offered grains and fruit, so much so that no less than ten to twenty people could have eaten there. But following Narada's instructions, he did not accept more than what he and his wife required to live on.

After some days had passed, Narada told his friend Parvata Muni: "I have a disciple. Let us go visit him and see if he is doing well."

When the two great sages, Narada and Parvata, went to the hunter's home, the hunter saw his spiritual master coming from a distance and began to approach him with great respect. On his way to greet the great sages, the hunter saw that there were ants on the ground before him, and they were hindering his passage.

When he reached the sages, he wanted to bow down before them, but before he did so he carefully cleared away the ants with his cloth. When Narada saw that the hunter was trying to save the lives of the ants in this way, he was reminded of a verse from the Skanda Purana: "Is it not wonderful that a devotee of the Lord is not inclined to give any sort of pain to anyone, not even an ant?"

Although formerly the hunter had taken great pleasure in half-killing animals, since he had become a great devotee of the Lord he was not prepared to give pain even to an ant.

The hunter received the two great sages at his home and offered them a sitting place, brought water, and washed their feet. Then the hunter and his wife took some of the water and drank it, and finally they both sprinkled the water on their heads. After this they felt ecstasy and began to dance while singing Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. They raised their hands and danced with their clothes flying.

When the two great sages saw this ecstasy of love of Godhead manifest in the body of the hunter, Parvata Muni told Narada: "You are a touchstone, for by your association even a great hunter has turned into a great devotee."

There is a verse in the Skanda Purana which states: "My dear Devarsi [Narada], you are glorious, and by your mercy even the lowest creature, a hunter of animals, also became elevated to the path of devotion and attained transcendental attachment for Krsna."

At length, Narada inquired of the hunter-devotee: "Are you getting your foodstuffs regularly?"

"You send so many people," the hunter replied, "and they bring so much food that we cannot eat it all."

"That's all right," Narada replied. "Whatever you are getting is all right. Now just continue your devotional service in that way."

After Narada had spoken this, both he and Parvata Muni disappeared from the hunter's home.

Lord Caitanya recited this story to show that even a hunter can be engaged in the devotional service of Krsna by the influence of pure devotees.

- Teachings Of Lord Caitanya
 
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H.H. Kadamba Kanana Swami: The desire to go back to Godhead

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2011)

Understanding that we don't even want to go back to Godhead. It's like one day we said:

"I don't know if I really want to go back to Godhead. I mean I'm afraid to go back to Godhead. I'll miss my mother, my aunty and everybody else. And then I'll be back to Godhead. Oh my god, I don't know if I want to go there!"

So we don't even have a desire to go back to Godhead. So Prabhupada said:

"Yes, first back to Godhead. To develop a desire of going back to Godhead, and appreciate it".

Don't worry, Dhruva went and he took his mother as well! There you go….no problem! If you go then your mother can also go, and everybody else…….even your favourite parrot! If you really be merciful upon your pet. Krishna will say;

"All right that can also go. No problem".

And not be miserly:

"Oh no, I can't go back to Godhead, since my hamster is still here!"

No, it's not that bad. So back to Godhead………we have to firstly develop the desire before we can say:

"Now I'll serve in the world, for so many lifetimes".

Because otherwise:

"No, it's okay. I will stay in the material world and I'll just serve Krishna!"

Yes, but in reality we are just serving ourselves, because even externally serving Krishna, we are still concerned with our own position and getting quite comfy in devotional service, and we fall prey, as described by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura that:

"Instead of becoming absorbed in the ecstasy of pure devotional service, we are externally engaged in pure devotional service, and internally enjoying the side benefits of devotional service".

The side benefits that come as prestige, worship, opulence and everything else. So it is important to have the desire of going back to Godhead!

 
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H.H. Sivarama Swami: Syama, the son of Sankirtana dasa and Medhya dd offered to Radha-Syama

 
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H.H. Sivarama Swami: This year’s theme for our Prabhupada book distribution marathon is “May everyone be happy.”

With Prabhupada’s books they will.

 
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New Vrndavan, USA: CVPT – Agriculture, Cows and Self Reliance Minutes 10/17/11

Present: Bhalabadra, Madhava Gosh, Jaya Krsna, Jayadevi, Jaya Prabhupada, Lalita Gopi,

1. Refining the vision statement:

The New Vrindaban Community

  • produces locally the necessities of life
  • demonstrates a practical example of self-reliance and
  • engages and protects the cows and the oxen.

2. Subsidies / Price Support:

Both the European GBC and the GBC have passed a resolution, which requests ISKCON entities to buy milk products, vegetables, and flowers from ISKCON farms up to their current purchases and at a price they can afford.

3. Decentralized production:

The temple would fix a contract upfront with the devotees to buy vegetables from them at a defined price (higher than the market price). The products would be delivered

3. How will the vision manifest in 10 years from now:

a. Mission/vision statement:  Produce the necessities of life for devotees,

animals and visitors.

Prabhupada stated there are four problems 1) food, 2) shelter, 3) cloth, 4) medicine.

1) Food- vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, berries, milk products, honey, maple syrup, sorghum, dried beans, seeds for future crops.  Establish a seed bank, possibly a future business.

2) Shelter-Housing/lumber could be used for building-clear former land used for farming that has been taken over by trees.  Mine sandstone for housing.  Straw bale houses would be dependent on freeze-thaw cycles.  Cordwood with mortar would be more applicable. Prabhupada’s clay, rammed earth brick making machine.  Recycled tires discussed as a possibility.

3) Clothing-Wool type three merino sheep. Llamas, alpaca.  Linen from flax plant.

4) Medicine-Herbs (wild and domestic) cow remedies.

b. Demonstrate a practical example of Self-reliance

Whatever comes to the Deity comes from the Dham.  Build a greenhouse, with an efficient heating system.  An earth-bermed greenhouse would be easier to heat.

Engage devotees in guest facilities (bed and breakfasts).

Living on the land, producing our own food, housing, and medicines.

c. Engages and Protects the cows and oxen

Integrated into community life-families.  Each village has its own oxen engaged in their own activities.  Establish an endowment fund for families to have a lifetime commitment.  Decentralized care would cost more.  Centralized-reform the way people care for cows.  Encourage small barns/farmettes.  Establish a trade/barter system-production is necessary.

Prototype design, bank barn-solar panels.  Oxen/cow plow dept.  4-6 calves a year,  10 oxen teams.

3 years-cows and oxen-composting and recycling systems.  New barn at Madhubhana.  Four fresh cows.  Produce hay and grains for cows.

1 year-Madhubhana-ox barn and one house for teamsters.  Milk production; buy, bred cows, cows that produce more milk.  Discussed bulls vs. artificial insemination.  Goal-buy bred heifers for spring 2012.

 
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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 4

4:32 A.M. Poem for November 4 Offering obeisances to the Lord with folded hands, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu raised His face toward Jagannatha and made prayers from the scriptures. When Lord Caitanya danced and jumped high, roaring like thunder and moving in a circle, He appeared like a circling firebrand. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced He displayed [...]

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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings

From Japa Transformations "Japa cannot be compared to anything. You pray from the heart. Your japa can be compared to championship golf. Sometimes you use the heavy driver, sometimes you use the iron, sometimes you use the putter, sometimes you make a birdie or an eagle, and sometimes you make a lot of bogeys, [...]

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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Poem for November 3

4:30 A.M.   Poem for November 3   Lord Caitanya formed sankirtana groups of singers and dancers for the Ratha-yatra. There were altogether seven parties of sankirtana and in each party two men were beating drums. Thus fourteen drums were being played at once. The sound was tumultuous and all the devotees became mad. Lord [...]

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H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): Selected Writings

From Life with the Perfect Master: A Personal Servant's Account   "On the last morning in Hong Kong, which was particularly cold, Srila Prabhupada asked me to stay back from the morning walk and make some halava for his breakfast. As usual, the sincere young Chinese men were going on the walk and so there [...]

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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.7-8

The following lecture was given by H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja on June 24th,2011,in ISKCON New Talavan (USA). Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 10:The Summum Bonum–Chapter66:Pauṇḍraka, the False Vasudeva –Text 7-8 Share/Save

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Vaishnava-Etiquette (2), Mauritius, 25 March 2011.

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON VAISHNAVA-ETIQUETTE, WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CARU SWAMI IN ISKCON MAURITIUS ON 25 MARCH 2011. Transcription : Her Grace Rasa-Mandali Dasi Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa Audio-references : click here (also kirtana) Hare Krishna, So, how was the class yesterday? Did you benefit from it? It was beneficial? Did you [...]

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Ultimate Goal of life from Vedic Perspective

The following Evening lecture was given by H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja on June 23rd, 2011,in ISKCON New Talavan (USA). Share/Save

 
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ISKCON Desire Tree: Vaishnava Calender - Vaishnava Calender - Suddha Ekadasi : Fasting for Utthana Ekadasi,Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance,Bhisma Pancaka

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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 3, Chapter 24, The Renunciation Of Kardama Muni, Text 40

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM CANTO 3 CHAPTER 24, THE RENUNCIATION OF KARDAMA MUNI, TEXT 40, WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CARU SWAMI ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 2010 IN ISKCON UJJAIN, INDIA.  Ttranscription : Her Grace Ranga Radhika Dasi Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa The lecture can be read from www.bcswami.com Audio reference: click here [...]

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Jaya Radha Madhava with harmonium

The following Kirtan was led by H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja on June 22nd, 2011,in ISKCON New Talavan (USA). Share/Save

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 3, Chapter 32, Entanglement In Fruitive Activities, Text 39-40

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM CANTO 3 CHAPTER 32, ENTANGLEMENT IN FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, TEXT 39-40 WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CARU SWAMI ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 2010 IN ISKCON UJJAIN, INDIA. Transcript : Ramananda Raya Dasa Editwork : Ramananda Raya Dasa Audio-reference : click here This lecture with picture can be read on bcswami.com Om [...]

 
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H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.13.19

The following lecture was given by H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja on June 22nd, 2011,in ISKCON New Talavan (USA). Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 5:The Creative Impetus–Chapter13:Further Talks Between King Rahūgaṇa and Jaḍa Bharata–Text 19 Share/Save

 
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ISKCON News.com: New Vrindaban Organic Gardening Inspires Local Sustainability

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 5 Nov 2011

A New Vrindaban devotee's efforts at organic gardening have inspired the general public, educational institutions, and leaders in the local town of Wheeling, West Virginia to support sustainability, eat local produce and consider spiritual motives for it.


 
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ISKCON News.com: Hare Krishna - A Fun Song Made With Body Sounds



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ISKCON News.com: Congregational Development Ministry Offers New E-Books

By Madhava Kirti Dasi for ISKCON News on 5 Nov 2011

ISKCON`s Congregational Development Ministry has e-Books available on their website. The following titles are on hand: Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Free to Preach, The Nectar of Congregational Preaching and Super Sunday.


 
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Gouranga TV: Krishna Prasad Das-Diwali-Oct 26 2011 026.MTS

Krishna Prasad Das-Diwali-Oct 26 2011 026.MTS

 
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Mayapur Online: All Glories to mother Cow - Gopastami

A couple days back the devotees here in Mayapur, glorified mother cow with utmost respect, and devotion. There was a procession of cows, yajna, feeding the cows, and much more. "The eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārttika is known by authorities as Gopāṣṭamī. From that day, Lord Vāsudeva served as a cowherd, whereas previously He had tended the calves."

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ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana

05/11/2011


"His song is sweet, His drinking is sweet,
His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet, His beautiful form is sweet, His Tilaka (mark on the forehead) is sweet.
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness."

(Madhurastakam)

May we always relish Your sweetness to its full extent through Your ever-sweet darsana, O Lord of Sweetness.

 
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H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Saturday 5 November 2011--We Can See Krishna--and--Why Spiritual Name is Important?

A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Saturday 5 November 2011 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger image.) Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world. Dedicated with love to ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and to you, our dear readers. For Transcendental Association Connect With Other Members of this Course. Join this Conference: http://groups.google.com/group/sda_students Help Popularize Our Message By Liking Today's Thought on Facebook: Today's Thought: We Can See Krishna uploaded from Sri Vrindavan Dhama, India On 4 November 2011 we headed out from Vrindavan town to Nandagram and Barshana, the respective childhood homes of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani. To actually be in the places of Lord Krishna's pastimes on this planet is a greatly rewarding experience. Krishna is not a myth. He is a real person who displayed the most amazing transcendental pastimes 5,000 years ago when He appeared on Earth. And if we qualify ourselves through pure love for Him we can see Him face-to-face, eye-to-eye even today. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Nandagram--the Home of Lord Krishna http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Nandagram.jpg Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: Why Spiritual Name is Important? Dear Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This is my question: Why is the spiritual name given so much importance? Your humble servant Asta-sakhi devi dasi Answer: It Saves the Disciple from Greatest Danger Srila Prabhupada has very nicely explained in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.32 why spiritual names are given so much importance: Guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija: [Cc. Madhya 19.151] by the mercy of the guru and Krishna, one receives the seed of bhakti. This association saves a devotee from the greatest fear. In our Krishna consciousness movement we therefore change a devotee's name to a form that reminds him of Vishnu. If at the time of death the devotee can remember his own name, such as Krishna dasa or Govinda dasa, he can be saved from the greatest danger. Therefore the change of names at the time of initiation is essential. The Krishna consciousness movement is so meticulous that it gives one a good opportunity to remember Krishna somehow or other. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Transcendental Resources: Receive the Special Blessings of Krishna Now you too can render the greatest service to the suffering humanity and attract the all-auspicious blessings of Lord Sri Krishna upon yourself and your family by assisting our mission. Lectures and Kirtans in Audio and Video: Link to High Definition Videos Link to Over 1,000 Lecture Audios Lecture-Travel Schedule for 2011 http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/schedule Have Questions or Need Further Guidance? Check out the resources at: http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com or write Sankarshan Das Adhikari at: sda@backtohome.com Get your copy today of the world's greatest self-realization guide book, Bhagavad-gita As It Is available at:http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/store Know someone who could benefit from this? Forward it to them. Searchable archives of all of course material: http://www.sda-archives.com Receive Thought for the Day as an RSS feed: http://www.backtohome.com/rss.htm Unsubscribe or change your email address Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Daily_Thought Thought for the Day on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ultimate.Self.Realization Copyright 2005-2011 by Ultimate Self Realization.Com Distribution of this material is encouraged. Simply we request you to acknowledge where it is coming from with a link to our sign up page: http://www.backtohome.com Our records indicate that at requested to be enrolled to receive e-mails from the Ultimate Self Realization Course at: This request was made on: From the following IP address: {contact_address

 
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