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"Planet ISKCON" - 34 new articles H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Monday 22 August 2011--Srila Prabhupada--Savior of the Universe--and--Can I Worship Krishna Without Worshipping India? Japa Group: Janmastami Offerings ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu Manoj, Melbourne, AU: 220. His expert blessings H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 4.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 New Vrindavan, USA: Janmashtami 2011 Live Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Simply try to understand Krsna H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BS 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 4.9 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 4.9 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 Mayapur Online: Divine Appearance day of Tungavidya Sakhi Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Glories of Sankirtan movement Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: We are Forever Grateful to Srila Prabhupada...let's show it! Australian News: Pre Janmashtami Party in Sydney attract Demigods from other Universes – see the photos yourself H.H. Sivarama Swami: New Vraja-dhama Parikrama 2011 Mayapur Online: Janmastami 2011 - Tomorrow! Dandavats.com: Sponsor cleaning Radha Kunda as a birthday present for Sri Krishna H.H. Sivarama Swami: Visiting the Vaisnava samadhis of Vrindavana town Japa Group: Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.7 Akrura das, Gita Coaching: YOU CAN STOP, THINK AND CHOOSE! Dandavats.com: Save Earth Now! ISKCON Desire Tree: Vaishnava Calender - Sri Krishna Janmastami : Appearance of Lord Krishna Gouranga TV: Madhava – Hare Krishna Kirtan at New Mayapur – August 12, 2011 ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters Srila Prabhupada's Letters ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana More Recent Articles Search Planet ISKCON Prior Mailing Archive H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Monday 22 August 2011--Srila Prabhupada--Savior of the Universe--and--Can I Worship Krishna Without Worshipping India? A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Monday 22 August 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. Special Announcement: Connect With Other Members of this Course. Join this Conference: http://groups.google.com/group/sda_students Today's Thought: Srila Prabhupada--Savior of the Universe Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram, Austin, Texas USA Today here at Bhaktivedanta Ashram is the most auspicious appearance day of our beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). His Divine Grace is dear to thousands and millions of people all over the world as the greatest exponent of the science of Krishna consciousness because it was he who in the brief time span of eleven years successfully established the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world. He will recognized in history as the savior of this universe because the influence of his teachings will gradually inundate the entire universe. There are no words to sufficiently honor him. It is to him that we are eternally indebted for liberating us from the miserable cycle of birth and death. Let us all be fully absorbed in eternally serving his universe-deliverance mission. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhupada Showers Mercy on the Entire Universe http://www.backtohome.com/images/Prabhupada/sp_big_smiling.jpg Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: Can I Worship Krishna Without Worshipping India? Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your Lotus Feet. I have a question for which I cannot find the answer. When we are in the ISKCON temple, I sometimes feel some sadness. I don't know how to ask about it properly. I hope that You will understand me rightly. I love very much the divine way of Krishna consciousness, I understand the meaning of going back to our real home. I take it very seriously. I can't live without God. I understand it well. But the problem in my mind is that it is hard for me to worship another culture. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So He doesn't belong to any country. So why do we need to worship India? Please excuse me. Maybe it is not a very intelligent question. But I often think about it. Why God, why Krishna came only to India? He is all-powerful. Why Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the God Himself, came only to India? By worshipping India culture I mean that Krishna devotees for example wear saris, play on Indian music instruments, dream to visit India, etc. I like it very much. Indian music is beautiful. Girls in saris are beautiful. But on the other hand, I just don't feel like it is very dear for me, as if my real spiritual home is India. Maybe I am asking that because I have never been to India. Or maybe it is just not that important. Can I worship Krishna, can I love Krishna without worshipping India or it's culture ? Bowing down at Your Lotus Feet. Your unworthy servant Answer: We Worship Krishna, Not India. We do not practice Indian culture. We follow the Krishna culture of the spiritual world. So it is not that our practices are Indian. They are Krishnian. If they appear Indian, it is because in former times India wholeheartedly embraced Krishna culture. Krishna appeared in India because India is where His favorite river, the Yamuna, and His favorite mountain, Govardhana, are located. Lord Caitanya appeared in India because it was the home of Krishna consciousness on this planet at the time of His appearance. He could have then spread the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world, but He left that special credit to our beloved Srila Prabhupada., So don't worry. We are not asking you to become Indian or to adopt Indian culture. We are simply asking you to become Krishna conscious so that you can awaken the original pure love of God that is now lying dormant within your heart. 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Dear Lord Krsna, By the blessings of my spiritual master and Srila Prabhupada I have been learning how to serve your lotus feet. Please clean my heart so I can chant your Holy names with appreciation and also free from offenses. Thanks for protecting my life and for giving me your beautiful forms in the altar to worship every day. Always enthusiastic to serve your devotees. Aruna devi ----------------------------------- Krsna is my King Krsna is my God If He wants something He can have my heart Kesava dasa 12 years old ----------------------------------- I love Krsna You love me Krsna And I chant everyday So I don't miss anything Advaita dasa 11 years old ----------------------------------- Dear Lord Krsna, My obeisances to you on your appearance day. I struggle with chanting your Holy names and this is my greatest misfortune, but somehow or other I am fortunate to be able to preach the glories of your Holy names with the Japa Group and Japa Room. Maybe one day I can somehow reach you by expressing my love for you by respectfully chanting Your names and through serving devotees. I pray on this day Lord that you grant me the power to overcome the mind and senses so I can engage in your service with devotion, as I am calling out for that each day by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra. your servant of the servant. Rasa Rasika dasa   • Email to a friend • • ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.20 - Only devotees can see and appreciate Krsna's transcendental qualities. Others think that He is an ordinary human being (avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam...).   • Email to a friend • • Manoj, Melbourne, AU: 220. His expert blessings In the Melbourne temple right now listening to Bhagavatam class on 1.1.20. An interesting point and example was given in the class that got me thinking: If a burglar sincerely prays to Krishna that he be protected in his stealing endeavors and if a household prays sincerely that they be protected from a burglar, how would Krishna as someone who satisfies His devotees, expertly manage this situation ? Any answers? Happy Sri Krishna Janmasthami everyone !   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 4.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 SB 04.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 Radhadesh SB 04.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 Lecture - Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.32 Janmastami- Supreme Nice On Channel Krishna 2009-08-14 Radhadesh   • Email to a friend • • New Vrindavan, USA: Janmashtami 2011 Live   • Email to a friend • • Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Simply try to understand Krsna If you simply try to understand Krsna -- why Krsna advents Himself, why does He come, why does He disappear, what are His activities, what is His philosophy, this is Krsna consciousness. If you simply try to understand Krsna, then the result will be tyaktva deham. After giving up this body, no more accepting. Then you stop your janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg. 13.9]. This is the science of Krsna consciousness. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.6 -- Sydney, February 17, 1973   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BS 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 BS 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 Lecture – Brahma Samhita 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 Radhadesh BS 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 Lecture - Brahma Samhita 5.1 Janmastami- Pure Krsna Katha 2000-08-23 Radhadesh   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 4.9 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12 BG 04.09 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12 Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 4.9 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12 BG 04.09 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 4.9 Janmasthami- Trying To Think Of The Son Of Nanda 2001-08-12   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 Lecture – CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 Radhadesh CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 Lecture - CC Madhya 19.149 Janmastami- Mythological Meditation 2010-08-29 Radhadesh   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – BG 4.9 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 BG 04.09 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 4.9 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 Radhadesh BG 04.09 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 Lecture - Bhagavad Gita 4.9 Janmastami- Which Demigods Are You? 1999-09-03 Radhadesh   • Email to a friend • • Mayapur Online: Divine Appearance day of Tungavidya Sakhi Today in Sri Mayapur Dham Tungavidya Sakhi was adorned with nice garlands and ornaments to celebrate her divine appearance day. Lalita, Visakha, Citra, Campakalata, Tungavidya, Indulekha, Rangadevi and Sudevi are the parama-prestha-sakhis. These eight gopis are chief amongst all the gopis. read more   • Email to a friend • • Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Glories of Sankirtan movement Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of sańkīrtana. Thus, love of Kṛṣṇa and entrance into Kṛṣṇa's planet in the spiritual sky is the most supremely perfect and exalted status of life available anywhere, at any time, throughout the totality of existence. That perfection is available in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the holy names of God: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Therefore every sane man, woman or child should deeply understand the unprecedented opportunity offered by Caitanya Mahāprabhu and seriously take up this chanting process. Only the most unfortunate and irrational person will neglect this transcendental opportunity. Sb 11.5.36 Indeed, there is no higher possible gain for embodied souls forced to wander throughout the material world than the Supreme Lord's sańkīrtana movement, by which one can attain the supreme peace and free oneself from the cycle of repeated birth and death. However, in Kali-yuga living conditions are so unbearable, modern governments are so obnoxious, our bodies are so ridden by physical and mental disease, and even self-preservation is so troublesome, that the conditioned souls intensely cry out the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, begging for relief from the onslaught of this age. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have vivid and unforgettable experiences of the terrible contradictions inherent in human society in this age, and thus they are firmly convinced that there is nothing to be achieved except the mercy of the Supreme Lord. In ISKCON centers throughout the world we observe wonderfully ecstatic kīrtana performances in which men, women and children from all walks of life chant with startling enthusiasm the holy names of Kṛṣṇa and dance in ecstasy, becoming completely indifferent to so-called public opinion. In America a prominent professor from Oberlin College visited a Hare Kṛṣṇa center in California and was astonished by the enthusiasm with which the devotees chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa in their congregational performances. Thus, due to their helpless and pathetic condition, the living entities in Kali-yuga have great impetus to surrender fully to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, putting all of their hope and faith in the Lord's holy name. Kali-yuga is therefore the best age because in this age, more than in Satya-yuga or other ages, the conditioned souls become disgusted with the kingdom of illusion and surrender fully to the Lord's holy name. This status of full surrender is called paramāḿ śāntim, or supreme peace. 11.5.37   • Email to a friend • • Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: We are Forever Grateful to Srila Prabhupada...let's show it! As devotees around the world gear up for the auspicious occasion of Sri Krishna Janmastami we are all busy with service and inviting friends and family to attend festivities on Monday.  On Monday night there will be throngs of devotees, congregants, friends and well-wishers to see Lord Krishna playing His flute and looking magnificent in new dresses, flowers and in some centres like Toronto with the midnight flower dress. The atmosphere will be dripping with kirtan and ecstasy.  But today I would like to make a humble request for the day after Janmastami. The way I see it Krishna came on Janmastami and in 1896 the day after Janmastami Krishna brought us the most pure devotee to bring Krishna to the entire world. Without Srila Prabhupada's mercy we would not be standing in these temples, taking darshan of Krishna and enjoying this bliss. So the day after Janmastami is Srila Prabhupada's vyasa-puja and my humble request is to fill his temples with new comers and old comers. First, second and third generation devotees regardless of affiliation or status should all come forth in front of Srila Prabhupada united in gratefulness.  On many occasions I have been invited to attend vyasa puja celebrations for Godbrothers (disciples of Srila Prabhupada) and I honor these occasions and share some of my memories or association with them. I do so to honor the fact that they are pushing on Srila Prabhupada's movement. On occasion, I have noticed some of these events perhaps better attended then Srila Prabhupada's vyasa-puja. Perhaps this is due to Srila Prabhupada's vyasa-puja being at noon and not the evening or some being exhausted from Janmastami celebrations. But can't we make the extra endeavor  for Srila Prabhupada's vyasa-puja?  Srila Prabhupada is not only the founder-acarya of ISKCON but the deliverer of devotees through his books, instructions and vani. Srila Prabhupada is the uniting factor as the spiritual father or grandfather no matter if you are an IDS, GKG, RNS, BMS, JPS, BKG, ABC or XYZ, Srila Prabhupada is the common factor. I am certain that all of my Godbrothers will agree. So it is my humble request, even if it is with some material difficulty, I beg you to come forth in front of Srila Prabhupada on Tuesday as we collectively glorify and worship our Founder-acarya and saviour who presented us with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's message and has given us the Krishna Consciousness movement. FILL THE TEMPLES  FOR SRILA PRABHUPADA!   A fallen and worthless servant of Srila Prabhupada, Subhavilasa das  (yes, this is a repeat post, but when something is as important as this perhaps a repeat post is a good idea...)   • Email to a friend • • Australian News: Pre Janmashtami Party in Sydney attract Demigods from other Universes – see the photos yourself This is Sydney just getting ready to celebrate Janmashtami, we haven’t even got started yet, but we couldn’t wait and right now we ripping it up down at the temple. I just rushed outside to upload these pictures.. gotta get back to th pre-Janmashtami celebration – tommorrow, the real Janamashtami will be measured on the Richter Scale. Sri Krishna Janmashtami Ki Jay. From ISKCON Sydney Pre-Janmashtami Celebration 21 August 2011, posted by Antony Brennan on 8/21/2011 (163 items) Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher Share this story your way:   • Email to a friend • • H.H. Sivarama Swami: New Vraja-dhama Parikrama 2011   • Email to a friend • • Mayapur Online: Janmastami 2011 - Tomorrow! Happy Janastami. Mayapur is getting ready to celebrate the appearance of Lord Sri Krishna. Mayapur Campus is decorated with beautiful lighting, dioramas exhibiting Lord Krsna's pastimes, festivities throughout the day, right from Mangala arati until the midnight Maha-abhishek and Maha-arati. Indian TV news channels will also be broadcasting the Mayapur Janmastami festival. read more   • Email to a friend • • Dandavats.com: Sponsor cleaning Radha Kunda as a birthday present for Sri Krishna Urmila devi dasi: What better birthday present for Krishna than to clean His favorite place, Radha Kunda? All the funds go to the cleaners, most of whom are widows who would otherwise be begging on the streets