www.iskconmalaysia.com/ serves the needs of devotees across Malaysia by providing a forum for the many activities and programs occurring in the region. In the northern region there are centers and branches in Kedah, Perak, Perlis and Pulau Pinang. The Central Region comprises of centers and branches in Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan. The Southern Region covers Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan. The Eastern Region comprises of centers and branches in Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu The East Malaysia region, or Malaysian Borneo comprises centers and branches in Sabah and Sarawak. This is quite a comprehensive site covering all the activities of the devotees. There is a discussion forum and a photo section, as well as links to other sites. www.iskconmalaysia.com/”>Click here to visit the site to find more for yourself Malaysia is a country that consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,355 sq mi). The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 27 million. The country is separated into two regions — Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo — by the South China Sea. Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. The country is located near the equator and experiences a tropical climate. Malaysia’s head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the government is headed by a Prime Minister.The government is closely modeled after the Westminster parliamentary system.
Paraphrasing what Stambha Bhava Prabhu declared in Bhagavatam class yesterday: "I think that during this year's book marathon, each one of us should take a vow of distributing at least one book... It's the least we can do for Srila Prabhupada..." Sankirtan Yajna ki, Jaya!
Many of us were invited to Sveta Nannegari's girls-only birthday party last Sunday, celebrated on the Urban Yoga level of the Crossways building. Here's a slideshow.
1969 November 23: "Our Movement is very genuine, scientific and benedictory. Only the first class intelligent class of men can understand the value of this movement. But Lord Caitanya has given us the Hare Krishna Mantra which makes things very easy. So go on chanting."
1965 November 23: "Now we have got our English Srimad-Bhagavatam and any intelligent man impressed with our Siddhantas will certainly change his life's mode of action. And above all this is to satisfy the transcendental desire of Srila Prabhupada who desired very enthusiastically to start centres like this in the foreign countries."
1967 November 23: "The disciple may misunderstand a bonafide Spiritual Master under pressure of Maya's influence. But a bonafide Spiritual Master never lets go a devotee once accepted. When a disciple misunderstands, the Master regrets his inability to protect the disciple and sometimes cries with tears in the eyes."
1974 November 23: "The independent cooking done in the temple kitchen is not good. Any paid cook is not desirable. The right thing is that only twice initiated brahmana disciples may cook in the temple."
1974 November 23: "Why a servant? Godbrothers are not meant for being servants. Without the spiritual master's order, nobody can utilize the service of a godbrother as one's personal servant. We address each-other as prabhu, so how can we engage our godbrother as servant?"
1975 November 23: "Traveling and preaching, this is the business of a sannyasi. Please follow my order in this regard. So far your becoming GBC, yes I wanted that, but there are so many complaints. This is not good. GBC must mean that by his managing, there is not any complaints."
1972 November 23: "Develop your program to perfection so simply by hearing and seeing you, students will want to come forward to join. And distribute many millions of books, that Krishna will help you do."
1972 November 23: "So long you remain active only satisfying Krishna's senses, then this movement will be successful without any doubt. As soon as someone wants to satisfy his own senses, then everything fails."
Lord Krishna describes Srimati Radharani in a most poetic manner: 
"Although the effulgence of the moon is brilliant initially at night, in the daytime it fades away. Similarly, although the lotus is beautiful during the daytime, at night it closes. But, O My friend, the face of My most dear Srimati Radharani is always bright and beautiful, both day and night. Therefore, to what can Her face be compared?" (Vidagdha-madhava 5.20) Here is the darsana of the lotus face of Srimati Radhika, and Her moonlike complexion, in all Her splendour.
From In Praise of the Mahajanas and Other Poems (1983) “A Prayer of Thanksgiving” “I want to thank my mother and father for raising me as a nice boy and putting me into Brooklyn College and the U.S. Navy; My college friends led me to the Lower East Side and in the Navy I felt [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Helsinki, Finland, 2011) Lecture – Nama Tattva Part IV 
Jayananda and Vishnujan, were legendary devotees, and with their enthusiasm, they could do amazing things! It is said that in the kirtan, Vishnujan was just something else. He could just go through the whole day with full enthusiasm, and this enthusiasm never stops….for eight hours a day! One day someone asked him: “Vishnujan, how is it that you are always enthusiastic?” He said: “I’m not always enthusiastic, but I just act enthusiastic, then the devotees become enthusiastic, and that makes me enthusiastic”. So this is nice. This is a nice example of how we make each other enthusiastic in devotional service!
Dear Devotees, Below is a media file to download, containing Part V of the Nama Tattva lecture given by Kadamba Kanana Swami earlier this year in Helsinki, Finland. This lecture is based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, verse 55, from chapter 2 of the 11th canto. Helsinki – Nama Tattva V S.B. 11.2.55
"May cows stay in front of me; may cows stay behind me; may cows stay on both sides of me. May I always reside in the midst of cows." (Hari Bhakti-vilas 16.252).
I'd like to welcome a host of new residents to my patio garden. Some were grown from seed, and others purchased as seedlings and semi-matured plants. Today I will feature just four of them. Maybe you recall my baby snow pea plants a few weeks ago. Grown from seed, they are now flowering and fruiting. They are clinging to a small bamboo tripod/totem. Next time I'll attach a higher frame. 
Another new member of the team are my zucchini plants (pictured below). I've never grown zucchini, especially since I only have pots, planting bags and bare brick patio. Let's see how they go. So far so good. I planted zucchini seeds 18 days ago. They are fast growers! 
Purple beans (pictured below) are another new resident. A friend gave me seeds, and I planted these also 18 days ago, at the auspicious lunar days for planting fruiting annuals. There are several different varieties of purple fresh-picking snap pole bean plants with names such as Royalty Purple and Royal Burgundy. I am unsure what variety these are. My friend Trevor used to grow them in Perth and they grew to over 2 metres tall on a huge trellis. Obviously mine (all planted out in 3 x 35 litre capacity planting bags) are limited to my 1-metre totems. 
All common green beans can trace their origins back to Central and South America. Purple beans are essentially green beans disguised in a violet hued skin. They maintain the same lean cylindric shape, size and stringless seam. Underneath the purple shell is the same crisp translucent succulent green flesh and pale lime green peas. The flavor matches that of aFrench green bean with grassy notes and a sweet finish. And, once cooked, the violet hues fade to green, leaving the purple bean to appear as common as a green bean. 
Another exciting find is Ceylon Spinach (Basella alba) - also known as Malabar Spinach, Malabar Nightshade and Malabar Greens. It is an easily-grown vine from tropical Asia. Apparently the leaves and shoots taste similar to ordinary spinach and they can be harvested regularly to be eaten raw or cooked. The plant is pictured below. 
Large, mature leaves have a stronger flavour, more like spinach, no doubt because of their rich iron and chlorophyll content. Large leaves can be lightly steamed, sliced and tossed in stir-fries, added to quiche, soups, casseroles, and mixed with vegetable dishes. Leaves infused in boiling water are drunk as a tea. Tender tips of stems are lightly steamed, resembling asparagus in flavour. Flowers can also be eaten. The juicy, purple berries can be used to colour jellies, sweets, drinks and for face painting (though I won't be doing any of that). The plant is a rich source of chlorophyll, a valuable blood building component, which also provides favourable intestinal flora, digestive enzymes, and stimulation of secretions of the stomach, liver and pancreas. The mucilaginous leaves are valued for removing mucus and toxins from the body. Te plant's high water content is cooling to the body and has the effect of clearing the complexion and dealing with fluid retention. In Sri Lanka it is one of the basic herbal medicines given for insomnia and nervous breakdown. Leaves are used as a poultice on the forehead to relieve headaches, and bandaged over ulcers and eczema. I purchased the plant as is from a great nursery in Northern Australia called Mudbrick Cottage Herb Farm, who express post hard-to-find plants at a very reasonable rate. I purchased 8 well-matured plants for less than $50 including express next-day postage. They all arrived in perfect condition. There's many other new plants to show you, but I'll do that another day. Stay tuned!
4:17 A.M. Lord Caitanya accepted lunch five times a month at Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya’s. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya’s wife Shathira Mata began cooking with great pleasure. The room was so constructed that there was only one door opening on the outside, which served as an entrance for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There was another door connected to the kitchen [...] Poem for November 16 is a post from: EVERY DAY
From My Autobiography The autobiography is a work-in-progress. I have written ofmy pre-Krishna conscious memories and of my career in ISKCON, and I will continue to do so. Now I am writing from the books I have written over thirty-five years. The writing is so importantto me that it’s a crucial part of my life [...] Selected Writings is a post from: EVERY DAY
A very powerful Japa seminar by Jayapataka Swami in Fruska Gauranga, Serbia
Many times we just don't feel like chanting - it's common amongst devotees, despite the number of years we've been engaged in reciting the Holy names.
If we have doubts about chanting, it means we don't feel anything and it's become mechanical or ritualistic....something we do because we have to do it not necessarily because we want to. There is hope for us all....if we simply pray to the Lord for help each day - ask the Lord to give the inspiration to continue with our chanting and to overcome obstacles like the mind or other things. I read a very nice quote the other day in this regard.
“...even if there may be some problems, always try to remain in Krsna consciousness. Do not give up chanting the Hare Krsna mantra simply due to some external difficulties. Under all circumstances you should always chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. This will protect you from all danger of being influenced by maya or the material energy.”
Letter to Sudhindra Kisora Raya, 10th June, 1975
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Meeting Christopher
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Doves and robins filled the ether with their precious sounds. Threes perspire (at least some), and drop rain even on a clear day. This is rather remarkable. There will not be a cloud in the sky and yet all this moisture drops from these massive trees lining the streets of Buenos Aires.
Fortunately this day is over-cast. It's also a day to pack up, give good byes to old and new friends and get a little mentally prepared for the flight back to Canada. I managed to squeeze in a measly three kilometres walking. It would have been more but as I embarked on a projected one hour of leg work, I was approached by a Portuguese photographer on assignment for some magazine. He was fascinated by the image of a monk and took quite the time in his perfectionism to go for the right backdrop of a portrait shot.
"Oh well," I figured, "if the photo gets published it will be a promotion for monasticism."
By evening I was grounded at the Buenos Aires Airport until flight time. A guy, Christopher, in his early thirties and who resides in Iowa, came to chat. I had a feeling he was going to go in the direction of evangelist schpeil. Sure enough. It began with first time niceities and then the Christian trump-card was played when giving me the ultimate "only way" line. He wanted my opinion.
"The problem with Absolutist statements is that it creates an exclusive, rather than inclusive, environment. If Christ wanted us to love our neighbour as much as ourselves then friendship should be sustained through commonality. Wouldn't you agree that loving God is of prime importance, that family, community and declaring war on drugs, pornography and other self centered habits are issues we share. Where you have a Jesus line about 'love' we have an equal message in sacred books like the Gita."
I would say Christopher intended to dominate the conversation. I let him have his space and I hope compassionately. Graciously he allowed for a two-way. I suggested that God is the source of all sperm and that He has more than one son, since He is the father of all. We both raised more points. For the most part it was a congenial exchange. I mentioned to him I appreciated his kind forwardness in talking to me and his resoluteness towards Jesus.
"Consider me your neighbour while I have a conviction to Krishna and please come and visit me in Toronto." He began extolling the glories of what started in the nineties as 'the Toronto Blessing", an evangelical healing movement located near the city's airport. Again, I appealed to Christopher to capture the essence of sacred statements and to not let walls divide spiritual seekers. It's a long journey to get home and we might just need each other to get there.
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JAZZANATHA!
New Orleans, Louisiana
Our small drama troupe was invited to New Orleans for their third annual Ratha Yatra. Travelling with me via air from Buffalo with stop-over in Cleveland was Dhruva and Yogendra, our two Nova Scotian monks, Sing Lung Wong, who is a lay member from our Toronto community and Nitai Priya, the receptionist at our temple.
The air was fresh after exiting from Louis Armstrong Airport. It was cooler than us Canucks had anticipated. We were treated to the local temple prasadam (sanctified food) and then set out for walking the French Quarter.
New Orleans is certainly a music town. You hear brass music in and outside venues. Brass and beer are the features of this birthplace of jazz and various forms of blues. It came to mind that jazz is really an expression of emotions rendered artistically. We say in Vaishnava (devotee) circles that Jagannath (a name of Krishna) is the master of the universe. Could we stretch it to say that God is the source of all sentiments and emotions and therefore we could call him Jazzanath?
It was a thought.
It became evident to me that our tiny group of pilgrim tourists had musical abilities. With no determined or scheduled service outside of the morning talk from the Gita, we decided to drive back to the temple to pick up mridanga drums. Our two Scotia monks went to N Peters Street and we, with our vocals and tambourine, played and sang up a storm. People were so warmed up to it. It convinced me that the sankirtana (collective chanting) is well-received in this city that breaths out music. 24/7.
New Orleans, we love you...
Another thought came to mind as devotees of Krishna we never need to feel that sight-seeing is complete in itself, unless of course, we're speaking about tirthas (sacred places). We always have something to contribute wherever we are. We pick up some instruments and sit down somewhere and project out devotional songs.
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Anuttama Dasa: Today I went to look for a temple address on Krishna.com and found that the entire directory/list of ISKCON temples for the world is listed less than 100!. Many are missing from that list---including perhaps YOURS! (The same holds true for "gatherings" There are only TWO listed!!.)
Dallas Morning News, Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box. Thanksgiving Day. It's a holiday that many people often say is their favorite one. No gifts to buy. No parties to attend. Just families and friends sharing a meal around the table. But why should we be thankful? The nation faces a massive debt. Washington is polarized. We're at war to keep terrorists from striking us. Poverty rates are alarming. The gap between rich and the middle class is widening. And that's before you even get off the front page.
So, why should we be thankful? And what should we be thankful for, either personally or at the larger national/global level? NITYANANDA CHANDRA DAS, minister of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), Dallas Thanksgiving is a beautiful day wherein we lovingly gather around the table and all are very happy, all except for the innocent bird who has a knife in its back. We all have many things to be thankful for. Number one is God, who arranges for all our facilities of life. Whenever there is a deficiency, we can see that deficiency either due to nature responding to our misuse and exploitative tendencies or directly in relation to our misuse and exploitative tendencies. God does not only provide all of our subsistence but also arranges the education by which we can solve all of our problems by becoming fully God conscious. He teaches us how we can live sanely with such precepts as "Thou Shall Not Kill." By God's will, He sometimes descends to this world as an avatar in His own form such as Krishna, Buddha, Rama and so on. Or sometimes He sends one of His unlimited sons, such as Jesus (or daughters) and empowers him to teach on His behalf. This brings us to number two: We can be thankful for God's pure devotees, those who help others by teaching them how to be free from all distresses. By reawakening our natural relationship as a servants of God, such teachers teach by their example so that spiritual life can understood beyond the theoretical platform. We have many, many other debts or persons to whom we should be grateful too, but none of them carry such weight as the first two choices. 
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It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." W.J.B. *********************************************************
Click on the title below to listen to a nice spiritual music made by devotees from Serbia and Macedonia:
Kirtanam actually means “describing”. You can describe with music, you can describe with words, you can describe in speeches, any sort of describing, that is called kirtanam
- Srila Prabhupada 1966/12/01 New York
With the inspiration of Saint Francis, a great mystic in the Christian tradition, I am exploring his famous prayer since it seems very much in the mood of our great Vaishnava saints and bhakti yogis. I spoke of sowing peace in a recent blog which began my thinking of his prayer. Whereas peace may be a kind of passive, inactive state of being, it requires to be coupled with love to realize its full potential. A progressive idea of love is that love is an action word, or verb, and not merely a feeling, or noun. “Love is as love does,” expresses this idea, and is the basis of bhakti or devotional service, with the additional idea of being part of the soul’s spiritual relationship with God. If it is really true that “love makes the world go around,” or that hate is the basis of many world conflicts, then it is essential to think about and understand these opposite states or energies. read more
“We know that upon hearing Vaisnava aparadha we should leave the offender. But what happens when the offense is in the intention of the person and not his words?”
1967 November 22: "It is my duty to deliver you the right thing in right earnestness and it is the duty of the receiver to act in the standard spiritual regulation. Any good soul who approaches me for spiritual enlightenment is depending on my responsibility to get him back to home, back to Krishna."
The students are learning how to make dress design ornamentation directly from Mayapur’s finest who work daily on new dresses for Radha-Madhava and Panca Tattva! 
1971 November 22: "I am happy to accept them all as my sincere disciples. Now you give them good advice how to push on this Krishna Consciousness Movement. Let them know it for certain that something given to Krishna is never lost or wasted and if they are determined they may go back to Godhead very soon."
1971 November 22: "Let our philosophy be challenged by anyone and we shall defeat them. We show people by the results: so many centers, happy devotees, big books, strong conviction - like that. Let people judge who is better by the results."
1974 November 22: "Vaisnava philosophy is now being pushed on all over the world under the Hare Krishna movement. We find great shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacarya which are the strongest fort for combating mayavadi philosophy."
1974 November 22: "Our process is something universal. It cannot be checked by any means. Anyone in any place, in any country can chant Hare Krishna. So far your becoming initiated, it is alright provided you have the recommendation of the temple president."
1968 November 22: "Your father and mother are very good souls. We are trying to educate our disciples to produce Krishna Conscious children, but your father and mother, without being Krishna Conscious, have produced such nice Krishna Conscious devotees, so I am very much obliged to them."
1968 November 22: "Prahlada never protested against his father, but he never agreed either. That should be your policy also. I am always praying to Krishna to protect you because I know purposefully I have sent you into a fiery condition of maya."
1968 November 22: "Arjuna sacrificed all his good sentiments and accepted the order of Krishna thus he came out victorious. Follow this principle and you will be never disturbed by any frightening condition of maya. We are neither renouncer nor enjoyer. We are simply servitor of Krishna."
THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM, CANTO 3, CHAPTER 25, THE GLORIES OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, TEXT 18, WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CARU SWAMI IN ISKCON UJJAIN, INDIA ON 11th OCTOBER 2010. Transcription : Her Grace Ranga Radhika Dasi Editing : Her Grace Hemavati Radhika Dasi Audio reference: click here Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om [...]
The world around us is subject to constant change: change that is often unstoppable, uncontrollable and unpredictable. The Bhagavad-gita (2.14-16) explains that the best way to cope with change is to focus on the unchangeable: our spiritual nature and our spiritual connection with Krishna. This focus energizes us with the confidence that no external change can: 1. Harm our essence, our indestructible souls 2. Stop Krishna from loving us 3. Stop us from remembering Krishna and experiencing his loving shelter. Awareness of these unchangeable realities of life reassures us that, no matter how stormy the wind of change that blows around us, it can never change the ground under us. Knowing that external change can’t affect our core identity, we don’t become disturbed by it and so don’t get broken down or blown away by it. At the same time, knowing that external change does affect our circumstantial activity, we don’t deny or neglect the change; with due concern, we do the needful to deal with it.
Prabhupada prana-dhana hey.
2011 09 12 Evening Kirtan HH Chandramauli Swami HG Madhava Prabhu
 Teamster in training Dhananjaya with teacher Balabhadra suoervising.
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