By Megan AdamsGood beats evil. From children’s movies to great works of literature, the motif is everywhere. The Ramayana, an Indian epic poem of the Hindu faith, is no exception
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By Megan AdamsSep 11 2011 Did James Got His Cow?
Premvilas Das: Recently myself and chandrashekhar pr visited the ISKCON murari sevak farm in Mulberry, Tennessee
its a 263 acre farm nestled in the valleys of rural tennessee about 2 hours away from Nashville
a few stories from our visit
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Sep 11 2011 New website for Srila Gour Govinda Swami
Tattva Vichar: Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We have just finished a new website for Srila Gour Govinda Swami and also enclosed a little background information on Tattva-vicara Publications
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Sep 11 2011 Mantra – meditation promotion in Healthcare Event at Oglethorpe University (est. 1835), Atlanta
GitaGovinda Das: A second event was held this year, on the evening of September 7, 2011, as a part of a local outreach activity of the North Atlanta preaching team, this time at the Oglethorpe University campus. The first one had been arranged recently on the subject of Perfection of Yoga, at the Emory University campus
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Sep 11 2011 Vaishnavi Retreat Reminder And Up-Date
Malati devi: The Vaishnavi Retreat is just around the corner, only a couple of weeks away! We have exciting, innovative presenters this year so we look forward to all of you, far and near, joining together for our annual get together in New Vrindaban where we meet old friends and make new ones as we explore the sacred path back to Godhead from many angles of vision and experience
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By Sankirtan Ananda Gaura DasThe festival started on Saturday 20th of August with the normal morning temple program followed by Bhajans by devotees. In the evening Vaishnava Kirtan by a renowned artist was followed by a Krishna Leela ballet presented by children which was very much appreciated by the guests and devotees alike
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Daru Krsna dasa: We invite you to come celebrate the 46th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the West, Sept 17th 2011. The festival highlight is a yacht cruise of Boston Harbor with Srila Prabhupada, hundreds of devotees and a visit to Commonwealth Pier
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Sep 8 2011 Ads for the ISKCON Boston Temple
Maha Visnu Das: Fulltime Devotees Needed
Leading up the 50 anniversary of ISKCON (2016) The Boston temple will be expanding significantly in the coming years as we develop and implement initiatives and programs and work toward and achieving our 5 year goals and objectives
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Sep 8 2011 World Holy Name Festival - Special Events
Ratnavali Dasi: WORLD HOLY NAME FESTIVAL - SPECIAL EVENTS
SAT 10TH SEPT
BRIGHTON RATHAYATRA
Starts 12pm till 5pm,
Meetin point: Hove sea BN3 2LS
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Sep 7 2011 Yadhunath Das Comedy and A Fish out of Water
Utah Krishnas and Innersensemedia: Laugh your way to enlightenment with this classic story of the lost spirit soul. Austin powers, mixed with Jim Carey, Truman show, and of course the Beatles and Yellow Submarine
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Rob Edwards: The Hare Krishna Food For All distribution van was recently featured on network television in London, as part of a report about London borough councils' collective efforts to prevent the feeding of homeless people on the streets
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Sep 7 2011 Philadelphia Ratha Yatra 2011
Ramacharan Dasa: The Parade of Chariots will begin at 12 noon near Love Park in Center City Philadelphia at 16th and Ben Franklin Parkway. It will proceed from there down the Ben Franklin Parkway to Eakin's Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Arts where the Festival of India will be held. Included in the parade will be a Large Garbha dance Ensemble, lila characters in costume, kirtan chanters and dancers, loving devotees pulling the huge chariot of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva, Lady Subhadra and Srila Prabhupada
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Sep 7 2011 Puri Parikrama 2011
Bhakti Purusottama Swami: We are happy to invite devotees from around the world to perform the most auspicious Sri KshetraParikrama. This year the parikrama day falls on 15th November. On this day, devotees will circumambulate the entire Sri Kshetradhama, a distance of around 19 Km
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Devotees from Boston ISKCON: Tejyas Prabhu is in the Cambridge MA Hospital, in stable condition. He was having trouble breathing for some time and attributed it to his allergy of cats. Come to find out he has a blood clot in his lungs. If he had waited longer before going to the Hospital he may have left his body; so he considers himself saved by Lord Krishna
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Sep 7 2011 Taking Shelter of the Holy Names MSF at ISV
Raxit: Please find below a summary of the final results from the Janmastami-Vyasa Puja Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) of ‘Taking Shelter of the Holy Names’ that were offered on Monday (August 22) at the occasion celebrating Srila Prabhupada’s divine appearance day at the ISV temple in San Jose
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Sep 7 2011 “Sacred Space” Retreat by Sacinandana Swami in New Vrindaban, September 16th – 18th, 2011
Jaya Krsna Das: The goal of the retreat is to bring the participants to a level where they can experience themselves as eternal spiritual souls, and thus lose all fears and anxieties of ordinary life. We will learn many new perspectives and practical skills. When we leave the retreat, we hope to take with us these experiences and skills which will ensure that we can maintain the level we have attained
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Sep 5 2011 PDV1: A masterpiece
By Nimai Hawkins
It was in a moment of deep concentration on the Holy Name that I had an epiphany of HG Aindra Prabhu's legacy. I had heard all the Vrindavan Mellows CDs many times, some of the other random live kirtans as well as bits and pieces from other albums such as Cintamini Nam, but in one stunning realization I felt the impact of his kirtan as powerfully as any poem I'd ever read
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Sep 5 2011 Yet Another Set Back to Madhu Pandit Dasa
By BLR Correspondent
The Hon’ble Supreme court dismissed SLP NO 12929/2011 filed by Madhu Pandit Dasa challenging the Order dated 23rd May, 2011 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka
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By Sita Rama das
According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete
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Atmanivedana das: A fallacy, which for a few devotees, seems in vogue is that our ISKCON Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada, who is the ultimate savior of humanity in Kali-Yuga, makes false statements about things of this world
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Sep 5 2011 Thief Exposes Fraud at Akshayapatra
BLR Correspondent: It takes a thief to catch a thief and that is just what Balaji Subhash (thief 1) has done in exposing Madhu Pandit’s (thief 2) corrupt operations at Akshaya Patra
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Bhakta David: Please find below a selection of photos from Bhaktivedanta Manor from our Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2011 festival: http://davidc.zenfolio.com/janmashtami2011
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By Patita Pavana dasI define a good day as one when I have had the pleasure of reading a good book. And by that definition, today was a very good day because I was curled up with Jayadeva das’ The Beat of Different Drums
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By Parijata Devi DasiDon't miss reading this special issue which includes pictures and details of various festival celebrated at ISKCON Juhu, Srila Prabhupada's Office
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Sep 3 2011 Woman- Aham Brahma Asmi
Vrndavanlila dd: Aham Brahma asmi. While it is the truth, it has to be understood in the right perspective lest it turns spiritually self-destructive - we are in the relative world after all
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Sep 3 2011 Forgiveness
Parvati devi dasi: Personally, I am known internationally as such a heavy person, that
whenever I'm in the audience and the subject of the chapter on "The Wrath of
Mother Parvati" comes up, the speaker makes a point at directing a remark
straight to me, usually in a joking way
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Sep 3 2011 Sri Radha Stotram
Srila Vyasadeva: Radha is in the home, Radha is in the forest, and She is both behind and before me. I worship the all-pervading Radhaji, wherever She is present
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Sep 2 2011 Vaishnava Compassion and Srila Prabhupada
By Giriraj SwamiHearing His Holiness Niranjana Swami's wonderful talk, I felt we were being elevated to the spiritual world. He quoted from Visnujana Maharaja. Visnujana had a program in which he went by boat along the Ganges River, in Bengal, and chanted the holy names all day, stopping at villages along the way and chanting and speaking and distributing books about Krsna
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Sep 2 2011 ISKCON Nairoby temple news
Labanga Das: THE HARE KRISHNA’S FROM BANKEBIHARI TEMPLE in Nairobi were invited to pray at the official launch of the SIMBA CEMENT FACTORY on the 15th of June 2011
The chairman of this cement factory is one of our members. We went there with Uma pati prabhu the temple president, it was very successful
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Sep 2 2011 Mayapur Academy Diploma Course 2011/2012
Gauranga Simha Das: You can learn the art of Deity worship in Sri Dham Mayapur. Study under the guidance of HG Jananivasa Prabhu (Mayapur Deity Department Head Pujari), Nrsimha Kavaca Prabhu (ISKCON Deity Worship Minister), and others
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Clare Durina: Presently we are forming plans to develop a new center for serving our community in the northwest suburbs of Detroit. This will be for spreading the essential purpose of Vedic culture and the teachings of Lord Krishna as outlined by His Divine Grace Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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