ISKCON-London’s Ramanavami 2017 celebrations.
Please find below photos from Lord Rama’s Appearance Day at ISKCON-London. Slideshow (please turn on sound):
http://davidc.zenfolio.com/ramanavami_2017/slideshow
Gallery:
http://davidc.zenfolio.com/ramanavami_2017
With best wishes, Hare Krishna, David

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Harinama Ruci Sankirtana around Taipei (Album with photos)
HH Mahavishnu Swami and Harinama Ruci devotees.
In Goloka Vrindavan, all speeches are songs, all steps of walking are dancing, everything is just sweet nectar, and the constant companion in everyone’s heart is the sweet sound of Krishna’s flute.
HH Mahavishnu Swami with Harinama Ruci devotees inspiring the street-artist joining the Harinama by playing his musical instrument
Wherever Maharaji and the devotees go, they always try to enlighten people to take Prabhupada&rs...

“I am sailing, I am going back home, back to Godhead!” (11 min video)
Jayadeva Prabhu turns another popular song, “I am sailing”, into a maha mantra melody, engaging everybody into a happy chanting and dancing!
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/J44GVw

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Rama Navami celebration in Moscow Russa (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna appeared before us just a little prior to the beginning of Kali-yuga, and He returned to His eternal home practically at the commencement of Kali-yuga. While He was present, He exhibited everything by His different activities. He spoke the Bhagavad-gita specifically and eradicated all pretentious principles of religiosity. And prior to His departure from this material world, He empowered Sri Vyasadeva through Narada to compile the messages ...

ISKCON Auckland NZ: Ekadasi harinam (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: This Krsna consciousness movement is the greatest boon to humanity because it keeps one always engaged in Krsna’s service. The devotees think of Krsna, act for Krsna, eat for Krsna, sleep for Krsna and work for Krsna. Thus everything is engaged in the service of Krsna. A total life in Krsna consciousness saves one from material contamination. Srila Prabhupada; SB 4.30.19 purport
Find them here: https://goo.gl/96BLYp

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HH Navayogendra Swami Maharaj from Iskcon greets Sri Narendra Modi ji, Prime Minister of India, during the recent visit to Jammu and......

Willing & Able.
Sutapa Das: Various leadership responsibilities, whether manager, mother or mentor, offer us the privileged opportunity in assisting people to excel. Though the most rewarding role in life, they all come with a good dose of frustration and annoyance. How many times has your sincere and informed advice been received with unresponsiveness and neglect? What to do when faced with ingratitude and irrationality? How long should one persevere? What’s the point at which you ’leave them to it’? Sensing the appropriate time ...

KK Bindu #397: Where is bhakti to be found?
Srila Prabhupada: I beg to submit herewith that by the Grace of Sri Krishna through His mercy personified—my spiritual master, I have realized it most thoroughly that going “Back to Godhead” is the highest privilege of mankind and that is the supreme perfection of human life.
Unfortunately, the present day human civilization is very much attracted with the beauty of Apara Prakrti the illusory material Nature and as such they are overpowered by a demoniac form of propensity in the atheisti...

Ecstatic Rama Navami Celebrations in Madan, Bangladesh
Nila Kamal das: Madan is a small village located in North Bangladesh. For the last seven years, devotees from ISKCON Netrakona have been preaching there and have established regular Nama Hatta programs. There are around twenty initiated devotees there and they are conducting regular preaching programs there. ISKCON Netrakona devotees visit every month to inspire and enthuse the local devotees.
On the auspicious day of Lord Rama’s appearance, devotees from Madan arranged a wonderful pandal ...

Preaching program in Iskcon Chile (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Always follow my instructions and my example. This should be your life and soul. Letter to Hansadutta: – Mayapur 1 October, 1974
Find them here: https://goo.gl/IfMT8A

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Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Vaisesika Dasa: When I was a child, my parents occasionally took my brother and me to the Fun House, an amusement park located at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. One of the attractions was a hallway full of mirrors specially designed to distort one’s image. One mirror made even obese people look as skinny as a post; another made skinny people appear to be as fat as a Hippopotamus.
At the Fun House, people absorbed in viewing their own grotesque, distorted images sometimes laughed and sometimes grimaced.
All this w...

Sri Rama Navami - Abhiseka ceremony at Iskcon’s Sri Jagannath Mandir, Seshadripuram, Bangalore (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If you simply think of Krsna only, then you get a body where by which you can go to Krsna. You can go to Krsna. By going to Krsna, you can talk with Krsna personally. You can play with Krsna personally. You can dance with Krsna. That is Krsna-loka. Just like we have got a picture, rasa dancing going. Here is picture, Krsna’s. Everyone can get this opportunity. Therefore Krsna comes to show practically how enj...

Sri Rama Navami Celebration at ISKCON Salem (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krsna consciousness, devotional service to Krsna, is the ocean of eternal bliss. In comparison to this eternal bliss, the so-called happiness of society, friendship and love is simply useless and insignificant. One should therefore not be attached to temporary things. One should take to Krsna consciousness and become eternally happy. - Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 7.7.46
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Rama gives instruction to all political heads of state.
“My dear brother, a righteous kingdom will surely prosper. Are the brahmanas, demigods and elders being properly respected? Are the women within the kingdom being properly honored and protected? Are disputes being impartially judged? I hope that You avoid the fourteen weaknesses- atheism, hypocrisy, anger, procrastination, laziness, slavery to the senses, contempt for good advice, lack of vigilance, fondness for bad council, impractical planning, inability to keep a secret, attachment to foo...

Preaching program in Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Yes, as a Sannyasi and GBC your first duty is to read my books. Otherwise how will you preach? In order to remain steadily fixed in Krishna consciousness there must be a sound philosophical understanding. Otherwise it will become only sentiment. Whenever you find time please read my books. -From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Satsvarupa – Nellore 5 January, 1976
Find them here: https://goo.gl/pwT8PT

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Each festival can be the focus for a five-day week, with a concentration each day on one of the five most potent items of devotional service as related to that festival. This program is flexible and can be used in other ways. For example, it is entirely possible to take one item of devotional service and concentrate on it for more than one day, or even an entire week. And, some people might want to only spend one day on a festival....

All Glories to all the Srila Prabhupada's illustrious Disciples, who went through so much hard work to achieve the goal, HG Gurukripa Prabhu, HG Surabhi Prabhu & HG Gunarnava Prabhu in particular. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, who opened the door of Sri Vrindavan Dham for all of us....

On Srila Prabhupada's last visit to England, he was very sick and fragile. He went to see the present Radha Krishna Temple in Soho street, before we purchased it (the Laxmi for this temple came from the ladies sankirtan party.) Srila Prabhupada being very sick was laying down in the back seat of the car, he asked Jaya Tirtha prabhu one question. "How far are we from Oxford street," "Oh only 50 meters"...

Their Grace Jananivas and Pankajangari prabhus arrive to cut their cake on their 73rd birthday in Sridham Mayapur (3 min video)
Now this is a birthday party!
There’s a whole lotta’ love going down there…
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/jomYk3

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Visas to India: Good news!
With a view to stimulating economic growth, increasing earnings from the export of services like tou......

ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry presents Bhakti Marriages ​ - A ​Premarital Course for Men and Women.
As an initiative to support the healthy development of our communities and individuals, the Congregational Development Ministry (CDM) of ISKCON is promoting Bhakti Marriages; a practical pre-marital course ​based on Srila Prabhupada’s instructions.​
We ​believe that the only way to have ​stable and​ successful marriages is to learn and apply the Vaisnava principles as given to us by Srila...

Harinama in Taiwan (Album with photos)
The Krishna consciousness movement is chiefly engaged in chanting the maha-mantra all over the world. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra to give everyone a chance to hear Krishna’s holy name, for simply by hearing Hare Krishna one becomes purified.
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Yashodapura Eco Village (YEV) located at Chub Village, Chup Te Traw Commune, Siem Reap, one of the main projects of our NGO Development ISKCON Cambodia, organized a Go Puja (Cow Worship) on Thursday, 30 March 2017. The devotees attended the Go Puja from Hare Krishna center in Siem Reap along with HH RP Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaja, by some of the villagers who have been involved in the project and also by some of our neighbors. Devotees started from Siem Reap at 9 am and arrived at the Chub village about 10.50 am, a 45 km distance from Siem Reap town. The devotees went by one tuk tuk and...

You’ve Got to be Out of Your Mind to Chant!
Mahatma Das: When someone does or says something crazy, we might say, “He must be out of his mind.” To chant well we shouldn’t be crazy but we should be out of our mind. Why? Prabhupada said we don’t need the mind to chant.
Feeling is a function of the heart, not the mind. Feeling is what keeps us in the present; mind keeps us everywhere but the present. The mind doesn’t experience. The mind analyses experience. Therefore, when chanting, rather than controlling the min...