TOVP: Cast Iron Grill Work.
Here is a finished ‘mock-up’ of the cast-iron grill design, made by our new CNC machine.
By hand, this would have taken more than a month to complete (without the precision), while by machine it only took 8 hours, (with perfect alignment).
So this machine is really a “God-sent”! It will be duplicated on the other side, so both sides will be exactly the same.
1 piece will weigh around 200 kgs. The next step is to make molds for casting.
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- 9 Jun 2016
A visit to New Godruma Dhama, Lanchang, Malaysia. (Album with photos)
Every year when the Sugam Karnatica organises their annual children farm retreat, I thank and appreciate the kids who have to be up early in morning and be on a one and a half hours 118KM ride. And as soon as they arrive at our farm they are to actively participate in bhajan, hearing Krishna pastimes, tree planting activities, farm walk, bathing cows, making dung patties etc. Seems tiring. Yet they come back every year. So I guess there must be some excitement. Otherwise why come back...
- 9 Jun 2016
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, known for her devotion to Lord Krishna, welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the U.S Capitol. As part of a select committee of lawmakers that welcomed and escorted the Prime Minister to the House Floor, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard thanked the Prime Minister for his commitment to strengthening the U.S.-India friendship, which will help us grow our economies, strengthen our security partnership in the fight against terrorism, and pursue other areas of comm...
- 9 Jun 2016
Another “transcendental time bomb” explodes and generates its benevolent effects.
Vijaya Dasa: On my way to take prasada at a devotee’s house, I asked him how he joined. This is what he had to say:
“When I was seventeen, I started asking the big questions about life and reading books on philosophy. My father observed this and told me that he’d gotten a book ten years ago from the Hare Krsnas — it was in the attic. So I went up there and found the Bhagavad Gita, very dusty. I brought it down to my room, wiped off t...
- 9 Jun 2016
Highlights from a class and other notes from the diary of a travelling sadhaka.
Kripamoya Prabhu: One disciple asked Srila Prabhupada, “I am right in assuming that although your first organization was called ‘League of Devotees’ that you in fact were the only member?”
Srila Prabhupada laughed, and said, “You are right. I was the only one.”
If I fainted from the heat in Delhi, if I were gored by a bull, and if no one joined the institution I created, I would have given up, but not Srila Prabhupada. If I got tw...
- 9 Jun 2016
New Govinda’s Restaurant in OSAKA (a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu) (Album with photos)
Kavicandra Swami: Ananda Murti dasi and her husband Siddartha Prabhu opened their 2nd restaurant today. Many happy customers came.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/CQlYcn
- 9 Jun 2016
KSL TV and radio in Utah, USA: Eight Reasons People Move To Utah: “Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple & Festival of Colors” prominently mentioned: https://goo.gl/MpdHZV
“…Utah even hosts one of the biggest Holi festivals in the world at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, where over 70,000 people join together to dance, hug and throw colors in the air during a weekend of pure joy.”
- 9 Jun 2016
Thoughts about family, friends, country, nation while chanting?
Visnujana: How will it be possible, Prabhupada, for a man whose mind is clouded to constantly chant Hare Krsna? A man who’s always thinking thoughts about family, friends, country, nation?
Prabhupada: Yes. Think of. At the same time, chant. Two things will go on, and this will conquer. (chuckling) As maya is forcing you to drag you from this Krsna consciousness, you also force maya by chanting Hare Krsna. There is fight. And maya will go away.
This maya is very strong. She&rsq...
- 9 Jun 2016
Iskcon 50Th Anniversary Festival @ 26 Second Ave, New York
Sunday, June 5. (Album with photos)
In May of 1966, Srila Prabhupada, with the help of just two followers, rented a storefront in New York’s Lower East Side - at 26 Second Avenue. In July of 1966, Srila Prabhupada incorporated his beloved institution, ISKCON, with headquarters at this storefront.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/S5wLhq
- 9 Jun 2016
June 9. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Satsvarupa Brahmacari, 1966 C.c. Notes Continued: Principal Incarnations.
Lord Caitanya is describing the principal incarnations. Swamiji said there is a list in Srimad-Bhagwatam. Lord Buddha is there: “Do not think Hindus have disregard for Lord Buddha or Lord Jesus Christ. They have all regard. Anyone who comes as a representative of God or powerful incarnation, they are welcome.” They speak differently from Vedic conclusions due to time, place, and pers...
- 9 Jun 2016
Harinama in Hungary (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational cha......
- 8 Jun 2016
Harinama in Vladivostok, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: A girl is married to a husband. She’s hankering after a child. If she thinks, “Now I am married, I must have immediately a child.” Is it possible? Just have patience. Become a faithful wife, serve your husband and let your love grow up, and because you are husband and wife, it is sure you’ll have children. But don’t be impatient. Similarly, when you are in Krishna Consciousness, your perfection is guaranteed. But have patience, determination. “I mus...
- 8 Jun 2016
A superb performance of chanting the maha-mantra with the accompaniment of a whole orchestra with classical instruments.
Observ......
- 8 Jun 2016
Harinama in Ukraine (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: We are trapped souls in a state of forgetfulness of Krishna, and Kris......
- 8 Jun 2016
Sri - Sri Radha Kunjavihari Chandan Yatra Mahotsava 2016 (Album with photos) Bali, Indonesia.
Srila Prabhupada: All glories to......
- 8 Jun 2016
Harinama in a park of Moscow, Russia (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: How can we think mundane thoughts and at the same ti......
- 8 Jun 2016
One cat and the Teachings of Queen Kunti.
Karuna Darini Dasi: I got my first book from a book table near the Los Angeles Ratha-yatra site. I took the Teachings of Queen Kunti home with me and read it. I liked the beautiful, classic prayers, but did not want a personal God in my life again, having renounced Christianity.
Some friends, recently turned devotees, were regularly bringing me prasada. They were patient with and kind to me, but I had a lot of excuses not to join them. One major excuse was my pregnant pet cat. One night I came home from wor...
- 8 Jun 2016
A visit to the famous Radha Krishna Temple in London (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Just hours after my flight from New York had landed in London I was off to 10 Soho Street for a program at ISKCON’s famous downtown temple. The darshan of Radha London Isvara was breathtaking, the association of the British devotees sweet as it comes and the prasadam as great as ever. Good to be back in England!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/vPoN1z
- 8 Jun 2016
June 8. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Satsvarupa dasa Brahmacari, January 1966.
Diary notes from morning lecture, Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 21.35.
Krishna is “home-ly” – He is proprietor of every place, but He has His own place. We falsely claim a piece of land as ours. Actually, nothing is ours. There is a saying, “I beg vegetables to eat, and sleep in the marketplace, so where is my home?” We claim land is ours, so there can be no peace. Goloka is His abode in the spi...
- 8 Jun 2016
TOVP: Temple Room Floor and Outdoor Fence Concepts (Album with photos)
Janesvari Devi Dasi: Here are some concepts for the mai......
- 7 Jun 2016
Summer Children’s Day Greeting in the Iskcon Temple of Budapest, Hungary (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is everywhere. Simply you have to catch Him. And He’s also ready for being caught. Yes, if somebody wants to catch Him. Suppose you are a devotee. If you want to catch Him, He comes forward ten times than your desire. He’s so kind. Therefore, we have to simply receive Him. London, August 21, 1973.
Find them here: https://goo.gl/uzYNnG
- 7 Jun 2016
Religious Studies Project: ISKCON in Britain. (23 min podcast)
This year the ISKCON Movement (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Fittingly, for this podcast Professor Kim Knott, BA (Leeds), MA (Leeds), PhD (Leeds), provides an overview of the Hare Krishna movement in Britain from its inception in 1966 to the present day.
Recognisable by their distinctive appearances and chants, ISKCON practitioners grew in number in the UK due to a number of reasons, ranging from young people’s fascination with ...
- 7 Jun 2016
A super serious future kirtaniya is practicing (2 min video)
Vaikuntha children under practice to spread Krishna consciousness in the whole world! :-)
Srila Prabhupada: Punya-sravana-kirtana refers to the process of devotional service. Even is one does not understand the meaning of the Lord’s name, pastimes or attributes, one is purified simply by hearing or chanting of them. Such purification is called sattva-bhavana. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.12 Purport).
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/3pJAJm
- 7 Jun 2016
Ratha-yatra Festival, Rijeka, Croatia 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The tapasya of chanting and glorifying the nam......
- 7 Jun 2016