April 17. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Michael Grant.
One serious newcomer was Michael Grant. Mike was twenty-four. His father, who was Jewish, owned a record shop in Portland, Oregon where Mike grew up. After studying music at Portland’s Reed College and at San Francisco State, Mike, who played the piano and many other instruments, moved to New York City, along with his girlfriend, hoping to get into music professionally. But he quickly became disenchanted with the commercial music scene. Playing ...

Mechanics of Spirituality.
Sutapa das: When we neglect to invest quality time and attention into performing these simple acts of devotion, we start tending towards the religious more than the spiritual. Here are some classic symptoms of mechanical spirituality:
I ‘fit in’ my practices as opposed to prioritizing a suitable time of day
I ‘multi-task’ my practices as opposed to giving them exclusive focus and attention
I have no serious plans (or desires) to increase and enhance my practices
I look fo...

KK Bindu #373 Released. KK Bindu #373 includes: Translations of various acaryas on a verse of Vedanta-sutra.
The latest issue of Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu e-magazine was just released. This issue includes:
* Remain Foolish – From a letter by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
* No Returning Back – A fresh translation done especially for this issue of Bindu of five different acarya’s commentaries on Vedanta-sutra (4.4.22). It can be downloaded here:
https://...

Initiation Ceremony April 2016 held at Pakistan (Album with photos)
A devotee, because he is working as a śūdra, he is not a śūdra; neither he is a brāhmaṇa. He is already in the spiritual platform. But for management we have to do that. One can do the śūdra’s work nicely—let him be engaged in that way.
10 Devotees in which 3 of them got Second Initiation and 7 of them got Frist Initiation from HH Gopal Krishna Goswami.
Devotees got further amazed by the Lecture given by Sarvabhauma Prabhu (D...

Harinama in Kumeu, New Zealand (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: As soon as you offer yourself to be enjoyed by Krishna as servant, according to His order you serve, then immediately you are in the spiritual world. If you want to remain in the spiritual world, this temple is the spiritual world. We are not living in Melbourne. This temple is not Melbourne. It is Vaikuntha. It is Vrindavan. So if you stick to this temple service, Krishna’s service, then you are not in this material world. Melbourne, June 25, 1974.
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Harinama in Kyoto, Japan (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy n......

Book distribution in Hollywood, CA (Album with photos)
HH Devamrita Swami, Bhrigupati Das, and Jaya Kush distribute books toge......

April 16. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: The Attraction of Sound
Carol: It was a very interracial, music-oriented scene. There were a few professional musicians, and a lot of people who enjoyed playing or just listening. Some people were painting in some of the lofts. And that’s basically what was going on. We had memorable kirtanas. One time there was a beautiful ceremony. Some of us went over early to prepare for it. There must have been a hundred people who came that day.
For the Bowery crowd,...

Holi Festival of Colors 360 Degree Video (3 min video)
Experience the biggest Holi Festival of Colors in the Western Hemisphere in 360° video. In such a combative and divided world, attending the Holi Festival and immersing yourself in its philosophy of love and acceptance is a relief. Caru Das, the temple’s priest, explains.
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Sri Sri Radha Govinda Hari 20th Anniversary ISKCON NEPAL 04/13/2016 (Album with 295 photos)
Sri Sri Radha Govinda Hari had been......

Hare Krishna Festivals UK - York Festival - 14th April 2016 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Devotional service must cont......

Suitable Husband Suitable Wife (video-lecture with Mahatma das given 2016-04-13, at ISKCON Chowpatty)
Srila Prabhupada: In this......

999th Birthday!
Kripamoya das: April 10 is the birthday of Ramanujacarya, the great teacher and organiser of the Sri Sampradaya. The great saint wrote books of amazing clarity and logical argumentation, poetry and devotion. He reorganised and upgraded temple worship in hundreds of towns, and created an India-wide human network of teachers and spiritual preceptors. Above all, he was an affectionate guardian to those who took shelter of him; who served him with dedication and love for many years until his passing in 1137 at the grand age of 120.

Amazing India: The Holy Places of Lord Rama (15 min video)
This video takes us to the holy places of Lord Rama in India, where ......

Showing The Way (5 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: The formula of chanting Hare Krishna and dancing in ecstasy was introduced 500......

April 15. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Evening Kirtanas.
Prabhupada held his evening meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, just as he had uptown. The loft was out of the way for most of his acquaintances and it was on the Bowery. A cluster of sleeping derelicts regularly blocked the street-level entrance, and the visitors would find as many as half a dozen bums to step over before climbing the four flights of stairs. But it was something new; you could go and sit with a group of hip people and wat...

Video coverage of St. Augustine Ratha Yatra
Festival of Chariots, or Rathayatra, is an annual event celebrating Indian and Hin......

Modern government? Their only business is how to collect tax and divide it amongst the government servants!
Srila Prabhupada: So there are some remarkable points in this verse. Dasyu-prayesu rajasu. Rajasu means government. Raja, king, or government. So monarchy is now abolished practically all over the world. Now it is democratic government. So this so-called democratic government or Communist government, as they are going on, they will become rogues and thieves, dasyu-prayesu. All the rogues, thieves, plunderers, they will capture. Because it is by vo...

Preaching program in Kiev, Ukraine (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the whit......

Salvation For Dummies.
Samapriya devi dasi: Riding around in a burnt out jaloppy,
fuming and leaking it’s all become sloppy
creaking and rattling tired and floppy,
maybe I should get a new shinning copy.
Do I really want to go through all this again?
There’s always problems from beginning to end.
Stand up for your rights your word to defend
and searching for someone on whom to depend.
We speak what we realize and it’s become clear
most of us lonely and covered with fear.
The time now ...

Harinama in Athens, Greece (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of ......

Zen Master’s Home (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: Last night we entertained the elite of Beijing in the home of a famous Zen Master. Charmed by our philosophy, our talented musicians and the holy names people were swept off their feet and chanted and danced in great happiness in the courtyard of that prestigious residence.
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April 14. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Sanskrit Lessons.
It was perhaps because of Carl’s interest in Sanskrit that Prabhupada began holding Sanskrit classes. Carl and David and a few others would spend hours learning Sanskrit under Prabhupada’s guidance. Using a chalkboard he found in the loft, Prabhupada taught the alphabet, and his students wrote their exercises in his notebooks. Prabhupada would look over their shoulders to see if they were writing correctly and he would review their pron...

Harinama in Happy Japanese Island Okinawa, Japan (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “The essence of all Vedic knowledge—comprehending the three kinds of Vedic activity, the Vedic hymns, and the processes for satisfying the demigods—is included in the eight syllables Hare Krishna Hare Krishna. This is the reality of all Vedanta. The chanting of the holy name is the only means to cross the ocean of nescience.” (Narada-pancharatra)
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