Brett Prabhu is part of the Management team for the New Gokula Farm and is also the Manager of the Bhakti Tree Restaurant in Newcastle. He first met the devotees through the Veggie Club at the Newcastle University in 2002 when he was studying and fell in love with halava calling himself a halava monster! Through his love for prasadam he also started visiting the Govindas Cafe in Newcastle where he met Toshan Prahbu who was running the cafe at the time. Not long after that he started doing service at the cafe and at the Veggie ...

Here's Jagattarini Mataji from Sacred India in Perth, Western Australia, reciting a translation of the ancient Sanskrit text known as Bhumi Gita- The Song of Mother Earth. This text was composed thousands of years ago... interesting to hear this rendition in the context of current global power struggles.

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Bhakta Ram met a nice lady on sankirtan named Alexis who runs a beauty school and she was planning to do a mind over matter retreat with some of her students in Piedmont park where we regularly go to distribute books! She invited us to come and participate so we gave a class on the Bhagavad Gita then we had a fired up kirtan. At one point I spoke on the microphone to all of the students and explained each book in the Sapta set while one of the devotees was putting a set in each student’s hands for them to look at. Most of the students ended up enthusiastically taking a set home with them, it was such incredi...

Kadamba Kanana Swami: When I first went to India, Lord Ramachandra was the first deity I ever saw because the first temple I went to was of Lord Ramachandra and that was my temple! It was a small round temple and later on, they renovated and made it into a big marble temple. Oh, I miss my small round temple; it was so nice; the deities were really close but now they are high up and far away.

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New pasta machine for the devotee's restaurant Govinda in Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Hare Krishna. So, one astrologer devotee told me, "Better you do not get married now anyway since all planets are inauspicious." I said that is OK. He said, "If you had married that mataji the Temple President told you about there would have been Hell to pay." So by grace of Lord it seems I have dodged one bullet.

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When I was laying there immobile, I thought “ok I better try to chant” and I was literally unable to string one word of the mahamantra after the other. The words just began to scramble.

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“Regarding my books, everyone should read. I am also reading. Everyone should be engaged 24 hours. That is the sum and substance. How much you should read and how much you should do other types of service, that has to be decided by each individual devotee.” Srila Prabhupada Letter to Govardhana -- Mexico City, 15 February 1975

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ISKCON Kanpur - Sri Sri Radha Madhav Mandir, Maharaja's lungs 90 percent damaged from Covid. Please pray to Lord Nrsringhadeva for protection

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Lungs shows infection and D dimer shows mild Covid positive.

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Today Pankajangri Prabhu's health condition has deteriorated and the Doctors are considering various options for his treatment. The situation is quite urgent. The doctors are even considering to shift him to a better facilities in Kolkata.

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Srila Prabhupada: No, no. Not chance. Why did you go where there is cholera case? That is your foolishness. Why did you go there? When there is infectious disease a man is forbidden to go there. You went there without any knowledge and you got infected. Now you are suffering. That's all. There is no question of chance. That is foolishness. Chance means ignorance. Ignorant people, they do not know this. They perform sinful activities, and [when there is a karmic result] they say "by chance." There is no question of chance. Krishna says, "Karanam? guna-sango 'sya" - ...

Update on Pankajanghri Prabhu's health [13th April 2021, 12:30 PM] This afternoon Prabhu was shifted to Vamsi Bhavan. Here he will be getting more oxygen supplies and better medical assistance. Kindly continue prayers for Prabhu's speedy recovery!

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Just want to make an announcement that Sadbhuja prabhu has typhoid and COVID. This is a double infection. Ask everybody, please, pray for his speedy recovery. And come back to his service again.

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Prayers needed for Our Dear Godbrother and Godsister Pancharatna Das who has Covid and Attitaguna Devi who has Covid and typhoid, Mayapur Dham is in need of Prayers for all its residents at this fragile time. May Lord Nrsringhadeva protect everyone. As also Krpanidhi Prabhu's wife Karunamayi Dasi.

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As per a health update dated 11 April, the CT Scan conducted on Pankajanghri Prabhu confirmed that the coronavirus has reached his lungs. His coughing is worst than before and he is having high fever and breathing problem. He is taking IV medicines and oxygen with the help nebulizer. He has been advised diet and rest by doctors.

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