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Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 12, No. 8<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
By Krishna-kripa das
(April 2016, part two)<\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
(April 2016, part two)<\/b>
Dublin, Newcastle, Leeds, Belgium, Holland
(Sent from Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 16, 2016)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
(Sent from Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 16, 2016)
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Where I Went and What I Did<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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After Rama Navami, I stayed in Dublin for the devotees\u2019 monthly six-hour kirtana <\/i>and weekly Sunday feast. Then Premarnava Prabhu and I went to Belfast to do harinama <\/i>with Bhagavati Devi Dasi in the city center for two days, returning to Dublin for the Tuesday night kirtana. <\/i>Wednesday we chanted in Dublin, and we were happy that Sundara Nitai Prabhu, returning from his traveling with Harinama Ruci and preaching in Fiji joined us. Then I went to Newcastle for three days of harinama <\/i>and the monthly eight-hour kirtana. <\/i>On Saturday Janananda Goswami joined us, bringing everything up to a higher level. Sunday I did harinama <\/i>in Leeds and spoke at their monthly Sunday program. Monday I flew to Brussels from Newcastle via Dublin and chanted with Premarnava Prabhu at the Dublin Airport and the nearby town of Swords and by myself at Charleroi, the airport south of Brussels, on my way to Radhadesh. Tuesday I attended Kadamba Kanana Swami\u2019s Vyasa Puja, as he has inspired me and given me different outreach opportunities and suggestions. Wednesday was Kings Day in Amsterdam and the harinama <\/i>with 200 devotees for eight hours, during which many onlookers participated by chanting and dancing. After Kings Day, I did two days of harinama <\/i>in Rotterdam with Sivananda Sena and Moksa Laksmi Prabhus, very enthusiastic disciples of Janananda Goswami. On the last day of the month, I flew to Birmingham to join the Birmingham 24-hour kirtana. <\/i>The UK customs lady kindly removed my cautionary status with UK immigration that I received when they denied me entrance two years ago, so in the future it will be easier to enter the UK. Although the Birmingham kirtana <\/i>began on April 30 and ended on May 1. I will describe it all, and the harinama <\/i>before it, in my first May journal.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I share nectar from a Srila Prabhupada lecture. I include two inspiring quotes from Sanatana Goswami\u2019s Brhad-Bhagavatamrita <\/i>and one from Bhaktivinoda Thakura\u2019s Sri Gitavali. <\/i>I began proofreading Sarasvati Sanlapa, <\/i>a book of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura\u2019s conversations and discourses, soon to be published by Touchstone Media<\/a>, and I share an awesome number of amazing insights from him. As usual, I share excerpts from the books and journal of Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami. I share some notes on a class by Janananda Goswami. Tattvavit Prabhu, disciple of Srila Prabhupada, is based in Dublin for a few months, and I include some nice points he made during his lectures there. Kadamba Kanana Swami shared a lot of realizations during two lectures on his Vyasa Puja Day, which I also include. I also include some prayers by the kings imprisoned by Jarasandha from Srimad-Bhagavatam.<\/i> I share some realizations from Mallakaara Krishna Prabhu of Radhadesh about outreach in Belgium. I also share notes on offerings made to Kadamba Kanana Swami by his disciples and admirers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I would like to thank Mayesvara Prabhu of Dublin for offering to let me keep our harinama <\/i>collection there. This time I accepted only half of it. Thanks to Sivananda Sena Prabhu of Rotterdam, who paid my registration fee for the Baltic Summer Festival and drove me from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and back. I thank the Newcastle temple and the Leeds nama-hatta <\/i>for their kind donations. Thanks to John (the tall one with the glasses) of Leeds for his kind donation. Thanks to the Kadamba Kanana Swami blog devotees, Harinama Ruci, and the Hare Krishna Festival UK devotees for their pictures of me on the Kings Day harinama.<\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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Itinerary<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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May 14\u201318: Newcastle<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 19: Sheffield<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 20: Sheffield harinama <\/i>\/ Newcastle harinama <\/i>and Nrsimha Festival<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 21: Sheffield<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 22: Sheffield Ratha-yatra<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 23\u201325: Manchester<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 26: Preston<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 27: Liverpool<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 28: Newcastle Eight-Hour Kirtana<\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
May 29\u201330: North UK Retreat, Karuna Bhavan, Scotland<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
May 31: Edinburgh Harinama and Evening Program<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 1\u20138: Newcastle [June 4 York harinama <\/i>and nama-hatta<\/i>]<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 9: Sheffield<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 10: Leicester<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 11: Northampton Ratha-yatra<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 12: Chester<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 13\u201320: London [June 17 trip to Northampton nama-hatta<\/i>]<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 20\u201321: Stonehenge Solstice Festival<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
June 21\u2013June 30: France with Janananda Goswami [June 26 \u2013 Paris Ratha-yatra]<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 1\u2013July 6: Newcastle [July 2 York harinama <\/i>and nama-hatta<\/i>]<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 7\u20139: Polish Padayatra<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 10: Prague Ratha-yatra<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 12\u201316: Polish Woodstock<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 17\u201326: Polish Summer Festival Tour<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 27\u201329: Berlin harinama<\/i>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 30: Berlin Ratha-yatra<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
July 31\u2013August 4: Czech Padayatra<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 5\u201311: Baltic Summer Festival<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 12\u201314: Ancient Trance Festival?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 15\u201317: Bratislava?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 17: Prague?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 18\u201321: Trutnoff (Czech Woodstock)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 22: Prague<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 23: London<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 24\u201329: Newcastle<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 30: Edinburgh<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
August 31\u2013September 1: Newcastle<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
September 2: Sheffield<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
September 3: York<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
September 4: Newcastle<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
September 5\u201312: Ireland <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
September 13\u2013: New York City Harinam<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Dublin Six-Hour Kirtana<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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I am very happy to see that, since my visit last September, one young devotee couple, John and Pushpa, have established a monthly six-hour kirtana <\/i>program in Dublin on Saturdays. Both of them had come out on harinama <\/i>during my past visits, and also chanted in the streets again with us this time. The community is enthusiastic about the six-hour kirtana <\/i>event, and as you can see in the videos below, many devotees, new and old, take part.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tim, who organizes yoga retreats on the Inis Rath island, and who loves to chant, led a mellow kirtana<\/i> (https:\/\/youtu.be\/CLfTJGhzc1E<\/span><\/a>):<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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