PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n
Bhagavat Katha conducted by His Grace Devaki Nandan Das, Zonal Secretary,UP and Rajasthan ( including ISKCON Allahabad)<\/p>\n
A week long spiritual discourse on Teachings of Queen Kunti,composed by His Divine Grace A C BhaktiVedanta Swami Prabhupada was conducted at the bank of Sacred River Yamuna in ISKCON Allahabad, located in Balua ghat, March 11- 17.<\/p>\n
These teachings conform to Canto 1, Chapter 8 Texts 1 to 26 of Srimad Bhagavatam which is considered as biography of Krishna, and non-different from<\/p>\n
and non different from Krishna- considered as the Supreme Persdonality of Godhead. In simpler words, the literary incarnation of God appears in form of a sacred book, Srimad Bhagavatam.<\/p>\n
“Queen Kunti’s teachings are the simple and illuminating pitpourings of the soul of a great saintly woman, revealing the deepest transcendental emotions of the heart and the deepest philosophical and theological penetrations of the intelligence.”<\/p>\n
His Grace Devaki Nandan prabhu summarized the entire 118,000 verses (slokas) of Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days by presentiong the chanting of holy names and observing four essential principles” non-violence by observing no meat eating; abstaining from addiction- by not drinking wine, beer, alcohol or tea coffee and not even coca cola; not indulging in illicit relationships- being happy with married life; and controlling the greed by not participating in lottery or gambling.<\/p>\n
President of ISKCON Allahabad His Grace Adwaita Acharya das appreciated the<\/p>\n
presence of His Grace Devaki Nandan das and requested him to support the new<\/p>\n
construction of the Temple , Guest House and Accomodation for Priests besides<\/p>\n
enlarging Goshala \u2013 cow shelter shed for about 18 cows. The plans have been approved<\/p>\n
by the City of Allahabad authorities, and projected cost amounts to Rs 4 Crores.<\/p>\n
A donation of Rs one lakh and eleven thousand one by Industrialist Madhusudan<\/p>\n
Agrawal of Ajanta Pharma, based in Mumbai was well received by Temple<\/p>\n
authorities for the pleasure of presiding deities Sri Sri Radha Veni Madhava.<\/p>\n
The Guest House will accommodate 200 visitors from all over the world during the<\/p>\n
forthcoming Maha Kunmbh Mela in 2013.<\/p>\n
The importance of Allahabad is because of Lord Rama\u2019s visit twice in Treta Yuga, and<\/p>\n
about 500 years ago, Lord Chaitanya\u2019s teaching of devotional science to Srila Rupa<\/p>\n
Goswami for ten days at Dashaswamedh ghat- where Lord Brahma performed first<\/p>\n
ten sacrifices in early millennium. Founder of ISKCON and BBT Srila Prabhupada<\/p>\n
spent 13 years in Allahabad and had his business Prayag Pharmacy established here.<\/p>\n
The weeklong preaching ended with a community dinner, Bhandaraa, blessed food<\/p>\n
served to over 2,000 devotees. It consisted of pooriees, rice, dahl, sabji and a sweet<\/p>\n
rice dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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