By Caru DasMany issues were discussed of relevance to temple leaders: salary questions, temples sharing resources and helping each other out, fund raising by traveling preachers, gurus and sannyasis, the inauguration of a Temple President's web site which would archive all "best practices" for the benefit of present and future TPs.
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- 10 May 2008
By Madhava SmullenFriends of the BBT Newsletter – May 08. In Silicon Valley’s Hare Krishna community, a new book distribution effort is turning into a juggernaut that could be the future of ISKCON’s outreach.
...- 10 May 2008
By Anapayini DasiIn the small North Central Florida town of Alachua, there is a well known, booming community of Vaishnavas called New Raman Reti. I participate and give back to the community by directing an academy called "Bhakti Kalalayam" which trains and engages young girls and boys in the sacred art of Bharatanatyam.
...- 9 May 2008
By Prayag Narayan MisraThe National Prayer Breakfast was inaugurated in 1950 by members of the Executive Branch, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives Breakfast Groups to specifically seek the Lord's guidance and strength as well as to reaffirm our faith and renew the dedication of our Nation and ourselves to God and His purposes.
...- 9 May 2008
By Gaura Sakti dasIn the last few days those of us who are having some sense of REAL ISSUES of the world, might pick up the reports about the increasing stress of lack of food worlwide and it is leading to increased stress and even "food riots" in different areas in the world.
...- 8 May 2008
By Your servants at Bhakti - vedanta CollegeWe are glad to inform you of the recent exciting development that the roof on the first building of Bhaktivedanta College’s campus was finished yesterday, May 6 2008 – an exciting and important moment for Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
...- 8 May 2008
By Giridhari dasaFor one month His Holiness Nava Yogendra Maharaja and His Grace Sarvabhauma prabhu have been inundating Mauritius with Krsna Katha and the Holy name.
...- 7 May 2008
By Parvati devi dasiThe museum is now a real beehive for book distribution and mahaprasad distribution. Gone are the days when we announced in the mornings that we managed to distribute 25 or 30 books. Now, 400 is a slow day, and this week the scores are over 1000 books a day.
...- 7 May 2008
By Yasoda Mayi Devi Dasi“All you have to do is chant, Prabhu!” But what about the real world? What if our kid is failing in school? What if we are struggling to make the monthly mortgage payment, or that our health is seriously challenged?
...- 7 May 2008
By Vrindavan Lila DasiMayapurvision channel has recieved another banner today! WHY are we getting excited? - because... people like to check out what's popular - and be popular on YouTube means that many more people than usual will get in contact with Mayapur.
...- 7 May 2008
By Sastra DanaJack becomes a regular visitor to the temple after getting a book from our rack in Ocean Beach. We have just received a new batch of racks. Hurry to order yours before they are all gone. This is a great service opportunity.
...- 6 May 2008
By Nartaka Gopala dasiOur godsister Mitravinda devi dasi passed away in Alachua on April 22, 2008 of stomach cancer. She was a much-loved member of the community and performed many years of seva to the Deities, mainly sewing, making jewelry and garlands, and dressing the Deities with much devotion, and practically non-stop.
...- 6 May 2008
By Mathura Rasa dasaTo fulfill the initial desire of Srila Prabhupada who inaugurated the Food For Life programme, by instructing his disciples to distribute prasadam at least within 10 miles' radius from the Mayapur temple, the Nagara Sankirtan party stormed Krishnanagar.
...- 3 May 2008
By Bhaktajana Priya dasRepair and Painting work in the outside structure are in progress in the massive 180 feet high structure of Prabhupada Pushpa Samadhi Mandir. Now, scaffolding has been erected and the work is going on.
...- 2 May 2008
By Kurma Rupa DasOur May 2008 Care for Cows Newsletter has been posted. Please review it at your earliest convenience.
...- 2 May 2008
By Radha Mohan DasaPlease find posted copy of John Lennon's original hand-written lyrics to 'Give Peace a Change' (1969), as published in yesterday's Guardian. Someone hopes to sell the paper for ÂŁ200,000 to ÂŁ300,000!
...- 2 May 2008
By Bhurijana dasaSrila Sanatana Gosvami comments that because in Vrndavana Krsna goes barefoot and can thus directly mark the earth with the symbols of His lotus feet, that transcendental land is even more glorious than Vaikuntha, where Visnu wears slippers.
...- 1 May 2008
By Mitravinda dasiI want to thank all the devotees that have sent cookie prasadam to the soldiers-medics here at Ft. Sam Houston Texas. About 2,000 cookies have been distributed. The soldiers in my company here got used to the prasadam cookies sent on a weekly basis.
...- 1 May 2008
By the GBCIskcon Governing Body Commission Society. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting in Sri Mayapur Dham, February 24 - March 4, 2008
...- 29 Apr 2008
By the GBCNote: In the interest of enhancing the readability of this document, we have simplified the entries by omitting the country names "India", "USA", "UK", and "Canada".
...- 29 Apr 2008
By Sastra DanaThat is why I said preach as you go, instead of go to preach. Also, Srila Prabhupada said, “Whoever you meet, wherever you meet, simply try to teach him this Krishna consciousness.”
...- 28 Apr 2008
By Mahat Tattva dasaReport on Krishna consciousness in Hungary. You are going to find this video very interesting and inspiring. It is the annual report of Iskcon Hungary to the International Iskcon's Governing Body for the year 2007.
...- 28 Apr 2008
By Praghosa DasaSrila Prabhupada often made reference to the fact that both in beginner's maths as well as advanced mathematics, two plus two is always equal to four. While advanced mathematics can be extremely complicated it can also be very wrong if the basic principles of simple maths are not adhered to. Likewise the same principle applies to relationships and if we fail to get the basics right in our relationships we will forever struggle with them. The most fundamental relationship that we need to get right is our relationship with the supreme Lord and His creat...
- 28 Apr 2008
By Ajita Krishna DasaAbsolute moral values are values that exist objectively and are true for all, even if only some or no one agrees to them, knows about their existence or can act contrary to them.
...- 26 Apr 2008