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“A special offering from FOLK to Srila Prabhupada”
Thou Art Living in Sound
The following article is dedicated to our beloved spiritual master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who eternally lives with his disciples through his infallible words.
“Once, while preaching at the temple book counter, I met a young visitor, pretty much curious to know about the ‘Hare Krishnas’. Taking this as an opportunity to introduce Srila Prabhupada, I explained him about Srila Prabhupada’s struggle and unmatched contribution to this world. In the course of discussion, the anticipated question arose, “Is he (Srila Prabhupada) still living?
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BY: GAURASUNDARA DASA
Sep 02, 2010 — USA (SUN) — I heard someone ask as I walked by, “I wonder what happened to Sundar?” All I could do was stare and keep walking.
Thirty-one years ago I joined ISKCON Denver, USA. I, like most devotees who have surrendered their lives to Srila Prabhupada, have seen many individuals embarrass Srila Prabhupada and His movement. By their reckless and stupid immoral behavior, these unholy individuals drain the life out of the good, honest, pure devotees of ISKCON, of which there are many.
I used to love giving people the mercy of Srila Prabhupada by giving them a book and preaching His glories to others. Then one day a year after I joined, I was told of the former Temple President who looted the Temple funds and started his own real estate company.
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“It is very good that the Government is cooperating by giving land”
4 September, 1975
Vrindaban
My Dear Cyavana Swami:
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 14, 1975 with enclosed copy of letter to Shakti Mati and the proposed BBT and Spiritual Sky argeements.
So it is good that Shakti Mati is again living in the temple. Keep her nicely. She is woman, so you call her Mother. As soon as you call her Mother, that I am so fallen please save, you are so great, then she will be very pleased. She is very talented and can organize the Pujari Dept.
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by ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM) on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 10:18am
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It’s all about the power!
Recently, the European GBC (Governing Body Commission) passed the following resolution:
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Folk Bangalore: Watch the glimpses of Sri Krishna Janmashtami Darshana Arati at ISKCON Bangalore.
Los Angeles
16 July, 1974
Teton Village, Wyoming
Dear Sriman Alfred Ford!
Please accept Krishna’s blessings and be happy. Hare Krishna. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter dated May 22, 1974. I do not know why it is so much delayed. Anyway I was not here and I have just come here one week ago, so I am sorry that replying your letter is delayed so much.
So far as your questions are concerned, in India a sannyasi or a person in the renounced order of life is always honored. Even in this fallen down condition of India a sannyasi is honored everywhere, and he has no problem for his living condition.
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BY: SUN STAFF
Sep 01, 2010 — CANADA (SUN) —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcLrAKJxXvA&feature=player_embedded
"The Janmashtami celebrations include Gopuja, while Utlotsavam’ marks the beginning of the birth anniversary celebrations of Lord Krishna."
Radhika Gandhi, Pooja Gandhi and other celebrities glittered on the occation taking the blessings of there lordships Shri Radha Krishna Chandra. this time, ISKCON celebrated Jamashtami on the Vaikunta Hill located on the Kanakpura main road, south Bangalore.
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Sri Krishna Chandra
Shruti Goutham | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA, Thursday, Sep 2, 2010, 11:32 IST — “Lord Krishna’s birth is marked as a divine appearance as per Hindu mythology.
He is known to have taken the human form to save the world from the wickedness of demons and to propagate the theory of bhakti and good karma, nearly 5,000 years ago. And Krishna Janmashtami is a celebration of his birth,” says Madhu Pandit Dasa, president, Iskcon, Bangalore.
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Srila Prabhupada: “So Kṛṣṇa is adventing today. There is stotra by the demigods. We should read, how Kṛṣṇa protects the demigods or the devotees. We should seek protection of Kṛṣṇa.
This world is so dangerous. It is said, padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadām. Every step there is danger. But if we take shelter, samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ, if we take shelter of the lotus feet of Murāri, under whose lotus feet the whole mahat-tattva, cosmic manifestation, is resting, then this big ocean of birth and death, we can cross very easily.” read more…
"Simply chant Hare Krishna maha mantra daily, following the instructions of a bona fide Acarya and all success will come."
BY: DAMAGHOSA DAS | USA | September 1 2010
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[...] In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, janma karma ca me divyam yo janati tattvatah.
If you simply know Krishna, what is Krishna, why does He come, why He works like ordinary man — janma karma ca me divyam yo janati tattvatah — in truth, in actual fact. Not that “Oh, Krishna was born in Mathura, and then He was taken to Vrndavana.” This is also knowing. But still, you know what is Krishna.
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BY: URDHVAGA DAS
Aug 31, 2010 — USA (SUN) — Dear Govinda Dasi, please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I would like to reply to your Letter “Monkey Poo, or Respect for One’s Guru“, published on Sampradaya Sun.
The same questions you where asking, I also have been asking all along for the past 34 years, but I never got any satisfactory answer yet from our so-called ISKCON authorities. But I did find the answers to all of our questions in Srila Prabhupada’s books, which I would like to share with you. You are asking:
“Is it always this way?” The answer is given in SB, 4.28.48, purport:
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Paneer Tikka Masala is a gourmet dish which is simple to cook but very flavorful. Marinated paneer with tomato gravy makes a delightful dish for a formal dinner.
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“Watch Sri Krishna Janmashtami Sangeetotsav – Live on 1st September 2010 to 2nd September 2010, Time: 04:15AM Onwards, Live from Iskcon Temple, Bangalore.”
Sri Krishna Janmashtami
Sri Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the appearance day of Lord Krishna on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Bhadra.
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Srila Prabhupada, June 11, 1974, Paris: [...] Now, we must take to agricultural work–produce food and give protection to the cows. And if we produce a surplus, we can trade.
It is a simple thing that we must do. Our people should live peacefully in farming villages, produce grain and fruit and vegetables, protect the cows, and work hard. And if there is a surplus, we can start restaurants.
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Warning from Madhudvisa dasa http://bookchanges.com/
ISKCON “Original Manuscript” Scam
I am not sure if you are aware of this but ISKCON has a policy of “revising” Srila Prabhupada’s books. They are making unauthorized changes to Srila Prabhupada’s books. read more…
LIVE Telecast of Janmashtami Celebrations at ISKCON Bangalore... Don't miss it!
“Now you can watch Sri Krishna Janmashtami puja celebrations in ISKCON temple of Bangalore live online. Janmashtami 2010 celebrations will start on September 1st and also continue on September 2nd. With the association of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Bangalore, Sankara TV (the Hindu devotional TV channel) will be presenting this exclusive WEB TV link through which we can watch the Janmashtami celebrations live online.
Here is the link to watch Janmashtami 2010 celebrations and Puja live online from ISKCON Temple Bangalore during specified time. The time to watch these celebrations is from 3:30 am on September 1st to September 2nd midnight.
You can also watch Janmashtami celebrations live on Sankara TV and Udaya TV.”
August 31, 2010
Pertinent points he made:
1. On Raga Bhakti:
He talks abt the need for use to enter into raga bhakti to realize our siddha deha, out spiritual form. “Thus some devotees attain knowledge about the moods of Krishna and His Vraja associates from the mouth of the Rasik Vaishnava guru, some from the mouth of the learned Raganuga devotee, and some whose heart has been purified by practicing devotional service will have this knowledge directly revealed to them from within their hearts.” – HG Aindra Das
2. On Sastra’s essential message:
He wants us to read the the higher rasas experienced by Radha and Krishna with the gopis via the books left to us by the sampradaya acaryas. He stresses on the urgency of taking this up. “How can we deem our transcendental book distribution a complete success?
Unless that someone becomes fully absorbed in relishing the braja bhavas as a result of having gained the attraction and greed for them by deeply imbibing the sastras essential message. Work now samadhi later, that’s alright, but what work? and how much later? How later does later have to be, before later to be considered later enough? Later after some future God knows how many births? ” –HG Aindra Das
