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Hindu Santuary Park Opening in Hungary
The initiation ceremony will be held on Aug. 9th of 2oo8 in the peace-park of the Hindu Temple at Balastya at 4:3o p.m. The program will be opened by our distinguished guests who will the light the torch of perennial knowledge.
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Sri Gopal Chandra Gosh Left His Body
The living Vrindavan encyclopedia has gone back to Krishna. Sri Gopal Gosh was full of love for Srila Prabhupada and his beloved Deities. Living at Brahma kunda he gave us many hours of his sweet Vrindavan talk.
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The Superlative Devotee
I read that Krsna is directly involved in the lives of devotees, but if that is the case then why did he allow so many of Srila Prabhupada's dear and dedicated disciples to give up their spiritual practice (sadhana)
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The Raga-patha is Above All
The servants of Hari are engaged in lavish affairs, handling material wealth and engaging all manner of things in the Lord’s service. They worship the path of spontaneous devotion with gaurava-bhange...
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We Owe A Lot To The Beatles
There is a whole bunch of old Beatle fans out there. After having achieved top most fame and success, these four young men went on to search for something more valuable. And they had a lot of sukriti...
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Vyasa Puja in Mayapur
The Vyasa puja of Srila Prabhupada was conducted with joy and with the participation of countless sannyasis. The parade went along all the temples where Srila Prabhupada was awaited with many offerings.
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United We Can Serve You More
Sectarianism creates a lack of strength for common projects. It also decreases defense against dangers for Vaishnavas and their service. The high morality of true followers of sanatan dharma should shine brightly...
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President of Slovenia Leaves the World
On 23rd February 2008, by the will of Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, Who is All-good, our dear friend and well-wisher Dr. Janez Drnovsek, president of the Republic of Slovenia, left his body at his home near the capital Ljubljana.
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Mac Users Have to Chant More Rounds
Ever since we found out that Steve Jobs was a regular visitor at the Hare Krishna temple before he started Apple Inc., we can understand that the holy name must have given him some special inspiration.
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Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj
Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaja preached the gospel of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu throughout India and immensely contributed to the vigorous missionary work of the Gaudiya mission in India and abroad.
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Names Unlimited
A new album was released last month: Names Unlimited, by Manah-siksa Devi Dasi. The Lord's eight golden instructions (Siksastakam) are presented here in English. The compositions are modern and timeless.
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Why Lord Jagannath does not eat chillies
Chillies did not come from India. Those who like chillies have to pay their homage to America. There are 3000 varieties of chillie in Mexico and chillie is first class for making organic pesticides, medicinal applications...
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The True History and Religion of India
The religion of Bharatvarsh is the direct descension of the Grace of God which is manifested in the form of our Divine scriptures. They reveal the total philosophy of each and every aspect of God and the creation of this universe.
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Care for Cows Land Appeal
The Care for Cows Clinic is hosted on a friend's land in Raman Reti and we plan to purchase it to insure stability and make further improvements. The half-acre is valued at Rs. 2 crore or US $500,000.
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Vrindavan on the move
Famous landmark Keshi ghat is undergoing restoration. The first sight of Vrindavan people used to have when there were no roads was the Keshi ghat, when the boat was arriving from Mathura to Vrindavan.
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Harekrishnaworldnews.blogspot.com
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always englightening one another and conversing about Me.
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Introducing 4sam.org
We are very happy to provide a permanent link to www.4sam.org, a website with information about the four Vaishnava sampradayas. What are our common interests? What can we do together?
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Gokul Slovenia Summer Programs
We feel greatly fortunate and thankful to our Most Merciful Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Srila Gurudev to send us Their own associates to bless us with their association here in Slovenia.
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Angkor Wat (Vrah Vishnulok)
Angkor Wat (Vrah Vishnulok) is often hailed as one of the most extraordinary architectural creations ever built, with its intricate bas-reliefs, strange acoustics and magnificent soaring towers.
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Holy Dham 2007
You may remember that two years ago road workers showed up on the Bhaktisiddhanta road in Mayapur. They had an official order to expand the road and remove all temple gates and samadhis...
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Is India Facing a New Enemy?
Hundred years ago most Hindus lived on a vegetarian diet, worshiped their deity, studied the Bhagavad Gita and other Vedic scriptures, chanted mantras and lived in harmony with nature, animals and humans.
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Guatemala and the Vaishnava Future
We are in Guatemala heading for a meeting with different secretaries of the WVA. There is Rupa Manohara prabhu who is a former congress member of Guatemala's government and the editor of a political journal.
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Living in Vraja
Vaishnava devotees know one history of Vraja. It is a sweet history, full of divine loving relationships, lovers’ trysts, cowherd play, humor and spiritual rivalry between sahkas and sakhis.
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New Rational Vedanta Website
Rational Vedanta is a new website that exclusively explores Eastern and Western philosophy and science. This website includes biographies of the lives of many of the worlds great thinkers...
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Meat-eaters Kill People
Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million / Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10%: 100 million
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Holiest Month - Purushottama
According to our almanac every three years, one month is added. This is done to harmonize the lunar month (Chandra-maas) with the solar month (Soar Maas). The inserted month is known as 'Purusottama'.
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Peace Concert in Germany
Patrick Bernard and Anuradha devi dasi, mesmerized their audience into stillness, truly centered meditative states. After an evening of this music and dance the audience seemed purged of negative emotions.
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Janmastami and the Motorcycle Rockers
The devotees had acquired a new temple in a new area just a few weeks before the festival in 1972. The day before Janmastami, the local Motorcycle Rockers had discovered the presence of the Vaishnavas there.
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The Prayer of a Devotee
When Srila Prabhupada first came from the west I discriminated againgst the western born Vaishnavas. I thought they were not real Vaishnavas. Srila Prabhupada invited me to come to the west.
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Great Souls Who Walked Amongst Us
Can you imagine a New York cabdriver becoming a Vaishnava? Uncle Puru was a lover of the Vaishnavas and their works. He collected items of his Gurudeva and created the Bhaktivedanta Memorial.
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Mathura Ghats
The Yamuna near Mathura is a repository of the pastimes associated with Krishna. The river bank is embellished with stone steps leading to the surface of the water. Each ghat has a story associated with it.
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Grab that Service!
A couple of days ago a devotee from Russia, Mother Tusti came into the office in Vrindavan where I work as a researcher and requested me to look at the Samadhi of Raghunath das Goswami in Radha Kund.
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Krishna Ashrams Around the World
Today indian temples in the western world are not rare anymore and Krishna ashrams are opening, inspired by Srila Prabhpada, even 29 years after his departure from this world.
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Six Symptoms of Saranagati
The moment we submit ourselves unconditionally to Sri Krishna, all our ills and sufferings will vanish. A surrendered soul is happy in whatever circumstance he is being put by the will of his Guru.
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NASA Images Reveal Bridge to Sri Lanka
Space images taken by NASA reveal the mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The unique curvature of the bridge and composition by age reveals that it is man made.
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WVA Secretary Defending Vaishnavism on TV
A chief christian priest had been fighting the devotees and is trying to get Vaishnavism prohibited in the Ukraine. The local devotees requested Srila B.B. Bodhayan Maharaja, to defend their cause on Ukrainian TV.
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WVA Meeting Gaura Purnima 2007
The WVA meeting was held in Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math after the installation ceremony of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada which was attended by many sannyasis in the presence of Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaja.
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The Standard of Living in Gaudiya Math
To ensure that there is no place for laziness, bad conduct, trivial thought, gossip, or vulgar desire in the math, you have to go from door to door, where your hari-kirtana will be tested by the public.
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The Rtvik Conception of Guru Parampara
Srila Prabhupada did not evolve or create an entirely new system of initiation. He simply adjusted some of the details of Gaudiya Vaisnava initiation in consideration of unprecedented circumstances.
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The Heliodorus Column
Most Vaisnavas refer to Krishna as having appeared 5,000 years ago and generally credit Vedic civilization and Vaisnavism with great antiquity. But what hard, empirical proof do we have for this assertion?
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WVA Magazine Gaura Purnima 2007
This issue features an article by the president on Vaishnava unity, as well as many different articles that give an overview of what has happening in the past year in the different fields of Global Vaishnavism.
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New Temple Project at Ekachakra Dham
The importance of Ekachakra Dham to Gaudiya Vaishnavas is immeasurable. Even so, despite its spiritual significance, it is quite un-visited. This is mainly due to its rural location and lack of facilities for pilgrims.
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Why the Yamuna's Just a Dirty Drain
Over Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) has flown into the sewage canal the river Yamuna has become since the government began its efforts to clean it up in 1985 - Delhi's allocation of the Yamuna Action Plan is around Rs 573 crore.
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Celebration of the World Forestry Day
FoV celebrates the World Forestry day in Chhota Munger Mandir, Vrindavan. Trees are the only supplier of the oxygen. It cannot be produced in any industries. Oxygen is the life source of a human being.
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Sri Siksastakam
All glories to Sri Krishna sankirtan! It cleanses the mirror of the mind; it extinguishes the blazing conflagration of material life; it spreads the moon rays that make the white lotus of auspiciousness bloom.
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