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ISKCON Silicon Valley Books Last weeks Palo Alto Harinaam – GNAB
This letter will give everyone a glimpse into the ecstacy that has enveloped Silicon Valley by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada through his sincere disciple Vaisesika Prabhu. Your Servent Vijaya Dasa I had the great fortune of being present for last weeks hari nama (75 devotees) in palo alto. With the protection of Vaishnavas, the holy name and the apparent liberal nature of Palo Alto downtown visitors, I felt I had nothing to fear. Krishna was very kind to give me some drops of book distribution nectar that I wanted to happily share: 1....
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Hare krishna Prabhus, We all have had different experiences and realizations in our life after getting into Krishna consciousness. There are some incidents that give us so much energy that we get highly inspired to serve Lord Chaitanya and his devotees. These moments we always want to keep fresh in our heart because it increases our faith in Krishna. Its so blissful that we want to share it with our dear ones so that we all get encouraged to take part in Lord Chaitanya's mission. keeping this in mind we have tried our best to put those...
read moreA preacher of Krsna consciousness is the best yogi
Sent by Bhakti Vikasa Swami. atmaupamyena sarvatra samam pasyati yo 'rjuna sukham va yadi va duhkham sa yogi paramo matah TRANSLATION He is a perfect yogi who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, in both their happiness and their distress, O Arjuna! PURPORT One who is Krsna conscious is a perfect yogi; he is aware of everyone's happiness and distress by dint of his own personal experience. The cause of the distress of a living entity is forgetfulness of his relationship with God. And the cause of...
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Rajhamsa Prabhu, a member of BI Mumbai, and Berkley, is right now in ISKCON Belgaum, India. Although he is in his fifties, he goes out daily to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books. He picks up the books in a suitcase at 2 pm, loads it on the carrier of a bicycle and rides to the local railway station. There he boards the train and distribute books till the next main station and then returns via another train to the temple at 8:30 pm or later. The rains have not dampened his spirits; he has got a transparent raincoat and trouser to fight...
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Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada edited by Partha-sarathi Dasa Srila Rupa Goswami Disappearance Day Today is Rupa Goswami's disappearance day. It was also the day of the last program in Iraq. This program was with the Indian bodied contract workers here on the base. While going over material to discuss during the class it made perfect sense to speak about the pastimes of this pure soul, Srila Rupa Goswami. I got to program about one hour early and started setting everything up, we received a small shipment of books at the beginning of the...
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As she walked by she said "Oh, Hare krsna right"? I said yes I'm a member of the Hare Krsna movement. Then she went on to tell me the amazing way she became very favorable to our society. She had been a Jehovah's Witness for 14 years, and one of the things they do is they tell all the members about how bad all the other groups are. They would say about the Krsna's, that in the Bhagavad Gita it's all about war and violence, there's people at the top getting all the money thats being collected, etc. etc., and if...
read moreKrishna will be there
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. After the dust settled after the Lollapalooza concert I moved north to Wisconsin. I visited my friend Bhagavan Acarya. It's alway's nice visiting him because all I hear out of his mouth are stories from Radha Damodara TSKP and Srila Prabhupada etc. He told me he was in Atlanta in 1975 with Radha Damodara when they all got to go upstairs and have a personal Darshan with Srila Prabhupada. He said that even though he wasn't sure if he was allowed he...
read moreFollowing the Editorial Audit Trail
By Madhava Smullen In the late 1990s, a BBT conference handling questions from translators sparked a renewed interest in the history of Srila Prabhupada’s books. To give satisfactory answers, BBT staff found they often had to go back to early manuscripts, Prabhupada’s dictated tapes, or original Sanskrit or Bengali texts. This wasn’t new to Govinda Madhava Dasa, who’d served with the BBT since 1980 and as North European production manager had overseen book production in forty languages. He decided it was worth further...
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Battlefield Bhajans Vol 16 Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada, who by his mercy is allowing me assist him in some way Last Mangala Arati The ashram is officaly closed. Because we have to make room for our replacments, I had to move in with another senior leader in my unit. Before I moved I asked my detachment sergeant, if I could have one more day to do a last morning program. I sent out the invitations, and in the morning of the program, I set up a book table and made a small feast. I woke up extra early and woke the Lords, and started chanting...
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Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 15 Dedicated to HDG A.C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada Transcendental Karaoke Only two and half more weeks left. So missions are slowing down, for me because of my operation I have been on no missions and taking it very easy. My focus has been on hearing and chanting and trying to absorb myself in Srila Prabhupada's books. My soldiers came and got me because I have been in my room for so long. So they took me to the local morale and welfare facility, and as we walked in I saw it's karaoke. We watched some guys...
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