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In Memoriam: The Passing Away of Gurukuli boy Krishna dasa

http://mayapurkatha.blogspot.com/2008/03/gurukuli-krishna-das-unexpected.html

updated pics of Mayapura 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayapur/

http://www.mayapur.com/main/?q=node/790

Devotees and events in Mayapur
http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=335981

The Audio Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita

Please find enclosed details a new website being launched on Gaura Purnima day 2008.
It is a simple audio rendition of sections from "Prabhupada, your ever well-wisher" by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami.
It was recorded here in the UK back in the mid '90's by Bhagavat-Asraya prabhu (ACBSP) at my studio and I edited it into 8 short instalments for inclusion on my weekly radio programme "Nectar of Devotion".

We had such a good response from listeners that it was decided to add "The Audio Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita" to the Nectar of Devotion website archive page.

In doing so I felt it might be nice to create a very simple, seperate website for the Lilamrita.
The result is http://www.lilamrita.page.tl

It will be officially launched on Gaura Purnima day 2008 for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and all the Vaishnava's.

I hope this humble attempt will add to the growing appreciation of Srila Prabhupada's remarkable achievements.
If other Krishna conscious radio stations would like to broadcast this Lilamrita series they can contact me at devotion@nusoundradio.com and I can send them mp3 copies.

Rotorua leg cancelled - the above program on
Thursday 17th January in Auckland will replace that

Bhakti Yoga Retreat
Led by
HH Janananda Gosvami
February 10-12 2008

From Vrindaban India, home of 5000 temples comes a Vaisnava sannayasi with an empowering two nights and days of spiritual insight, Vedic wisdom, mantra meditation, kirtan & personal teaching. All set in the beauty of Niche Retreat with gourmet vegetarian catering, deluxe accommodation, daily hatha yoga, and the opportunity to spend time with this truly inspiring practitioner of bhakti

When: Sunday 10th February 2008 2pm to Tuesday 12th at 10 am
Where: Niche, 206 Abels Bay Road, Deep Bay
(55 minutes from Hobart, just South Of Cygnet)
Cost: $150 per person inclusive of all catering

Payment is required to confirm a booking
Car-pooling from Hobart available
All catering is pure vegetarian or vegan
Accommodation is twin or triple share
What to bring: Yoga clothes, your journal, musical instruments for bhajans if you want

For information call Dhira on 0419 895 153

For more information on Hobart programs of the Hare Krishna Community
please call Dhirasanta on 62 282717
We hold programs at the Migrant Resource Centre at
49 Molle Street at midday most Sundays or home programs on other Sundays.

The Jagannath Family Festival
26th December - 30th December 2007
(its coming soon)
http://www.hknet.org.nz/JagannathFest2007-8.html

URGENT APPEAL

In September of 2007, the Moscow City Government donated five acres of land for the first Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Russia.

http://moscowtemple.org/home/MoscowTempleLetter.pdf

Their only condition was that we start construction within one year. This means we have to raise $1.9 million USD by January 15th, 2008 to get all engineering, environmental, site development, and construction drawings for approval and permits by April 1st, 2008.

Would you help us meet this challenge?

Thank you for your support in making Srila Prabhupada's desire to have a Krishna Temple in Moscow.

Your humble servants,

Krishna Foundation Staff

http://www.krishnafoundation.org
7425 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027

Quick Links...
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Moscow Krishna Temple website

Donate to Moscow Temple

Thank You

Please Donate to Help Projects in Vrindavan Dham

Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Re: Laptop donation

In service to Daivisakti mataji and the devotees in Vrndavan dham, I'm asking for any leads which may help in acquiring a laptop to be used in Vrndavan. Please read the below email, and let me know if you may be able to assist.

I will be traveling to India January 25th, so prior to this.

Thank you kindly.

Your servant, Visnu-maya dd.

Prabhus' mataji's if you can help please contact mother Vishnu maya directly visnu.maya@gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Daivisakti (dd) ACBSP (Vrindavana - IN) <Daivisakti.ACBSP@pamho.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:06 -0500
Subject: Vrindavan
To: visnu-maya <visnu.maya@gmail.com>

Dear visnu-maya,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As you might remember, we have a new donation programme called 'Your Day in
Vrindavan'. Devotees have been sponsoring days of seva in Vrindavan for the
past four years. It has expanded so successfully that we have had to make a
separate partition in the office, and our secretary who does all the seva is
still doing all the work on a computer that is over 10 years old. She can't
access internet or do other things that would make the seva more efficient.

Is there anyone in your group who can bring a laptop that has USB ports and
internet facility. It can be second-hand. Our office will pay for it, but
please don't make it too expensive. Or if someone wants to donate a
second-hand computer?

I hope this meets you well.

Your servant, Daivisaktidevi dasi

With Go Puja coming soon what better way to serve Krishna's cows than to give support to this web-site where Kurma Rupa prabhu looks after so many cows in the Holy land of Vrindavan. Please help where you can.

Care for Cows.org

If you would like to contact or support
Care for Cows in Vrindavana
please email Kurma Rupa Prabhu at:
giriseva@pamho.net
for information

Related links:

Until the cows come home
http://btg.krishna.com/main.php?id=901

Care for Cows in Vrindavan
Vyapaka dasa interviews Kurma Rupa dasa ACBSP
http://www.dipika.org/2004/04/30/23_care_for_cows_vrndavan/index.html

Care for Cows in Vrindavana
-- an interview with Kurma Rupa dasa ACBSP --
http://www.hkrl.com/cowseva.html

http://www.dandavats.com/?cat=29

ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho......oh how wonderous !!!

CONGRATULATIONS

Rama Setu Prabhu of Auckland became a proud Grandfather to a baby girl on 13th September, 2007

To Anand prabhu (Anand Reddy and wife) of Auckland received their first baby boy on 14th of September 2007

Srila Prabhupad on the topic:
"Sucinäm Shrimatäm gehe. So this child is born of a devotee father and devotee mother. Now he’ll again begin from the point where he lost last life. Suppose Krishna consciousness he executed fifty percent. So he’ll begin from this life fifty-one percent. That fifty percent was in his stock. But ordinary karmis—cent percent lost. He has to begin another chapter of life according to his karma." (Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 17th July 1971. Lecture in Detroit.)

"There are two kinds of children born of good fathers: one is educated in Krishna consciousness so that he can be delivered from the clutches of mäyä in that very life, and the other is a ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and teaches the world the ultimate goal of life." (Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 8th August 1976. Srimad Bhagavatam class SB 3:22:19. Tehran, Iran)

Lord Sri Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 7:11.

balaà balavatäà cähaà
käma-räga-vivarjitam
dharmäviruddho bhüteñu
kämo ’smi bharatarñabha

SYNONYMS
balam—strength; bala-vatäm—of the strong; ca—and; aham—I am; käma—passion; räga—and attachment; vivarjitam—devoid of; dharma-aviruddhaù—not against religious principles; bhüteñu—in all beings; kämaù—sex life; asmi—I am; bharata-åñabha—O lord of the Bhäratas.

TRANSLATION
"I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bhäratas [Arjuna]."

"Kandarpa is the sex desire for presenting good sons; therefore Kandarpa is the representative of Kåñëa. Sometimes sex is engaged in only for sense gratification; such sex does not represent Kåñëa. But sex for the generation of good children is called Kandarpa and represents Kåñëa." (Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhagavad Gita 10:28 purport.)

you might need the Balaram font installed on your system to read this text:
Download it here if you haven't already got it http://www.hknet.org.nz/fonts.htm (4 all your sanskrit fonts)

Dear friends,

Hare Krishna. The following message applies to group members who are Xtra customers. You can assist our temple's Food for Life Trust by voting for the Trust on http://www.charityvote.co.nz
You can also access this information on our website, http://www.iskconnz.com and as a bonus, you can view many new photos of the temple, the Deities and our recent Janmastami celebrations.

HARE KRISHNA

VOTE FOOD FOR LIFE TRUST
FOR FUNDING OF $250,000

Last week Telecom committed to donating a total of one million dollars to be
divided among 4 charitable organisations as voted by all Xtra customers.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

Go to http://www.charityvote.co.nz

Enter your Xtra email address: You MUST enter your primary Xtra email address.

Charity name: Enter "FOOD FOR LIFE TRUST"
(be careful with the spelling)

Voting open till: 30th SEPTEMBER 2007

Only Xtra customers with an Xtra email address as at 28 August 2007 are
eligible to vote. Customers with a Telecom domain name, or sub accounts or
aliases of an Xtra email address should use their primary Xtra email address
or they may not be eligible for voting.

Click http://www.charityvote.co.nz now to vote.

About Food For Life Trust (FFL): The FFL is a NZ registered charitable trust
does charitable food distribution. We currently serve 2000 low cost healthy
vegetarian meals daily in centers in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and
Dunedin. Additionally Food for Life also serves free meals to the destitute.

ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho......oh how wonderous !!!

CONGRATULATIONS

To Bhakta Brody and Radha mataji in Christchurch NZ (daughter of Yashodadhula prabhu and Ramila mataji) who received the arrival of their first son after a seven hour labour on Sunday the 2nd of September 2007 in the morning.

Mother and child (Lala) are well and father is in ecstacy. Baby's name is Ishan.

Lord Sri Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 7:11.

balaà balavatäà cähaà
käma-räga-vivarjitam
dharmäviruddho bhüteñu
kämo ’smi bharatarñabha

TRANSLATION
"I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bhäratas [Arjuna]."

you might need the Balaram font installed on your system to read this text:
Download it here if you haven't already got it http://www.hknet.org.nz/fonts.htm (4 all your sanskrit fonts)

Every year the International Society for Krishna Conciousness in New Zealand welcomes thousands of devotees to the beautiful Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Mandir in Kumeu, Auckland to celebrate Sri Krishna Janmastami, known as one of the oldest and famous festivals for Hindus all over the world

Janmastami this year will be celebrated on September 4th , Tuesday from 6 pm onwards. The Mandir has organized various activities for the pleasure of devotees throughout the day. There will be special darshan, an auspicious bathing ceremony ‘abhiseka’, offerings, aratis, including the special midnight candle arati, bhajans, cultural dances and drama. Devotees and guest will also be treated to a free sumptuous vegetarian Hare Krsna feast.

In addition to the celebration on the 4th, Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Mandir is pleased to extend the Janmastami celebration to the weekend at the city to allow more Aucklanders to participate and enjoy the festivity through a special musical concert - Festival of Krishna. Scheduled on Saturday September 8th, at 5 pm at the Dorothy Winston Centre, this concert will showcase an array of songs, dance and music performances by a host of international and local artists.

The main artist featured in this concert is the famous Karnamrita dasi, a world-renowned performer of the ancient Vedic chant practices of Bhajan and Kirtan. Dasi’s first album: Prayers by Women was recently awarded Best Song and Best Album at the JPF Music Award Festival in Los Angeles .

Alongside Karnamrita, there will be performances by Dr Chintamani Ruth; an extremely talented violinist, dancers from Anuradha's School of Indian Dances; and Basanth Mahdur and students from Sargam School of Indian Music. The Auckland devotees, led by Divya Govinda das will be also be performing in this program.

Tickets for this concert are prices at an inexpensive $20. We look forward to welcoming you and your family in joining to celebrate this wonderful event.

Annual World Holy Name Day - September 17th

See the article by HH Janananda Goswami

Please note that September the 17th 2007 has been earmarked as "World Holy
Name Day" throughout at least ISKCON. It's the day Prabhupada arrived in
Boston according to the western calendar. This year it's a Monday so it
might be more practical to observe it on the preceding Saturday or Sunday.
Try to bring all devotees together to perform sankirtan day and night on the
street, in temples at public programmes, on TV and radio in homes - wherever
possible give your locality as much exposure to the Holy Names as possible.
(Text PAMHO:13991780) --------------------------------------

Sri Krishna Janmastami and Vyaasa Puja 2007

4th and 5th September 2007

Contact you local temple/community for more details
read more HERE

Body Mind Spirit Festival 22 – 23 September 2007

Greetings all -
It's that time again....The next Body Mind Spirit Festival will be held on 22nd – 23rd September at Addington Events Centre.

We do hope you'll accept our warm invitation to join us again, or indeed come along for the first time and see just what a wonderful event it is.
Please find attached further information regarding the festival and a booking form for your completion.

To those who have already sent in their booking forms, please be confident that you are definitely booked in and a site is reserved for you. We prefer to leave all names on the database so that you don’t miss out on any other correspondence from us. If you are not sure if you have already booked, feel free to contact us by phone or email.

A number of you have already approached us regarding our newspaper advertising. We will again be offering subsidised advertising in our two page spread in the Christchurch Mail. Their sales rep, Tanya Hoff, will contact you regarding this. However, if you prefer to get in touch with us, we’re always happy to discuss this opportunity with you.

If you have any further questions about the festival, please don't hesitate to give us a call on 03 385 2453.
You may also like to visit our website http://www.bodymindspirit.co.nz

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Deryn Tregurtha and Glen Tregurtha

Ph (03) 385 2453, 021 161 5861

mailto:info@bodymindspirit.co.nz

http://www.bodymindspirit.co.nz

See the Booking Form HERE

Kazakhstani online petition

By Radha Mohan Dasa

Please visit http://www.krishnatemple.com NOW and click the link to the new petition, or go straight to the petition webpage:

http://harekrishna.epetitions.net

Please sign it soon as you can, and please tell as many people as you can about it.

Background: Workers and police arrived on 15th June at the village near Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the embattled Hare Krishna commune is based to demolish twelve more Hare Krishna-owned homes. “The houses were literally crushed into dust. By ten o’clock it was all over,” said ISKCON spokesperson Maksim Varfolomeyev.

The temple, which the devotees have been ordered to destroy, has not been touched but the devotees fear it could be the next target. Human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis is outraged at the continuing destruction. “The authorities are showing that they will do what they want, despite the international outrage at the earlier demolitions of Hare Krishna-owned homes.” He believes the local administration chief “doesn’t care about the political damage to Kazakhstan’s reputation – or to its desire to chair the OSCE.”

ys Radha Mohan das

In Memoriam: The Passing Away of My Friend Vrsa
http://www.iskcon.net.au/kurma/2007/08/15#a3748

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Today, Wednesday 15 August, I heard the news that my godbrother and friend Vrsa dasa had passed away here in Perth, Australia on Monday 6th Aug. at 8.30am. His private funeral was held last Friday.

I grew up "in Krishna Consciousnesss", as we devotees say, with Vrsa. We cooked together, performed temple worship together, visited India together, got hepatitis together, learned Sanskrit verses together, before our paths separated in the eighties.

We met up again at the Prabhupada Disciple Reunion that I organised in Melbourne, 1992. Vrsa is pictured, above, second from the right, top row.

We drifted apart, then our lives overlapped again after I moved to Perth in 1999. By then Vrsa was immersed in his studies and I saw him two or three times a year, at festivals like Perth Rathayatra and big temple feasts.

Even in the midst of much ill-health in the last few years, Vrsa never lost his keen and slightly off-beat, cynical sense of humour.

A few months ago, before the effects of his bone marrow cancer became pernicious, Vrsa prabhu wrote his own memoriam, his life story in a nutshell if you wish, starting, significantly, with his meeting the devotees and then Srila Prabhupada. Allow me to share it with you.

Vrsa dasa, (Dr Wayne G. Moredoundt PhD, Curtin)

"I joined the movement full-time in Melbourne, just before the first Australian Rathayatra, in Winter 1972, having travelled (hitch-hiked) from Perth with three friends. They also moved into the ashram, later taking the initiated names of Ganesa das, Atri dasi and Stradisha dasi. We four had been sharing a house at a Perth beachside location and, for some months, had been following the ‘regulative principles’ and chanting 16 rounds of japa a day.

I had been aware of Iskcon for a few years before this time, and had chanted the Mahmantra sporadically (under the influence of the Beat poet, Alan Ginsberg) from around 1966-67. Seeing the devotees on the streets of Sydney, and attending my first Sunday feast, in September 1970, had provided further inspiration.

I was initiated by Srila Prabhupada at the beginning of 1973, as one of a large group of new bhaktas, in a ceremony in the backyard of the old Sydney (Hereford Street, Glebe) temple. Others initiated at the time included: Ganesa and Sukla (initiated a few days earlier, in Melbourne) plus Balarama, Gaura Mandala Bhumi, Parambrahma, Somendranath (2nd), Stradisha, Atri, Gopikanta, Ramaprasad, Rukmavati, Gopal, Kamarupa, and others, whose names I cannot remember now.

I served in Sydney 1973-75 (Double Bay, Bellevue Hill, Drummoyne, Alexandria), then in Melbourne (Burnett Street, St Kilda), where I helped renovate the (then newly purchased) Danks Street property. From 1977, I was at the Sydney temple (Buckingham Street, Surrey Hills); in 1978, I relocated to the newly-purchased Colo River farm (Bhaktivedanta Ashram); in 1984, I lived a few months at ISKCON Auckland; then to New Govardhana (late 1984), where I became headmaster of the gurukula; and returned to Sydney at the end of 1988."

(Vrsa is pictured above being interviewed by Bruce Redman from Channel 9 on the set of 'The Krishna Kids', New Govardhana Farm)

"In 1989, I studied law; in 1990, philosophy; both courses taught through the University of Sydney. In 1991, I commenced a B.A. at the University of Sydney, with a double major in History and Religious Studies. Graduated with First Class Honours in 1994, then moved to Perth at the end of that year. In 1995, I completed a one-year postgraduate course in Public History at Murdoch University.

In 1996, I was granted a Commonwealth Postgraduate Award and commenced a PhD at Curtin University, through the South Asia Research Unit there. During the next few years, I also tutored in History and Politics at Curtin, while researching and writing my dissertation. In 2003, I submitted my thesis for examination, and was awarded my doctorate sometime after this."

Vrsa is survived in Perth by his wife, his 14-year old son and 19-year old daughter, his 25-year old son and 28-year old daughter, his mother and father, his younger sister, and his eldest daughter, who gave birth to a son 5 hours before Vrsa's death.

He will be sorely missed.

ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho
ohu vaha ho......oh how wonderous !!!

CONGRATULATIONS

To Manigriva prabhu and Sudevi mataji of (Kiwis now in) Melbourne who received the arrival of their first daughter in
Royal Womens Hosp' in Melbourne after a seven hour labour on Wednesday the 27th of June 2007.

Mother and child are well and father is in ecstacy. He says "We haven't completely decided on a name yet but are quite liking the name Vedasara, pronounced "Vayda-Sara" which means the essence of the Vedas and another name for the original Goddess of Fortune, Srimati Radharani. Please may everyone pray that she grows into a healthy and happy beautiful devotee girl."

Lord Sri Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 7:11.

balaà balavatäà cähaà
käma-räga-vivarjitam
dharmäviruddho bhüteñu
kämo ’smi bharatarñabha

TRANSLATION
"I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bhäratas [Arjuna]."

you might need the Balaram font installed on your system to read this text:
Download it here if you haven't already got it http://www.hknet.org.nz/fonts.htm (4 all your sanskrit fonts)

http://www.suhotraprabhu.com/ (this site is regularly updated please visit) (8th July 2007 JTCd)

The many faces of Suhotra prabhu

HG Suhotra prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada passed away at Sri Mayapur dham on 9th April due to Cardiac arrest. He was involved with Mayapur Gurukula in curriculum development since 1988 and during last 3 years, he has been living at Mayapur Gurukula. He was regularly giving Srimad Bhagavatham classes and teaching Bhakti Vaibhava course for Gurukula students. He was fully focused on developing adult education. He was a prolific writer and used to forego all bodily needs and comforts to accomplish his writing task. Some of his books, which stand apart for his scholarly expertise are Substance and Shadows, Six systems of Vedic philosophy, Apasampradaya, Vedanta Psychology etc. He has served as GBC member for 12 years and as GBC Chairman during Srila Prabhupada Centennial year. We request all the devotees to offer their prayers for HG Suhotra Prabhu for his smooth onward journey in Krishna Consciousness.

His Grace Suhotra dasa Tapovanachari passes away in Mayapur

Dear Devotees,

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the departure of His Grace Suhotra Prabhu from this world.
Since joining the gurukula full time in 2004 he worked continuously on the study guide of the Srimad Bhagavatam, almost to the exclusion of anything else.

On Tuesday 3rd April, he announced to his class that he would be starting a one month marathon of study and writing and wouldn't be free to give class anymore.

It was not uncommon for Suhotraji to work 36 hours straight at times in the privacy of his room, even taking prasadam in there. On Saturday 7th April he mentioned that his mind had become very peaceful now that he could immerse himself completely in his study and writing of the Bhagavatam guide.
He preferred to be left to himself when writing and would call for anything he needed.

On Monday 9th April, Vagisa Prabhu went to call Suhotra Prabhu to take an international telephone call. The door to Suhotraji's room was latched from the inside and the lights off. Since Vagisa Prabhu could not get any reply he forced the door open and found Suhotra Prabhu lying on his bed, his back against the wall and his feet stretched out in front of him, crossed at the ankles. His right hand was in his bead bag and his left at his side. A light chadder lay across his body and legs. Although it appeared that Suhotra Prabhu has left his body some time before, Vagisa Prabhu called Madhava Gauranga Prabhu who confirmed that he had gone.

The government doctor stated off the record that the visible signs were consistent with a heart attack. Suhotra Prabhu's body was subsequently taken to Krishnanagar by officials of the government, accompanied by Rama Vijaya Prabhu, and Jagannatha Misra Prabhu and other devotees from the temple for the official post mortem. The results of the post mortem confirm the initial report. Suhotraji left this world from massive cardiac failure.

In accordance with Vaisnava rituals his body will be cremated as soon as the government officials release it

We at the Bhaktivedanta Academy feel the loss of Suhotra Prabhu deeply, along with all other devotees who are his friends and well wishers.

Your Servants
The devotees of the Bhaktivedanta Academy.

Suhotra prabhu passes away
http://www.suhotraprabhu.com/ (this site is regularly updated please visit)

Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

With heart full of pain I have to inform you about recent passing away of HG Suhotra das Tapovanacari from this world. His body was found on Monday 9th April in his room in Mayapur Gurukula.

Muniraja Prabhu's letter: "Doctor confirmed that death was natural, it seems the heart had just stopped. He was lying peacefully in his bed, holding his beads. Maharaja was on a marathon to write study materials for Srimad Bhagavatam and was fully absorbed into it for last weeks and months. He gave wonderful Bhagavatam class in Gurukula on last week's Tuesday. He said this will be his last lecture for this spring, since he will be dedicated to writing, "enjoy while you can", he said in a jolly mood. Later I thought that Krsna spoke through him and told that it was to be the last lecture for ever."

Hari Sauri Prabhu: "He did tremendous service for many years, was resident here in Mayapur for the last few years, he left his body here in Mayapur and therefore we can say without doubt that he got the full blessings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada. I have no doubt he went back to Godhead."

His services in terms of management, book distribution, preaching & lecture engagement and literary work are to be remembered. As Lord Krishna says in the Gita: "For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear."

Let us pray for his mercy on us.

Your servant,
Vidyagati das

Dear Maharajs', Prabhus', and Matajis',

Please accept my humble obeisances ! All glories to Srila Prabhupada !

If you agree with us, we humbly request that you sign the petition below to propose that
H.G. Suhotra Prabhu can have samadhi in Sri Mayapur-dham.

Devotees can follow this link:
http://www.petitiononline.com/samadhi/petition.html

and if we can gather many signatures then maybe he can have samadhi in
Mayapur. Please see the letter yourself and decide.

Sincerely, disciple of H.G. Suhotra Prabhu

Martanda dasa

I don't know if you've seen this clip.

It's Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers talking
at Stanford University. 3 minutes in he mentions that he walked 7 miles across
town every Sunday to get 1 good meal a week at the Hare Krishna Temple.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3014637678488153340

Pictures of the

Pictures of the Auckland inauguration yajna

Pictures from the Whangamata Harinaam and Boat festivals

Pictures from the Katikati Pizza Festival @ Jharikhanda

Pictures from the program with Janananda maharaj ACBSP @ JTCd's & Vedavati's in Katikati
(more yet to come)

Pictures from the Rotorua program

Pictures from the Hamilton program

ARE YOU A PIONEER?
.....COOK wanted for Govinda’s Café on the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

We are looking for a sincere soul (male or female) that can contribute to a developing project.

Our mood is in focusing on and sharing a warm supportive, transparent atmosphere. For the last 15 months we work actively in the community providing prasadam daily to 5 agencies serving sectors of the disadvantaged. The atmosphere at Govinda’s is clean, contemporary and the cooking aspires to be DEVOTIONAL, healthy and fresh. Please see our website: (http://www.govindas.org.au ). We are working towards staging special evenings in the future; serving Prasad and using the arts, music, comedy, technology etc. to preach – even cam-corder competitions with themes on self-realization…

My husband & I qualified as therapists and base our practice on the Vedas and Bhakti as part of our service. We’ve registered this style of therapy using Vedic knowledge, with the Office of Fair Trading. We get referred clients through a Community Neighborhood Centre. We also have experienced benefits for some devotees to get this kind of support and offer it free. At present we both each need to write a thesis for an MA and have a dead line of 6-7 months, thus needing the extra support at this time. Therefore if this email strikes a chord in your heart and you might be interested in serving here either as a working holiday (it’s tropical and very beautiful all year round) or more permanently – we would be interested to hear from you. Contact govindas@bigpond.com or admin@govindas.org.au or phone Gunarnava or Vishalini on 61 7 5447 2778.

Lastly a word about us: we both came to KC in 1971 & 1972 and served in Vrindavan for 15 years. Krishna Consciousness is the very most important aspect of our lives and this project is an extremely humble attempt to offer some insignificant service to Srila Prabhupada.

Dear friends of Lord Krishna,

Own a Farmhouse in South India and experience a whole new way of living at Hare Krishna (old age) Ashram Resort - “GOLOKA DHAM”, a unique, fully integrated Rural & Spiritual Ambience, away from hustle & bustle of city life. It is a Spiritual Village with activities of living which are centered around devotional service.

It is for the devotees who want to find shelter and create self-sustaining life style while inspiring the people to live better lives....we maintain the balance between social mission and spiritual goals.......

Try to live in the midst of Mango Grooves with abundance of other greeneries, while the mangoes creep into your windows! See the seasons burst forth into your back yard and the nature’s treasures mingle with the saintly chants of holy name, holy sounds of celestial musical instruments and chirping of different birds in a natural settings with beautiful Sunrises & Sunsets!

Own a Farmhouse in Hyderabad, South India, on Warangal National Highway near Bhongir town closer to the Ancient/Famous Temple of Lakshmi-Nrisimha Swami. Excellent connectvity by well maintained-4 Lane-Highway Roads and Railway Station, nearest Airport is at Hyderabad, 40km.
For mor edetails please visit: http://www.golokadham.net

Yours in the service of devotees,
Syamasundara dasa

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