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"Here in this world there are thousands of newspapers and magazines reporting the stale, repetitious happenings of this limited space. So for reporting the news of the unlimited spiritual realm, concerning the eternal, ever-fresh Supreme Personality of Godhead, we could publish a newspaper at every second, what to speak of daily."
~ Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura



"According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in such a straight and forward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth."
~ Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Ch 10:4


Krsna Subdues Kaliya
Vintage Postcard

The Bhaktivedanta Manor is Leaving ISKCON

BY: MR. PATEL

Aug 18, WATFORD, ENGLAND (SUN) — Respected devotees of Lord Shree Krshna! Please accept my Namste, All glories to you, your family and His Divine Grace.

I have been privy to topics and emails discussed by the Patron Council at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The Patron Council is a board of "patron donors" that has been making the final executive and directive decisions for the Hare Krishna Temple in Watford for many years working in close cooperation with Srutidharma das and Pranabandhu das.

I want to inform the devotees worldwide of what I see as some serious deviations of the decisions made by the Council Members. The Patron Council of Bhaktivedanta Manor has decided to legally separate the Temple from ISKCON. In the very near future, the Bhaktivedanta Manor will become an independently owned and privately managed Charitable Trust, with no legal obligations to ISKCON, Srila Prabhupadaji and GBC, and this is giving me a serious pain in my heart.

FULL STORY

Growing Concern

BY: SADHUSHASTRA DAS

Aug 18, UK (SUN) — There is growing concern amongst the Bhaktivedanta Manor community that there is some secret arrangement that allows the convicted child abuser, Gauri das, to receive the same salary and benefits that he was getting while a Temple President.

Can Kripamoya prabhu please set the record straight and tell the devotee community just what financial benefits are being paid to this un-repentant thug?

Some Notes on Real Kirtan (with one 't')

BY: ANANDA SVARUPA DASA

Aug 18, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (SUN) — So, what should a devotee do? Let all the non-Vaisnava, non-sampradaya, non-initiated, non-pure bhakti kirtan performers go to hell? Very nice. Very compassionate. Very prthivite ache jagat adi gram sarvatra pracar haibe mor nam.

Fortunately, the above sentiments were not the sentiments exhibited by the one true, pure Vaisnava who had enough compassion and faith in guru and parampara to come to yavana-mlecca land, the land of the demons, the land of the killers of cows and brahminical culture, the land of the people totally written off by the neophyte Vaisnavas in India of the time.

FULL STORY

Balarama Abhiseka 2008 on YouTube

BY: CHAITANYA LILA DAS & SACHIMATA

Aug 18, USA (SUN) — Hare Krishna dear prabhus & matajis:

To enjoy a wonderful Balarama abhisek and Deities darshan video, please click on the following link and enjoy.

Balarama Abhiseka 2008

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Ananta Purusottama das Not Ananta das

BY: ANANTA PURUSOTTAMA DAS

Aug 18, UK (SUN) — A recent article written by "Ananta das" about Kripamoya, entitled "Kripamoya das, 'The Corporate Man'", was not written by me. Though I have nothing to defend, it is becoming a bit annoying as devotees keep asking me if I wrote it.

My name is Ananta Purusottama das, and it is not my style to berate a Vaisnava publicly, though I will write about issues publicly. Perhaps the Ananta das might care to reveal himself, as nobody seems to know who he is!

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A Bridge Too Far?

BY: JAGABANDHU DASA

Aug 17, FORT WHITE, FLORIDA (SUN) — I have followed with interest the recent dialogue about the apparent rise in popularity of Kirtan in the modern world amongst various yoga groups and professional musicians. I had wanted to make comment in this regard and was trying to Google (and thereby source the reference) a quote I remember hearing about how Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur felt that, "...the sound of the impersonalists chanting the Holy Name is like a thunderbolt to Krishna's Heart..."

What first appeared in my websearch was the following article by Sita-pati das Prabhu, which I strongly feel accurately encapsulates and represents the Mood and Teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur about the Holy Name in a manner that is very germane to the present discussion. May we kindly remember that foremost consideration of any erstwhile Divine succession is to closely follow the line of the predecessor Acaryas like Srila Saraswati Thakur, lest all may fall away once again into the pit of imitationism.

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Arsha Prayoga - Resistance To Change

BY: KRSNA DASA

Aug 17, FORT WHITE, FLORIDA (SUN) — By Locanananda dasa, originally published in May 2000.

Let me first offer my prostrated obeisances unto the lotus feet of that supreme swan-like devotee of the Lord, our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, by whose mercy the fallen souls of Kali Yuga may taste the sweetness of the narrations of the pastimes of the Lord and His pure devotees. As the bonafide representative of Sri Vyasadeva, he composed a mountain of transcendental literature to enlighten the entire human society, explaining even the most confidential truths regarding vaisnava philosophy.

His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada displayed all of the symptoms of an empowered jiva soul, working tirelessly to distribute the transcendental message of love of Godhead throughout the world. It is therefore the duty of his followers to preserve the legacy and protect the honor of such a great spiritual personality whose every moment was dedicated to the spreading of Krishna consciousness.

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Hari Nam Sankirtan

BY: SATYAHIT DASA

Aug 17, ALACHUA, FLORIDA (SUN) — August 16th, 2008, full moon, Lord Balarama Ki jai!

Have just completed a review of all the BTG publications since 1944, so far into 1977, from within the DVD, 60 Years of Back to Godhead. One thing stands out for me the most, and that is the all-blissful, meditative, and simply very happy faces of the devotees on hari nam sankirtan, which used to be the hallmark of the Hare Krsna movement. Nothing compares to the joyfulness exhibited by the sankirtan devotees, worldwide. Indradyumna Swami, in his latest article entitled "Times have Changed", which is now posted on Dandavats.com, wrote:

"Yes, the times have definitely changed, and the reason is the devotee's enthusiasm for chanting the holy names. Because we chant for long hours every day, the devotee's are always in a joyful mood. I sometimes lament that, for whatever reason, there is not as much kirtan in our movement on a daily basis as there used to be. Kirtan is central to happiness in every devotee's life."

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No 'Yahweh', Vatican Rules

BY: NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

Aug 17, WASHINGTON, DC (CNS) — No 'Yahweh' in songs, prayers at Catholic Masses, Vatican rules.

In the not-too-distant future, songs such as "You Are Near," "I Will Bless Yahweh" and "Rise, O Yahweh" will no longer be part of the Catholic worship experience in the United States. At the very least, the songs will be edited to remove the word "Yahweh" -- a name of God that the Vatican has ruled must not "be used or pronounced" in songs and prayers during Catholic Masses.

Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, announced the new Vatican "directives on the use of 'the name of God' in the sacred liturgy" in an Aug. 8 letter to his fellow bishops.

FULL STORY

Sri Krishna Janmastami, Vancouver

BY: JAYA GOVINDA DASA

Aug 17, VANCOUVER, CANADA (SUN) — You are invited to attend Lord Krishna’s Appearance Day Celebration - Sri Krishna Janmastami, at the Hare Krishna Temple, 5462 Marine Drive, Burnaby, on Saturday, August 23rd, 6:30 PM to Midnight.

Swing Radha Krishna on Their flower swing
Midnight Offering
Radha Krishna dressed in Their flower outfit
Radha Krishna on Their Swan Boat
Radha Krishna carried on Their Palanquin
Bathe Radha Krishna with scared substances
Rides for children and youth
Drama: “Advent of Lord Krishna”
Interactive Music & Dance
And Much More

FULL STORY

Images From Mayapur

BY: SUN STAFF

Balarama's Appearance Day

Aug 17, MAYAPUR (SUN) — Scenes from the Holy Dhama - Photography by Vrindavan Lila devi dasi. [ Click for large image ]

Aug 17, CANADA (SUN)

[ Real Estate ]

Who Carries the Scent
of Krishna?

BY: GAURAHARI DAS

Aug 16, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) — When I was a Christian I once read a verse in the New Testament that struck me deeply, and then years later I again found a similar statement in Rupa Goswami’s play Vidagdha Madhava. Saint Paul said something like, we preach about Jesus because in this way we carry the scent of Jesus to others. In a similar vein, Rupa Goswami said in the introduction of his play:

“Although the poetry in my play is not very beautiful, the wise will take delight in it, for it bears the scent of Lord Hari. What wise man will not bow his head and respectfully drink well-water that has washed a Salagrama.”

Both Saint Paul and Rupa Goswami were authorized in their own unique way to carry the flavor and scent of their beloved Ista devas because they had an authentic relationship with their worshipable Deities firmly established. Why did Paul preach and write about the glories of Jesus and why did the liberated associates of Lord Caitanya write books? Only such authorized devotees can deliver this scent of their worshipable Dieties so that we neophytes in this world can begin to realize that God is real and present when we hear about Him through His authorized representatives.

FULL STORY

Phale-na pariciyate

BY: KURMA DASA

Aug 16, AUSTRALIA (SUN) — "Everything must be judged by the result."

Take an army of one guru's disciples, add a few stalwart disciples of another (new kid on the block) guru, throw in some handfuls of followers of some not-as-glamorous gurus, and what do we have?

We clearly have and can judge, the results of an overwhelming Great Guru Hoax, perpetrated since 1977.

FULL STORY

Dharma Bums in the Land of Cows and Krishna

BY: VRINDA NABAR

Aug 16, MUMBAI, INDIA (DNA) — A review of the book, A Blue Hand: The Beats In India by Deborah Baker, Penguin Viking, 246 pages, Rs499.

To my generation, the presence of the Beats in India had long been confined to two references. While R. Parthasarathy had recounted the alleged response of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky to Indian English poetry (“If we were gangster poets we’d shoot you…”), Keki N Daruwalla had satirised our postcolonial dependency on Western recognition, remarking how he stood “bowled by Indian culture and Indian hemp” ever since Oppenheimer quoted from the Gita and Allen Ginsberg and the psychedelics discovered “cow and Krishna”.

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A Special Invitation from Friends of the BBT

BY: PANCHARATNA DASA

Aug 16, ALACHUA, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — I’m writing to invite you to join me in celebrating Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja with an offering to his Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. By joining Friends of the BBT or by sponsoring one of our projects, you can offer direct service to Srila Prabhupada’s core mission of publishing and distributing transcendental literature.

Please visit our website www.FriendsoftheBBT.org to read about our membership program and current projects, or click here to join today.

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Aug 16, CANADA (SUN)

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For Love of Krsna

BY: SEKHAR PHADNIS

Aug 18, KURUKSHETRA, INDIA (DH) — A museum in Kurukshetra dedicated to spreading Lord Krishna's message from Bhagwad Gita.

The scriptures proclaim Lord Krishna as the world teacher in the Sanskrit shloka: Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum. Apart from this, the Krishna cult has given birth to regional guises of Krishna such as Jagannath cult in Orissa, Dakorji in Gujarat, Srinathji of the Pustimargis of Nathadvara, Balaji or Venketesvar of Tirupati, and the Guruvayur of Kerala. On Krishna Jayanti day, it is interesting to go on a visit to the only museum devoted to Krishna - the Krishna museum at Kurukshetra in Haryana.

One devout bhakta of Lord Krishna, Gulzari Lal Nanda (who was twice the Prime Minister of India) conceived the idea of establishing a museum in Kurukshetra in 1987. For here, Lord Krishna delivered the message of Shrimadbhagwadgita and the Krishna Museum set up in this historical town serves as a platform to present and preserve the ideals of Lord Krishna.

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Sri Bhakti Ratnakara

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 18, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Sri Bhakti Ratnakara by Srila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur.

CHAPTER 11

The lamentation of Harai Pandita

The residents of Ekchakra regularly visited the house of Harai Pandita to console him and his wife. Three months had passed but Harai and Parvati had not taken a bit of food. They had grown mad by continuous crying and calling out the name of Nityananda. Villagers would offer them food but the thought of sustaining their lives simply increased their misery.

FULL STORY

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 18, CANADA (SUN) — Sri Priti-sandarbha, Volume One by Srila Jiva Goswami.

Anuccheda 171

Another example of bhayanaka-rasa is seen in these words of Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.10):

atah kshamasvacyuta me rajo-bhuvo
hy ajanatas tvat-prithag-isha-maninah
ajavalepandha-tamo-'ndha-cakshusha
esho 'nukampyo mayi nathavan iti

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BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 18, CANADA (SUN) — Book 5 - Sanat-sujata Parva, Section 48.

Dhritarashtra said, "I ask thee, O Sanjaya, in the presence of my boy and of these kings, what words were said by the illustrious Dhananjaya of might that knoweth no diminution,--that leader of warriors,--that destroyer of the lives of the wicked?'

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Prabhupada Padma-vakya

BY: SUN STAFF



Aug 18,
CANADA (SUN)

Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.




August 18, 1968, Montreal
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.12
"Nowadays the nonsense are becoming God by meditation. But does it mean by meditation one can become God? Do you think a dog meditates and becomes God? This is all nonsense. (shouting:) God is God! Always God!"
Audio Text

August 18, 1972, Los Angeles
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.15
"… maya's business is very thankless task, but she is engaged by the supreme authority to punish."
Audio Text

August 18, 1973, London
Bhagavad-gita 2.12
"There is no limit how many living entities are there. If you search out, after passing stool, if you search out stool, you'll find millions of living entities, germs."
Audio Text


Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.

Vastu: Selection of a Building Site

BY: MICHAEL BORDEN

Aug 17, INDIA (SUN) — From lectures and interviews of Ganapati Sthapati.

The technology of Vastu architecture lays enormous emphasis on the selection of the building site for human habitation. Vastu science looks upon the Earth as a living organism with its origin in the primordial energy. The Vastu Shastras address the energy contained in the Earth as "Vastu Purusha" where "Purusha" means the subtle energy that permeates the Earth and "Vastu" is the material body of the Earth that evolved out of that energy. In abstraction "Purusha" is but a subtle substance "Vastu" or essence of the subtle universe which, in other words, means "universal consciousness". Earth is a conscious living being suspended in space and existing as an extension of the universal being. Earth is evoked and poojas are offered to it before excavation for construction. This is called "Vastu Shanti" or the "appeasement" of Earth.

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Sri Bhakti Ratnakara

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 17, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Sri Bhakti Ratnakara by Srila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur.

CHAPTER 11

Nityananda Prabhu's Vraja lila and other Avatara lilas

From that time on many boys would come to Nityananda's house to play with him. Nityananda was a very gentle child. Gradually he grew to the age of ten and with his friends he would play only those sports which Lord Krsna had played with his friends. He would choose a particular type of sport and then teach his friends. Sometimes, for example, he would want to re-enact a pastime from the birth of Krsna.

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Sri Priti-Sandarbha

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 17, CANADA (SUN) — Sri Priti-sandarbha, Volume One by Srila Jiva Goswami.

Anuccheda 168

Raudra-rasa is also seen in these words of Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.39.26):

maitad-vidhasyakarunasya nama bhud
akrura ity etad ativa darunah
yo 'sav anashvasya su-duhkhitam janam
priyat priyam neshyati param adhvanah

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The Mahabharata

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 17, CANADA (SUN) — Book 5 - Sanat-sujata Parva, Section 47.

Vaisampayana said, 'Thus conversing with Sanat-sujata and the learned Vidura, the king passed that night. And after the night had passed away, all the princes and chiefs, entered the court-hall with joyous hearts and desirous of seeing that Suta (who had returned).

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The Appearance of Lord Balarama

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 16, INDIA (SUN) — Today is the auspicious Appearance Day of Lord Balarama.

"That Maha-Visnu who lies on the Causal Ocean is actually an expansion of Balarama, who is Krsna's first expansion, and, in the Vrndavana pastimes, is the brother of Krsna. In the maha-mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, the word Rama refers to Balarama. Since Nityananda is an expansion of Balarama, Rama also refers to Lord Nityananda. Thus Hare Krsna, Hare Rama addresses not only Krsna and Balarama but Lord Caitanya and Nityananda as well."
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Intro.

"Balarama is considered to be the elder brother of Krsna. When Krsna was present, Balarama became His elder brother. When Rama was there, this Balarama represented Himself as His younger brother, Laksmana. So Balarama is the first manifestation of His personal expansion."

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Sri Bhakti Ratnakara

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 16, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Sri Bhakti Ratnakara by Srila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur.

CHAPTER 11

Sri Nityananda's family

In Ekchakra lived a pious brahmin who was famous because of his title `Ojha'. He was a wealthy man but had affection for his Yajamanas on whose behalf he performed his worship. His wife was a lady of sweet disposition but she was unhappy because she had no child although she was able to bear children. Each of her children died at the time of birth.

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Sri Priti-Sandarbha

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 16, CANADA (SUN) — Sri Priti-sandarbha, Volume One by Srila Jiva Goswami.

Anuccheda 165

Yuddha-vira rasa is also described in these words of Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.18.9):

rama-krishnadayo gopa
nanritur yuyudhur jaguh

"Balarama, Krishna and Their cowherd friends danced, wrestled and sang."***

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The Mahabharata

BY: SUN STAFF

Aug 16, CANADA (SUN) — Book 5 - Sanat-sujata Parva, Section 46.

Sanat-sujata said, 'The primary Seed (of the universe), called Mahayasas, is destitute of accidents, is pure Knowledge, and blazeth with effulgence. It leadeth the senses, and it is in consequence of that Seed that Surya shineth.

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Lord Balarama's Appearance Day Celerbated at ISKCON Ludhiana

BY: BHAKTA KAPLISH

Aug 16, LUDHIANA, INDIA (SUN) — Lord Balram Jayanti (Appearance Day of Lord Balaram) festival was celebrated at Sri Sri Jagananth Temple (ISKCON) at Ludhiana with great enthusiasm. The festival started at 11 AM with abhishek of Lord Balaram.

Special Lecture by His Grace Krishan Kanti das prabhu on the topic of Lord Balaram's pastimes made this event a true remembrance. Speaking on this occasion, His grace Vidurpriya das, Co-President of the temple, said that this will be great day to contemplate His Glories.

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Special Kits to Detect Adulteration in Food

BY: STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Aug 16, GANDHINAGAR, AHMEDABAD, INDIA (ENS) — Adulterators Beware! The state Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) has come out with special testing kits to detect adulteration in consumer foods such as milk, edible oil, ghee, tea leaves, iodised salt, sweets, soft drinks and juices.

The FDCA has prepared as many as 1,200 such kits to create consumer awareness across Gujarat under the Centre-aided capacity building project. These kits, each containing testing chemicals and equipment, will be distributed among consumer protection groups, science schools and colleges, and also district supplies officers (DSOs) and the FDCA's district offices to help local consumers detect adulteration in food items.

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For Love of Krsna
Notes on Real Kirtan
Growing Concern
The Manor is Leaving
Not Ananta das
Balarama Abhiseka
Sri Bhakti Ratnakara
Priti-sandarbha
The Mahabharata
Prabhupada Padma-vakya
Vastu Site Selection
Hari Nam Sankirtan
Arsha Prayoga
A Bridge Too Far?
Krishna Janmastami, Vancouver
No 'Yahweh'
Images From Mayapur
Classifieds
Appearance of Lord Balarama
Dharma Bums
Phale-na pariciyate
The Scent of Krishna
Detect Food Adulteration
Balaram's Appearance, Ludhiana
A Special Invitation
Classifieds
Saturday Laffs
Architecture in the North
Changes
Illustrated History of LA
Nominate Akshaya Patra
Uzbekistan Rights Violations
The 'God Particle'
The Corporate Man
Serpents be Damned!
Narayan Maharaj
Lord Have Mercy Festival
Lord Balarama's Appearance
Make Vrndavana
Classifieds

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