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Help Me Pay Our Debt to His Divine Grace

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:56:04 -0700

Though a normal event in today's dismal society, where a depravity a day keeps sanity away, for Prabhupada, a newly wed's suddenly ditching her husband to latch onto another man was the heart of darkness. Yet at the same time, Prabhupada was determined to launch the fledgling ISKCON...

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"I Love You at My Heart and Therefore . . . "

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:24:42 -0700

Candied words from a young man wooing his gal? No, actually Srila Prabhupada wrote them, to a female disciple who had jilted her husband and run off with another man. Let's tune into the saga of Krishna-devi and Subala das, during 1967-68...

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Bhakti Heartaches

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:05 -0700

"We are all joined together at the hip," my dear Godbrother Vaisesika Prabhu likes to say. Bhakti-yoga is a social affair—practitioners of various levels thronging together for mutual support and upliftment. So what if someone has a personal train wreck, falls down. O...

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On Year-end Festival Overload

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:19:12 -0700

Silence will be broken soon. Meanwhile, check out this beautiful video of Mayapur—with footage taken from a mechanized drone flying high above, controlled from the ground by computer. Congratulate Prananath das of New Zealand for his devotional techno-artistry. http://vimeo.com/29039887

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Farewell to a Dear Godsister

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:21:05 -0700

Yamuna devi dasi, among the first wave of Srila Prabhupada's pioneers helping to expand, in this particular epoch, the eternal, universal Hare Krishna movement around the Earth planet, has now left this world...

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Finding Your Real Self in Kirtan

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:26:24 -0700

Who am I, anyway? Hope you don't mind, but sometimes I like to swim the deep end of the pool. The question: Can kirtan take us all the way Home, into Krishna's company...

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Utmost Beauty Strikes, Deep in the Night

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:15:44 -0700

Amid my sleep a few nights ago, as the mind searched for thoughts of Krishna, these words suddenly flashed on the screen of my consciousness: "The soul can only be solaced by Lord Caitanya and his devotees." Instantly, though asleep, I recognized these words as Prabhupada's, in...

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Book Distribution with Vaisesika Prabhu

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:22:14 -0700

Book Distribution with Vaisesika Prabhu at San Francisco State University.

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Indulge Me: My Wish List

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:58:52 -0700

What does the weary body and mind long for, finishing next week a 3.5 months round-the-world circuit? How does a swami, who has nowhere in this world to call home, relax and get the "home sweet home" feeling? Here is my list of desired luxuries: Pamper me with hearing and talking about Krishna...

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The God That Jokes

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:34:23 -0700

Occasionally, noting an especially ironic or remarkable occurrence in our life, we may quip, "Krishna has a sense of humor." Indeed, His Vrindavan pastimes definitely show that. As Uddhava tells it, one day Krishna entered a greenhouse—dressed as a gardening girl. H...

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To Be a Lover

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:47:10 -0700

A love-life worth the wait? A road to real heartiness we all must travel, climbing higher mountains on the way Home? Is this the price I have to pay, to be an authentic lover...

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Looks Are Deceiving

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:13:18 -0700

How many births must we pass before a dramatic fundamental hits home? The essence of maya is deception. Can we really accept that? Troubled by our mind, harassed by our senses, we allow the illusory energy to dupe us. Here's the common scenario: "I'm so tired of battling my mind's agitation. ...

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Leaving Krishna's World

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:00:02 -0600

Though just six days in Vrindavan and Govardhan, my visit was an enormous revelation. First, Krishna invites one deeper into His abode according to His own will and personal schedule...

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So Close, Yet So Far Away

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:27:36 -0600

Flying to Delhi, after the GBC meetings in Mumbai, I did a one-night program with HH Guru Prasada Swami at the temple in Noida, a city adjacent to Delhi, and the start of the new tollway—completion repeatedly delayed—express to Vrindavan. No...

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Keeping My Eyes on the Prize . . .

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:51:19 -0600

Whenever in life the Krishna sun seems to disappear behind the clouds, we should refocus upon our real career, vocation, and job. Above all, beyond all, and intermixed with all, we are attentive, desperate chanters of the Holy Name....

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Ukraine Festival

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:21:24 -0600

34 new photos

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Happy Lamentation: Our Loss, His Gain

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:26:50 -0600

The wealthier part of the world is mourning the loss of its version of a demigod. The embodiment of consumer-electronics wizardry, free-market entreprenuerism, and the American dream, Steve Jobs has left his body...

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Prabhupada's Guru Puja Ecstasy, Ukraine Fest

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:48:52 -0600

20 new photos

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The Biggest Festival: The Inside Story

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:32:22 -0600

If indeed the USA is the best democracy money can buy, then certainly Ukraine, the largest country wholly within Europe, is a democratic price-grabber's flea market...

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Love to Travel? Let's Talk About It

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:33:49 -0600

Where have I been? Departing New Zealand on August 29, I spent 11 hours in the air to Singapore, a 7-hour layover there, and then 11 more hours to Johannesburg. Anyone who thinks traveling is glamorous, please contact me...

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