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WVA European Meeting

INVITATION FOR
THE WORLD VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
MEETING IN BERLIN, GERMANY

Dear Vaisnavas
Koti Pranams

It is my pleasure to invite you to a European meeting of WVA secretaries and supporter.

It is so nice that we can openly talk about any topic of our common concern.
We will present the WVA portrait for unified presentations in Europe.

In the age of education a common platform is a natural step forward to show to the world who Vaisnavas are and what they have to offer.

It would be our pleasure to host your delegates. Please tell us in advance how many and whom we may expect.

All glories to all Vaisnava Acaryas.

Date:

17. July 2011

Venue:

Kurukshetra Asram - Invalidenstr. 145, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Program:

16. July

Arriving day and Brahmahotsava festival of their Lordships Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Govindasundaram

17. July

WVA Meeting starts after Prasadam at 09.30 with the WVA portrait and different points collected by the secretaries.

18. July

Departure day

For further information please contact:
balabhadra@gmail.com
0049 30 91688883

More information here:

http://berlintempel.blogspot.com/2011/07/invitation-for-world-vaishnava.html
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sanketvan-devi-dasi/invitation-for-the-world-vaishnava-association-meeting-this-week/247494691928822

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Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhajan Maharaja's Preaching Tour

As it was informed previously by the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission (Founder Acharya: Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Gosvami) - http://www.radha-govinda.net/, Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhajan Maharaja is making his ecstatic preaching tour through Europe and America.

Today we share with you some news reported by Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhajan Maharaja himself:

SAFE ARRIVAL IN ROUEN, FRANCE
Friday, June 24, 2011

Dear Devotees,
Dandavat Pranams.

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada and Guru-Parampara (disciplic succession).

Please accept the blessing of my beloved Srila Gurudeva, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj, and convey the same to all members in your congregation.

Last night, I reached in Rouen (near Paris) at our temple ( Sri Gopalji Mandir), O.M.V ; 41, Rue Mu Madrillet ; 76800 Rouen (France) on phone number - +33-2-35625313 (land line); I will leave this place on 2nd July early morning and start for Miami (USA). I will stay in Miami at Vrinda Mission, Sripad B.A. Paramadvaity Maharaj's temple and on 5th of July morning I will start for Costa-Rica from Miami.

I am praying to Lord Nrisimhadeva for curing all of your obstacles in order to chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra without offenses.

Haribol.

Sincerely yours in the services of the Supreme Lord and His associates,

B.B.Bodhayan

http://www.facebook.com/notes/bhakti-bibudha-bodhayan-maharaj/safe-arrival-in-rouen-france/211134655589656

SAFE ARRIVAL IN MIAMI
Sunday, July 3, 2011

Dear Devotees,

Dandavat Pranams,

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada and Guru-Parampara (disciplic succession).

Please accept the blessing of my beloved Srila Gurudeva, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj and convey the same to all members in your congregation.

As per my schedule I have reached here in Miami safely. My present phone number +1-786-3255494 (cell phone of my host, Raddhanti Maharaj) and land number +1-305-6382503. I will leave this place on 5th of July morning and start for Costa Rica then on 12th of July I will come here in Miami and stay here again until 14th of July. Please do not feel hesitate to ring me, if you need any service from me.

Haribol.

Sincerely yours in the services of the Supreme Lord and His associates,

BB Bodhayan

http://www.facebook.com/notes/bhakti-bibudha-bodhayan-maharaj/safe-arrival-in-miami/213907155312406

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News from Vienna, Austria Yatra

Sripad Bhakti Vichar Vishnu Maharaj

and Sripad Srikanta Das Prabhu in Vienna

The Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math Vienna, have reported that from Sunday 26th June to Sunday 3 July 2011 they have received the visit of Sripad Bhakti Vichar Vishnu Maharaj and Sripad Srikanta Das Prabhu from the Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math.

The Math has invited the European devotees community to participate in Hari-kirtan and Hari-katha during their stay in Vienna.

Link: http://radha-govinda.at/en

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Meeting with President Obama

Srila Radhanath Swami Maharaja

with US President Mr. Barack Obama

On June 13, 2011 Srila Radhanath Swami Maharaja was invited to meet with the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama at an event in Miami Florida. Radhanath Swami was grateful to accept the invitation on behalf of his beloved Guru, Srila Prabhupada and dedicated the meeting to his beloved Godbrother Bhakti Tirtha Swami.

The President and the Swami had a beautiful, heartfelt talk for several minutes.

Link:

http://www.radhanathswami.com/radhanath-swami-with-president-obama

http://www.radhanathswami.com/

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Preaching Program in Europe

Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math

Preaching Program Across Europe

Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math

Founder Acharya:

Om Vishnupada 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj

Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math has announced that Sri Bhakti Vichar Vishnu Maharaj and Sri Srikant Das Banachari are on a preaching tour in Austria, France and Hungary.

The Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, with centers all over India, was established by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupada 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj, one of the favorite disciples of His Divine Grace Om 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada.

The schedule is as below:

26 June - 3 July
Austria

4 July - 24 July
South France, East France

25 July - 3 August
Hungary

For more details: please send email to bhakti.vichar.vishnu@gmail.com

http://www.sreecgmath.org/scgmhome/node/41
http://www.sreecgmath.org/scgmtimes/scgmintro.php

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New Kannada book

SRI SIKSASTAKAM
in Kannada

Sri Narasingha Chaitanya Ashram

Founder Sevaite-Acarya:
Srila Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja

Today we inform all the Vaishnava community about a new publication of Gosai Publishers which was reported in the News Section of the Sri Narasingha Chaitanya Ashram site - http://gosai.com/

Gosai Publishers say :

"By the mercy of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga, we have now published a new Kannada book - Sri Siksastakam with the commentary of Srila Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja.

This new book was offered at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanyadeva on Gaura Purnima and is the second book of Srila Sridhara Maharaja to be translated into Kannada language."

The translation was done by Caitanya Dasa Adhikari. Design by Gaura Gopala Dasa Brahmacari and layout by Rasikananda Dasa Brahmacari.

Any devotees interested in purchasing copies of this book can contact Caitanya Dasa Prabhu at the following email address: chaitanyadasa@gmail.com

More information, here:

http://gosai.com/news/sri-siksastakam-in-kannada

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Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math
Vienna, Republic of Austria

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission

Founder Acharya:

Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Gosvami

We are very happy to inform all the Vaishnava community about this news from the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, published on the http://www.radha-govinda.net/

Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math organized these events during the past months. Devotees and public in general were cordially invited and many attended all morning and evening programs

March 2011

Srila Bhakti Vicar Vishnu Maharaja visit Vienna

Last 25th March 2011, Srila Bhakti Vicar Vishnu Maharaj arrived to Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math and stayed there to 29 March. Then he continued on their journey to Slovenia, Italy and the United States. Due to the time constraints of his visa, this year has not visited the Czech Republic.

April 2011

Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhajan Maharaja in Vienna

Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhajan Maharaj arrived on Friday 29 April 2011 to Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math and stayed there till Monday 2nd May, when at the early morning hours travelled to Italy.

May 2011

Sripad Bhakti Tilaka Niskincana Maharaj, and

Srila Bhakti Svarupa Sridhara Maharajah in Vienna

Sripad Bhakti Tilaka Niskincana Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Svarupa Sridhara Maharajah have stayed preaching in Vienna from Thursday 12 May 2011 at Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math.

The events were held in the current center of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Math in Vienna, at Wienerbergerstr - 29a/Top3, 1120 Vienna.

More details, please visit these site:

http://www.radha-govinda.net/

http://radha-govinda.at/

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Hare Krishna music

Distinguished Alumnus Award conferred to Sri. Madhu Pandit dasa

Apr 22, 2010 — BANGALORE, INDIA (PRLOG) — The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, on its Foundation day, bestowed the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2010 to Sriman Madhu Pandit Dasa (a.k.a Madhusudan Sivasankar), Founder Chairman, the Akshaya Patra Foundation and President of ISKCON – Bangalore.

The institute recognised and honoured Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa for "his contribution to humanitarian services and organic farming", said the citation. This is the highest honour the Institute bestows on the Foundation Day. The institute honours five alumni every year and the others who received the Distinguished Alumnus awards this year along with Madhu Pandit Das are Dr Nitish Thakor, Professor, John Hopkins University, R.Chandra Shekhar, IAS, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, Adil Zaimulbhai, Managing Director, Mckinsey India and Colin H Gonslaves, Founder, India Centre for Human Rights and Law.

As a pre-degree student, he was selected by the highly reputed National Talent Search program of the country. He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT-Mumbai in the year 1981. Having found the path that answered his quest for the Absolute Truth, right after his days in IIT-Bombay, Madhu Pandit Dasa dedicated his life to serving the mission of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He has nearly three decades of self less work behind him.

He has demonstrated ability in building organizations of excellence in the non-profit sector and is held in high esteem for his contribution to the society, in humanitarian, cultural and spiritual spheres. He has been instrumental in conceiving and implementing many social initiatives that have, are and will change the lives of million of people in this country. Besides impacting the social sector, his innovative presentation of utilizing the mesmerizing technological medium has rekindled and re-energized the interests in our rich Indian culture.

He designed and built one of the most popular cultural centers, ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna temple in Bangalore, which was inaugurated in 1997 by the then President of India. The successful completion of this project was nothing but the result of applying his training in IIT on a foundation of spiritual maturity for a selfless cause.

Sri. Madhu Pandit Dasa said, "I am very humbled and honored on being conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award on the 51st Foundation Day of IIT Mumbai. This recognition is considered by me to be the blessings my worshippable Lord Sri Krishna and the blessings of the millions of children we feed in Akshaya Patra."

IIT Bombay celebrated its 51st Foundation Day with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Director, Prof M Barma, as Chief Guest.

Om Hari Om - Patrick Bernard

The Cook and the Chef: vegetarian info and Kurma Dasa interview

Some bits from a vegetarian episode of the ABC TV programme The Cook and the Chef http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/txt/s2506233.htm

Simon and Maggie go vegetarian, proving a meat free diet is far from bland and boring. While vegetarianism has always being part of Indian and Asian culture, it didn’t really kick off in the west until the 1960’s, when a meat free diet became more accessible.

One of Australia’s greatest exponents of vegetarian cuisine is legendary Hare Krishna Chef, Kurma Dasa, aka Phillip Gordon. One of the movement’s longest serving Australian devotees, Kurma has been extolling the virtues of a vegetarian lifestyle for over thirty years and has written several classics on vegetarian cookery and hosted the TV show Cooking with Kurma.

Poems by Srila Prabhupada - A new book

A Shower of Divine Compassion -- Collected Poems of Srila Prabhupada
The collected poems of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Expressions of devotion to Lord Krishna and His mission. A truly beautiful, uplifting and inspiring book.

From the Publishers:

Just when Srila Prabhupada's followers might have thought that all his literaty works had been gathered and published, we are surprised and pleased to receive this complete collection of his poetry, compiled and translated by Dasaratha-suta Prabhu. It is not that ISKCON has never seen these poems; Srila Prabhupada himself presented some of them to his disciples, and others have been available in the Bengali Vaisnava Songbook for years. Now, however, for the first time they have been collected in one book and presented in English.

With great reverence we place before you this anthology of Srila Prabhupada's poems. Most are written in Bengali, one is in English and the final one is in Sanskrit.

All the Bengali poems are currently included in the ISKCON Mayapur Bengali songbook, Bhakti Giti Sancayana, and are well known and sung by the Bengali devotees. However, they have been inaccessable to the English-speaking devotees, even though more than thirty years have passed since Srila Prabhupada's disappearance in 1977. I pray that these confidential writings of our spiritual master, finally coming to light at this late hour, may increase the devotional mood of the devotees worldwide.

Throughout time, pure devotees of Lord Krishna have composed poetry describing devotional service to Him.

This collection of poems reveals the heart and feelings of Srila Prabhupada, the guru who first spread Krishna consciousness worldwide.

"The froth upon the seawater arises one moment and disappears the next;
the play of Maya's worldly illusion is just like that." (from section 4 - "Froth on the Seawater")

Whoever daily fights the battle of life only for Lord Krishna's sake discovers prosperity, mystic perfection, and transcendental knowledge in the palm of his hand." (from section 13, "The Message of the Bhagavad-gita")

krishnastore.com

Kalachandji Katha

Kalachandji's Hare Krishna Temple
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Founder Acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
5430 Gurley Avenue * Dallas, Texas 75223
214-827-6330 * info@radhakalachandji.com * www.radhakalachandji.com

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Food for meditation

Bhakti is fast becoming the best source of free vegetarian food on campus. As Ajay Mangal, CC ’10, remarked, “If you’re allergic to delicious, this [Bhakti] isn’t the place for you.” However, Bhakti is about more than food—it is also one of Columbia’s strongest spiritual communities.

Two beloved Hare Krishna monks run the club: Dave, who never fails to throw in a joke, and Pandit, a true sage and father figure. Although some students might be initially worried about the strange orange outfits these monks don, their open-minded approach to all backgrounds, all belief systems, and all faiths quickly breaks down these barriers. Bhakti reaches in seconds what it sometimes takes years to achieve in diversity training: a safe environment that is free of judgment, allowing students to be themselves, without stress. It’s kind of refreshing after spending time on the campus of, reportedly, the country’s second-most-stressful university, in the midst of the world’s busiest city.
Students put up walls—through habits, silence, or attitude—when stressed. After Bhakti removes the cause, a flood of pent up emotions, feelings, and ideas rush out that most of us don’t even realize are there. Bhakti gets students talking about hushed issues like mortality, anger, or fear, without generating the heat of debate or pushing a religion.
Bhakti’s voice in the exchange of ideas is meaningful. In addition to offering a safe environment, Dave and Pandit offer a perspective relatively unknown to the typical westernized student. The level of difference in worldview is epitomized by Krishna, the supreme deity of this sect of Hinduism. He is not portrayed as a martyr suffering for human sins, nor is he spiteful or angry; rather, Krishna is always smiling and often portrayed dancing and playing a flute. This contrast effectively opens the minds of students and offers an alternative way of looking at life, which is invaluable, regardless of one’s personal belief system. Students are trying out more than just new food—they’re trying out a new mindset.

www.columbiaspectator.com

Healer to hold meeting

A visiting healer invites those interested in the connection between the spiritual and the material world to a talk on Friday.

The ancient Vedic culture, traced by anthropologists as well as spiritualists to an era several millennia ago, was a culture rich in spiritual insights, social and political order, customs, poetry and music, says one of its followers, BV Tridandi Swami.

One aspect of Vedic culture which everyone can relate to even in the modern day is the power it gave to the vibration of sound, he says. The Vedic culture recognised sound as the medium connecting the spiritual world with the material world in which we all strive to survive in the face of the complexities we commonly grapple with.

Tridandi Swami was born in 1949 to English parents in Canada and first came in touch with the Vedic teachings in 1975.

In 1979 he became a full time practitioner of Bhakti yoga, joining a farming community of devotees in Murwillumbah, Australia.

www.stuff.co.nz

Nimai of Nadia - Nader Nimai - Sankirtan Movement - Caitanya Mahaprabhu - 2 hours 19 minutes movie

Ratha-yatra festival & Earth Day 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010 — parade starts at 10:15 am (that means you should ideally be there by 10 am)
In Balboa Park, the parade proceeds from the Natural History Museum, west to the Art Museum, south past the Organ Pavilion, ending at the Children’s Area between the Puppet Theater and the Auto Museum in Pan American Plaza

more info

Within Ten Miles of Mayapur

By Vasudeva_das on Sat, 2010-04-03 13:35.

Today in the rural area between Navadwip and the town of Krishnanagar, sixty percent of the children drop out of school before the age of twelve, and more than half of the women are illiterate. Some seventy thousand villagers in the region drink arsenic-contaminated water, twenty-three thousand of them showing skin infections and lesions.

Within Ten Miles of Mayapur follows the work of Sri Mayapur Vikas Sangha (SMVS), a non-profit organization based in Iskcon Mayapur. Its mission is to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire that no one should go hungry within a ten-mile radius of the ISKCON temple. For the last ten years, SMVS has worked to end the economic and social causes of poverty in the region. It is an NGO in West Bengal and has received grants from funding agencies worldwide including the United Nations.

www.mayapurcare.org

Eight Petals for Vishnu Mas Released

by Vrndavanlila dd (Dr Vrinda Baxi)
Posted April 8, 2010

With the blessings of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga, seventh issue of Varnasrama Newsletter: THE EIGHT PETALS for Vishnu Mas is available at: www.varnasrama.org/files/Vishnu_Mas.pdf

The issue in consideration focuses on ‘Village’.

The next issue will focus on 'Family System'. Everybody is welcome to give their suggestions, share important information or just voice out their opinion on the newsletter in the form of an article, mail, report etc. or even in the form of a prayer for a tiny person who ambitiously aspires to serve Srila Prabhupada! (Click here for the full article)

Mantralogy Spring 2010 Magalog

As a gift to all Mantralogy Fans we are offering a free digital download of our latest Mantralogy Magalog.
Click here to download the Mantralogy Spring 2010 Magalog (PDF 3.5mb).

Thank you for staying in the loop.

Hare Krishna Culture on Satellite TV

A team of devotees from Bhaktivedanta Manor headed by Ramanuja Prabhu, disciple of HH Giriraja Maharaja, have set up a TV programme called "Hare Krishna Culture" which is already being broadcast on Satellite TV. This programme is dedicated to ISKCON and His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Founder-acarya of ISKCON). It is being run under the name Hare Krishna Mission Ltd and it is a completely non-profitable organisation run entirely by volunteers.

This programme has lectures by senior devotees of ISKCON, kirtans from around the world, and interviews and footage of Srila Prabhupada by ISKCON Cinema. It has been very warmly received by devotees and the general public, with very good reviews in the UK and Europe.

It can be viewed in UK and Europe on a free Sky channel called MATV, channel 793 at 10.00 am every Sunday, repeated on Wednesdays at 4.30 am (UK time).

Gaudiya Vaisnava Monk

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Being a Hare Krishna in Today's World - Patheos.com

This video is part of the series of interviews conducted by Patheos during the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions, Melbourne, featuring people of many different religious and spiritual traditions.

In this interview, Parliament participant Jambavati dasi discusses her own understanding of her tradition and her experience at the Parliament.

Earth: A Meditation by Urmila Devi Dasi

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4159590903_768dd4b916.jpg

March/April 2010

While we live on the Earth and use its products, the solid forms of Krishna’s energy can remind us of Him.

It may seem there can be nothing more ordinary, more the essence of matter, or more mundane than the Earth. But when we take a moment to notice and reflect, our awareness of the ever-present Earth can easily stimulate the most elevated plane of spiritual consciousness. Krishna has categorized His gross material energies as five: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. In modern terms these energies are called solids, liquids, radiant energy, gases, and space. Therefore, Krishna’s energy of “earth” refers to all matter in a solid state. Yet, because the planet Earth is the biggest example of this energy, we will here use the planet as symbolic of solid matter in general.

Krishna, the Supreme Lord, is both identical with and separate from His energies. By meditating on His energies, therefore, we can learn much about Krishna and appreciate His presence. Krishna recommends such meditation throughout the scriptures. For example, at Kurukshetra He tells the cowherd girls of Vrindavana, His beloved devotees, to always feel His presence through His energies. Prabhupada comments: “This important instruction by Lord Krishna to the gopis can be utilized by all devotees engaged in Krishna consciousness.… The cosmic manifestation is nothing but a display of Krishna’s energy, and because the energy is not different from the energetic, nothing is different from Krishna. When this absolute consciousness, Krishna consciousness, … is present, then we are not separated from Krishna.”
The Planet Earth Reminds Us of the Lord

Rocky peaks of the Olympic Mountains, wearing hair of snow, poke through the clouds on the horizon, viewed across the water from where I walk on Vancouver Island in Canada. Huge, solid, beautiful, majestic, those towers of earth draw one’s eyes again and again.

Other than occasional dramatic displays such as cloud-piercing mountains, the Earth often goes unnoticed in daily life. But the Earth exhibits qualities that can easily remind us of the Lord’s qualities. For example, the Earth is solid and dependable, and Krishna is so dependable that even demonic beings know that if they follow universal rules, the Lord will not harm them. Anyone can depend on Krishna to accept offerings made with faith and devotion, regardless of the person’s background or material qualifications.

www.krishna.com

Vyasapuja celebration of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math Acarya

pictures of Vyasapuja

Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math Navadvipa Dham Parikrama 2009

His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja is the President-Acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math and the Founder of GOKUL-Global organization of Krishnachaitanya’s Universal Love.

www.tirthaguru.org

Protectacow is the voice of America

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Facts about Hare Krishna Food for Life

Here are some interesting facts about Hare Krishna Food for Life:

Some of history’s most devastating disasters have befallen the world in recent years. In each case, Food for Life volunteers were there, bringing comfort and sustenance to the poor, the frightened, and the homeless.

* 2008 – Food for Life served freshly cooked vegan meals to survivors of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike in the southern United States.
* 2007 – Bangladesh: Hundreds of thousands of survivors were left homeless after the deadliest cyclone to hit Bangladesh in a decade. Soon after the dust settled, Food For Life volunteers were on the ground with a truck full of food to feed the hungry people.
* 2005 – Pakistan: Following the Pakistan earthquake, Food for Life volunteers worked side-by-side with local military and police personnel, distributing drinking water, food, tents and blankets.
* 2005 – Mississippi and Texas: When Hurricane Katrina struck with deadly force, Food for Life volunteers were among the first responders, distributing up to 800 freshly cooked meals daily to needy families in Mississippi and Texas.
* 2004 – 2005 Sri Lanka and India: A killer Tsunami wreaked incomprehensible devastation, resulting in the deaths of nearly 200,000 people. Once again, Food for Life volunteers joined the relief effort on the very day of the disaster, providing thousands of meals daily, along with medical care, clothing and shelter.
* In the 1990s, Food for Life volunteers risked their lives in the war-torn countries of Chechnya, Bosnia and Abkhazia, distributing food to needy and frightened civilians.

In total, Food for Life has distributed more than 750 million meals since its inception.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_for_Life_%28relief_organization%29

Festival of Color 2010 Spanish Fork

The Gaudiya March 2010

Kirtans and Bhajans from Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math

Darshan of Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Gosvami Maharaja on his appearance day festival

Some pictures of the of Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Gosvami Maharaja on his appearance day.

Kolkatta, fourth of April 2010

http://gokulmorethancool.blogspot.com/

You ask, B.S Tirtha Goswami Maharaj Answers

Q. Can you get peace in today's "make money fast" world?
Gurudev:One surely can,provided he or she controls the senses.In today's godless society,everybody is basically lustful.Lust stimulates sense enjoying propensity.This in turn,makes a person greedy and an avaricious person is prepared to commit any sin.How can a
sinful person experience peace?We are slaves to our slaves and impulses-the cause of all hysterical activities that result in depression.All our sense organs are like venomous serpents and difficult to control.If one can control one's tongue by taking Krishna Prasadam and chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra,he or she can control the other senses and live peacefully.

http://natkhatgopala.blogspot.com/

Friends of Mayapur cleaning program - India

The holy dham is inundated by plastic, previously, India was the best recycling nation, with leave plates and cley cups.
But with the inundation of plastics, in form of bags, cups and plates, now even the holy places are inundated with felth. We have choose some of those Holy Places to show an example that clean we can be and how different the atmosphere is when the Holy Place is clean. We are printing some flexs to invite people to deposite the garbage in bags with can be collected. In many cases our volunteers collecting garbage, local people join in with entusiams. In the case of the kundas - lakes, we also clean inside the water, and the s amount of garbage surfist from the ground. This is just a humble effort to fullfil the vision of cleanlines top by our spiritual teacher.

friendsofmayapur.blogspot.com