THE CENTER ICON IS KRISHNA AND BALARAMA AS THE BUTTER THIEVES. EXCEPT FOR THE CENTER ICON, ALL OF THE REST OF THE MURTIS ON THIS PAGE ARE FROM THE ANCIENT AFRO-HELLENO-SEMITIC TRADITION OF HERU-AUSU-ATUM / ELI-YAHU-ADON / HARI-VASU-ATMAN WORSHIP. HERU-AUSU / HELI-OSIRIS IS THE PAIR OF BUTTER THIEVES IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, LABLED HELIOS APOLLO & DIONYSOS. ALL OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF RADHA-KRISHNA AND BALARAMA CENTERED VAISHNAVISM CAN BE FOUND IN THE AFRO-HELLENO-SEMITIC HELIOPOLITAN ASYLA FEDERATION TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN (MIDDLE-EARTH) REGION.

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  Saint Francis of Assisi Ecumenical Retreat From Bhakti Ananda Goswami: Dear Costa Rica Gaudiya Prabhu, From the pre-historic Era of the Rhodian, Nile Delta, Cretan and the Salem-Jericho Civilizations to the rise of the first great Heliopolitan and Memphite Dynasties in Egypt, Radha-Krishna and Baladeva were worshiped as Supreme. The so-called 'gods' and 'goddesses' of Rhodes-related Heliopolitan MONOTHEISM wer

Sri Krsna manifest His eternal birth the pure cognitive essence of the serving soul who is located above all mundane limitations, King Kamsa is the typical aggressive empiricist, ever on the lookout for the appearance of the truth for the purpose of suppressing Him before He has time to develop. This is no exaggeration of the real connotation of the consistent empiric position. The materialist has a natural repugnance for the transcendent. He is disposed to link that faith in the incomprehensible is the parent of dogmatism and hypocrisy in the guise of religion. He is also equally under the delusion that there is no real dividing line between the material and the spiritual, he is strengthened in his delusion by the interpretation of scriptures by persons who are like-minded with himself. This includes all the lexicographic interpreters.

The lexicographical interpretation is upheld by Kamsa as the real scientific explanation of the scriptures, and is

Mahāprabhu’s Prīti-Dharma Process

by TVP BOOKS

Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu (painting by Anjana das)

Mahāprabhu's Prīti-Dharma Process

 Thus we have ātma-dharma and mano-dharma. Mano-dharma is aprīti-dharma, dharma not based on love, aprīti, which is concocted, imaginative. Therefore mano-dharma is speculation. Ātma-dharma is based on prīti-dharma, love, and descends by the hearing process, śrauta-paramparya. Prīti-dharma is dharma based on love where Kṛṣṇa is prīti-viṣaya, the object of love, and all bhaktas, devotees are prīti-āśraya. This is viṣaya and āśraya. There is harmony between them; there is no question of disharmony. If you establish yourself in this prīti-dharma, then there will be no disharmony at all, only harmony. Some say that there is some aprīti in priti-dharma, but one should understand that there is some aprīti in those who say this. That is why they say that, b

In the writings of Bhaktivinoda Thakur we find:

"It is an utmost duty of every householder to honor his guests, help the POOR and fallen, and try to associate with saintly persons. Due to the lack of proper education and training nowadays people do not consider honoring guests and helping the poor as a duty."

Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad Bhagavatam purport (1.14.43): "It is the duty of a householder to feed first of all the children, the old members of the family, the brahmanas and the invalids. Besides that, an ideal householder is required to call for any unknown hungry man to come and dine before he himself goes to take his meals. He is required to call for such a hungry man thrice on the road. The neglect of this prescribed duty of a householder, especially in the matter of the old men and children, is unpardonable."

Srila Prabhupada wanted prasadam distributed widely in the villages of India through traveling parti

"Lord Balarama could, of course, understand the ecstatic feelings of the gopis, and therefore He wanted to pacify them. He was expert in presenting an appeal, and thus, treating the gopis very respectfully, He began to narrate the stories of Krsna so tactfully that the gopis became satisfied. In order to keep the gopis in Vrndavana satisfied, Lord Balarama stayed there continually for two months, namely the months of Caitra (March-April) and Vaisakha (April-May). For those two months He kept Himself among the gopis, and He passed every night with them in the forest of Vrndavana in order to satisfy their desire for conjugal love. Thus Balarama also enjoyed the rasa dance with the gopis during those two months. Since the season was springtime, the breeze on the bank of the Yamuna was blowing very mildly, carrying the aroma of different flowers, especially of the flower known as kaumudi. Moonlight filled the sky and spread everywhere, and thus the banks of the Yamuna appeared to be very b

"The formula for ISKCON organization is very simple and can be understood by everyone. The world is divided into twelve zones. For each zone there is one zonal secretary appointed by Srila Prabhupada. The zonal secretaries duty is to see that the spiritual principles are being upheld very nicely in all the Temples of his zone. Otherwise each Temple shall be independent and self-supporting. Let every Temple President work according to his own capacity to improve the Krishna Consciousness of his center. So far the practical management is concerned, that is required, but not that we should become too much absorbed in fancy organization. Our business is spiritual life, so whatever organization needs to be done, the Presidents may handle and take advice and assistance from their GBC representative. In this way let the Societies work go on and everyone increase their service at their own creative rate."

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the Internatio

Hanuman Chalisa

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Tulsidas Goswami

Shree Guru Charan Saroj Raj, Nij Man Mukar Sudhari,
Barnau Raghuvar Bimal Jasu, Jo dayaku Phal Chari

With the dust of Guru’s Lotus feet, I clean the mirror of my mind and then narrate the sacred glory of Sri Ram Chandra, The Supreme among the Raghu dynasty. The giver of the four attainments of life.

Budhi heen Tanu Janike, Sumirow, Pavan Kumar,
Bal Buddhi Vidya Dehu Mohi, Harahu Kalesh Bikaar

Knowing myself to be ignorent, I urge you, O Hanuman, The son of Pavan! O Lord! kindly Bestow on me strength, wisdom and knowledge, removing all my miseries and blemishes.

Jai Hanuman Gyan Guna Sagar
Jai Kipis Tihun Lok Ujgaar

Victory of Thee, O Hanuman, Ocean of wisdom and virtue, victory to the Lord of monkeys who is well known in all the three worlds

Ramdoot Atulit Bal Dhamaa,
Anjani Putra Pavansut naamaa.

You, the Divine messager of Ram and repository of immeasurable strength, are also known as Anjaniputra and known as the son of the wind – Pavanputra.

Mahebeer Bikram Bajr

Thursday, January 23, 1969

Los Angeles, Calif.

My Dear Sivananda,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 14, 1969, and I have noted the contents.

I am pleased to note that you enjoy going out into the streets chanting and preaching from

Bhagavad-gita. This is a very good attitude and in accordance with the teachings of Lord Caitanya that the process of Sankirtana should be presented to men all over the world.

So as you are able you should continue to go into the streets to chant, and I am sure that the others at your temple will appreciate going with you as they are available. Surely this practice will attract many people there to take some interest in this Krishna Consciousness movement.

Regarding your request for cooking information, it is best if you will consult Yamuna Dasi in London. She is very expert cook, and will be able to answer any questions you have regarding prasadam preparations. I understand that Yamuna has written a recipe book

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Gazpacho for Gopal!

You may have cooked and eaten this extremely delicious, nutritious and refreshing soup already, or may not. 

This is one of my favorite dishes for several reasons.

1. It is completely raw food

2. It is completely vegetarian, stuffed with proteins, vitamins and minerals

3. It is very easy to cook

4. It looks so beautiful and colorful!

Gazpacho is a Spanish word, but the idea of the dish originates from the ancient world. Arabs, Romans and nations in the Mediterranean area made this soup thousands years ago.

So, pour one to one and a haf a liter of natural tomato juice in a large bowl, chop and add

1 cucumber

3 tomatoes

2 bell peppers (capsicum)

1 medium onion

small bunch of green onions

a few cloves of garlic

some coriander or parsley

one tablespoonful of ground black pepper

1-2 teaspoonful of salt

2 tablespoonful of vinegar

4 - 6 tablespoonful of lemon juice

Mix all the ingredients together and leave your soup to ripen in the fridge for a few hours. The longer it

More pastimes described ! ;

Louis A.Bh.S.
4 hours ago HK!
The Jets fans are hoping the Canadiens win tonight I can assure you. :) I know…

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  Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
  As I have said before, regarding Parampara, there is no argument from me as far as the emergence of Pure Devotees is concerned. This will come about naturally and perfectly in the exact method as described to us by Srila Prabhupada, namely, rigid following and carrying out the Orders of the Spiritual Master. Nothing of what He gave us is mundane, so whether it is purely managerial such as the DOM, or individual, such as our respective sadhana prescriptions, or congregational, such as putting the account books on the front steps, or philosophical, such as accepting the sum total of His Words to be non-different and emanating from Sri Krishna Himself, these Instructions, Requests, Teachings and Personal Example all are working in tandem in formulating the blueprint or DNA of the ISKCON Movement for the next 10,000 years. They each individually and all collectively establish a marker that in its fulfillment will have the