"All my disciples will take the legacy. If you want, you can also take it. Sacrifice everything.  I, one, may soon pass away. But they are hundreds, and this movement will increase. It is not that I give an order, 'Here is the next leader.' Anyone who follows the previous leadership is the leader.... All of my disciples are leaders, as much as they follow purely. If you want to follow, you can also lead. But you don't want to follow. Leader means one who is a first class disciple. Evam param parapraptam. One who is following is perfect."

(Srila Prabhupada, Back to Godhead magazine, Vol. 13, No. 1-2)

BY HIS DIVINE GRACE A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

My advice to you under the circumstances is that at least for one hour you must all go to have sankirtana outside on the streets or in the park. That is your life and soul, first business. The next business is completing the chanting of 16 rounds every day. The next business is your editing. And if you find extra time then you can

Pranams to Gadadhar Pandit

gadādharam ahaṁ vande mādhavācārya-nandanam
mahābhāva-svarūpaṁ śrī caitanyābhinnarūpiṇam

I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Gadadhar Pandit,
the son of Madhava Acharya. He is the personification of
mahābhāva, the highest devotional ecstasy, and nondifferent
from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

śrī hlādinī svarūpāya gaurāṅga su-hṛdāya ca
bhakti-śakti-pradānāya gadādhara namo ’stu te

I offer my obeisances to Sri Gadadhar Pandit, the
personification of Lord Krishna’s pleasure potency,
the bestower of devotional strength, and the near
and dear associate of Lord Gaura. ·

— Translated by Hari Parshad Das, from Dina Narottam Das
(chota)’s Śrī Manohara Bhajana Dīpikā. Published by Sri
Sudhasindhu Das. Govardhan. Gaurabda 519. Bengali

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HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada; 

"We have stated just now that those who commit offense against the Holy Name, fail to obtain the favor of Sri Krishna. But Sri Gauranga and Nityananda favor even offenders. An offender by taking the Holy Name never obtains love of Kishna, his final object. Those who follow Sri Gauranga and Nityananda as their Lords by constantly taking their Names during the period of offense, attain the fruit of the Holy Name after being liberated from the sinful state. The truth underlying the above is that the offending novice betakes himself to the holy feet of Sri Gauranga and Nityananda for becoming fit to serve Krishna by getting rid of his ignorance, avidya, forgetfulness of his real nature. svarupabhrama. (Otherwise)  The Holy Name of Krishna  which can only be taken by those who have realized their true self, never yields its fruits, the love of Krishna.

For this reason, the worship of Sri Gauranga and  Sri Nityananda is more important and

BY: YASHODANANDAN DASA (ACBSP)

ore mudha loka, suna caitanya-mangala
caitanya-mahima yate janibe sakala

SYNONYMS
ore—O all of you; mudha—foolish; loka—people; suna—just hear; caitanya-mangala—the book of this name; caitanya—Lord Caitanya’s; mahima—glories; yate—in which; janibe—you will know; sakala—all.
TRANSLATION
O fools, just read Sri Caitanya-mangala! By reading this book you can understand all the glories of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
PURPORT
Sri Vrndavana dasa Thakura’s Caitanya-bhagavata was originally entitled Caitanya-mangala, but when Srila Locana dasa Thakura later wrote another book named Caitanya-mangala, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura changed the name of his own

Who is Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī?

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

Who is Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī?

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is an eternal associate of Bhagavān. He is the spiritual master of the whole world (jagad-guru) and the emperor among the devotees. In śrī kṛṣṇa-līlā, he is the maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhikā named Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī. Śrī Rūpa Prabhu is an intimate associate of Śrī Gaurāṅga. His existence does not stem from jīva-tattva (the existential principle of the atomic living soul), but from svarūpa-śakti-tattva (the existential principle of the supreme, internal potency of reality), which is the master of jīva-tattva. He is the beloved associate of Śrī Rādhā, the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja.

There is a speciality of Śrī Rūpa Prabhu among the other devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is extremely dear to Śrī Gaurāṅga-sundara. Śrīla Rūpa Prabhu knew the innermost moods of Śrī Gaurasundara’s heart to such an astounding degree that his calibre of excellence in serv

Tomorrow, that is 13th April in India, is the Disappearance of Srila Abhirama Thakura. ISKCON Desire Tree states the date as 12th April. In any case, I did a little search on what Prabhupad has to say, and he elaborates in his purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 11.13:

TEXT 13
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śrī-rāmadāsa āra, gadādhara dāsa
caitanya-gosāñira bhakta rahe tāṅra pāśa
SYNONYMS
śrī-rāmadāsa—Śrī Rāmadāsa; āra—and; gadādhara dāsa—Gadādhara dāsa; caitanya-gosāñira—of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhakta—devotees; rahe—stay; tāṅra pāśa—with Him.
TRANSLATION
Two devotees of Lord Caitanya named Śrī Rāmadāsa and Gadādhara dāsa always lived with Śrī Vīrabhadra Gosāñi.
PURPORT
Śrī Rāmadāsa, later known as Abhirāma Ṭhākura, was one of the twelve gopālas, or cowherd boyfriends, of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (126) states that Śrī Rāmadāsa was formerly Śrīdāmā. In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Fourth Wave), there is a description of Śrīla Abhirāma Ṭhākura. By the order of Śrī Nityānanda

BY HIS DIVINE GRACE A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

My advice to you under the circumstances is that at least for one hour you must all go to have sankirtana outside on the streets or in the park. That is your life and soul, first business. The next business is completing the chanting of 16 rounds every day. The next business is your editing. And if you find extra time then you can attend the temple ceremonies. Otherwise you can stop these activities. But outdoor kirtana, your editing work, and chanting of 16 rounds must be done. Outdoor kirtana must be done, even at the cost of suspending all editorial work. That is your first and foremost business. Temple worship is not so important. If need be, the whole temple can be locked. But the outdoor kirtana cannot be stopped.

(Letter to Rayarama, 17 May 1969)

We are not much concerned about the temple because temple worship is not the primary factor in this age. The primary factor is sankirtana. But sometimes we want a center where pe

Glories to our news letter team! They are spear-heading our community solidity! May Sri Baladeva attend them and give them strength and ability.

Glories to our members, our pledgers, our servitors and admin. staff too. Together, we individual strings form an orchestra in a great symphony.

This site is too important to fail. Basu Gopal and I were discussing the importance of involving as many Brahmanas as possible in providing online siksa and diksa services, as we are. Whether directly this site, or thousands of others in cooperative association; we prefer the latter. When there are so many internet sites offering BONAFIDE initiations, that we have to add, The Original, to our site, then we will have had success.

Dark forces have gathered and taken over the Movement. Robbernath et al are in cahoots and control by the dark illuminati groups and internal secret would-be government of the world, after eliminating our great general. We are one of the few sets of disciples left largely u

We bring in nowadays about $40. ish per month. We have today about $280. in the non-profit account to pay for 2013. Today is April 10, 2012.  7 x 40 = 280.  Therefore, In seven months from today, it will be Dec 10, 2012,  then we will have 2014 year's ning account net site fees paid.

This means, in yet another seven months, the year's ning.net  account fees for 2015 will be paid by July-August 2014;

- so from there on in, we begin to accumulate a surplus, given a steady income exactly as is, and otherwise the world not ending first.  Overall, $40. x 12mo. is 480. per 12 months period. I suggest we be ahead one or even two years contract fees regularly.

Unless people start to pay the membership fees we requested, ~(>,' ) otherwise  we can not think of doing any sort of projects any sooner than Jul 2014, and still keep the site fees for ning service contract as a priority. 

( I am not including the annual pledgers, as their membership is included, they do not have to additionally donate

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(1) Rämah — May Rama, the crest jewel of all
kings, be ever victorious. (Rama as the subject)
(2) Rämam — Let there be worship of Lord Rama,
the husband and Lord of Ramä-devi. (Rama
as the object)
(3) Rämena — Hordes of nocturnal demons were
slaughtered by Rama. (Rama as the instrument
of action)
(4) Rämäya — My obeisances unto Lord Rama.
(Rama as the recipient of action)
(5) Rämät — No one is greater than Rama. (Rama
in a comparative sense)
(6) Räm asya— I am a servant of Rama.
(Rama in a relationship)
(7) Räme — Let my consciousness always dwell
in the name, fame, pastimes and qualities
of Lord Rama. (Rama as the shelter of an
object or quality)
(8) Bho Räma! — O Rama! Please deliver me from
material existence! (Rama being addressed
directly). ·

Sri Srimad
Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

The activities of a Vaisnava, a dear devotee of the
Lord, are very wonderful. vaisnavera kriyä mudrä
vijïeha nä bujhaya — However learned a man

may be, he cannot understand the activities of a
Vaisnava. [Cc. madhya 23.39]

Goswami Tulsidas wrote the book Räma-caritamänasa,
the activities of Lord Rama. His fame
as a great devotee of Lord Rama spread far and
wide. Once, the mogul emperor of Delhi heard
that Tulsidas was displaying many wonderful,
miraculous activities.

So the emperor sent his men,
“Bring Tulsidas here!” So Tulsidas came to the court.
Then the emperor asked him, “I have heard that
you are displaying some miraculous activities. Will
you please display some? I’d like to see.”
Tulsidas is a great devotee of Lord Rama. He said,
“I don’t know anything
but Rama. I never display
any miraculous activity. I only chant the name of
Rama. I don’t know anything but Rama.”

‘Then the emperor said, “Oh! This person is
cheating me!” So he ord

Balavanta's report stated, regarding the November 10-11 tape (T-46 or #18 out of the last 20):

"…it contains a whisper which refers to poison.  This tape was digitally processed for clarity by an independent laboratory in Gainesville, Florida. According to the laboratory technician the following is the probable contents of the whispered statement. Either:

1.  "Lets not poison him and go" or

2.  "Lets now poison him and go."

We are currently sending the tape to another laboratory with more advanced equipment for further investigation. We will report the results of that study as available."

It is noted here that, to the best of our knowledge, this was the first and last public statement made by Balavanta as GBC Special Investigator. Since then, however, Balavanta Prabhu has spoken with others about the investigation unofficially.  He, Mahabuddhi and Isha discussed arranging for more testing on the whispers, and Balavanta disclosed that he had sent the T-46 "poison tape" to the National