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Here are the latest updates for   "Planet ISKCON" - 77 new articles H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Sunday 17 April 2011--Don't Try to Enjoy, Render Service Instead--and--Bhagavatam Lists All Avatars? ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji Sutapa das, BV Manor, UK: Window Shopping? Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: study our books to face scholars and philosophers Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Holi festival Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: "Mother" Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group Krishna Lounge, LA, USA: Kirtan 2011-04-14 Krishna Lounge, LA, USA: Day + Night Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Ramnavami kirtan from last week - ISKCON Toronto ISKCON News.com: Krishna Devotees March on Delhi to Save Yamuna River ISKCON News.com: ISKCON Spain Inaugurates Instituto De Estudios Bhaktivedanta H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 282—Poem for April 16 H.H. 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Sivarama Swami: Kirtan evening in Debrecen ISKCON News.com: 35 Years of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is In Portuguese Akrura das, Gita Coaching: ISKCON LONDON VISION AND MISSION H.H. Sivarama Swami: Some pictures from Govinda’s in Debrecen H.H. Sivarama Swami: Ravi Talsania, Falgu Dasgupta and Bh. Smith ask (respectively) about what happens to the soul during a heart transplant Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Real mercy in seperation Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Sankirtana Yuga Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Meet the Judges! Dandavats.com: Hare Krishna’s Filmed in the late 1960’s found April 2011 H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, April 15th, 2011 H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, April 14th, 2011 ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: As The Mountaintops Fall, A Coal Town Vanishes ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Jagannatha Ram Prabhu ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu ISKCON Toronto, Canada: A Wonderfully Positive Review of Our Temple from the Blog World! Japa Group: Surrender With Faith Gouranga TV: Bhajan – 24hr Kirtan More Recent Articles Search Planet ISKCON Prior Mailing Archive H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Sunday 17 April 2011--Don't Try to Enjoy, Render Service Instead--and--Bhagavatam Lists All Avatars? j A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course(TM) Sunday 17 April 2011 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger image.) Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world. Dedicated with love to ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and to you, our dear readers. Today's Thought: Don't Try to Enjoy, Render Service Instead Uploaded from Riga, Latvia The key to forever being happy in transcendental all-blissful Krishna consciousness is to always be the servant in all circumstances. Never try to be the enjoyer. If one always engages himself as the servant of Krishna, guru, and Vaisnavas, there will be no end of his Krishna consciousness bliss, and he will be doing the highest good for all other beings by always revealing through his words and deeds the path of devotional service, the original, natural, pure state of existence. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Teaching the Perfection of Service Riga, Latvia 15 April 2011 http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Spring/Riga_Lecture.JPG Answers According to the Vedic Version: Question: Bhagavatam Lists All Avatars? Are all the avatars of Lord Krishna depicted in the Srimad Bhagavatam? A.S. Answer: Only a Sample The Srimad Bhagavatam only depicts a few of the avatars of Krishna because they are as innumerable as the waves of the ocean. But it has kindly listed all the incarnations that will appear in this age of Kali to protect us from being misguided by the multitude of cheaters who are falsely claiming to be incarnations of God. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Transcendental Resources: Receive the Special Blessings of Krishna Now you too can render the greatest service to the suffering humanity and attract the all-auspicious blessings of Lord Sri Krishna upon yourself and your family by assisting our mission. Lectures and Kirtans in Audio and Video: Link to High Definition Videos Link to Over 1,000 Lecture Audios Lecture-Travel Schedule for 2011 http://www.ultimateselfrealization.com/schedule Have Questions or Need Further Guidance? 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Simply we request you to acknowledge where it is coming from with a link to our sign up page: http://www.backtohome.com Our records indicate that at requested to be enrolled to receive e-mails from the Ultimate Self Realization Course at: This request was made on: From the following IP address:   • Email to a friend • • ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji - Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.52 Daily Class - Narayani Mataji Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.52 - Chanting Hare Krishna gives perfection in all yugas. 12.8MB Posted by Kanapathy Ramasamy at 17/4/11; 9:46:44 AM to the Daily Class dept ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.52 - Chanting Hare Krishna gives perfection in all yugas.   • Email to a friend • •   Sutapa das, BV Manor, UK: Window Shopping? Stephen Covey, Dale Carnegie, Eckhart Tolle, Depak Chopra, Anthony Robbins... the list of self development gurus of the age is endless. These insightful thinkers have shaped today’s world of organizations and relationships, offering a wholesome alternative to the mechanistic trends of consumerism. Recently, while reading some self-help literature, the perspectives stressing positivity and selflessness definitely resonated with me, bearing striking resemblance to eastern worldviews. It’s clear in my mind that different philosophers and teachers all share common core principles of spirituality regardless of civilization or culture. One doubt, however, did come to mind. I wonder whether such approaches to life are simply an adjustment of the mind. While offering insights which lead to a progressive, peaceful and happy life, I am unsure as to how much such self-development books actually equip and train one to genuinely imbibe this positive approach. Can a deep sense of selflessness and kindness towards the universe manifest on the level of the intellect? Can we force ourselves to forgive others? Can we make a determination to remain equipoised in the midst of the most provoking situations? Maybe such changes in our instinctive emotional response come from a deeper transformation of consciousness. The 64 million dollar question is how we achieve such a change. After all, we don’t want to be window shoppers who are captivated by the products, but have no power to purchase them. Ancient wisdom literatures describe the product and simultaneously offer the paycheck. While describing the character, qualities and persona of a perfect spiritualist, books like the Bhagavad-gita also equip one with the spiritual tools and technology to achieve such an elevated conscious state. It offers information, as well as transformation. While we may doubt that ancient practices of meditation and yoga can actually bring about tangible changes in ones approach to life, the practical experience of dedicated spiritualists indicate something quite different. Since the calculated procedure outlined by great teachers awakens the spontaneous purity within, the Bhagavad-gita proposes that we need not learn something new, but rather invoke what is already within.   • Email to a friend • •   Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: study our books to face scholars and philosophers But now we should increase our study of our literatures, so that we can answer the scholars and philosophers who will be coming forward as our movement attracts their attention. So you should carefully study our books very thoroughly because there are many questionnaires coming daily and I shall forward them to you also. It is most essential that all the initiated devotees study our books and learn this philosophy very well. And to get the strength for understanding these, everyone must chant sixteen rounds of beads daily without fail. In this way, when the devotee is constantly engaged in Krsna Consciousness, following the regulative principles rigidly, Krsna will give all intelligence from within how to make steady progress in Krsna Consciousness. I hope in Buffalo center you will ask all the boys and girls to follow this method, because henceforward we will have to face many scholars and philosophers to stabilize our Krsna Consciousness movement. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Rupanuga, 17 February, 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Holi festival > The traditional Holi festival seems to be gaining popularity in ISKCON. > Although there are some references to Holi in Srila Prabhupada's books, I > am unable to find any reference from Prabhupada (positive or negative) > about conducting such festivals in ISKCON campus. > > Can someone shed some light on this with proper pramana? On that day on ISKCON campuses we dedicate all our time and attention to celebrating the appearance of Lord Caitanya. So there should be no question of squirting colors etc. as is done on Holi. If householders wish to do so outside an ISKCON campus, that is up to them, but better they also devote their full attention to observing Gaura Purnima.   • Email to a friend • •   Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: "Mother" ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Letter PAMHO:17913599 (166 lines) From: Internet: "Sikhi Mahiti das" Date: 29-Jul-09 21:28 (17:28 -0400) Here is a nice story about addressing all ladies as "Mother". I visited one ISKCON vaisnava who is a successful prasadam restaurateur at one of his Philadelphia (USA) establishments. He is also a great preacher and everyone in the area and local government loves him. While in his office, I heard him address one of the young ladies that work for him as "Mother". I asked the young lady how long she had been a devotee. She said that she was not a devotee. Hari prabhu, laughed and said "I address all my lady employees as mother." I was amazed how this 20 year old lady actually enjoyed being called mother. She doesn't practice Krsna Consciousness. Hari said he calls all the women he deals with in business or at the temple as mother. This just goes to show how we can introduce some aspects of vaisnava culture in any part of the world. ys, Sikhi Mahiti das   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group Please share your realisations with other devotees from around the world...simply send me an introduction email and I will be happy to make you a member: rasa108@gmail.com ys Rasa Rasika dasa   • Email to a friend • •   Krishna Lounge, LA, USA: Kirtan 2011-04-14 http://www.krishnalounge.com/2011/04/kirtan-2011-04-14/ Kirtan by Giriraj 2011-04-14 mahattattva Kirtan by Mahat 2011-04-14 mahattattva http://www.krishnalounge.com/2011/04/kirtan-2011-04-14/   • Email to a friend • •   Krishna Lounge, LA, USA: Day + Night http://www.krishnalounge.com/2011/04/day-night/ Goldilocks and the Three Bears mahattattva Talk by Mahat: When a person comes to take seriously the spiritual path, they are often met with resistance with those loved ones who adhere to the values of our materialistic society. People who subscribe to materialistic values and persons who subscribe to spiritual values can be as different as day and night. We often can be perplexed on how to make this transition without unnecessarily creating a disturbance during such an important transition.   • Email to a friend • •   Subhavilasa das ACBSP, Toronto, CA: Ramnavami kirtan from last week - ISKCON Toronto http://radhashyamasundar.com/2/post/2011/04/chanting-at-ramnavami-iskcon-toronto-ashalata-devi-dasi-acbsp.html Ashalata devi dasi (ACBSP) chanting at ISKCON Toronto's Ramnavami festival radhashyamasundar   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Krishna Devotees March on Delhi to Save Yamuna River By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 16 Apr 2011 Thousands of sadhus, Krishna devotees, environmentalists and worshippers of the Yamuna are just completing a month-and-a-half-long march in protest of the pollution of the sacred river, culminating at the common protest ground of Jantar Mantar in Delhi on April 15th.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: ISKCON Spain Inaugurates Instituto De Estudios Bhaktivedanta By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 16 Apr 2011 Seventy devotees attended the inauguration of Instituto De Estudios Bhaktivedanta—or “Institute of Bhaktivedanta Studies”—in New Vraja Mandala, Spain, on April 8th. Although it’s not the first Spanish-language educational program in ISKCON, the Institute is the first fully residential, structured Institute for spiritual studies offered to the Spanish-speaking world.   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): 282—Poem for April 16 www.sdgonline.org. 5:03 A.M. A Writer of Pieces New format—I will begin with a poem written on the day of its printing. Then I will print random excerpts of books I have printed over the last 30 years. I hope this variety will be pleasing. Poem for April 16 It’s a big day for Baladeva, three Guyanese devotees are coming to help him work in the yard, digging holes for bulbs and seeds, trimming hedges, raking the earth all day. Narayana started taking a long walk to help his back, I continue my short walk, run out of breath on the second lap. Everything must be connected to Krishna or it’s a waste of time. The sages wanted to hear of Pariksit’s stopping the sudra from beating a cow if it was linked to the pastimes of the Lord. I have to make that connection in all I do. Don’t plan to attend the visiting sannyasi’s lecture tonight because it is too late, and I must keep my schedule. But tomorrow he’s supposed to be speaking earlier and I can attend. How is this connected to Krishna? Because I did all my rounds and the gayatri and kept the holy names in my mind and later in the morning I will write like reminisces of life in ISKCON or a take on Prabhupada and that counts for linking your life to the Supreme. You be careful to direct your action in that way. Unlinked is nowhere, but I can always do it by turning to Him in devotional service, it’s second nature to me and I should not doubt my intention to offer all in bhakti.   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami (Ret.): OLD FRIENDS www.sdgonline.org. From Prabhupada Meditations, Volume II “Prabhupada Idioms “The dictionary defines an idiom as “a style or form of expression that is characteristic of an individual.” One has to know how Prabhupada used idioms by listening to his lectures or being present for his talks. Each of these phrases can open a whole world of Prabhupada realization. “’Everything is there.’ “Prabhupada said this to indicate that everything we need to know is present in the Vedic literature. He said it to convey urgency. By the chanting of Hare Krishna, you can directly contact Krishna. By reading Bhagavad-gita, you can know your relationship with Krishna. Prabhupada enumerated points such as these, and then, as if realizing there were no end to the favorable items, he would interject, “Everything is there.” He said it with pride as a follower of Krishna consciousness, and with a confidence that there was nothing lacking in Bhagavad-gita. Everything is there, so you should turn to it. “’Thank you very much.’ “This was Prabhupada’s trademark at the end of every lecture. One might say this is nothing more than a formality: the speaker thanks the audience for their attentive hearing. Because Srila Prabhupada did it, however, it is a trademark to remind us of him. We wonder about it. Sometimes we even imagine that Prabhupada was being a touch sarcastic when he said, “Thank you very much.” With some audiences, it sounds like he was amused. Perhaps I am reading the mind of the acarya by these interpretations. Each person will hear it in his own way. At least let us keep his “Thank you very much” in our collection of remembrances. “’This is going on.’ “Prabhupada used this to express the opposite mood of ‘Everything is there.’ By saying, “This is going on,” he pointed to the rascaldom and nonsense that goes on in the material world, especially in Kali-yuga. He stated it at the end of a string of anomalies. The politicians are cheating the people by taxing and not giving them anything in return. People in general are in ignorance about the goal of life; gurus claim they are God but are interested in illicit sex  . . .  After stating a list of malpractices, Prabhupada added, ‘This is going on.’ They are getting away with murder. The cheating continues. “Rascaldom goes on by misuse of free will. The sadhu and Krishna know very well this is happening. They are not naïve. Prabhupada was also aware that rascaldom will continue as long as there is a material world, as long as people do not take to Krishna consciousness. Acts of irreligion pass in the guise of religion. ‘This is going on.’ “’What is the difficulty?’ “Prabhupada said this after explaining how easy and accessible Krishna consciousness is. Anyone can offer Krishna a fruit, a flower or some water. Even a child can take part in the chanting—’Where is the difficulty?’Just as we were born from our father, so our father had his father, and his father had a father; if you go back ultimately, you’ll find that there is an original father who is the source of everyone. In this way we can understand that Krishna is the seed-giving Father—where is the difficulty to understand this? “By this expression, Prabhupada encouraged us to come forward and not make excuses. If we take to Krishna consciousness, we will not find it difficult. Prabhupada used the phrase as a challenge to those who believe spiritual life is too problematic. Prabhupada untangled the problems with logic and sastra and then interjected this challenge.” From Human at Best (2008) “Forgotten Slokas “1. “These foolish things were not observed by the madmen They missed the poignant ray. “They forgot the essence saw only the outside of the cream puff or the guru growing old and forgetting a Sanskrit verse here and there. “Please see my essence dependent on You. Whatever I speak comes from You. You, Lord, write all the articles and poems, but You give them different names “2. “Good times were easier then they didn’t know the full extent that evil lurked within, beside lust and wrath “or they did, but had capacity to bounce back and be joyful. He could play with the best. My Krishna allowed me to sing His names, and I paid attention to what I was doing. “Walked under a dark morning sky. “3. “Stormy weather ever since me and the movement ain’t been together. It keeps raining all the time. “Don’t know why there’s no let-up. Ever since I forgot my place and found fault in he who blessed us all “and gave us our life’s work. Now I regret and hope it’s not too late. “I count on him taking me back remembering my younger days. And his disciples will be my friends. “But it’s true I have some handicaps and some blessing for alone- work. “He played strong and manly, and I’m his follower forever. “Pure devotees such as the Pandavas want to see Krishna, and in Vrndavana the cowherd people who are so dear to Him—we cannot even imagine the heart-wrenching separation of Radha and Krishna. Devotees who never met Krishna may also feel separation from Him by hearing about Him from pure devotees. Consider Rukmini’s hearing about Krishna and wanting to marry Him. And the Pulinda woman. O Krishna, save me, I’ve lost my sense of discrimination. I’ve fallen into the well of pride. “You poor louse, you poor beggar. You think you are better than your brothers—it’s sickening how you do that on the sly. Laugh at you, or cry. “I know you are a pipsqueak, for sure. Wouldn’t stand up in a fight. Don’t know how a typist, skinny, scaredy like you, climbed in the hierarchy of ISKCON as you did, to the very top of presumption, the maha-bhagavatas of the 1980s. Take it home. You’re a good boy at a Sunday matinee, don’t drink liquor but sit and watch the jazz group led by Dolphy and think how you can dovetail it. Improvise. “I am the only one in the room writing this. I believe you have to be on Sunday groove. “Do what you want. No, not always, not exactly. Tell your doctor, ‘The psyche angle is coming up.’ I have so many headache-free days in a row. I’m wondering, ‘Why be a hermit?’ Always dissatisfied, remember? I used to be a manager and then wanted to be free of it and travel as a sannyasi in the USA. Restless. Plan a trip abroad, but after one day, stop. Tell my secretary, ‘Find me a writing retreat.’ Schedule a several-month stay in the holy dhama, but after several weeks of harassing meetings ask to get out of there. Where is safe? Where is desirable? “Take shelter of Krishna. What does that mean for each of us? Some are so eager to be in Vrndavana at Karttika and make prayer there and feel uplifted. Hurry, go, before you die. But others feel tied down by responsibilities in the West. Or they make the best of it here, justify themselves . . . “Afraid of the air, the guns, the glint in the terrorists’ eyes. Keep writing, writing, risking journalist. Turn in your story from Pakistan front lines. Your Vrndavana journal. The taxi ride. The dead cat (not ours). The first you see and what you think. The first Godbrother you see, first pranams and pleasantries exchanged. Don’t be so bitchy, smile, or at least grin, placid. Admit you’re a fool, roll in dust (awkward). When the temple president asks, ‘Please Maharaja, give a Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture,’ you say, ‘Give me a week to settle in.’ “Let cat out the front door. He walks along the top of the wall. Don’t shut the door on him. Let him wander as he likes. What about your own walk? No, there’s not enough time. We drive again to Carlow, where Curlilocks takes my denture and says things I can’t understand because of his Irish accent. “Don’t be arty, be true. Let go and make something new and interesting. “Performance Jitters “Satsvarupa? Yo! Where? Over here, sir, I’m having a three-day seminar, one meeting a day, with my disciples. Hmph! You don’t like? You don’t like? I don’t like the look on your face. Too fat, and too many chins. Go report to the correction board. “As we ride out there I ask him if he’s seriously considering raising a family. Yes, but for the time being, they don’t. I won’t tell you here. “I take off my socks and lie down in bed. I don’t need to take Valerian root every night to sleep. “Just get comfortable. I’ll be on the asana again tomorrow, answering as best I can. “Can you make it colorful, intriguing? I wanted to but maybe it’s the same thing. “I can’t change them, can’t change their lives. Do they love me? Do I love them. “Pretty sure I’m going to stay here. Wait here through the year. Devotees from England want to know if they can schedule to see me a few days in June. Yes, I say, go ahead. I’ll be here. Don’t intend to travel. And when you come, I can see you somehow. I’ll take Somatriptin or DHE or whatever I need to get through. “Yeah, pretty sure I’m going to stay here. But man proposes and God disposes. Look upon your master with love, will you? Pray he accepts you as a disciple. Hey, and I want disciples too! I want Barry and Michelle Wallace. I want that Indian girl who used to write me from Soho Street, London, and what about Jimmy Thompson? Oh, he and I are just friends. Okay, look up at that sky. It’s not going to happen just now, the end of the world or my own demise. That’s very strange. Chant Hare Krishna, and you’ll be all right. “Hare Krishna. I would like to be fixed in Krishna consciousness. Do what Krishna wants me to do. Get it right, get it straight. All right, I believe in God, the Father Almighty. He has many expansions. These souls are His partial expansions. He Himself, in His original, is Govinda. Don’t think He’s a human. He’s humanlike, but the supreme human. Because Krishna has two hands and a head, some mudhas think He’s an ordinary human being. In Bhagavad-gita He says, ‘Avajananti mam mudhah’—fools think that He is one of them. They don’t know His supreme dominion as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. “Less than two minutes. You wrote an exam with Krishna conscious answers and hope to get a Bhakti-sastri degree. It is required for a sannyasi. I was one of them. I did a thing for Srila Prabhupada, GBC secretary. He said, ‘You are not a good manager, but I keep you on the GBC because you do as I say.’ Please let me keep doing that. “‘Sometimes I come across in your writings your feeling (sometimes) of almost guilt with the life of solitude which you’ve embraced. But your writings, your honesty at all times and your years of experience which you have put on the page are invaluable in the lives of so many. In the dark valley, we need so much help. If I can be so bold as to offer you encouragement in this regard, I do.’—Annette Murphy.”   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: New Leadership Brings Fresh Perspective to New Vrindaban By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 16 Apr 2011 With a new board of professional, dedicated devotees, and a new temple president, one of ISKCON’s biggest rural communities in New Vrindaban, West Virginia looks set for a new start and a full realization of its incredible potential.   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters   1969 April 16: "This is very encouraging news that Mr. Harrison is purchasing 172 acres of land near London and will construct a Radha Krishna temple. If George constructs a temple, it should be unique. I shall give a nice plan of a facsimile of Govindaji's temple. It is very expensive but George has got the money, and he can do it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 16: "Regarding the three couples staying with George Harrison, if there is no contemplation of starting a temple there, simply to take advantage of staying there is no good. Not a single moment should be wasted - that is very important. We shall not act anything which has no connection directly with Krishna Consciousness business." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 16: "We shall lead our World Sankirtana Party and demonstrate the chanting of mantras from Isopanisad, Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Brahma Samhita, that will be our unique position. Chant melodiously with musical instruments, it will be a great charm to the people of the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 16: "From 1954 to 1959, the struggle was very hard, I had no money and alone I was editing and publishing. Now I wish to see Back To Godhead distributed in the American way like Readers Digest, Time, Life, etc., published in millions and distributed all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 April 16: "That you are distributing Krsna Book so nicely is very encouraging. Please sell as many as possible. I want to make a book trust that will manage all publicity and distribution for all my books. One-half of the money should be spent for building our temples, and one-half should be used for reprinting our books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 April 16: "I like garden very much. Just like here in Los Angeles Temple they have made one very nice garden for me and I sit there every evening. I may suggest that you make one roof garden on the Mayapur house. On the top you can put soil six inches and then plant so many tulsi plants and nice bushes." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 April 16: "The more we distribute my books and literature the more we become understood by the people and the more they understand our mission the more they become advanced on the path of liberation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1975 April 16: "Your going away, I did not take very seriously. I am very glad that you have come back. You should remain with your husband. That is your duty. Remain always fixed in devotional service and live peacefully." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1961 April 15: "Spiritual culture is not dogmatic faith. It is based on philosophy, reason and culture and it can be introduced very easily through music, dance and refreshment. It requires only to be organized by combined effort of the intelligent class of men of all nations." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1966 April 15: "Ekadasi. Met Mr. Anderson, Assistant to Governor. He is little sympathetic. He says that I may expect some news from the Asia Society, New York. Yolanda will take me to Ashram tomorrow at 2 P.M. Books delivered to Elise. Two sets of books for sale in charge of Paul. Collection in the meeting -- $4.00 Expenditure Bus fare .60." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1967 April 15: "Regarding my room in the temple, I do not wish to disturb you. I understand you cannot use it exclusively for my Bhagavatam Printing. As you are very much anxious I have advised Srimad B.V. Narayana Maharaja of Mathura (Kesavji Gaudiya Matha) to vacate the room without delay." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 15: "I am enclosing herewith the Preface for Krsna Book. Regarding George's introduction to Krsna Book, as he is not settled up in his conclusion, he wants to change it, either we should wait for his final decision or it may not be added. For the time being I am holding its publication." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 15: "God's killing and God's protection are the same. He is Absolute, but His mercy is shown to the atheist by killing and His mercy is shown to the theist by protecting; so both are seeing God but in different features." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 15: "I am very pleased to hear that Latin America is ready for Krishna Consciousness movement. So if you like I can come and stay there for about one week, is that all right? We can then make arrangements for performing this great task of pioneer preaching on South American continent." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 15: "So far your GBC duties are concerned, everything is going very nicely in your absence, so there is no need for you to come here. I shall be very much satisfied if you go on increasing the beauty and importance of our Back to Godhead magazine. So you should stick there and manage everything as you are already doing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 April 15: "Certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me and that is my satisfaction. N.B. Every one should go with the Sankirtana Party as soon as possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Teaching Vacancies at Sri Mayapur International School By Gunacuda Dasi for ISKCON News on 16 Apr 2011 Sri Mayapur International School has vacancies for the following teachers starting in August, 2011: High School Biology Teacher, English Teacher, Middle School Science Teacher, Primary School Teacher.   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1967 April 14: "Krishna consciousness means to increase the number of persons in Krishna consciousness. Like Y.M.C.A., supply nice Prasadam at cheap rate and give shelter and opportunity to hear Srimad Bhagavatam etc. Make an experiment like this during the Expo World Fair." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 14: "That is a fact, if people actually want peace and tranquility, they must support this movement wholeheartedly. And if we execute our prescribed duties very seriously and sincerely, we will enact a new chapter in the history of the Western world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 14: "Any suitable position in life is good if it is utilized for Krishna's service. You thought that with a wife you will be more enthusiastic, so Krishna has given you a nice wife. Now your first business is to see the center organized very nicely and see the BTG published in French and German languages." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 April 14: "If a personality like you will join this institution, it will be a great asset. I have one invitation to speak at the university in Moscow. If I see you are understanding our philosophy, then I shall be glad to take you with me to Russia for preaching work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 14: "Now a school must be started in English medium and for this Krishna Consciousness education many families will send their children. Actually the Bhaktivinoda Institute was started for this purpose - but they have turned it into an ordinary school." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 14: "At Mayapur we are already on the top of all my godbrothers and that should be maintained. But I have received one complaint so we should avoid any quarrel with my godbrothers. You should go and beg his forgiveness, and bow and touch his feet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 14: "As soon as you send me, jointly signed, a statement of how the money I gave you was spent, along with vouchers, then I can arrange more in future. So do it very nicely, quickly, and sagaciously." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 April 14: "Now among yourselves you are all senior members, please try to rectify this rift. You must push on cooperatively and spare me from management intervention; that will be your success. P.S. I want to organize a women's kirtana party singing the Gitar Gan. Can you help me?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1966 April 13: "Navami. Today I received one letter from the chief assistant of the Governor of New York. In the evening eight ladies and gentlemen attended the meeting. Paul's T.R. is alright. Income -- $1.00." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 April 13: "You should understand first of all the philosophy. Without understanding the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness, if we try to convert Christians into Krishna Consciousness, it will be utter failure." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 April 13: "Before I came from India, I published three volumes of Srimad-Bhagavatam, each of about 400 pages. Since then I have published Bhagavad-gita As It Is by MacMillan and Teachings of Lord Caitanya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 April 13: "You have mentioned about the disagreement amongst our god-brothers, and it is a fact. But so far as I am concerned, I am trying to execute my humble bit, and if somebody disagrees in these activities, what can I do?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1969   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 April 13: "Yes, I acted the part of Advaita Prabhu in one such drama. I organized that theater performance in my youthhood. It was very much appreciated by the highest class of men in Calcutta. We were invited to many places to perform." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 April 13: "I think there is more advantage in Bir Krsna remaining fully engaged in his temple duties than in going back to college. What would be the practical benefit of such degree?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1974 April 13: "After Hyderabad I travel one week in Southern India; then Paris, five days each in Geneva, Rome, Sweden, Germany. Then Australia and back to India by Janmastami. After that England and then the U.S." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1966 April 12: "Astami. Today I have been to New India House. Mr. Mukherji of Passport Department kept my undertaking and passport for necessary action will return on Monday the 18th. Bus fare .30. An address on the Bhagavad-gita, chapter 2, verses 51-55." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1967 April 12: "I apprehended this difficulty when you first informed me and I discouraged the enterprise. But you were both enthusiastic. Now when you have opened, it is not good to close. Try to continue. But don't be agitated. Prosecute Krishna consciousness in peacefulness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 April 12: "Krishna has mentioned only three names in the parampara system, Vivasvan, Manu, and Iksvaku. So these gaps do not hamper from understanding the parampara. We have to pick up from the authority of the Acharya. We have to pick up the prominent Acarya, and follow from him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 April 12: "They wrote a letter to her for cooperation, but she replied that she cannot do anything without permission from Bagh Bazar. I welcome everyone's cooperation. If we cooperate, we can do tremendous service for Lord Caitanya. I am prepared to cooperate in every way, but I wonder if the other side is prepared for this also." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 12: "I understand that George has got a nice chapel in his house and he is anxious to develop his Krishna Consciousness, so it is not necessary that he has to become my formal disciple. He is already more than my disciple. He has sympathy for my movement and I have all blessings for him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 12: "Prasadam distribution is very, very important. Gradually increase the number of guests, and don't deny anyone. Continue in this way: Whatever is there, distribute equally - it may not be very sumptuous, but no one should be denied equal portion." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 April 12: "If one simply follows the four regulative principles and regularly chants Hare Krishna, there will be no question of falling down from devotional service. So far my chastising you, it is simply out of love that I chastise any of my students." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 April 12: "I am very pleased how you are leading Krishna conscious householder life. This ideal that I want to show your countrymen is only possible on the Krishna consciousness platform. You remain steady on this platform and this will be your benefit. Now cooperate together and do something gorgeous. That is my instruction to you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 April 11: "All of them are pseudo-religions. The Bhagavat condemns such pseudo-religion. Except Krsna Consciousness or Bhagavata Dharma, any other system of religion is only pretension." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970   • Email to a friend • •   Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 April 11: "Do not worry about the immigration difficulties. It will all be done by Krishna's grace. Don't worry. Take to the right process and it will be done." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: Original 1972 Edition of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, Available Soon From BBT By Editor for ISKCON News on 16 Apr 2011 Back by popular demand, Jayadvaita Swami and the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International trustees have recently decided to reprint Srila Prabhupada’s original 1972 Macmillan edition of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is.   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Sivarama Swami: Kirtan evening in Debrecen H.H. Sivarama Swami: Kirtan evening in Debrecen Kirtan evening in Debrecen April 16th, 2011 [ 1:00:57 ] H.H. Sivarama Swami: Kirtan evening in Debrecen   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON News.com: 35 Years of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is In Portuguese By Edinete Mello for www.iskconbahia.com.br on 16 Apr 2011 The first edition of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is in Portuguese was published in Brazil, in 1976, by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. It was printed in 20.000 copies.   • Email to a friend • •   Akrura das, Gita Coaching: ISKCON LONDON VISION AND MISSION (Click on the photo to enlarge it.) This is ISKCON London Compass, a visual presentation of ISKCON London's Vision and Mission Statements. And here are these Statements in writing: ISKCON LONDON VISION STATEMENT London flooded with Krsna consciousness. ISKCON LONDON MISSION STATEMENT We spread Krishna conciousness from Central London to the world by: • Joyfully chanting the holy names • Distributing books and prasadam (vegetarian offered food to Lord Krishna with love and devotion), and • Educating people in the techniques of spiritual life - strictly according to the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON).   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Sivarama Swami: Some pictures from Govinda’s in Debrecen   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Sivarama Swami: Ravi Talsania, Falgu Dasgupta and Bh. Smith ask (respectively) about what happens to the soul during a heart transplant H.H. Sivarama Swami: Ravi Talsania, Falgu Dasgupta and Bh. Smith ask (respectively) about what happens to the soul during a heart transplant Ravi Talsania, Falgu Dasgupta and Bh. Smith ask (respectively) about what happens to the soul during a heart transplant April 16th, 2011 Did Krsna freeze time before speaking the Gita and how to overcome habits that get in the way of spiritual advancement. [ 6:10 ] H.H. Sivarama Swami: Ravi Talsania, Falgu Dasgupta and Bh. Smith ask (respectively) about what happens to the soul during a heart transplant   • Email to a friend • •   Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Real mercy in seperation Lord Rāmacandra showed His favor to His brothers by ordering Them to go out. Many of the Lord's devotees residing in Vṛndāvana have taken the vow not to leave Vṛndāvana to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But the Lord says that Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be spread all over the world, in every village and every town. This is the open order of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma A pure devotee, therefore, must execute the order of the Lord and must not gratify his senses by remaining stagnant in one place, falsely proud, thinking that because he does not leave Vṛndāvana but chants in a solitary place he has become a great devotee. A devotee must carry out the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. Every devotee, therefore, should spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness by preaching, asking whomever he meets to accept the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja: [Bg. 18.66] "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." This is the order of the Lord, who speaks as the supreme emperor. Everyone should be induced to accept this order, for this is victory (dig-vijaya). And it is the duty of the soldier, the devotee, to impress upon everyone this philosophy of life.   • Email to a friend • •   Toronto Sankirtan Team, CA: Sankirtana Yuga Among the four yugas — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — the Kali-yuga is the worst, but if the process of varṇāśrama-dharma is introduced, even in this age of Kali, the situation of Satya-yuga can be invoked. The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, is meant for this purpose. kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-sańgaḥ paraḿ vrajet "My dear King, although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom." (Bhāg. 12.3.51) If people take to this sańkīrtana movement of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma, they will certainly be freed from the contamination of Kali-yuga, and the people of this age will be happy, as people were in Satya-yuga, the golden age. Anyone, anywhere, can easily take to this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement; one need only chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, observe the rules and regulations, and stay free from the contamination of sinful life. Even if one is sinful and cannot give up sinful life immediately, if he chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with devotion and faith he will certainly be freed from all sinful activities, and his life will be successful. Paraḿ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-sańkīrtanam. This is the blessing of Lord Rāmacandra, who has appeared in this age of Kali as Lord Gaurasundara. Srimad Bhagvatam 9.10.51   • Email to a friend • •   Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Meet the Judges! The Horton Brasses Hardware Giveaway is ON! To enter, check out this post. To meet our celebrity judges, keep reading… We've got a Situation over here! print   • Email to a friend • •   Dandavats.com: Hare Krishna’s Filmed in the late 1960’s found April 2011 Gregg: This 8MM Reel to Reel I found. I made a movie from this Reel to Reel for your enjoyment. This is the only devotee film or Iskcon film that was found   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, April 15th, 2011 Jour Deu Port-Louis,Mauritius We actually set foot from the Krishna Balaram temple at Bon Accueil quite early. 3:15a.m. was not a discouraging time for Guru Carana Padma, a mom and her two sons, Govinda, 18 and Govardhan, 11. Thierry was the fifth person and we grew from there. Within the hour our number reached thirty-five as volunteers, many of whom had blistered feet from yesterday, latched on along the way. I tell you frankly though, I had never heard so many dogs raise such a fuss. Not one of them joined our battalion as on the previous day when one mutt took to our pilgrim group for kilometre after kilometre. The public was aware of our walking as it was broadcasted last night on MBC TV. I’m sure it was no plot other than Mother Nature’s but a tree had fallen and blockaded the road to part ours. We managed around it in a shaded area of argan trees lined along the way. They protected us from rain more than from the sun. It was as much ecstasy. We conducted a march to the beat of our drum and the sound of Guru-astakam (Prayers to the Guru) singing in unison like the British troop whistling in The Bridge Over the River Kurai. They generously insisted to be its captain or general. Gradually nature and some fields went behind us as city madness engulfed me. Hustle bustle diesel realities changed the atmosphere. Pedestrians started peeking out and moving to their destination. Tell them “comment sa va?” (How are you? In French) said one helpful devotee as a greeting. In Mauritius it’s Creole that they understand. The island had been occupied by various forms of militant take-over. First there were the Portuguese, then the Dutch (we passed by an old Dutch fort yesterday), then came the French and then a sweeping attack of the British. Our finish point was at the touristy ocean harbour of Port-Louis. After a non-stop 24KM trek we stopped to a spontaneous indulgence in a circle leg massage, one for men and one for women. We were done but we had fun with a final kirtan until the evening spun in and over two hundred chanters walked a 3KM kirtan procession in the dark once again, this time in Camp de Masque Pave. The planned program culminated at a kali temple where the goddess saw an additional three hundred people clap and sing to “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.” 27 KM   • Email to a friend • •   H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, April 14th, 2011 The Name of the Road Phoenix, Mauritius “What is the name of the road we walked on?” I asked. “It doesn’t have a name (officially). Most people just call it the coastal road or the royal road,” answered Thierry and Sukadev, our driver back to Bon Accueil. We had just completed a trekking success story. At least for me, I never expected seventy three people to show up at 4 a.m. for what might be perceived as a whimsical trek. After all we are not raising any money here. Awareness, yes. Since last night’s talk and kirtan people wanted to be part of the action. I found it rather astounding that such a small island with few residents would have a decent size turn out. We rendezvoused at Bel Air roundabout and began walking in the dark when scarce was there a vehicle passing by in this narrow two lane road crunched by sugarcane plants on either side except at village sites. When headlights would shine to one side of us it revealed a mass of silhouetted people in robes scanning across slightly wind-tossed twelve foot plants. It appeared rather mystical. That’s what we were a mystical army. No police escorted us. In Mauritius, it is a to do-it-yourself safety program. There were plenty of women and children among us and a mere torch (flashlight) bobbed up and down warning oncoming traffic that we are here. Practically our walking group chanted japa (meditation on beads) all the way. Only at 8 a.m. when the sun’s presence shone did we sing aloud our songs to Guru and to Krsna. Drums and karatals (cymbals) set the beat and tempo for a urging march. All the while Sukadev so expertly tended to walkers who needed picking up from fatigue. Everyone proved to be troupers of a glorious kind. I heard not a single complaint. They were all smiles. And smiles popped up under the lights of the temple in Phoenix in the evening as well. Temple leader, Haridev introduced me to yet another community on the island. There, with the day’s closing, I spoke about the merits of a more simple track to take in life and a less dependency on technology. “Use those legs. Give a car a break. Walk and chant. They go so well together.” Such was my message. There was pin-drop silence as the talk went on except for a baby who seemed to make a vocal fuss every time I needed a sound on cue. What a great day in Mauritius! 25 KM   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji - The Prayers of Queen Kunti - Part 3 The Prayers of Queen Kunti Part 3 - Seeing Krsna's mercy in our life. (...ye bhajanti tu mam bhaktya mayi te tesu capy aham) 19.9MB Posted by Bhakti Sara Dasa at 16/4/11; 6:21:22 PM to the Daily Class dept Seminar - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji The Prayers of Queen Kunti Part 3 - Seeing Krsna's mercy in our life. (...ye bhajanti tu mam bhaktya mayi te tesu capy aham)   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Seminar - Narayani Mataji - The Prayers of Queen Kunti - Part 2 The Prayers of Queen Kunti Part 2 - Seeing how Krsna protects us. ((...bhavato darsanam yat syad apunar bhava-darsanam)) 17.9MB Posted by Bhakti Sara Dasa at 16/4/11; 6:05:35 PM to the Daily Class dept Seminar - Narayani Mataji ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Narayani Mataji The Prayers of Queen Kunti Part 2 - Seeing how Krsna protects us. (...bhavato darsanam yat syad apunar bhava-darsanam)   • Email to a friend • •   Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: As The Mountaintops Fall, A Coal Town Vanishes Click here to read the full article from the New York Times LINDYTOWN, W.Va. This Land Dan Barry takes readers behind news articles and into obscure and well-known corners of the United States. Dan Barry's Columnist Page » Multimedia Slide Show A Coal Town Vanishes Enlarge This Image Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times Ms. Richmond, 85, is one of the last residents of Lindytown. More Photos » Readers' Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. Read All Comments (163) » To reach a lost American place, here just a moment ago, follow a thin country road as it unspools across an Appalachian valley’s grimy floor, past a coal operation or two, a church or two, a village called Twilight. Beware of the truck traffic. Watch out for that car-chasing dog. After passing an abandoned union hall with its front door agape, look to the right for a solitary house, tidy, yellow and tucked into the stillness. This is nearly all that remains of a West Virginia community called Lindytown. In the small living room, five generations of family portraits gaze upon Quinnie Richmond, 85, who has trouble summoning the memories, and her son, Roger, 62, who cannot forget them: the many children all about, enough to fill Mr. Cook’s school bus every morning; the Sunday services at the simple church; the white laundry strung on clotheslines; the echoing clatter of evening horseshoes; the sense of home. But the coal that helped to create Lindytown also destroyed it. Here was the church; here was its steeple; now it’s all gone, along with its people. Gone, too, are the surrounding mountaintops. To mine the soft rock that we burn to help power our light bulbs, our laptops, our way of life, heavy equipment has stripped away the trees, the soil, the rock — what coal companies call the “overburden.” Now, the faint, mechanical beeps and grinds from above are all that disturb the Lindytown quiet, save for the occasional, seam-splintering blast. A couple of years ago, a subsidiary of Massey Energy, which owns a sprawling mine operation behind and above the Richmond home, bought up Lindytown. Many of its residents signed Massey-proffered documents in which they also agreed not to sue, testify against, seek inspection of or “make adverse comment” about coal-mining operations in the vicinity. You might say that both parties were motivated. Massey preferred not to have people living so close to its mountaintop mining operations. And the residents, some with area roots deep into the 19th century, preferred not to live amid a dusty industrial operation that was altering the natural world about them. So the Greens sold, as did the Cooks, and the Workmans, and the Webbs ... But Quinnie Richmond’s husband, Lawrence — who died a few months ago, at 85 — feared that leaving the home they built in 1947 might upset his wife, who has Alzheimer’s. He and his son Roger, a retired coal miner who lives next door, chose instead to sign easements granting the coal company certain rights over their properties. In exchange for also agreeing not to make adverse comment, the two Richmond households received $25,000 each, Roger Richmond recalls. “Hush money,” he says, half-smiling. As Mr. Richmond speaks, the mining on the mountain behind him continues to transform, if not erase, the woodsy stretches he explored in boyhood. It has also exposed a massive rock that almost seems to be teetering above the Richmond home. Some days, an anxious Mrs. Richmond will check on the rock from her small kitchen window, step away, then come back to check again. And again. A Dictator of Destiny Here in Boone County, coal rules. The rich seams of bituminous black have dictated the region’s destiny for many generations: through the advent of railroads; the company-controlled coal camps; the bloody mine wars; the increased use of mechanization and surface mining, including mountaintop removal; the related decrease in jobs. The county has the largest surface-mining project (the Massey operation) in the state and the largest number of coal-company employees (more than 3,600). Every year it receives several million dollars in tax severance payments from the coal industry, and every June it plays host to the West Virginia Coal Festival, with fireworks, a beauty pageant, a memorial service for dead miners, and displays of the latest mining equipment. Without coal, says Larry V. Lodato, the director of the county’s Community and Economic Development Corporation, “You might as well turn out the lights and leave.”   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Jagannatha Ram Prabhu ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Jagannatha Ram Prabhu - Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51 Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51 - Glories of Kali-yuga. 17.0MB Posted by Jayendra at 16/4/11; 5:57:46 PM to the Daily Class dept. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Jagannatha Ram Prabhu Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51 - Glories of Kali-yuga.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu - Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.48 Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.48 - Preaching is the essence. 13.1MB Posted by Jayendra at 16/4/11; 5:53:02 PM to the Daily Class dept ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara Prabhu - Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.48 Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.48 - Preaching is the essence.   • Email to a friend • •   ISKCON Toronto, Canada: A Wonderfully Positive Review of Our Temple from the Blog World! Our community is more than accustomed to our larger-than-life festivals that bring so much colour and excitement. Whether a dramatic Gaura Purnima festival or celebrating New Year's in style - you can always expect an enlivening experience. However, we rarely get a chance to hear from those who arrive at one of our grand festivals for the FIRST time. Below is an excerpt of a blog post written by someone who came for our Holi/Gaura Purnima festivities for the first time: Unlike other Hindu festivals we’ve been to recently in Toronto, the Hare Krishna’s festival was more a group affair than a place for individual acts of worship. The congregation of at least two hundred sang, clapped and danced together. They were livelier and noisier. To read the rest of this blog post by Ruth Lor Malloy, please click here. Image©Ruth Lor Malloy 2011   • Email to a friend • •   Japa Group: Surrender With Faith Hare Krsna dear devotees, it's always nice when we have tools that motivate us in our spritual life and that make us more willing to serve, chant and dedicate our time to the Lord. So many things happen in this world and day by day we can realize we are nothing without the Lord and His holy names. When we face difficulties, hard times and hardships in our lives it's actually the Lord's mercy so we can get advanced and surrender to Him more - we develop strong faith and we become more in love with our goals....eternal love to Krsna. Below is a beautiful prayer Srila Prabhupada made that serve to boost our enthusiasm. I have no devotion, nor do I have any knowledge, but I have strong faith in the holy name of Krishna. I have been designated as Bhaktivedanta, and now, if you like, you can fulfill the real purport of Bhaktivedanta. Signed - the most unfortunate, insignificant beggar A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami your servant, Aruna devi   • Email to a friend • • Gouranga TV: Bhajan – 24hr Kirtan Bhajan – 24hr Kirtan   • Email to a friend • • More Recent Articles H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Saturday 16 April 2011--For a Devotee More Sadness Means More Bliss--and--How to Do Perfect Japa? ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana Bhakta Chuck, CT, USA: Friday Night Oxen #52 16 Rounds to Samadhi Magazine, LA, USA: Bombarack- Learning from Forced Situations? 16 Rounds to Samadhi Magazine, LA, USA: Why is There Suffering in the World?

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