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JTC Prabhu sent this to me: Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as the California’s third language. Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops & livestock. Baby conceived naturally…. Scientists stumped. Authentic year 2000 “chad”…

Bala Gopala on his new asana and table.

By Deena Bandhu dasa: “At the end of his lecture Prabhupada said, ‘So if you will just follow these four regulative principles and chant sixteen rounds then you will go back to home, back to Godhead. I guarantee it.’ He paused and looked around at all of us. Then he said again, ‘I guarantee it.’”

trinad api sunichena taror api sahishnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to…

By Tribhuvanatha dasa: “On morning walks, Prabhupada would constantly point out different things. Once he saw some bird droppings and asked, ‘What does this mean?’ “Everyone was looking at the bird droppings and thinking, ‘Maybe Prabhupada reads tea leaf formations and sees it esoterically.’ Everyone was bewildered. “Prabhupada said, ‘This tells you that the same…

We’ve been very fortunate to have a new personality appear in our family: varaM deva mokSaM na mokSAvadhiM vA na canyaM vRNe ’haM vareSAd apIha idaM te vapur nAtha gopAla-bAlaM sadA me manasy AvirAstAM kim anyaiH 0 Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for…

By Yogesvara dasa: “I said to Srila Prabhupada, ‘I must have fallen in maya.’ “Srila Prabhupada said, ‘You’re always in maya, but sometimes you fall into Krishna.’”

For Portland monks, life and chores are all for Krishna By LEILA NAVIDI Issue date: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 The Tribune Columbia Sportswear jackets and hoodies cover their saffron robes. Knit caps cover the trademark shikha haircut as they roam the streets on a wet Portland afternoon. Hare Krishna devotees (from left) Nityanandaram, Bhakta Joe…

1. To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world. 2. To propagate a consciousness of Krsna as it is revealed in Bhagavad-gita and…

(1) One should become a perfect gentleman and learn to give proper respect to others. (2) One should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame. (3) One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, by the thoughts of his mind, or by his…