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KLANG - Kalidascharan prabhu and his family have always been serving ISKCON Malaysia so wonderfully. On January 29, Sunday (midnight UK time, 7pm New York time on January 28), Wikipedia features on its front page under the "On this day" section the 45th anniversary of the Mantra-Rock Dance event in San Francisco. |
Purushatraya Swami – Chaitanya Charitamrita – ISKCON Lisboa – 6-12-2011
The library catalog of the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) in Kolkata, India—which opened in June 2009 and aims to be an easily accessible resource of all Gaudiya Vaishnava literature—has expanded from 3,500 titles in October 2010 to an amazing 15,000 works today. |
Renowned masters from various Yoga schools—including ISKCON’s Yadunandana Swami and Radhanath Swami—met for an international Yoga conference this past December 4th and 5th at the headquarters of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation in Bangalore, India to agree on a date for a special World Yoga Day. |
At the recent 2012 North American Governing Body and Temple President meetings in Dallas, Texas on January 13th, Book Distribution Minister Vaisesika Dasa had some exciting news for the more than sixty leaders from across the US and Canada in attendance. |
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Autobiography The autobiography is a work-in-progress. I have written my pre-Krishna conscious life and my career in ISKCON, and I continue to do so. Now I am writing about the books I have written over the thirty-five years. Because the writing is so important to me it is a crucial part of my life-story.… Continue reading â�� | ||
The Bhagavad-gita (2.29) indicates that wise people, on coming to know about the soul, look upon it as amazing. Their amazement is largely due to recognizing that much of what they were searching at the level of the body was always their own at the level of the soul.
They wanted to look beautiful at the level of the body – a desire that was sabotaged for many people by the looks they are born with and was sabotaged for everyone by the passage of time and the setting in of age. Yet all along as souls, they had always been beautiful.
They wanted to attract the love of others at the level of the body – a desire that was sabotaged by the rejection of some, the neglect of others and the departure of the few who fulfilled that desire temporarily. Yet all along as souls, they had always attracted the love of the most loving and lovable person, Krishna.
Their amazement is because they understand that they themselves had sabotaged their longing for beauty and love by looking for it in the wrong place: in the body instead of the soul.
When they understand that they are souls, not bodies, they are charmed by the simplicity and the profundity of life’s amazing secret: the path to happiness is not acquisition, but realization.
Hare Krishna
It has been decided to cancel this weeks Sunday Feast program (29th January 2012) due to flooding and expected bad weather.
The Sunday Feast program will resume 5th February 2012 unless otherwise notified.
Thank you
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So began the end of a devotee's first encounter with the Supreme Original Person. Just think: to have come so far; yet to be left in this way, though the exit was certainly the perfection of politeness.
What about your own milestone events in your spiritual quest, when you felt, perceived, Krishna mercifully, astonishingly peering into your little life?
Amidst a thunderous or sweet kirtan, did your soul suddenly ignite? Or perhaps while chanting japa, for a few moments you actually heard the Holy Name resounding in your inner depths? Maybe the Deities in the temple, unexpectedly parting the clouds of illusion that surround our head like a halo, granted us an unforgettable darshan-experience.
Sometimes the words in Prabhupada's books stun us to the core with their reality and relevatory clarity. At the very least, every devotee has drowned in the miracle of prasada, when the food offered to Krishna steals your tongue, belly, and then devastates your entire consciousness.
Yes, bhakti mysticism is out of this world, both in origin and consequence. We've all had our defining moments—big or small. That's part of the reason why we push on, pursuing Krishna through devotional service by pursuing His devotees.
"As soon as I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead with my mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna appeared on the lotus of my heart.
"O Vyasadeva, at that time, being exceedingly overpowered by feelings of happiness, every part of my body became separately enlivened. Being absorbed in an ocean of ecstasy, I could not see both myself and the Lord.
"The transcendental form of the Lord, as it is, satisfies the mind's desire and at once erases all mental incongruities. Upon losing that form, I suddenly got up, being perturbed, as is usual when one loses that which is desirable.
"I desired to see again that transcendental form of the Lord, but despite my attempts to concentrate upon the heart with eagerness to view the form again, I could not see Him any more, and thus dissatisfied, I was very much aggrieved.
"Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with gravity and pleasing words, just to mitigate my grief.
"O Narada [the Lord spoke], I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me anymore. Those who are incomplete in service and who are not completely free from all material taints can hardly see Me."
(S. bhag. 1.6.16-21)
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4
Jaḍa Bharata himself, who indeed had a fear of the material energy. This fear of the material energy, is described in the Bhagavad Gita,
‘sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trāyate mahato bhayāt’ (Bg2.40)
It is described as the greatest type of fear, and the greatest danger – to basically fall back down into the material world. There maybe so many dangers considered, but this is the one danger – that a devotee must be really alert of. Sometime ago I was contemplating on the world, and so many times I have been in traffic…..and suddenly an ambulance appeared with flashing lights….and all the cars sort of squeeze to the side as the ambulance flies by. Because it is a matter of life and death! A matter of life and death – that’s like a crucial point. The crucial point in this world (in the view of the materialist) is the matter of life and death. But the truth of the matter is that it’s not at all the crucial point.
To Srila Prabhupada, death means that you are going to sleep for seven months, and then you wake up again….in the long term to resume your activity. Or Prabhupada would say to Dr Durckheim in Germany:
“The body is just made of dead matter. It was never alive in the first place! Where is the question of death? It is the soul that is alive…the soul that cannot be destroyed.
‘nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi’ (Bg2.23)
And it is the soul that moves that dead matter around in some way and it makes it act as though it was alive. But it is as dead as can be, all along.”
It’s a fact, that actually fear of death (and at the matter of life and death) is the essential crux of life, then it gets really serious – well that is not serious at all! But falling back down into the material energy, is when it gets very serious! Because then it is a matter of unlimited birth in the material world!
I can almost thank my lucky stars, that I’ve never been much of a soda drinker, in fact, I haven’t consumed any in years. First, I find them way too sickeningly sweet, for the regular types. I also never cared for the diet type as I just didn’t care for the taste, and in consideration that there are now warnings about the health hazards of the added artificial sweetener, aspartame, I would think anyone would steer clear of diet drinks in general.
Now I’ve come across information, of yet another dangerous additive that is found in the citrus flavored type sodas or drinks, such as Mountain Dew, Fresca, Fanta, and is even found in the power drinks, such as the familiar Gatorade, and that is the additive of Brominated Vegetable Oil or BVO. The real kicker in all this is that BVO has actually been banned in over 100 countries, and even the FDA considers this additive as unsafe, yet, so far, no measures have been taken to ban it’s usage here in this country.
Brominated Vegetable Oil, has as it’s composition the element of bromine in which, believe it or not, the vapors of bromine are considered both corrosive and toxic…in other words can outrightly be considered a poisonous chemical. The chemical bromine is used for a number of products, from one of the chemicals that treat surfaces for light-sensitive photographic printing papers, as an additive for gasoline, to agricultural fumigants. At one time, bromine was even used to make sedatives, but then the FDA banned its usage around 1975, as it was found to trigger a whole host of psychiatric disorders.
Just why is BVO used in certain drinks? Supposedly, the reason Brominated Vegetable Oil used in citrus type drinks, is to stabilize the citrus oils to prevent them from separating, giving them a more unified appearance. One can always tell that Brominated Vegetable Oil has been added even if one doesn’t read the ingredient label, as such drinks will have a rather murky, cloudy look to them, rather than clear. And believe it or not, many drinks containing BVO, do not include it on their labels!
Now of course, the FDA claims that BVO is used in acceptable levels that would do no harm, however, it has been proven that BVO, when consumed is stored in a person’s fat cells, thus over time can accumulate. With time, if the average person consumes enough of these beverages that contain BVO, you can just bet, its toxic side effects will start to show up. And what are the side effects? Do you really want to know? Yes, they are that bad.
I’ve taken the liberty to include the list of the effects of BVO are from the Natural Thyroid Choices Website This websites primarily discusses about the soda Mountain Dew, but it can pertain to any of the drinks that contain BVO in them.
Abdominal cramps
Anxiety
Anorexia
Blurred vision
Coma
Constricted pupils
Convulsions
Cyanosis (skin blueness)
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Heart beat malfunction
Headache
Weakness
Tremors of the tongue and eyelids
Muscular cramps
Nausea
Respiritory difficulty
Salivation
Slow pulse
Sweating
Tearing
Vomiting (1)
Other possible side effects I found listed in other sources also includes birth defects, growth problems, memory loss and fatigue (2) & (3)
It actual makes me shudder to think that people are consuming beverages that contain such an additive with so many dangerous side affects. Think for instance, how many people, including children, will drink Gatorade, especially after strenuous physical or sports activity and are under the impression that this is a “wonder” drink to rehydrate and replenish one’s body of vitally needed fluids, instead what they are getting is a dose of a toxic chemical.
Thankfully, I just never cared for the taste of Mountain Dew, and only once tried Gatorade and completely hated the taste. I’d much rather drink pure juices or even just plain water. I’m hoping that enough people will put pressure on the FDA to completely ban the use of BVO in any beverage, just as it’s been banned in over 100 countries. Isn’t our health worth it?
Information About Brominated Vegetable Oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine
by ananda (noreply@blogger.com) at January 27, 2012 05:24 PM
From: panca pandava das:
what is your opinion about Aliens, are they really existed or just a movie fake?
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Toronto's Hare Krishna community will be celebrating the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda on Sunday, February 5th, 2012! A warm invitation goes out to you and your family to join us as we celebrate this wonderful festival.by Mahasundari Madhavi dasi (noreply@blogger.com) at January 27, 2012 12:35 PM
BY JANANANDA GOSVAMI
PHOTOS BY HARI VENGAT RAO

I feel so sad that I was unable to post the following - I wrote it on the 20th but could not get online for 3 days. I will miss Kalidascharan so much - we spent lots of time together. Please send my best wishes and condolensces to his family.
Please pass on
Dear Kalidascharan prabhu
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I have just heard you are in serious health condition again. Really speaking we are always in danger. Sometimes we realize it sometimes not. For sure you have had warning for quite some time now and I know you are seriously
preparing. I am confident that despite the fact we are sad to hear of your condition, at the the same time confident of your future. I will never forget the countless times we went together preaching in the Klang district, and the programmes in the little Krishna Temple in Port Klang.
I am sure the innumerable fruits of your years of selfless service will secure your path back to Godhead. I am praying for your welfare and especially that you remember Krsna at this difficult time. Thanking you and your family for your very kind association
Hare Krishna
I hope this finds you well.
Your servant
Janananda Gosvami
The holy name of Shri Krishna emits nectarean rays which cause the white lily (kumudini) of supreme fortune to bloom. As the moon, by its rays, causes the white lilies to blossom and become very fragrant, the holy name, by the transmission of its potency, causes all kinds of good fortune to arise for the jivas. The following verse from the Skanda Purana has been cited as evidence of this in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 11.234):
madhura-madhuram-etan mangalam mangalanam
sakala-nigamavalli-satphalam citsvarupam
sakridapi parigitam shraddhaya helaya va
bhriguvara nara-matram tarayet krishna-nama

"Of all that is auspicious, the holy name of Shri Krishna stands supreme. Of all that is sweet, the holy name is sweeter still. It is the eternal, fully-spiritual fruit of the wish-fulfilling tree of the entire Vedas. O best of the Bhrigus! If anyone even once chants the holy name of Lord Krishna, either with faith or indifferently-but free from any offense-the holy name immediately delivers him from the ocean of material existence."
Trivikrama Swami – Kirtan – 6.01.2012 Warszawa
The 320 page book by Director of Food for Life Global, Paul Rodney Turner (Priyavrata das) is the result of many years of research and crafting while teaching the art and science of food yoga around the world at vegetarian conferences. |
Companion planting is the ancient technique of planting different crops in close proximity that can provide benefits to each other. In a garden, parsley excels at repelling harmful insects and attracting beneficial ones. |
Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by them as "extremist literature". |
On the 24th of January, the US-based Odyssey Networks` second town hall meeting brought together multi-religious scholars and leaders in the world of faith media for a dynamic two hour event in New York, which was also followed by many in the US and other countries through live-streaming. |
Last night was the mens opportunity to cook the Sayana Bhoga offering for Radha-Madhava, Nrsimhadeva, and Panca-tattva.
Click to view slideshow.From: SNS.Ravindranath:
is association of devotees relates to mind or personal association is required?
How can a person who is not in access with devotees can cope with this situation
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From: n surya prakash:
How to convince people that meat eating is not meant for human beings & it will drag us down to lower forms of life ?
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From: Hari B Kurup:
Why emphasize on chanting N rounds of 108 beads? Will a person who chants less rounds (or takes his name only once per day, kindly refer to story in link below) become less favourite to God?
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From: Raghottama Dasa
Why "Sri Bhagavan uvaca" in Bhagavad Gita is translated as "The BLESSED Lord said"
Who is Blessed?
Please help me to understand this prabhu.
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From: Krishnakumar:
kindly enlighten whether there is any source as to :
" which is the oldest religion in the world"!
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The Bhagavad-gita (15.15) states that Krishna personally resides in the hearts of all living beings. This revelation of Krishna’s immanence comes at the end of a series of verses (15.12-14) that demonstrate his love for all of us. By giving examples that range from the external cosmological realm to the internal physiological realm, these verses indicate that Krishna, out of love for us, maintains the entire material realm to facilitate our existence. Krishna’s love for us is so great that he is not satisfied just by arranging for our material existence; he also arranges for our spiritual welfare by making himself available to us in our own hearts - not so much as a witness or a judge as a friend and a mentor.
When life hands out difficulties to us, the Vedic philosophical vision can help us make sense of those difficulties: we are, after all, suffering the just results of our own past misdeeds. But the Gita’s devotional vision goes further to give us solace and strength: “Krishna is not just somewhere out there, impassively watching us get our due. No, he is right here with us in our own hearts, actively and lovingly helping us to tolerate and transcend our due suffering, and to grow and go toward the spiritual realm that is beyond all suffering.”
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“11:15 A.M. “We just finished reading the pastime of Varuna arresting Nanda Maharaja. After going to the palace of Varuna to find His father, Krishna showed the residents of Vrndavana their spiritual destinations by reflecting the spiritual world in the smooth surface of the water.… Continue reading â�� | ||
Eye opening documentary offers free screening to spread awareness of the real food movementGiriraj Swami arranged for Nanda Kumar Prabhu to speak on his service to Srila Prabhupada as his cook and personal servant.
Some highlights: Landing in Cairo and Giriraj Swami and other devotees doing harinam to the soldiers guarding the plane. Preaching in India. Last days with Srila Prabhupada. Plus many other jewels.
Dallas, TX
2010-05-27
by Rupa Schomaker (rupa@rupa.com) at January 26, 2012 10:22 PM
For many of the delightful members of our Toronto Hare Krishna community, a drive or stroll down Roxoborough Street is a regular occurrence.
When coming to the temple from the east, it is normal to turn on to Roxborough from Yonge Street. This would often translate to some white knuckles on the steering wheel when making that left turn - yikes! Of course, for pedestrians walking to nearby Rosedale station, crossing the street to the east side of Yonge would be a nightmare.by Keshav (noreply@blogger.com) at January 26, 2012 10:21 PM
By Urmila Devi Dasi A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established ISKCON when it consisted of one rented storefront in New York City. He wrote purposes for his new society—to teach spiritual knowledge, consciousness of our existence as a soul part of the Supreme Godhead Krishna, and a simpler natural way of life
We had an intense month with four retreats in Pandavas Paradise. We started with the New Year yoga retreat on the 26th of December and ended with a January yoga retreat on the 22nd of January. In between we had two bhakti retreats.

Our New Year Yoga Retreat was a huge hit: fully booked and a great group of people. We had six days with lots of yoga (Iyengar style), beautiful weather, walks, swimming in the waterfalls and, of course, japa, kirtan and lecutres on Krishna consciousness every day.

A few days later we had another fully booked retreat, our Pandavas Retreat and Festival, celebrating 6 years of retreats. This bhakti retreat is focused on sadhu-sanga. This year we were again blesssed with the presence of the charismatic Chandramukha Swami (HDG), one of the three Brazilian gurus in ISKCON.

The main event of the retreat was the Festival, where we invite residents from the local town to participate. Hours of kirtan, lecture, more kirtan and prasadam! They love it.

Every January we program two bhakti retreats back to back, allowing people to come for a full 9 days of immersion in Krishna consciousness. The second bhakti retreat was a Bhakti-shastri retreat, with some 4-5 hours a day of lectures on the Bhagavad-gita, Sri Isopanisad, Nectar of Instruction and Nectar of Devotion. Of course, also lots of japa, aratiks, kirtan and prasada! One lady who attended this year had previously had no contact at all with Krishna consciousness and is now, after the retreat, chanting sixteen rounds, studying Prabhupada’s Gita and totally enthused.

After only a few days of rest we had our January Yoga Retreat (Ashtanga Yoga style). This group bonded very quickly, despite their very different backgrounds. Many of them reported having felt a deep awakening and a desire to get serious about their spiritual life.
We had some beautiful summer days where they got to enjoy the unique experience of walking in our private nature reserve of over 1000 acres and swimming in our exclusive waterfalls, born from springs within the property.
The diversity of the people who are attracted to our retreats is amazing. In just these four retreats we had: a zen buddhist computer analyst, an eye-brow designer (yes, there is such a carreer!), a whale researcher, a physics professor, an aspiring public prosecutor, an actress, a mathematician who works in artificial intelligence, a samba/soul singer, as well as doctors, government workers, a personal trainer, and a devotee fireman, with ages of the guests ranging between 21 and 72, not including the children who came along.
A nice devotee couple from Salvador, Krishna Yoga and Purushottama, came to help us with these four retreats, since Charana Renu was “too pregnant” to cook. The guests especially loved the typical Bahia food she prepared (as did we!).
Here are links to the photo albums for these retreats:
New Year Yoga Retreat, click here;
Pandavas Festival Retreat, click here;
Bhakti-shastri Retreat, click here;
January Yoga Retreat, click here.
by Rasa Rasika (noreply@blogger.com) at January 26, 2012 07:41 PM
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Ujjain has moved one step forward in using modern information technology as well as natural energy sources for the benefit of pilgrims. |
One of our monks recently made a transition back into the ‘real world’. He recently went for an interview. It was his big break. Frustrated, he came back and complained “in this world it’s not about what you know, it’s about who you know.” |
This temple is coming up on a piece of land that was earmarked for a mechanized slaughter house, but the government had to back track due to the perseverant opposition from the local leaders and citizens. |
The North America Temple Presidents meeting was held in Dallas, TX on the weekend of Jan. 13 to 15 this year.
(New Vrindaban Temple President Jaya Krishna das and New Vrindaban GBC member Tamohara das)
An overall very positive and uplifting mood prevailed last weekend at the North America Temple Presidents’ meeting in Dallas. There were more than fifty leaders from Canada and the U. S. present. Some of the young Dallas school children opened the weekend with kirtan and prayers.
(On the left, New Vrindaban GBC Malati dd)
The seminars then began with Srila Prabhupada disciples relating some instructions that Prabhupada had personally given them regarding management and preaching. One devotee said that Prabhupada told him “a temple president is blessed to be given the honor to serve the devotees. On the other hand, if anything goes wrong in his/her temple, then it is the president’s fault!”
One reason for the positive spirit at the meetings is that the Youth Fund settlement case that had been hanging over all of ISKCON for many years has come to a close. Devotees can now move on in a big way to fulfill their goals for preaching and serving. As a matter of fact, the movement is gearing up for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary in 2016.
Many “bhakti vriksha” groups have been established throughout the country. These are outreach programs organized in people’s homes so that small groups can come together and learn about and discuss topics about Krishna as well as chant together. New Vrindavan’s traveling preacher, Yugal Kisora Prabhu has organized fourteen such bhakti vriksha groups throughout many states.
Some new officers in our movement have been appointed, such as the child protection officer who is Lilasuka dasi from Alachua, FL, and the Divisional Director of Accounting and Regulatory Compliance officer, who is New Vrindavan’s Kuladri das. The new North American Communications Director is Kesava Prabhu, a very fired-up devotee from Toronto, where the average age of the congregation members has interestingly changed over the last few years from 50 years old to 25 years old.
There are many college outreach programs running successfully in Gainesville, Toronto and L.A. to name a few. It was brought up that such youth-oriented activities are important for creating the future leaders of our movement.
The distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books is increasing all over the country.
The care of devotees is very important and there were discussions about the most effective ways to do this.
A highlight of the weekend was a drama headed by Bhaktimarga Swami about Jagannatha Lila. Maharaja had 3 new actors in his small troup and they did a fantastic job.
The weekend closed with a short memorial for Yamuna Dasi, who continues to inspire us to carry on our service to Srila Prabhupada in a sincere way.
By Rayaramananda DasDevotee serving at Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra (SSKBK) in South Karnataka, the rural base for the ISKCON Daiva Varmasrama Ministry (IDVM) conducted the long awaited opening at their new goshala today, January 24, 2012, naming it SAHYADRI SURABHI GOSHALA
Image taken from a post on Living Next Door to Alice. (Find John Prine lyrics there.)
” Because Krsna’s feet is compared as lotus — “lotus feet,” we say — so where there is lotus, there is hamsa, swan. Swan, you’ll find. That is the difference between the crows and the swan. Crows gather in a place, filthy place, where all rotten things are kept. The crows come there. Where all rotten things are there, all the crows will come. But when there is lotus, the crows will not go there; the hamsa, swan, they’ll go there.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.18 — Mayapur, February 25, 1976
BY GOLOKA CANDRA DASA
PHOTOS BY DEENA DHAYAL, VINODH PILLAI

KUALA LUMPUR - From the early eighties, when he became a practising devotee and started distributing Srila Prabhupada's books, until his health failed him recently, Kalidascaran prabhu was an indefatigable preacher of Krishna consciousness.
In fact, he is one of the unsung pioneer devotees who was already preaching Lord Caitanya's mission in the Klang Valley even before ISKCON Malaysia was formally registered and a centre opened up in Kuala Lumpur.
All those of us who were fortunate to have had his association were invariably touched by his humility and staunchness of faith. He was genuinely concerned about the well-being of everybody. Which made him a good and caring leader in ISKCON. He served as the branch chairman of ISKCON Klang for some years, but more than that, he was like a father figure to all the younger devotees.
His loyalty to ISKCON surpassed some crises caused by splinter groups.Once when called upon to make his offering in a Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja program held in the presence of his guru, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, he narrated that he had a vision of the founder-acharya appearing in his dream and instructing him not to ever
leave ISKCON.
Despite being bogged down by kidney failure and poor health in recent years, he continued to preach vigorously and serve the ISKCON Klang yatra. Poor health could not stop him from travelling to attend Krishna-conscious festivals elsewhere too. Just earlier this month, he went to Melaka to participate in their New Year Ratha Yatra festival. That was to be his last Ratha Yatra.
When his health finally broke down terminally after suffering a stroke last week, he calmly prepared himself to face death. For three days he fasted, chanted the Hare Krishna mahamantra and immersed himself in
hearing the Holy Names of the Lord.
The day before he quit his body, he gave his last instructions in full consciousness to his good wife, son and daughter, who are all initiated devotees performing regular service in ISKCON Klang.
He also requested that his body be cremated on a wooden pyre, his ashes sprinkled in the Ganga at Sridham Mayapur and a cow donated in his memory in Vrndavana.
On Sunday 22JAN2012 evening, Kalidascaran prabhu quit his body while surrounded by his family members and devotees chanting the Holy Names of the Lord and clutching his beloved Lord Giriraja sila tightly to his chest.
Lord Krishna promised in the Bhagavad-gita 8.5 that "whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt."
By all indications, Kalidascaran prabhu seems to have passed the final test of life with flying colours. May the Blessed Lord guide him back home, back to Godhead.
Kalidascaran prabhu Ki Jai! He has set a glorious example to inspire all of us.
Note: You are invited to attend a Smriti Sabha ceremony for Kalidascaran prabhu on Sunday 29JAN2012 starting at 10am at Sri Jagannatha Mandir in Kuala Lumpur.
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Bhajan – Nitai das – Toronto Ashtaprahar 24hr Kirtan
The world is in search of an economic system that works for the people and the Planet. And this search has been going on for the last one hundred years without much success. We may like it or not, but our time and options are running out. Our present economic paradigms are leading us fast on the path of self-annihilation. |
If ISKCON were still to be defined as those living on ISKCON property under GBC authority, ISKCON would have become a very small organization indeed, and barely able to accomplish any of the founder’s mission. However, ISKCON’s mission is increasingly being realized and self-identifying membership is growing. |
Native to Jaipur, India, Krishna Priya dasi has prepared thousands of sweets for offering to Krishna. Sharing her experience and expertise, the author, a gifted and celebrated confectioner, shows us how to make 56 of her favorite traditional Indian sweets. |
An exceptionally talented mother and daughter team have created one of the most beautiful children’s and young adult’s versions of the Ramayana. Readers will be fascinated by Annapurna’s captivating illustrations and Vrinda’s mesmerizing narration. |
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Featuring Bramacaris from UK traveling to Hungary and visiting New Vraja Dham.
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