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Happy Gopastami!

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It's Friday - and not just any ordinary Friday but Find-Me-A-Sponsor-Friday ! We are struggling to make ends meet as a result of the covid crisis and many cows ...are left unsponsored. We therefore need your help to keep our goshala running. Find-Me-A-Sponsor-Friday focuses on those cows that somehow or other never find a sponsor for different reasons. Every Friday we will introduce you to one of them in the hopes of finding a sponsor for them. Her daughter Rohini already mentioned that today it's her mom Padmini's turn: "I never expected that I would end up on this page on Friday, looking for a sponsor. It's a big mystery for everyone at Care for Cows Vrindavan why it's so hard to get me adopted. I'm a very sweet lady and I love to get brushed and get lots of cuddles and hugs. Maybe it's my age, I am one of the older cows here. Or my big horns, but please know I'm always very careful not to hurt anyone. My name is Padmini by the way and I've been living here since I was a little girl. I was thrown out on the streets when I was just a few months old and one day I was so hungry that I decided to follow a man who was walking on the streets with a cart full of grass. I was scared that he would beat me when he saw me trying to take some of his grass but the opposite happened; he took me inside a really nice place and gave me as much food as I wanted. I was so grateful, especially when he told me I was allowed to stay for the rest of my life. He gave me the name Padmini and I found out his name was Kurma Rupa. About 19 years later I am still happily and peacefully living at Care for Cows Vrindavan. I have a beautiful daughter called Rohini and a very handsome grandson called Gopati. The only thing missing in my life is a sponsor. And more treats. And more cuddles because you can never get enough of those. Oh, and that big brown guy standing behind me in the picture - that is my friend Brajbasi. He apologizes for showing his big bum to all of you." *** if you would like to sponsor Padmini please send us a pm. Sponsorships are 2000 rs / 35 usd / 30 euros per month ***

"The transcendental paradox: If you want to really enjoy, then you have to give up enjoying and do austerity so you can uncover prema."

Melodious Hare Krishna kirtan Kirtan by Prema Niketan Gaura Das Watch full kirtan.. https://youtu.be/FYcVRhYy_3Y

The Holy Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani Tuesday, August 25th is the holy Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani, the original feminine goddess and internal pl...easure potency of Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Together They unite as the original divine feminine and masculine, and we unlimited jiva souls are expanded from Them. We can find joy in excavating our sacred connection with Them in love and service. Srila Prabhupada explains that if you offer your sincere prayer into the hand of Sri Radha, she will recommend you to Him, saying, this devotee is better than me, please accept her! Here are a few drops from the deep ocean of her qualities: Vrndavan’s queen brings limitless pure bliss to He whose face is Vrndavan’s splendid moon risen from the nectar ocean of bliss and love. She fills Vrndavan with nectar and she makes her beautiful friends again and again shed tears, and their bodily hairs stand erect in wonderful ecstatic love like her own. ~Vrndavan Mahimamrita I, a distressed soul, belonging to you, beg you with sweet words while rolling on the banks of the Yamuna! Although I am unfit, an offender with a crooked mind, please bestow on me a fragment of the gift of service to you. This unhappy soul is not fit to be neglected by you, for you have a butter soft heart that melts constantly by the warmth of your compassion. ~Srila Rupa Goswami, Stava-mala Happy Radhastami! By HG Rukmini Devi dd

In a new book A Bond of Love published by Bookwrights Press Srila Prabhupada’s daughters remember their time with their spiritual master. Riding in the back of... a taxi with a close god sister in Mumbai one fall evening around 2008, discussing the seemingly eternal topic of friction between genders, I paused for a moment to reflect on a particularly sweet remembrance where Srila Prabhupada put this topic nicely into perspective, as reiterated by my god sister. ‘The men need to hear this!’ I exclaimed. Then countered myself by adding, ‘We all need to hear this, men and women! But, still, how do the women’s voices get heard?’ And thus hatched the idea for a book of memories by Srila Prabhupada’s initiated spiritual daughters. Malati devi dasi It was an idea that took on a life of its own. Now, twelve years later, the massive project has finally come to fruition and will be offered to Srila Prabhupada on the 124th anniversary of his appearance. A Bond of Love: Srila Prabhupada and His Daughters, is a 600 page book of memories written by his spiritual daughters. Over 300 Vaishnavis contributed to the book, which included both memories of their interactions with Srila Prabhupada, as well as how he impacted their lives. The intention of A Bond of Love is to document Srila Prabhupada’s exchanges with his female disciples for the benefit of existing and future members of ISKCON as well as for anyone interested in knowing more about our beloved spiritual master and how he deeply and personally affected the lives of his beloved female disciples (spiritual daughters). The publishers hope to accomplish the following: Ensure that Srila Prabhupada’s women disciples’ voices are on record for posterity. Show how his female disciples strongly felt Srila Prabhupada’s signature love and care. Reveal the instructions and lessons Srila Prabhupada imparted to his female disciples. Show that Srila Prabhupada had equal love and affection for both his male and female disciples, giving both due credit for their lovingly performed services. Show how Srila Prabhupada transcended the constraints of physical age, time, place, and mundane social customs as he implemented standards of ancient teachings and included the participation of females in his world-wide mission.

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Vyasa Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada ~by Rukmini Walker ... Every year on the "appearance" day of the spiritual master, disciples write an offering expressing their appreciation. The celebration of that day is called, Vyasa Puja, because the spiritual master is a representative of Srila Vyasadev, the author of Vedic literature. Instead of saying "birthday" the word appearance is used because it's said that liberated souls are not born and do not die as ordinary people do. This is my offering to Srila Prabhupada for this year 2020: ------ To listen to my offering, please click on this link: http://www.urbandevi.com/vyasa-puja-offering-to-srila-prab/ Vyasa Puja Offering 2020 namah om visnupadaya krsnapresthaya bhutale srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine namaste sarasvate deve gauravani pracarine nirvisesa sunyavadi pascatya desatarine Dear Srila Prabhupada, Today as we ‘shelter in place’ due to the corona virus, we must bow at your feet again and again and thank you for the unprecedented shelter you have given us. You have created our good fortune, and good fortune for a misguided world, that without you, remained baffled. Just as Hanuman, the great servant of Lord Ram, slipped into Lanka, the kingdom of Ravana, unnoticed in a tiny form and set the whole city on fire, while the evil Ravana prepared to wage war In the same way, you entered New York City, the Kingdom of Kali, anonymously, as a penniless, elderly Indian swamias our government waged war on Vietnam, and we, the youth, waged war on our government. We wanted to create a revolution against the system, but the revolution you sparked full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization (SB 1.5.11) has changed the course of human history, beyond anything we could have fought for, or imagined. Without the shelter of your compassion, and your sheltering words of wisdom, we, the youth of the 1960’s counter-culture, were perhaps the most impious and misdirected the world had ever seen. The revolution you sparked has been noted by renowned scholars as well. Professor A.L. Basham writes in his, A Cultural History of India: A new aspect of the counter-attack from the East is the importation not only of the mystical gnosis of India, but also her simple faith. This is chiefly the work of what is generally called the Hare Krishna movement, founded by Swami Prabhupada. This society now has branches in many of the larger cities of the West and its adherents follow the rituals of the devotional Vaisnavism of the Chaitanya Sect of BengalThe movementis historically very significant, for now, for the first time since the days of the Roman Empire, an Asian religion is being openly practiced by people of Western origin in the streets of Western cities. The simple faith he refers to is the revolutionary faith you bestowed upon us and upon the world: that we are immutable spirit, beyond this world of matter, and existing eternally as Krsna’s loving servants. Under your shelter, inspired by the pinnacle of your example, the deathless nectar of Krsna’s name, form, qualities, and pastimes is being tasted and shared all over the world. Under your shelter, the people of the world are experiencing a revolution in consciousness: realizing the purpose of life, ending their suffering, and reawakening joy in consciousness of Krsna. You warned us that this world is a place of danger. Now, at a time when the whole world is sheltering in fear of the corona virus, we hold your lotus feet to our hearts as our only real and fearless shelter. Aspiring to be an eternal servant of your revolutionary and divine instructions, Rukmini Devi Dasi

"As devotees we are meant to hear and chant our way back to Godhead; we can't gossip or fault-find our way back to Godhead!"

SPIRITUALIZE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS - A GUIDED EXERCISE by Sacinandana Swami You are about to view a guided meditation, that will take you on an inward journey :) I...t is simple: take a few minutes of quiet time... relax... and open up to the experience! This guided meditation is part of the BHAKTI ESSENTIALS online course, that takes place each Tuesday from July 7 to August 25 2020, 8pm to 8.45pm CET (7pm to 7.45pm BST, 2pm to 2.45pm EDT) BHAKTI ESSENTIALS is a LEVEL 1 "Discovering Bhakti" course - designed for those who would like to a) spark their spiritual journey, and b) for those who wish to refresh themselves on the foundational knowledge of Bhakti.

Happy Janmastami!