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Dear Godbrother Prabhu, Namonamaha.  Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message. Godbrother: Now, India is flourishing and America is struggling. When we in America who are still managing to reach Americans ask our Indian brothers to allow us to do what works (both for Srila Prabhupada and us) in America, we are told we areContinue Reading

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Prabhupada: Surrender is willing. If you don’t like to surrender who can make you obliged to surrender? Surrender is voluntary. “Yes, I surrender.” Determination, “Yes I surrender.” Who can make you obliged to surrender? Nobody can make. Even Krsna can not work. This is a false pretense, “Please be mercifulContinue Reading

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Most Awaited Model of the Universe has finally arrived. Chandelier Model of the Universe Architecture lies where science and spirituality meet. This nexus endures the aesthetic impressions coupled with functional propositions. Our unprecedented chandelier has taken the entire team on a beautiful journey, which has finally arrived at the brinkContinue Reading

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Dear Devotees and Friends of the TOVP, Hare Krishna! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!   Below is the December, 2019 TOVP Newsletter with nine recent articles from our website, most importantly the post about the Grand Opening of the Pujari Floor next year. I hope you are inspired by reading themContinue Reading

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December 18, 1972 : Bombay Every morning Srila Prabhupada, Shyamasundara Dasa and I would take Kartikeya’s car, an Ambassador, and drive to a waterfront area for walking. After one morning walk, we returned to the car and Shyamasundara could not get the key to work in the ignition. “Srila Prabhupada,Continue Reading

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Dear Godbrother Prabhu, Namonamaha.  Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message: Godbrother: These days it is rare that young people in North America join ISKCON.The first Navadwip Parikrama that I attended in 1975 was nearly all Americans, with a smattering of Europeans and Australians. A couple of years ago, out of 9000 participants, onlyContinue Reading

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Progress is being made on Prabhupada’s Bridge which connects the back of the TOVP with the Long Building behind it. This bridge will provide easy access to the TOVP for Pujaris and other devotees directly serving the TOVP. Jagadananda Prabhu has just completed aligning the cast iron fence on Prabhupada’sContinue Reading

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(HH Bhakti Charu Swami. “Ocean of Mercy,” p. 198-199) ——————————— [Bhakti Charu Maharaja said to Srila Prabhupada:] “What you have done is inconceivable. No one has ever achieved what you have. You should not think that there is anything left that you must do. Now you should just relax.” “WhatContinue Reading

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7. But there are so many Vaiṣṇavī gurus in the Gauḍīya sampradāya. What about that? In an interview, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s godbrother B.R. Śrīdhara Mahārāja said that female ācāryas, dīkṣā-gurus, are “very rare.” Mahārāja further added, “The number can be counted on fingers, lady ācāryas.” 8. Indeed, the few examples of lady ācāryas in Gauḍīya VaiṣṇavismContinue Reading

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Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura powerfully spread the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the early twentieth century. He preached strongly against the deep-rooted influences of caste-ism and impersonalism. Meeting with scholars, educators,Continue Reading

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