Mayapur festival 2008

realist · March 11, 2008

Mayapur festival 2008

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suchandra · March 11, 2008

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

But who would ever think of hate when seeing all the devotees?

Where is there hate to be driven out?

Doesn't make sense to me.

Svarupa · March 11, 2008

But who would ever think of hate when seeing all the devotees? Doesn't make sense to me.

Suchandra you will find that famous martin Lurther King quote under all of realists postings. Why can't ypu understand, you must be either very yong or innocent or both. We live in a world full of selfishness, envy and hate and seeing the devotee takes us above all that or does it??

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Beggar · March 11, 2008

Srila Prabhupada traveled to the West and created a new life for all of us including future generations. Those who can be in Mayapura-Navadvipa for Gaura Purnima are very fortunate. If Prabhupada had not come and given Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Sankirtana Movement, where would we all be?

suchandra · March 11, 2008

Suchandra you will find that famous martin Lurther King quote under all of realists postings. Why can't ypu understand, you must be either very yong or innocent or both. We live in a world full of selfishness, envy and hate and seeing the devotee takes us above all that or does it??

Bhavananda prabhu left hand corner

Well yes, I understand what you're saying, may be I'm too young, but Krishna will take care for the benefit of all of us. Krishna is so expert, nothing is actually out of His control.

http://www.madhuban-rishikesh.com/main/

Kirtanananda Swami Leaves US, Moves to Madhuban Rishikesh Permanently

Posted by mg
March 7, 2008

By Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski)

Srila Bhaktipada's latest book: “Humbler than a Blade of Grass”

Friday, March 7, 2008, New York City: Today Kirtanananda Swami left the United States for good and emigrated to India. He said he doesn’t expect to return again. “There is no sense in staying where I’m not wanted,” he explained, obviously referring to the desertions through the years by most of his US disciples and the recent attempts by board members of the Radha-Muralidhara Temple (Interfaith Sanctuary) at 25 First Avenue in New York City to evict him from the building which he purchased in 1992 for $500,000 and has lived in since June 16, 2004, when he was released from the Federal Correctional Institution at Butner, North Carolina, where he finished an eight-year prison term. However, despite his apparent lack of success in the United States, Kirtanananda still has a significant number of loyal disciples in India and Pakistan.

In November 2007 Kirtanananda was discharged from parole, and was allowed to leave the United States. He traveled to India during December 2007 and January 2008, and spent time in Rishikesh, Bombay and Vrindavana, including visits to the ISKCON temples at Juhu Beach and Krishna-Balarama mandir, where he claimed he was invited to speak. “Gopal Krishna has done a wonderful job,” he said. “The Juhu complex has expanded greatly since my last visit many years ago.” Most of his preaching activities during this trip were based in two locations: Rishikesh and Ulhasnagar.

New Madhuban in Rishikesh, located on the banks of the Ganges River at Muni Ki Reti, was established in 1987 by Kirtanananda’s disciple Bhakti-Yoga Swami, and since then has developed into a popular preaching center with the construction of a new temple in classical Indian style designed by M. Mutiah Staphati, a renowned Indian architect. Kirtanananda said, “My room in Rishikesh has stunning views of the Himalayan foothills and the River Ganges.”

Ulhasnagar is a city approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Mumbai (Bombay). Kirtanananda’s ashram–Anand Vrindavan Dham–is managed by his disciple Madhusudan dasa. “The preaching in Ulhasnagar was especially enlivening,” related Kirtanananda. “There must have been 3,000 people at the program, including some ISKCON devotees which I recognized.”

70-year-old Kirtanananda obtained a ten-year visa and plans to spend the rest of his life in India. “I don’t expect to return to the States,” he said.

He will base his activities in Rishikesh and Ulhasnagar, and will also open a new preaching center in Goa. “I expect the preaching in Goa will be excellent,” he said. “It is a beautiful resort town and there are many Western visitors.”

Kirtanananda said he intends to continue preaching a message of interfaith: that the God of the Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Vaishnavas is the same; and that men of faith from each religion should recognize and appreciate the faith of men of other paths. “Fundamentalism is one of the most dangerous belief-systems in the world today. Fundamentalism doesn’t promote unity; it causes separatism. It creates enmity between people of faith. Look at the Muslims; Mohammed never intended that his followers should spread their religion by the sword. It is more important today than at any other time to preach about the unity of all religions.”

Disciples in Ulhasnagar have recently published Kirtanananda’s latest book: “Humbler than a Blade of Grass” (Anand Vrindavan Dham: 2008, hardcover, 306 pages), which consists of 154 lessons on humility. Three other books are slated for publication: “The Bible Illumined,” which Srila Prabhupada asked Kirtanananda to write over forty years ago (see letter from Srila Prabhupada to Kirtanananda dated April 7, 1967), “Heart of the Bhagavatam” (a massive book of more than 1600 pages) and “The Life and Times of Lord Chaitanya.”

For a fairly accurate biography of Kirtanananda, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtanananda_Swami .

Photos by Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski), taken in New York City, March 4, 2008, during an interview with Kirtanananda Swami.

Beggar · March 11, 2008

Maybe it would be better if japa was done in private in a meditative mood, like in some maths. This chattering with the bead bag in hand creates the offense of inattentiveness, or "look at me. I'm always chanting", or "I'm part of the club of 'hand in the bead bag chatterers club', and it feels better to belong to something than to experience real spiritual life". What do you really need a bead bag for anyway if just want to belong? After all aren't you already a member of the high quality yellow kurta club? It's so good to belong and especially feel important!