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By: Manesh Gosai, South-Africa, Nirjal ekadasi 19/6/13 Source: His Holiness Giriraja Swami Maharaja    See glories of Nirjala Ekadasi here His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada reminded the world the benifit of Ekadasi observation.  Lord Krishna with Pandavas, Kuntidevi and Draupadi Ekadasi is one of the regular celebrations in the Vaisnava calendar. It is observed eleven days after the full moon and eleven days after the new moon of every month. Even in the thirteenth, or leap month, called  adhi-masa  or  purusottama-masa , which comes every three years, during which no other festivals are celebrated, Ekadasi is observed. Ekadasi is known as "the day of Lord Hari" and is said to be "the mother of devotion." Of the sixty-four items of devotional service listed in Srila Rupa Gosvamis  Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu , keeping the fast on Ekadasi is one. In fact, observing Ekadasi is one of the first ten basic principles. The   Necta...

Naamhat Boxtel was actief in de Bazaar met een uniek bijdrage. Goedkoop een heerlijke hapjes, vegetarisch, ingrediënten als vervanging tot vlees, Vedische wijsheid en meer. Bazaar is niet allen een verzameling van de goederen te koop. Het is ook een ontmoetingsplaats voor de mensen. Een bazaar van allerlei mensen. Zo was het geweest van de Bazaar Sellissan in Boxtel op 9 juni waarin het ontmoeting van verschillende culturen, genieten van vreemde hapjes en aanhoren van muziek en deelnemen aan het dansen stond centraal. Uw gastheer afkomstig uit Bhutan hebben ook zijn bestaan in Boxtel in het beeld gebracht. Zijn aanbod van Bhutanese hapjes, Indiase smaak en Vedische cultureel informatie was door de bezoekers met nieuwsgierigheid aangenomen. Naamhat Boxtel/ platform bvcn naam het deel aan de Bazaar voor de derde keer. Onze motieven is de integratie te bevorderen en participeren aan de Nederlandse maatschappij. Het is een kwestie van geven en krijgen. Het is een opgave ...

2 June '13. Pennysalvania, USA. Ratna Radhika On the auspicies of His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami the spiritual retreats are being held in all the coninetnts every year. The joy in paricipating such retreat is beyound sensual perception as it nourishes the soul proper . Such a retreat was held  at G ita Nagari,    534 Gita Nagari Rd, Port Royal, Pennysalvania, USA  from May 30 to June 2, 2013.  I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to attend Guru Maharaja’s Gita Nagari Retreat. There were around 150 devotees in attendance and even more arrived during the weekend. Guru Maharaja spoke for five and a half hours every day on the topic of Uddhava Gita and in the evenings there were Srila Prabhupada katha sessions. It was enlivening to hear Guru Maharaja speak for so many hours each day. I felt that my consciousness was being purified by the sound vibration and that my vision and focus was becoming more and more clear. I thank Guru Maharaja from the bottom ...

6/6/13 Santa Barbara, USA, .  Dear Devotees,  Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. A few days ago when I got to know that H.H. Giriraj Swami Maharaja was in Santa Barbara I decided to cut short my visit to Sacramento by one day and visit him. My initial plan was to spend two days with my very dear godbrother Udayananda Prabhu in Sacramento. When I informed him of my change of plan, he was not at all happy but when I explained the reason he understood my need to visit Giriraj Maharaja. Fortunately H.H. Indradyumna Swami Maharaja was also present with Giriraj Maharaja. He spends one month every year in Santa Barbara to prepare himself for his Polish tour. It was indeed a spiritual retreat to meet these two very exalted devotees and very dear disciples of Srila Prabhupada. Giriraj Maharaja has a place in Santa Barbara which is about one and a half hours drive from Los Angeles. It is a very serene and beautiful place famous for ...