Naamhat- Vedic Cultural Center

All glories to the Vedic culture and all glories to Srila Prabhupada who propagated it worldwide. The inauguration of the Krishna Balaram Temple was held on21 to 23 rd September 2012 in the capital city Gaborone.  The temple is reconed as the state of the art with its design resembling the Neela-chakra mounted on the famous Jagannatha Puri. Its tomb is a Sudarshan chakra that weigh 80 kilos of astadhatu putting the modern sky scrapes in the shade. During the inauguration, the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana, Dr Ponatshego HK Kedikilwe, PH, that this complex will provide a unique opportunity for Botswana's diverse cultures and religions to convene and open their doors and hearts to each other,which will serve as an embodiment of a proud and united nation. At the installation ceremony of the smaller Lordships the First welcome Aarti wasperformed by HH Bhakti Charu Swami. Performing the First Rajboga Aarti was HH Lokanath Swami with kirtan led by HH Bhakti Ch...

17th September is auspicious in two folds, firstly, Srila Prabhupada set out to deliver the world through the Vedic wisdom and secondly, His dear most disciple His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj appeared on this day who has been carrying out the mission of the Srila Prabhupada worldwide very genuinely.  It is they whose contribution has changed our life to better. I was picked up from the hellish condition by His Holiness and set to the right path to devotion. Among the hundreds of Bhutanese exiled and spread over the world, I am the luckiest one to have come under this devotional service.  Sri Vyas puja ceremony was held in the Namahatta Boxtel, The Netherlands, with great reverence that keeps the auspicious of this live in our heart. Few Dutch and immigrant devotees attended the ceremony that begun in the evening with prayers for His Holiness' long life and good health. After arati sumptuous prasadam was served. The deities, Sri Sri Radha Madanamohan, Gauranitai N...

24/7/12 'We offer the talisman for happiness that leads also to the fulfilment of the human form of life', declared His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj appealing the audience on the 10th year celebration of the Naamhat in Boxtel, The Netherlands. If one wants to practice physics one has to approach a Physician, if one wants to learn music one to learn it from a musician. Just opening  a book to learn something shall not be sufficient for a successful result. So, similarly if one wants to know the science of the soul, whose natural position is blissful, being it the part and parcel of the supreme divine, the Lord Krishna, one has to go and listen to the transcendentalist who is linked to the disciplic succession. As mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, chapter 4 of As It Is version, the purest of the renderings, Swami appealed the congregation of people from various background to try to go beyound the bodily concept of life and develop the divine nature, spiritual, so that...

Encouraged by His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaj initially to have spiritual retreats every year, this years retreat manifested something unprecedented. Many honourable spiritual statesman like HH Sacidananda Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Kadambakanana Swami and many others  including many devotees that numbered more than 300 had the cruise retreat untill the end of August 2012. They carried the spirit of chanting the holy name and went out streets to streets in many European countries. There was a TV coverage in Santiago. See in these links the video in these cities taken during the Harinaam. 1. Harimaan in Amsterdam with Sacidananda Swami 2. Harinaam in Santiago TV 3. Speech Sacidananda Santiago 4. Speech in Amsterdam 5. Grand i n Amsterdam 6. Lokanath Swami Fotos here

'Life has never been so blissful, than in Krishna Consciousness despite my hellish condition of living' says Khadga Bhandari Baa commenting that the search for higher consciousness require someone to show the way who has already seen the  absolute truth.  Khadga Bhandari baa, inspired by Bhagavad Gita As It is ' I want the boat that sails across the material ocean of existence, I want the sailor who leads one to the spiritual existence...' writes Bhandari baa in his small note book of poems reflecting his life's aspirations. He also wrote some hymns praying to the ultimate divine to rescue him. Then the time came that assured his salvation, the shelter under the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna through His pure devotee in line to the bona fide disciplic succession- the guru parampara. It was on 24th July that Bhandari baa was blessed with the path of perfection by having accepted in this succession by His Holiness Bhakti Caru Sw...

Aug 18 Program: In het Krishna bewustzijn kunnen men ervaren hoe ze zijn visie zich kunnen berieken.   In de Bhagavad Gita Zoals Ze Is, 6:30, Yomam pasyati sarvatra-- legt Krishna uit dat als men een visie of missie heb om Krishna te berieken, dan dat kan absoluut lukken. Er zijn voorbeelden van deze bewering. Het levensverhaal van Mirabai is een levende voorbeeld hoe men Krishna kan krijgen. Kijk naar de video van de lezing door Anupam prabhu over de verhaal van Mirabai, heel goed is voor de kinderen. English: In the process of Krishna Consciousness, one can experience in this life the joy of the fulfillment of the life's mission. Even the abstract wishes like for example to see the Lord Krishna face to face and exchange the feelings is possible. This method is explained in the Bhagavad Gita chapter  6:30, Yomam pasyati sarvatra- -   and can this be easily understood if you read the As It is version of the Gita.  Frank singing Vedic hymns...

If the technological innovations ideed have some adverse effect on the social environment such as the spread of nuclear radioactive caesium  Vedic cultural festivals such as the rathayatra may be a solution to such problems because the vibration of the mahamantra can counter-react against the polution of the ether .  Rathayatra Eindhoven with Deities residing in Naamhat mandir  Ratha yatra discharges vibrant bouncing of the spiritually surcharged energy acting upon the mercyful glance of the Lord of the Universe Sri Jaganath Baladev and Subhadra. What is not impossible to the Lord? If the exploitation of the material energy namely the nuclear devastation due to mens hankering to lord it over by themselves would have the negative effect for which scientific solution may have not been found yet conclusively, the spiritual energy would be remedy if pursued in proper ways as mentioned in the Vedas. This is because the spiritual energy is an antidote to the materi...