Naamhat- Vedic Cultural Center

Reproduced on demand of the readers. Saintly persons wishes only for the good of others!   Deity worship for God consciousness 23/2/10 A saintly women from Haridwar, disciple of Satpalji who founded Manav Dharma, Dharani Baiju mataji shared her experiance of self-realization. Addressing the Vedic Cultural house in Boxtel on 20th February, she explained the impersonal aspect of the supreme personality of Goadhead Sri Krishna.  She urged that the happiness can be found within, thus one has to look into thier self with the help of a spiritual master. The goal of human lif is to qualify spiritually to go back to the abode of our spiritual father, the Lord Krsna. She asserted that nawadays people are engaged only in eating, mating, sleeping and defending and thus the purpose of human form of life is forgotten. Just like, if you have a car and you put fuel in it but don't drive it to the destination the purpose of buying it is useless. Devotion to God is the only ...

OPINION By elevating yourself to Krishna Consciousness your goal of having a human form of life will be attained easily and quickly as you would qualify to get into the kingdom of God. On the earth too, you will live  in peace of mind.There is not other authentic quick and easy way. Every one needs peace and thus the human races has been in search of peace and happiness all the time. They are looking for the methods that would hopefully enable them attain peace mentally and physically. In the process some look out for the ascending order of methods, some the descendeing order. Both deserve equall respect although one method would be more beneficial and easy than the other depending on the individual themselves. The perfect wisdom to accept for peace or liberation is the descending process of wisdom. This means the proces of attaining peace and happiness by accepting the wisdom that is given by the absolute creator, Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This wisdom ...

Reporduced from 23/2/10. Among hundreds of exiled Bhutanese resettled in The Netherlands, only a handful of families are holding fast with their esteemed Vedic culture.   For the first tine in the The Netherlands, TB Chhetri, organised the vedic cultural program. He was a military officer while in Bhutan and here he finds peace and happiness only in preserving and observing Vedic cultural and religious programs and putting them in practice daily. To enhance this ancient tradition, organized in February a sankirtan satsang program in his house. There participated other three families including the members of Vedic Cultural centre- Boxtel. In the program Dharani Baiji mataji from Manav Dharma explained the reason behind why some people turn towards the God and some turn away. She explained from the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 verse 16 catur-vidha bhajante mam janah sukrtino 'rjuna arto jijnasur artharthi jnani ca bharatarsabha O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], fou...

Reproduced from 17/7/11.   'Become a human before becoming a Hindu, Moslim, Christian, Buddhist or whatever you like' , is the key message of the  cult widely known as Manav Dharma. The founder of this cult's son Vibhu maharaj gave a lecture on the dynamic of mind to his followers in Amstelveen on 17th July for the first time in The Netherlands. There was a gathering of about fifty people mostly from Indian, Bhutanese and Nepalese cultural background.  Vibhu maharaj receiving Bhagavad Gita As It Is version from Nanda Gautam/Vedic Cultural Center in NL   Mind is the force that, if not in control, is an enemy of the self and when in control and engaged in the devotional service of the supreme, it is then the best friend of the self. This has been explained to Arjun by Sri Krishna about five thousand  years ago when he descended on earth and retold the Bhagavad Gita. Mind cannot me suppressed, see c hapter 6 verse 5-12 ,  but it can be engaged in t...

The naamhat program of 20th October attracted the mind by the description of the glories of the devotees' gathering during the last cruise retreat, that was begun by His Holiness Bhakti  Caru Swami Maharaj. Yasoda Priya recalling the cruise retreat 'Its the presence of the devotees of the Lord Krishna on this earth that compelled the earth to be maintained well', told one of the Swamis earlier. Its true that the Swamis are of  ISKCON on whose munificiency the people in all most every countries today could taste the bliss of the Vedic wisdom and culture. It is very much enlivening to rethink the course of the retreat where many Swamis were present during the cruise retreat', said Yasoda Priya mataji from Belgium who described the entire course of the retreat. One would relate the retreat as a vacation as it takes the group of about 200 devotees to different cities of different countries in Europe and then get into the ship that is rather titanic, but as the day be...

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...