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30 July 2006
 Audio: "Saranagati to Humility, Tolerance and Giving Honour to Others." Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj speaking
from Kolkata this morning for Madhusudan Prabhu's Internet Radio website, krsna.cc. (22+ minutes, 2.6 MB mp3 audio.) "My whole life I speak, and everyone is hearing that, and they are hearing so many things. But to say is easy, but to do is difficult."
 London. Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj celebrated at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Green Street. Sripad Bhakti Nandan Narayan Maharaj, Sripad Bhakti Swarup Tridandi Maharaj, Sripad Bhakti Vigraha Nyasi Maharaj and Sripad Devashis Prabhu led the programme. Web-page of pictures and captions posted on the London Math's website scsmathlondon.org by Anindita Devi Dasi.
 Malaysia. Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj celebrated at the Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, Sitiawan. Two web-pages of pictures with captions, by Rama Ratan Prabhu.
29 July 2006
Disappearance of Srila Vamsi das Babaji Maharaj.
 Audio: Krishna consciousness is a very clean devotional line. This morning's short, clear, informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 Audio: Two recent morning classes by Prabhu Sarvabhavana at Srila Guru Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir here in Nabadwip. He reads from 'Affectionate Guidance' by Srila Govinda Maharaj, discusses the topics and answers questions from the devotees present. Although these two recordings have background noise due to the fan and the type of recorder, the classes are still audible.
Yesterday (28 July):
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25 July, early morning:
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 Veracruz. Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj shared in a series of pictures sent by Krishna Prema Tarangini.
28 July 2006
 Audio: Introductory talk by Sripad Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj as he discusses karma and seva answering questions from Maria, a newcomer pilgrim from America. Devotees commented that this is a practical talk for introducing sincere seekers to our basic conception.
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 Rainbow across Nabadwip. Pictures this evening during rain as the sun shines.
27 July 2006
 Audio: Sripad B.P. Janardan Maharaj in Soquel addresses the Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram. Audio posted on the Californian website, california.scsmath.org.
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26 July 2006
 Audio: Disappearance Festival Lecture yesterday in the nat-mandir of our Dum Dum Park Temple, by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in glorification of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
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 Audio: Srila Govinda Maharaj singing 'Sri Guru Arati-stuti' and 'Sri Rupa Manjari Pada' and 'Viraha-giti' at yesterday's Disappearance Festival.
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25 July 2006
Disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
 Kolkata. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj presides over the Disappearance Festival of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Pictures by Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi posted on her VerandaViews.com website.
 Nabadwip. Grand Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Pictures by Nimai Chandra Prabhu.
 Audio: Prabhu Sarvabhavana addresses the Festival assembly this morning at Srila Guru Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir, Nabadwip.
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 Nabadwip. Grand Disappearance Festival. Article by Vrinda Devi Dasi.
24 July 2006
Audio: Vedavyas had so much experience. This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 Invitation to the Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, plus a service opportunity to donate directly via PayPal to Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj for this glorious occasion.
 Nabadwip. Following progress yesterday and today of construction of the new guesthouse. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and all to share.
23 July 2006
Audio: Mahabharat is the fifth veda. This morning's short informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 USA, Colorado Rainbow Festival, mass Prasad distribution. Report by Sripad Bhakti Vigraha Nyasi Maharaj. Pictures and six web-pages by Krishnendrani Devi Dasi, including extensive descriptions and comments by the devotees present.
22 July 2006
Audio: Sravan-kirttan is the best. This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple. About half way through this talk His Divine Grace is, from time to time, reciting slokas from a manuscript on his desk.
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 Russia. First weekend at the EthnoLand festival. Devotees report and pictures from the scene of action. Web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi, posted on the English section of the Russian harekrishna.ru web-site.
 Ukraine. Sripad Bhakti Chaitanya Bharati Maharaj arrives in Zaporozhye to hold Srimad Bhagavad-gita presentation and participate in the Indian photo exhibition. Web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi, posted on the English section of the Russian harekrishna.ru web-site.
21 July 2006
 Uberlandia, Brazil, preaching programme led by Sripad Bhakti Vijay Trivikram Maharaj and Sripad Srutasrava Prabhu during their recent tour of the country. Webpage sent by Premavati Devi Dasi, the host in Uberlandia.
 Australia. Devotional service of the devotees of Sri Govinda Dham, Uki, New South Wales. Picture series sent by Manasa Krishna Prabhu.
20 July 2006
Audio: "I am getting so much from Srimad Bhagavad-gita." This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple.
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or: higher quality (2.7 MB).
 Spanish. Several translations of Srila Govinda Maharaj's recent informal darshans, photo reports and articles of seva around Venezuela including opening of the new centre in Cumana, and a gallery of selected 'Pictures of the Day,' posted on the Venezuelan paramakaruna.org.ve website.
Español: Varios traducciones de Srila Govinda Maharaja de recientes charlas informales, fotografias y articulos de servicio desde Venezuela incluyendo la apertura de el nuevo centro en Cumana, y una galeria de selectas 'Fotos del Dia', puestas en paramakaruna.org.ve website de Venezuela.
 Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math pictures taken today.
19 July 2006
Audio: Rainy season. This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, during heavy rains in Kolkata. With thunder rolling outside, Srila Gurudev recites a sloka he composed on the train in the rain one day on the way from Nabadwip.
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 Ukraine. Indian exhibition in the photo exhibition hall in the centre of Zaporozhye, attended by local TV and newspaper reporters. Report by Swarup Prabhu. Web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi, posted in the English section of the Russian harekrishna.ru web-site.
 Nabadwip. A variety of pictures taken around Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math today.
 Nabadwip. Construction, flood and rain this morning at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
18 July 2006
Audio: Brief history of our Temple at Sripat Hapaniya. This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 Floods approach the new construction this morning at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and all to share.
17 July 2006
Audio: At present our preaching method, it has become so big. This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 Mexico City: The annual Ministers' National Assembly of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswati Sridhar Govinda Sevashram de Mexico, A.R.
Sripad Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj chaired the meeting, drawing up plans for the Mexican Mission for the next twelve months. A total of thirty-six pictures in two web-pages:
Page One: The National Assembly, Sankirttan in Mexico City and Prasadam seva.
Page Two: House programme, nagar Sankirttan and the devotees.
16 July 2006
 Why we should follow the four regulative principles. Taken from a morning class by Sripad Bhakti Lalita Akinchan Maharaj and posted as His Holiness' latest iMonk web-log specifically to address this important topic that repeatedly comes to the surface.
"Don't gamble that you have another day, another week, another year: try to become Krishna conscious now! Krishna consciousness is a serious business. It is the most valuable thing that we can acquire, so we should understand that some sacrifice will be required on our part. If it were easy, what would be its value?
"...When the doctor accepts us as his patient, that is only the beginning of our treatment. If we do not take the medicine that he prescribes for us and abstain from the things that he asks us to avoid, we will take a very, very long time to get well — if we ever recover at all!"
 Russia. Intense preparations for the EthnoLand Festival. With only three days left before the big Festival begins, all the devotees are working hard to make the necessary preparations. Here is the first photo-report from Sorochany, the ski-resort located near Moscow. Photos and report by Balavanta Prabhu. Web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi, posted in the English section of the Russian harekrishna.ru web-site.
 Flooding starts in Nabadwip near Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Photos taken this morning by Nimai Chandra Prabhu.
 Construction progress today, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and all to share.
15 July 2006
Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.
 Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip. Pictures today.
 Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, Bamunpara. Pictures today.
 Construction progress pictures, Nabadwip, for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share. Eighteen pictures today.
14 July 2006
Audio: This morning's informal discourse in praise of Sripad Sanatan Prabhu (Mr S.S. Sanyal) of Kolkata by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple. Sripad Sanatan Prabhu passed away on 14 July 2002.
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13 July 2006
 Video: Main Feature excerpt from the Sri Vyasa-Puja DVD made by Vaidehi Devi Dasi of USA of the Appearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Nabadwip last December. Prepared for the web and uploaded in California by Murali Mohan Prabhu. Three versions of different qualities and file sizes to suit your internet connection:
Good quality (1500 kbps): 18 minutes 188 MB DivX video download, then view with a DivX-capable video player on a fairly fast, modern computer;
Low quality (100 kbps): 13 MB RealPlayer video download, then view with RealOne or RealPlayer;
Minimum quality (36 kbps): 4.4 MB RealPlayer video.
12 July 2006
Audio: "Moderation." This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata.
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 Ten offenses. Sripad Bhakti Lalita Akinchan Maharaj lists the offenses and stresses the importance of avoiding them, in his latest iMonk blog.
11 July 2006
Sri Guru Purnima. Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on Purnima, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).
Audio: Beginning of Chaturmasya, the four months of the rainy season. Today's early morning informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on his veranda at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata. The background sound is rain falling on the neighbouring roof.
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or: higher quality (3.9 MB).
Audio: Live class by Sripad Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj by internet link from Kolkata to Brazil last weekend. "My humble plea to you all is to give your attention to the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu."
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 Over forty pictures of Srila Govinda Maharaj taken today during His Divine Grace's address to the devotees in the nat mandir of our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata, marking the beginning of Chaturmasya. Pictures by Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi posted on her VerandaViews.com website.
 Nabadwip. A rainy start to Chaturmasya at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Photos by Ratnanabha Prabhu, visiting from the Philippines.
10 July 2006
 Brasilia, the first traveling preachers from Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Brazil's capital city. Sripad B.V. Trivikram Maharaj and Sripad Srutasrava Prabhu accept the invitation of Chaitanya Moyi Devi Dasi to inaugurate her new Centre for Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. In addition they held programmes in the city including a series of three lectures in the 'Livraria Cultura,' the biggest bookstore in Brasilia. Web-page by Chaitanya Moyi Devi Dasi.
 Video: Considerably smaller RealPlayer (RealMedia) video files of the 'Bus Parikrama' video posted on Friday. Two qualities, for those with slower internet connections:
Low quality (100 kbps): 7+ minutes 5.4 MB RealPlayer video download, then view with RealOne or RealPlayer;
Minimum quality (36 kbps): 1.8 MB RealPlayer video.
9 July 2006
 Nabadwip. New waterproof blinds in Srila Guru Maharaj's veranda. To help keep out monsoon rains from Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's veranda in Nabadwip, Divya Shakti Devi Dasi arranged for roll-down bamboo strip blinds with plastic backing. Prabhu Madhuranana, an experienced interior decorator from Australia, enthusiastically put them up. (Pictures.)
 Upgraded 'iCal' Vaisnava Calendar file for Macintosh computers running System X, with additional automatic notifications of festival dates in addition to Ekadasi and fasting days. Made and revised by Sadhu Priya Prabhu of Australia, with dates up to Sri Gaura-Purnima 2007. (17 kilobytes download, then unstuff and drag to the iCal calendars window.)
8 July 2006
Audio: "We are fortunate that we are participating." This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Kolkata Dum Dum Park Temple.
His Divine Grace mentions, "Krishna has mercifully given us so much opportunity, if we will take that opportunity we will be great."
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 London Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math website updated with news and pictures of recent preaching at the Brent Indian Association by devotees of the London Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, with guests of honour Sripad Bhakti Swarup Tridandi Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Nandan Narayan Maharaj from Mauritius.
 Nabadwip pictures taken today at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math by Nimai Chandra Prabhu of Venezuela.
7 July 2006
Ekadasi. Fast from grains. Paran tomorrow (break fast with grains) after sunrise and before 9:27 a.m.
 Video: Bus Parikrama, excerpt from the Sri Vyasa-Puja DVD made by Vaidehi Devi Dasi of USA sharing some of the events associated with the Appearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj here in Nabadwip last December. Prepared for the web and uploaded in California by Murali Mohan Prabhu: 7+ minutes 79.5 MB DivX video download, then view with a DivX-capable video player on a fairly fast, modern computer.
 Laziness is sinful. Writing from Srila Govinda Maharaj's veranda in our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata, Sripad B.L. Akinchan Maharaj's latest iMonk blog begins:
"The other morning Srila Gurudeva said: 'Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, was a materialist, but he had a good slogan: aram haram haya (laziness is sinful). A life of ease is not good for you. An idle life (aram) is sinful (haram)....'"
6 July 2006
Audio: Glorification of Ajit Krishna Brahmachari Prabhu who passed away over thirty years ago. Morning informal discourse two days ago, on Ajit Krishna Prabhu's disappearance day, by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Kolkata Dum Dum Park Temple. His Divine Grace mentions, "Happily he was doing everything. That type of brahmachari was the wealth of our Mission." And: "I am fortunate that I have seen like him - a great Vaishnava. Very rare to get." While listening, please note that in Bengal the expression 'too much' generally means 'very much.'
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5 July 2006
Purna Yatra of Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival).
Audio: "Achintya-bhedabheda." This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Kolkata Dum Dum Park Temple.
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 Puri, arriving at our Temple in preparation last week for the Sri Jagannath Rathayatra Festival.
 Sri Jagannath Rathayatra Festival. Additional pictures received yesterday, taken by Nimai Chandra Prabhu of Venezuela.
4 July 2006
 Nabadwip construction pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share.
3 July 2006
Audio: "The Whole Conception of Sri Chaitanyadev...." This morning's informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Kolkata Dum Dum Park Temple.
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2 July 2006
 England. Eight Day Summer Sunrise Festival. Preaching headed by Sripad B.S. Tridandi Maharaj and Sripad B.V. Nyasi Maharaj, reaching out to the new generation of spiritual seekers at a rural festival in Somerset.
 Krasnoyarsk. Nagar-sankirttan, public preaching, river-rafting-sankirttan, and initiations. Programmes led by Sripad B.A. Madhav Maharaj and presented in a web-page by Kundalata Devi Dasi posted in English on the Russian website, harekrishna.ru.
1 July 2006
 Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prestigious preaching programmes including a three day visit by Sripad B.V. Trivikram Maharaj and Sripad Srutasrava Prabhu during their current tour of the country. Web-page report by Nanda Priya Devi Dasi.
 Nabadwip, construction progress at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see and all to share.
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