ISKCON Desire Tree - Voice Newsletter 016 Sept-08
ISKCON Desire Tree - Voice Newsletter 016 Sept-08
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IN THIS ISSUE…
Uncompromising Srila Prabhupada………………………………………………………………………………………………….…1
Transcendental time bombs planted at hostels by Lord Chaitanya’s army………………………………2
TAPAS-SAPAT’ – A moment of special remembrances at RV VOICE………………3
Six priorities for Pune devotees………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Hare Krishnas enter COET, Pune………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
Janma shuddhi express or Janma durupyog express? Apki gadi chuniye…….…………………….……5
First time in the history of Corporate VOICE…………………………………………………………………………….…6
From illusion to reality…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..6
Shreshta for the month - HG Tulasi pr……………………………………………………………………………………………7
VOICE releases three new books……………………………………………………………………………………………….…..…8
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1. Studying Srila Prabhupada’s books with scrutiny and present the basic philosophy of
Krsna Consciousness in a simple manner for the common people – We should sho learn to preach
from Srila Prabhupada.. Conversations from ‘Science of self realization’, ‘Life comes
come from life’,
‘BTG articles’, will help in this regard.
2. Master the topics of ‘Discover yourself’ & ‘Essence of Bhagavad Gita’ Courses.
3. Book distribution and Harinam Sankirtan.
4. Understand the tattva of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna - Since we are calling out their Holy
names daily for 2 hrs, it is important for us to know about Their
nature and the nature of devotional service rendered to Them. ‘Krsna Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari
book’, ‘Nectar of devotion - 19 chapters’,
chapters ‘waves of devotion’ help in Darshan on Radhastami
this aspect.
5. Preaching – Speaking about Krsna helps us to develop
appreciation for Him. Every initiated devotee should have at least 1
preaching program per week. We should not just distribute books to
boys,, but also make them into devotees. Devotees
Devo who score 80% in
both body and soul score are eligible for preaching.
6. Spirit of detachment – simplicitysimp in dress, food, speech,
avoiding comforts like soft beds, ice creams etc. HG RSP said, “Without
Without this spirit of detachment,
we may tend to become the enjoyers.”
enjoyers
Hearing
earing these priorities, Taranath pr from Mumbai wondered,
wondered “Where is sadhana
and morning program? Are they not in our priority?” For that, HG RSP said, “The importance of
morning program and sadhana in our lives is so much that they go even without being
mentioned.”
"I have come here in this old age neither for sightseeing nor for any personal interest. It is for the
interest of the entire humanity that I am trying to implement the science of Krishna which will
actually make them happy. So it is the duty of every devotee of Lord Krishna to help me by all means."
-from
from a letter to Sumati Morarji
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Yatrigan kripaya dhyan dijiye…apki gadi chuniye…
“Oh! House full again…” This is the response of the
devotees who missed the “The Journey of life” show
set up at Teenage Boys VOICE stall on Janmastami.
Under the guidance of HG Tulasi pr, the devotees
came up with a marvelous idea of “The Train” with
the leadership of HG Sundar Kanhai pr. The 3-D 3
animation model very graphically depicted the
analogy of the life a spiritualist and a materialist
through two trains,
trains Train
no-108
108 ‘Janma
‘ shuddhi
express’ and Train no 420
‘Janma
Janma durupyog express’
Throughout the
show there was continuous uproar by the audience as the trains
reached each station. When the e Janma vyardha express reached
Rogeshwar station, the vendors sold out deadly diseases
dis saying
Dharmapur “tanda
tanda malaria, tb tb tb tbeee…”
tbeee…
HG Sundar Kanhai pr said,
”Eight
ight of us sat for eight hours
trying to brainstorm the
station names, the narrations,
the dialogues and so on so as
to make the script as
entertaini
entertaining and as educating
Kirtan nagar as possible”. The devotees even
approached professional-
professional Hell recording
recording studios to record the scripts. “Recording can be fun
and especially when you are with friends doing such an
interesting script. We had a Krishna Conscious blast!” says
Kundan Pr. Since many of the devotees could not see the
project on Janmastami due to various services, there was a
special show put up for all the 2000 devotees on
Rogeshwar Radhas
Radhashtami. H.G. Radheshyam Pr liked the project very much. He
said we could also have it kept in the new temple and have regular shows.
shows An English version
is in the making and soon both these versions would be uploaded on the net for the benefit of
all. - HG RADHA VRINDAVAN CHANDRA DAS
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Ifyouwanttobehappyforonehour,takeanap
Ifyouwanttobehappyforoneday,goforapicnic
Ifyouwanttobehappyforonemonth,marry
Ifyouwanttobehappyforalltime,serveothers
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Let us hear from Tulasi Prabhu about his experiences in Krsna Consciousness.
Q: Hare Krsna Tulasi pr! How were you introduced to Krsna Consciousness?
Tulasi pr: I came to Krsna Consciousness in my second year of B.E. I was very attracted by
the path of spirituality that Conducted first preaching program in fourth year of engineering.
Q: As a grhastha, can you tell something about the importance of VOICE training?
Tulasi pr: I am seeing the advantage of training even more so in Grhastha ashram. Family life
is so busy that you might not get enough time to train yourself. So, VOICE teaches regulated
lifestyle at a young age which is difficult to introduce amongst older people. The bliss
experienced of attending regular morning program brings you to do better Sadhana. It
cultivates dynamic preachers at young age & sets a standard of life amongst all youth which
stands out as an example for others & is similar across all social backgrounds. Once war starts
you can’t request enemy to wait so that you can get trained. Time is now before you enter
outside world. Grab the opportunity to get trained in various aspects of Krsna Consciousness.
Q: What was your experience practicing and Preaching Krsna Consciousness in UK & USA:
Tulasi pr: Unless one runs to the association of devotees in the nearest center he can’t survive
in that hostile environment. While in UK, I stayed in Bhaktivedanta Manor every alternate
week-end and in USA, both my wife and I were staying near temple in a devotee’s house every
weekend.
In West, people can’t just hear whole lecture, they need participation in program.
Cultural background is different. So Bhakti Vriksha (BV) programs suited well. Management is
also easy for them. With RSP’s notes ready with us, we started this systematic presentation
and it was well accepted. One BV grew to 3 in 6 months & we both were running to various
houses to take programs. Local devotees also picked up the theme – they only needed
systematic presentation of basic Krsna Consciousness philosophy which Radheshyam pr’s notes
did well. Over months they started conducting BVs and we started a program “Journey of
Growing Devotee”, a series of lecture for serious devotees to learn deeper aspects of Krsna
Consciousness. Radheshyam pr’s notes came handy even for this program.
World is in need of systematic presentation of Krsna Consciousness and Radheshyam pr
has done excellent service by doing so through various books. We only need to be a medium.
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Editorial Board
HG Radheshyam Das, M.Tech, IIT Bombay & Director, VOICE
HG Chaitanyacharan Das, B.E, COEP, Pune
Sudhir Anurag Pandey
Sandeep Gera Sri Ram Tushar
Aditya Mittal Venkatesh
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