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Chikungunya Fact Sheet
by cdc.gov
Posted January 7, 2009

CDC Fact sheet on chikungunya Click Here

Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes. Chikungunya virus was first isolated from the blood of a febrile patient in Tanzania in 1953, and has since been cited as the cause of numerous human epidemics in many areas of Africa and Asia, and most recently in a limited area of Europe.

What causes chikungunya fever?

Chikungunya fever is caused by a virus which belongs to the genus Alphavirus, in the family Togaviridae.

How do humans become infected with chikungunya virus? (Click here for the full article)



Hare Krsna Night
by ISKCON Ludhiana
Posted January 5, 2009


On the occasion of New Year ISKCON, LUDHIANA celebrated HARE KRSNA night in the temple with great enthusiasm. People offered gifts to Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baldeva and Subhadra. Devotees from Delhi joined this celebration which started from 9PM till midnight. Devotees danced with the chanting of Mahamantra, bhajans and Hari naam sankirtan. The main attraction of this event was Mini Ratha Yatra organized by ISKCON Kids. A beautiful small wooden chariot was made and took one round of the temple hall. Everybody appreciated this efforts by the children. (Click here for the full article)



Gita Nagari Newsletter
by Ortrun Gates
Posted January 3, 2009

The Winter Damodara Rati and AaC Newsletter for Gita Nagari, Port Royal, PA has been published. Please click the link below and enjoy! Your servant, Ortrun Click Here



Festival of India - Now Available for Smaller Events
by Madhuha Dasa
Posted January 2, 2009

We've had many requests from all over North America for a "smaller" or "more economical" program.

Starting this new year, 2009, the (Mini) Hare Krishna Festival will be available at a reasonable cost for programs at preaching centers, universities, parks, and other locations--- the front or back yard of your preaching center/home, or anyplace else where there is room for us to set up, yes, we can do it.

We're flexible; here's what a Mini-festival may consist of: The new "Changing Bodies/Journey Of The Soul" Multi-Media Experience Exhibit; 4 to 8 tents, banners including, but not limited to: the full Mahamantra (spelled out); "Books on Yoga and Meditation"; "The Yoga Experience"; "Free Feast"; (Click here for the full article)



Books for Sale - Must Sell to Pay Heating Bill.
by Louise Jones
Posted January 1, 2009

We have been laid off of our jobs and need to pay the heating bill.

Most of these books are new. Condition is noted for each book. The prices are half the retail sale price for the new books. Less than half for the used books.

Please contact nvfolk@aol.com with any questions. Shipping depends on destination and final weight of package. Can ship via media mail (cheapest) or priority. Please note that the shipping outside of the United States is very expensive. Payment method preferred is paypal but can accept moneyorders.

1. Sri Bhaktivinode Vani Vaibhava - hardcover two book set - new - $18 (Click here for the full article)



Japathon On New Years Day
by Nisha devi dasi
Posted December 31, 2008

You are cordially invited for Japathon on New Year (1/1/2009), A day to make resolution!

What is Japathon, you may ask? Devotees come together and chant maximum rounds they can chant a day. Once one chants extra rounds, be it 1 or 50 extra rounds, chanting everyday becomes breeze. We find many newcomers take to chanting and many veterans chant 64 rounds on Japathon. (See Japa scores! www.boisetemple.org/Japathon2005.html)

I witnessed this effect of Chanting on demons within my heart. de.youtube.com/watch?v=xO0DtbaIeAM (1 minute video) (Click here for the full article)



JPS Update
by Ratnavali devi dasi
Posted December 26, 2008

Dec. 20, 2008

The day we had all waited for has arrived! Guru Maharaja leaving the Hindhuja hospital after 2 months of his admission.

Braja Hari prabhu and Rajasuya prabhu went to the hospital to bring Guru Maharaja. Bhadra Balarama prabhu and Vaikunthapati prabhu were already in the hospital for the night shift. Ekanath Gaura prabhu, Acintya Nitai prabhu, Maha Varaha prabhu and Isvara Puri prabhu went in the morning to assist in this process.

Guru Maharaja was given a shower in the morning, dressed in saffron attire, pavitram on his neck and decorated with auspicious tilak on his forehead. He was fed some fruits before leaving the hospital. (Click here for the full article)



  Balabhadra's Health
by Chayadevi (Balabhadra's Wife)
Posted January 7, 2009

We would like to thank all of you for your phone calls, messages and prayers. It means a lot to Balabhadra. I will try to explain as simply as possibly what has been happening with Balabhadra's health.

Balabhadra has always had back problems for over 40 years (he is approaching his 63 birthday in April). He was always able to get over any flare ups and continue to physically work very hard. His whole life has been full of physical work and in his devotee years (initiated in 1969) mostly centered on farm life and the cows. This last year has been different. He has collapsed about four times and his recovery has been slow, like two weeks or more for each collapse. His visits to doctors, MRI, etc. revealed herniated disks, moderate spinal stenosis and some other deterioration but nothing that was considered an emergency surgery candidate. (Click here for the full article)



Web-Based Sunday School
by Tapasvini devi dasi
Posted January 5, 2009

Hare Krishna Sunday School Now Has a Website

Many temples have taken advantage of the Sunday school curriculum compiled by Tapasvini devi dasi and Sangita devi dasi. We're happy to announce that there is now a website for the Hare Krishna Sunday School program.

Visit www.harekrishnasundayschool.com for information on setting up a Sunday School, viewing samples of and ordering the curriculum, now available in CD format. This program has been used successfully by temples, gurukulas, homeschoolers, and parents interested in a systematic presentation of the Vedic literature for children.



Care for Cows Newsletter January 2009
by Kurma Rupa dasa
Posted January 3, 2009

Our January 2009 Care for Cows Newsletter has been posted. Please review it at your earliest convenience.

(careforcows.org/downloads/newsletters_0).

In this edition of 16 pages (1 MB) we present reports on:

  1. The affects of wishing upon a cow!

  2. Our famous Pushpa had her first calf.

  3. A surprise visit from several members and friends from the Saranagati Community in British Colombia. (Click here for the full article)



    Applications for Bhaktivedanta Gurukula
    by Taralakshi dasi
    Posted January 2, 2009

    Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and International School, Vrindavan, is now accepting student applications for the school year starting April 2009.

    Applications can be submitted for both the Gurukula (Grades 3 - 8) and the High School (Grades 9-12).

    For more information about the school please log on to www.bgis.org or write us directly at info@bgis.org.



    In the Blog World:
    ISKCON Rathayatra in Penang

    by Gopati Krsna dasa
    Posted January 1, 2009

    December 24, 2008

    About 4,000 devotees took part in the annual Ratha Yathra (Chariot Festival) orga-nised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Penang recently.

    The procession, which included two main chariots bearing the idols of Lord Jaganath (Lord of the Universe), Goddess Subadhra Devi and Lord Balarama, and a smaller cha-riot of Nitai Gauranga (the incarnation of Lord Krishna), left the Wisma Nattukottai in New Lane at 5.15pm.

    The procession ended at the Penang Chinese Town Hall in Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling about 8.30pm. (Click here for the full article)



    Mayapur Flat Wanted
    by Purujit das
    Posted December 31, 2008

    Looking to rent or purchase large flat in mayapur

    I am looking to rent (preferred) or purchase a nice, large flat (min 3 bed, 1000-1500 sq.foot) in Mayapur.

    can be outside ISKCON but within easy reach of our temple.(by foot or bicycle)

    I am looking to rent long term (min. 1-2 years).

    I do not need the place before festival time. right after would be fine.

    E-mail peterhannen@msn.com

    Phone 360-369-6394, 425-765-0602



    Vaisnavas C.A.R.E. in Every Town And Village
    by Rita Gupta
    Posted December 28, 2008

    In 2001, two long-time friends and Godsisters, Sangita devi dasi and Jusaniya devi dasi, co-founded Vaisnavas C.A.R.E., Inc. (Counseling, Assistance, Resource, and Education for the Terminally-ill and Their Families). Their vision is that in every town or village, when devotees are in the process of dying, there will be trained volunteers to assist with their end-of-life needs. Assistance may include light housekeeping, writing letters, or chanting and reading to a patient. It may also include being present at the moment of death, and helping a devotee to remember Lord Krishna at that crucial moment.

    Sangita and Jusaniya are both registered nurses. In addition, both are Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses (CHPN). (Click here for the full article)



  S. India Farmhouse for Sale
by Lakshmi Syamasundar
Posted January 7, 2009

Own a beautiful Farmhouse in South India, closer to the Ancient/Famous Temple of Lakshmi-Nrisimha Swami. Excellent connectivity by well maintained -4 Lane-Highway Roads and Railway Stations....Nearest International Airport at Hyderabad, only 45 km.

Experience a whole new way of living at Hare Krishna (old age) Ashram Resort - "www.allgreenresort.com", a unique, fully integrated Rural & Spiritual Ambience, away from hustle & bustle of city life. It is a Spiritual Village with activities of living centered around devotional service. (Click here for the full article)



JPS Update
by Bhakti Caru Maharaja
Posted January 5, 2009

www.jpsoffice.com/
30 Dec. 08 Report from Bhakti Caru Maharaja


Yesterday late morning, I came to Bombay, and went to see Jayapataka Maharaja in the afternoon. Bhakti Purushottama Maharaja, Braja Hari prabhu and Sunil Madhav from Chicago, came along with me. While driving to the hospital, I was feeling quite depressed. Just to think of the person who used to be so full of strength and vitality lying on bed in this condition is naturally painful.

I was remembering those early days in Mayapur - going to swim in the Ganges with him. With steady, powerful strokes he used to casually swim across that river. So many incidences flashed across my mind - once Radha Jivan lost his breath in the middle of the river and panicked and started to cry out for help, and Jayapataka Maharaja came to his rescue and carried him to the shore. Guru Kripa, (at that time a Swami), used to come to Mayapur with his tough group of devotees, called the Nama Hatta, from Japan. (Click here for the full article)



House for Rent in Dubai
by Sanjay Chaturvedi
Posted January 3, 2009

We have our nice house 2 bedroom hall apartment for devotee family only for 2 months for rent and rent is $3,000 us dollors per month with all the facilities everything is here, fully furnished with temple and swimming pool, gym, sauna and parking.

Please email us 7453259@gmail.com



Excellent Opportunity for Vaisnava Seva
by Devadeva dasi
Posted January 2, 2009


Buy my house at Gita Nagari so I can buy my children new uniforms for Gurukula. For sale by owner: $165,000. House was built in 1834, is loaded with good stuff. It is also available to rent, $800/mo with $1,200 security deposit.

For more info visit: academiahouse.blogspot.com



Moving Sale
by Danistha devi dasi
Posted January 1, 2009

The following list of Prabhupada books in original format and content are for sale:

1. Old soft Prabhupada complete "red" gitas with sanskrit 1972-75 $30./ea. ($3.00 each USA shipping)

2. hard bound original sanskrit Prabhupada gitas 1970's $60./ea. ($3.00 shipping)

3. Krsna Books = good condition large hard back (silver dust covers) original volumes in 2 parts $25./ea. or set of two vlumes for $40. ($4.00 per book shipping USA only)

4. Teaching of Lord Chaitanya, Teachings of Queen Kunti, Teachings of Kapila, Science of Self Realization, 1970's all hard back with dust covers $10./ea. (shipping $2.00) (Click here for the full article)



Message From H. H. Lokanath Swami
by Gaura Krishna das (LOK)
Posted December 31, 2008

This is an invitation to all of you to come to our new ISKCON Temple in my birthplace (Aravade, Maharashtra, India), on the auspicious occasion of Sri Nityananda Trayodasi, to welcome Their Lordships Sri-Sri Radha-Gopal on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of February 2009.

The inspiration for this project is a statement Srila Prabhupada made to me in a letter dated July 30, 1977. After I gave a report to him about the Second Annual Hare Krishna Utsav at Aravade. Srila Prabhupada wrote: "You should train one farmer from your native village so that he can actually become an ISKCON representative there."

The Hare Krishna Utsav has been celebrated yearly for the last 31 years in Aravade, with more than 20,000 villagers attending it. (Click here for the full article)



House for Sale Near Mayapur
by Amritananda Das
Posted December 28, 2008


2 storied (ground floor not done) building, 65 feet by 20 feet, 3960 sq ft (5.5 Cottha) of land in Swarupganj across the Jalangi River from Mayapur Ghat. Second floor has 2 bedrooms, kitchen, temple room, living/dining room. Big backyard with lot dog fruits, flowers and hardwood trees. No flood water during flood season. This property is very close to the Shrine of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakura and Shuravi Kunj, 2 Kilometers (KM) from Mayapur, 1 KM from Sri Dham Nabadwip. (Click here for the full article)



Chant 4 Change: Inaugural Kirtan Festival
by Neil Chakrabarti
Posted December 24, 2008


Washington, DC - Jan 19th, 2009, 6:30pm - 11:30pm (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

Celebrate the Inauguration of Barack Obama on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with sacred activist Shiva Rea, world-renowned kirtan/chant artists Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits and 400 other conscious revolutionaries. Join us for a full night of chant, dance, expression and teaching within sight of the White House and the Washington Monument. This is the place to be on the night before the Inauguration. (Click here for the full article)



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