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Hare Krishna chanters in NYC seek support

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A plea from the devotees who go out chanting Hare Krishna every day in Union Square in New York City NYC Harinam needs a small apartment in Manhattan to continue its service. Below is a letter of inspiration from Rama Raya das, who founded the NYC Harinam Ashram. Please read and consider donating to this wonderful project. We hope to see you soon in NYC! Also check out our press release and official GoFundMe campaign. This is Rama Raya, humble servant of Srila Prabhupada’s sankirtan mission. For five years without fail, through hurricanes and snowstorms, we have kept daily harinam … [Read more...] about Hare Krishna chanters in NYC seek support

Funding Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi

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My godsister Parvati Dasi, who looks after Srila Prabhuapda's samadhi in Vrindaban, has sent me this letter. She writes for a worthy cause. Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. This is an appeal for your help for Prabhupada's Vrndavana Samadhi Project. This year, somehow the donation level has fallen below normal. For the first time in 17 years, I had to break a small Fixed Deposit to put in the working account. More than that, we must re-seal the dome after 25 monsoons, to ensure no leaking or concomitant structural damage. … [Read more...] about Funding Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi

Updated BBT style guide (December 2016)

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Here is the most recent version of the BBT Style Guide. BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (docx, 433 KB) BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (pdf, 910 KB) The Style Guide offers the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's latest standards on such matters as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and word choice. This is a routine update. You can always find the latest version of the Style Guide on the permanent page of BBT editorial resources. … [Read more...] about Updated BBT style guide (December 2016)

“Vanity Karma” ebook announcement

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Bhaktivedanta Book Trust press release The award-winning book Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita, and the meaning of life is now available as a high-quality ebook at the Kindle Store, on Google Play, and on iBooks. What is life for? What may give it meaning? Does it have any meaning at all? Such questions are independently explored both in the wisdom book Ecclesiastes and in the Bhagavad-gītā. In Vanity Karma, wisdom meets wisdom as these two perennial classics come together, uniting in a fascinating exploration. Jayadvaita Swami, an American monk in the Indian tradition … [Read more...] about “Vanity Karma” ebook announcement

2016 Open Vyasa-puja book: pdf now online

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The 2016 Srila Prabhupada Tributes book – “the open Vyasa-puja book” – is now available as a pdf file from www.sptributes.com. Physical books have already been mailed. Each year, all initiated disciples of Srila Prabhupada are welcome to write offerings for the book. And any disciple who sends an offering will receive a physical copy of the book.If you were initiated by Srila Prabhupada but didn’t receive an invitation to contribute, please write to sptributes (at) gmail.com in order to be added to the mailing list. … [Read more...] about 2016 Open Vyasa-puja book: pdf now online

Now online: “Gita changes” for chapter nine

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BBT press release The “annotated scans” for Chapter Nine of Bhagavad-gita As It Is are now online at www.BBTedit.com/changes. The scans for this chapter are the latest in a series that shows all the revisions done for the transliterations, word meanings, and purports of the second edition. Nearly every revision also has a note explaining why it was done, along with an image from the BBT’s oldest manuscripts, allowing you to verify the history for yourself. Jayadvaita Swami did his revisions for the second edition on a physical copy of the first edition. The scans show that copy. … [Read more...] about Now online: “Gita changes” for chapter nine