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Thanksgiving Planning
Paw paw trees for sale
I have about 50 paw paw tree seedlings for sale.Â
 They are from last years seed, in 14 inch pots, and have a good root system. The price is $5. a tree.Â
 Also this year seeds are for sale at $1. a piece.
 If interested contact me by phone at 347-393-0131 or email soma108@gmail.com
 I am leaving for Ireland on November 14 so contact me before then.
 your servant,
Somadas das
24 Hour Kirtan DVD–wholesale prices!
Attention all temple managers, gift shops, and anyone looking for a great gift! Today we received the shipment of the 24 Hour Kirtan DVDs! Please click on the picture below for full details:
This offer is mostly directed to the North American area, but international orders are also welcome (especially Australia as we’ll be going there in a few weeks).
Write to kirtan@pamho.net for all orders and note that all all proceeds go to funding next year’s kirtan event.
Hare Krishna,
NV 24 Hour Kirtan Team
Prabhupada Letter Aug 11th, 1971
CAMP: ISKCON; 7, Bury Place; London, W.C.1; ENGLAND
August 11, 1971
My Dear Hayagriva,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 29th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. You write to say that it is my satisfaction that is important; my wish is that you all GBC members cooperate and advance the mission of this society. That will satisfy me. I am now sick for the last three days; perhaps this climate is not suiting me. So very soon I will be returning to N.Y. or Bombay. I am just waiting for a reply from the High Commissioner of India in London whom I have induced to write Indira Gandhi to participate in our corner stone ceremony at Mayapur.
I think your complete engagement should be editing. Bhagavad Gita has been detained for the last several years. Still it is not complete. With such slow progress how can we finish? There are still so many books to be written and printed.
You can try and write one article about the transmigration of the soul. Many rascals do not believe in the soul. If there is no soul, then why a dead child does not grow? If it is only matter, then matter is already there. Transmigration takes place by the subtle body. When the gross body becomes useless, the subtle body carries the soul to develop another gross body. This is a great scientific point, but rascal scientists and philosophers have no conception. So try and convince them with logic and good argument.
The best thing is that when I return to Mayapur at that time you can come and live with me. It is a very peaceful place. So far my going to New Vrindaban that is a nice place but circumstantially I cannot live there. So when I return to India you may come and join me. And I would have liked to have gone to New Vrindaban for Janmastami but I have fallen sick. Practically my health does not permit me to take up any active management or administration. I should now retire and GBC should kindly give me relief in this connection. Now our organization is expanding. We must have good GBC management.
Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Your ever well wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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 Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day
This Saturday, Nov. 1st is Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day (fasting until noon).
Afterwards, we’ll come back to the temple, where we’ll break fast at a 1:30 feast. Bring a food preparation to share if you like!
Bhakta Seva’s BBQ Sauce Recipe
2 1/2 Cups Tomato Paste
1/3 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup Water
1/4 tsp. Hing
1 Cup Sugar
1 Tblsp. Molasses
1 Tblsp. Salt
1 tsp. Crushed Chillis
1 1/2 tsp. Dried Parsley
3/4 Cup Lemon Juice
2 Tblsp. Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup Mustard (see mustard recipe below)
Put all ingredients in a pot and simmer on medium/low heat for 45 minutes, stirring regularly, until the sauce is a deep, reddish brown color.
Mustard recipe:
(This can be mixed in a bowl separately, and then added to the rest of the BBQ sauce.)
3 Tblsp. Mustard Powder
3 Tblsp. Water
2 tsp. Lemon Juice
2 tsp. Sugar
2 tsp. Salt
2 Tblsp. Chickpea Flour
Prabhupada Letter July 1, 1971
Center: 3764 Watseka Ave. Los Angeles, Calif. 90034
July 1, 1971
My Dear Shama Dasi
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much, for your letter and nice presentations. I was thinking of you since a long time because I have not received any letter from you. I am very pleased with your nice presentation and I have seen the pictures of your son, Samba, also. He is looking very jolly. So raise him nicely in Krishna Consciousness.
Hayagriva was here and we had some very nice talks. I am glad that you are managing New Vrindaban, so do it nicely. Be happy in Krishna Consciousness and be the ideal grihastra. Better to be satisfied with one nice Krishna Conscious child and the rest of your time saved for making advancement in Krsna Consciousness.
You will be glad to know that by the middle of this month I will be going to N.Y. and shortly thereafter surely I will be coming to New Vrindaban, as I have told Hayagriva. I have received one letter of invitation from Kirtanananda Maharaj also. I am always aspiring to eat your nice chopaties, so when I go there, you will have to give me many.
Please offer my blessings to the others. Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Your ever well wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Govardhana Puja
Govardhana Puja is Wednesday, Oct. 29th! Â The day starts off with the morning program, including Damodarastakam prayers, and a 8:15am class recounting the pastimes under Govardhana Hill.Â
The evening festivities begin with a 5:30pm go-puja in front of the temple, giving children and adults the opportunity to decorate a cow and offer her sweets.  More Govardhana Hill pastimes will be remembered during the evening class at 6:00pm. Â
And, of course, you won’t want to miss the highlight of the event: a 7:00pm Govardhana abhishek and arati, while devotees enthusiastically sing and dance around Govardhana Hill. The evening wraps up with a 8:00pm feast and final darshan of the deities.
Our wonderful devotee cooks are requested to bring their special food preparations to the pujari room before 6:00pm.  (And if you don’t cook, you could bring fresh fruit!)
Govardhana Puja Schedule
Wednesday, Oct. 29th
Morning Program
5:00 am Mangal Arati, Nrsimha Arati, Tulasi Puja & Japa
7:30 am Darshan Arati, Guru Puja & Damodarastakam
8:15 am Class: Pastimes under Govardhan Hill
9:15 am Breakfast
Evening Program
5:30 pm Go-puja (in front of the temple)
Help decorate a cow and offer her sweets
6:00 pm Class: Pastimes under Govardhan Hill
During class the altar is closed while the Mountain of Bhoga is offered to Giriraja
7:00 pm Govardhana Arati, abhisek, and kirtan around the hill
The pujari will bathe and worship Govardhan Sila while devotees sing, dance, and circumambulate Govardhana Hill
8:00 pm Feast (served out in the temple room)
Tables and chairs will be provided in the prasadam halls on either side of the temple room. Maha prasadam will be distributed in boxes to take home.
8:30 pm Shayan Darsan and Damodarastakam prayers
Take final darshan of the deities for the day
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