Sankirtana Newsletter no. 7|Krishna Island, Hare Krishna Island, Govindadwipa,

Sankirtana News 7

Srila Prabhupada Arrives In America

My Dear Lord Krsna, You are so kind upon this useless soul, but I do not know why you have brought me here. Now You can do whatever You like with me.

But I guess You have some business here, otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?

Most of the population here is covered by the material modes of ignorance and passion. Absorbed in material life, they think themselves very happy and satisfied, and therefore they have no taste for the transcendental message of Vasudeva. I do not know how they will be able to understand it.

But I know Your causeless mercy can make everything possible because You are the most expert mystic.

How will they understand the mellows of devotional service? O Lord I am simply praying for Your mercy so that I will be able to convince them about Your message.

All living entities have become under the control of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore, if You like, by Your will they can also be released from the clutches of illusion.

I wish that You may deliver them. Therefore if You so desire their deliverance, then only will they be able to understand Your message.

It is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.17-21): “Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma (Supersoul) in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who relishes His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.

By regularly hearing the Bhagavatam and rendering service unto the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is practically destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact. At the time loving service is established in the heart, the modes of passion (rajas) and ignorance (tamas), and thus lust and desire (kama) disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness and he becomes happy.

Thus established in the mode of goodness, the man rejuvenated by loving service to the Lord gains liberation from material association (mukti) and comes to know scientifically of the Personality of Godhead. Thus the knots of the heart and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions (karma) is terminated when one sees the self as master.”

He will become liberated from the influence of the modes of ignorance and passion and thus all inauspicious things accumulated in the core of the heart will disappear.

How will I make them understand this message of Krsna Consciousness? I am very unfortunate, unqualified and the most fallen. Therefore I am seeking Your benediction so that I can convince them, for I am powerless to do so on my own.

Somehow or other, O Lord, You have brought me here to speak about You. Now, my Lord it is up to You to make me a success or failure as You like.

O spiritual master of all the worlds! I can simply repeat Your message, so if You like You can make my power of speaking suitable for their understanding.

Only by Your causeless mercy will my words become pure. I am sure that when this transcendental message penetrates their hearts they will certainly feel engladdened and thus become liberated from all unhappy conditions of life.

O Lord, I am just like a puppet in Your hands. So if You have brought me here to dance, then make me dance, make me dance. O Lord, make me dances as You like.

I have no devotion, nor do I have any knowledge, but I have strong faith in the holy name of Krsna. I have been designated as Bhaktivedanta, and now, if You like, You can fulfill the real purport of Bhaktivedanta.

Signed– the most unfortunate, insignificant beggar

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,

on board the ship Jaladuta, Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Dated 18th of September, 1965

Prabhupada Siksa

The Sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing Kirtana. In this way He inundated the whole world by distributing love of Godhead.

Purport: One may raise the question how all three worlds became inundated with love of Krsna since Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed Kirtana only in the Navadvipa area. The answer is that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself. The entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord’s first setting it in motion.

Similarly, since the Sankirtana movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s desire that it spread all over the universe, the Krsna Consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all over the universe. With the spread of the Krsna consciousness movement everyone will merge in an ocean of love of Krsna.

Caitanya Caritamrta Adi lila 13. 32

Please Chant

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna

Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

Sankirtana Scores

For the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, Sri Sri Nitai Sacinandana, Srila Prabhupada and the vaisnavas here are the scores for the months of April and May, 2007.

GOVINDADVIPA

Maha Big Big Medium small

April: 456 106 200 737

May: 566 245 341 845

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Total 1022 351 541 1582

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ISKCON DUBLIN

Maha big Big Medium Small

April: 3 0 42 0

May: 11 0 52 0

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Total 14 0 94 0

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Total amount of books distributed in Ireland for the 2 month period April/May

Maha big Big medium small

1036 351 635 1582

Govindadvipa cumulative Jan-May 2007

Total 6115 pieces of literature

Dublin Cumulative Jan-May

2007 Total of 431 pieces

of Literature

Pictured below::

Sri Rupa dasa distributing

The Perfection of Yoga,

and Sri Isopanisad to a

gentleman in Enniskillen

11 June 2007.

He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection , nor happiness, nor the supreme destination

B.G. 16:23

A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge , and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace

B.G. 4:39

Stories And Feedback From The Public

Paurusa Prabhu was distributing books from shop to shop. Just as he was entering one shop he noticed a man sitting on a bench reading Perfect Questions Perfect Answers which he had purchased from Mayesvara Prabhu on the street that day.

A few minutes later when Paurusa emerged from the shop the man on the bench said, “This is great reading! What books are you selling?” Paurusa showed him the Bhagavad Gita As It Is. On the strength of reading one of Prabhupadas books for a few minutes he happily gave another donation and took home a Bhagavad Gita also.

Mayesvara met a lady on the street who had previously gotten a copy of Facts For Life. He asked her, “What did you think of it?” “I liked it” she replied. As per usual Mayesvara who always shows complete interest in the people he meets, wanted to develop the conversation further “That’s interesting,” he said, “most people find that book a little bit controversial.” She replied “I don’t know why, he (Prabhupada) is only telling the truth!”

Medhavi Nimai was distributing when he met a lady Who had developed a wonderful appreciation of Srila Prabhupada. “I’ve got one of those books” she said. “About the saint who came from India to America. It was wonderful. I cried when I read it. I liked it so much I gave it to my husband to read and he liked it and gave it to his mother to read when she came to stay with us”

Building The Storehouse Of Love Of God

Pictured above is the construction of a new book storage room. Although there is still some small work left to do it is nearing completion.

Special thanks to Prahlada Maharaja Dasa for building the new structure which will be capable of holding at least 50,000 books. It is also designed to allow easy access for loading and unloading large pallet loads of books. Thanks also to Derek (who gave our first donation for the project) and all others who donated, Manu, Praghosa, Sri Rupa, Kevin, and many others who offered valuable support and advice.

Special thanks also to Karunesvari Mataji, the temple treasurer who help us manage our finances.

If anyone would like to get involved with future BBT projects or has any advice on how we can increase book distribution please don’t hesitate to email bbt@krishnaisland.com or visit the temple website www.krishnaisland.com for more information on what is happening.

Hare Krsna!