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Today was the glorious apparance day of Nityananda Prabhu, and we had celebrated with an amazing harinama with His Grace Jayadeva Prabhu (after a full feast!). I must say, the harinama was amazing, he was singing beautifully and he projected the holy names out clearly and it really did have an impact, as you shall see in the video.

Towards the ending, we enter the McDonalds Restaurant on our way back - that was the last place I would ever have gone, the smell of beef was in the air! During that time, I had remembered that His Holiness Radhnatha Swami said you could even go to Hell just for walking in McDonalds because there is so much karma involved, but I had then remembered that for a Vaishnava, Heaven and Hell are the same.

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Madhava Prabhu is simply amazing!!! You can feel the depth of his devotion from his singing, and that affects everyone who is participating.....the mrdangas are played beautifully here.

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This next video is a lecture by His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami on the manifestation of Lord Chaitanyas Mercy through Sankirtan - this video is very interesting and very funny as Maharaja talks about his own adventures in Sankirtan and the lengths that devotees are willing to go to deliver Lord Chaitanyas mercy!

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Hiya Folks! I'm back on the blogging scene after a short disappearance! There are many videos that I wanted to share with you but due to soooooo many upload problems (google Videos fault) I couldn't post anything for a long while, but that's now sorted out.

The first video is this amazing Harinama with His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami in London. One of the very first videos I had posted on my blog was a harinama by His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami and that was amazing and this is certainly no different! Maharaja comes for only a short time in the UK, but when he does come, you do not want to miss out.

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Today, I was at Soho Temple - it was Govardhana Puja today. The temple was very nicely decorated, and the deities were stunning in their beautiful outfits. As usual, the feast was really nice.....but it ended up too much! I had to stuff all the sweets in my cup and attempt to get up! His Grace Devadeva Prabhu sang the kirtans and I was literally swept away with his melody that I had never heard before. He is literally crying out for their Lordships in so much pain and separation.

For a fraction of a moment the holy names seemed to come alive and touch me a little bit with its transcendental attractiveness - it is beyond words! I just realised that nothing in the material world can ever compare to the Holy Names, and the Holy Names is like a never-ending ocean of bliss. You then start to wonder why souls deviate from Devotional Service, if it is so pleasurable. My mind is saying that it is all down to the origin of the soul, but that's another controversy that is not worth getting into! Silly Mind!

Below is a lovely video clip from my mobile phone. Please watch:

Today, His Holiness Devamrita Swami gave a wonderful class at the Soho Temple. It was based on the Bhagavad Gita and so the class was on the nature of the material existence and how it is full of anxieties and how we will never be able to be happy here, let alone be satiated. He brings in the Spiritual side of life, where Devotion to God, Krishna, will, not only relieve you of your miseries, but will grant you the nectar for which we are always anxious.

Devamrita Swami's lecture are very facinating as he gives out a unique blend of his own experiences on his path of Krishna Consciousness along with deep understanding of the Vedic Philosophy with lots of humour! I have another one of his lectures on my blog, that also is an amazing video. Perhaps I should tag those posts as HH Devamrita Swami? I also took a video of this whole lecture on my Mobile Phone, watch it below:

On the 19th was Radhastami - the Appearance of Srimati Radharani. On this day, I spent a lot of the time in the Temple Room listening to the most wonderful music I have ever heard! Just to sit there and trying to listen attentively and sing along was a very mellow experience. Everyone was singing with so much Love that I could feel like I was starting to be carried away with those Waves of Love.

Sri Radha had a most beautiful form on this day and she was smiling sweetly from her Altar, as was Krishna (London-ishvara is the name of the deity in the Temple). This conception was slowly starting to creep into my consciousness. The Deities are Real! Because we are covered with Maya (Illusion), we cannot see the Lord, but he mercifully manifests in his Deity form for all to see.

"I have bought medicine to awaken every living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the Holy Name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra and Awaken"

Here are some videos of the Bhajans and Kirtans that occured today. Maybe you will hear a glimpse of the Waves of Love that was experienced on that day! OK quality mobile phone videos.

I was upstairs in the Soho Street Temple in the Brahmacari Ashram, and this is what I saw in the bathroom:

"The scriptures describe the benefits of taking a cold bath early in the morning. Such a bath can purify even a sinner, for it has the power to wash away all external and internal contamination's. Whereas a warm water bath cleanses physically, cold water revitalizes the subtle body, removing the influence of sleep and dreams as well as of evil-minded persons. The cold bath also gives strength, sensitivity, longevity, effulgence, and purity. Taking an early-morning cold bath increases one's knowledge and determination and affords peace of mind. It removes unhappiness, lamentation, degradation, and bad thoughts. In short, it counteracts all the ill effects of sin. At night the nine holes of the body become filled with waste products, which are continuously produced. The early-morning bath most effectively removes all of this dirt so that the body can begin its daily activities in a fresh state. In this way the early- morning bath has positive physical, mental, and spiritual effects, and is therefore highly glorified in the scriptures".

On the 10th August 2007, His Holiness BB Govinda Swami came to Soho Street Temple to give some wonderful bhajans and a review and update on the Kazakstan situation plus a fundraising at the end.

This is the first time I have seen this Maharaja, and I really loved his Kirtans, I had made several videos so do watch them below! On the Kazakstan situation, it appears to be going nowhere, but Maharaja did say that for the United Kingdom Devotees, it took 15 years (?) of campaining to prevent Bhaktivedanta Manor from closing down. What a long, tough road the Kazakstan devotees may have to traverse...please pray for them!

Part 1: Guru Puja

Part 2: Bhajans 1



Part 3: Bhajans 2


Part 4: Bhajans 3

After a long while, I finally uploaded the video of His Holiness Bhakti Chaitanya Swami doing an amazing Harinama through the streets of London. You just have to watch it! The video is about 30 minutes long.

Yesterday (Wednesday), I went on Food For Life (as I do every week), and just when we came back from our Food Distribution, two curious young people (with a pint in their hands) begin to ask Asish Soni Perfect Questions, which in reply they certainly did get Perfect Answers! Asish is an amazing Devotee, but you have to be with him to realize his Depth of Devotion. Watch this amazing video clip below of this amazing Preaching:

I was at Soho Street Temple today and His Holiness Devamrita Swami gave a really nice Bhagavad Gita Class. Unfortunately, I didnt bring my camera and my tripod, so i recorded the class on my Sony-Ericsson Phone, but you can hear the whole class clearly. See it below, it is about an hour long:

His Holiness Lokanatha Swami leads a wonderful harinama through the streets of London!!!!! You just had to be there, I very rarely see such a huge harinama procession. Video is over 1 hour.

Well, I could have taken the video via my camera instead of my Sony-Ericsson phone (its VCD Quality) but that would take a long time to upload. Any opinions out there???

I was at Govinda's today, having a late lunch :-)

Since it was tuesday, His Grace Jayadeva Prabhu was there doing, as usual, an ecstatic bhajan. Got a little video clip of it below from my mobile, so do check it out below:

Check out some of the photos from the Harinama which I have been going on about! Click on the photo below to access the Album:

2007.03.31-HH Kadamba Kanana Swami Harinama

Maharaja leads an ecstatic harinama through the streets of London! I'm telling you, I saw so many people other than devotees dancing also! Check out the video below:

Well? Where were you guys when Maharaja gave this class!!? It was so nice to be seeing Maharaja again ever since I saw him when I went to the Pandava Sena France Trip. The lectures I heard from Maharaja while I was in France were stunning, and this is no less! Maharaja talks about the nature of God and some pastimes of Krishna. Check out the video below: