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DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS
JAI NITAI DASA Temple President Charity Chairman Member of Management Board South Regional Coordinator UK Zonal Supervisor Mentor
BHAVA BHAKTI DEVI DASI Temple Administrator Charity Secretary / Trustee Member of Management Board South Regional Secretary Mentorship System Coordinator Mentor
DAYAL MORA DASA Outreach Coordinator Men’s Ashram Leader Member of Management Board Mentor
MURLI MANOHARA DASA Head Pujari Mentor
THIRUPATI GAURANGA DASA Govinda’s Restaurant Manager Kitchen Manager Member of Management Board
RADHA RAMAN DASA Charity Trustee Mentor
ACUTYA CHARAN DASA Food for Life Coordinator
ADI GOPI DEVI DASI Radha’s Boutique Manager
ANTOINE BOUR Sankirtan Co-Leader
DARRYL BIGGS Community Development Coordinator
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DEVAKI DEVI DASI Volunteers Coordinator
DOYAL CAITANYA DASA Festivals Coordinator Volunteers Coordinator
KAPILA MONET Radha Krishna Records Manager
KRISHNA KANTA DEVI DASI Food for Life Coordinator
MANJARI GOPIKA DEVI DASI Russian Vedic Society Coordinator
MICHELLE TCHOUKOV Financial Controller
NATASHA MENON Communications Secretary
PADMANABHA NITYANANDA DASA London College of Vedic Studies Coordinator
PRITESH PANDYA Child Protection Officer
PRIYA KUNDA DASA Atma Lounge Manager
RUPANUGA BHAKTI DASA Temple Commander
SYAMA GAURI DEVI DASI Atma Lounge Manager
SYAMA KISORA DASA Sankirtan Co-Leader
TITIKSU DASA UK Rathayatra Coordinator
TOTA GOPINATHA DASA Head of IT Data Protection Lead
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Temple President’s Activities
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Communications
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Community Development
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Deity Department
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Festivals
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Food for Life
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Govinda’s Restaurant
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London College of Vedic Studies
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Outreach
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Project Grow
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Radha’s Boutique / Radha Krishna Records
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Regional
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Russian Vedic Society
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Sankirtan
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Spiritual Mentorship System
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Editorial Team: Devaki devi dasi, Padmanabha Nityananda dasa Graphic Designer: Krishna Lila dasa Official photographers: David Crick, Harsh Sharma. We also thank other members of the community for their pictures. Proofreader: Darryl Biggs For any comments or queries on this publication, please email newsletter@iskcon.london 4
“Simply our prayer should be, “My dear Krishna, please remind me to always chant Your holy name, please do not put me into forgetfulness. You are sitting within me as the Supersoul, so You can put me into forgetfulness or into remembering You. So please do not put me into forgetfulness. Please always remind me to chant, even You send me to hell, it doesn’t matter, just so long as I can always chant Hare Krishna.” Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Devananda, 23rd November 1968 5
TEMPLE PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITIES Highlights from Jai Nitai dasa’s activities from September to December During September to December, with the lockdown still in place, Jai Nitai dasa engaged in the below activities.
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 6th Chaired the ISKCON South London Trustees meeting online. Taught the ‘Overview of BhagavadGita’ online course arranged by the London College of Vedic Studies (LCVS). Saturday 12th Facilitated the Sankirtan Calling Party at the Temple. Sunday 20th Chaired the online ISKCON South London Trustees meeting.
Tuesday 1st Hosted an online grihasta mentorship meeting with Bhava Bhakti devi dasi. Thursday 3rd Conducted Ethos training for teachers at the Krishna Avanti Primary School, Croydon. Friday 4th Led the morning assembly for students and staff at the Avanti Court Primary School, Barkingside. Saturday 5th Led an online community ishta goshti (discussion) with the ISKCON South London community.
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Saturday 26th Performed a wedding at Bhaktivedanta Manor for community members. Sunday 27th Started teaching Unit One of the new Bhakti Sastri online course organised by LCVS. This unit covers chapters one to six of the Bhagavad-Gita in ten interactive sessions. Monday 28th Attended the online Euro Regional GBC meetings.
OCTOBER
Wednesday 21st Facilitated the ISKCON South London Trustees
Friday 2nd Started teaching the first session of ’Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ online course for LCVS. This interactive course, over four sessions, is for newcomers. Saturday 3rd Conducted online mentorship training for ISKCON South London. Sunday 4th Taught Unit One of the Bhakti Sastri course. Friday 9th Taught the ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course. Saturday 10th Facilitated the Sankirtan Calling Party. Sunday 11th Taught Unit One of the Bhakti Sastri course. Thursday 15th Hosted an online grihasta mentorship meeting with Bhava Bhakti devi dasi. Friday 16th Taught the ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course. Saturday 17th Facilitated the Sankirtan Calling Party. Sunday 18th Taught Unit One of Bhakti Sastri course.
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meeting online. Thursday 22nd Met students on the current GBC College online course. One of the modules for this course is entitled ‘Principles of Temple Administration’ and was prepared by Jai Nitai dasa. Friday 23rd Taught the ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course. Saturday 24th Facilitated the Sankirtan Calling Party. Sunday 25th Taught Unit One of the Bhakti Sastri course. Tuesday 27th Facilitated the online ISKCON South London Trustees meeting. Thursday 29th Hosted an online grihasta mentorship meeting with Bhava Bhakti devi dasi.
BHAGAVATAM BITES During the lockdown, Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi undertook a reading vow to read Srimad-Bhagavatam three times a week, at least for 30 minutes, from Cantos 1 to 12. These readings are shared live on the ISKCON-London Facebook page on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week at 4.00pm. Recently one young man who watched one of the readings on Facebook, left a comment saying he was very inspired and ordered 28 Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto Two books for his business clients. The books he was sent were the special edition copies with Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara on the front cover.
‘SOMEONE OF SOHO’ ART EXHIBITION ON OXFORD STREET Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi were featured in the ‘Someone of Soho’ art exhibition, by artist Richard Piercy, which focuses on people who live and work in Soho. The portraits of Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi were displayed on a series of digital light boxes in December on the side of the Flannels building on Oxford Street, one of Europe’s busiest shopping streets. Shoppers not only got to see the two devotee photos but also got to read ‘Hare Krishna’ written under their photos. The exhibition ran from the 5th to 13th December.
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COMMUNICATIONS BHAKTI VISION VLOG During the lockdown, a new online vlog was launched called Bhakti Vision which is created and produced by Bhava Bhakti devi dasi. Bhakti Vision features short videos highlighting different topics about life both inside and outside of ISKCON-London. The vlog can be viewed on the YouTube channel ‘Bhakti Vision’ or on the Temple’s Facebook page every Tuesday at 2.00pm. If you would like to make suggestions on aspects of life at ISKCONLondon which you want to see in the vlog, please contact Bhava Bhakti devi dasi on bhava.bhakti@iskcon.london and she will endeavour to make it happen! View the Bhakti Vision vlogs here: https://youtu.be/SbOCjP8ar7k
MAYOR OF LONDON’S REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
MY WESTMINSTER NEWSLETTER DIWALI PRAYER
City Hall annually pays tribute to the servicemen and women who died in active service in the two World Wars. As part of this year’s ceremony, faith representatives were invited to say a short prayer from their own tradition. ISKCON-London (representing the Hindu Forum of Britain) was invited to represent the Hindu faith through a pre-recorded prayer delivered by Jai Nitai dasa. This was relayed into the live stream on the event day, Friday 6th November, and also on the actual day, Wednesday 11th November.
Westminster City Council requested Jai Nitai dasa to prepare a short prayer for Diwali to include in their online newsletter ‘My Westminster’ on Friday 13th November. He shared the following prayer: “May this Diwali offer you hope. May a clear path be lit to guide you out of the darkness. And may you and your loved ones connect with the eternal supreme flame and may the spark of that connection kindle into a deep and everlasting faith that sees you through these troubling times.”
Watch here: https://www.london.gov.uk/ events/2020-11-06/remembrance-day-2020 Tune in 12.40 into the recording.
IN THE NEWS
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT’S DIWALI EVENT
• Food for Life on BBC Asian Network in an exclusive interview speaking about the Electric Van launch: www.iskcon.london/media/audio/bbc-radio/bbc_asian_161220.mp3
With the idea of promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, the Department for Transport organised a virtual Diwali event on Monday 16th November. During the event, Vamsidhari dasa gave a talk on ‘The real purpose of Diwali’, which looked at the meaning of the festival and how it can deeply contribute to our everyday lives. The talk was followed by live streaming of arati and kirtan from the Temple Room and concluded with questions and answers.
• Food for Life on BBC Radio London in an exclusive interview sharing their goal of distributing over 5,000 meals during Christmas to the homeless: www.iskcon.london/media/audio/bbc-radio/ bbc_london_251220.mp3
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• ISKCON News feature story on Food for Life and Govinda’s Restaurant launch of UK’s first 100% Electric Food Van: https://bit.ly/iskconnews-070121
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
In the auspicious month of Kartik, many were feeling the separation from Vrindavana Dhama due to the global pandemic. But in a virtual pushback to the pandemic, ISKCON-London’s Retreat Team hosted a weekend of nectar with online talks centred around the childhood pastimes of Lord Krishna. Held over the weekend of 21st and 22nd November, over 300 attendees relished the different encounters of the Lord as the Darling of Vrindavana. Sutapa dasa kick-started the event with a dynamic presentation on the killing of Trnavarta. He cleverly highlighted how if knowledge does not lead to humility then pride develops and this pride is the cause of a falldown. Amarendra dasa then crafted a detailed journey of the Damodara pastime, of Mother Yashoda binding Lord Krishna. So many gems were revealed. We know the two fingers represent effort and mercy, but which finger represents mercy and which represents effort? We now know that the shorter finger represents effort and the longer finger mercy, emphasising the importance of mercy over our effort. Finally, Mahatma dasa spoke about the deliverance of the Yamala Arjuna trees, ending day one. Day two had even more gems that sparkled through the web. Candramauli Swami took the excited audience through the childhood pastimes of Lord Krishna. Being the auspicious occasion of Gopastami, during the afternoon session, Deena Bandhu dasa then teleported all to Vrindavana whilst he described the different pastime places where Krishna would herd the cows. And finally, Janananda Goswami delved into the details of the killing of the demon Dhenukasura. Each day ended with a live darshan of Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara and the singing of the Damodarastakam prayers. It was a retreat to remember. Watch the retreat classes here: https://bit.ly/krishnadarlingofvrindavan-playlist
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DEITY DEPARTMENT WELCOMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS BACK INTO PUJARI SERVICE On Sunday 27th September, five devotees from the community came to the Deity Department rooms after seven months to render services. It was a trial run to assess that the environment would be safe both for those coming in and the temple residents. Following the success of the trial run, the Sundays during the month of October saw more community members welcomed back to render a range of services from offering arati, cooking, dressing, transfers service, etc. Garland-making took place on both Saturdays and Sundays in a nearby office. Unfortunately coming back for services was short-lived with the Government announcing new lockdown measures starting from Thursday 5th November and lasting for one month. However, once these lockdown measures ended, devotees were pleased to be back in service again.
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GOPASTAMI- SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER The Deity Department celebrated Gopastami with a special darshan. Their Lordships were wearing Their classic “Tulasi and Cows” outfit and were surrounded with cows. Srimati Radharani was offered a flower crown and Krishna, Jagannatha and Baladeva were offered flower turban pieces, all of which had cows in! On this day, a new accessory was also offered to Srimati Radharani – a beautiful silver hand mirror.
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PUSHPA ABHISHEK - SUNDAY 20TH DECEMBER Despite the pandemic, Their Lordships still got a full Pushpa Abhishek this year, albeit with a small physical audience with only the Temple residents present, and members of the community watching online. It took place in the morning of Sunday 20th December. 8,000 beautiful roses of a variety of colours were sponsored for the abhishek by the Dave family, a flower exporter based in Kenya. Petals from the roses were picked by a small number of volunteers the day before in the Temple Room.
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SPOTLIGHT ON A PUJARI with Bhagavatanand dasa
The Community Newsletter Team had a chat with Bhagavatanand dasa, who has been serving enthusiastically as a Pujari at ISKCON-London for fifteen years. We found out about his first visit to the Bury Place Temple in 1977, preaching during lockdown and how he helped to set up a preaching centre in his hometown in India. Community Newsletter Team: Hare Krishna Bhagavatanand dasa! Thank you very much for speaking to us. Please tell us about yourself, like where were you born and your upbringing? Bhagavatanand dasa: I was born and brought up in Gujarat, India. My family religion is Jain. I had a happy childhood. Q) How old were you when you first came in contact with Krishna consciousness? And how did it happen? A) In 1977, I first came to 7 Bury Place, Radha-Krishna Temple with my family, when I was 27 years old. Our baby daughter was brought in front of Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara for her first darshan. Bury Place Temple had a small temple room, one quarter the size of ISKCON-London’s current temple room. If 15 devotees attended, the room would be overcrowded. One particular devotee was keen for us to buy the ‘Back to Godhead’ magazine for a small donation. Q) When did you first start serving in the Deity Department at ISKCON-London? What services have you been involved in? A) I first started serving in 2005. I did back-up services for Raja Bhoga cooking once a week. I also helped organise the bhoga fridge and polish silver paraphernalia. Later on after my second initiation, I would offer the noon and 4.00pm aratis weekly. I would also assist my wife Vrajkishori devi dasi cooking the Raja Bhoga offering once a week. Q) What keeps you enthusiastic and motivated in your services? A) Serving Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara gives that spiritual pleasure! Q) The lockdown has stopped your regular services at ISKCON-London. Are there any services you been doing during the lockdown? 15
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A) I preach on Zoom to Gujarati audiences. I always go out for walks with my chanting bead bag and preach to whomever is willing to listen. Sometimes I give prasadam or distribute a book to people I meet during my walks. I also do the full morning and evening programmes at my home, including Tulasi puja. I daily read Srila Prabhupada and my Guru Maharaja’s books. Q) Besides Pujari services what other services are you involved in? A) I serve in the London Rathayatra festival every year and I like to give classes in the Temple Room. I usually spend a few months every year in my home town in Gujarat, India and my spiritual master, Bhakti Vikasa Swami encouraged me and my wife Vrajkishori devi dasi to preach village to village there. We found this challenging at first but learnt how to approach the village heads and seek their permission before approaching village members. We met another couple struggling to preach. My Guru Maharaja encouraged us to get together and we started a small centre. People soon started coming to hear about Krishna consciousness in Gujarati and go on sankirtan. We are happy that some villagers have taken initiation in the last few years and we are happy to serve them.
FESTIVALS Sharad Purnima Saturday 31st October
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Govardhana Puja Sunday 15th November
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Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day Wednesday 18th November
Odana Sasthi – 51st Anniversary of Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara Sunday 20th December 18
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FOOD FOR LIFE The Food for Life (FFL) team continued to soldier on with their goal of feeding the homeless fresh and nutritious prasadam as the pandemic extended through the months of September and October. They have also been preparing themselves for another lockdown. As the evenings start to get darker sooner and with chillier nights, the FFL team have been working on providing sleeping bags for the homeless to help them battle the cold. A special thank you to all those who kindly contributed to the purchase of sleeping bags for the homeless, namely Aaisha, Alkesh, Bhavna Pandit, Bijal Pandit, Bindu Patel, Dea Bhatt, Dhaivat Acharya, Hitesh Daudia, Inderjits Ubhey, Jacqui Defoe, Jasi Kaur, Minu Mehta, Pam Kalha, Pratik Patel, Sabreena Tarmohamed, Samir Patel, Sibal and Zenab Khan.
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NEW ELECTRIC VAN LAUNCH FFL marked a milestone at Christmas by introducing the UK’s first fully electric food distribution van to serve Londoners. Thanks to the efforts of the ISKCON-London community, the team will now be able to serve hundreds with the new zero emissions van. The van was unveiled at a virtual event on Sunday 20th December, which also marked the 51st installation anniversary of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara. The event was hosted by Rahul Singh and Maria Karelina who were playing two budding YouTubers visiting a Hare Krishna Temple for the first time. Highlights of the launch event included the journey of the van, a Vedic ceremony by Head Pujari Murli Manohara dasa, interviews with the Temple President Jai Nitai dasa, Govinda’s Restaurant Manager Thirupati Gauranga dasa, FFL Chief Organiser Acyuta Charan dasa, and the Project Lead Rajiv Nandha. Special guests who joined virtually, including Indradyumna Swami, Sacinandana Swami, Bhakti Rasamrita Swami, and Deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agrawal, all shared their messages of support. The van has received widespread praise for the design. The project team worked with designers Jagannath Sharan dasa, Shyl Patel, Henna Limbacia and Ambika Design. One side of the van features the iconic London skyline, with a lotus flower
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representing ISKCON-London’s contribution of Krishna consciousness in the city. The back of the van contains the Maha Mantra modelled on the Temple’s own harinama devotees, a feature that is now famously part of London’s streets. The other side shows Lord Krishna with a cow, representing ISKCON-London’s transition to Ahimsa milk and a beautiful painting of Srimati Radharani. The highlight for everyone has been Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Devi on the front of the van designed by Ambika Design from Belarus. In full festive spirit, alongside the launch of the electric food van, the team also served thousands of free meals over 10 days across 10 miles during the Christmas period. This activity makes the connection with the instruction of ISKCON’s founder, Srila Prabhupada, that no-one within 10 miles of a Hare Krishna Temple should go hungry. FFL will now be able to fulfill this in an environmentally-friendly way serving fresh hot nutritious meals.
Watch the van launch event here: https://fb.watch/2OUs-1rzOF/ Hear the message from Deputy Mayor of London, Rajesh Agrawal: http://bit.ly/fflvanlaunch-message-deputymayor
“The project conception began in November 2018 when I helped at Food for Life for the first time and noticed the need for a new van. Inspired by Shyamasundar dasa’s Chasing Rhino’s book, we decided to aim high and capture the rhino in the UK’s first electric food van in service of the movement. Over 350 fundraisers walked and chanted the Hare Krishna mantra on the streets of London, and over 1,000 people from various backgrounds donated to the cause. It required a lot of time to obtain the van as a fully electric food van has never been manufactured before in the UK.” Rajiv Nandha, Project Lead shares the inspiration and journey of the project
“As part of the van launch, we reached out to homeless shelters, food banks, care homes, NHS staff, key workers and to those in need across London. It has been a humbling experience so far delivering over 2,500 meals to those in need, including struggling families. Along with the meals we also gifted over 1,500 books of spiritual wisdom (led by Shyamavallabha Gopi devi dasi and Janaki Mehta). We are grateful to all those who have been involved.” Dharmita Bhanderi and Hemna Santilale, Food Distribution Leads
A Poem by a FFL Volunteer I was willingly called to service when going out was banned But the fear never rose inside me Because trust held onto my hand. I was willingly called to service and my heart just led the way through abandoned streets of London Serving prasad and love every day. I was willingly called to service and service became part of me Offering food and making friends and building a street family. I was willingly called to service whilst COVID raged a war But my heart started beating for Krishna with a love like never before. I was willingly called to service during the pandemic of Twenty Twenty And my life will never be the same with Krishna right beside me.
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“The new van will help Govinda’s to expand, to reach more locations to distribute sanctified food. We plan to visit festivals, markets, Rathayatras, and even give people the option to rent for special occasions. The van is equipped with a fitted kitchen, full-size fridge, cooking facilities, and it even has two hatches from which food will be served. As well as Govinda’s famous thali, we also plan to serve dosas and pancakes.” Thirupati Gauranga dasa, Govinda’s Restaurant Manager
GOVINDA’S RESTAURANT
Welcome Back It’s good to see you at
again!
Your safetY is our prioritY To keep you safe we kindly ask you to follow our code of conduct when you visit us:
Please keep at least 1m apart inside, 2m is best.
Face coverings must be worn when not eating.
Please takeaway - eat-in spaces are limited.
Cashless payments preferred.
Govinda’s Restaurant finally reopened on Thursday 15th October for dining (with limited seating) and takeaways. Special measures were in place to prevent contact and maintain social distancing. From the end of December it closed again due to new lockdown rules.
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thank You for Your kinD co-operation!
LONDON COLLEGE OF VEDIC STUDIES
A range of online courses took place at the London College of Vedic Studies (LCVS) from September to December.
SEPTEMBER • Home Deity Worship Course: Over 65 eager participants took part in the popular Home Deity Worship course. As well as UK participants, there were other participants joining from Portugal, Netherlands, Scotland and the USA. ISKCON-London’s Head Pujari Murli Manohara dasa spoke on everything related to home worship during the four online sessions, including setting up an altar, the importance of cleanliness, how to offer arati, setting standards of worship, and the importance of keeping the right mood while serving the Lord. The last session included a practical live demonstration of polishing, bathing and dressing brass Gaura Nitai deities. Participants appreciated Murli Manohara dasa’s patience while answering their questions and loved all the helpful tips he shared with them.
• Bhakti Shastri Course: LCVS was pleased to offer for the first time an online Bhakti Sastri course during 2020-2021, attracting 40 participants. An online version meant that participants across the UK could enrol, and we also have participants from Hungary, India and Lithuania. This year-long course offers an in-depth study of four key texts including the Bhagavad-Gita, The Nectar of Instruction, Sri Isopanisad and The Nectar of Devotion. Jai Nitai dasa kicked off the first unit focusing on chapters one to six from the Bhagavad-Gita and guiding the students through the verses and Srila Prabhupada’s purports. This intensive study course includes memorising slokas, writing essays and taking online tests.
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OCTOBER • Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita Course: A course for newcomers and those wanting to learn about the key topics in the Bhagavad-Gita took place over four Friday evenings in October with Jai Nitai dasa. The ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course attracted 25 participants including people from Croatia and the Netherlands. Jai Nitai dasa expanded on the five key topics mentioned by Srila Prabhupada in the introduction of the BhagavadGita and provided modern day examples to help participants relate the teachings to the modern world. • Developing Good Sadhana Habits Seminar: LCVS coordinated with the Russian Vedic Society to organise a joint seminar called ‘Developing Good Sadhana Habits’ with senior monk, Valmiki dasa, from Russia. He shared valuable insights on how to overcome laziness and over-sleeping for example by regulating eating and sleeping habits and how to develop good habits. • Dusshera Special Seminar ‘The Fire of Desire’: Chaitanya Charan dasa joined us online from India to speak at a two-part Dusshera Special Seminar ‘The Fire of Desire’ looking at the festival of burning Ravana. He discussed the inner transformations devotees should reflect on during this festival and the warning signals that Ravana failed to notice. • ISKCON Disciples Course: ISKCON-London’s Outreach Coordinator Dayal Mora dasa taught the four-part ISKCON Disciples Course (IDC). This course is aimed at providing guidance on the roles of guru and disciple within the multi guru structure of ISKCON. Over 35 participants joined in and gave great feedback on Dayal Mora dasa’s clarity and knowledgeable sessions.
NOVEMBER • Manah Siksa Course: Urmila devi dasi delivered a wonderful three-part seminar on the ‘Manah Siksa’, a text written by Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami. A beautiful presentation highlighted instructions within the 12 verses for overcoming obstacles on the path of bhakti and developing attachment to the Holy Names and Krishna. • Science VS Spirituality Seminar: Keshav Anand dasa joined from India to deliver a fascinating talk which discussed if there is proof of the existence of the soul or consciousness separate from the body. He presented evidences including out-of-body experiences and prominent scientist Ian Stevenson’s hundreds of past life (reincarnation) cases which he had investigated.
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Self-Study Courses Launched on Udemy Have you missed some of our courses that took place earlier in the year? Do you want to learn how to play mrdanga? You can now take part in a number of pre-recorded online courses through the Udemy website which allows you to study in your own time! Special discount codes available to get a great discount. • Introductory Mrdanga Drum Course: Join Radha Londonisvara dasa as he teaches a range of mrdanga beats from Srila Prabhupada’s tunes to slow and fast kirtan beats. There are seven video classes on Udemy to watch from the comfort of your own home and practice in your own time. • Home Deity Worship Course: Join Murli Manohara dasa, Head Pujari at ISKCON-London, over six lectures on home Deity worship on Udemy, including a live polishing and Deity bathing demo. Over four and a half hours of videos! • How to Worship Tulasi at Home Course: Join Jaga Mohini devi dasi as she shares her knowledge on what best soil to use, lighting, how to deal with pests and diseases and organic treatments. Over 2 hours of video footage.
LCVS Posters – Thank You Throughout 2020, all the LCVS posters, social media posts and promotional videos have been designed and created by Nelly Guseynova, a very talented and creative individual. LCVS would like to say a big thank you to Nelly for all her amazing work, creative designs and support throughout the year! 26
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STUDENT FEEDBACK I really found the Fire of Desire course very interesting and Chaitanya Charan explains everything step by step and very carefully, making sure that everyone understands fully and also the graphics were simple but excellently self-explanatory. Wonderful points like this one on temptations: “A lot of temptations in this material world always keep coming to disturb and provoke our mind but we should always have stronger and greater desire to serve the Lord which should always keep us driving. So we could easily purify our mind to control ourselves from turning these desires into intentions.” Anil Sharma, ‘The Fire of Desire – Dusshera Special Seminar’ attendee
“Thank you again for such a number one evening with all the course material on time and with a smooth organisation. Very nice structure of the course especially for those whom are new and also for those whom are studying a few years as well. This structure gives me a focused framework for sharing parts of the topics in Dutch to groups of students and to women in my network in the Netherlands. Loved the connection with our own lives, reflection questions and the link with Western films / writers as well.
It is not easy at all to put such a treasure-hold of such spiritual knowledge into understandable parts starting from invocation, Srila Prabhupada’s history, explaining As It Is, glossary and pronunciation, the connection with Bhagavan, setting the scene with the introduction and introducing the main characters.” Bindumati Priya devi dasi (from the Netherlands), ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course attendee
“One thing I’ve found most interesting on the ISKCON Disciples Course was the feeling of being connected to a large spiritual family like ISKCON. The course teacher is exceptional, full of wisdom of the heart and mind. The course has made me see the world differently for so many reasons. One being, there are thousands of good souls around the world who all think like you and want to help others on their path, how amazing is that! I am just at the very beginning of my spiritual journey and I’m enjoying every moment. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you from my heart for a truly wonderful life-changing course, with inspiring beautiful people.” Clare Louise O’Mara, ‘ISKCON Disciples Course’ attendee
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STUDENT FEEDBACK “This is the first time I have attended one of the LCVS courses and the course has certainly helped me tremendously in my spiritual journey. I am so glad I did the course as it gave me inspiration to go deep. I was really impressed with the attention Jai Nitai gave to the students and even agreed to take follow-up questions via emails, and his replies were very helpful and prompt. I am aged 62 and a Financial Markets Trader and a coach. At my trainings I always have a 60-minute session on the Bhagavad-Gita and I have a table with all of Srila Prabhupada’s books. It is my mission to distribute as many Bhagavad-Gita books as possible, and recently I distributed my 150th book. The target is to distribute 1,008+ books. After distributing the books, I do a follow-up and then refer them to their local ISKCON centre. I am so glad that I came across LCVS via Facebook and look forward to learning more and most importantly applying the wisdom to my day-to-day life.” Jay Lakhani, ‘Overview of the Bhagavad Gita’ course attendee
“I heard about this course through the ISKCON-London Community Newsletter and wanted to join to deepen my understanding of the Bhagavad-Gita. I can say handon-heart that this short course was brilliant. It inspired me to “think outside the box” and also how to understand the box and how it can limit all of us in realising our full potential. I would recommend the course even to those who are familiar with the Bhagavad-Gita because the teacher Jai Nitai had so many wonderful insights to share about this ancient wisdom that made it relevant to what was going on in my life right now.” Steven James, ‘Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita’ course attendee
The Home Deity Worship course was excellent and very informative. The presentation was good with lots of explanations and visuals. Murli Manohara Prabhu did a great job to break up the course information for us. After attending the course I have implemented much more in my home worship and changed the way I do certain things after learning about them in the course. Michael Gheorghe (from Scotland), ‘Home Deity Worship’ course attendee
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OUTREACH From September to December, the Outreach Team continued carrying out its weekly programmes online. Dayal Mora dasa has been running daily Bhagavad-Gita study sessions during weekdays, from 11.00am to 12.00pm, on the ISKCON-London Facebook page. Outreach programmes such as Wisdom Wednesdays and Spiritual Technologies, where the team invite newcomers that they met in the streets during sankirtan and book distribution, continued online on the Bhakti Yoga London Facebook and Instagram pages, every Wednesday 6.00pm and Thursday 6.30pm. They had a number of international senior guest speakers including Mahatma dasa from Florida, Hari Vilasa dasa from New York, and Sadbhuja dasa from South Africa. Recordings of these talks can be found on the Bhakti Yoga London Facebook page. Ashram member, Shyam Govinda dasa, also created a series of videos called ‘Meditation is a Lifestyle’ to share spiritual wisdom on Facebook. The outdoor kirtan programme named Free Spirit Sundays in Soho Square Park was stopped due to revised COVID-19 safety measures. During September, the Outreach Team had more one-day Padayatra walks outside London (which are technically still considered Padayatra according to the official ISKCON padayatra standards) to different locations such as Eastbourne, Hastings and Hythe.
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OUTREACH INTERVIEW WITH DEELAN The Community Newsletter Team caught up with Deelan, a 22 year old student at the University of Westminster and currently living in Wembley. He works part-time in retail as a supervisor and during his spare time, likes to read literature novels and go to the gym. He has been attending ISKCONLondon outreach programmes since July 2019.
Community Newsletter Team: Hare Krishna Deelan! Thanks for speaking to us. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Deelan: Hare Krishna! I come from a mixed background since my mum is Roman Catholic and my dad a Marathi. Yet I was raised with both religions and even till today I attend both the church and mandir (temple).
Q) Would you call yourself a spiritual person? If yes, why?
A) Since I was born my family has guided me to spirituality. Every morning I do my malas and mantras and listen to my various kirtans (chanting). I strongly believe that it is necessary to pray in order to stay safe and protected. As you know, day-by-day the world is becoming more dangerous. For example in London every day there are stabbings and attacks and I believe praying keeps that negativity away. It also allows me to be more relaxed by chanting as it clears my mind.
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Q) Where had your spiritual journey taken you before you came into contact with the Hare Krishnas?
A) I have travelled a lot trying to discover religion. Last August I went on a trip to India where I stayed in an ashram. From there I’ve discovered various temples within the country and have helped the community a lot, for example by taking care of the cows, bathing the Deities, helping students study and learn English, cook as a community, and I did some volunteering. It has really opened my eyes about how blessed we are to live in a developed country with such facilities and it makes you want to work harder to help those in need. I have also done similar activities in other countries like Thailand but there we took care of the elephants.
Q) Wow, that’s really interesting service you have
when you read the Bhagavad-Gita by yourself you
been doing. When did you first hear about the
tend to interpret it the way you want to interpret it.
Hare Krishnas? What were your first impressions and what made you want to learn more about
Yet after a few classes, I realised that sometimes
them?
my interpretation was different and the classes helped me better understand the actual meaning, for
A) I heard about the Hare Krishna society in
example when discussing maya, the mode of passion
Mauritius but never really enquired about it. For me
and the mode of ignorance.
it was more like a club/society or a group and it was really hard to access it. When I moved to London, one
What I enjoy the most about the classes is how
time I went clubbing with my friends and a devotee
we openly discuss topics which can be seen as
handed me a leaflet. I placed it in my bag and didn’t
controversial or taboo in society. I also really like how
really have a look until about a week after when I was
every week there’s a new guest speaker and you get
emptying my bag to go to another event. I read the
to have a different point of view on certain subjects.
leaflet and wanted to know more, so one day I went
As a young person it is hard to find a safe space
to the ISKCON-London temple in central London.
with like-minded people and I believe that ISKCON
One time became two times and two times became a
provides me with such things.
routine.
Q) Tell us about someone who really inspires you? During the lockdown I got a phone call from Shyam Govinda dasa who told me about his Bhagavad-Gita
A) I believe it’s Srila Prabhupada. I think we have
study session group and I decided to join it. During
a lot to learn from his texts and lectures. It’s very
the first meeting they told me that they had an even
inspiring how at his old age, he has travelled to the US
more in-depth study group on Wednesdays, so I
to start a new spiritual place there and guide people
decided to join the Wisdom Wednesday group as
to the right path. He was full of knowledge and has
well.
answered a lot of hard questions, and for me, this is very important. Many young people tend to be lost
Q) How long have you been attending the
especially with all the facilities we have. He was able
programmes?
to provide so much literature and knowledge that it looks as if he was predicting the future and answering
A) I have been attending the programme since July.
our questions like we asked him yesterday.
I find it really helpful because I believe sometimes
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PROJECT GROW Project Grow gardeners continued to provide beautiful flowers and vegetables throughout September and October for use by the Deity Department in the service of Their Lordships.
“Don’t think that if one is engaged in the Deity worship and if one is engaged in the gardening work there is distinction. No. The one who is working as a gardener, he is as good as the one who is dressing the Deity.” Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, June 8th 1975, Honolulu
“How to become a yogi through gardening? Is there any yoga system? Just try to understand. Is there any yoga system simply by digging earth for gardening one can become yogi? Is there any yoga system? Here the boys, when they dig earth for planting rose flower for Krishna, he is thinking, “Oh, the flower will be nice. It will be offered to Krishna.” There is immediately yoga!” Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, February 22nd 1969, Los Angeles 33 Project Grow
RADHA’S BOUTIQUE RADHA’S BOUTIQUE: NEW ONLINE STORE
RADHA KRISHNA RECORDS NEW MUSIC VIDEO RELEASED CALLED ‘JOURNEY TOWARDS TRUTH: GOPINATHA’ A beautiful new music video was released in December by Radha Krishna Records. The track ‘Journey Towards Truth: Gopinatha’ is from the album Mantra Lounge, Volume 3. The music video takes the viewer through picturesque stories of Krishna accompanied by the soothing vocals of Asta Bria calling upon the Divine to lead us on the ‘Journey Towards Truth’. The video was produced by Kavi Karnapura dasa and the music produced by Jagganatha Suta dasa. View the video: https://youtu.be/zQEe6DG-JuI Purchase the CD Album: www.radhakrishnarecords.com/shop/p/mantra-lounge-vol-3-audio-cd Follow Radha Krishna Records: Website - www.radhakrishnarecords.com/ Facebook - www.facebook.com/Radha.Krishna.Records/ 34 Radha’s Boutique / Radha Krishna Records
REGIONAL The following regional areas have regular Krishna Conscious programmes taking place which are supported by ISKCON-London: Folkestone (Atma Lounge), Crawley (Bhakti Yoga Centre), Brighton, Canterbury, Margate, North Kent and Wimbledon. The contact details for each centre can be found at the bottom of this section if you would like to get involved.
ATMA LOUNGE Since it did not look like the COVID-19 restrictions would ease any time soon, the Atma Lounge team decided to return to online preaching programmes with full force! They are now running nine programmes each week, including a Bhagavad-Gita discussion group, weekly Srila Prabhupada lecture on Facebook and WhatsApp, Srimad-Bhagavatam readings five mornings a week, a live morning meditation at the Atma Lounge (with social distancing measures in place) and not to forget the highlight of the week, the Zoom special Sunday Feast with takeaways from the Magic Kitchen! Radha Ramana dasa has also kindly been giving several ISKCON Disciple Course supplement classes. The Secrets of India Gift Shop is open five days a week (dependent on Government guidelines) and now blessing everyone with darshan from a beautiful new Krishna Deity, arriving on Janmastami from Belgium. During December, Atma Lounge was in full spirits for Srila Prabhupada’s book marathon with several book tables, street sankirtana, and books flying out of the shop as well. Congregation members, Sandy and her ten-year old son Josh won the prize for most creative book distribution method by making a festive book advent calendar! Catastrophe struck when the Government announced the introduction of Tier 4 restrictions, half an hour before the shop closed on the last Saturday before Christmas, closing the shop during what is usually the busiest week of the year. However, that did not stop Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution in Folkestone, as the devotees had a book table outside the shop for passers-by to pick up a “lockdown” book and give donations through the letterbox or online. 13 Bhagavad-Gitas were distributed on Gita Jayanti. 35 Regional
CANTERBURY ISKCON Canterbury organised a big book distribution initiative at the University of Kent, distributing transcendental books on campus, in flats of students, and by inviting students for programmes and sharing transcendental knowledge. Many University students have been cooped up inside their halls of residence since the start of term and so Mantra Caitanya dasa and his student team enthusiastically reached out to students to give them the tools they needed not only to survive the pandemic, but to thrive in it; chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and reading transcendental books is the best way to do that! Over the three Saturdays in October they have distributed just over 1,000 transcendental books on campus, and have invited at least as many students to their free meditation sessions which take place both at the University and online. ISKCON Canterbury has also set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for distributing books to students. If you would like to donate, please click on the link here: gf.me/u/yw7sw3
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RUSSIAN VEDIC SOCIETY During September and October, the Russian Vedic Society (RVS) had a number of online programmes with senior Russian-speaking devotees giving classes: • • • • •
Devakinandana dasa and Omkara Gita devi dasi spoke on ‘Where Does Grihasta Ashram begin?’ Sri Djishnu dasa spoke on ‘The 54 Signs of Pride’ Yogapati dasa gave an interesting class on ‘Why do we need to know the Bhagavad-Gita very well?’ Valmiki dasa spoke on ‘Japa training’ Vatsala dasa spoke on ‘Friendship in Krishna Consciousness’.
The RVS also had a special online Namahatta programme to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Dmitry and Renata’s Gaura Nitai Deities. Nama Sankirtan dasa spoke at the Namahatta programme enlivening the devotees about Lord Chaitanya’s beautiful pastimes. The RVS team also organised a group visit to ISKCONLondon for darshan during the Darshan Sundays.
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The Sankirtan Calling Party continued on most Saturdays from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Devotees are welcome to join in on Zoom. Syama Kisora dasa was regularly going out with other brahmacaris to distribute books on the book table outside the temple or visiting shops. Vasudeva dasa was also out distributing books every day to those he met. Srila Prabhupada disciple, Tribhangananda dasa, delivered 3,000 books to different establishments contacted by the Gita Project team! The Gita Project Team is coordinated by Radha dasi, a service she has carried out diligently for a number of years.
‘LIVE TO GIVE’ MARATHON The UK Yatra took part in the worldwide ‘Live to Give’ marathon, which aimed to distribute two million Bhagavad-Gita’s before 25th December 2020. ISKCON-London had set itself a target of 5,500 Bhagavad-Gita’s to be distributed. The UK Sankirtan Leaders decided that this year, the scores for the marathon would be counted for the three months of October, November and December.
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During the month of December, the Sankirtan team had many parties putting book tables in Bond Street, Camden, Oxford Circus, and Portobello. The team beat their target of 5,500 Bhagavad-Gita’s and distributed over 7,000! Antoine Bour was daily hosting the Calling Party from 10.30am to 1.00pm on Zoom, making everyone able to come and get the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu over the phone. It was a great success, even though they had a small team. Rsi Raya Gauranga dasa, Sarada devi dasi, Vamsi Dhari dasa and Vasudeva dasa were distributing books in the streets either every day or some days of the week. The Sankirtan Team would like to thank everyone who participated, especially Manjari Gopika devi dasi for her regular and constant endeavour for the Calling Party and also Jai Nitai dasa for his constant support. Below is the list of the devotees who participated in the ‘Live to Give’ campaign to sponsor or distribute Bhagavad-Gitas: A H Mandania Aartee Hardas Dhawan Ajaya Samantaray Amit Sharma Amrut Vekariya Anna Mulica Atul Mistry Balanuja dasa Bhavani Devarshetti Brenda Thambirajah Chandrika Kanabar Chetan Limbachia Christopher Amadou Daria Pishchugina Deesha Majithia Dev Bahl Dinta Dattani Dipesh Patel Fiona Tailor Gokula Taruni devi dasi Harsarani devi dasi Hasmita Bhatt Hemanga Gauranga Dasa Hetal Nagi Himanshu Gupta Hitesh Kiri
Hitesh Vaishnav Jagannath Sharan dasa Jahm Persaud Jai Jagannath Limited Jason Brayshaw Jaya Ramoutar Jayadeva dasa Jayendra Lakhani Jayshree Raval Jimpi Choudhury Justinas Simutis Kalpesh Shah Kamen Roy Kancana-beli devi dasi Kanta Pindoria Keli Vrndavan devi dasi Kiran Patel Krishna Kamala devi dasi (ACBSP) Ksama Rupa devi dasi Lata Patel Lucy Andrews Madan Srinivasan Madhvi devi dasi Mahatma dasa and Satyabhama devi dasi Mahesh Kumar Reddy Gollapalle Mahindra Makhija
Mairis Usackis Manisha Mody-Chande Manjula Ganga devi dasi Marnie Nash Maya Dhingra Meera Khurana Nagaraju Garipelli Nanda Vallbhi devi dasi Nandini Rasika devi dasi Narendra Patel Naresh Ghedia Neranjene Sakthikumar Nicola Fotheringham Nimesh and Ashika Patel Nishi Kanta Krsna dasa Oleh Dufenyuk Paramananda dasa Pinal Chandracumar Pitambara dasa Prabhupada Priya Padayachee Prema Narasimha dasa Promode Gupta Radha Govinda dasa Rajan Marwaha Ram Kanal Ravin Ganatra
Renate Zascerinska Rinesh Gir Roshni Sachdev Ross Burroughs Russian Vedic Society Sabita Biswas Sachiko Kadota Sai Laxmi Kathi Sarju Popat Sayo Kadota Senthil Krishnaswamy SG NS Patel Sham Deb Shantanu Kumar Shivani Ghedia Shyamanand Gaurang dasa Sita Thakurani devi dasi Sripada Deb Suvarna Radhika devi dasi Tota Gopinath dasa Toyoyuki Nakamura Tulasi Sundari devi dasi Tusta dasa Ved Prakash Arora Vigneshwaran Cumareshan Yukiko Ishihara
ISKCON-LONDON POST-MARATHON SANKIRTAN FESTIVAL On Saturday 26th December, the Post-Marathon Sankirtan Festival took place in the Temple Room. It was a small festival in comparison to previous years due to the Temple being closed. It was attended by Temple residents and broadcast online for community members. Scores were read out for the marathon and sankirtana stories shared. Final Marathon Scores: ● Over 13,000 Books Distributed ● 7 Sets Distributed ● 14,000 Book Points ● 50,000 Laxmi Points In the afternoon, Jhulan Lila devi dasi, organised kirtans in the Temple Room by the ashram residents which was also broadcast online. To get involved with distributing books, please contact Antoine, Sankirtan Co-Leader, on antoine@iskcon.london 39 Sankirtan
SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SYSTEM CHANDRAVALI DEVI DASI’S MENTEE GROUP Chandravali devi dasi’s Mentee Group have been having regular online meetings on Zoom since the lockdown to read and discuss scriptures such as the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and the Nectar of Devotion.
LADIES ASHRAM MENTEE GROUP In September, the Ladies Ashram said goodbye to Gopicandra devi dasi who returned back to her home in Hungary. She was part of the ladies ashram mentee group which is overseen by Bhava Bhakti devi dasi. During September and October’s mentorship meetings the group read from specific sections of the Srimad-Bhagavatam together and discussed their realisations. Bhava Bhakti devi dasi organised a Krishna conscious Pictionary, which was won by Rebeca and a fun online quiz, based on the week’s reading, to test how attentive the ladies had been! In October, Jhulan Lila devi dasi give her very first Srimad-Bhagavatam morning class. It was very inspiring to see her do this and the group were all very proud of her.
INITIATIONS Bhaktin Hanel received first initiation by BB Govinda Swami on 30th November 2020 via Zoom. Her new name is Maharani Radhika devi dasi. She is in Bhava Bhakti devi dasi’s mentee group. Bhaktin Sandhya has been approved for first initiation by Sivarama Swami. She is in Chandravali devi dasi’s mentee group.
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READING CHALLENGE Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi’s grihasta mentee group took part in the ‘Be a Sage, Page By Page’ reading challenge and read the whole of the ‘Nectar of Devotion’ in three months by reading four pages a day. Mentees who took part were Krishna Kanta devi dasi, Nimai Candra dasa, Prana Sakhi devi dasi, and Ashika, along with Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi too. Bhava Bhakti devi dasi’s ladies mentee group also undertook another reading challenge for one month to read ‘Easy Journey to Other Planets’. They did this by reading four pages of the book daily and sharing their realisations on a separate WhatsApp group. The mentees who took part were: Devaki devi dasi, Amanda, Ashmita, Sophie, Varsha, and Vrishnee. “The goal is not to become mechanical in the reading or treat it like a race and so daily the devotees have to share what stood out in their reading or a realisation they had from the reading. In this way the hope is that devotees will ignite a lifelong interest in being disciplined towards regular reading of Srila Prabhupada’s amazing books.” Bhava Bhakti devi dasi, Mentor In December, members of Jai Nitai dasa and Bhava Bhakti devi dasi’s grihasta mentee group read four pages daily from the Science of Self Realisation and shared their realisations. The devotees who took part were Krishna Kanta devi dasi, Nimai Candra dasa, Prana Sakhi devi dasi, Vrinda Sundari devi dasi, Ashika, and Nimish. The group have now moved onto Teachings of Lord Caitanya.
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DAILY SCHEDULE ARATI TIMES 04:30 05:00 07:00 08:00 12:30 16:15 19:00 21:00
DARSHAN TIMES Although Their Lordships’ arati is taking place as normal as part of the Deity worship, please note ISKCON-London Radha-Krishna Temple, at the time of publication, is closed and only open for darshan during Sunday’s from 4.15pm to 6.00pm and Wednesday’s from 6.00pm to 7.30pm, and on specific festival days. Please visit www.iskcon.london for the latest information.
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CLASS TIMES 07:30 Srimad-Bhagavatam / Caitanya-Caritamrta At the time of publication, classes in the Temple Room are only taking place in the morning which are available to view via live broadcast. Please visit Bhakti Yoga London, ISKCON-London and London College of Vedic Studies Facebook pages for the latest information on additional online classes, programmes and courses.
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