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Can you imagine one city holding 500 Harinamas or distributing 500,000 of Srila Prabhupada’s books in one year?

That’s exactly what ISKCON of Pune in Maharashtra, India is doing as they ambitiously set out to 50th-ize the year 2016. And much, much more besides: the plan is to set higher-than-usual goals for all of Pune’s outreach efforts in multiples of five or fifty.

GBCs Radhanath Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami, as well as supporter Lokanath Swami, are the inspiration behind the plan. Radheshyam Das – temple president at Pune for the past twenty years – is leading the charge. iskconnews.org/iskcon-pune-plans-ambitious-50th-ized-year,5370/

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New Website on Natural Healing: “Cures That Work”

Gunagrahi Das Goswami

Gunagrahi Das Gowsami has made the following announcement: 

Dear fellow Vaishnavas,

Throughout the years we have all sought natural cures for many of the illnesses we have had. In doing so, at times we have met with great difficulty trying to decipher which of the cures would actually be effective, often spending an undue amount of time in research or experimentation, even failing in the end. With the blessings of HH Prahladananda Swami, ISKCON’s Minister of Health, we are beginning a website called “Cures That Work.” It will consist of personal testimonials from devotees who have been successful in treating their illnesses or others’ effectively with natural remedies. If you or an acquaintance from any walk of life would like to submit an account, we encourage you to do so. Please include as many details as possible. Upon acceptance, your submission will be posted on the site as soon as we are up and running, which we hope will be by the end of January. The testimonials should be in English and include your name and also permission for further contact if you are agreeable to being reached by those who seek more information.

After this beginning phase gets established, we are considering expanding the website to provide additional resources, so we welcome any ideas you might have. Bhagavan das (GdG) is our project manager, and he will be receiving all testimonials and suggestions. 

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American ISKCON Devotee's Death in Goa Sparks Facebook Campaign

Friends of Caitanya Lila Holt, 30-year-old US national, who died after allegedly choking on mud in a paddy field last week, have started an online campaign on the social media seeking justice for the former US soldier.

The #JusticeforCaitanya campaign started on Facebook on Thursday, alleges that Caitanya, a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in the US was "murdered by a lynch mob and the police in Goa. We seek Justice!"

As part of the campaign, a letter has been sent to Goa's lawmakers questioning the circumstances in which Holt was killed, insisting on the lynching theory.

"He was a United States soldier in US Air Force. He was a lifetime member of Iskcon and a devotee of Lord Krishna. We demand justice. We will not stop till you investigate his murder and arrest the people responsible," a letter addressed to Goa's legislators said.

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We are especially following Prabhupada.  Srila Prabhupada exposed material life as a defeat.  People think they will obtain happiness by sense gratification, but in the end, they are only frustrated.  Prabhupada taught this repeatedly because the struggle for happiness is so pervasive among the people of the world.  Although most people concentrate on money-making as their goal, Prabhupada instructs them, “No, that cannot make you happy.”  He also tells us not to seek liberation from material life.http://iskconnews.org/iskcon-50-meditations-february-1-2016,5355/

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