Very sorrowful news.

  

Hare Krsna,

PAMHO.

All Glories To Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabupada. Pls kindly pray for the Moscow devotees.

Moscow ISKCON Temple now Ordered Closed
by Court Order

BY: MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT

 

Jul 14, 2013 — MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SUN) — Moscow ISKCON Temple now ordered closed in ten days by Moscow City Government's final court decision.

After many so many past close calls and demands for closure, with many previous demands for closure delayed, the final decision was made by the Moscow government, city officials and the courts, ordering the ISKCON Moscow temple closed in a brief ten's days time. An impossible feat.

 

 

The Moscow devotees are ordered to immediately vacate the original Moscow land given to them by the Moscow government to build their temple. It was a gift to them, but was revoked/canceled by them). Now, four days ago, the final court decision has brought this drama to a sad end for ISKCON Moscow. The ISKCON Moscow temple must leave its current, formally donated location.

 

 

This has come as a complete unexpected surprise to the Moscow ISKCON devotees, who were not at all given enough time to move from there by officials. There are many temporary structures and Temple altar/kitchens there. Moving is a costly and time consuming task, which will take many weeks to do. Ten days is not enough time warning time given to ISKCON Moscow. This is tragic, inconsiderate and awful.

Suddenly, an unannounced government official came to the temple to deliver the final irrevocable court decision to end Moscow ISKCON Temple's right to exist there. It is an extreme order for them to vacate the temple within the next ten days time, or to face certain extreme actions from the city officials against them.

 

 

To make matters even worse and insulting for the Russian devotees, Moscow ISKCON will now sadly face a 7 million ruble fine, and also bulldozers to knock down the temple building and its brahamacari ashrams and temple offices. There is also a huge, expensive pandal adjacent to the temple, a professional tent used year round for many visiting gurus and seniors devotees as well as important huge festivals, now also in danger of being destroyed by the city officials.

 

 

This comes at the same time when, in just a short time, the biggest festival of the Moscow Russian Yatra is to be held: Sri Krsna Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada's Appearance day programs will be crippled severely, as there will be no place now to hold it.

 

 

The ten day ultimatum to vacate the temple and move out is an impossible deadline, as more time will be needed to dissemble the massive tent and buildings, what to speak of relocating the presiding Deities, Sri Sri Dayal Nitai Sachi Suta, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Dieties Who will be rendered homeless soon by this heavy action, suddenly and ruthlessly enforced by the Moscow City government officials.

 

 

At this time, I ask ALL ISKCON Temples and devotees to search their hearts and souls and understand how serious this is, and how Srila Prabhupada would have expected actions and help from our entire ISKCON Society for Moscow ISKCON. Please understand the very great need now of coming forward and helping Srila Prabhupada's Russian devotees in their time of grave danger and need. It's a sincere call to rescue the ISKCON Moscow Temple project.

This is an URGENT appeal to all GBC members, and I humbly ask all ISKCON Temples, all over the world to come forward with help for Moscow ISKCON in this grave crisis situation.

 

 

Thank You

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to the Russian devotees

 

 

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Moscow Temple Ordered to Close

Stages of Bhakti Yoga - Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12

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I love to think of Prabhupada as a writer. Most devotees probably never think of Prabhupada living a writer's life, although we all understand that his writing was his most important contribution to the preaching. Prabhupada was always self-assured about his writing. He took on such monumental tasks -- Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta, all his summary studies -- yet he didn't seem to think of himself as a writer. Therefore, to hear the details of how he wrote his books, how he wanted them illustrated and designed, is to meditate on an important aspect of Prabhupada's service to Krsna.

I also like to think about how full Srila Prabhupada's life was because of his writing. That is, he was given such a wonderful opportunity to express Krsna consciousness through his books. It confirms the point that Krsna fully engages and empowers a sincere devotee. Prabhupada had no desire other than to serve Krsna and to spread Krsna consciousness on his guru's order. Therefore, Krsna empowered him to pursue this goal by writing so many books.

Although we could call his writing of The Nectar of Devotion and Krsna book a peak period in his writing career, he never had to wonder what he would write on next. The Bhagavatam stood throughout his life as an ever-present work always awaiting his attention. The Bhagavatam fed his other writing. Because Prabhupada was worried that he might not finish the Bhagavatam before he left this world, for example, he wrote Krsna book.

Prabhupada began traveling almost nonstop in 1970. Despite that fact, he managed to write sixty volumes of authoritative translations and commentaries, along with several summary studies of sections of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and the Caitanya-caritamrta. How can someone simultaneously travel nonstop and write sixty volumes of Sanskrit translation with English commentary? Those two feats seem contradictory.

People sometimes doubt that Vyasadeva single-handedly composed millions of slokas and they wrongly assume that "Vyasadeva" refers to many authors. However, Vyasadeva was the empowered literary incarnation of Krsna. Similarly, Prabhupada was empowered to simultaneously travel and write. He didn't have a home base from which to write, but somehow he always found time and space to write.

Pliny gave this writing advice: "Never a day without a line" (nulla dies sine linea). Prabhupada had a similar motto: "Little drops of water wear away the stone. In this way I have written all these books." Although he traveled, he was a disciplined writer. He would usually spend two hours a day (sometimes less) writing, starting around one o'clock in the morning.

Writers often discuss environment and how important it is that a writer's surroundings be conducive to creativity. Of course, "environment" can pertain both to our external and our internal surroundings. Prabhupada carried his external environment with him. He had his book of Sanskrit commentaries, his typist, his Sanskrit editor, his Sanskrit and English dictionaries, and his desk-model Dictaphone. The devotees always provided him with a low desk and a quiet room. Because he wrote early in the morning, he had solitude. Therefore, his "environment" was simple and portable and could be established in any part of the world.

As for his internal environment, Prabhupada was deeply dedicated to serving his spiritual master and to spreading Krsna consciousness. He was so utterly convinced that the big mrdanga was the best way to preach that he didn't become uninspired or feel stale or tired of writing. He was always prepared to go on.

I like to talk about Prabhupada as a writer because I also write. Another writer can understand a little of the sacrifice that was required of Prabhupada to write. That doesn't mean, however, that we can understand the depth of what Prabhupada was able to do. To follow the writing discipline and at the same time manage a fledgling and later maturing institution would be impossible for anyone else.

The weight of the word "discipline" should not be underestimated even when we think of Prabhupada. To go on doing something day after day, year after year, requires conviction that the activity is important. What may start out as an idea becomes a life's work for a devotee because he realizes that this is what Krsna wants him to do.

Prabhupada said the word "discipline" comes from the same root as the word "disciple." A disciple is one who has disciplined himself. Prabhupada was a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. His writing was part of his discipleship, and he did it with the same obedience and dedication with which he did everything.

Cont'd


- From "You Cannot Leave Boston" by HH Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

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The words-Disciple and Discipline has the same root. Disciple means one is who has disciplined himself