Click on "New Blog!" link for daily blog posts!
All glories to our merciful guru and saviour,
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada!
This site is dedicated to our guru Srila Prabhupada and our deities, Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar located here in Richmond Hill (Toronto) Canada. With Srila Prabhupada's mercy it has been 40 years since we became Krishna Conscious and as we get older we want to take this opportunity to glorify Srila Prabhupada, continue to serve Srila Prabhupada and provide some insights, reflections, memories and history that can be shared by our children, grandchildren, future generations as well as Godbrothers/Sisters , devotees and well-wishers.
This is our humble attempt to glorify Srila Prabhupada, since it is with his mercy we have been able to worship Sri Radha Krishna. He gave us our first love, Sri Sri Radha Ksira Chor Gopinatha in ISKCON Toronto, then our second love Sri Sri Kishore Kishori in ISKCON Chicago and then our home deities Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar.
Please always remember...
Srila Prabhupada has given all of us everything we need to spirtually succeed. By following his instructions, reading his books and listening to his vani, your life will become sublime and
There is no othe way, no other way, no other way except by simply chanting
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
Your servants,
Subhavilasa Das & Ashalata Devi Dasi
Subhavilasa.ACBSP@pamho.net or Ashalata.ACBSP@pamho.net
This is our humble attempt to glorify Srila Prabhupada, since it is with his mercy we have been able to worship Sri Radha Krishna. He gave us our first love, Sri Sri Radha Ksira Chor Gopinatha in ISKCON Toronto, then our second love Sri Sri Kishore Kishori in ISKCON Chicago and then our home deities Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar.
Please always remember...
Srila Prabhupada has given all of us everything we need to spirtually succeed. By following his instructions, reading his books and listening to his vani, your life will become sublime and
There is no othe way, no other way, no other way except by simply chanting
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
Your servants,
Subhavilasa Das & Ashalata Devi Dasi
Subhavilasa.ACBSP@pamho.net or Ashalata.ACBSP@pamho.net
Secretary's Note:
My parents are not technically savvy and have thus asked for for my assistance in this regard. I do this with pleasure and as a service to them.
I was born into ISKCON and have had the fortune to meet Srila Prabhupada which is the seed for my bhakti. My parents have nurtured that seed and it is because of their example and dedication that I have continued to chant and worship since I was 4 years old. I have seen their unwavering faith in Srila Prabhupada through thick and thin in ISKCON including the difficult period after Srila Prabhupada's physical departure and into the 80's.
I have seen them continuously do thier rounds, maintain deity worship and overall sadhana while also fulfilling their grahasta duties towards me and my sister and now our children and extended family. I also witnessed my dad serve with vigor when he was younger and making personal and financial sacrifices to serve the movement including leaving his job and uprooting the family to serve Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. 40 years later my dad has difficulty walking and standing for extended period of times and many forget what early devotees had to go trough when "Hare Krishna's" were not readily accepted, few Indian stepped up to the plate to actually assist Srila Prabhupada in his movement, and devotees attending the daily morning program and doing daily service in the temple was the norm.
We did our gurukula stints, my sis in Dallas and me in New Vrindavan. In Chicago they sent us to a school right across from the temple, which made for interesting school yard "discussions". Overall, they provided us a good education and basis for success in the material world while grounding us in Gaudiya-Vaishnvaism. They are now busy instilling the same values into their six grandchildren and hopefully raising a 3rd generation of devotees.
I hope to follow their footsteps in the grahasta ashram. We stay away from the politics/management of ISKCON and rather focus on the nectar Srila Prabhupada has provided. In Vrindavan I fell asleep in Srila Prabhupada's lap and he did not let my parents take me from his room telling them that I was his grandson, and Srila Prabhupada, holding my hand, personally brought me to them once I woke up. In a letter to Minakshi, Srila Prabhupada wrote "I am always thinking of you and your brother, what nice devotees you are" and I am trying to live up to that standard by following in the footsteps of my parents including doing deity worship to Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar.
I am glad I can be of service to my parents as they share their recollections.
~ Indresh
I was born into ISKCON and have had the fortune to meet Srila Prabhupada which is the seed for my bhakti. My parents have nurtured that seed and it is because of their example and dedication that I have continued to chant and worship since I was 4 years old. I have seen their unwavering faith in Srila Prabhupada through thick and thin in ISKCON including the difficult period after Srila Prabhupada's physical departure and into the 80's.
I have seen them continuously do thier rounds, maintain deity worship and overall sadhana while also fulfilling their grahasta duties towards me and my sister and now our children and extended family. I also witnessed my dad serve with vigor when he was younger and making personal and financial sacrifices to serve the movement including leaving his job and uprooting the family to serve Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. 40 years later my dad has difficulty walking and standing for extended period of times and many forget what early devotees had to go trough when "Hare Krishna's" were not readily accepted, few Indian stepped up to the plate to actually assist Srila Prabhupada in his movement, and devotees attending the daily morning program and doing daily service in the temple was the norm.
We did our gurukula stints, my sis in Dallas and me in New Vrindavan. In Chicago they sent us to a school right across from the temple, which made for interesting school yard "discussions". Overall, they provided us a good education and basis for success in the material world while grounding us in Gaudiya-Vaishnvaism. They are now busy instilling the same values into their six grandchildren and hopefully raising a 3rd generation of devotees.
I hope to follow their footsteps in the grahasta ashram. We stay away from the politics/management of ISKCON and rather focus on the nectar Srila Prabhupada has provided. In Vrindavan I fell asleep in Srila Prabhupada's lap and he did not let my parents take me from his room telling them that I was his grandson, and Srila Prabhupada, holding my hand, personally brought me to them once I woke up. In a letter to Minakshi, Srila Prabhupada wrote "I am always thinking of you and your brother, what nice devotees you are" and I am trying to live up to that standard by following in the footsteps of my parents including doing deity worship to Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar.
I am glad I can be of service to my parents as they share their recollections.
~ Indresh
 A dear Godbrother Bir Krishna Maharaj introducing Subhavilasa das  Subhavilasa das - Gaura Purnima - Krishna Balaram Mandir ~ Vrindavan  Lord Baladeva's cart Ratha Yatra 2010 (Subhavilasa)  Radhastami lecture ISKCON Scarborough |  Subhavilasa das under the merciful eyes of Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra  Subhavilasa das sharing a laugh with Gopal Krishna Goswami ~ July 2010  Lord Jaganatha's cart Ratha Yatra 2010 (Ashalata)  Ashalata doing Srila Prabhupada seva ~ ISKCON Alachua ~ Installation |
