It’s a shame that the geodesic dome never fully caught on. Sure, they’re ridiculously impractical, wasteful, prone to leaks, and prohibitively expensive, but they look great and isn’t that worth it? Well, maybe… Read More →
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Protection of the cow
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 November 2010, Vrndavana, India, Govardhan Puja Lecture) The cow and the bull are described by Srila Prabhupada as being totally harmless creatures. Everything about them is auspicious. They are supportive for the environment and in this way; with cow protection, we find all the good that is required. The cows provide […]
Please Join The Japa Group
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Please share your realisations with other devotees from around the world…simply send me an introduction message and I will be happy to make you a member:rasa108 ::_::{.at.}::_:: gmail dot comysRasa Rasika dasa
Bridgend Second Community Diwali Celebrations
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When I first met my Guru Maharajah he gave me a challenge to use my work as a way of sharing love of Krishna so it was with some great delight to hold the second Diwali celebration; with the help of Bridgend People’s First who arranged the hall. It was also a great delight that […]
03 Nov 2013 – Dipa Dana, Dipavali, (Kali Puja)
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Beautiful Pune ISKCON Mandira (Album 24 photos)
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ISKCON PUNE’S – New Vedic Cultural Center :
Spiritual, Educational and Architectural landmark of Pune. It will have state-of-the-art facilities to Spread the message of Divine Love and Fraternity from the Vedic texts of ancient India. Read more ›
See within to seek without; seek without to see within
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Ads, promos, billboards fill us with ideas of what all we need. Some of these things may be our actual needs, but many are simply superfluous trinkets that we mistake as our needs due to the outer propaganda blitz. To seek without intelligently, we need to see within diligently. Seeing within means to contemplate our […]
Rasa Purnima (Kartik Vrata) Harinam @ Miami Beach (Album 220 photos)
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Among all the practices of the Hare Krishna movement, the most prominent is the public chanting of God’s names, ecstatic dancing, and playing of musical instruments—a spontaneous street liturgy common in most major cities throughout the world. Read more ›
Rivers and Ropes
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Last night I was thinking of the mantras of the Veda appearing like a lotus around Krishna and in my mind saw the Vedas just like rivers of attractive transcendental sounds. I’ve never heard anything like that before, afaik.
So for little while I was thinking the Vedas are like beautifully assembled waves flowing […]
Bhakti Vriksa Sankirtan Explosion!
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In East London we get the special opportunity to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books on a mass scale during the months of Damodar (October & November) and Srila Prabhupada Marathon (December). This is in addition to our monthly maha book distribution which takes place on the final Saturday of every month. Read more ›
Friday, October 25th 2013
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Getting to Know You Tel Aviv, Israel From the ashram in Aeriel on Hadekel Street, two of the monks residing here took me on a trail that looped around the edge of the town. It was 5:30 AM and Adan was being sung from a minaret of the local mo…
Tomorrow is All Saints Day
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Placing Books in Prisons (A visit to Wormwood Scrubs Prison)
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The Book Placement Team has been working on systematically placing Srila Prabhupada’s books in hospitals, prisons, hopices and airports. They have many leads and opportunities so if you would like to get involved please contact Sutapa das sutapa.kks@hotmail.com Read more ›
Devotees from ISKCON Vinnytsia, Ukraine, share their close personal relationships with their Deities (7 min video)
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This film is dedicated to the 20th anniversary since installation of the ISKCON Temple Deities, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The excerpt concentrates on the close personal relationships between the Deities and devotees. A video by Nati Berriti. Read more ›
SB 11.23.55 – Time affects our receptivity but not the holy name’s potency
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast
Celebrate Diwali , Damodar Lila and Swathi Natchatra at ISKCON Scarborough coming Sunday!
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Hare Krishna!Please accept our humble obeisances!All glories to Srila Prabhupada!All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!Coming Sunday – November 3rd 2013, three special events are taking place on the same day:Diwali(Dipavali):King Dashrath ruled the …
Hare Krishna Volunteers!
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The Volunteer care team looks after and coordinates the efforts of around 2000 volunteers. Read more ›
ISKCON Miami (USA) Sunday Program (Album 334 photos)
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The Miami temple community was established many years ago, and has evolved to include a devotional gift shop, along with the traditional temple worship and spiritual education of its congregation.
Iskcon Miami
3220 Virginia Street
Miami (Coconut Grove),
Florida 33133
(305) 442-7218 Read more ›
Invitation to a New Vrindaban Community Dialog – Sunday, November 10th!
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Event: Community Dialog Date: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 Time: 3 to 5 pm, following the Sunday Temple Program Place: Under the Lodge Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! As you may be aware, the board members of ISKCON New Vrindaban and ECO-Vrindaban will gather for a bi-annual face to […]
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Did Dasharatha Maharaj go to heaven instead of the spiritual world?
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Answer Podcast
How did you come to Krishna consciousness?
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Answer Podcast
The Glory of Gita wisdom (Reflections on the second anniversary of Gita-daily)
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(Gita-daily completes two years today. All the 731 articles till date are available date-wise and chapter-wise on Gitadaily.com.) Einstein, Emerson, Thoreau, Huxley, Hesse …I was amazed that this list that seemed like an intellectual who’s who in recent world history was actually a list of thinkers who had appreciated the Gita. As I had been […]
Environment Is King
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Our mind can be distracted in any environment and ultimately it comes down to how much we hear the sound of the mantra – having said that the environment can also cause our mind to wander more easily.An example is the area where we do other things like…
How Do You Think It Feels
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Having the ability to take “portrait” shots is something that doesn’t happen much when you usually shoot 6×6 photos. With a square frame, turn the camera any way you like and you’ve still… Read More →
Bhaktivedanta Mission School
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Last year, Iskcon’s Radha Rasabihari temple in Mumbai, opened a brand new school about 15 minutes drive from the temple and named it Bhaktivedanta Mission School. The school, which is 7 floors high, comprises many classrooms, an assembly hall, performing … Continue reading →
The real purpose of religion
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS lecture) We have an interesting story about a female saint in the Islamic tradition. One morning, she came out of her house carrying two buckets, one with fire inside and the other, with water. And people saw her and said, “Oh! What are you going […]
Is having doubts unfortunate? Are doubts undesirable?
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From Prem Raj P
if unluckily one has some doubts(lack of faith) on Krishna and his words or His representatives , then what is the solution?
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How did God create black holes?
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From Prashant P
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Can’t the universe have always existed the way it is? Why bring God into the picture?
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From Raghunandan P We can think of universe as something which is just there ….if we think of it as a sphere of infinite radius if we can be thought of being at point A we won’t know what is at B hence why is it not possible that at every place other than A the things […]
Free, downloadable activity book for Govardhana Puja–activities for ages 4-18 by Urmila Devi Dasi
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PDF document, !84 pages, (15.5 MB.) Urmilä has her Bachelor’s of Science in Religion and Education from Excelsior College of the University of the State of New York. She has a Masters of School Administration, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has done ground-breaking research on job satisfaction of teachers in Krishnaprimary and secondary schools worldwide. Read more ›
Is spirituality the explanation that we resort to when we can’t get explanations?
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From Raghunandan P Considering the basic human character of finding reasons for what we see i.e. perceive , why should it not be that we try to give ourselves the idea of god spirituality because we don’t reason Answer Podcast
If a senior brahmachari changes his ashrama, how should we understand that situation and deal with that devotee?
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Answer Podcast
Karoli: The Abode of Radha Madan Mohan (Album 235 photos)
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The town of Karoli is 3 hours south of Vrindavan. It is of special interest to ISKCON devotees because Madan Mohan, the deity of Srila Sanatan Goswami, is worshipped there, along with His beloved Radharani, in great opulence. The town itself is steeped in antiquity and a photographers dream. [ All photos by Ananta Vrindavan das ] Read more ›
Goverdhana Puja
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Hare Krsna Everyone, We are now in the most auspicious month of the vaisnavas calendar which is the month of Kartik. This Kartik month is where our dear Lord Krsna displays His Pastimes as Lord Damodara being bound by … Continue reading →
Bhakta Nicolas asks how and when will ISKCON get back to the old standard of giving sannyasa to young men and brahmana diksa to new devotees
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How does evil harden our heart towards Krishna? How can we prevent such hardening?
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Answer Podcast
SB 11.23.54 – Krishna consciousness addresses the root of suffering that goes deeper than karma
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast
SB 11.23.53 – Let remembrance of Krishna power our rise from the material to the spiritual level
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast
SB 11.23.52 – Dismissing our suffering as illusion is no solution
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast