Monthly Archives: July 2015

New every year with no power tools (Album with photos)
Scenes from Sri Jagannath Puri Dham Carts of Lord Jagannath, Baladeva, and Shubhadra mayi getting ready with very fast track work on to complete the same before the upcoming Rath yatra celebrations… Read more ›

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ISKCON Yoga conferences 2015-2016 – COMMUNIQUE
In a view of upcoming II European Yoga Congress which will be hosted by ISKCON Radhadesh, Belgium, in May 2016, initiative was started to set up an ISKCON European yoga teacher network. The final goal woul… Read more ›

Basic Cake Decoration videos (5 short videos)
Step by step tutorials: How To Insert The Tip And Fill The Bag With Frosting, Shaded Rose Flowers Using Closed Star Wilton 2D Tip, Shaded Hydrangea Flowers Using Wilton 2D Tip, Basic Swirl Using Wilton 2D … Read more ›

Why Draupadi was disrobed by Dusasana in the Kaurava assembly?
Ramai Swami: At the Bhakti Centre on the Gold Coast, during Purusottama month, the devotees chant Krsna’s name, read from Bhagavad-gita and offer ghee lamps to the supreme Lord Krishna. It is said that Draupadi in her former life was the daughter of a brahmana. Her parents died before she was married and she asked Durvasa Muni to help her. He said that if she worshiped the Lord very nicely in the month of Purushottama all her desires would be fulfilled. Draupadi didn’t fully believe him and in frustration spoke against Purusottama month. For that she had to suffer in her next life and was disrobed by Dusasana in the Kaurava assembly. However, because she surrendered to Krishna, the Lord came and saved her from that terrible situation.
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Hare Krishna! 450 Delhi youngsters taste Bhakti Yoga bliss on ‘International Yoga Day’ in youth fest ‘Umang’
The festival featured a talk on topic –‘Yoga for modern age’. It was delivered by Rambhadra Das. He holds a B.Tech from Chandigarh, and has worked for software giant TCS. Currently he is Director of IYF, Bihar and Jharkhand. In talk, he established the supremacy of Bhakti Yoga over all other forms of yoga. He quoted several sanskrit shlokas from scriptures and made the audience chant in horus. This made the sublimated the atmosphere.
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I got into a terrible argument recently with a friend because of something I said. It started when someone (on Facebook of course) asked me, “What do you have to say about Prabhupada’s condemnation of homosexual activity?” In hindsight, I should have asked him to give examples and then addressed the examples one by one. I […]

At the Bhakti Centre on the Gold Coast, during Purusottama month, the devotees chant Krsna’s name, read from Bhagavad-gita and offer ghee lamps to the supreme Lord Krishna. It is said that Draupadi in her former life was the daughter … Continue reading →

“You must be attentive and control your mind. Don’t chant unconsciously. That implies that you have an intellectual conception of chanting.”From Japa Reform Notebookby Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

By Madhava Smullen Mukunda Das — ECO-V’s brand new co-manager along with Ranaka Das — moved to New Vrindaban on May 17th from Alachua, Florida with his wife Bhakti-lata Dasi, and has enthusiastically started serving in the community. Born Marc Gauthier in Montreal, Canada, he was always an outdoorsman and interested in the deeper questions […]

Twelve-year-old  Conor Jennings has joined TKG Academy during the last school year and quickly won the hearts of his classmates. His gentle and respectful demeanor endeared him to his teachers as well. Conor has gained […]

Govindas in Stockholm looking for a transcendental cook
Govindas restaurant in Stockholm is the oldest vegetarian restaurant in Stockholm, existing since 1975. We are looking for a transcendental cook with at least 3 years experience as a head cook. We… Read more ›

Hare Krishna! Inking with the Supreme
In his 1885 essay Pancha Samskara: The Process of Initiation, he discusses the five purificatory processes from Prameya Ratnavali mentioned earlier in this article, two of which are tapa (defined by Baladeva Vidyabhushana as branding) and wearing tilaka markings. Yes, he acknowledges them as prescribed ways to sanctify oneself so that one’s true spiritual nature can develop. But far more forcefully, he condemns being concerned only with the external: “Tapa applies not only to the body, but also to the mind and the soul. If it is only physical, in the form of branding or stamping, then tapa has not actually taken place and religious practice becomes hypocritical.”
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Krishna conscious festivals on the Baltic Sea of Poland began (Album with 86 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: This year we began our 28th annual summer festival tour in the town of Dzwirzyno, Poland on the Baltic Sea coast. It began auspiciously with numerou… Read more ›

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24-03-2015 SB 1.13.19 All Devouring Death, ISKCON Durban, Durban, South Africa.mp3

Kurma Rupa was born to Mexican parents and grew up in New York. At 21, he was drafted for the Vietnam War. “While I was in the army, I prayed for the first time in my life,” he recalls in the recent short film ‘My Part of th…

Gita Nagari, another one of Srila Prabhupada’s original farm communities/temples located in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, is home to the beloved Deities of Visnujana Swami, Sri Sri Radha Damodar. These Deities traveled throughout North America many times in a Greyhound bus converted into a traveling temple, enjoying devotional festivals and the sweet kirtans of Visnujana Swami

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Parents are the First Teachers – TKG Academy
Next, the study of mothers, leading up to Mother’s Day. Mother Nrtya Kisori spoke about the importance of respecting women in Vedic culture.
Mother Ananda Lila read from “Honor Thy Mother”, delineating the 7 mothers in Vedic culture.
The last parent-teacher for the session was Nityananda Chandra Prabhu. He enlivened the class with his beautiful stories about Go-Mata, the sacred Mother Cow.
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Rathayatra in Florence, Italy, June 27, 2015 (43 min HD video)
Srila Prabhupada: The letters of the holy name have so much spiritual potency that they act even when uttered improperly. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.59)
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Hare Krishna! Krishna as King
Krishna is no ordinary ruler. Kings or presidents represent what is grand and powerful in this world. Yet even the finest and most awesome personality is only a small indication of the opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His very body is constituted of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. Though Krishna as Dvarakadhisha enjoys many sporting battles, He has no one to conquer and nothing to achieve, being always complete in Himself. He always knows exactly what to do in His regal duties in relationship to His citizens, ministers, and soldiers. His brows are never furrowed with the anxiety of diplomatic responsibilities. Though Krishna rules as an adult, He is in fact nava yauvanam, eternally youthful. According to Brihad-bhagavatamrita, by Sanatana Goswami, the king of Dvaraka has “all of the beauty of youth made even sweeter by traces of childlike innocence.”
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Hare Krishna! Why Krishna Appears as Jagannatha
I was born in a conservative Orissan Vaishnava family in Puri, on the east coast of India. The Supreme Lord Jagannatha and His devotees were at the center of my life. As a child, I played with dolls of Jagannatha, Baladeva (Balarama), and Subhadra, the deities in the famous Puri temple. I still remember how my mother gave me enormous plates of Jagannatha prasadam and told me to always remember the Lord. I saw how the simple and devoted Orissan people—even doctors, engineers, and scientists—never neglect to honor Lord Jagannatha. I watched how the king of Puri becomes a humble servant and sweeps the street before Jagannatha’s cart during the yearly Rathayatra, or festival of the chariots.
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Krsnadas Kaviraj Goswami describes how the tongue is desert-like… always dry and in constant need of an endless flow of refreshing water, in the form of the Ganges. Just like how the Ganges pours refreshing transcendental water on the desert-like tongue, in the same […]

Mula-Ramayana: A Vaisnava Samskrita Reader
In order to fill a long felt lacuna for those who wish to start reading Samskritam, a new edition of the Mula-ramayana has just been released by Bhakta Demian Martins, an ISKCON brahmacari who holds a Ph.D. in… Read more ›

Purushotama Month Preaching Programme at Sri Jagannatha Mandir, ISKCON Malaysia (Album with 103 photos)
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The month of Purushottama is a highly sacred month and beneficial to making a donation to the TOVP. Lord Krishna in Goloka speaking to Lord Vishnu Who has brought the personified extra month (Adhik Maas) to His realm for shelter:   “An unfortunate ignorant man, who does not perform any japa, does not giveany charity,

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22.06.2015 Moldova. Class “The Cultural Conquest” HH Indradyumna Swami

Some people ask, “Scripture requires us to restrict worldly enjoyment. Why should we restrict our enjoyment like this? Why can’t we enjoy without any restriction?”

Philosophers and scientists, dedicated to spreading the Word of Atheism, find no greater sport than to ponder upon the deficiencies of the universe. Congratulating one another for having transcended the magic spell, they make grand plans to e…

A small team is making a big difference to holy places in India. Renovating holy sites, and feeding widows and children, this film was created to increase awareness of their efforts. A video by Prananath Das.

While it may be turning up a little late, the BBT Africa’s recently released 2014 report shows encouraging growth in outreach – especially for a branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust established just five years ago to better deli…

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When we called to invite H.H. Kesava Bharati Das Goswami Maharaja to join us for the Donor Appreciation Dinner, he said it should be “short and sweet” and short and sweet indeed it was. The […]

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