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I see scriptures as divine instruction manuals. They guide us away from excessive materialism with all its attendant stresses and struggles, and toward the peace and happiness of spirituality. The real joy we seek lies within us not without. So in future I think I will try to check my massive male ego and stick to following the manual. Read more ›

Drutakarma prabhu (Michael Cremo): There’s already a lot of questioning going on. And what I’m proposing is not actually so extreme. Most people already agree with what I say. It just so happens that because of this government enforced monopoly that the Darwinists now have on the education system, it’s not a message that’s really being gotten out [in the classrooms]. But what I would like to see is some diversity. Not that just immediately these other [Darwinian evolutionary] ideas are going to be taken out of the textbooks. But in the textbooks and classrooms it should be admitted there are other ideas. The textbooks should say, yes, today most scientists believe in this theory of evolution – but there are other scientists who do not accept it – here are their reasons. And let’s have a discussion about it…let people make up their own minds, rather than having the government, through its judicial system, dictate to us what everybody should believe. Read more ›

Here are the pictures from the Surabaya (East Java) Ratha-yatra held on the 4th of May at the town’s 721 birthday celebration. Read more ›

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Parasuram dasa: What tunes did the devotees chant in the old days, well pretty much like this: HG Sakshi Gopal Prabhu leads Kirtan and HG Parividha Prabhu teaches the Maha Mantra to some fortunate souls. Read more ›

Vegetarian or “Prasadamarian”? Read more ›

Gadagaraja prabhu describes the years at The Press in New York as “every second being nectar” due to Srila Prabhupada’s presence and mercy. Prabhupada had said that The Press was “his heart.” The Press moved to Los Angeles in 1974, and Gadagaraja prabhu spent most of his time there until the late 1990’s. In 1975, he participated in the two-month Caitanya Caritamrita marathon where they finished publishing 17-volumes by Srila Prabhupada’s instruction and empowerment. When Srila Prabhupada was around, there was never any impediment. Gadagaraja prabhu would also cook for Govinda’s Restaurant. Throughout the 1980’s and the 1990’s, he also spent extended time at various temples, including Vrindavan, Bombay, Paris, London, Rome, Berkeley, and Chicago. He very much appreciated the mood of European devotees. In the late 80’s, he married Seva Kunja devi dasi, a French devotee, and they had twin girls, Kalindi and Varsana. Read more ›

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Tumut (Australia) Sri Jagannath Baladeva Subhadra Rathyatra 2014-05-04. ISKCON – Founder Acarya His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. With His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Swami. During Tumut’s Annual 2014 Festival of the Falling Leaf.

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Pryluky is a city located on the Udai River in the Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. Read more ›

ISKCON Malaysia was established in 1980. Today, there are over 20 registered branches and over 9 active preaching centres nationwide, not including the innumerable number of get-togethers. Most of these centres are managed by congregation devotees who volunteer their time and resources for the service of Lord Krishna. Read more ›

Mother Kusha Devi Dasi ACBSP has created and maintains a Directory of Goods and Services (Yellow Pages) of Vrindavana for devotees , which you may be find it useful. Read more ›

Producer Jahnava Hausner and award-winning filmmaker Hilary Tapper take viewers on an extraordinary journey into the lives of historical and modern devotees of bhakti yoga in this groundbreaking film. Women of Bhakti, shot in India and America, is an artistic and entertaining film that gives viewers an enlightening understanding of the bhakti, or devotional, tradition and its relation to modern yoga practice. Yoginis, swamis, and scholars share their valuable knowledge, wisdom and experience of bhakti, and in doing so they guide us into the temple of our hearts where the natural inspiration for service, truth and love reside. Notable figures include: Radhanatha Swami, Shiva Rea, Sara Ivanhoe, Shyam Das, The Mayapuris, Gauravani, Sharon Gannon, and Dana Flynn. Read more ›

Also cultural presentations of the Hare Krishna movement in Budapest. Read more ›

With Sivarama Swami. Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Read more ›

Devotee Sanjay Bhim Deo said the gesture was something they engaged themselves in every month for the purpose of sharing the spirit of love and unity. “This is an ongoing initiative for our organisation and it shows our love and care to everyone in society,” he said. Read more ›

Giriraja Swami’s nice answer! Read more ›

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Francis Xavier Clooney, S.J., is an American Jesuit Roman Catholic priest and scholar in the teachings of Hinduism. He is currently a professor at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “Why be part of an institution? Especially in times of disagreement (or embarrassment), I’ve asked myself this question and have, on more than one occasion, struggled to find an answer.” Read more ›

With Sivarama Swami. Read more ›

Chandan Yatra falls on Akshaya Tritiya. Both the Sun and Moon are exalted on this day. Some other important events that took place are:
1) The Appearance of Lord Parasuram.
2) The Appearance of the Ganges River.
3) Sudama brought poha to Krsna!
4) Khir- Chor -Gopinath Pastime stealing of the sweet rice done by Gopinath.
5) Krishna presented Draupadi with the Akshaya Patra- pot that never lacked..
6) Ganesh Ji started writing Maha Bharat!
7) They start building the Rath Carts in Puri!
8) They open Char Dham in the mountains up for travel.
9) Treta Yuga began on this day.
10)The Beginning of Chandan Yatra commences because the Sun is right over head for 21 days, so devoted souls keep the Lord cool by applying sandal wood paste

Therefore anything undertaken on this day (even material with eventual desire to dovetail in Krsna’s service) turns out auspicious. Read more ›

“If Indian young men join me, I am immediately ready for this traveling, touring from village to village and town to town. However, my foreign disciples have the language defect – they can’t speak the village language. Otherwise I would have started this program long ago. If some young men like you would join me, then along with some foreign disciples I can immediately take up this program. If you are very eager, please get hold of at least half a dozen young men like you, then with another half dozen foreign disciples I can immediately take up this program and tour village to village and town to town. It will be very, very effective. I know that.”
(Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Panjabi Premananda, a young Indian man who had suggested to him that ISKCON organize a padayatra under Prabhupada’s direction. April 16, 1976) Read more ›

How the Educational Programs of Bhaktivedanta Studio’s Center (CSB) Specifically Assist Srila Prabhupada’s Mission of Forming a Krishna conscious Society, based on Experience with Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta and Lecturing at Public Institutions Read more ›

His Holiness Kavicandra Swami attended the World Hindu Wisdom Meet 2014, an annual meet held in Bali, Indonesia from the 16th-18th of April. Representing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Kavicandra Swami talks a little at this three day event about this year’s topic “Hindu-based Education”. Read more ›

Govardhan Eco Village (GEV), a project inspired by Radhanath Swami, illustrates ‘Simple Living & High Thinking’ — a principle which is so succinct, yet profound, and formed the basis of life in the bygone age of wisdom. Life in the Vedic times was focused on service, and not on exploitation; this was the cardinal rule of living and the very essence of people’s dealings — with each other and that with Mother Nature. With the concepts of eco living being innate, the Vedic lifestyle was truly an eco friendly way of living life as instanced in the timeless Vedic scriptures like Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-Gita. Read more ›

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This short video shows breathtaking aerial views of Sridham Mayapur, including the construction site of the largest Radha-Krishna temple in the world. Read more ›

This spectacular four-minute video from BhakTV shows a massive crane lifting a one-ton stainless-steel panel onto the center dome of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Sridham Mayapur, India. The crane is accompanied by a remote-controlled miniature helicopter with an on-board HD video camera. With complementary footage from a second camera on the ground, “Another Panel On The Dome” presents a view of how the constuction of this immense dome will proceed, panel by panel. Two hundred fifty panels will be fitted into place to form a massive glittering steel dome with a base measuring over fifty meters across (150ft) at a height of 70 meters (200ft) above the ground. And this is only stage one. The steel dome will act as a base for a layer of concrete poured on top of it. The present stage is the most critical in this momentous project — a double-width dome on a world-class religious structure, the largest Hindu temple to be built in decades. Read more ›

On the day of Aksaya Tritiya in Vrindavan, all large Goswami Temple Deities are covered with chandan Paste and not a bit of cloth used to cover the deities in the afternoon. The festival is also celebrated in our ISKCON Vrindavan temple and it usually continues for 21 days with the Utsava Vigrahas covered in chandan. The Deities are covered completely with chandan (sandalwood paste), which provides the Lord relief from the scorching heat of summer in the month of Vaisakha/Jyestha (May/June).
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The UK Hare Krishna Festival team coordinated a hugely successful event at the University of Essex in Colchester. With the support of a devotee run local Student Society, Bhaktivedanta Manor and Food for All, over 180 people had an evening to remember. From the widely diverse audience of students and public – young and old, from English Buddhists to Lebanese Muslims – everyone deeply appreciated the music, dance, philosophy and Prasad. The local Mayor and other dignitaries also attended and spoke very favourably of the devotees’ contribution to the community. Read more ›

Chanting Hare Krishna with the musical arrangement of a symphonic orchestration. Read more ›

With Vaisesika Prabhu. Read more ›

Material affairs have been compared to an ocean of poison. They have been described in a similar way by Srila Narottama dasa thakura in one of his songs:

samsara-visanale,
diva-niSi hiya jvale,
judaite na kainu upaya

“My heart is always burning in the fire of material existence. and I have made no provisions for getting out of it.”

golokera prema-dhana,
hari-nama-sankirtana,
rati na janmila kene taya

“The only remedy is hari-nama-sankirtana, the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, which is imported from the spiritual world, Goloka Vrndavana. How unfortunate I am that I have no attraction for this.”

(Srimad Bhagavatam——5:1:22——-purport). Read more ›

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Srila Prabhupada’s most cherished dream for Sridham Mayapur was his bold vision for the Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir – Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. He envisioned a beautiful temple, which would bring people from all over the world to the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He also wanted the temple to be a Vedic Planetarium, which would present the universe according to the Srimad Bhagavatam, the essence of all Vedic literature and Vedantic philosophy. The Vedic Planetarium would directly challenge the accepted modern version of the universe, and establish the legitimacy of the Vedic version, as well as using science to counteract the prevalence of modern atheism. Srila Prabhupada proposed to exhibit the universe in an exposition, which would take the viewer on a journey through the material cosmos to the spiritual world; all according to the descriptions found in Srimad Bhagavatam. Srila Prabhupada wanted these exhibits as well as a beautiful temple housed in a specially built domed building. The temple would also house the Institute of Vedic Cosmology which would continue research into, and discussion of the Vedic account of the universe. Read more ›

Amazing results were achieved in many preaching projects and activities of Iskcon around the world! Read more ›

The second-largest ISKCON temple in the world, after ISKCON’s headquarters in Mayapur, is set to open in Kanpur on October 3rd, 2014. The festival is expected to draw over 100,000 people including over 500 ISKCON devotees.

Construction on the temple began in October 2011 and will conclude this August. Set on a fifteen-acre site, the elaborate 100,000 square-foot temple, with its majestic towers, will include an open-sky courtyard and large temple hall.

On the temple’s three altars devotees will worship Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Madhava, and Sri Sri Sita Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman. And wrapping around the building will be a Parikrama marg, or pilgrimage path.

In its first phase of construction, the project will also include a 60,000 square-foot Vedic Ashram, a guest house, Food For Life center, community hall, Bhaktivedanta Youth Academy, gift shop, Govinda’s restaurant, a Goshala housing sixty cows, and a Bhaktivedanta Book Library with a conference hall. Read more ›

After Prabhupada chanted “Narayan”, there was an eerie silence for about 20 seconds at the end. Finally Prabhupada concludes the lecture saying “Thank you very much”. After I heard the pause two or three times, I was convinced Prabhupada went into trance calling the names of Narayana. I wanted to verify my doubt so I did some research online to find if there were any eye witness to this lecture. Lo and behold I found a passage about this encounter by Satyaraja Dasa (Steven Rosen) in his book “The Agni and the Ecstasy”. Read more ›

We originally wanted to make this documentary to start an abrupt filmmaking career with projects planned to follow. Little did we know, Krsna (God) had bigger and better plans for us. We are now living in the ashrams depicted in the video with faith and determination on the path to spiritual advancement. Read more ›

The European RGB gives its blessings for Hridaya Caitanya’s taking up the position of a Co-GBC for Mayapur. Hridaya Caitanya Dasa plans to stay in Mayapur/India 6 months out of the year. The rest of the year he will take care of his present zone in Europe. After 2 years the RGB and Hridaya Caitanya will review his service in Mayapur. Read more ›