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“If you want to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, then you go and study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from the pure devotee. Then you’ll understand. Otherwise, you’ll write all these nonsense.” Bhāgavata para giya bhāgavata-sthāne. So one bhāgavata… The two bhāgavatas. You study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from living bhāgavata. So if one does not take or does not surrender unto the living bhāgavata, he cannot understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Many scholarly, learned scholars, Sanskrit scholars, they cannot understand Bhāgavatam. Read more ›

Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street – Broadway (or simply Jackson Heights or Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street) is a New York City Subway station complex Read more ›

By…. Harinama! Read more ›

New Raman Reti is a spiritual community based on the principles of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), located in Alachua, north Florida, USA. Situated on a rural 127-acre property surrounding a tranquil, marble-floored temple, New Raman Reti is a devotional refuge from the material world.The temple deities are the most merciful Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundara, Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. Read more ›

Gathering of bhaktas and bhaktins for the sole purpose to engage in the Sankirtan Yajna and glorify the Lord and His devotees. Read more ›

Sadhu-sanga, chanting and hearing the Holy Names, Parikramas, Krishna-katha, Classes, Seminars, Prasadam…. this is the real life, in the Sacred Dhamas! Read more ›

At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Diag is a large open space in the middle of the university’s Central Campus. Originally known as the Diagonal Green, the Diag derives its name from the many sidewalks running near or through it in diagonal directions. It is one of the busiest sites on the university campus, hosting a variety of events including outdoor concerts, fundraisers, demonstrations, and sun bathing. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday in Cuttack we visited Jogendra Candra das, one of the last living disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati. Born November 16, 1912 he is 102 years old. He was initiated in 1932. During WWII he served in the Indian army, all the while maintaining his vows and chanting his rounds. After the war he became a policeman and retired in 1969. We had darshan of his japa beads which he has been chanting on for 82 years. They were as smooth as glass. Despite his age his mind was clear and his intelligence very sharp. He spoke fluent English and shared with us many pastimes of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. For generations his family has been taking care of the original wooden shoes of Srila Rasikananda, the foremost disciple of Syamananda Pandit, whom Jiva Goswami sent to Orissa to spread Krsna consciousness sometime after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya. Read more ›

It is said that Mauritius can be the first Krishna conscious country in the world – lets help them listen to the Holy Name !!! Read more ›

At Hare Krishna Valley 29-30 March 2014. Hare Krishna Melbourne. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, (ISKCON), Hare Krishna Movement in Melbourne, Australia.
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Sri Murari Gupta was a very intimate associate whose pastimes with Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were steeped in the loving bond of their eternal relationship. As an incarnation of Hanuman, Murari Gupta is as dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Hanuman is to Lord Rama. He appeared in Sri Hatta, the hometown of Jagannatha Misra (father of Lord Caitanya) and Srivasa Pandita, but became a resident of Mayapur when he was a young boy. He was only a few years older than Lord Caitanya and a close neighbour so they shared many experiences while growing up. Born into a lineage of Ayurvedic doctor, Murari Gupta followed that profession, but because of his elevated spiritual potencies, he also cured the spiritual diseases of his patients along with their physical ailments. Murari Gupta also wrote the first biography on Gauranga Mahaprabhu named Sri Caitanya-carita. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: This morning we discovered a treasure-trove of nectar in a private collection next to an old temple here in Orissa. Amongst many valued articles were ancient Gaudiya Sampradaya palm-leaf scriptures and a piece of sannyasa cloth worn by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur. Read more ›

A short but nice clip on some of the many devotional activities organized in ISKCON communities worldwide. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we visited the ancestreal home of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Jajpur, Orissa. Mahaprabhu’s parents, Jagannatha Mirsa and Saci Mata lived there before migrating to Bengal. Their home no longer exists, but there is a temple on the grounds that has deities of Gaura Nitai that have been worshipped since the time of Lord Caitanya. While traveling to Jagannatha Puri after taking sanyasa, Lord Caitanya passed through Jajpur. Because He was a sannyasi He did not enter His ancestrael home, but instead sat on a stone outside the complex for sometime. That stone still exists and is worshipped daily in the temple by a 93 year old brahmacari who had a dream of Mahaprabhu when he was 12. Read more ›

Out of great affection for the cows of Vraja, Krsna became the lifter of Govardhana Hill. At the end of the day, having rounded up all His own cows, He plays a song on His flute, while exalted demigods standing along the path worship His lotus feet and the cowherd boys accompanying Him chant His glories Read more ›

Insane Himalayas Bus Ride – not for the faint hearted Read more ›

Celebrating 2014 Gaura Purnima at ISKCON Nepal with HH Indradyumna Swami, HH Vedavyas Priya Swami, HG Bada Hari Das Prabhu, HG Patri Prabhu, and 1500+ devotees. Read more ›

From Morning Walk, Feeding Time, Bathing Time, Again Feeding Time, Afternoon Grazing Time To Cleanup Time…. Read more ›

Just as Puri is the place of Jagannath, Kendrapara is the place of Balaram. It is said that Balaram went there 5,000 years ago and killed a demon and married the demon’s daughter Tulasi (as I understand it an expansion of the original Tulasi). The main temple in Kendrapara is the Baladevjiu Mandir, with deities of Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadr and Tulasi. It is a large temple compound that is over 2 acres in size, and is said to have been completed in the middle of the 18th century. Unfortunately, westerners are not allowed inside 🙁

Kendrapara is not far from Choti Mangalapur, the native place of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur. Bhaktivinode was the first headmaster of the English medium High school in Kendrapara.

The deities of Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadra in Kendrapara are a little unusual, Balaram and Jagannath have small mustaches! Read more ›

Puri-Mayapur-Vrindavan Read more ›

During prasadam time… Read more ›

Approx 7000-8000 people have participated in Phoolon ki Holy festival Read more ›

Devotees overseeing the restoration of the Delhi temple where Srila Prabhupada stayed in the early 1960s before leaving for the US have discovered a treasure of his personal belongings.

Breaking open the locks on a door that had not been opened for 25 years, they were amazed to find the items still in his room at the Chippiwada Sri Sri Radha-Vallabha Mandir in Delhi’s busiest market, Chandni Chowk, after so long.

The items included Srila Prabhupada’s harmonium and the original covers of the first canto of his Srimad-Bhagavatam translation and commentary, which he later brought with him to the US.
On the photo: Srila Prabhupada’s room just after devotees unlocked it for the first time in 25 years. The pyramid in the center is a sacred dome indicating that the Deities’ altar is directly below. Read more ›

Holi is a festival of colors that has origins in ancient India…but it’s caught on in the West, and draws participants of all ages to celebrate the coming of spring!

Anuttama Dasa, the communications director at ISKCON, came on the show to talk about Holi DC, happening on Saturday, April 5th. Read more ›

What will happen to you if you chant Hare Krishna? You become a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You will automatically you develop all the godly qualities? You will certainly reach one of the spiritual planets? You will be elevated to the transcendental platform? Everything becomes very easy in this life? This is a collection of statements from Srila Prabhupada’s books. Read more ›

Mayapur, Rishikesh, Delhi. Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka. “…The other devotees shared their compartment with a young couple and their young child. At the beginning of the journey I considered that such a situation could give the young devotees some practical realization about what married life is actually like….” Read more ›

Vrindavan mist… Read more ›

Chir Ghat is one of the holy ghats (series of steps leading down to a water body) on the banks of the river Yamuna. This is the place where the famous pastime of Krishna stealing the clothes of the young Gopis (Cowherd Maidens) of Vrindavan took place. This place was earlier just on the banks of River Yamuna. But over the years, as Yamuna has changed its course, now Chir Ghat stands at some distance from the Yamuna. There is an ancient Kadamba tree at this place which is still existing since the time of Lord Krishna. Read more ›

On Papamocani Ekadasi the Russian devotees came together to establish a samadhi mandir for the 1st Russian devotee initiated by Srila Prabhupada and who spread Krishna Consciousness throughout Russia! Read more ›

With Sivarama Swami and BB Govinda Swami Read more ›

Along with Radha Krishna, the murtis of Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra were also installed in the temple Read more ›

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) performed Sri Radha Krishna Chandra Srimandira Srivigraha Pratisthotsavam, and inaugurated the Vedic Cultural Centre in the city of Guntur from March 21 to 23 Read more ›

Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram is one of the most prominent ashrams in Rishikesh, India, on the bank of the Ganges river, at the foot of the Himalayan Mountains. Yogirishi Vishvketu ji and Chetana Panwar, the founders of the ashram, invited Radhanath Swami for a satsang program on the evening of 5th March, 2014. More than two hundred spiritual seekers and yogis who had been visiting Rishikesh converged at the ashram to attend Radhanath Swami’s discourse and kirtans. Read more ›

Sri Sri Radha Giridhari temple was opened on 18th January 2004. The Deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Giridhari, and Their Lordships Jagannatha Baladeva Subhadra) had previously been installed by the Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Read more ›

Gaura Purnima Play by the kids in Laguna Beach, CA. Radha and Krishna come to life in this beautiful play. Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtan movement is excellently portrayed by the children. Even Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution is vividly enacted.
This is a two camera shoot in Hi Definition with decent audio. Please share. We need more plays like these. Super inspiring! Read more ›

On 23rd March third installation anniversary of Sri Sri Radha MadanGopal was celebrated in presence of HH Candramauli Swami and @ 3000 people participated in the event. Read more ›

Kirtan by H.H.BB Govinda Swami, H.H.Sivaram swami and H.H.Bhakti Vaibhav Swami Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we made one last pilgrimage to Muktinath, 3,710 meters above sea level at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass. The air was so thin that we had to stop and catch our breath every few meters. There we had darshan of a lamp that Lord Brahma offered to Krsna at the beginning of creation. Miraculously the flame is still burning. Then we paid our obeisances to the deity of Lord Narayana, established by Sri Ramanujacarya over 1,000 years ago. I prayed to Lord Narayana to grant my dear godbrother, Bimal Prasad das, entrance into the spiritual world where he could serve the Lord to his heart’s content. We then began the long trip down through the mountains to Kathmandu and on to India. Read more ›

What can really be a better occupation than glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the chanting of His Holy Names! Read more ›

It is amazing to see how the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and his faithful followers have influenced the lives of so many persons on this planet! They have given up all other duties and engage soul, mind and body in the Sankirtana Yajna of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! Read more ›