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One should not artificially try to see the form of the Lord while chanting Hare Krishna, but when the chanting is performed offenselessly the Lord will automatically reveal Himself to the view of the chanter. The chanter, therefore, has to concentrate on hearing the vibration, and without extra endeavor on his part, the Lord will automatically appear. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.8.53 Purport) Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Last night Brahmananda Dasa launched a new book “Swamiji” wherein Steven J. Rosen ( Satyaraja dasa ) recounts Brahmananda prabhu’s service and association with Srila Prabhupada in the early years of the Hare Krishna Movement. While reading and commenting on the book, published by Torchlight Publishing, Inc. Brahmananda prabhu gave rare and valuable insights into the life of Srila Prabhupada in those formative years. Recounting his spiritual masters glories he was several times moved to tears, as was the audience. There were a number of senior Prabhupada disciples present. I considered the evening one of the highlights of my visit to Vrindavan this Kartika. I am forever indebted to Brahmananda prabhu for he, along with his brother Gargamuni dasa and Visnujana Swami, stayed with me in my apartment in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971 and influenced me to become a devotee. [ ‘Swamiji’ will be available in a couple of weeks on Amazon.com ] Read more ›

“Aryan” refers to those who are civilized, whose manners are regulated according to the Vedic rituals. Any devotee who is chanting the holy name of the Lord is the best kind of Aryan. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.33.7 Purport) Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yavat and Ter Kadamba are favorite desinations for pilgrims visiting Vrindavan.Yavat is where Radharani lived with Her “husband” Abhimanyu. Ter Kadamaba is where Nanda Maharaja had a gosala of cows. It is also one of the places that Srila Rupa Goswami did bhajan. Our parikrama party sat for hours hearing the different pastimes that took place in these transcendental sites and relished bhajans led by Madhava prabhu and Bada Haridas. We are are feeling truely bessed and spiritually enriched in this auspicious month of Kartika here in Sri Vrindavan Dhama. Read more ›

Regarding the health issues that were reported earlier, he is progressing positively and the prognosis is very encouraging. His disciples-staff is providing the regular services to him while he rests in a private residence for the time being. At the moment he is participating of the GBC meetings in Tirupati via Skype and attending to his correspondence. He is performing his Kartika-vrata daily and is very enlivened to hear devotees from different parts of the world reporting on the development of the Damodara Program. His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja is on his usual enthusiastic spirit and is thankful of all those devotees who have sent their wishes for his speed recovery. Read more ›

Dharmatma Das Acbsp: Eight days in and over 10,000 small books and 1500kg banana Prasad distrubuted. Wonderful and blissful experience and service. Had to trade in one of the bulls, did amazing school program, whole villages turns out for Krishna movies, do madhukari from villagers, they offer us delicious bhoga to offer to our Garua Nitai, walking in the dust of Vraja, mile after mile and chanting, chanting , chanting the Lord’s Holy Names….. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Two days ago we formally welcomed a number of devotees into our Gaudiya Vaisnava family – Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON – by accepting them as disciples. The joy of the occasion was evident on the candidates faces and captured most expertly by our Kartika parikrama photographer, Ananta Vrindavan dasa. The ceremony took place near ISKCON’s gosala, with the cows mooing in the background. Read more ›

You all know that Naimisaranya (Naimisa forest) is the spiritual hub where sages of the past once gathered to consider how humanity could best be served in Kali-yuga. And you all know that it was there that the one and only Suta Goswami spoke the epic philosophical and literary classic Srimad-Bhagavatam to those very sages. Well, in creating the Naimisa app, our intention was to serve you, the bhakti practitioner, in a way to engage your senses in daily spirituality. Start your day by taking darshan of deities from around the world! After, you can dive into your daily japa in our unique “japa section”. Our latest feature include an internet radio exclusive with talks and kirtans from various speakers from our world community. Read more ›

One who hears the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krishna, also improves in health. We have actually seen that many brahmacaris and grhastas connected with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness have improved in health, and a luster has come to their faces. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.21.45-47 Purport) Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Govardhan parikrama is always one of the highlights for devotees during the month of Kartika in Vrindavan. Our parikrama party swelled to over 450 devotees as we walked around the sacred mountain, all the while praying to Giriraja to one day be able to reside eternally in Sri Vrindavan Dhama. Read more ›

The Hare Krishna movement is also an incarnation of Krishna in the form of the holy name (name-rupe). Every one of us who is actually afraid of the asuric rulers and politicians must welcome this incarnation of Krishna. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.3.21 Purport) Read more ›

The Hare Krishna movement is present in every millennium of Lord Brahma’s life, and the holy name is chanted in all the higher planetary systems, including Brahmaloka and Candraloka, not to speak of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka. The sankirtana movement that was started in this world five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore not a new movement.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.7.15 Purport) Read more ›

The Lord’s holy name is called sravana-mangala. This means that one receives everything auspicious simply by hearing the holy name.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.7.15 Purport) Read more ›

In this video we accepted the challenge of combining the Mahamantra with an American/western song. We chose Bobby McFerrin’s song ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ Read more ›

It is the duty of the mahatmas to chant the Hare Krishna mantra and try to spread it all over the world to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, society is in such an uncivilized state that there are so-called mahatmas who are prepared to kill cows and children and stop the Hare Krishna movement.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.2.37 Purport) Read more ›

“Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.2.37) Read more ›

On the eighth day of the waning phase of the damodara month the appearance day of Radha Kunda is celebrated by the residents. Bathing in Radha Kunda is especially benefical on this day. By this one gains the favor of Radha, by which one gains the favor of Krsna. Radha Kunda appeared at midnight. People go to Radha Kunda and offer prasadam, garlands and pumkins (gords) into the water, then at midnight take bath in Radha Kunda and then bathe in Syama Kunda. Many people like to bathe at a ghat where Lord Nityananda’s sakti, Jahnava Mata used to bathe. But wherever you go you better get there early as thousands of people/devotees will be there. And bring some warm clothing for afterwards, as it is sooooo “cooling”. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we went to Gokula, in the Vrindavan countryside near the Yamuna river. There we heard the pastimes of Krsna killing the Putana witch and sereral other demons. But mostly we focused on Mother Yasoda binding the Lord with her love. Hearing the Damodar pastime in the very place that it happened had a special significance. And the kirtan afterwards? It was out of this world! Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Two days ago we celebrated the disappearance day of Srila Narottam das Thakur. What better place to observe the event than in Vrindavan, where he lived for many years studying under Srila Jiva Goswami with his dear friends, Srinivas Acarya and Syamananda Pandit. Emotions were running very deep in the devotees hearts during the celebrations. Read more ›

ISCOWP’s primary concern is to present alternatives to agricultural practices that support and depend upon the meat and dairy industries’ slaughter of innocent animals, specifically the cow. To this end, ISCOWP presents the practices and philosophy of compassionate cow protection which includes dietary change supportive of cow protection and training oxen (male cows or steers) to replace farm machinery and thereby show an alternative to their slaughter. The tenets of cow protection are universal and nonsectarian, available to all regardless of race, creed, or nationality. Read more ›

Our relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal. Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. The pure souls are eternally in love with Krishna. Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one revives his original relationship with God and thus becomes so happy that he does not want anything material. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.7.39 Purport) Read more ›

For the last 3 years we have been arranging this procession and feast at his bhajan kutir in Radha Kunda where he wrote Caitanya Caritamrita! Read more ›

According to our old guide on Braj cooking, Sunil Goswami from the Radha Vallabh Temple in Vrindavan, Krishna enjoys unlimited varieties of sweets made by Srimati Radharani and Yasoda Mayi . This season past the wonderful imarti, the cousin of the jalebi, made in Braj during navratri. Exactly 2 weeks after, not a single piece of imarti could be found anywhere. The present time brajabasi sweetmakers are piling up the nectarine chandrakala (my favorite), two puri’s folded at the ends with ground cashews, other nuts, spices and sugar……deep fried in cow’s ghee. Following season which is Diwali, the gujjia another mouth-watering sweet will fill up the sweet boxes. You can try making these fab sweets for your Deities at home. Read more ›

It is essential that one constantly associate with pure devotees who are engaged morning and evening in chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. In this way one will get the chance to purify his heart and develop ecstatic pure love for Krishna. (Nectar of Devotion, 17) Read more ›

The Deepavali Damodara Festival had always been one of the highly anticipated festival by devotees of Sri Jagannatha Mandir KL each year and this time around, this festival’s grand launch was held at Kandiah Hall, Brickfields Kuala Lumpur. A popular local political figure, Dato Dr J. Loga Bala Mohan, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories was invited to grace the launch of Deepavali Damodara Festival. The launch took place on 6th October 2014, before the commencement of Damodara Masa. Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Sringara-vat is just off the parikrama marg, not far from Kesi Ghat. It is a site of Radha and Krsna’s eternal pastimes and the 1st place that Lord Nityananda visited when He came to Vrindavan. Our parikrama party, now numbering close to 400 devotees, absorbed the mercy of Srngara -vat with many hours of kirtan and Krsna katha. Every day on our Kartika parikrama is divinely special. Read more ›

Eger is the county seat of Heves, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary. “What to speak of others, even Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, personally descends to taste the nectar of love of Godhead in the form of the chanting of Hare Krishna.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.265 Purport)

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A Hare Krishna Devotee Participates As Contenstant Of Russian ‘ The Voice’ Tv Show. Read more ›

Six Gita, including Darma, Prabhupada, Hare Krishna Challenge, Life comes from Life, and other books was donated to the State library in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. While, 3 Gita and other Prabhupada books making total of 26 books in all was donated to the Unesco World Book Festival 2014, festival to the Organizers. It was donated by Iskcon Nanda Gram, led by Mother Mahavrata Devi and Bhakta Eli. Read more ›

Pure devotees chant the Hare Krishna mantra, and simply by hearing this chanting from a purified transcendental person, one is purified of all sinful activities, no matter how lowborn or fallen one may be. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.126 Purport) Read more ›

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has embarked on an ambitious project to rejuvenate the Yamuna with an aim to rid the river of pollutants, stop discharge of all sorts of effluents into it and making its river-front beautiful as well as environment friendly.

The “Rejuvenation of River Yamuna” project is being implemented by the Delhi government with assistance from the Centre and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Read more ›

Joined Parasuram prabhu and a wonderful group of devotees for this wonderful service. Pilrimage, Prasadam distribution and book distribution. We follow along with the large Parikrama group but venture off the beaten paths into the small villages. Parasuram has been doing this for 27 years and it’s really amazing. The villagers are so happy to see us and become very enthusiastic, especially for the Krishna pastimes movies that we show at sundown. It’s not for the faint of heart. Quite austere but very rewarding. Giving to the residents of the Holy Dhama is is truly heart warming… Read more ›

Those who are advanced and highly qualified and are interested in the essence of life know the good qualities of Kali-yuga. Such people worship the age of Kali because in this age, simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one can advance in spiritual knowledge and thus attain life’s goal. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.5.36) Read more ›

Sometimes we are asked where the Golden Bricks come from; who makes them? Well, they are made right here in Sridhama Mayapur at the Vishwakarma Workshop run by His Grace Sriman Dina Chaitanya prabhu. Each brick goes through a time-consuming and painstaking process to make it suitable for use on the new Pancha Tattva altar, undergoing various stages of production including sandblasting the names of donors onto them.

Watch this short video for a step-by-step explanation of how this is all done and, like everything else being built in Mayapur, watch the devotion behind each and every brick that will create the top layer underneath the marble of the Pancha Tattva’s new altar. Read more ›

In this age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting in order to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krishna. Although his complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and His confidential companions. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.5.32) Read more ›

Indradyumna Swami: Yesterday we took 21 boats down the Yamuna river to the asrama of Durvasa Muni. Under a gigantic banyan tree that gives shade to that great sage’s dwelling we discussed his pastimes and had bhajan for many hours. Our parikrama seems to get sweeter day by day. Read more ›

Instead of actively taking part in politics, saintly persons should engage in the chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. By the grace of Lord Caitanya, by simply chanting this Hare Krishna maha-mantra, the general populace can derive all benefits without political implications.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.14.12 Purport) Read more ›

It is the practice of brahmanas conversant with the science to pronounce a Vedic mantra in the right accent. But even if the Hare Krishna mantra is not chanted properly, it still has so much potency that the chanter gains the effect. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.13.27 Purport) Read more ›

At the retreat we found that if we understand and cultivate the tree of our life we have the best possible chance of growing to reach our spiritual goals. Thus, we learned that the ancient Vedas describe how the modes of ignorance, passion and goodness control the material world. We came to understand that the greatest spiritual benefit and God realisation is available to those who develop the mode of goodness in all the various aspects of their lives.

Using the tree as a metaphor, Sacinandana Swami showed how we could nourish our spiritual roots, maintain our emotional and physical life, benefit significantly from the association of spiritually minded people, and how we should live our lives compassionately. Read more ›

Blue God is a documentary film made by Alberta Aureli and Filippo Grespan. Based in a Hare Krishna community in Tuscany. A silent line made out of men and women walks in the yard of a medician Villa in Val di Pesa, it’s 4:30 in the morning and it’s still dark when men and women cross the door of the temple. The red curtain slowly opens, synced with an ancient and smooth music reveals Krishna’s altar, the lonley mantra turns into a collective song… Read more ›