Author Archives: Dandavats.com

A Servant’s Story-“Puffed Rice”
→ Dandavats

A Servant’s Story-“Puffed Rice” (7 min. video)
Srutakirti das, who served as Srila Prabhupada’s servant, tells us an amazing story while flying with His Divine Grace.
Read More…

In any condition you can become purified!
→ Dandavats

In any condition you can become purified!
Srila Prabhupada: The real point is that narayana-paranmukham. Without thinking of Narayana or Krsna or Visnu, no method will be able to purify you. Vita-raga-bhaya-krodha, mam upasritah… [Being freed fr…

We Always Have a Choice!
→ Dandavats

HH Sacinandana Swami: A gift that the Lord has given to everyone is the opportunity to choose, and especially to make enlightened choices that bring us out of the dark periods of our lives back to a life of enthusiastic Krsna consciousness. It is never…

Unique Within The World (Album of photos)
→ Dandavats

Unique Within The World (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: I have been at Govardhan Eco Village now for two months. Today I walked around the project and took photos for one last final album. Tomorrow I leave for Sri Vrindavan Dhama. I will feel gre…

Missing Tamal Krishna Goswami
→ Dandavats

Missing Tamal Krishna Goswami.
By his brother, Carl Herzig.
Seventeen years ago today (on the lunar calendar), we received the phone call informing us of the unexpected passing of my brother, Tamal Krishna Goswami, my only remaining immediate family …

TOVP Report 2019 – New 13 min. Ultra High Definition (UHD) video…
→ Dandavats

TOVP Report 2019 – New 13 min. Ultra High Definition (UHD) video (4k) Be Amazed. Very Amazed!
Please watch this short video of the latest developments in the construction of this beautiful temple in the jungles of West Bengal.Read More…

Pandava sena KCSOC Highlights (3 min. video)
→ Dandavats

Pandava sena KCSOC Highlights (3 min. video)
“CTRL ALT RETREAT” 2019 Highlights.
The spiritual experience that needs to be on your university bucket list!
Krishna Consciousness Society: Check out the highlights of our latest retreat.
Re…

SABHA – First face-to-face meeting. Feb. 27th, 28th & March…
→ Dandavats

SABHA – First face-to-face meeting. Feb. 27th, 28th & March 2nd, 2019 (3 min. video)
SABHA: (Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly)
PURPOSES:
(a) Establishing the Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly, or SABHA, 1 has manifold functions.
It ai…

Srila Prabhupada… igniting the spark
→ Dandavats

Srila Prabhupada… igniting the spark.
As we read Srimad Bhagavatam we find that most verses speak directly about the process and instructions Srila Prabhupada gave us. One can’t miss seeing how Srimad Bhagavatam is non-different from a per…

Mayapur Kirtan Mela 2019 (Day 1) – HG Yadubara Das (video)
→ Dandavats

Mayapur Kirtan Mela 2019 (Day 1) – HG Yadubara Das (video)
Srila Prabhupada: Srila Madhavendra Puri said, “O regulative principles of karma-kanda, please excuse me. I cannot follow all these regulative principles, because I am fully engaged in d…

Iskcon Leicester: City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby joins ISKCON…
→ Dandavats

Iskcon Leicester: City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby joins ISKCON Leicester President Pradyumna Dasa to officially open Avanti Fields, Leicester’s first Hindu all-through school
To read the complete article please click here: https://goo.gl/HE2bw9Read…

How I Came To Krishna Consciousness – Bhakta Rex (China)
→ Dandavats

How I Came To Krishna Consciousness – Bhakta Rex (China) (6 min. video)
Srila Prabhupada: Fate can be changed by Krishna consciousness. Krishna says, “I shall give you protection from all the resultant action of your sinful life.” That is …

Iskcon leaders meet in Mayapur (Album of photos)
→ Dandavats

Iskcon leaders meet in Mayapur (Album of photos)
The Sanga of GBCs, Gurus and Sannyasis (SGGS) began yesterday in Mayapur. 100 of the most senior devotees have gathered and are discussing all types of preaching activities in Srila Prabhupada’s I…

Maha Sivaratri
→ Dandavats

Today is the auspicious Maha Sivaratri , a day to honor and pray to lord Siva. Lord Siva is known as Ashutosh, one who is pleased very easily, so somehow if we can please him on this Maha Sivaratri then we can make rapid progress in Krishna conscious…

Shastrakrit Das: Om Namashivaya! These wonderful ladies, came to…
→ Dandavats

Shastrakrit Das: Om Namashivaya! These wonderful ladies, came to get some Ayurvedic products and attend Shiva Ratri at the Shiva Mandir. I called them over to my book table, I had no idea how spiritual they were. The lady on the right asked me if I had…

He’s a devout atheist but he loves to read! Mahotsaha…
→ Dandavats

He’s a devout atheist but he loves to read!
Mahotsaha prabhu distributes a “Saptarishi” set and a “Prabhupada Lilamrita” set together!
Super ”MahaTattva” stack (14 Maha big books in one shot)!
This fortunate s…

Beautiful Govardhan Eco Village (Album of photos)
→ Dandavats

Beautiful Govardhan Eco Village (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: I have been at Govardhan Eco Village outside of Mumbai, India for almost 2 months now. Each morning I walk in the natural pristine beauty of the community, marveling at the many proj…

Worship of Lord Shiva as a seniormost Vaishnava
→ Dandavats

Worship of Lord Shiva as a seniormost Vaishnava.
Q. 1. Lord Krishna told Arjuna: “Those who claim to be directly My devotees are actually not my devotees. But those who are devotees of my servants are factually My devotees.” In Srimad Bhag…

Being Silent about One’s Achievements
→ Dandavats

Being Silent about One’s Achievements.
Question: In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Lord Siva instructs Citraketu that instead of posing as a devotee externally while lacking in devotional attitude, one should keep one’s bhakti hidden and not pose …

Travel Adventures of a Krishna Monk. Travel Journal by…
→ Dandavats

Travel Adventures of a Krishna Monk.
Travel Journal by Krishna-kripa Das.
From Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 4.41, purport:
“Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who acce…

AHMEDABAD ONE-DAY WALK DEDICATED TO FALLEN SOLDIERS
→ Dandavats

AHMEDABAD ONE-DAY WALK DEDICATED TO FALLEN SOLDIERS
With the desire to maximize book distribution, ISKCON’s Ahmedabad temple devotees planned our thirty-second one-day padayatra to follow a route covering as diverse a cross-section of Indian soc…

Detachment is absence of emotional dependence, not absence of emotion
→ Dandavats

Detachment is absence of emotional dependence, not absence of emotion.
Chaitanya Charan Das: Some people fear, “If I become detached, will I become emotionless, uncaring, stone-hearted?”
No, detachment empowers us to care truly for others…

HG Ambarish Prabhu On Cover Page
→ Dandavats

HG Ambarish Prabhu On Cover Page.
Why are the Jindals of JSW group of companies, the Goenkas of Welspun group and Goels of Essel group making a beeline to the world headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) at Mayapu…

Dare to Think of Krsna as Your Friend!
→ Dandavats

Dare to Think of Krsna as Your Friend!
HH Sacinandana Swami: For many devotees in our movement, Krsna is anything but a friend. They do not dare to think in this direction. Some feel it is sahajiyaism, or taking things too lightly, while others think,…

Questions to Absorb your Mind in Shastra
→ Dandavats

Questions to Absorb your Mind in Shastra.
Dhameshvar Mahaprabhu Das: If you’re giving class or just want to absorb your mind in the words of Krishna, here are some questions to allow you to spend hours on just one verse:
Read More…