Author Archives: Dandavats

Positive news from various sourcesRead More…(This post has been viewed 438 times so far)

By Rishika Gitta Life is no less than a roller coaster ride: we cannot expect what we’ll have to face next. Life may pull us down into its deep and dark gorges, or it may make us soar high in the open blue sky. Naturally, all that most people are conc…

By Sri Nandanandana dasa When we talk about sankirtana, we are, of course, talking about the congregational chanting of the Lord’s holy names, specifically in the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. For many people, this is the first way they come in contac…

By Karuna Dharini Devi DasiSrila Prabhupada a few times repeated a story he had heard from a friend about a preacher trying to persuade coalminers in Sheffield, England. “Do you know Jesus?” the preacher asked. All the miners wore a number on their s…

By Jayarama Das I’ve always felt a kind of need to glorify God in my work, because painting is something He’s given me. And now I have that desire even more. I’m mostly interested in trying to show how beautiful Krishna is. He’s great and H’s beautifu…

By Jacques de Gheyn II De Gheyn was a wealthy amateur who is best known as a brilliant draftsman, but he also painted and engraved. This panel is generally considered to be the earliest known independent still-life painting of a vanitas subject, or sym…

By Vijaya das I almost cannot believe what happened in April. The Mayapur temple did 212,221 book points, putting them way out in front of any other temple. The magic of the Mayapur book distributors cannot be underestimated. Lord Caitanya’s rain of m…

By Kripamoya Das“Jnana-yoga is recommended for those who are disgusted with material life. Those who are not disgusted with material life, having many desires yet to fulfil, should seek perfection through the path of karma-yoga.” “If somehow or other b…

By Kripamoya Das“Jnana-yoga is recommended for those who are disgusted with material life. Those who are not disgusted with material life, having many desires yet to fulfil, should seek perfection through the path of karma-yoga.” “If somehow or other b…

By Charu Patankar Unscrupulous people go at once to the Tenth Canto, especially to the five chapters which describe the Lord’s rāsa dance. However, this portion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the most confidential part of that great literature. Unless one is …

Srila Prabhupada: “The three words, namely Hara, Krsna and Rama, are transcendental seeds of the maha-mantra, and the chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His internal energy, Hara, for giving protection to the conditioned soul. The chanting …

Prabhupada Memories DVD 81 The French Connection. …devotees from Europe in his room and he was going to to start a talk and started to say thank you very much for distributing my books so profusely, are you reading them? So the devotees were, some l…

By Dharmatma das Another wonderful exemplary Vaishnava has left us to be with his worshipful Lordships in the Spiritual World. Bhuvanesvara prabhu has been serving Them in Vrindavan for 35 years and was such an inspiring soul. His sadhana was impec…

The story of Sudāmā and Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is popularly known as an example of “rags to riches.” Sudāmā, an extremely poverty-stricken brāhmaṇa became greatly wealthy by the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, his childhood friend. But why was Sudāmā so poor?…

Prabhupada: It does not require—you simply let him come. Anyone wants to come, let him come. Just like one man has fallen in the well, and he’s crying, “Please get me out. Somebody please get some rope. Just catch it, I’ll take it.” Then where is the q…

Radharani’s favorite cook for decades, Bhubanesvara prabhu, is in his final hours in this world. He is surrounded by devotees in his room in Vrindavan at the time.
All glories to His Grace Bhubanesvara prabhu!!!Read More…(This post has been viewed …

One day while Kṛṣṇa was playing with His small playmates, including Balarāma and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came together and lodged a complaint to mother Yaśodā. “Mother,” they submitted, “Kṛṣṇa has eaten earth.” Read More…(This post h…

In the very last verse of Caitanya-caritamrita, Krishnadas Kaviraja wrote:
In Vrindavana in the year 1537 Sakabda Era [A.D. 1615], in the month of Jyaistha [May-June], on Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon, this Caitanya-caritamrita has been com…

When we first arrived in India, in Bombay, Srila Prabhupada was invited to a program on the lawn of an aristocratic gentleman’s house. Most of us went ahead, and Srila Prabhupada followed with a few disciples. When we arrived, our hosts told us, “It i…

By Sankirtana Das There are many examples in the Mahabharata and other Vedic scriptures of the ksatriyas’ or leaders’ duty to protect all the citizens. In the account of King Sibi, the King even protected a dove who sought his shelter when pursued b…

Please join us in remembering His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada! Read More…(This post has been viewed 336 times so far)

I was discharged from the hospital and returned home about a week ago.
It is so nice to come back to Mayapur and continue my service in TOVP.
I still haven’t fully recovered, but luckily I’m able to take a short walks and also go to my office a few d…

SB 7.6.6-7.6.30 Lecture: Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 6 Read More…(This post has been viewed 355 times so far)

Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura as well as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura desired that some day high-court judges might wear Vaisnava tilaka Read More…(This post has been viewed 337 times so far)

Take a look at our newsletter to see what is going on at the farm and check out our upcoming events Read More…(This post has been viewed 337 times so far)

By Rupanuga dasaThe most interesting thing about Koko, however, is her communication of certain abstract concepts, like old age and death. She cried when her pet kitten (which she named All Ball) died. Previously, her keepers phrased questions to her a…

In March 2020 we published our first video in English. Back then we still had no idea what was coming up…To be honest, even to this day sometimes it feels unreal to see how big our channel has grown, how many people it has reached and inspired for p…

This online festival is Saturday. The speakers are devotees that we haven’t heard from (except for a couple). The theme is very apropos.Read More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

As I prepare for open Heart Bypass Surgery tomorrow, I’ve been earnestly praying for Lord Narasimha’s protection during this heavy procedure. It brings to mind other occasions when He mercifully intervened when I literally had guns to my head.Read More…

With a very heavy heart we would like to inform that on May 27, 2021 (Pratipat & Appearance tithi of Sri Narada Muni), H. G. Mahaprabhu das left his body. He was a very good health and spirits till his last breath and finally left due to a cardiac…

In a lecture on March 8, 1966, Srila Prabhupada instructed that if we want to do something good for our families we should try to make them Krishna Conscious, then our lives will be successful. Communities are the sum of the individuals who make up tho…

The Ministry of Education invites devotees to a symposium designed to bring together via Zoom/Online with the global ISKCON-members involved in Education Read More…(This post has been viewed 670 times so far)

The pandemic is heavily affecting ISKCON devotee communities around the world as there is lack of resources and access to medical equipment and facilities especially for those in rural devotee communities such as Mayapur and Bangladesh. Over 7000 devot…

Question: If I’m originally in the spiritual world, but even the potential to fall down is an imperfection in the creation??Read More…

By Aditya Varna Devi Dasi How beautiful on the mountain are the feet of those who bring good news (Isaiah 5:27) Through her sharp camera lens and with the point of her pen HG Visakha Dasi takes us on a roller coaster ride through the near 6 years, of …