Author Archives: Dandavats

THE THREE SAGES
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Once there were three sages, and these sages were discussing what is the best age to be delivered from material existence. One said, “I propose that Satya-yuga is the best age, because it is the golden age, the age of enlightenment. Just by a few…

Syamananda-satakam Release
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By Dr. Baladeva Dasa It is a pleasure to announce the release of the Syamananda-satakam, composed by Sri Rasikananda Murari and adorned with a beautiful commentary by Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana. This is the tenth of the latter’s works published under th…

Health Update of H.H. Jayapataka Swami
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Health Update of H.H. Jayapataka Swami Camp: ISKCON Ahmedabad, 25th Jan 2024. Hare Krishna! Dear disciples and well-wishers of H.H. Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Guru Maharaja!…

Britain’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and his wife, Akshata Murty singing “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram”
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. Diwali night Bhajan by PM Rishi Sunak & family at Southampton Mandir . गर्व से कहो हम हिंदू है। pic.twitter.com/2Zx6oVpHQQ — Minni Razdan (@mini_razdan10) November 14, 2023Read More…

Something more!
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In 2017, during the Padayatra march in the Czech Republic, I was hit by a car with two other devotees. The driver of the car had an epileptic seizure and drove at full speed into our ten-member harinama group. She only stopped when she hit a gas statio…

First Minister of Scotland visits our Karuna Bhavan Temple
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Praghosa dasa: The first minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf visited our Karuna Bhavan temple yesterday. He was garlanded with the Deities Maha garlands and was pleased to receive Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita.Read More…

GBC statement on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja
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The Governing Body Commission (GBC) hereby encourages and directs all ISKCON leaders, temples, and communities to arrange special celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the appearance of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Mahar…

Your homage to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada
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All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! Respected Vaisnavas, All glories to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada! It is with great spiritual joy and reverence that we, the Sarasvata Gaudiya Vaisnava Association (SGVA), announce the grand…

GBC MEETING HIGHLIGHT REPORT 10 JANUARY 2024
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1. Zonal Update In the zonal report, Malati Devi Dasi shared an inspiring update of the continued development of Krishna Consciousness in different areas of the US Midwest including Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Detroit, amongst others. Highli…

He meant to donate $150 to Hare Krishna devotee. He mistakenly gave $15,000 and then this happened!
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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/29/charity-reddit-mistake-bangladesh-gofundme/ The typo, which the man wrote about on Reddit, spurred thousands of people to contribute to a food relief fundraiser for poor communities in Banglad…

WSN November 2023 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Vijaya Das The temple in the large category with the highest increase was Mumbai Kharghar. A lot of books need to be distributed in Mumbai to counter the Western influence permeating the city. They did 6,309 book points, a jump of 336%. In medium …

Book distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Dear devotees, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Šrila Prabhupada! I’d like to use this opportunity to inform you about a successful book distribution program that started back in 2012 and is still ongoing. I hope many of you wil…

Vaikunta Ekadasi 2023: Celebrating Devotion and Spreading Spiritual Wisdom Through Book Distribution
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Photos Link : https://icctemple.in/gallery/vaikunta-ekadasi-2023/ Hare Krishna! Vaikunta Ekadasi stands as a paramount festival deeply rooted in the Vaishnava tradition and passionately embraced by devotees of ISKCON. The term “Vaikunta” el…

Lance, a person who met Sriman Jayananda Prabhu and worked with him
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I recently met a person who met Sriman Jayananda Prabhu and worked with him. His name is Lance, an elderly welder/stained-glass artist who was part of the San Francisco hippie scene in 1968. I met Lance early last year in downtown San Juan, Puerto Rico…

Kolkata, the birth city of our beloved Srila Prabhupada!!(photos)
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Kolkata, the Cultural Capital of India, where Srila Prabhuada appeared under the jackfruit tree in 1896. Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir was the first ISKCON Temple in India opened personally by Srila Prabhupada in Aug 1970. In May 1971, he installed the …

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever
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*”Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi* Today, in Coventry I stopped a senior gentleman who revealed he was familiar with the Bhagavad Gita, having been a school teacher for decades. As we spoke fur…

City of His Divine Grace – Book Release
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1) From the right: College Principal, author, Their Graces Dina Bandhu & Sankarshana (Shrila Prabhupada’s 78 year old nephew). His Grace Radharamana Prabhu (V.P. ISKCON Kolkata). 2) The college principal Dr. Madhumanjari Mandal releasing the book w…

Sankirtana is full of surprises
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In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Rasarnava Gauranga Prabhu, the president of the ISKCON Florianópolis temple, met Miss Florianópolis 2023, Camila Maleski, with her escort, Alexandre, who promptly took three BBT books! The couple were so interested that la…

City of His Divine Grace – Book Release
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A new book about the Life and times of Srila Prabhupada entitled ‘Calcutta – City of Divine Grace’ by Rajasekhara Dasa Brahmachari – is being released on December 20th, 2023 – at the prestigious Scottish Church College where Shril Prabhupad…

Tadiyanam – an item connected with someone of stature
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Kripamoya Das: I was once at a house conducting a baby’s ‘first grains’ ceremony. I asked if I could use a nearby glass-topped coffee table. The owner obliged but gently requested me: “Please be very careful when you place thing…

Food For All books distribution in Vrindavan schools 2023
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Parasuram das Nitai Doya Prabhu heads up the school distribution team in the Vrindavan area. There are 240 schools and our aim is to install a set of Srimad Bhagavatams in each school. As well as giving each teacher a Bhagavad Gita and each older child…

UNESCO adopts the 150th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada!
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UNESCO adopts the 150th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada! CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARIES IN 2024-2025 WITH WHICH UNESCO WILL BE ASSOCIATED (AS RECOMMENDED TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE In 216 EX/DECISION 28 AND 217 EX/DECISION …

The Importance of Looking After Your Health and Wellbeing in Devotional Service
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By Dr Malav Bhimpuria Devotional service in this day and age is not an easy endeavour, with many obstacles on this material platform. However looking after yourselves is imperative, as the body is an instrument of devotional service. In short, if we fa…

16 Days of Activism to 365 Days of Action
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ISKCON’s GBC Statement Against Domestic Abuse from 2020 says, “Domestic abuse is indefensible, often illegal, and never acceptable within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Any interpretation of Vaishnava religious or social …

ISKCON GBC MEETING REPORT – 6 DECEMBER, 2023
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The Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON resumed its regular online meetings on Wednesday, 6 December after the Kartik break. Two significant topics were discussed at this meeting. 1) CPO Directorship An important topic discussed was the strengthe…

32,000 lamps lit in 25 schools by School children, in colleges by students, in classes and societies – An ISKCON MIRAROAD Initiative
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Initaitive Under the guidance of H.G.Kamalalochan Prabhuji (ISKCON Miraroad temple President ) devotees from Miraroad temple particularly teachers running the Narsimha Institute of Children’s Education ( Sunday school) took this initiative of making st…

Bhaktimarga Swami: KICHARI
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Bhaktimarga Swami Sounds like the name of an Indigenous girl Perhaps appropriate as a precious pearl It’s not a mammal, bird, rock, or tree You’re getting close if you say “herbal tea” It’s something satisfying to the appe…

Day 2 | Part 2 | Kirtan Rasa 2023 | Dubai Kirtan Fest
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2:12 bhakti Priya mataji 39:10 yogindra prabhu 1:29:21 ananta gauranga prabhu 2:11:45 Rupa manjari mataji 2:51:29 swaroop damodar prabhu 3:44:31 BB Govinda Swami 4:45:56 acyuta gopi mataji 5:51:09 adirasa prabhu 6:42:03 Amala harinaam prabhu Day 2 &#12…

Day 1 | Kirtan Rasa 2023 | Dubai Kirtan Fest
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03:20 mohan gauranga prabhu 35:48 govardhan prabhu 1:02:00 lalit prabhu 1:29:08 Sharad bihari prabhu 2:14:50 adirasa prabhu 3:16:30 BB Govinda swami 4:19:38 Kamal gopal prabhu 5:06:08 sarath prabhu 5:41:36 Nitai Priya prabhu 6:24:40 harinaam prabhu 7:0…

ISKCON Malaysia Damodar Month Preaching at Local Schools
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ISKCON Malaysia Headquarters, Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur created a record this year where a team of devotees conducted Damodara Program or also known as Deepa-Damodara Programs at a total of 25 local primary schools (ages 5 to 12) in the whole…

World Sankirtan Newsletter October 2023
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By Vijaya Dasa October was another milestone for book distribution. In the Large Temple category, Chowpatti had the largest increase: 153%, with 17,408 book points. In the Medium Temple category, Mexico City took the cake: a 227% increase, with 2,583 b…

Which side of the bars are you on?
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A poem from the early days of book distribution Sankarshan Das I was a young monk out to save the world. By teaching pure love of God And distributing a magazine Back to Godhead. Do you find that to be quite odd? At a mall in Leesburg, Florida, While s…

A message from Shyamasundar das
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Dear Friend— Praying you are in high health and spirits! The world is a pretty crazy place right now. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada stepped into a similar world, and this great master–some would say a perfect person—met all challenges and filled…

An unexpected request from a professor
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My recent week was such a hard week. I was at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville one day and two days before that at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. People were so much humiliating me. These were my worst days on a campus. I …

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF – The Bhaktivedanta Medical Association launches its first medical camp at the Manor
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LOOK AFTER YOURSELF: The Bhaktivedanta Medical Association (BMA) launches its first medical camp at the Manor By Dr Malav Bhimpuria On a crisp autumnal day in late November, visitors to the Manor were blessed by the warm glow of the inaugural BMA medic…

The Marathon 2023
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Srila Prabhupada was on a marathon practically from the time he took to the vanaprastha order of life and even sometimes before. He was writing BTG articles, getting the magazine printed, and distributing copies. By the early 1960s, an acquaintance had…

Vrajaisvarya-kadambini Release
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By Dr. Baladeva Dasa I am glad to announce the release of the Vrajaisvarya-kadambini, “A Bank of Rain Clouds Pouring Vraja’s Opulence,” yet another publication of the Baladeva Vidyabhusana Project. In this remarkably sweet and simple work, composed at …