She was in LA where she has had a massive stroke.Read More…(This post has been viewed 320 times so far)
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Karunamayi Devi Dasi ACBSP departed
WSN June 2020 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Vijaya Das Most temples in the world have decreased book distribution because of the pandemic, but some increased it. ISKCON of Silicon Valley had one of its best months. By using the phone or internet by selling sets, the ISV devotees did 46,788 b…
How we can outgrow our cultish image? (video)
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By The Monk’s Podcast There are dangers in the spiritual path so we should have mechanisms in place for protecting the members of Iskcon, especially the leaders. An interview with HG Anuttama Prabhu. Read More…(This post has been viewed 332 times s…
Balancing Our Spiritual Care and Organizational Responsibilities (video)
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By The ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team The Global Devotee Care Directorate is pleased to host HH Gopal Krishna Goswami for a conversation about balancing spiritual care and organizational responsibilities. Read More…(This post has been viewed 2 t…
Ksatriya Training
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By Shyama Darshani dasi In a recent interview with the GBC Strategic Planning Team, Sesa Prabhu, my father, spoke about ksatriya training. I found the letter that was referred to in the interview which he wrote to Jagadish Maharaj on the topic in 1983….
The wisdom of King Prithu (video)
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Online Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Bramatirtha Prabhu for the devotees of the Krishna House, GainesvilleRead More…
How to Fight (video)
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How to Fight Virtual Collective Rukmini Prabhu and Anuttama PrabhuRead More…
TOVP: We have finally completed Nanda and Sunanda, our two Vaikunthadutas
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Sadbhuja Das: Hare Krishna, We have finally completed Nanda and Sunanda, our two Vaikunthadutas. Now we only have two more demigods remaining, which is Indra and Manu. All this wonderful work is done by the talented Ambhoda Devi Dasi, we are very than…
Dealing With the Loss of One’s Spiritual Master
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By Sri Nandanandana dasa My dear Daruka, do not be unhappy because of the destruction of the Yadu dynasty, or the disappearance of Lord Balarama. Become patient and fixed in actual knowledge. These calamities are simply an illusory show, fabricated by …
5 Minute Meditations Podcast Presents Practical Gita Philosophy for Public
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In each weekly five-minute episode, Nityananda Chandra speaks on a verse from the Bhagavad-gita or Srimad-Bhagavatam or a story from the Puranas or Mahabharata. He also incorporates personal anecdotes to make his philosophical points more relatable.Rea…
Rose Garden Brunch at New Vrindaban
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At New Vrindaban, Mother Earth is manifesting an exceptional radiance this year. We see it in our high tunnel greenhouses where the bountiful production of vegetables is unsurpassed. Read More…(This post has been viewed 331 times so far)
Success in Grihastha Ashrama
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By Rtadhvaja Swami and Giriraj Swami“Ordinarily, the spiritual master, husband, father, mother or superior relative accepts worship from an inferior relative, but here Rsabhadeva forbids this. First the father, spiritual master or husband must be able …
“What is a diamond?
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It’s just a piece of coal, but it undergoes an intense pressure and transforms into a diamond.Read More…
The Best Use of a Bad Bargain (video)
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Sunday Feast – HG Danakeli devi dasi – The Best Use of a Bad BargainRead More…(This post has been viewed 349 times so far)
Rathayatra in Munich 2020.07.25 (3 min. video)
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Srila Prabhupada: 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 Consci…
The dialogue between faith and doubt (video)
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The Monk’s Podcast with Krishna Kshetra SwamiRead More…
Srila Prabhupada and the Calcutta plague of 1898
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Srila Prabhupada recounts: “So Calcutta became devastated. All people practically left Calcutta. Daily hundreds and hundreds of people were dying. I was one year old or one and a half year old. I have seen what was happening, but there was plague epide…
Mayapur and Ganga update (Album of photos)
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Sadbhuja Das: Here is a little update on the situation with the Ganga. Last time we took pictures of the water levels was last Monday, and as you can see the level of the water has gone up but not that much.Read More…(This post has been viewed 366 ti…
The importance of Deity Worship (video)
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By ISKCON TowacoA recent ZOOM conference with HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami about the great benefits the devotee receives by worshiping properly the Deities of the Lord Read More…(This post has been viewed 320 times so far)
ISKCON Education (video)
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By The ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Yesterday, Sunday, on the Children at Home Show by Gopi Gita Schomaker, we interviewed His Grace Sesa Prabhu, ISKCON’s Minister of Education, a father, a dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada and a mentor to devot…
Internship Program Launched to Help Develop ISKCON at the UN
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By Madhava Smullen An internship program has been launched to help build a website and carry out important research for the still under-development project “ISKCON at the United Nations.” After applying and going through a rigorous approval process, …
The Indradyumna Swami Horn Section (13 min. video)
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The offering of a sincere discipleRead More…(This post has been viewed 330 times so far)
How to disagree without being disagreeable (video)
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By Vraja Vihari DasAccording to Winston Churchill : “If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.” The Lord has designed each of His human masterpieces uniquely, therefore the individuality of every living being is a fact. Hence d…
The mindset in the renounced phase of life
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Thus a pure devotee of the Lord is aniketatam, without a fixed residence, meaning that he accepts neither the gross nor subtle body as his eternal residence.Read More…
Forbidden Archaeology Michael Cremo Interview (video)
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Interview of HG Drutakarma prabhu about “Forbidden Archaeology”Read More…(This post has been viewed 13 times so far)
Are those the books of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada?
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And he just said in a fixed tone, “Are those the books of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada?” It took me a couple of seconds to register and process what I had just heard. It caught me off guard, and so my usual distributor mind just didn’t kick in…
Cow Protection, Govinda’s and Veganism (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Ministry of Agriculture and Cow Protection In this interview HG Praghosa Prabhu talks with HG Kalakantha Prabhu about the interconnection between Cow protection, Agriculture and Govinda’s Restaurants. Read More…(This post has been …
Protecting dharma – Threats and Opportunities (video)
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By The Monk’s Podcast The challenges that the Vedic culture is facing in contemporary India. Local governments taking over temples’ assets, materialistic media deriding religious practices, famous Bollywood movies and actors in a mission against Vedic …
A case study of devotee care implementation-ISKCON Ukraine (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team The Global Devotee Care Directorate invites everyone to their weekly webinars focused on Vaishnava Seva and Devotee Care, an effort that emphasizes the culture of devotee care in our ISKCON temples and communit…
How to engage with the world (video)
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The Monk’s Podcast with Anuttama PrabhuRead More…
Nourishing our individuality within a bhakti institution (video)
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The Monk’s Podcast with Madhavananda PrabhuRead More…(This post has been viewed 325 times so far)
Sharing spirituality in American colleges (video)
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The Monk’s Podcast with Vedasara PrabhuRead More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)
The Nectar of Writing for Krishna (video)
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The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda PrabhuRead More…(This post has been viewed 330 times so far)
“Sri Vamsidasa Babaji” the book
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Srimad Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.13) declares that devotees of the Lord even though situated in the material world are actually under the spiritual energy of the Lord and therefore not subject to material laws. Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 1.1.15) further extols th…
Srila Vamsidasa Babaji
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By Adikeshava Das Vamsidasa Babaji was a siddha-mahatma in the disciplic succession of Sri Narottama Thakura. The name of his diksa-guru was Harilal Vrajavasi and the name of his vesa-guru was Ramananda Vrajavasi. But it was difficult to know that he w…
Transformative Self-care Workshop in New Vrindaban
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By INV Communications Since everything in this material world is temporary, loss is an experience we all must go through. Rambhoru Devi encouraged participants to look at the different losses they have undergone throughout their lives and create a “ti…
Krishna book trilogy
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The lady replied, “My son was at a thrift store and got the first two volumes. He read them and liked them. Then I read them, and my daughter read them and liked them. Now we’re all vegetarians and chanting Hare Krsna. We live in Maine, out in the midd…
Personal care as a basis for an intentional community (video)
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Acyuta Priya Prabhu is a major leader in the Ukranian Yatra and he is very sucessful with community development.Read More…(This post has been viewed 336 times so far)
The Power of Association (video)
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Caturatma Dasa – The Power of Association Tuesday July 21 2020Read More…(This post has been viewed 325 times so far)
Request for prayers for three departing devotees
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Please offer your heartfelt prayers for Vidyananda Das ACBSP and also Syamali Devi Dasi IDS, who are both in the end stages of disease, preparing to leave their material bodies.Read More…(This post has been viewed 336 times so far)