Author Archives: Dandavats

At the holy village Govardhan, the hill and every stone of this hill are sacred. You see the stones being worshipped everywhere. Somewhere they are decorated and given a human feel with eyes and makeup, at another place they are worshipped just like t…

In this presentation I mainly explore the results of combining any two of the models in order to extract more information encoded in the Puranas about the earth and beyond in very ancient times.Read More…(This post has been viewed 319 times so far)

Some of you were asking for a picture of Baladeva who passed away in Toronto last week. He was the third of three Prabhupada disciples who passed away within one week. Here is his picture with Prabhupada during a cookie disbursement. Baladeva had an e…

GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) invites you to celebrate Gopastami with Nitai Sevini Devi Dasi.Read More…

HG Daivisaktidevi dasi was initiated by Srila Prabhupada on August 1, 1970. She came to Vrindavan in July, 1974 and has been distributing books here since then, as per Prabhupada’s personal instructions to her.Read More…(This post has been viewed 337…

Composer Nitin Sawhney tells the story of George Harrison’s most famous albumRead More…(This post has been viewed 338 times so far)

By Sitalatma Das Part of our ISKCON folklore is a story of early devotees wondering who were those māyāvādīs Śrīla Prabhupāda always rallied against – because no one knew any particular māyāvādī at the time, and then it hit them – they (we) are the māy…

By Giriraj SwamiToday is Gopastami, the day on which Krishna and Balarama and other boys Their age, who previously had tended the calves, were given charge of the cows. The celebration was meant for only the cowherd men and boys, but Srimati Radharani…

By Devamrita Swami“Anyway, money can’t buy everything,” members of all social tiers often quip. Daily life, however, regularly belies this old mantra. Happiness and even love often seem to have a price tag, or at least a significant financial correlati…

It is our great pleasure to announce ISKCON MAYAPUR’s 8th annual Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama, during the most auspicious month of Kartik. Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama 2020 organized by the Mayapur Chandra’s, is a virtual medium by which devote…

“By reading these books regularly we become more and more convinced in Krishna Consciousness. And if we become more convinced, that will spread the potency of Lord Caitanya’s sankirtana movement with great strength”Read More…(This post has been viewe…

By Sukanti Radha dasi Devotees are so creative in serving ISKCON around the world for different festivals. The holy month of Damodara is no surprise for yet another creative way of honouring Lord Damodar with a mobile Temple. The engineering geniuses…

“When I initiated you, I accepted you on that very moment as my daughter. So you are eternally my daughter and I am your father. There is no doubt about it. And our relationship is based on Krishna Consciousness, so the more successful you preach and h…

Today was the 14th day of HH Sivarama Maharaja having started showing symptoms for Covid-19. By now the infectious stage is over and we are happy to report that his official quarantine is also over.Read More…(This post has been viewed 344 times so fa…

By Dahani Devi DasiIn the past, ISKCON has already been accepted as a religious community in Serbia, all until 2007 when it was erased from the list with an explanation that its Statute is more suitable for a civil organisation, not a religious one. La…

By Devshekhar Vishnu Das With no end in sight, the Corona pandemic continues to take its toll on human health. More in terms of mental than physical. The fatality rate due to the corona has gone up, workplaces are being opened more for economic reasons…

By The GBC Strategic Planning TeamThe GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) is pleased to invite you to the Day 3 of our 3 day series celebrating Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day festival reflecting on the role of Srila Prabhupada as our preeminent Siks…

By The GBC Strategic Planning Team The GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) is pleased to invite you to the Day 3 of our 3 day series celebrating Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day festival reflecting on the role of Srila Prabhupada as our preeminent Siks…

This humble devotee moved from her native home of Belarus to New York City in 2016 to study English and by Krishna’s arrangement she had a friend in New York named Zinaida who was a devotee! She started visiting the Radha Govinda mandir in Brooklyn eve…

We would like to recognize the ISKCON NYC team, lead by Temple President Hansarupa Das, for providing food (prasadam) relief to the city during the Covid-19 crisis! The Brooklyn Borough Office of the President has honored ISKCON NYC along with 80 other…

“All students should be encouraged to write some article after reading Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita and Teachings of Lord Caitanya. They should realize the information, and they must present their assimilation in their own words. Otherwise, how the…

Brahmatirtha Das: Readers are also invited to explore the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies new website for its January 2019, to be held in Gainesville, FloridaRead More…

We need to remember that the essence of our relationship with Krishna is service; and that service requires us to be less conscious of ourselves and be more conscious of Krishna. When we think we are qualified to serve Krishna, the ‘I’ becomes more pro…

By Giriraj Swami Srila Prabhupada had a godbrother named Akinchana Krishnadasa Babaji, whom Prabhupada said was a paramahamsa, a liberated soul. Babaji Maharaja approached another godbrother of Prabhupada’s, who had been sent by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta S…

Radha devi dasi, ISKCON’s GBC Vaishnavi Minister, recently announced the appointment of regional ministers in South Africa, the UK, Brazil and Mexico. Regional ministers serve as the liaisons for the Vaishnavi Ministry and develop programs for the care…

By HH Giriraja Swami (20.09.2020)Read More…(This post has been viewed 339 times so far)

With Adi Gadadhar Das and Sachipran DasRead More…(This post has been viewed 339 times so far)

Srila Prabhupada explained, “In Maharaja Yudhisthira’s time, the government was responsible to keep people peaceful, without any anxiety. That is government—without any anxiety. And now the government means full of anxieties. You do not sleep peacefull…

Padmavati Devi Dasi, during Harinama asks people in the street to chant twice the Hare Krishna maha-mantra for love and peace in the world. So many beautiful people are reciprocating and willing to chant for the first time!Read More…(This post has be…

By Siddhanta dasaWhat struck me most about that lecture more than anything was one question that was asked of him by a member of the audience. Srila Prabhupada had been stressing the importance of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra: Hare Krishna Har…

Srila Prabhupada said our ISKCON is nothing without its festivals, festival means a joyous occasion, lots of singing and dancing.Read More…(This post has been viewed 333 times so far)

Take refuge in the Holy Names. Our only panacea from all onslaughts.Read More…(This post has been viewed 443 times so far)

By Sri Nandanandana dasa We should not think that sankirtana, or the chanting of the Lord’s holy names, is simply part of the system of mantra-yoga, or is merely a formula that has been passed down through the ages like other yoga systems. Nor is…

By Hector Rosario, PhD Now, you may ask, but Srila Prabhupada instructed us to only chant 16 rounds. Why should we change that standard? Actually, we are not asking to change the institutional standard from 16 to 64 rounds. Our suggestion is simply tha…

We are happy to announce that we are sending Tulasi seeds to anyone who would like some!Read More…(This post has been viewed 338 times so far)

In this vlog we meet some diverse people who all have one thing in common … they are all Hare Krishna’s.Read More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

As part of the World Holy Name week celebrations, we invite you all to hear from Shaktyavesha Avatar Das and Pancharatna Das. They will share their realizations and experiences on how to effectively propagate the most sublime chanting of the Holy names…

The Monk’s Podcast 76 with Yogesvara PrabhuRead More…(This post has been viewed 334 times so far)

We often hear that devotees live a life of mature compassion. They perform multifarious activities out of their compassion for the welfare of all living entities. While performing these compassionate acts, their vision is set on serving the Supreme Lor…

By Pusta Krishna das When our Godbrother, Atreya Rsi, was in Tehran in the 1970s, he wrote to Srila Prabhupad to inform him that he had gotten some of the Muslims to chant the Hare Krishna Mantra. Srila Prabhupad’s reply was very interesting and enlig…