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…
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Transformative Self-care Workshop in New Vrindaban
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)
Are Pandemics Here to Stay? (3 min. video)
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What is the long term solution for pandemics? Is it vaccines, or something else?Read More…(This post has been viewed 320 times so far)
Virtual Rathayatras in 2020
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Virtual Rathayatras are a great idea. On line Kirtan, classes and videos. The only drawback is a virtual feast, nice photos of paneer subji, samosas, puris, shrikand, burfis is not quite the same as horsing into a real delicious plate of Prasad.Read Mo…
Srila Prabhupada: All this will fail if there is no love and trust between the devotees
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Then all of sudden he stopped, turned to me in a very grave mood, looked deeply into my eyes, and said with his deep voice, “All this will fail if there is no love and trust between the devotees.”Read More…
Birmingham Rathayatra July 2020
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Mayapur Madhava das: I just wanted to report to you all on our Birmingham Rathayatra festival. We had a two day celebration on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. Lord Jaganatha visited 51 homes over the weekend and gave darshan to 327 people. Lord Jag…
The several visits of S. Prabhupada to the Boston temple and his installation of the Deities Radha-Gopivallabha (video)
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By Satsvarupa Das Goswami I received an email from Vanamali Pandit, the temple president of Boston. He has invited me to conduct a Zoom presentation for the 49th installation anniversary on July 19th. I have agreed to do it because Prabhupada sent me a…
Iskcon Boston Sri Sri Radha Gopivallabha’s 49th Installation Anniversary Talk (video)
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By Kalakantha Dasa My experiences trying to keep sane in the prevailing pandemic through Deity worship. Sri Kapiladeva: 0 My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with eyes like the rising morning sun. They like to see My various …
NASN June 2020 – North American Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Mayapur Sasi dasaFor the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of June 2020. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Indivi…
Racism and Spirituality (video)
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We’re honored that Krsnanandini dasi has made herself available to share her deep reflections on the below intriguing topic.Read More…
HH Bhaktimarga Swami fondly remembers HH Bhakti Charu Swami (video)
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HH Bhaktimarga Swami fondly remembers the beautiful personal qualities of HH Bhakti Charu Swami
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Sacrifice Is the Price You Pay for KC (video)
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Sacrifice Is the Price You Pay for KC | HH Tamal Krishna Goswami – SB 6.1.27 – 1 June 1990Read More…
Rare photos from the past!
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View of a Hare Krishna wedding Ananga Manjari and Hyrdayananda dasa, in the Brighton neighborhood, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971. (Photo by Spencer Grant)Read More…(This post has been viewed 374 times so far)
Bhakti Vedanta National School students tops at CBSE 10th std Board exams
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Bhakti Vedanta National School students tops at CBSE 10th std Board exams. Congratulations to the students and staff!Read More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)
Raghunandan Thakur
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Shri Raghunandana Thakura made his appearance within this world in Shri Khanda. In his home he became acquainted with the worship of Shri Gopinatha from an early age. One day his father, Mukunda Dasa, who was a doctor, had to go away on medical busine…
Blossoming our Future (video)
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Gopi Gita Devi Dasi Blossoming our Future – ISKCON Towaco NJ July 19 2020Read More…(This post has been viewed 326 times so far)
Chant and Hear and Become Purified—and Perfect
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Krishna is available so cheaply for the people, especially, in this Age of Kali. Still, we are reluctant to chant the holy name. Therefore Chaitanya Mahaprabhu regrets, etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi: “Although You are so liberal and kind upon this …
Children at Home Show (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team This Sunday on the Children at Home Show by Gopi Gita Schomaker, we invite Her Grace Vrindavaneshvari Aguilera, a dear disciple and spiritual daughter of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami and the Early Childhood …
Overcoming mental health challenges in spiritual life (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Let us hear how to overcome the overwhelming mental health challenges in one’s spiritual life from Citi Sakti Devi Dasi who is an expert psychiatrist and practicing spiritual life for more than two decades. Re…
Tribute to Srila Pbahupada and His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami – in John Lennon’s “Imagine” tune (3 min. video)
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Music by Mahatma dasa. Words by Suresvara dasaRead More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)
Memorial Event for H.H.Bhakticaru Swami in Vrindavana (video)
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Memorial Event for H.H.Bhakticaru Swami, Jul 11, 2020Read More…(This post has been viewed 3 times so far)
Memories of HH Bhakti Charu Swami (video)
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HH Bhaktimarga Swami and Mother Krsnannandini share their thoughts and memories of Bhakti Charu SwamiRead More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)
Womanhood – Understood or Misunderstood?
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Being born in this world is not easy and being born as a woman is definitely not easy and being a chaste woman and trying to live a principle-centered life is definitely, definitely not easy. The struggles a woman goes through being a wife, raising chi…
A Life in Bhakti (video)
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By Sacinandana Swami Deepening Bhakti course is suitable for all those who have been on the Bhakti path for some time and who would like to deepen their understanding of the philosophy and practices of Bhakti. HH Sacinandana Swami presents the five tr…
Sensitivity in presenting Spiritual topics (video)
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By the Monks podcast We use speech every day in our life. But seldom do we realize it’s power. It leaves a profound impact on others, our mind and consciousness. Words create worlds. Since language affects reality, there is an irretrievable nature t…
People Behind the Policies (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team Please join us for our “Ask a GBC-People Behind the Policies” series. This week we are very honored to host HH Guru Prasad Swami. He is being interviewed by Gopal Bhatta Das. Read More…(This post has been vi…
ISKCON Birmingham Ratha Yatra class (video)
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A MOST beautiful, nourishing talk happening on Rath Yatra. Unlike most talks you may have heard on this topic.Read More…(This post has been viewed 323 times so far)
An empty space in my heart
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I was always cherishing his association because it filled me with warmth, with a feeling of a close family member that was always there for me when something would go wrong. A hug from Maharaja was a booster in my Bhakti.Read More…(This post has been…
Simple Living High Thinking (video)
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Many times devotees would like to shift lifestyle to a more self-reliant, natural way of life and produce their own food. Hearing about personal experiences of people like us who have been doing this for years is absolutely valuable!Read More…(This p…
A new rendition of “Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur’s Sri Gurvastakam” (musical video)
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Ocean of Mercy (feat. Nadiya Mani) · Bada Haridas · Nadiya ManiRead More…
Yoga and the Quiet Beatle
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When the world around him seemed to be falling apart, yoga helped George Harrison overcome depression and dependency. If being a Beatle had taught him anything, it was to always go with the best, and going with yoga to overcome a dark time in his life …
Anger in the Gita
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By Yogesvara dasa The Bhagavad Gita has something to say about anger—two “somethings” that seem to contradict one another. One is shockingly violent. In a startlingly passage (2.32) Sri Krishna tells Arjuna that when there is a chance for righteous bat…
A Dialog about Consciousness (audio)
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Featuring special guest Martin Fleming (Akhandadhi das). Joshua Greene and Martin Fleming (Akhandadhi) discuss the recent findings in consciousness studies, the nature of consciousness, and the challenges in studying subjective experiences.Read More…
Initiation ceremony online (video)
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By Indradyumna SwamiTo receive the first, or ‘Harinama’, initiation within ISKCON means to receive the Hare Krishna mantra from an experienced Vaishnava and to promise to recite it a fixed number of times daily. It also means to avoid committing any of…
The loss of truth. Why truth matters how we came to lose it and how we can get it back (video)
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By Candrasekhara Swami I have lost my three legs and am now standing on one only. Are you lamenting for my state of existence? Or are you in great anxiety because henceforward the unlawful meat-eaters will exploit you? Or are you in a sorry plight bec…
How to bring the members of ISKCON closer together (video)
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By the ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning TeamHH Purushatraya Swami reaffirms the 6th purpose of ISKCON-To bring the members closer together for the purpose of teaching a simpler, more natural way of life as part of the ISKCON Incorporation Day celebration….
Take Shelter of the Holy Name and Become Fearless (video)
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Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja lecture in English on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 10 Verse 2 recorded on the 14th of November 1990 in ISKCON Melbourne, Australia.Read More…(This post has been viewed 664 times so far)