Author Archives: Dandavats

Plainfield, NJ. Radha Krishna Temple and Cultural Center (ISKCON of Central NJ), Plainfield, NJ celebrated an electrifying Sri-Jagannath Rath Yatra with sincere devotion and active participation by more than One thousand devotees – on the actual day of…

On the evening of Tuesday, July 2nd, I was in our temple yoga class when the peacocks in our aviary started screaming. I heard popping sounds and thought early July Fourth revelers must be out. Then the sounds increased, loud shouts among them, and sud…

This year the festival caught the attention of entire nation and was widely covered in print and electronic media when Iskcon decided to invite Nusrat Jahan Ruhi Jain, a newly elected Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha, as one of the guests for Rath Yat…

This year, more than 1,00,000 cows have already been lost. The intolerably poignant sight of dead young cows and dried cow carcasses is becoming common in villages across this region. Our team comprised of Dr. Sree Kumar, a veterinary doctor and cow-ca…

Tamohara das: The New Raman Reti Management Board recently approved a new Anti-Harassment Policy for the Temple. This new version updates and expands the policy, and gives focus to procedures for dealing with any instance of sexual harassment. Sexual h…

At this point we do not have electricity, gas or hot water to the restaurant and temple building. We are working with local authorities, inspectors and our insurance to assess the damage and come up with a plan for reconstruction.Read More…

Escondido Farm Gig June 26, 2019Read More…

By David Crick On Saturday 29th June 2019 a charity walk was performed to raise funds for a new electric free food distribution van for the London Food For Life project. Starting and ending at the present ISKCON-London temple on Soho Street the planne…

By Gauranga Darshan Das Why should one surrender to someone? Can’t one be independent? It’s within everyone’s experience that there are problems in this world. One tries to solve them by one’s own efforts, and to some extent, one becomes successful too…

Purushottama Deva was an emperor of Orissa who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the second ruler of Gajapati Dynasty and was known for his military prowess. Once during his South India tour he went to the kingdom of Kanchi where he met the princess…

The Ox Training Seminar at New Vraja Dhama, Hungary held April 17-24, involved training oxen by voice commands. Before the seminar, there were a few young oxen who were in the early stages of being trained by voice commands at New Vraja Dhama. Shiva wa…

By Giriraj Swami Lord Chaitanya predicted, prthivite ache yata nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama: “In every town and village of every country of the world, My name [Krishna’s name] will be preached.” Although Lord Chaitanya made this pre…

Tulsi Gabbard: Namaste, Aloha and best wishes to you all! When I saw your conference theme “Love of Neighbor in the Catholic and Hindu Traditions, I smiled, because it reminded me of my upbringing as a child. For those of you who don’t know, I was rais…

By Iskcon Mayapur In this material world, relationships are short-lived. Growing up many people have said to each other that they will remain together forever, but due to providence such relationships hardly last for years. But such a scenario was un…

Some pictures from last Swan Boat Festival @ ISKCON New VrindabanRead More…

Shripad Yesso Naik, Indian Government Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) received the book “Easy journey to other plantes” from Sri Bhakti Das (Chile). Mrinal Kulkarni famous actress from Maharashtra a…

Finding Balance in Life from the Inside – London UK Corporate (video)Read More…

“Ryali” in local Telugu language means falling. According to the Srimad-Bhagavatam when the Demigods and Rakshas were quarreling over sharing of holy divine nectar, seeing this, Lord Krishna came in the guise of Mohini-Murti avatar to the rescue of de…

By Vijaya das Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Last week we went to a festival in Tours. It was encouraging to see one of our senior devotees, Janananda Goswami, running around distributing books like a twenty-year old (he’s …

By Bhurijan Dasa Vrndavan means naturally and spontaneously being attracted to Krsna. They all have an individual gift to offer to Krsna, but no competition, no corporate ladder, sorry. That’s just not the moodRead More…

By Chirag Dangarwala With the advancement of the ages, human consciousness had changed too. It is believed that today modern society has advanced far more than the ancient civilization. With more technology and equipments available at disposal, everyt…

By Radhika Ramana Dasa You are asking what should your preaching work be now that you are attending the university. So the first preaching work is that yourself should become an ideal devotee. Lord Caitanya said that one should first make himself perfect…

I may die today. I may not be able to finish this piece of writing. I have an incurable condition which I was blessed to remember from my cancer diagnosis. I am a soul encased in a body that by identifying with gives me the view that I must suffer dise…

Continuing well into the night, the Lord dances and dances in the courtyard of Srivasa, surrounded by His most intimate devotees.Read More…(This post has been viewed 602 times so far)

By Saurav Sarmah Kama (Cupid) possesses five arrows, with which he inflicts all conditioned living entities. According to Sripad Prabodhananda Saraswati (in his commentary on the Gita Govinda), these arrows are: infatuation, agitation, heart-burning, e…

By Gauranga Das Every year the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) organizes the Circular Economy Symposium (CES). During the 3rd Edition of the Circular Economy Symposium this year, ISKCON Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV) recei…

By Giriraj Swami One of Srila Prabhupada’s early disciples, Malati dasi, saw a small figure in an import store, Cost Plus, and brought it to Srila Prabhupada. When Prabhupada saw the figure, his eyes opened wide. He folded his palms and bowed his head…

By Su-gita Vani devi dasi Back in 1922, H.H.Bhakti Siddhantha Saraswati Goswami Maharaj categorically told Srila Prabhupada that Krishna consciousness didn’t have to wait for a change in Indian politics, nor was it dependent on who ruled. Krishna cons…

By Mayapur Sasi dasa For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of May 2019. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Indiv…

By various devotees Mahadevi Dasi: Over the last week, I compiled and edited about 30 tributes from our Godbrothers and sisters and those were read yesterday, as not many Prabhupada disciples are here in Vrndavana right now. For the last 20 years serv…

Vishalini Devi dasi: Hare Krsna Prabhus and Maharaj’s – Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Our godbrother, my husband, Gunarnava Das Acbsp is about to have open heart surgery. He was admitted to hospital in Brisbane, …

Karnamrita Das: I have thought and written much about what it takes to stay the course in bhakti for our whole life, as well as to how not to settle into a comfortable religious life not intensely focused on making spiritual advancement. They are relat…

Gauri Das: International Yoga day with Sruti Dharma Prabhu. Despite failing health and being hugely incapacitated, he shows endless gratitude to his carers. When asked how are you feeling he responds: ‘I doing well’ or ‘I’m comfortable’ or ‘with all of…

BB Govinda Swami: Yesterday evening we had our first talk and kirtan in Amman, Jordan. It was a small group of very nice folks and they all chanted the holy names with full enthusiasm. I think this must have been the first kirtan in Jordan and while …

Dance and chant. This is the best exercise. We allow them to dance very… Yes. High jump. Actually, that is exercise and at the same time ecstasy. If they dance and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, it is automatically a very big exercise and spiritual advancement. (…

Verses 1-13: After hearing the answers to the six questions asked by the sages in Chapter1, Saunaka Rsi asks four new questions about the history of Srimad Bhagavatam.Read More…