Author Archives: Dandavats

By Bir Krishna das Goswami Today is a day of intense mourning, the day that Srila Bhakti Charu Swami left this mortal world, and has gone to serve in His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada’s pastimes. For a pure devotee such as Bhakti Charu Maharaj there i…

By Vaisesika Dasa Let us offer true homage to Maharaja by continuing his legacy of service in our own lives. Let us commit ourselves, mind, body, and soul, to the service of Srila Prabhupada, following in the footsteps of his beloved servant, His Holin…

By Bhanu Swami HH Bhakti Charu Swami was known by all who met him as the most gentle, humble, compassionate and learned devotee. Everyone valued his association. Thus, in his absence there will feelings of great loss for everyone. But for his discip…

By Prahladananda Swami More than anything concerning the disappearance of Bhakti Caru Swami I am solaced by the appreciation of his character and service expressed by his godbrothers and leaders of ISKCON. I believe ISKCON above everything is meant t…

By Kesava Bharati Dasa Goswami We’ve just lost one of ISKCON’s most important leaders, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, who succumbed to Covid19 and the complications it brought on. He departed on the auspicious day of guru-purnima, which is also the d…

By Partha Sarathi Das Goswami Our ISKCON, as Srila Prabhupada has stated in a commentary in Caitanya Caritamrta, is non-different from the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Still, it’s natural for the disciples to feel separation from the spiritual …

We are deeply saddened as Om Vishnupad Bhakticharu Swami Maharaj passed beyond the veil on 4th July, 2020.Read More…(This post has been viewed 353 times so far)

CM Mamta Banerjee, condolence message to ISKCON devotees about the passing of HH Bhakti Charu SwamiRead More…(This post has been viewed 332 times so far)

Oh Brother of gentle demeanor, I am your irrefutable junior. When I look at all you’ve done, Nothing short of making that homerun, I am humbled by your limitless energy. And now you leave us that memory, Of absolute conviction to go, Where a target rec…

By Your servants at the BCS Office A short live stream of the final rites ceremony of HH Bhakti Charu Swami will start shortly. “Maharaja’s final rites will be performed on Sunday morning (Eastern US time) at a local funeral home that especially cater…

HH Radhanath Swami glorifying HH Bhakti Charu Swami with UK Devotees . Special thanks to Radha Vinod Prabhu for organizing this talkRead More…(This post has been viewed 345 times so far)

Let us offer true homage to Maharaja by continuing his legacy of service in our own lives. Let us commit ourselves, mind, body, and soul, to the service of Srila Prabhupada, following in the footsteps of his beloved servant, His Holiness Bhakti Charu S…

By Praghosa DasIt is so, so harrowing to endure the departure of someone we love. Indeed there are so many specialists who deal exclusively with helping people through such upheaval and loss. I lost my mother nearly 50 years ago and I still remember th…

By Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami First Meeting with Devotees: Sarvabhavana Prabhu, who joined ISKCON recalls, “I and a friend of mine, who later became His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, went from Calcutta to Hamburg in 1970. There we met the devotees fo…

Collective Narasimha Prayers from students of the Bhaktivedanta AcademyRead More…(This post has been viewed 839 times so far)

Yet what is even more disturbing than all the unrest, turmoil and lawlessness that has dominated the news is the fact that the world lost a very great soul last night that many don’t even know about. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami is one of the few wh…

By the GBC Executive Committee Soon after Maharaja’s departure, a devotee came to chant and offer sacred items and prayers, including the recitation of Brahma-samhita and the Gajendra-moksa slokas. He described Maharaja’s body as youthful and effulgent…

By Indradyumna Swami Dear disciples of Bhakti Charu Maharaja, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On this auspicious day of Guru Purnima I want to express my condolences to all of you on the departure of y…

And Bhakti Charu Maharaj said to Prabhupada “Srila Prabhupada if you want to chastise me I deserve it but I still ask you please take this orange juice because it’s good for you. Prabhupada then said “alright give the orange juice”. Srila Prabhupada dr…

The world lost a very great soul last night that many don’t even know about.Read More…(This post has been viewed 29 times so far)

By the GBC Executive Committee You are all aware by now of the passing of HH Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja. Most if not all of you would be well aware that he was an outstanding disciple of Srila Prabhupada and a great leader in Prabhupada’s ISKCON. Und…

By Bhakti Caitanya Swami At 8.30am this morning, Florida time, I received a phone call from one of your more senior Godbrothers who is currently there. He was in a deeply emotional state, and I immediately understood what he had called me about, before…

By Anuttama dasaI write with a very heavy heart. I can only imagine the sense of grief and pain you must all be feeling today, experiencing the separation of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. Your Guru Maharaja was truly an exceptional Vaishnava, spiri…

By Kalakantha das When you first met Srila Prabhupada he recognized you as a special soul, so much so that within a short time he accepted you as a sannyasi disciple. For the next 45 years you faithfully kept your difficult vows, travelling constantly…

By Praghosa dasa So, so much wishing I was paying my obeisances to you in person, then giving you a big hug and then discussing the glories of Srila Prabhupada with you. There was no way anyone in your sweet company could fail to be immediately immerse…

By the GBC Executive CommitteeIt is with overwhelming heartache that we announce to you the departure of our beloved godbrother and a dearmost servant of Srila Prabhupada, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. From his earliest days as a young devotee, Mah…

By the GBC Executive Committee For those inquiring about the present situation, Maharaja is in the Intensive Care Unit in a hospital in Florida, USA. Although no devotees can be with Maharaja due to the pandemic, Maharaja is surrounded with auspicious …

Sri Sanatana Goswami appeared in 1488, five years before Sri Rupa Goswami, in a Sarasvata brahmana family in Bengal. Sanatana and his two brothers, Rupa and Anupama, were always absorbed in bhava bhakti from early childhood. Remembering Vrndavana, they…

While everyone is staying at home and our day-to-day activities put to a halt, devotees around the world have found a way to still preach and spread the transcendental chanting online. Our love of kirtan continues and in these difficult times, we can s…

After driving himself home from dialysis he collapsed in his car. He has been hospitalized. Please keep him in your prayers! Hare Krishna!Read More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

By the GBC Executive Committee We request the worldwide ISKCON community to please pause all other engagements and invest all your hearts in intense prayer and kirtan for HH Bhakti Charu Maharaja. Maharaja has given his life to the service of Srila P…

When lockdown started, I was sad, and I missed the temple so much. I don’t like online stuff, or using Zoom. I kept chanting all day because I like chanting, and it made me feel a little better about not being in college. I do play mrdunga and sing ver…

By Subhag Swami “…certainly we will come out successful because Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself and whatever He desires will certainly be done. So, as parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can become instrumental in carry…

By BCS Medical Care TeamThe situation in the last few hours has now become the most critical and dangerous that Maharaj has been in. HH Bhakti Charu Swami remains in intensive care. His ventilation requirements have increased to near what is medically…

What is faith and why does it sometimes wax and wane? What can we do to enhance it and make it steady even in the midst of a society that often doesn’t value faith?Read More…(This post has been viewed 359 times so far)

“When the lockdown started, nobody thought we could distribute books, and everybody was worried about what would happen,” says Shyama Mohini Dasi, co-sankirtan leader at ISKCON Toronto, Canada. “But Vaisesika Prabhu encouraged us to think differently, …

Special Class by HG Daivisakti MatajiRead More…(This post has been viewed 340 times so far)

Srila Prabhupada: But the caste system is made by God according to quality and work of the subject and it was never designed for the benefit of accidental birth right. Thus whatever is made by God cannot be destroyed by man. Destruction of the caste sy…

By Subroto DasEach year more than 70 lakh people from different parts of the world visit Mayapur, the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and headquarter of ISKCON. Over the years Mayapur has evolved as a significant tourist destination of not only…

By Rizwan Mohammad ISKCON Temple’s free food initiative that has been feeding people on alternate weeks in Auckland CBD in the last few years has now expanded to schools providing hundreds of children with free lunch once a month. This initiative ‘Food…