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‘Unlock the Mysteries of the Bhagavad Gita’ Course at the London College of Vedic Studies
Thoughts on April Fools’ Day
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Giriraj Swami: April Fools’ Day is celebrated yearly on April 1, and today I thought of Srila Prabhupada’s instruction that we remain fools before the spiritual master.Read More…(This post has been viewed 752 times so far)
Vedic Education as the Solution to International Water Crisis: ISKCON of Richmond Receives Special Guest
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By Kelsey Watlington On Saturday March 23, 2019, ISKCON of Richmond received an inspiring visit from National Convenor for National Ganga Mission, Dr. Snehal Donde, who gave a talk entitled “The Agony of Rivers”. Dr. Donde is the research officer at B…
The Glories Of Our Mothers
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Sri Harinaam Das: One of the highlights of this year’s festivities in Mayapur during the month of March was the annual program of the Institute for Spiritual Culture. This year the overall theme was “The Glories of Our Mothers”, bringing attention to t…
Glorious Rathayatra – 2019 – Mayapur Dham (Album of photos)
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Every day is a festival in Sri Dham Mayapur. How they do it is beyond me. This was celebrated with all the pomp and ceremony you could imagine and on the day before Gaura Purnima Festival. All glories to the management and to all the devotees for their…
The so-called administrators are now bewildered by the influence of this age of Kali
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“The so-called administrators are now bewildered by the influence of this age of Kali, and thus they have put all state affairs into disorder. Are you now lamenting this disorder? Now the general populace does not follow the rules and regulations for e…
Sacred Music and Hindu Religious Experience: From Ancient Roots to the Modern Classical Tradition
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By Santosh Das “Sanskrit words were not just arbitrary labels assigned to phenomena; they were the sound forms of objects, actions, and attributes, related to the corresponding reality in the same way as visual forms, and different only in being percei…
Distribution update for HARE KRISHNA! – The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all
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By Visakha Dasi We have personally seen Srila Prabhupada’s eagerness to preach to even one person. It is our honor, privilege and great happiness to continue to serve his desire in distributing HARE KRISHNA! to all parts of the world thus giving access…
WSN February 2019 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Vijaya das The Sydney temple has struggled in its book distribution for a few years because the government cracked down on people with religious visas, so many temple members had to leave the county, and some were book distributors. Now Sydney has m…
“The Queen’s Secret” Moves Audience to Tears and Laughter in Mayapur
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ISKCON Mayapur: One of the highlights of the Mayapur Gaura-purnima festival every year is, for some, the theatrical drama directed by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami. Every year, Bhaktimarga Swami works with a diverse cast and crew, many of them second …
Srila Prabhupada Festival New Dwarka May 25-26
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Nrsimhananda das: “Prabhupada’s Cooks” is this year’s theme. It’s a historic gathering of great souls who took it upon themselves to learn and satisfy SP in a most intimate and demanding way. We owe a great debt to those who nourished SP with Prasadam …
GauraPurnima-Report from ISKCON Plainfield, NJ
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ISKCON of Central New Jersey, Plainfield celebrated Gaura Purnima and Holi on Wednesday 3/20/2019. Gaura Nitai were adorned with a brand new outfit. The altar was decorated with a theme representing Navadwip Dham (nine islands of Navadwip) which signif…
The BBT’s new Krsna Book app
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By Kaisori Devi DasiWith the full text in English, Russian, and German, with more languages being prepared. The text is fully – and quickly! – searchable in each language. Easy-to-read with many customizable features, including the ability to bookmark…
ISKCON Temple, Jaipur: A Window To The Spiritual World
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By Arti I have been a regular visitor to the ISKCON Temple in Jaipur, Rajasthan for almost an entire past decade. Rajasthan being my ancestral state, we make it a point to travel here once at least every year. To say then, that I have a personal affin…
Krishna Lunches feed New Zealand’s Prime Minister
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By Jambavati Devi Dasi Yesterday in Dunedin New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was visiting a local Mosque ..to comfort and reassure the Local Muslim Community after the recent terror attack in Christchurch where 50 Muslim worshippers were br…
Lord Caitanya is not Worshiped Alone
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On the 28th of March this year in the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, a grand celebration will be held on the occasion of the appearance day of Srivasa Thakura. Srivasa Thakura is one of the most prominent devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and was pr…
Ahmedabad One-day Walk Glorifies Gaura-purnima
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By Muralimohan dasa On March 17 the ISKCON Ahmedabad temple devotees conducted their thirty-third monthly one-day padayatra. Called the Glories of Gaura-hari, a shorter walk this time of just 6km, the padayatra was held to promote the glories of Gaura…
Appearance Anniversary of Srila Srivasa Thakura
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By Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami Srila Prabhupada said that Narada Muni is a perfect brahmacari because his sole purpose is pure devotional service and to distribute pure devotional service. But Srila Narada Muni gave up his brahmacari life and he enter…
Dallas devotees featured on Fox 4 News for Festival of Joy (2 min. video)
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FOX4News.com Staff: The “Festival of Joy” is coming to Klyde Warren Park on Saturday. A group of dancers who will be part of the entertainment joined Good Day for a preview. The festival is said to be the world’s oldest street festival going back three…
Flower holi at ISKCON Gaya
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Jagdish Shyam Das: On 24th evening ISKCON Gaya celebrated Flower holi festival. Festival started with harinaam.Read More…
Get Rid of the Avadhuta, Srivasa
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By Srimati Dasi Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a personal relationship with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu? To talk with Him face-to-face, and have loving exchanges with Him? It’s not something we can speculate about or artificially in…
TOVP Fundraiser
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His Holiness Sivarama Swami speaks briefly about the importance of the TOVP and participating in this brief 10 day opportunity to make a donation to the projectRead More…
Nandurbar Devotees Hold First Three-day Padayatra
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By the mercy of Guru and Gauranga, on March 8-10 the ISKCON Nandurbar centre devotees successfully completed their first three-day padayatra, walking from Nandurbar, in the northwest corner of Maharashtra, to Vikharan village, a distance of about 60km….
Maha Gaura Purnima at ISKCON Laguna Beach
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By ISKCON Laguna Beach A regional festival for the celebration of the appearance day of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Lectures were given by special guests HH Giriraj Maharaj and HG Vaisesika Prabhu. There was also Song and Play performed by Sunday S…
World Book of Record Certifcate to ISKCON
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On 21st March 2019 Gaura Purinam day at the ISKCON New Delhi Temple hall, on behalf of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja I received a certificate from the World Book Record London UK from Dr.Sonia Rawat President WBR New Delhi.Read More…
New book: “Pauranic Caritavali” – Tales of the legendary heroes
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Radha Sakhi Dasi: Who is a hero? In simple words, a person of distinguished courage or ability admired for his/her deeds and noble qualities. Then who is a legend? A Legend is a person who is extremely famous in his/her field whose glories and valour a…
ISKCON Mayapur Feeds 40,000 at Shantipur
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Mayapur Communication Office: The Shantipur festival was first celebrated in the 15th century by the great saint Sri Advaita Acharya. The festival took place at his home in Shantipur on the occasion of the disappearance day of his spiritual master, Mad…
Four Devotees Accept Sannyasa on Gaura Purnima
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Iskcon Mayapur: March 21st, 2019 – On the auspicious birthday of Lord Caitanya, Gaura Purnima, in the ISKCON Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir in Sridhama Mayapur, four qualified candidates accepted sannyasa from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami in order to f…
NASN February 2019 – North American Sankirtan Newsletter
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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 February 2019. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100…
Vrndavana Samadhi Seva Opportunty
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Parvati devi dasi: We’re about to regoldleaf the Samadhi Vyasasan which could cost around Rs.4.5 laks. This is a golden opportunity to donate whatever you can for this wonderful service.Read More…
ISKCON Communications Devotee Meets Prime Minister of India at Prayagraj 2019 Kumbha Mela Global Participation
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By Govindananda das Under the organization of Ministry of External Affairs Government of India and Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Prayagraj hosted at least one person from every country at the occasion of the sacred Kumbh festival. Kumbha Mel…
Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
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By His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila PrabhupadaThe philosophical sections of the Vedic hymns are meant to enable one to distinguish the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Maya. After indicating the position of Maya, the Supreme Personalit…
The Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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Madhavananda das: FAVORABLE SERVICE TO GAURANGA — His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada speaks about the importance of serving Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as a devotee, not as Krishna.Read More…
Jagannatha Ratha Yatra in welcoming Silence Day (Nyepi)
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By Hari Narayana das The month of March brings Nyepi – the day of silence throughout the whole of Bali. In the Balinese lunar calendar (Saka), Nyepi is New Year’s Day. It is a day wholly dedicated to rest, staying in, turning off the lights and keepi…
Gaura Purnima with Srila Prabhupada
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By Srutakirti das I was fortunate to be with Srila Prabhupada in 1975 when Prabhupada was here in Mayapur for Gaura-purnima in March. I am going to try to give just a little bit of an idea of being with Prabhupada and some of the things that Srila Prab…
Gaura-Purnima, the full moon of the month of phalgun
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By Bhakti Charu Swami Today is Gaura-purnima day. The purnima, the full moon of the month of phalgun. These two months, phalgun and caitra is the vasanta season, springtime in India. In India there are six seasons and each season consists of two months…
Gaura Purnima
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By Jayapataka Swami The situation in Navadvip and the whole of India that time was that people were religious but they were not spiritual. They were religious just to show on the outside but actually they did not know the purpose of religion. People sp…
The #Giving TOVP 10 Day Worldwide Matching Fundraiser
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By Ambarisa das We are very pleased to announce on the most auspicious day of Gaur Purnima 2019 the launch of the promotion campaign for our historic 10 day fundraising event from May 7th (Akshaya Trittiya) until May 17th (Nrsimha Caturdasi). The *#Gi…
Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Disappearance Day
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By Giriraj Swami Today is the disappearance day of Sri Madhavendra Puri, who appears in the line of disciplic succession as the grand spiritual master of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Madhavendra Puri’s disciple Isvara Puri was accepted by Chaitanya Mahapr…
Lessons from Madhavendra Puri
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By Giriraj Swami This is a very deep topic–feeling separation from Krsna in the mood of Srimati Radharani and the gopis. We are certainly not qualified to discuss it. Still, following our acaryas, we shall try to say something to glorify Sri Madhavend…