Author Archives: Dandavats

By Nitya Kishore dasi So, we can’t describe the happiness of the devotees to visit such sacred places! Champahati (or the market of jasmines) are one of the most beautiful places in Navadvipa Dhama. The Lordships Gaura Gadhadara are forever worshipped …

Bhaktimarga Swami: Many of our crew members are quite ill with fever, but like real troopers they’re carrying on with the show. A number of them wouldn’t mind participating in the walking events, called parikrama,but they see the need to reserve time …

By Sacinandana Swami The degree to which you are able to turn to Krsna while chanting reveals the depth of your relationship with Him and how healthy you are spiritually. If you are unhealthy, you simply cannot turn to Krsna. Your mind will dislike th…

By Radhanath Swami Prema is within the heart of every being. It’s who we are. It’s what we are, it’s how we are. But we can’t find it unless it’s awakened and there is nothing we can do to awaken it. Even we gain all the eight mystic siddhis of being …

By Caitanyacandra das The Independent online news reports that this weekend (24th of February) the animated cartoon Peppa Pig has attained 10 years of being broadcast for the entertainment of young children. The Independent mentions that Peppa Pig is …

By Devaki Devi Dasi In February, the leaders of the Sri Mayapur International School had requested me to spend quality time with their pupils aged 11 to 18. We had decided to first welcome the boys with a group of teachers for two days to Nityananda’…

By Suvilasi Madhavi Devi Dasi So the purpose of the program today is to increase the awareness and the importance of all of us participating to complete the TOVP project in time. Whats our deadline? 2022! And how many years are left? Three years! We do…

By Rohininandan dasI have been distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books for more than 12 yrs.
This is the part of my book distribution that I have started for the last 2 years now, and this has been successful. I give Srila Prabhupada’s books, I explain …

By Badrinarayan Swami The materialists spend their whole time fixing petty problems. We should appreciate the scope, the depth, the value of Vedic wisdom. It goes to the heart of the matter. What is the first thing that’s essential for a good doctor? W…

All glories to Sri Navadvipa Dhama, the birth place of Harinama sankirtan! Sri Caitaya Mahaprabhu said: “This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon.” Kali Yuga it is an ho…

By ISKCON Mayapur In 2019, kirtan is readily available anywhere in the world. Kirtan is daily performed in temples and on the streets across the globe. Every year, more kirtan events are held, some drawing hundreds of thousands. Kirtan recordings and a…

By Bhakti Caru Swami It is so unfortunate that today, especially in India, that people think these are fairy tales, concocted stories. No, these are not concocted stories, these are historical facts. These are facts. People think that this is mythology…

By Brijabasi Das Sri Locana dasa Thakura, he very beautifully describes sankirtana as an actual yajna. He says in his Caitanya Mangala – “The living entities ears are sacrificial openings, yajna kunda, our ears are yajna kunda, the tongue is a sacrif…

Satsvarupa Das Goswami: Prabhupada’s mood was like that of Lord Caitanya, who deliberately reached out to persons outside the caste system. Lord Caitanya accepted Haridasa Thakura, who was a Muslim by birth, and Rupa and Sanatana, who were considered a…

By Devamrita Swami Material society is ripped apart, material family life is ripped apart, material desires are ripped apart. It is natural that the conditioned soul in this world wants shelter. One of the inconceivable characteristics of the conditio…

The International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has a Temple in Agartala. The presiding deities are Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra. There is a book shop and a Prasadam stall in front of the temple. Behind the temple is Govindas res…

After preaching in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district the All-India Padayatra entered Nagpur city at Suryanagar on February 7. Walking for a further 7km, we reached the ISKCON Radha-Gopinath temple in Empress City, where the devotees welcomed Sri Sri Nita…

Every Purnima, sixty flags will be offered to the Deities and two raised every day in the names of their sponsors. The flags will then be shipped to the sponsors as prasadam for their seva. This transcendental monthly festival will continue into the fu…

Iskcon Mayapur: Since Sri Sri Panca-tattva were installed in the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir in 2004, every 5 years They have been worshipped by an elaborate and ecstatic Maha Abhiseka. This year, 2019, was the 15th installation anniversary of Sri Sr…

By Yugala Kishor Gour dasa On the 10th of March it will be exactly 60 years ago, 10th of March 1959, that the MS Jaladuta was launched at its shipbuilding yard in Lubeck Germany. It is this vessel that brought Srila Prabhupada from Calcutta, via Bost…

Radha Mohan das: Please view my latest Youtube presentation, entitled “Understanding the Multidimensional Universe of the Vedas”.Read More…

By Parasuram dasa At the official opening of Krishna’s Castle in the City of London on March 1st 2019, representatives from 10 banks and businesses were in attendance. Since 14 months Krishna’s Castle, situated in the heart of the banking world, has…

Iskcon Mayapur: Shiva-ratri occurs every lunar month on the 13th or 14th day of the dark half of the moon phase. Once every year during the month of Phalgun, a Maha Shiva-ratri occurs. This Maha Shiva-ratri day is considered to be the day when Lord Sh…

Indradyumna Swami: During our 2018 Kartik Parikrama we visited the village of Dauji, named after the presiding deity of the town, Dauji. Dauji means “the older brother” and is a name for Lord Balaram, Lord Krsna’s older brother. During that parikrama w…

His Grace Bhaskara Prabhu ACBSP departed. He has just passed away suddenly from what appears to be a heart attackRead More…

By TOVP staff On or around Gaura Purnima 2022 all of ISKCON will ecstatically celebrate together the Grand Opening of the magnificent Temple of the Vedic Planetarium at the World Headquarters of ISKCON in Sridham Mayapur on its 50th Anniversary, and …

By Giriraj Swami These pastimes with Lord Siva show his true nature, or internal mood, as a Vaishnava, a pure devotee of Krishna. In one pastime the hundred sons of King Barhisat, known as the Pracetas, were engaged in austerities to realize Vishnu, o…

By Vijaya Dasa There’s a temple in Europe that’s a relic of ISKCON’s past. It’s in Czech Republic and is called Prabhupada Bhavan. There are about fifteen brahmacaris whose main service is book distribution. This is the No. 1 temple in Europe in the …

By Sri Giridhari Dasa 19 February 2019, Chennai: Tamil Nadu Government has issued “Best Translator Award 2019” to Sri Giridhari Dasa, for translating Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya Caritamrta into Tamil. The government has recognized that the transla…

By Sri Nandanandana dasa When it comes to humanity’s conception of God, it seems that each religion and culture describes the character of God differently. In some we find God described as an angry and jealous God. Or we find the God of the Old Testa…

With great pleasure ISKCON Mayapur invites all of you out there to join the most auspicious Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama! We are expecting at least 8 thousand devotees all round the world to join the blissful sacrifice of walking in Sri Navadvipa …

Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: This edition of the Journal begins by discussing how, in my old age, I am accepting personal service from a disciple (vapu) for health reasons, while in my relationship with Srila Prabhupada I chose to serve his vani, even whil…

By London College of Vedic Studies Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara are some of ISKCON’s famous Deities, in fact Srila Prabhupada’s Lilamrita recalls the story of Their installation with great affection. Therefore as a result the Deity worship department at…

By Navina Nirada Dasa “So you want to become Prabhupada?” These words of a senior devotee rang in my ears, and I started pondering. He had asked me about the purpose of my stay in Mayapur. I told him that I’m attending the Bhaktivedanta Course. Altho…

By Parasuram dasa For this project we got 100% support from the police, the Mayor, local politicians, local charities, local businesses, supermarkets, football clubs and one unique aspect of the project is we made solid friendships with some minister…

By Jaya Gaursundar Dasa The Lord’s Potencies are inconceivable (acintya): That which cannot be thought of, understood, imagined or believed. While taking Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathura, and taking bath in the Yamunā, what Akrura saw in the water was fo…

By Srimati Dasi May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless m…