Author Archives: Dandavats

Dayal Mora das: O hail to thee, lover of a tale from Canterbury. Hark! Lend thine ears! Listen to a tall tale that was many times told. A tale of war and peace, of crime and punishment and of a midsummer night’s dream. Many a pilgrim has walked th…

By Brahma Muhurta Das Each year, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishes a limited number of copies of a Vyasa-puja book—a collection of homages to Srila Prabhupada from devotees and temples all over the world. Srila Prabhupada’s unique position as the …

By Chaitanya Charan das “Let others, fearing material existence, worship the Vedas, the Vedic supplementary Puranas and the Mahabharata, but I shall worship Nanda Maharaja, in whose courtyard the Supreme Brahman is crawling.”Read More…

By Indradyumna SwamiI bow down to the beautiful lotus feet of my spiritual master, by whose causeless mercy I have obtained the supreme holy name, the divine mantra, the service of the son of Sacimata, the association of Srila Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Go…

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 July 2019. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Indiv…

By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami In a little house in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, a male child was born. Since he was born on Nandotsava, the day Krsna’s father, Nanda Maharaja, had observed a festival in honor of Krsna’s birth, the boy’s uncle called…

Srimati Dasi: Have you ever wondered about the circumstances of Srila Prabhupada’s birth? What he was like as a child? What he experienced and learned at that tender age? We have — and we felt compelled to do a little research. Those sweet “childhood” …

BARLEYCORN (Jon) – This mark signifies that His devotees receive all enjoyable opulences of prosperity by serving His lotus feet. It also means that once one finds shelter at His lotus feet, then the devotee’s former journey through many, many births a…

Sexuality is at the core of human experience. There is little room for arguing this point, given that the very existence of the human race depends on sexual intercourse as a means of procreation. And with sex playing such a central role in the daily af…

ISKCON GHAZIABAD had organized a 2 Day workshop Entitled Bhakti Vriksha-Hands on Training between 30-31st July 2019. Around 90 devotees participated in this workshop (two Batches) which includes Congregation devotees, Youth Forum Devotees and Brahmacar…

Parasuram das: On the 19th August 1987 in Hungerford, England, Michael Ryan fatally shot sixteen people and another fifteen people were shot but survived. It is considered the worst tragedy in recent UK history. Terrible suffering and the general publi…

By Gopal Bhatta dasa Millennia ago the Sages of Namasrayana began a 1000-year sacrifice to abate the spread of Kali Yuga. Lord Caitanya appeared just over 500 years ago to resuscitate the chanting of Krsna’s Holy Name providing an easy yet sublime op…

Jayanti Devi dasi: The lack of substantial rain in Australia’s alluring Hunter Valley region for almost two years now has started to impact New Gokula, Millfield, NSW, Australia, the home to the most beautiful deities of Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda, 73 c…

When we find ourselves embroiled in any sort of conflict, Accepting responsibility for our part (however small) can be a tough pill to swallow. Instead of considering our own contribution to the conflict, we are far more likely to focus on how the othe…

David: Please find below photos from Balarama Purmina 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha Krishna TempleRead More…

By Shri Narendra Modi The celebration of the auspicious festival of Janmashtami is a blessed occasion for the innumerable devotees of Shri Krishna. ISKCON has been making a remarkable contribution in spreading the divine philosophy, wisdom and message…

Today sometime around 2:30 pm Visvesvara Prabhu left his body. He fell on the floor in the corridor of the Radhadesh temple building and didn’t show any symptoms of life. The devotees who found him immediately started a kirtana for him. All attempts of…

Due to the raining season going on the moment, the assembly process is slightly slowed down but still going strong! Read More…

Devaki Devi Dasi: There is a gulf of difference between serving Deities in the temple or in our home – it is indeed a different world! At home, Krishna has to accept our schedule: when we want to eat, and what we want to eat. Let’s be honest: in our ho…

Dive in the nectar of the swing festival of Lord Krishna and His devotees!Read More…

We had wonderful celebration of Balaram Punima festival @ ISKCON Salem, Tamilnadu, India.Read More…

Then, in Vraja, after five days, in the month of Bhādra (August-September), on the sixth day of the bright fortnight, when Mercury, five exalted planets, and the constellation Libra were on the horizon, at midday, as the demigods showered a beautiful r…

By Indradyumna Swami “I bow down to the beautiful lotus feet of my spiritual master, by whose causeless mercy I have obtained the supreme holy name, the divine mantra, the service of the son of Sacimata, the association of Srila Svarupa Damodara, Rupa…

Nandini Radha dd: Please know that this kavaca of Lord Balarama is the best of armors. It destroys the fears of the demigods and demons. It is a blazing fire that burns up the fuel of a host of sins. It is the death of a host of obstacles. It is the ab…

By Lakshman das Lord Balarama is an expansion of Lord Krishna glorified in the Vedic Puranas and Itihasas. Krishna is the spiritually manifest Supreme Person, whose internal spiritual energy is the all-pervading Brahman. He is glorified as Narayana, Va…

Please find below photos from Jhulan Yatra 2019 at the ISKCON-London Radha-Krishna TempleRead More…

Srimati Dasi: It was early afternoon on a beautiful monsoon day. The clouds were Syama-colored and rumbled gently, but no rain came. They simply shaded Rupa Gosvami from the heat of the sun and encouraged the limitless peacocks on the banks of Radha-ku…

By Srimati Dasi The present Krsna consciousness movement is based on the authority of Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada. We are therefore generally known as rupanugas, or followers in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada. It is only for our gu…

By Giriraj Swami How Rupa and Sanatana came to give up the service of the Nawab is very interesting. One year I taught The Nectar of Devotion, Srila Prabhupada’s summary study of Rupa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, at the VIHE (Vrindavan Institute f…

By The Vanipedia TeamIn June of 2019, the Bhaktivedanta Archives completed the release of all of Srila Prabhupada’s audio files. It is now confirmed, there are over 2,400 hours of audio in 3,804 files to be listened to attentively. This is a great vict…

By Kalakantha Das Why do many rich people end up giving their money to charity? Because they find that just piling up money and stuff gets old. Deeper, lasting happiness only comes from pleasing others. People who never learn this seem sad and pathetic…

This year (every year) the dates for WHNF are from September 17 – 24Read More…

See, in this chapter also, Bhagavatam is telling the same thing. If we do all our activities for Krsna’s pleasure and thus remember Him through all our activities, we can cut this tree of work (karma)Read More…

By Hayagriva DasaI first see him just after crossing the Bowery at Houston Street. As he passes before the iron-mesh fence of a playground, I distinctly glimpse the aura of saintliness. I watch him through the rushing traffic and stumbling derelicts. H…

By Sivarama Swami “So, you must practice how to love Krishna. First you have to rise early in the morning. You don’t like to, but you think, ‘I will rise early to satisfy Krishna.’ This is the beginning.” If we do not think we need to do it, or think …

By Praghosa Dasa As the saying goes: “history is but a set of lies commonly agreed on by historians” In relation to religious historians this issue is even more acute, primarily because of the almost blanket ban on accepting any religious history that …

By Srila Rupa Goswami Krishna’s mirror is named Saradindu and His fan is named Marumaruta. His toy lotus flower is named Sadasmera and His toy ball is named Citrakoraka. Krishna’s golden bow is named Vilasakarmana. The two ends of this bow are studded…

This year, for the eighteenth time, Padayatra festival has been celebrated in the Ljubljana temple community. The Padayatra visited around thirteen villages, most of which are situated about one-hour drive from Ljubljana. Twenty-five to thirty devotees…

Pre-parade Preparations— Tulsi Gabbard interacts with DevoteesRead More…

By TOVP staff We are most pleased to report the great success of the recently completed Phase 1 of the TOVP South India Tour from July 13 – 21. Over $3 million in pledges was raised from hundreds of enthusiastic devotees as well as from commitments by …