By Bhakti-latā Dasi Sending and receiving a letter to an inmate is just as exhilarating and rewarding: connecting one-on-one with a receptive soul, even more so one who is suffering and conscious of his/her suffering and seeking help, is the most rewar…
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Kids Bhagavatam (Chapter 2) by LightOfGodhead
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Please find the Kids Bhagvatam summary video for Canto1, Chapter 2 – “Divinity and Divine Service”. We pray this inspires some of you to try this teaching methodology with your kids at home/Sunday school etc. Please write to me personally if you w…
Sri Krishna Pusyabhishek 2019
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So we are worshiping Krishna. His simple business is, as we have described, RadhaMadhava, He is lover of SrimatiRadharani. Krishna means lover. This very word Krishna means “all-attractive”. You can attract by your love, not by anything elseRead More…
1970 letters shed new light on how Gita As It Is came to be
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The BBT is releasing a trove of more than a dozen letters exchanged between Hayagriva Dasa and Jayadvaita Dasa about Bhagavad-gita As It Is while the book was in production.Read More…
Srila Prabhupada’s Transcendental Sweetness and Beauty
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By Yamuna Devi DasiTwo months later, on Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja day – 9 September 1966 – Srila Prabhupada held the first initiations in ISKCON. Michael Grant became Mukunda Dasa and Jan became Janaki Dasi, Srila Prabhupada’s first woman initiate …
Vrndavana – Land of No Return
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By Brahmananda Dasa The transcendental land of Vrndavana is always spiritual. That spiritual land is populated by goddesses of fortune, who are known as gopis. These are all beloved of Krsna, and Krsna is the only lover of all those gopis. The trees of…
Vaishnava Etiquette
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By Bhakti Caru SwamiFolding his hands, Sanatana Gosvami said, “My Lord, You ordered me to write a directory about the activities of Vaishnavas. I am a most lowborn person. I have no knowledge of good behavior. How is it possible for me to write authori…
Annual Manor Grants
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Praghosa dasa: The Manor are now accepting applications for grants from their total annual fund of £10,000. Individual grants of between £500 to £4000 are generally successful as the fund is usually split up between a few causes.Read More…
Meeting with Smt. Sheila Dixit President Delhi Pradesh Indian National Congress and Formar Chief Minister Delhi
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Today morning we met and wished Smt. Sheila Dixit President Delhi Pradesh Indian National Congress and Formar Chief Minister Delhi @ her residenceRead More…
Kirtana-Yoga and the Maha-mantra
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By Satyaraja DasaThe word kirtana means “praise” or “glory” and is the name given to glorification of God in song, especially in call-and-response style. There are different categories of kirtana. For example, nama-kirtana refers to singing God’s sacre…
Where Technology Falls Short
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By Chaitanya Charana Dasa”Do we have to give up technology and return to village life?” We don’t have to give up technology, but we do have to give up the illusion that technology can make us happy. If we are diseased, we don’t have to give up the pai…
The Most Intelligent Woman
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By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaWomen in general are unable to speculate like philosophers, but they are blessed by the Lord because they believe at once in the superiority and almightiness of the Lord, and thus they offer obeisa…
World Biggest Shrimad Bhagavad Gita as it is, Arrived at ISKCON Delhi
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World Biggest Shrimad Bhagavad Gita as it is, Arrived at ISKCON DelhiRead More…
Death is Sitting Right Next to Me
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It is with mixed feelings that I enter the crematorium, after all, it is a place of death. Although I have come here many times, I still become very thoughtful each time I revisit this place. Maybe it is because I am reminded of my own mortality.Read M…
Serving Krishna by Serving Tulasi
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By Vishakha Devi Dasi Srila Jiva Gosvami, arguably one of the greatest spiritual scholars in the history of religion, said that one does not really accept God unless one accepts his inconceivable nature. In other words, if we try to limit God in some w…
“Make him puris if he wants puris”
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By Srutakirti dasa Sometimes Srila Prabhupada affectionately spoke about his father. When he did, it was always with great fondness. “My father would make sure that whatever I wanted I would get,” he said. “Even if it was in the middle of the night a…
Cultivating an Empathetic Heart
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By Archana Siddhi Devi DasiWhen I was a young devotee, I was strict about attending all the temple programs. But I found myself critical of devotees who didn’t always attend. One devotee suffered from an illness and did her best to come when she could….
Vaishnava Teacher: the relevance of his/her role in the education of devotee children and teens
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By Mani Manjari Devi Dasi Devotee parents need to be aware of the big impact that secular teachers have in the religious education and spiritual development of their children. Neither a course of moral values or positive education can bring a permanent…
VOLUME TWO, “CHASING RHINOS WITH THE SWAMI”
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In October 1970, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami arrived in India with twenty of his Western disciples to re-ignite the dying flames of Krishna consciousness in the land of its ancient origin. Srila Prabhupada and his Dancing White Elephants were an immediat…
Positive momentum in Zagreb with new name for the temple
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Govindananda das: After several years of yatra consolidation what resulted in expansion of preaching activities, new devotees joining and inspiring energy in the temple and congregation, 1st of January 2019 the temple of Zagreb was named “NOVA JALADUT…
Celebrating the Juhu Temple Opening
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By Giriraj Swami Today, January 14, Makara-sankranti, marks the anniversary of the grand opening of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari’s temple and cultural complex in Juhu, Bombay. Two days after the opening, The New York Times ran an article on the front page…
How Lord Krishna is the Source of all Avatars
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By Sri Nandanandana dasa In spite of the fact that everything comes from the Supreme Being, He is still aloof from it all. He does not disengage Himself from His eternal pleasure pastimes with His devotees in the spiritual realm. So, in the process of…
The Price of Causeless Mercy
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By Srimati Devi Dasi Mahaprabhu’s lips quivered in the ecstasy of jubilation as He sang the glories of the Holy Name. His effulgent body, stoked and fueled by prema, illumined the small dark room to reveal His two constant night companions. In great ec…
The Stay High Marriage
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By Partha Das and Uttama Devi Dasi As we devotees would say in the early days of ISKCON, “Chant Hare Krsna and stay high forever!” Krsna is known as Stavyapriya, one who likes being praised, so it is natural that we also find it uplifting. Srila Pra…
Living in Sri Dham Mayapur
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Srila Prabhupada: “… in the whole Nadia, this part is very sacred, Mayapur Candradoya Temple. So by Krishna’s grace, you have got this opportunity to live here. Take advantage, full advantage of this opportunity, spiritually fortunate”. (From lecture o…
Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2018
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Every devotee awaits for the auspicious month of Kartika and specially those who join the Vraja Mandala Parikrama keep waiting impatiently for the Kartika the whole year.Read More…
Viplavah Revolution Through Education – A Journal of the ISKCON Ministry of Education
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By ISKCON Ministry of Education Vision statement: To provide Krishna conscious education of high quality to everyone through temples, educational institutions and various global initiatives. Mission statement: To develop comprehensive educational syste…
Discovery of Radha Kunda (video)
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HG Deena Bandhu Prabhu’s lecture in ISKCON SYDNEY Radha Gopinath TempleRead More…
Baroda Devotees Hold Three-day Walk To Dakor Dhama
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About sixty padayatris attended Rupa Raghunath Maharaja’s early morning arati to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, but as soon as the padayatra departed at 6.30am more devotees joined for the first leg of the walk, almost doubling the number of participants. Dakor …
Meeting with Ambassador of India to Ireland
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By Praghosa Das We were very happy to accept the kind invitation of the new Ambassador of India to Ireland to meet with him at the embassy in Dublin this January. It was a most rewarding meeting, not least to learn of Ambassador Sandeep Kumar’s stron…
Be a Pioneer for ISKCON’s 50th UK anniversary!
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By Praghosa Das “It has been a most momentous 50 years. From the devotees first arriving on UK soil to where we are today and everything in between has been some journey of hard work, good fortune, unexpected twists and turns, great struggle and even a…
Practical Spirituality – More Than Crystals & Candles
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By Bhaktivedanta Manor Russell Brand releases latest podcast with one of his mentors and spiritual teachers – HH Radhanath Swami. An enlightening and pragmatic podcast questioning the role of religion, spirituality and our own place in modern society.R…
Fortifying the Foundation of ISKCON
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By Paramadayala Nityananda Das Very few can immediately give up all material activities; therefore, mundane morality must be observed. But we must understand the fallacies, otherwise materialism will go viral in the movement. If we cannot, at least an…
Message from the Chairman of the TOVP
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By Ambarisa das We have completed the year 2018 which was another landmark year for the TOVP in Sridham Mayapur. The most auspicious event of the year was setting the goal to move the deities into their new home by 2022. Mission 22 Marathon has become …
Scottish Parliament offers recognition to the GBC Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture
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By GBC Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture The following is a recognition EDM (Early Day Motion) text which Dr Lisa Cameron, Member of the Scottish Parliament who opened our 11th ISKCON European Farm Conference last September, submitted in Parl…
HG Kaliyaphani Prabhu Eulogy
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By Danavir Goswami January 5, 2019: we just learned of the passing of our dear Godbrother, Kaliyaphani dasa Prabhu. I would like to give a little eulogy based on my association with him. I first met Kaliyaphani Prabhu at the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Lond…
Obituary to Kaliyaphani prabhu
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By Adikarta das It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected loss of our dear godbrother and friend Kaliyaphani dasa, who was killed in a motorcycle accident Thursday night in Alachua Florida. I knew Kaliyaphani since he joined ISKCON in 19…
Nitai-Gaurasundara’s Cart: An Expansion Of Lord Balarama
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Acarya Das: Throughout the seven years that I have been involved with padayatra I have always felt the cart of our Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundara to be very special. Their Lordships have been carried on it for so many years that in the words of my Gurudev…
The Atma Paradigm workshop at the London College of Vedic Studies
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Science and philosophy have common goals: to explore and uncover answers to the big questions of existence and to apply that knowledge for the benefit of the entire humanity. It turns out that the seemingly simple question, ‘who am I’, has plagued not …
New Year Festival at ISKCON Gaya
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On 31st evening ISKCON Gaya celebrated new year festival theme “Naya saal ka umang .. Krishna Kanhaiya ke sang”. Program started with a Krishna conscious movie followed by a number of dances and dramas by ISKCON Youth Forum and ISKCON Girls Forum devot…