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By Yadubara das
Actors Namitha and Veera reviews. Financial Express article. Bhanu Swami interview. Yadubara das interview with Hrishi K on radio one. Urban Asia interview. IANS Review. Movie Talkies Review. Vivek Bindra, a well known motivational speaker, talks about movies then HARE KRISHNA!
George Harrison relates a story that a man once attacked him with a knife, at his home some years ago, but George was shouting Hare Krishna at the top of his lungs so loudly that when the man was about to attack, it stunned him so badly that his attac…
Christ Church College is one of the largest colleges of Oxford University and is home to over 400 undergraduates and 175 graduates.Read More…
ISKCON Vrindavan: 13.12.2017_Glorification_of_H.G. Yamuna Mata JiRead More…(This post has been viewed 911 times so far)
Book distribution has always been sort of a mystical thing!Read More…
Harinam Sankirtan is listed as #11 – Best concert!Read More…
“I always follow Lord Krsna and therefore follow 4 regulative principles, and I know this Bhagvad Gita can deliver the person from material world.Read More…
This year so far, for instance, they have put 500 books in prisons, and 13,000 Bhagavad-gitas in motel drawers.Read More…
Parasuram das: 38 years ago on this day Srila Prabhupada spoke the following words: “Naturally the Sankirtan men travelling with the bullock cart are blissful. It is Lord Caitanya’s engagement.Read More…
Ventura county just had a week of what some would call the closest thing to hell anyone could experience. Hundreds of people had their homes burned down while fire raged thru 230,000 acres of land. For many this was a sobering reminder of just how vuln…
Tears came to her eyes when she placed the On Chanting pamplets to her heart.Read More…
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 November, 2017. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 …
By Visakha Dasi Starting today, Friday December 15th, the Hare Krishna! film will begin screening in theaters throughout India! Here are some reviews and notifications: (please note: the Times of India is India’s largest English language newspaper with…
By Vijaya dasa
In a lecture in Los Angeles, Srila Prabhupada said, “If he reads one sloka, his life will be successful. If he reads one sloka, one word. This is such a nice thing. Therefore we are stressing so much: ‘Please distribute book, distribute book, distribute book.’ A greater mrdanga. We are chanting, playing our mrdanga. It is heard within this room or a little more. But this big mrdanga will go home to home, country to country, community to community.” Life is short. In the short time we’re here, let’s try to find some time when we can do what we know is very pleasing to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. Why is book distribution pleasing to Krishna? Because He doesn’t like His parts and parcels to suffer, any more than a father likes to see his children suffer. Krsna is known as para dukha dukhi, because when He sees others suffer, He becomes concerned. He has come to help us to become free of the misery of material existence. Srila Prabhupada’s books have helped millions of people feel the joy of spiritual life.
By the GBC Yamuna Devi was one of the most influential devotees during ISKCON’s fledgling years. She was among a handful of people who established ISKCON’s first. Those who came to ISKCON in later years joined an established society, but Yamuna Devi wa…
By Madhava Smullen
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has already translated ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada’s books into 87 languages. But there are more to go. And today, dedicated servants working for the spiritual publisher in far flung corners of the world still continue to translate his works into their native languages, despite busy family lives and professional careers. On August 24th this year, for example, Nandapriya Das finished translating the last of seventeen volumes of the Sri Caitanya-caritamrita into the language of his native Georgia, which is spoken by more than five million people. Nandapriya, an oncologist at one of Scandinavia’s largest hospitals, did most of the work on the train during his morning commute. He has now finished translating all of Srila Prabhupada’s books into Georgian for the first time ever, a monumental feat.
By Madhava Smullen
Beyond the 2017 marathon, a goal has already been set of further 10% increases every year for the next ten years, reaching an annual remittance to the BBT of $5.2 million by 2026. If, however, goals continue to be exceeded at the rate they are currently, the remittance by 2026 will be an unprecedented $10 million. Why is remittance to the BBT so important? Well first of all, fifty per cent of all profits from the BBT go towards building ISKCON projects around the world, such as the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur – so those who remit to the BBT will be supporting these.
Because trading an established location for a mere speculative prospect would place the maintenance, service and worship of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda in jeopardyRead More…
By Gurudas I am saddened by my feeling of separation from you, that I will not see you again on this planet, yet I still feel close to you. Our relationship transcends material boundaries and You are in my, and many people’s hearts. Let us all pray for…
By Giriraj Swami Srila Prabhupada’s beloved disciple Yamuna-devi dasi passed away on Saphala-ekadasi. There is so much to be said about Srimati Yamuna-devi dasi. In October of 1970 I was one of a group of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples from America going…
By Jayadvaita Swami and Guru Gauranga Das
December 6, 2017 – New York Supreme Court for Kings County Room 525 was filled with Krishna devotees opposing a petition seeking approval of the sale of their temple in Brooklyn. Also appearing in court to oppose the proposed sale were attorneys for ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC), an attorney for the newly reconstituted Bharati Center board, an attorney for the temple’s congregants and a New York Assistant Attorney General. New York State law requires court approval of the sale of real property belonging to a religious society. Typically, a religious society desirous of selling its place of worship first seeks approval from the New York State Office of the Attorney General. If the Attorney General rejects a religious society’s petition to sell its place of worship, the seller’s sole recourse is to attempt to overturn that decision in New York Supreme Court.
Srila Prabhupada: Thank you very much for taking so much care of my health for praying to Nrsimhadeva. He is very kind. By all your prayers He will surely take care of me. Read More…
By Nagaraja Dasa The maya of the material world has two main functions: It lures us away from our natural position of service to Krishna, and it deludes us into full forgetfulness of that position. But that maya, often referred to as maha-maya, has a s…
By Urmila Devi Dasi”No Krsna rituals,” my cousin the doctor admonished me. Although not her attending physician, being a doctor he had more or less taken charges of things.”Your mother was not a Hare Krsna. Let her die as she lived.” “But,” I argued,…
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa: “O the energy of the Lord, O the Lord, please accept me.” That’s all. “Please accept me.” We have no other prayer. “Please accept me.” Lord Caitanya taught that we should simply cry, and we shall simply pray for accepting us. That’s all. So this vibration is simply a cry for addressing the Supreme Lord, requesting Him, “Please accept me. Please accept me.”
Drumila prabhu is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who has become expert in distributing Krishna conscious books in a such humorous way that everybody is happy to meet him and accept the books while giving a donation.Read More…
By Sacinandana Swami Our greatest problem is that we have turned away from Krishna. This one action has turned into our existential dilemma. We are lost servants. But strangely we think, at least unconsciously, that it is Krishna who has abandoned us. …
By Radheshyam Das If Parikshit maharaja had killed Kali instead of forgiving him, we wouldn’t be suffering the effects of Kali now.’ Isn’t this a sensible argument? Let’s analyze… Parikshit maharaja, wanted to protect his citizens from the onslaught of…
This video shows Balabhadra das (ISCOWP president) with students Chaitanya Bhagavat das and Hari the ox.Read More…
By Gopal Bhatta das
ILS 2018 will play a critical part in setting the stage for ISKCON’s future. Speakers will explore the challenges and opportunities ISKCON will face as it continues to shift into the hands of the next generations. The ILS provides a unique opportunity for a cross-pollination of thoughts and best practices. It gives a chance for devotees to observe the ISKCON world from a global perspective. In this atmosphere devotees can expand their frame of reference and become invigorated by hearing from and sharing with leaders and devotees serving Srila Prabhupada under many different circumstances. Make new friends from around the world while taking prasadam, hearing Krsna Katha, chanting bhajan and kirtan and enjoying a drama together all in Sri Dhama Mayapur! – the potential benefit for everyone involved cannot be measured.
By Purushottam Kumar While being crucified, Jesus cried. But he did not cry for himself, instead he cried for those who were committing the gravest sin. Jesus was continuously praying to God to forgive those who were menacingly torturing and trying to …
By Mahatma Das
Dear Devotee. Since Christmas is just a few days away, I thought it would be appropriate and enlightening to look at Prabhupada’s views on Christmas and Christ
By Vaisesika Das The Prabhupada Marathon Is Mere Nostalgia, Right? Wrong! Nostalgia is nothing more than a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past. Srila Prabhupada’s Marathon, the worldwide end-of-year push by ISKCON devotees to increa…
Wonderful news for our Lithuanian devotees! The BBT has just released the Lithuanian TQK in eBook format.Read More…
This video will tell you about simple and effective tips to distribute cases of Bhagavat Gita to your friend, relatives, colleagues and people in general.Read More…
Launching the world’s first Vaishnava cab service in IndiaRead More…
By Mahatma Das If I wrote an article telling you how to double your money in ten days, would you be interested? Of course you would. Well if I knew how I’d tell you. But I don’t, so sorry. But I can tell you something better. I can tell you how to doub…
By Chaitanya Charan das Material desires comprise a similar gravity force that acts on us by dragging our consciousness down to the material level. If we neglect this force, our consciousness will naturally, obviously, inevitably, be pulled down by it …
By Giriraj SwamiTerrible, deadly fires have been raging in California recently, devastating homes and everything else on their way. I recalled Srila Prabhupada’s discussion of the first verse of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s Sri Gurv-astaka. “T…
Giriraj Swami: One of my main services is to write, and writing involves much editing and proofreading. Through writing I hope to share my knowledge and realization of Srila Prabhupada, my teacher, and of Sri Krishna, my Lord, and please them. One of m…