Happy Ramanavami
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I alwas pray to Lord Rāmacandra to empower us to follow the regulations of devotional service properly Lord Rāmacandra blessed many devotes to take birth in Vṛndavana and enter into Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Bhāg.9.11.7: praṇāma for Lord Rāma Lord Rāmacandra sent Gopakumāra to Dvārakā – we can pray to Him to bless us to enter Vraja-līlā

Requesting everyone’s prayers for Sruti-dharma prabhu’s recovery
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Bhaktivedanta Manor temple president Srutidharma prabhu’s aggressive brain cancer We never know when the material energy will reveal one of its facets to us We need to always be ready and not be complacent in our Kṛṣṇa consciosuness Keep Srutidharma prabhu in your prayers The right mood of prayer: „My dear Lord, if you so […]

Remembering Jagat-bandhu prabhu, servant of Radha-Madana Gopala
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Mamgachi pūjārī, Jagad Bandhu prabhu passed away Mamgachi is a place of many pastimes Rādhā-Madana Gopāla, the Deities of Vāsudeva Datta Jagad Bandhu prabhu is the example of dedicating one’s life to the service of Deities Another ideal example of being steady in service is Muni Mahārāja in Purī, an arcana-siddha

Prof John Lennox: “The new atheism is an old atheism, except it’s much more aggressive.”
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“The new atheism wants to destroy religion. That’s a very different thing. The arguments are not new, it’s the aggression that’s new.” My low key tweet of yesterday on the passing of Stephen Hawkings, an outspoken atheist Our busines is to give light and dispell the darkness the scientific community propagates If you don’t speak of […]

Incredible India
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Loadspeaker noise at night in India is incredible In an African country mosques’ call for prayer on loudspeakers has been banned Heading for bhajanas to Bhaktivinoda’s house This year will be busy with travels

On selecting friends
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Lord Kapila says that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement Attachment should be to those who are self-realized or who want to be self-realized One should associate with like minded souls who have the same purpose in life A man is known by the company he keeps Real friendship is with those on […]

If you want to know what goes into making a Vlog, listen to this
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Finding the right camera angle
Rehearsal of a vlog about the definition of love
Getting the speed of speech right

On behalf of a devotee Adi-guru asks what should be done if a guru neglects his disciple
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If someone’s guru is neglecting him or her the devotee should try to rectify the situation Communication is always the best approach We need to make sure that our relationship with our spiritual master is intact and mercy is coming; for that one should do service and follow the principles In today’s ISKCON there is […]

Gaura Nitai asks questions about guru-tattva, such as how does Krsna empower a devotee to initiate
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And also about saligrama worship and understanding Jagannatha’s mood.

Power of the holy names
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This ant began dancing 45 minutes before the end of kirtan, and continued even after we had all left. https://youtu.be/AvGypOZ2qZs