Your Gift to Matchless Gifts
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A humble request. In the summer of 1966, with the help of just two followers, Srila Prabhupada rented a storefront in New York City’s Lower East Side at 26 2nd Avenue. The storefront was previously a curio shop named “Matchless Gifts”. This is where Srila Prabhupada would headquarter ISKCON and Krishna Consciousness would burgeon from […]

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Satsvarupa DG Free Writes
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Satsvarupa das goswami is an avid writer and a well known personality in the history and present day of ISKCON. Satsvarupa das Goswami is a writer, artist and spiritual master in the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya. He is one of the first disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who founded the International Society for Krishna […]

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Braja Parikrama 2018
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The Braja & Vrindavan parikrama’s are the perfect opportunity to delve deeply into the pastimes of Krishna, Radharani, the cowherd boys and the gopi’s. And again, in 2018, you can join the transcendental tours of Braja with Kadamba Kanana Swami. Find the schedule below for an overview. Registration is required to join as it helps […]

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Being Merciful to Others
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We like to think of ourselves as innocent people who are misunderstood but Krishna, in the Bhagavad-gita, has another judgment.

The Happy Vaishnava
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I used to think, before I came to Krsna consciousness, that now I would join a movement of very like-minded people and that I would feel very intimate friendship. Then, I was shocked to see that that person who I kind of detested for his view…

School excursion: Boat tour in 1968
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Kadamba Kanana Swami: Recently, I received this photo. It was a school excursion. We went out for a day on a boat tour through the city of Amsterdam. I was 14 years old. Later on that day, we also went to the zoo. Recently via the internet, I got in touch with my biology teacher […]

Health Update, 09 March 2016
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Dear Vaisnavas, friends, my family and all, I want to express my gratitude to all of you for your kindness, your prayers and good wishes in this trying time. It has been about a month since I was diagnosed with a tumor in the rectum. In two operations, the cancer affected areas have been removed. […]

The Elephant of Material Life is my Companion
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23 February 2016 Sometimes you are on top of the elephant And sometimes the elephant is on top of you I am fortunate that I have Krsna and the Vaisnavas, that makes it all okay. I can go down memory lane and remember when I was at Govardhana Hill, so many times. I can remember the […]

Transcendental European Summer, 2015
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Between Hari Nama Sankirtana and the mercy of Giriraja Govardhana, the European summer becomes a transcendental one. It is so simple to transform a material situation into the spiritual world, all by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the holy name. Krsna resides in his own abode, sometimes known as Svetadvipa or Gokula, bhaje […]

In Villa Vrndavana, July 2015
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The kirtans were very sweet and prayerful, beautiful melodies drawing everyone to Krsna. My own kirtan got everyone dancing. It was fun! This picture of Krsna, full of love for this calf, was in my room. It made a perfect backdrop for Giriraja. Govardhana literally means one who increases the number of cows. Yes, we need […]

Memory Lane: The Gauranga Bhajan Band
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The whole world is full of festivals dedicated to Krsna and miracles happened; we have seen it with our own eyes. In the former Yugoslavia, in the 80s, there was the Gauranga Bhajan Band. It was Hare Krsna rock with Harikesa, Sacinandana Swami, Bhakti Vaibhava Swami, Krsna Ksetra and Krsna Prema, the guitar player. It […]

Farewell Brahmananda Prabhu
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My dear Brahmananda Prabhu, I bow down to your lotus feet again and again. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The dreaded day has come, you have left the planet! In 2002, I was together with you in Sridhama Mayapur outside the main gate on the Bhaktisiddhanta road, we stood there for hours waiting for Tamal […]