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Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee visits ISKCON Mayapur today! ISKCON Mayapur extends a very warm welcome to the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee to Mayapur.This is the first time that the Chief Minister is visiting us, and our hope is that she will be inspired by our Mayapur international community and […]

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By Newsweek Europe

“I don’t mean that people have their eyes open or that their brain’s working after they die,” Parnia said. “That petrifies people. I’m saying we have a consciousness that makes up who we are—our selves, thoughts, feelings, emotions—and that entity, it seems, does not become annihilated just because we’ve crossed the threshold of death; it appears to keep functioning and not dissipate. How long it lingers, we can’t say.” Clinically, we understand death to mean the state that takes hold after our hearts stop beating. Blood circulation comes to a halt, we don’t breathe, our brains shut down—and that’s what divides the states we occupy from one moment (alive) to the next (dead). Philosophically, though, our definition of death hinges on something else: the point past which we’re no longer able to return. Those two were more or less the same until about 50 years ago, when we saw the advent of CPR. Today, someone’s heart can stop and they can be dead, and then they can come back.

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By Kaya Laterman

The poet Allen Ginsberg, an early devotee who attended some of the first outreach sessions in New York, told The Times in 1966 that the chanting “brings a state of ecstasy.” Swami Prabhupada, known to his followers as Srila Prabhupada, officially founded the Hare Krishna Society that same year. Its first temple was located in a former gift shop at 26 Second Avenue in Manhattan. Early devotees were mostly white Westerners, many of whom were disillusioned with American culture as the Vietnam War bore on.

By Jaya Govinda dasa Vancouver, BC – One of Canada’s fasting rising young opera stars, Dustin Hiles, first met the devotees seven years ago in Winnipeg, MB, while campaigning as a candidate for the provincial Liberal Party of Canada. After his staff pu…

By Carly Squires

Atma has won several food awards, including The Observer’s ‘Best ethical restaurant in Britain’ title, and it also provides space for healthy living activities such as yoga and meditation. “We are called the kitchen religion, because we place a lot of emphasis on food. Everything we see, tough and smells affects our consciousness and how we think and feel. Everybody’s got to eat. You know you have come to the right religion when you have got a big plate of food in front of you.” The cafe, which closed the doors at its previous Church Street location in April, advocates the principal of ahimsa – a belief, central to the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, that all living beings have a spark of divine energy and that to hurt others is ultimately the same as hurting oneself.

By Drutakarma Das One case that came out just a few weeks ago is a discovery of some footprints on the island of Crete, a part of Greece, it’s an island in the Aegean Sea. In the northwestern end of Crete archeologists found footprints and layers of ro…

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By BBT staff A European division of BBT (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) is in the process of printing the largest sacred text in the world! Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As t Is. It will be 2.8 meters high (9.18 feet) and 2 meters large (6.56 feet). It w…

TOVP TEMPLE OF THE VEDIC PLANETARIUM Brings the Mercy of Sri Mayapur Dhama on Thursday 23rd November 2017 @ 7pm – at Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple Special Guests HG Jananivas Prabhu HG Ambarish Prabhu & HG Swaha mataji Receive blessings from Lord Nityananda’s Paduka and Lord Narshimadeva’s Sitari:      

       

Radhastami festival begins today at Mayapur! From 10 am onwards, Radha Prem Dhan kirtan  will continue for two days- 28th & 29th August. In the evening, there will be Adhivas ceremony. For the past four days. we are having everyday morning Srimad Bhagavatam classess on the glories of Srimati Radharani. You can listen to the lectures […]

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Today is the auspicious appearance day festival of one of the most dearmost disciple of Srila Prabhupada, His Holiness Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja. At Mayapur, the disciples and devotees of Mayapur community came together to offer glorification & pushpanjali  at his puspha Samadhi mandir. In the morning, video class of Gour Govinda Maharaj was played in the temple […]

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ISKCON Mayapur Nama-hatta, under the leadership of  HH Jayapataka Swami and HH Gauranga Prem Swami, developed several Nama-hatta  preaching centers in & aroud West Bengal. Nama-hatta is the most traditional of the congregational programs and mirrors the organization of a regular ISKCON temple with the leader and his assistants in the center. When HH Jayapataka Swami […]

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Just one day to go! Tomorrow is Janamstami ( 15th Aug). Preparing our consciousness to receive the Lord on His appearance day, to establish Lord’s lotus feet in our hearts, is a special ceremony called Adhivas, which will be celebrated today evening. Best day to submit your loving seva offerings to Sri Radha-Madhava! There are […]

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Thursday 10th of August, was the auspicious installation of the Planetarium Wing Chakra. The whole of Mayapur community came to the ToVP site to witness and visually see this monumental event.The devotees in Mayapur haven’t seen the Chakra before in a close proximity. Everybody was blown out and Mayapur is still buzzing today with this […]

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Now, study Bhakti-sastri from the comfort of your home. Mayapur Institute offers a dynamic, convenient way to study Srila Prabhupada’s books through this online program. Enrol Now :- http://mayapurinstitute.org/course/online-bhakti-sastri-course/ This course comprises an in-depth study of Bhagavad-gītā, Śrī Īśopanisad, Nectar of Devotion and Nectar of Instruction. It has been designed for devotees who have been seriously […]

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Jhulan Yatra has been inspired from the swing pastimes of Krishna and his consort Radha during their romance in the idyllic pastoral groves of Vrindavan, where the divine lovers along with their cowherd friends and ‘gopis’ took part in joyful swinging in the cool monsoon season. Everyday at 7:00am and 7:o0am between the 3rd and 7th […]

Jhulan Yatra has been inspired from the swing pastimes of Krishna and his consort Radha during their romance in the idyllic pastoral groves of Vrindavan, where the divine lovers along with their cowherd friends and ‘gopis’ took part in joyf…

By Sam Slovick

If Hare Krishna! film director John Griesser’s goal was to reintroduce the world to the magic of Prabhupada, he hit his mark. Hare Krishna! is the second coming of Prabhupada. Griesser (Yadubara Das) draws the viewer into to the magic of the Hare Krishna movement through an artfully crafted, seamless, multimedia medley, drawing from a wealth of existing archival elements including photographs, film, and video interviews combined with recreations, reenactments, and graphics to achieve a cinematic flow that takes you out of the theatre and into the moment.

Inauguration Day Programme 21 May 2017 1pm – 2.00pm 1 – 1.10pm Kirtans 1.10pm – 1.20pm Address by Kalasamvara Prabhu- Rupa Goswami and Prabhupada on Spiritual education 1.20pm – 1.30pm Address by Krsnananda Prabhu – Relevance of spiritual education in Soc today 1.35pm – 1.40pm – lighting of the lamp, unveil the Institute banner/poster 1.40pm […]

By Santi Vardhana ISKCON Malaysia receives many workaways to serve at our farm or temple. Workaways are group of Americans and Europeans who travel all over the world and would offer some physical service in return for free food and lodging. One such …

By Kusha devi dasi His Grace Pancagauda Prabhu gives the invocation speech on 4th April 2017 at the Iskcon Vrindavan Devotee Care Assisted Living Facility’s Bhumi Puja at Deva Lok Colony. Srila Prabhupada wanted the devotees to come to Vrindavan to ret…

By Jency Jacob

Is this the image of the proposed Ram Mandir temple at Ayodhya? Yes, if certain images posted on social media – Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are to be believed. The image showing a magnificent structure has been doing the rounds on Twitter and Facebook since the last two years.

Srivas Thakur appearance day will be celebrated tomorrow.( 21st March 2017). At Mayapur, there will be abhisheka to Srivas Thakur deity at 11 a.m. Watch it live at mayapur.tv.  Sri Srivasa Thakur is incarnation of Narada muni. He appeared in Shrihatta and lived there along with his 3 brothers Sripati, Srinidhi and Srirama. The four […]

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Today is Amlaki Vrata Ekadasi. After Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, festivities have begun in Mayapur. Today we will have Sri Radha-Madhava carried in a procession on the elephants. Deity procession is celebrated every saturday , begining from Kartik and ending with Gaura Purnima. This will be the last HATI PARIKRAMA for this season- so, devotees are […]

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Parikrama is coming to its conclusion. Today we reached Rudradvipa which corresponds to the process of sakhyam, friendship. First we left our camp early morning at 5:30 am to board the very awaited boat ride across the Ganga. Reaching the land we walked about 2 km towards Rukumpur. There we heard about Lord Nityananda’s marriage […]

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Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2017 Adhivas Pictures. All the parikrama devotees went on parikrama to Yogapith today to take sankalpa ( vow) to perform the Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, praying for the blessings and mercy of Lord Caitanya at His birthplace, Yogapith. Present in the ceremony were HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Loknath Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottam Swami, […]

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By Madana-mohan das On January 29, Wikipedia made a tribute to ISKCON50 by featuring a prominent reference to the 50th anniversary of the Mantra-Rock Dance, complete with an image of the famous promotional poster with Srila Prabhupada, under its “On Th…

By Prishni Devi Dasi

RLTA is conducting an oral history project focusing on Sadaputa’s biographical material as a founding member of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhaktivedanta Institute. This interview with Yamaraja dasa, who worked closely with Sadaputa over the years designing the layout and covers for his numerous books and BTG articles, highlights how much he is missed by his many admirers.