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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.34) To really serve in a mood of trying to please Krsna is not so easy. Obviously, a lot of people get restless and may want to leave so it does require special determination, I think. In the light of that I can say, “Give […]

We can appreciate how unique Prabhupada really is in the entire sampradaya. Lord Caitanya appears only once in a day of Brahma and after Lord Caitanya, who introduced Krsna Consciousness basically in the Indian subcontinent, the mission that remained was to take Krsna Consciousness all over the world. Prabhupada did that. He brought it from […]

We can appreciate how unique Prabhupada really is in the entire sampradaya. Lord Caitanya appears only once in a day of Brahma and after Lord Caitanya, who introduced Krsna Consciousness basically in the Indian subcontinent, the mission that remained was to take Krsna Consciousness all over the world. Prabhupada did that. He brought it from […]

Next time you land  at Kolkata at the  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Domestic Terminal, you will be greeted by a big banner of Sri Mayapur in the baggage section. An initiative of Mayapur Tourism, after a long  term of over three years discussions, repeated meetings, approaching different authorities and sending several designs for approval Airport […]

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“Janmastami is not just an ordinary day! We must celebrate Janmastami – it is our spiritual duty! It is actually a day when we can permanently deepen our relationship with Krsna!” “One detail that is given is that at the time when Krsna appeared, Nanda Maharaj was giving charity. He opened up his  treasury and allowed everyone to […]

“Janmastami is not just an ordinary day! We must celebrate Janmastami – it is our spiritual duty! It is actually a day when we can permanently deepen our relationship with Krsna!” “One detail that is given is that at the time when Krsna appeared, Nanda Maharaj was giving charity. He opened up his  treasury and allowed everyone to […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) Time is moving very fast. In the beginning, it doesn’t seem to be so but at one moment, one realises, “Suddenly I’m old! How did it happen?” Getting old is a strange experience because for a long time, we feel we are not really ageing, “I’m […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) Time is moving very fast. In the beginning, it doesn’t seem to be so but at one moment, one realises, “Suddenly I’m old! How did it happen?” Getting old is a strange experience because for a long time, we feel we are not really ageing, “I’m […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.6) Talking about anger, Maharaja, how does one judge for oneself that our anger, or another’s, is not personally motivated? We have to be very careful with that. For example, I have many times been responsible for Prabhupada’s facilities in this movement, in various […]

The Minister has toured the ISKCON Mayapur campus with ISKCON officials, they offered lamp to the deities Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha-ttava, Sri Sri Praladha Nirsimhadev and also participated in Jhulan Yatra festival Read more ›

Temple Of Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) is the focus of ISKCON’s offering to Srila Prabhupada for the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON (2016). In pursuance of this goal, World Holy Name Week 2013 is dedicating it’s efforts to promote the TOVP. Please watch this video, filmed on location in Mayapur and at ITV in Mumbai, and be inspired

The honorable cabinet minister Shri Subrata Mukherjee, Minister- in- charge Dept. Of Panchayats & Rural Development & Public Health Engineering, Govt. of West Bengal visited Sri Mayapur Dham along with his family as special guest for Jhulan Yatra festival on 17th Aug 13. Minister has toured the ISKCON Mayapur campus with ISKCON officials, they offered […]

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A journey of faith – from Amsterdam to Vrindavan, is the theme of the evening. It is kind of using my life as a means of showing how an ordinary person, by mercy of great devotees, can be uplifted. The state of the world is such that where in this age, do we find a holy […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia, Bhakti Bhavan Program) Question: I feel that I suffer from depression. Can we please talk about it and do you have some solution? Well, it is good to be depressed about material life but one should be very optimistic about spiritual life. So, if we are depressed […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 July 2013, Fuska Gouranga, Serbia, Seminar 3) We must go to Vrindavan. There is no doubt about it. We must go. We must roll in the dust. We must taste the mahaprasadam. We must jump in the Yamuna. “Oh, but is the Yamuna still there?” Of course it is! On the […]

Fabulous, happy and hilarious video from the trip of the Pandava Sena vaishnava group to Italy’s Villa Vrindavan Read more ›

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Please join the 24 Hour Maha Kirtan on the auspicious occasion of Sri Krishna Janmastami Festival and chant the transcendental Maha Mantra…  

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 February 2013, Vrindavan India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar, Part 1)   Balaram holds the plough. He prepares the ground, the ground of our consciousness. He ploughs our consciousness. He engages us in service. He takes us, pulls us out of our conditioned state and engages us in service. And then we join […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) In this verse, there is a description of the kala-sarpa, the black snake of time. In Bengal, there is an ancient drawing that illustrates this point, kala-sarpa; it shows a frog croaking and a snake is crawling up from behind.  And as we know, snakes don’t […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.34) So this merciful aspect of Krsna is very important. To be merciful says something about the state of the heart. So. we are speaking here about the nature of Krsna’s heart. We can become attracted to Krsna’s beauty. Stunned by his unlimited beauty, we just look […]

The ISKCON center on Jonwood Way in Northeast Austin, Texas, USA was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on the night of Friday July 26th / morning of July 27th, and sustained major fire damage. No devotees were hurt, and the Deities were unharmed. Read more ›

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Spirit Matters Program) Question: Do you have any nice words to remind us not to have doubt whenever we have fear or doubt? There are two types of doubts. One type of doubt comes from sinful activity and attachment to sinful activity. The other type […]

Russell Brand popped into our countryside temple last week. We strolled around the gardens, had a bite to eat and finished off with half-an-hour of chanting in the main shrine. According to sources, Russell had at one point seriously considered the idea of monasticism! Read more ›

Just as last year – for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada – we prepared a range of workshops and lunchtime activities. They showcased the rich culture of India and gave students a taste of what our local Hare Krishna temple has to offer. Read more ›

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Evening lecture: A Journey of faith) I thought that I had escaped the Hare Krsna movement effectively until I met a girlfriend who had a dog named Krsna! That created further complications in my life because the dog was not very obedient to begin with and […]

After many requests from devotees, Sacinandana Swami and his team have organized a Kirtan Mela in Germany once again. This year, it takes place at a devotee-owned retreat center in Walthersdorf, which is about 50 km from the old location. Kadamba Kanana Swami and many other kirtaniyas will be participating. A live-steam from the festival will […]

After many requests from devotees, Sacinandana Swami and his team have organized a Kirtan Mela in Germany once again. This year, it takes place at a devotee-owned retreat center in Walthersdorf, which is about 50 km from the old location. Kadamba Kanana Swami and many other kirtaniyas will be participating. A live-steam from the festival will […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 July 2013, Fruska Gouranga, Serbia, Seminar 2) No place in the world can attract me, I must honestly say, after Vrndavan. What’s the point of any hill when it’s not Govardhan Hill? What’s the point of swimming in some lake when it’s not Kusum Sarova, when it’s not transcendental – even […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Spirit Matters Program) Even when we are so transcendental ourselves, we still have to take people’s feelings very serious, even if they are partially motivated by false ego – it doesn’t matter, just like a child. But when you are an adult, you see it different […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium) I remember, we had a book distribution technique where first we used to stand out in the rain, here in Barvaux and we used to knock on the windows of cars and then try and sell books. Then someone changed the technique and when it rained, we stayed […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrndavan, India, Student Talk) After Srila Prabhupada left Vrndavan, he tried to preach in the Western world. It wasn’t easy; it is not just an easy success story. When Prabhupada was anchored with the Jaladuta just on the pier in New York city, at that time Prabhupada was reflecting […]

A tale of two herds: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=11814 (The Guardian) It is an picture of unmitigated bliss. The Hare Krishna herd of 44 cows and oxen at George Harrison’s old mansion in Hertfordshire is as calm as a temple

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrndavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.34) Often, when I read the Srimad Bhagavatam, I think of Bhismadeva with the hundreds of arrows that pierced his body yet he was still totally peaceful. He was still instructing Yudhisthira, whereas we – with one arrow, then call the ambulance. And we wonder which […]

Kirtan for Lord Jaganath at the Hunstville Jaganath temple: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=11808Gadi das: We had the pleasure to meet Dan Williams, the former mayor of Athens Al. for fourteen years, and now member of the Al. State representative

“For the first time in ISKCON – UK, a 5-day Certificate Course for Clinical Chaplaincy was organized in Bhaktivedanta Manor by the Department of Spiritual Care of Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai, India. Dr. V.G.Shanbhag (Vishwarup das), Deputy Director of Bhaktivedanta Hospital… Read more ›

Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a VeganThe 42nd president of the United States explains how we can — and for our health must — learn to love eating vegetables, too.http://www.dandavats.com/?p=11806

Urmila Devi Dasi: Barbara Bradley Hagerty, the reporter, did this some time ago as part of a story about HK in NYC and our Chaplain programs with Gadadhar Pandit. It is well written and a very good intro for the… Read more ›