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Moscow Kirtan Mela! (Album 68 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “It is the nature of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra that anyone who chants it immediately develops his loving ecstasy for Krishna. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.83)
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Harinaam in Krishnanagar, near Mayapur
For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Pancatattva, Prahlad-Nrisimhadev and Srila Prabhupada, Mayapur Local Preaching (MLP) organized a Mahaharinaam sankirtan in Krishnanagar on 21st January, 2015. MLP preaching co-ordinator HG Mathuresh Prabhu managed to take all necessary permissions from Krishnanagar administration for this event. Devotees from various preaching organizations like Bhakti Vriksha, Namhatta, School preaching and local well-wishers participated in the event. There were around 600 devotees in all including more than 50 foreign devotees from Mayapur. Participant devotees chanted and danced with great enthusiasm. The audience joined them by raising their hands and chanting Haribol, Hare Krishna. People were especially inspired to join the Harinaam seeing foreign devotees lead the kirtana. The kirtana was accompanied with distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books and gaja prasadam to people on the way.
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GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN) Mayapur 2015 Part 2 Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member and a member of the SPN’s Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee explains why the GBC is investing so much time and energy in planning for ISKCON’s future. http://gbc.iskcon.org/2015/01/29/why-do-strategic-planning/ Sesa Prabhu, a GBC member and a member of […]
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Chanting Hare Krishna in sign language and dancing in Chennai, India on 25th January 2015 (1 min video)
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Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member, with zonal responsibilities in Southern California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Idaho, while also taking on service in a number of SPN committees speaks of the steps the GBC is taking to compile “legacy” papers that will compile for future generations answers to a number of the crucial spiritual and managerial questions that have shaped and continue to shape ISKCON. These papers are based on a study of Srila Prabhupada’s instructions on particular matters, as well as material gathered from those who were personally trained by Srila Prabhupada, and will be one of the GBC’s gifts to the future.
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Tamohara Prabhu, a GBC member overseeing ISKCONs work in the South East of the United States of America, and serving in the SPN’s Succession Committee, introduces an exciting new project that responds to the growing need to train new leaders for every strata of our Society. As a generation of leaders look toward retirement, the need for new leadership is becoming ever more pressing.
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Sivarama Swami, a GBC leader, preacher, and educator in Hungary, Romania and Turkey and a member of the SPN’s Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee speaks on strategic planning work helping to insure that ISKCON can become the movement Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya envisioned it to be. After all, he says, everything in the spiritual world is strategically planned and organized to the highest standard, for Krishna’s pleasure. In ISKCON we want to facilitate unity in diversity, however the diversity should be organized and of the highest quality - and truly representative of the perfection of Krishna consciousness that is Goloka life.
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Hare Krishna! Jagannath Rathayatra festival at Indore
The Rathayatra began at about 2 PM in the afternoon on a cool day at the Agrasen Cross Road, and proceeded to Tower Cross Road, passing the Dictrict Magistrate’s office, (popularly known as the “Collectorate”), and ended at Annapurna Mandir at about 7 PM. Thereafter a prasad feast was served to five thousand devotees and festival participants inside the Annapurna temple. The feast consisted of Puris, subji, kadi with pakoras, rice, and bundi (sweet nano balls of chickpea flour/besan, deep fried in ghee and the submersed in sugar water).
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Hare Krishna! Lord Nityananda Appearance Day
By Radhanath Swami
Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda have descended to teach the simply process of chanting and dancing and feasting. So there is no greater way to receive the mercy of Lord Nityananda than to absorb our mind, to absorb our senses, to absorb our body, everything in the kirtan of the holy name. To eagerly chant with great enthusiasm so on this great occasion we are giving this opportunity to glorify Lord Nityananda by enthusiastically and eagerly taking part in Kirtan of the holy name.
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Hare Krishna! Mayapur 2015: Sivarama Swami, Tamohara Dasa, Badrinarayan Swami
By GBC CRO of the Strategic Planning Network
Sivarama Swami, a GBC leader, preacher, and educator in Hungary, Romania and Turkey and a member of the SPN’s Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee speaks on strategic planning work helping to insure that ISKCON can become the movement Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya envisioned it to be. After all, he says, everything in the spiritual world is strategically planned and organized to the highest standard, for Krishna’s pleasure. In ISKCON we want to facilitate unity in diversity, however the diversity should be organized and of the highest quality - and truly repre…
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Prerna Lecture – The Power of Sound By Radhanath Swami Maharaj
I originally published this blog on February 15, 2011. Since I don't have time this evening to prepare a blog about Lord Nityananda, I thought I would post it again now. Wednesday, February 8th will be the observance of Lord Nityananda’s holy appearance day. I was blessed in 2011 to be able to give class to the devotees on that day. I am sharing with you part of what I spoke about then. On the one hand, I appreciate the special mercy that comes to one who is able to speak to the devotees about Krishna and the philosophy of devotion, while on the other, I also find it very humbling to realize that I really don’t know much about the philosophy. It is like an ocean, and I can only share a few drops. However, I speak for my own purification, with the prayer and intention to inspire and inform the devotees. Besides this, Krishna appreciates our taking risks in his service, assuring us in the Gita, that he carries what we lack and preserves what we have.
It is interesting how Spring is associated with Shri Chaitanya and his associations. First Shri Advaita Acharya, who prayed for the Lord’s appearance, then Shri Nityananda Prabhu, the expansion of Lord Chaitanya and his most merciful aspect, and finally the crescendo, next month, on the full moon day, Lord Chaitanya’s appearance. Although Shri Chaitanya is widely known as the “most munificent” avatar, freely giving Krishna prema (ecstatic love for Krishna), Shri Nityananda is considered even more merciful, since he gives prema to the most unqualified persons.
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Hare Krishna! North American Temple President Meeting 2015
By Mukhya Devi Dasi
The annual Temple President meetings were just held in Dallas temple, Sri Radha Kalachandji dhama, the week of January 22, 2015. There were about 65 ISKCON leaders in attendance, as well as all of the North American GBCs. The devotees in Dallas did a marvelous hosting job and were everywhere at the service of their guests. The prasadam, three amazing meals a day, was outstanding. They gave us all a good lesson on serving the Vaisnavas. The conference was three and a half days, filled with inspiration.
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HARINAMA in Mayapur (6 min video)
There are 2 Harinama parties going on in Mayapur now, the newest one is formed by Russian devotees; the old one with Gaura-Nitai. This video have both Harinamas - day time and evening. Russian Harinama is led by devotee from Donetsk (the war zone), Trivikrama prabhu.
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Hare Krishna! The Battle Between Boar and Hiranyaksha
By BVV Narasimha Swami
In the Caitanya Bhagavata there is a description how one day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had been hearing the glories of Lord Varaha. And while He was relishing the mood of Lord Varaha, He came to the home of Murari Gupta. And at time He chanted the name Sukara! Sukara! Which is boar! Boar! Right? its the name of the boar, Sanskrit for boar. So He chanted the name of Sukara and then He actually, Lord Caitanya actually assumed the form of Lord Varaha while He was in the home of Murari Gupta.
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Please view the following galleries: Darshan Abhishek vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā śaśini kalaṅka-kaleva nimagnā keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare As glorified in the verse above by Jayadeva Goswami, Lord Krsna appeared as Varahadeva (a boar) to rescue mother earth that had been submerged in the Garbhodaka Ocean by demon Hiryanyaksha. Like other incarnations […]
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Hare Krishna! Mother Earth: Holder and Giver of Wealth
Srila Prabhupada writes, “Whatever is taken from the earth—either from the mines, from the surface of the globe, or from the atmosphere—should always be considered the property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and should be used for Yajna, Lord Vishnu. As soon as the process of yajna [sacrifice] is stopped, the earth will withhold all productions—vegetables, trees, plants, fruits, flowers, other agricultural products, and minerals.
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GITA CONCISE Drama ILS Mayapur (25 min video)
HH Bhakti Marga Swami ( Walking Monk) presented this brilliant Drama during ILS in Mayapur.
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For the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Pancatattva, Prahlad-Nrisimhadev and Srila Prabhupada, Mayapur Local Preaching (MLP) organized a Mahaharinaam sankirtan in Krishnanagar on 21st January, 2015. MLP preaching co-ordinator HG Mathuresh Prabhu managed to take all necessary permissions from Krishnanagar administration for this event. Devotees from various preaching organizations like Bhakti Vriksha, […]
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Pastime places of Lord Nityananda! (photos)
nityanandam aham vande karne lambita-mauktikam
caitanyagraja-rupena pavitri-krta-bhutalam
“Salutations to Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Who has a single pearl suspended from one of His ears, Who is the elder brother of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Who is the purifier of the world.”
Here i a glimpse of pastime places of Lord Nityananda! May Lord Nityananda bestow His causeless mercy on all of you and keep you at His lotus feet!
Have a blissful festival!
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Manual 4 Life. Bhagavad-Gita. As It Is (1 min video)
The Emotion behind legendary book ‘Bhagavad-Gita as it is’!
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They should all be blessed with the right to move in the temple and do two years full time service, as is the practice of the Mormons.
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A visit to Maan Sarovar - Bhandirvan - Belvan - 29.01.2015 (Album 125 photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In the Age of Kali, there is no religious principle except chanting Krishna’s name. It has been ascertained from all the scriptures that Krishna’s holy name is the essence of all mantras. (Renunciation Through Wisdom, 5.1 Purport)
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Early Mayapur Food For Life program. Circa 1975-76.
Jayapataka Swami in the middle of the path with his arms outstretched.
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Mayapur Retrospective
Early days in Mayapur. Pre Long Building days.
Appearance Day of Lord Varahadev
Lord Brahma and the other demigods quickly arrived at that spot, to see the slain body of the demon close up. Still biting his lip, Hiranyaksha’s bodily luster had not faded, in spite of the absence of the soul, because the Lord’s lotus foot remained touching it. Lord Brahma admiringly said, “Oh, who could meet with such a blessed death? This fortunate demon was struck by the lotus foot of the Lord, upon Whom yogis meditate in mystic trance in the hopes of gaining liberation from their unreal, material bodies.”
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HG Pankajanghri Prabhu at ISKCON Mayapur on 2015-01-24, Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 06 03 23
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