Websites from the ISKCON Universe
Krishna conscious program in Lenin’s birth place,
Ulyanvsk, Russia (Album 62 photos)
Even if in the beginning one chants the Hare Krishna mantra with offenses, one will become free from such offenses by chanting again and again. Papa-ksayas ca bhavati smaratam tam ahar-nisam: one becomes free from all sinful reactions if one chants day and night, following the recommendation of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.3.24 Purport)
http://goo.gl/mKSfs0
Preaching Program in Samara, Russia, 23 Nov. 2014 (Album 40 photos)
By chanting the Hare Krishna mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Krishna. As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, preme pum-artho mahan: one’s main concern should be to increase one’s attachment to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to increase one’s love for Him.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.3.24 Purport)
http://goo.gl/dZ0fc9
Preaching program and Harinama in Banyuwangi East Java, November 2014 (Album 50 photos)
In the sastras it is said that if a person only once chants the holy name and completely surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord, the Lord immediately considers him His ward and is always inclined to give him protection. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 6.2.49 Purport)
http://goo.gl/Ximq8T
Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita workshop by Cyril Wohrer (video)
Cyril Wohrer, aka Chandrasekhara Acharya dasa gives a very concise presentation about Yoga & Bhagavad Gita
http://goo.gl/8A6T3O
Pictures from a Bhagavad-gita reading event held in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, the 23rd of November 2014. Hindu religious organisations, such as ISKCON, participated in the reading of all 700 slokas of the Gita with another 8,000 people, breaking a national record. The event was organised by the Tabanan Regency government, the Bhagavad-Gita Movement of Indonesia and the Hindu Youth Association of Bali. (Pictures by Guru Gauranga dasa)
http://goo.gl/GW781O
Love of Krsna is a very exalted state. For us, there is first the need for purification, for overcoming desires to enjoy the material world. When these gross desires are conquered, then there is a need to overcome the second level of desiring more subtly all kinds of recognition in spiritual life.
One must be ready to think only of Krsna’s pleasure and nothing else, without desiring any pleasure for oneself. That is love. Love means that the pleasure of the other person is first. So that is a very exalted state.
Bhakti Retreat: New Year’s in New Vrindaban Dham
January 1st – 4th 2015
Spend this New Year’s Eve in the scenic, rolling hills of West Virginia, getting spiritually re-charged. Listen to enlivening Krsna Katha and Prabhupada Katha. Attend enlightening devotional workshops/seminars, soothing bhajans, ecstatic kirtans, and enjoy sumptuous, healthy prasad. Does life get any better than this?
Special guest speakers include:
-Malati Prabhu
– Havi Prabhu
– Gopal Hari prabhu
-Yugal Kisore prabhu
- Many of the older Brijabasis
Festival registration is free, but donations to help cover costs are, of course, welcome during the retreat.
We have limited rooms available- please book your room today! To book your room, please either call or email the Palace Lodge directly at palacelodge108@gmail.com or 304-843-1600 ext.111
We look forward to seeing and serving you. Hare Krishna.
The Tabanan Regency, Tabanan Youth Association and the Indonesian Bhagavad-gita Movement arranged a recital of all the verses of Bhagavad-gita by 6,000 high school students.
Tribhuvanatha Prabhu Appearance Program in UK (Album 36 photos)
Tribhuvanatha Prabhu’s last two wishes were that the festivals would continue and that devotees would care for one another. Right up to the last he was meditating on the orders of his spiritual master and the welfare of others.
http://goo.gl/HZC8Yy
Escondido Hare Krishna Farm in San Diego, California, Nov 22 2014 (Album 36 photos)
The Lord does not say that one should give up his prescribed duties or engagements. One can continue them and at the same time think of Krishna by chanting Hare Krishna. Bhagavad-Gita 8.7 Purport.
http://goo.gl/52BxAV
Why We Tithe.
Yamaraja das and Raga devi dasi are long time devotees and disciples of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja. Their gurudev always emphasized that his disciples should be loyal to their local temples by giving service and/or donations. He also advised that they should take the sadhu sanga of local devotees and befriend them.
http://goo.gl/7RPGyt
Indian festival in Prague, Czech Republic (Album 23 photos)
21 November 2014 - Visit rate: 150 people.
The special guest: HH Danavir Goswami
http://goo.gl/xK11ZJ
BY SJMKL YOUTH
KUALA LUMPUR - The Youth of Sri Jagannath Mandir Kuala Lumpur are organizing the maiden debut kirtan mela in Malaysia. Sweet nectarean voices of HH BB Govinda, Mayapur Chandras, Ojasvi Prabhu are all lined up for this exciting event that will take place on the 29/Nov/2014 to 30/Nov/2014 from 10am to 10pm at Sri Jagannatha Mandir, Kuala Lumpur. Join us to drown yourself in the ecstasy of the magic from the spiritual world.
2016 marks the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada’s great movement to spread Krishna consciousness throughout the world and bring the teachings of Lord Caitanya and the yuga dharma, chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, to all the conditioned souls on this planet (and perhaps beyond).
We are extremely fortunate to be living at this most auspicious time in the history of this universe when the Lord appears on Earth to freely distribute love of God, the ultimate attainment in the soul’s spiritual journey, prema pumartho mahan. And Srila Prabhupada was the Lord’s instrument to help complete His mission by creating ISKCON, the house in which the whole world can live.
“I have given you instruction, it will never stop; it will go on. At least for ten thousand years it will go on.”
Srila Prabhupada; July 21, 1976
“My senapati bhakta (Commander in Chief) will come, preach in distant countries and flood the world with the chanting of Hare Krishna.”Lord Caitanya, Caitanya Mangala
“After 5,000 years My mantra upasaka (worshiper of the holy name) will appear and spread the chanting of the holy name everywhere.”
Lord Krishna, Brahma-vaivarta Purana
We have all been blessed with this great opportunity to go back to Godhead by the mercy of the Lord’s servant and representative, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Our prayers, efforts, and money are insufficient to fulfill our indebtedness to Srila Prabhupada for the gift of ISKCON which he has given to us, but try we must in the mood of humility and gratitude.
The work of spreading Krishna consciousness is far from done; we still have much to do. Foremost is Srila Prabhupada’s last remaining temple project, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium at ISKCON’s World Headquarters in Sridhama Mayapur. Through his far-reaching and spiritually powerful vision, Srila Prabhupada could see that this unique temple, the fulfillment of many divine prophecies, would be pivotal in the establishment and longevity of the Krishna consciousness movement, and in the dissemination of Krishna consciousness throughout the world. And he gave very specific orders and detailed instructions for its completion.
In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ISKCON, as well as to show our combined gratitude to its Founder/Acharya for this wonderful, transcendental gift he has given to us, the TOVP Fundraising Team has created a special Gratitude Coin Program for those who are able to offer a large amount of financial support. Three coins are being provided to these donors; Silver ($11,000), Gold ($108,000), and Platinum ($250,000). The collection/pledges from the available coins, $34 million, along with all other contributions (Golden Brick, Nrsingha Tile, and Square Foot) will be offered to Srila Prabhupada on Gaur Purnima in Sridhama Mayapur in 2016 as our combined guru dakshina to help with the completion of the construction by 2022. To facilitate this, Gratitude Coin donors may pay in installments over the course of several years. Their names will also be included on the Devotional Wall of Fame in the TOVP, and they will be offered various other facilities at Sridhama Mayapur.
During the year 2015 our TOVP Team will be traveling to major ISKCON Temples throughout the world with His Holiness Bhakti Purushottama Maharaja, carrying the holy shoes of Lord Nityananda with us, and appealing to our worldwide congregation to come together and serve His lotus feet by helping to manifest this great temple. We hope every devotee, whatever their position or service, will welcome Lord Nityananda (in the form of His holy shoes) and enthusiastically participate and offer their financial might to help make this a reality. This cooperation will greatly please Srila Prabhupada.
For more information, go to the Seva Opportunities link and make a pledge today for one of the three Gratitude Coins and become part of history in the making by helping to fulfill this remarkable prophecy. You and your family will most certainly be blessed beyond your imagination.
“Now you all together make this Vedic Planetarium very nice, so that people will come and see. From the description in Srimad Bhagavatam you prepare this Vedic Planetarium. My idea is to attract people of the whole world to Mayapur”
Srila Prabhupada
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Chant,chant,chant: Harinama in Queen st Auckland NZ.
The easiest way to control the mind, as suggested by Lord Caitanya, is chanting “Hare Krishna,” the great mantra for deliverance, in all humility. Bhagavad-Gita, 6.34 Purport.
http://goo.gl/TGIJ0r
UK Sankirtan Tour 2014 (13 min video)
Footage from the Summer Sankirtan Tour conducted by Manor Brahmacari ashram, teaming up with UK temples, Hare Krishna Festival Team and Food For All.
http://goo.gl/pb2nKJ
Just a few days ago construction of the sixth level of the Main Dome started. The most important sections are now finished and it will take just few more months to see the entire Dome completed. Work is progressing rapidly and right on schedule.
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Nama-Yajna, 22.11.2014, Krasnodar Yatra, Russia (Album 40 photos)
Others, who are not devotees, may think, “How can people devote so much time simply to talks of God?” The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is simply the repetition of three words, Hare, Krishna, Rama, but still devotees can go on chanting this Hare Krishna mantra twenty-four hours a day without feeling fatigued. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.13.1Purport)
http://goo.gl/DbtV53
SB 01.15.45 Glorious Pastime or Horrible Nightmare 2013-02-08
Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.15.45 Glorious Pastime or Horrible Nightmare
AKA Serving Krsna brings all kinds of pleasure
Improving skills in Mayapur Academy (Album 18 photos)
Muci haya suci haya yadi krsna bhaje. It is said that even a cobbler or person born in the family of a cobbler can be elevated to the position of a brahmana (suci) if he takes to Krishna consciousness. Any person who is purely Krishna conscious and who engages in chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is the purest in the whole universe. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.12.37 Purport)
http://goo.gl/tBQ3Xo
A visit to ISKCON Rohini, Delhi (Album 45 photos)
Chanting is the medicine, and prasada is the diet. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.7.24 Purport)
http://goo.gl/ilMC4w
We all aspire to be free, to be liberated from external limitations to our pursuit of happiness. The Statue of Liberty appeals to many because it symbolizes this human aspiration for freedom. This same aspiration makes many countries celebrate the achievement of independence as a defining moment in their national history.
Such forms of liberation, however desirable, don’t free us from the most fundamental limitation – the limitation of our inevitable mortality. Nothing limits our pursuit of happiness as much as death. And what subjects us to the sentence of death is our material shell, which is temporary and destructible.
Recognizing the fetter of matter, most Eastern wisdom-traditions have equated liberation with disentanglement from matter. Yet even while seeking liberation from matter, many Eastern conceptions of liberation have still remained matter-centric.
For example, among the six systems of Indian philosophy, the Nyaya-Vaisheshika schools hold that consciousness emerges when the soul contacts samsara through the mind. So liberation occurs when the soul is uncoupled from the mind. Such liberation involves attainment of eternity but without consciousness or happiness, that is, sat without cit or ananda.
The Sankhya-Yoga schools accept consciousness or Purusha to be eternal. They hold that bondage begins when the Purusha becomes attached to prakriti (material nature) and thereafter starts perceiving the duality of subject and object. So liberation involves dissolution of this duality, leading to consciousness without any observer or observed, just content-less consciousness. Such liberation features sat and cit, but no ananda.
Vedanta recognizes that sat, cit and ananda are innate features of the soul, features that are obscured due to absorption in matter. So liberation, which occurs when the soul becomes detached from matter, leads to the experience of sat, cit and ananda. But Vedantic liberation is sometimes misconceived in impersonal terms, wherein the conception of personality is dissolved to attain cosmic consciousness. The attainment of such consciousness is deemed to be liberation. Though impersonalists claim this liberation to be blissful, the prospect of an eternity without personality or reciprocity is bankrupt of emotional richness and tangible happiness.
The problem with all the preceding conceptions of liberation is that they are incomplete – they focus on the removal of outer obstacles to happiness such as foreign rule or worldly entanglement or personal existence. However, Personalist Vedanta, which is essentially the path of devotion, sees liberation positively, as an inside-out process, as the revival of what lies within. Complete liberation is the fulfillment of our core longing – the longing for love. When misdirected towards matter, this longing causes bondage; when directed purely towards the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krishna, it brings liberation. Such liberation is a life of immortal love that is permeated through and through with sat-cit-ananda.
The Bhagavad-gita establishes this liberation as the summit of the spiritual quest. The Gita (18.54), after delineating the conventional notion of impersonal liberation, declares pure devotion to be the zenith attained as the post-graduate stage of such liberation. The next verse declares that such pure devotion reveals Krishna as he is, in his full transcendental glory. He is seen not as a product of mythological human imagination or as a transitional tool for spiritual meditation, but as the transcendental Supreme Person, the embodiment and fulfillment of our heart’s deepest longing for love, the bestower of the supreme liberation. The eternal life of love with him fulfills our longing for happiness, perfectly and eternally.
Thus the life of devotion comprises the culmination of our aspiration for liberation.
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