Websites from the ISKCON Universe
A Day in SMIS is a short video which shows how the school gives a unique opportunity for young devotees to progress in their academic education, while at the same time having the unique experience of living in Sri Mayapur Dhama
Yoga got a strong leg up on the world stage when Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for observing an International Yoga Day, describing the ancient science as "India's gift to the world."
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.
Modern-day self-development promotes the ideals, but how much does it actually equip and empower one to genuinely imbibe this positive mental state?
India’s coal rush could push the world past the brink of irreversible climate change, scientists say.
You can take kirtan anywhere, and listen any time of day. There are no rules... Mandali is a London based kirtan band. A video by BRR Films.
On every Ekadasi, many devotees from Radha Gopinath Mandir, Bali, gather at the temple.
Famous Indian Cricketer Parthiv Patel receives Bhagavad Gita
Even a faint light from the holy name of the Lord can eradicate all the reactions of sinful life. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.63)
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Harinama(s) in Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise, 16 Nov 2014
Simply by chanting the holy name of Krishna, one can obtain freedom from material existence. Indeed, simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra one will be able to see the lotus feet of the Lord. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.73)
http://goo.gl/LRHI00
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Do your best!
To always see Krsna everywhere and never forget him for a moment, to see everything connected to Krsna, is Krsna consciousness! In that way, we see Krsna’s energy and we see Krsna behind it.
http://goo.gl/4118rb
Monastery of the Holy Name (Lithuania) - Roof Construction (2 min video)
Today is 17th of November and we finished our roof and started to put the hay bale walls. We will update soon. Hareee Krishnaaa
http://goo.gl/tsmqsj
MANDALI. Promo video for LILA (2 min video)
London based kirtan band.
New album from MANDALI.
23rd of November.
http://goo.gl/UCH9IT
Appreciations from guests (Iskcon, Dallas)
Our good friend Woody Winn, a teacher at Brewers High School, a public school in Fort Worth always holds Krishna dear to his heart. He is a wonderful Christian teacher who engages his students in a 3 week study of the sacred philosophical text, the Bhagavad Gita. Last week we had a superb visit with 40 of his students.
http://goo.gl/0DNqlh
Kartik 2014: Nandagram and Prem sarovara!! (Album 71 photos)
By once chanting the holy name of the Lord, which consists of the two syllables ha-ri one guarantees his path to liberation. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.2.7 purport)
http://goo.gl/BORtUc
Ratha Yatra 2014 in SKCON Laguna Beach (Album 14 photos)
If one chants the holy name of the Lord, even in a helpless condition or without desiring to do so, all the reactions of his sinful life depart, just as when a lion roars all the small animals flee in fear. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.2.7 purport).
http://goo.gl/g9LsSj
A visit to ISKCON temple in Denpasar, Bali (Album 28 photos)
All glories to the all-blissful holy name of Sri Krishna, which causes the devotee to give up all conventional religious duties, meditation and worship. When somehow or other uttered even once by a living entity, the holy name awards him liberation. The holy name of Krishna is the highest nectar. It is my very life and my only treasure. (Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 4.71 purport).
http://goo.gl/SzjeP5
Thailand 2014 Nov, “Nitay-Gauranga Harinam yatra” (50 photos)
Chanting the holy name is the chief means of attaining love of Godhead. This chanting or devotional service does not depend on any paraphernalia, nor on ones having taken birth in a good family. By humility and meekness one attracts the attention of Krishna. That is the verdict of all the Vedas. (Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, 4.71 purport).
http://goo.gl/Y33czu
(25 February 1988 – 12 November 2014)
This letter is to all who were close to Visnujana – his parents, his family, his friends and the devotees in Pretoria. I am sharing grief with you all.
Today we are confronted with the unexpected departure of Visnujana. I wish I could have done something to avoid this situation.
Moeketsi, also known as Bhakta Given, came to the Pretoria temple when he was still a schoolboy. He moved in to the temple when he was fifteen years old with permission from his parents on the condition that he would finish school. In those days, I was also often staying in the Pretoria temple. Bhakta Given didn’t like school very much and many times I had to personally encourage him to go. In some ways, we had to act like his parents, because he was still very young. The devotees started calling him Mahajana, the great man, and later I gave him initiation with the name Visnujana, a man of God.
There was no doubt that he was a man of God, a devotee of Krsna, throughout his life. When he was young, he always had a dream to start a temple in Mamelodi, the place where he was from, just outside of Pretoria. I encouraged him about that and told him later, one day I would give him that opportunity. As time went by and he became more mature, he would like to lead kirtan and sometimes he would give the Sunday feast lectures. Partha Sarathi dasa, from America, trained him in book distribution and gradually he became expert. He did nice service that way. Once we were on hari nam and some devotees including Visnujana were distributing small books on the side, at the end there was only one Bhagavad Gita left, which is a Maha-big Book, a little more difficult to distribute. I told the devotees, we are not going home before this Gita is distributed. It took Visnujana, a couple of minutes and I could see, that he really knew what he was doing.
He liked life in the temple. However he also began to develop a strong desire to be with a woman and eventually that took him away to a life in the world. Still a devotee but struggling, he got married and had a child, but the marriage didn’t last and then he tried again with another, but that also didn’t work out. All that brought him to a state of despair and finally this final unfortunate act.
According to the Krsna conscious philosophy when a man takes his own life, he gets entangled in severe reactions of karma. He will have to remain in a subtle body and he will be denied a new body of flesh and blood for quite some time. However Visnujana was a devotee he gave his life to God, to Krsna. He chanted Hare Krsna for years, he stood on the street to sell holy scriptures; I am sure that the Lord recognizes his sincere service. I pray that the Supreme Lord may pardon him and that he will be allowed to continue devotional service in his next life. Maybe then he can one day open a preaching centre in Mamelodi.
Yours in service to Srila Prabhupada
Kadamba Kanana Swami
Performing kirtan in other traditions
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco is home to a 3,000-square-foot icon of ninety dancing saints (and four animals), who wrap themselves in two large rings around the rotunda as they follow the lead of Jesus, the Lord of the Dance. This monumental work is by iconographer Mark Dukes, who is also an ordained deacon at St. John Coltrane Church in San Francisco.
Dancing Saints
http://goo.gl/2ZpxGG
When Hell Became Heaven For Me
Radhanath Swami: “I was telling the story sometime back, of when I was in a train in India. It was so crowded. It was third class train.
This was in the 1970 and the capacity said something like 60 people and there were probably 300 people in that train….
http://goo.gl/lhKhq7
