Planet ISKCON

A visit to Jayapur (Album 161 photos)
Indradyumna Swami: The city of Jaipur in Rajasthan is a popular tourist destination because of it’s colorful cultural heritage. It is even more fascinating for vaisnava devotees of the Lord, however, because many of the original Vrindavan deities reside there. This 1st of 3 Jaipur photo albums centers around our parikrama party’s visit to the temple of Radha Gopinatha, the beloved deities of Madhu Pandit, a close associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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Lecture Podcast

Prema-rasa about the symptoms of the nista stage and Gopala Raya about whether it is true that the suffering of souls averse to Krsna does not automatically arouse His mercy.

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Today is Gopashtami!
Gopashtami was the day when little Krishna and Balaram entered the Pauganda age, i.e. the age between 6 years to 10 years. They were then made in charge of herding cows.
“The eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Karttika is known by authorities as Gopastami. From that day, Lord Vasudeva served as a cowherd, whereas previously He had tended the calves.” (the Karttika-mahatmya section of the Padma Purana).
Another tale states that a young Krishna asked Mother Yashoda if he could herd the cows. Yashoda insisted that Krishna’s father permit Him to do the same. Nanda Maharaja, upon little Krishna’s request, consulted a Holy Brahmin. The Brahmin gave his consent as it was an auspicious day for cow-herding or Go-Chaaran. Hence, on this ashtami Krishna became a gowala and came to be known as Govinda.

Gopasthami in Vrindavana
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2014 Kartika Puri Retreat with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (Album 16 photos)
Maharaja’s “sastra retreat” wherein he spoke everyday for two weeks on Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur’s Madhurya Kadambini.
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The Ox Barn in New Vrindavana is coming along nicely. Some “before” and “after shots”.
http://goo.gl/2pJyRH

Go-puja in Iskcon ISKCON New Govardhana - Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadhari - Australia
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“I’m a dreamer”
I am older than all of you, so I have some old songs in my head. John Lennon is still in my head, “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one!” That is a fact.
We need dreams in this world. We need people who have idealism and who say, “We are going to do something different! We are going to try to do it anyway, in spite of the system!”
Read it here: http://goo.gl/cRnOgd

Beautiful Govardhana Puja celebrations in Mayapur dhama
(Album 75 HR photos)
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Bhakti Yoga Club NEWS! So much going on at Bhakti House!
The Bhakti Yoga Club is sponsored by The Bhaktivedanta Center in Nelson County. The Bhakti House is our Charlottesville center, where the club meets. Although the BYC is a Club at the University, members of the Charlottesville area community are welcome.
The Bhakti Yoga Club has been a registered CIO at the University of Virginia since 1993.
http://goo.gl/0LFB3O

Press conference today to announce the High Court ruled in Iskcon Vrindavan’s favor regarding the disputed land in front of Krishna Hall. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Radhika’s Gardens! We have been planning to put in Radhika’s garden there!
http://goo.gl/D0GohT

Srngar Vat oct 13 HG Madhava Prabhu’s kirtan

Starting Tuesday 4 November with special guest Devamrita Swami! World traveling monk, teacher and author.

Prabhupada: “For New Vrindaban, the principle of raising cows and raising foodstuffs must be very prominent.”

Click here to read the rest of this letter which was only recently made publicly available.

 

Lecture Podcast

Lecture Podcast

Lecture Podcast

Lecture Podcast

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Kadamba Kanana Swami visited Australia last month. Here are recordings of lectures and kirtans from the programs that he did in various places.

To download a recording, right-click on the title and “save target as” or you may listen on-line by hitting the play button of the media player.

 

 

New Govardhana

KKS_AUS_03 October 2014_New Govardhana_SB_7.3.34

KKS_AUS_03 October 2014_New Govardhana_Kirtan

KKS_AUS_03 October 2014_New Govardhana_Short Lecture

 

Sydney

KKS_SYD_04 October 2014_Kirtan Cruise_Kirtan

KKS_SYD_04 October 2014_Kirtan Cruise_Lecture

KKS_SYD_05 October 2014_Diety Worship_Lecture

KKS_SYD_05 October 2014_Sunday Feast_Lecture

KKS_SYD_15 October 2014_SB_7.4.41

KKS_SYD_16 October 2014_SB_7.4.43

KKS_SYD_17 October 2014_Kirtan

KKS_SYD_18 October 2014_Govinda Valley_Super Retreat_Musical Lecture

 

Canberra

KKS_Canberra_06 October 2014_Kirtan

KKS_Canberra_06 October 2014_Lecture

 

Melbourne

KKS_MEL_08 October 2014_University Program

KKS_MEL_08 October 2014_House Program_Kirtan

KKS_MEL_08 October 2014_House Program_Lecture

KKS_MEL_09 October 2014_SB 3.3.15-16

KKS_MEL_09 October 2014_Bhakti Vrksha_Lecture

KKS_MEL_10 October 2014_SB 3.3.18

KKS_MEL_11 October 2014_Initiation Lecture

KKS_MEL_11 October 2014_Lecture_Ecology

KKS_MEL_14 October 2014_SB 3.3.21

KKS_MEL_15 October 2014_SB 3.3.22

 

 

Temple Of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur. Update November 1, 2014

(Album 29 photos)

Ambarisha prabhu: Here are some recent pics from the site. The dome is closing in creating an absolutely awesome space inside. Already vibrating!

http://goo.gl/nkrJEA

Bhagavatam-daily Podcast

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Sri Gopastami in Mayapur (Album 48 photos) On Gopashtami day, Nanda Maharaja performed a ceremony for the cows and Krishna (and His friends) in Vrindavan, as He reached the pauganda age. This was the day Nanda Maharaja sent his children Krishna and Bal... Read more ›

Mongolian Krishna Mandir Receives Official Religious Status, New Temple on the Way
The names of Krishna are truly being heard in every town and village. This month, after a long waiting period, devotees’ “Krishna Mandir” organization just outside the capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, was given official religious status by the government.
According to leader Bhaktivaibhava Swami, that means a beautiful new temple is on the way.
Krishna consciousness first came to Mongolia in 1999 when Lakshmi Narayana, a senior devotee from East Siberia, began holding public programs there.
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Parikrama in Mansarovar, Bhandirvan, Belvan, Vrindavana with HG Deena Bandhu Prabhu on 29-Oct-2014 (Album 103 photos) If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Krishna by taking to Krishna consciousness and keeping always in touch with Him by c... Read more ›

 Please view the following galleries: Community gathering Temple abhishek Darshan In the western coast of India, in the island of Salmali, lived Dronachala, the king of the mountains. Once a sage by the name of Pulastya Muni, came to him to take his son Giriraja with him to Kashi (Varanasi). After offering some initial resistance, […]

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1974 October 31: "The registration cannot be applied for unless my express sanction is there. No papers should be filed without my permission. Any papers you may draw up must be submitted to me first before filing."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 October 31: "It is very good that our books are being appreciated by the learned circles. If our books are distributed more and more in this way, there will be unlimited scope for spreading this movement all over the world."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 October 31: "My books are the foundation stone of our movement. This should be our only motto. Whatever we are is resting on these books, so far reading them and distributing them."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

Respects all Vaisnavas and is completely dependent on Krsna.

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ISKCON Organizes First Diwali at Rome City Hall
Devotees headed by ISKCON Communications director for Italy Parabhakti Das organized and participated in the Diwali celebrations at Rome’s City Hall on October 23rd, with positive results.
“If Brussels is the diplomatic capital of Europe, Rome is its capital from the religious and cultural point of view,” Parabhakti says. “So it is important that our movement is well represented and clearly visible in this world-famous city.”
While he has pondered this need at various national and international ISKCON meetings over the years, Parabhakti has found it difficult to plan events of major impact due to the small number of devotees in Rome.
“The recommendation of Srila Prabhupada to ‘focus on the big catch’ motivated me to think more broadly and out of the box,” he says.
http://goo.gl/UY8Edv

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