Condolences on the Passing of Pope Benedict
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Image Source: Wikipedia, By Marek.69 talk – Marek Kośniowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5544448 To His Holiness Pope Francis Members of the Roman Catholic Church January 1, 2023 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) extends our heartfelt condolences to all of our friends and colleagues in the Roman Catholic Church, who are feeling great loss […]

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Unknown spiritual benefit
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2023, Vrndavana, India, Balarama Hall Q&A Program)

In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has given us a verse which is an open invitation. He is saying that if you are interested in logic and arguments, then apply them to the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By doing so, you will experience amazement in your heart. So that is the foundation of this movement that the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is flowing, and the topmost love of God is made available to the most fallen. That is what happened and what is still happening everyday and every moment in our spiritual life. We are seeing how people have no idea what we are doing but are somehow becoming touched by this movement. Not only are some becoming convinced by the arguments found in the books, but many are unknowingly engaging in some devotional service. That level of ajnata-sukriti of unknown spiritual benefit is tremendous. There is one example where in one lecture, Srila Prabhupada is speaking about the microphone and saying that, “We don’t need a microphone, but we use a microphone to purify the microphone-maker”. That is extraordinary, that the potency of this movement is benefitting the microphone-maker also! In this way, all things and people that are engaged in devotional service are sharing the benefits. The impact of the sankirtana movement is way beyond our imagination but just by such revelations, we can begin to think about the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and how far it extends, and how the entire world is changed by this movement. And then our life is also changed!

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TOVP Nrsimhadeva Wing ‘Doors of the Dhama’ Campaign
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The TOVP Fundraising Department is pleased to announce the Doors of the Dhama Campaign to fund the production of sixteen doors surrounding the Nrsimhadeva altar. The entire Nrsimhadeva Wing and altar is scheduled to open in October, 2023.

Set within specially designed glass frames with decorative marble borders are sixteen 9’/3m x 11’/4m Burma teakwood doors in the Nrsimhadeva Hall opening to the walkway circling the interior of the TOVP. They have been exquisitely designed by Svaha and Rangavati prabhus, and work is currently going on to install the frames and borders.

Only sixteen doors are available for sponsorship. Go the Doors of the Dhama page and make your pledge today!

 

 

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Vedic Contributions in the Orient
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By Sri Nandanandana dasa

This is for all of our preachers in the Far East. May it give them more preaching information to use in their location to help convince people of their connection with Vedic culture. Bharatvarsha’s beginnings go back to a very long way in time and it is almost certain that the results or influence that is seen today around the world, in the main, were not achieved by military expeditions or conquest, but by peaceful trading and religious teaching, and thereby all the more permanent. This is especially the case when it is generally seen that people who are forced to change cultures or religions often divert to something else as soon as the opportunity arises. Continue reading "Vedic Contributions in the Orient
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In Memoriam – Nara-Narayana Das
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Honoring Nara-Narayana das through his memories of Srila Prabhupada Ramesvara Das: Dear Devotees Hare Krsna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I am writing to describe a glimpse of the truly amazing glories of my eternal Godbrother and transcendental friend, Sriman Nara Narayan Prabhu. Many of us have heard of his
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Food For Life Hungary- Christmas Love Feast
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Christmas Love Feast – Thousands of families rely on help in the present times of crisis. Food for Life Hungary, the humanitarian aid arm of ISKCON Hungary has organised food distribution events all over the country on a daily basis for the last thirty years. Although the present difficult economic situation affects the content of […]

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TOVP Now – Help Open The Lord’s Temple!
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As we enter the year 2023, His Grace Braja Vilasa prabhu, TOVP Co-Chairman, gives an inspiring appeal to help complete the TOVP and reach the next milestones to achieve that goal.

In October, 2023 the completed Nrsimhadeva Wing and altar will open. The Grand Opening of the TOVP will be celebrated during a three-month-long festival from December, 2024 until Gaura Purnima, March, 2025 when our beloved Mayapur Deities will be relocated into Their long-awaited new home.

TOVP 2024 MARATHON KI JAYA! WE RUN, YOU WIN!

Go to the Give To Nrsimha 2023 Campaign page and sponsor a Nrsimha Brick or other seva option for the Grand Opening of the Nrsimha Hall in October, 2023. Your name will be inscribed on the Brick and it will be placed under the Lord’s altar.


 

 

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ISKCON Mayapur Wishes You A Pleasant New Year 2023!
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Hare Krishna,Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada All glories to Sri Mayapur Dham.It has been a year of tremendous experience and fulfillment for us here at Mayapur Dham and we hope it has been a spiritually uplifting year for you and the family. As the holiday drift to an end, we […]

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Srila Jagadisa Pandita Appearance
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In Vraja there was a dancer named Candrahasa who was very expert in the tasting of rasa. In Chaitanya-lila, he became Jagadisa Pandit who also took great pleasure in dancing for the Lord.
(Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 143)

Jagadisa Pandit is considered to be simultaneously both Nityananda-shakha and Chaitanya-shakha, a branch both of Chaitanya as well as Nityananda in the desire tree of devotion. He was born in the town of Gauhati (Pragjyotishpur) in modern Assam.

His father’s name was Kamalaksha Bhatta. Both of his parents were devotees of Vishnu. When they died, he came with his wife Duhkhini and his brother Hiranya to Mayapur on the shores of the Ganga where they built a home near that of Jagannath Mishra. Jagadisa Pandit became Jagannath Mishra’s very close friend.

Jagadisa and his wife Duhkhini had the same kind of parental affection for the little Nimai as Jagannath and Sachi themselves. Duhkhini was like a mother to Nimai and even sometimes acted as his wet-nurse. Nimai, the son of Sachi, is none other than the son of Yashoda, the supreme Lord Krishna incarnate. It is not possible for anyone but an eternal associate of the Lord to have the good fortune to treat him like a son in this way.

Just as Mahaprabhu was conquered by the devotion of Jagadisa Pandit, so too was his dearest companion Nityananda Prabhu who considered him to be one of his own intimate associates. Nityananda Prabhu was Jagadisa’s life and soul. Jagadisa was present in Panihati for the Chira-dadhi Mahotsava.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s Saligrama Sila, at ISKCON Mayapur
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On the 22nd of December 2022, the Sri Narasimha Saligrama Sila, worshipped by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur, was officially installed on the Narasimhadeva’s altar in ISKCON Mayapur. In 2018, per the direction of Jayapataka Swami, to restore and establish worship in various Sripats in Gaura Mandala, a team of devotees traveled throughout West Bengal and […]

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ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) 2023 at the TOVP
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The TOVP management is pleased to announce that from February 12-16, 2023 the ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) will have their annual seminars in the TOVP.

Braja Vilasa, TOVP Co-Chairman and ILS Committee Member stresses the importance of these meetings for ISKCON leaders, and invites all devotees with leadership positions to attend this important sanga and share ideas and experiences and garner new information to enhance their service to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON.

Go to www.ilsglobal.org for more information and to register to attend this event.


 

 

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Sankirtan Stories
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My first distribution of a set of Bhagavatam Posted on Dec 30, 2022 in Sankirtan Stories, Uncategorized During this year’s book marathon in Durban, I met many people who had a change of heart. Not heart transplantations but a transformation of consciousness. A Christian lady whom I spoke with was going through difficulties. I told
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The Hare Krishna movement in England
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From a recent article on the “Espresso” national newspapaper in Italy by Tiziano Fusella (Tulsi Das) https://espresso.repubblica.it/mondo/2022/12/19/news/hare_krishna-379068309/ The new British prime minister Rishi Sunak has brought a large community and their estate of Bhaktivedanta Manor near London back into the spotlight. The park is home to the headquarters of the Hindu cult in the West
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