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This was meant to be about Nava Vraja-mahima, but when preceded by two and succeeded by one talk on Mayavada, I had to steer off course to keep balance.

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The secret of surrendering to Krishna is that such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krishna's plan. Whatever is meant to be I am doing. Let me do it with my full attention to every detail. Let me become absorbed in such service, never mind what it is. Let all other considerations be forgotten and only my desire to do the thing best for Krishna's alone pleasure is my motive. Letter to Jayapataka, December 19, 1972. Read more ›

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Our centers are like the oasis in a vast desert. In the desert there is no water, but occasionally if one is fortunate he may come in contact with an oasis and he is saved. Similarly in this material world we are drying up due to a lack of spiritual knowledge. Our ISKCON centers are meant to give relief to the dried up conditioned souls who are searching after the nectar of joyful life. Letter to Bhagavan, December 18, 1970. Read more ›

The devotees pray for peace. "Haraye namah krsna yadavaya namah, gopala govinda rama sri-mudhusudana. This is another way of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. The meaning is as follows: "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. He is the descendant of the Yadu family. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Gopala, Govinda, Rama and Sri Madhusudana." (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 25.64 Purport) Read more ›

Our dearest Ekadasi (previously named Emily) arrived in Gita Nagari in 2010. She was purchased along with Jalangi (Josie) from a neighboring farmer. She is a thorough bred Brown Swiss, very beautiful and healthy and gave good, delicious milk to Sri Sri Radha Damaodara for about two and a half years. She was gentle - occasionally, she would be a little feisty. But she was always curious, very observant of any new people around, any new occurrences on the farm. She was very intelligent and was all knowing:). Read more ›

HG Urmila Devi Dasi – SB 10.69.31-35 – 02.07.2014

Before leaving Moscow yesterday we stopped near Red Square and the famous St. Basil’s Cathedral. I make it a point to visit there whenever I can. For me it is a place of pilgrimage because my spiritual master’s lotus feet graced those grounds on his one and only visit to Russia in 1971. It was [...]

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1955 September 19: "My dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, So why for the matter of saving some papers we shall not print the full number? In my opinion we should print more than 1000 copies every month and distribute them in large scale. I think you will reconsider the matter and let me know your further opinion."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64

1965 September 19 : "Today is the 38th day of our journey. We reached New York Port at 12:30 pm, three hours later than the scheduled time."
Prabhupada Journal :: 1965

1968 September 19: "He cannot go because he has rendered already some service to Krishna. So Krishna is not going to leave him at any cost. Please offer my blessings to him, and treat him very well. So far Mrigendra das is concerned, he will also come back; don't worry."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1969 September 19 : "In England there is very good prospect for pushing on Krishna Consciousness. I am trying to make some arrangement with Mr. John Lennon to have the facility for of his garden house. Here we can accommodate many devotees."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 September 19: "Lord Caitanya accepted Jagai and Madhai on condition they would not commit further sinful activities. So all our students should be careful in the matter of violating the four principles and at the same time must carry on the chanting process rigidly."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1970 September 19 : "Hundreds of people join our Sankirtana Party daily in downtown Calcutta, and I am confident that this great mission will be successful if only we continue to push on without any personal motivation."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1974 September 19: "Your duty is to carry out my orders. Anyone who surrenders to Krishna wholeheartedly and engages in His service cannot say later on, I resign. Once surrendered, it cannot be withdrawn."
1975 September 19:

1975 September 19: "To the Prime Minister of Mauritius: I thank you very much for your kind invitation to visit your country. I am arriving at Port Louis on the afternoon of the 30th and I look forward to meeting with Your Excellency."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

We are excited to Announce that Bryn Chrisman from Yogamaya NYC will be joining us on this retreat.

Our first collaboration in a retreat, but definitely not in a yoga studio

For detailed information please click here
Thanks!
All the best, Kish

Very profound chanting experience with a powerful voice and beautiful music and rather psychedelic light effects..with Govinda Swami Read more ›

Our relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is eternal. Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. The pure souls are eternally in love with Krishna. Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one revives his original relationship with God and thus becomes so happy that he does not want anything material. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.7.39 Purport) Read more ›

17-09-2014 Turning Stressed into Desserts, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.mp3

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When there are so many cases of past life memories, why don’t we find some people remembering their experience in heaven, hell or as animals?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/06/when-there-are-so-many-cases-of-past-life-memories-why-dont-we-find-some-people-remembering-their-experience-in-heaven-hell-or-as-animals/

How do see spiritual organizations that are largely Vaishnava except for considering their founder as an incarantion?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/how-do-see-spiritual-organizations-that-are-largely-vaishnava-except-for-considering-their-founder-as-an-incarantion/

If someone is following an Abrahamic religion, should we encourage them to follow that religion or to take up Krishna consciousness?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/if-someone-is-following-an-abrahamic-religion-should-we-encourage-them-to-follow-that-religion-or-to-take-up-krishna-consciousness/

Are Manava seva and Madhava seva like two largely overlapping circles?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/are-manava-seva-and-madhava-seva-like-two-largely-overlapping-circles/

Why does Prabhupada translate bhakti in Bhaktirasamritasindhu as ‘devotion’ instead of ‘devotional service’?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/why-does-prabhupada-translate-bhakti-in-bhaktirasamritasindhu-as-devotion-instead-of-devotional-service/

Does Krishna compassionately pull impersonalists from Brahman to Bhagavan?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/does-krishna-compassionately-pull-impersonalists-from-brahman-to-bhagavan/

Does our seeking end after we find God as the Bible indicates or continue forever as Gaudiya Vaishnavism indicate?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/does-our-seeking-end-after-we-find-god-as-the-bible-indicates-or-continue-forever-as-gaudiya-vaishnavism-indicate/

Why do we do pradakshina?

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2014/05/why-do-we-do-pradakshina/

Three people died of poisonous insect bite in villages around Barsana. Though the rains are good for the fields to grow the crops, villagers have always been worried about mosquitoes, which spreads different diseases. The villagers usually take measures to protect themselves from mosquito bites, but this year they are scared of an unknown insect bite that has killed three villagers. The villagers said that the bite of this insect affects the throat and after few hours it it followed by suffocation and death. Read more ›

Car runs on cow dung , battery runs on cow urine for 400 hours. Herding cows with music is a wonderful experience. Much better than the current methods where fear and punishment is the norm. Read more ›

His Holiness Bhakti Anugraha Janardana Swami, who is the vice-president of ISKCON Vrndavan, the largest ISKCON temple located in India, arrives in Iloilo City today with two other travelling monks, Balarama Das and Jagadananda Pandit Dasa. Read more ›

Gorilla Reunion: Damian Aspinall's extraordinary gorilla encounter on Gorilla School.

A powerful drama performance by 2nd generation ISKCON devotees. 

Yes, that's right... it's the Hare Krishna MahaMantra Challenge, in which you have to sing the MahaMantra to the melody of a popular western song... it can be from any genre or time period, so long as it's not a traditional Indian melody, and it must be recognizable. Whether you tell us what the melody is or not is up to you.... We've chosen not to tell anyone what melody we used because it's more fun to make you guess. Read more ›

1) Why is Lord Siva called Abhava – one who feels no misery – if he is said to feel pain and pleasure. 2) From the lila of Pundarika Vidyanidhi how do we judge the mood of a person in opulence and 3) Why does Krsna have the name Jagannatha? Continue reading "Caitanya-lila d.d. asks
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This past week many devotees increased their chanting of the holy names. We had a different group of devotees going out for Nagar Sankirtan every day from the 5th to the 12th. The different groups were the Mayapur brahmacharis, Indian council, Mayapur management, International high school, International primary school, the ISCKON security department, Jagannath temple devotees, Bhaktivedanta National school, and even our various shop keepers organized their own Hari-nam party. Read more ›

This past week many devotees increased their chanting of the holy names. We had a different group of devotees going out for Nagar Sankirtan every day from the 5th to the 12th. The different groups were the Mayapur brahmacharis, Indian council, Mayapur management, International high school, International primary school, the ISCKON security department, Jagannath temple devotees, […]

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Bhaja Bhakata Vatsala by Vraja Krishna Das at ISKCON Juhu on 13 September 2014 01

This week’s challenge: Who are the two main people and what are they doing?

Extra credit: Can you name the other five people?

Extra, extra credit: When and where was this photo taken?

What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook Page.

1960 September 18: "[From the Visitors' Book] I am pleased to write herein that I have come to Delhi from my H.Q. Kesi Ghat, Vrindaban (U.P.) purely on spiritual mission to propagate the cult of devotional service of the Lord. And I am publishing an English fortnightly magazine of the name Back-To-Godhead from this place."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64

1965 September 18:
"To-day is the 37th day of our journey. At 4 p.m. we left Boston Port for New York. At midnight there was considerable fog till we reached late at New York Port at 12:30 on 19/9/65."
Jaladuta Diary :: 1965