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This evening at our festival in Rajkot, Gujarat people came in by the droves. At one point I turned to a security guard and asked, “Sir, how many people are here?” Not taking his eyes off the entrance to the field he replied, “Eight thousand and counting.” As I walked onto the stage to give [...]

Devotees in Malaysia were privileged to have the blissful association of H H Jayapataka Swami. His Holiness arrived in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia on 21 January morning. There was also class in which Srila Jayapataka Swami encouraged everyone to preach and follow Bhakti vriksha to expand the congregation. -- Read more ›

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Caitanya-caritamrta class at the Manor.

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28-12-2013 Caitanya Lila Part 3, ISKCON Cape Town, South Africa.MP3

Nabadwip lies on the western side of the river Bhagirathi at a distance of about 20 K.M. from Krishnagar and it is associated with birth of Lord Sri Chaitanya and the advent of the Vaishnab religion in Bengal. -- Read more ›

Sraddhadevi Dasi: Ravindra Swarupa prabhu is thinking his first book to be a deeper look at Boisen and the Cure of Souls material. It seems to be a series that has continues to help a lot of people. -- Read more ›

In the family combination of a man and a woman there is much labor and responsibility for both of them, yet when they are single they feel more trouble for want of their united activities.

- Srila Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.47 purport

1966 January 25:
"Lectures delivered in the studio on the test of spiritual realization. People appreciated. Decided to purchase one Martel Tape Recorder from the advertisement in the New York Times."
Prabhupada Journal :: 1966

1967 January 25: "Let me know if there is any possibility of publishing my commentary on the Bhagavad-gita in USA. I shall now begin Caitanya Caritamrta Essays & Text. If I am assisted by one expert typewriter we can publish every three months a book. And the more we have books, the more we become respectable."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1969 January 25: "You say the Londoners are very anxious to meet me, so I am also very anxious to meet you and the Londoners. If the Beatles come forward, you can take the risk. Therefore the five-story house you mention may be immediately occupied."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 January 25: "The conclusions we have tried to explain are the same conclusions as Arjuna. Press two leaves and if the taste is the same you can understand that both leaves are from the same tree. The taste is the conclusion."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1970 January 25: "I wish that all manuscripts, before finally going to the press, must be thoroughly edited so that there may not be any mistakes especially of spelling and grammar or of the Sanskrit names."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1972 January 25: "Ideally husband and wife live separately in the temple. It is best to do the most ideal thing but whatever mode of living you chose the most important thing is to always remain one hundred percent in service of Radha-Krishna."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 January 25: "You may adopt this principle, that whatever conditions increases your facility to preach this Krishna Consciousness Movement should be accepted. If we accept this all of these discouragements etc. will disappear."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 January 25: "A photographic exhibit is an important part of our Caitanya Festival in Mayapur. Please arrange for this. I have got good reports of your working on the dioramas. I will be pleased to see your work when I come to Mayapur."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

Nadia mani dasi kirtana

The Loft is OPEN this weekend The Sunday Free Spirit Festival is on tomorrow, @5pm 26th January, only $5 b4 5.30 and so is our YOGA on Monday @6pm, even though it is a long weekend. So, make it a priority to treat yourself this weekend and come to the LOFT to get everything your […]

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Sri Krishna, whose heart is supremely splendid and magnanimous, eternally resides in the supremely purifying, glorious and limitless land of Vrindavana, capitol city of the most wonderful nectar.

Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-42 Translation ]

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"Due to the contamination of material association, through many, many millions of births, one's heart is always covered with the dust of materialism, but when one engages in devotional service and constantly chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, the dust quickly clears, and one is elevated to the platform of pure knowledge."

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 10.11 purport

It’s always a pleasure visiting the Wellington yatra. We have two centres here, one down town known as Gaura Yoga and the other at Newlands, a nearby suburb.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 December 2013, Soweto, South Africa, Lecture)

This human form of life is a chance, we have got a chance! It is up to us. Srila Prabhupada’s movement came to us. Because of previous sinful activities, we still have sinful desires now. We may say, “I am struggling in spiritual life.” But this just means that in your previous life, you were sinful and that is why you are struggling now.

“I find it so difficult. I find spiritual life so difficult,” means that you were sinful in your last life. If you were a great devotee in your last life then now it would be so easy, so natural. But when you were sinful in your last life, then in this life it is so difficult, you see the point!?

So all right, we may be struggling. In kali yuga, we are all sinful but we understand why we are struggling. So, we need purification by hearing and chanting and taking Krsna prasadam. Some will take shelter of that and some how, we will make it because these things are addictive, you see.

Chanting is addictive, it is hard to stop. Prasadam, “Aaahhh is there more?” Devotee association, you do not find it anywhere else. So, all these things are addictive and it will save us even from our sinful desires at the end of the day. So let us hear, let us chant, let us take Krsna prasadam and somehow or other, chanting just once destroys more sinful activities than we can commit in a lifetime!

Indradyumna Swami: This evening at our festival in Rajkot, Gujarat people came in by the droves. At one point I turned to a security guard and asked, "Sir, how many people are here?" Not taking his eyes off the entrance to the field he replied, "Eight thousand and counting." -- Read more ›

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture on the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5th canto, 12th chapter, Conversation Between Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa and Jaḍa Bharata , Text 13, was given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami in Iskcon Śrīdhāma Māyāpura, India, on 25 January 2014.  Bhajan / Chanting Of […]

Yesterday we went on harinam in Dakor, home to the famous deity of Ranchor. In sanskrit Ranchor signifies a coward or, “one who leaves the battlefield.” Krsna, however, is glorified and is famous amongst His devotees as Ranchor because He left the battlefield to rescue Rukmini, His first queen in Dwarka. People were stunned seeing [...]

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26-12-2013 Caitanya Lila Part 2, ISKCON Cape Town, South Africa.MP3

Caitanya-caritamrta class at the Manor.

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From May 17th to 18th this year, ISKCON Houston will finally celebrate the grand opening of its brand new Vedic temple. The temple was originally set to open in November 2010, then later in 2011, but was delayed by multiple challenges. Amongst them were city permit and structural issues, as well as the shocking theft of small utsav deities Sri-Sri Radha-Giridhari on October 6th 2010.

There are hundrends of articles about this unprecedented event of oriental spiritual practices being presented to the gathering of the most influential peope on the planet. Even though there was not direct talk about bhakti yoga and linking to the Supreme, still familiarizing these leaders with the ancient traditions of India could surely help the preaching of the devotees to all classes of people! -- Read more ›