People may say, "The devotee is also dying, and the nondevotee, sinful man, is also dying. What is the difference?" So there is much difference. The example is given: just like a cat catching a rat in his mouth and at the same time carrying his cubs in the mouth..." Read more ›
Look! Krishna’s lifting Govardhan Hill! Jaya Sri Krishna!
At this year’s Govardhan Puja, and Gopuja Celebration, on Nov. 4, 2013, everyone had a chance to sing the Govardhan Puja song to Giri Govardhan while His Lordship was having His abhishek.
The Brijbasis also got to help milk the cows, and circumambulate Govardhan Hill!
It was a grand Govardhan Puja celebration!
Brijbasis serenade His Lordship Giri Govardhan.
Varsana Maharaj takes Brijbasis on Parikrama to Radha Kunda.
In Vaishnava marriage neither the husband nor the wife are the servant of each other, rather both are serving together for the pleasure of Krishna Read more ›
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party celebrated Govardhan Puja next to Radha Gokulananda temple in Vrindavan. BB Govinda Maharaja spoke and we had hours and hours of kirtan with him, Bada Haridas and Madhava. Simply sublime! Read more ›
On Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance day, November 6, the Bhaktivedanta Archives released the latest update of the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase. The update is available for download here.
At the same time, the Archives released the 1976 audio recordings of Srila Prabhupada.
On Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance day, November 6, the Bhaktivedanta Archives released the latest update of the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase. The update is available for download here.
At the same time, the Archives released the 1976 audio recordings of Srila Prabhupada.
Bhaktivedanta Manor’s week-long celebrations of Srila Prabhupada continued with Giriraj Swami reading and speaking from Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.2.31 in the morning class.
“Srutakirti prabhu asked Srila Prabhupada, ‘We know that you have preserved basic principles that have come to us through scripture and parampara and made adjustments only in the details. Now, how do we distinguish what is a principle and what is a detail?’ Srila Prabhupada paused and replied, ‘That requires some intelligence.’ It is not so easy, and it is not for us to do. It is for empowered acharyas like Srila Prabhupada to do.”
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as always, Mayapuris are eager to return to our favorite kirtan venue in NYC, YogaMaya studio, where the very wall vibrate with all the amazing chanting that goes on there. Please join us for an ecstatic evening of chanting and dancing!
Of all the holy places in the universe, Vrindavan is most sacred. Of all sacred places in Vrindavan, Govardhan Hill is supreme. The topmost places on Govardhan Hill are Radha kunda and Syama kunda. Our great fortune was to traverse such transcendental grounds – all the while begging for mercy.
Well, it’s a boxcar, so I had to take a photo of it. I’ve been through here four times, and have photographed it with each pass. This was my first with film, though. You can see an old doctored one here, taken in 2004.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami)
Srimati Radharani is the perfect answer to all of Krsna’s desires. Only she can fully satisfy the desires of Krsna. We cannot do so, even though we may come to a point of pure dedication, even when we come to that point, still, we are better off in the role of assistants of the assistants of Srimati Radharani, gopī-bhartuḥpada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ (CC Madhya 13.80). The pure devotees understand that they don’t have the same capacity to please Krsna as Srimati Radharani has. That’s why they become the assistant of the assistant of Srimati Radharani.
We are pleased to invite you for this Sunday Feast with His Grace Uttama Sloka Prabhu. H.G. Uttama Sloka Das is a disciple of HH Indradyumna Swami and serves part time as Maharaja's traveling assistant, secretary and translator. Apart from his personal services to Indradyumna Swami, he spends his time conducting educational and training courses covering 20 countries on four continents. He is qualified as a Bhakti Shastri teacher, mediator and counselor.
The program consists of arati, kirtan (devotional chanting), philosophical discussion and prasadam. Please come, get inspired and inspire others through your desire to share Krsna Consciousness! Program Schedule: 11.00 – 11.15 Tulsi Puja 11.15 - 11.30 Guru Puja 11:30 – 11:55 Aarti & Kirtan 11.55 - 12.00 Sri Nrsingadev Prayers 12.00 – 1:00Vedic Discourse by His Grace Uttama Sloka Prabhu 1:00 – 1:30 Damodar Aarti & Closing Kirtan 2:00 - 3:00 Devotional Service Committee Meeting
Please note that ISKCONBrampton is a nut free environment.
Devotional Service Committee meeting ISKCONBrampton would be having its next DSC meeting on after the Sunday Feast. If you are currently performing a regular service at the temple like cleaning, cooking, pujari, vedic discourse .... or are interested in doing so then please come out to find out how you can contribute.
The ISKCONBrampton Board have some exciting things planned and would like to share with everyone. Please contact Acharya Thakur Prabhu if you have any questions.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Chant and Be happy!
Of all the holy places in the universe, Vrindavan is most sacred. Of all sacred places in Vrindavan, Govardhan Hill is supreme. The topmost places on Govardhan Hill are Radha kunda and Syama kunda. Our great fortune was to traverse such transcendental grounds - all the while begging for mercy. Read more ›
Whether, in light of statements by Srila Prabhupada and Cakravarti Thakura, I did not set the bar too high for reading rasa-lila in Suddha-bhakti Cintamani.
60 university students graduated after studying for 1 year..the science of self realization. We have classes every Wednesday and Saturday. .
We had the festival on Srila Prabhupada's tirobhava festival as an offering to him Read more ›
"For the first time since the days of the Roman Empire an Asian religion is being openly practiced by people of Western origin in the streets of Western cities." Read more ›
1965 November 8: "Srila Prabhupada had a strong desire to open our preaching centres in the Western countries and both Bon Maharaja and Goswami Maharaja were deputed for this purpose without any tangible result." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965
1965 November 8: "Every camp of our god brothers should supply a man good for this purpose and they must agree to work under my direction. Then you will see how our beloved Srila Prabhupada will be satisfied on all of us." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965
1965 November 8: "I have no ambition for becoming the proprietor of any Matha or Mandir but I want working facilities. I am working day and night for my Bhagavatam publication and I need centres in the Western countries." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965
The devotees of ISKCON Scarborough will be celebrating Govardhana Puja tomorrow- Friday- 8th Nov 2013 starting at 6.45pm.
On this auspicious day, 108 different varieties of Bhoga will be offered to Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krsna in the form of Govardhana Hill.
The story behind Govardhan Puja
Govardhana Puja, Go-Puja and Annakuta are all connected with the story of Lord Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill to protect the inhabitants of Vrindavan.
The day after Diwali is referred to as Annakuta, or Govardhan Puja. On this day the inhabitants of Vrindavan (Lord Krishna’s abode on Earth) would hold a harvest festival in honour of King Indra, the demigod who provided the rains essential for the harvest.
One day, however, Lord Krishna wanted to teach Indra a lesson. He convinced the inhabitants of Vrindavan to honour Govardhan Hill instead, whose fertile soil provided the grass upon which the cows and bulls grazed, and to honour the cows and bulls who provided milk and ploughed the lands. Outraged, Indra retaliated with terrifying thunderstorms. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, calmly lifted Govardhan Hill with the little finger of his left hand. For seven days and seven nights the Lord held up Govardhan Hill, providing a giant umbrella to shelter the inhabitants of Vrindavan from the torrential rain. Realizing the futility of his actions, King Indra bowed down before the Lord with folded hands and offered prayers of supplication. In this way, Lord Krishna demonstrated that He is Deva Deva, the lord of the demigods, and that any purpose for which demigods might be worshipped could easily be served by worshipping Him, the cause of all causes.
We warmly welcome you and your family to ISKCON Scarborough tomorrow to take part in the Govardhana puja.
With best wishes from,
ISKCON Scarborough 3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3, Scarborough,Ontario, Canada,M1V4C7
1968 November 8: "There are 42,000 students in your university, and if 5% of them purchase our Gita, then we can sell at least 2,000 copies there. So I hope you will try for this and it will be both propaganda as well as income." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968
1970 November 8: "Here I am working in Bombay to establish one Krishna Consciousness Headquarters for India. So if Krishna desires, we will have a temple here." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
1974 November 8: "He has done much service. He cannot be removed whimsically. The local members must agree for him to be removed by you, according to the Direction of Management." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974
1975 November 8: "We haven't got to invent something by our fertile brain for preaching. Study my books and reproduce the purports in your own language. Everything is there. Instruct your temple presidents to preach like this." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
1975 November 8: "So any one of them cannot help me in this way of book writing because they are unfortunate in the matter of preaching work. They are simply trying to infiltrate our society to do something harmful. So please do not have any correspondence with them and do not do anything without consulting me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975
People may say, "The devotee is also dying, and the nondevotee, sinful man, is also dying. What is the difference?" So there is much difference. The example is given: just like a cat catching a rat in his mouth and at the same time carrying his cubs in the mouth..." Read more › 
In Vaishnava marriage neither the husband nor the wife are the servant of each other, rather both are serving together for the pleasure of Krishna 
Indradyumna Swami: Our parikrama party celebrated Govardhan Puja next to Radha Gokulananda temple in Vrindavan. BB Govinda Maharaja spoke and we had hours and hours of kirtan with him, Bada Haridas and Madhava. Simply sublime! 
The disappearance day of Srila Prabhupada...Deity Darshan, Samadhi Darshan and Prabhupada's House 
2013 Panihati Festival in Atlanta Hare Krishna Temple 
Of all the holy places in the universe, Vrindavan is most sacred. Of all sacred places in Vrindavan, Govardhan Hill is supreme. The topmost places on Govardhan Hill are Radha kunda and Syama kunda. Our great fortune was to traverse such transcendental grounds - all the while begging for mercy. 
60 university students graduated after studying for 1 year..the science of self realization. We have classes every Wednesday and Saturday. .
We had the festival on Srila Prabhupada's tirobhava festival as an offering to him 
Always Staying At Prabhupada's Lotus Feet 
"For the first time since the days of the Roman Empire an Asian religion is being openly practiced by people of Western origin in the streets of Western cities."