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London’s Radha Krishna Records is rejoicing a fruitful year ahead as it flows in to its 12th year as a not-for-profit record label. There is lately a wave of buzzing activity for the label as it introduces Mantra Lounge Volume 4 later this year, whilst presenting a brand new website with unprecedented offerings as […]
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London's Radha Krishna Records is rejoicing a fruitful year ahead as it flows in to its 12th year as a not-for-profit record label. There is lately a wave of buzzing activity for the label as it introduces Mantra Lounge Volume 4 later this year.
As we slowly dig ourselves out of the gleaming deep casts of snow I begin to think of what other parts of our lives could be snowed under and need to be reclaimed Perhaps it is an old forgotten hurt that should be forgiven and let go, set to melt Maybe it’s a […]
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"As we slowly dig ourselves out / of the gleaming deep casts of snow / I begin to think of what other parts of our lives / could be snowed under and need to be reclaimed."
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Lord Ramacandra’s Protection
“It is My vow that if one only once surrenders unto Me, saying ‘My dear Lord from this day I am Yours’ and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person and he will always remain safe from that day on.”
[ Ramayana 6.18.33 ]
By His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami You write that things are in a crisis in England, with oil shortage and IRA bombing. Therefore, we have to take shelter of Krsna. If Krsna wants to kill us that is not wrong, if it is His desire. Our business should just to be to follow the regulative schedule, deity worship, distributing prasadam, chanting, book distribution and never mind the material danger. Krsna Consciousness means to be on the platform of deathlessness. Every sloka in Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam is informing us of this. If you read these books carefully you will understand this platform of deathlessness as opposed to the material condition in which no one wants to die but no one can check death. Continue reading "Crisis what Crisis?
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Grammy nominated American Born Kirtan singer Gaura Mani Devi shares hope today and has helped millions of lives with prayers for inner peace and happiness.
There is a vast disparity from the milk production of northern breeds and the Zebu types of India. There are many types of cows in India broadly termed as Zebu however only a few are specifically noted for their milk productivity.
Radha Krishna Records is rejoicing a fruitful year ahead as it flows in to its 12th year as a not-for-profit record label. There is lately a wave of buzzing activity for the label as it introduces Mantra Lounge Volume 4 later this year, whilst presenting a brand new website with unprecedented offerings as well as a refreshed YouTube channel. With its spirit of devotional positivity, the label is set to create an uplifting year for all.
This video combines the TOVP Theme Song written by Yamuna Jivana das and the TOVP Master Plan video by the TOVP 3D Department. It's an inspiring look at what ISKCON Mayapur looked like in the early 1970s, what it looks likes now, and what will manifest after the TOVP is completed in 2023.
By Pankajanghri Prabhu The fact that people just love to hear stories is one reason why some of the Vedic codes were gradually transmitted in story form, like the epic histories Mahabharata and Ramayana and the Puranas. When such stories concern the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees, they are called lilas. Being labeled Lord […]
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Lochana Das Thakur was born in 1523 in Kograma, in the Katwa block of Burdwan district.
He was a disciple of Shri Narahari Sarakara Thakura, a dearest associate of Lord Gaura Raya. Lochana Dasa Thakura wrote Chaitanya Mangala which tells many pastimes of Lord Chaitanya not revealed by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura or Krishna Dasa Kaviraja.
Lochana Dasa Thakura also wrote many songs praising Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Nityananda Prabhu, and Gauridasa Pandit. Lochana Dasa stressed that raganuga bhaktas must take shelter of Gadadhara Vrindavanishvari to attain Radha-Govinda prema bhakti.
Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura used to print and distribute Lochana Dasa Thakura’s Shri Chaitanya Mangala. Shrila Prabhupada was very fond of his bhajans. While singing Parama Karuna Shrila Prabhupada would plunge into the ocean of Gauranga prema.
Prabhupada wrote an extensive commentary on this bhajana: Bhajo bhajo bhai, Caitanya Nitai, sudrdha visvasa kori … “Lochana Dasa asks everyone, ‘My dear brother, just worship Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda with firm faith and conviction.’ Don’t think that this chanting and dancing will not lead to the desired goal; it will. It is the assurance of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that one will get all perfection by this process. Therefore, one must chant with firm faith and conviction.”
His samadhi is in 64 Samadhis area in Vrndavan.
In a sad and shocking turn of events, a Mayapur community devotee, Rashik Shekhar Das, was shot dead in his office in Gournagar, just adjacent to the ISKCON property in Mayapur, West Bengal. The victim was shot point blank four times during the attack, which took place on the night of February 1st, between 6:45 […]
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In a sad and shocking turn of events, a Mayapur community devotee, Rashik Shekhar Das, was shot dead in his office in Gournagar, just adjacent to the ISKCON property in Mayapur, West Bengal.
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By TKG Academy Join us for a virtual tour of TKG Academy, a PK-12 independent private school in Dallas. Learn about the college preparatory academic and spiritual programs, rooted in the bhakti traditions of India. Meet dedicated teachers, take a look at classrooms, and answer all your questions. Continue reading "TKG Academy Open House 2021 Live (video)
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By Nectar Talks Live Interviewing HG Akuti Devi Dasi. Famous for her "prasadam preaching", filling everyone up to the neck with a ten preps feast including Steve Jobs. Many would stay at the temple and become devotees being convinced by the power of the prasadam! Continue reading "Nectar from Iskcon Alachua (video)
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Three hundred years before the appearance of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Jayadeva Goswami served as the court pandita of Shri Lakshmana Sena, King of Bengal. Jayadeva and Padmavati (his wife and an expert dancer) used to worship Lord Shri Krishna with single-minded devotion. After some time, he left the opulent royal life to live peacefully […]
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By Satyaraja DasaThe divine counterpart of Sri Krishna is known as Sri Radha. Together, according to the ancient Vaishnava tradition, this dual-gendered divinity is God-male and female dimensions of the Absolute Truth. Sri Radha is the complete energy, and Sri Krishna is the complete energetic source. They are nondifferent from each other, just as musk and its scent are forever merged, or as fire and heat are inseparable. Radha and Krishna are one, yet They have assumed two separate forms to enjoy loving pastimes. Numerous theological texts explain how this is so, but most thorough are the writings of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami, great masters in the Vaishnava tradition whose books have been translated and commented upon by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. To understand Sri Radha, then, English readers would do well to turn to Srila Prabhupada's books. Continue reading "Sri Radha—the Feminine Divine
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By Ramai Swami He was the author of Shri Gita Govinda, which is mentioned by Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami in the Chaitanya Charitamrita as follows (CC ML 2/11): “Day and night, in the company of Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya, Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to hear with great ecstasy the songs of Vidyapati and Chandidas, as well as a drama composed by Ramananda Raya. Continue reading "Jayadeva Goswami Disappearance
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Jayadeva’s father was Bhojadeva, and his mother’s name was Bamadevi. They lived in the Birbhum district of what is now West Bengal in a village called Kenubilva Gram. He was born at the beginning of the twelfth century AD.
Jayadeva Goswami’s wife was named Shri Padmavati. When he was the court pandit of Lakshman Sena, he lived on the banks of the Ganges. Approximately three hundred years before the appearance of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Jayadeva Goswami lived in Bengal.
He was the author of Shri Gita Govinda, which is mentioned by Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami in the Chaitanya Charitamrita as follows (CC ML 2/11): “Day and night, in the company of Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya, Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to hear with great ecstasy the songs of Vidyapati and Chandidas, as well as a drama composed by Ramananda Raya.
He also used to relish hearing the Krishna-Karnamrita and the Gita-Govinda. In his introduction, Jayadeva says that the Gita Govinda is a scripture describing the intimate pastimes of Shri Radha and Govinda. It may be worshiped and served by those who are extremely qualified in devotional piety.
For those who are constantly remembering the rasik pastimes of Shri Hari within their mind, Shri Jayadeva has composed this divine poetic song glorifying the Lord’s internal pastimes. He requests the topmost spiritually advanced souls to hear it with gravity and attention.
There is a difference of opinion about where Jayadeva Goswami left this body. Though some say he returned to Kendubilva, others claim it was Puri, and still others say that he went to Vrindavan.
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Thakura has stated his opinion that Jayadeva Goswami left this world from Jagannatha Puri. Though some people say that Jayadeva Goswami returned to Kendubilva to spend his last days, there is no indication anywhere that he brought his Radha-Madhava deities with him.
It is said that these deities were taken by the king of Jaipur to a place named Ghati sometime after Jayadeva Goswami’s passing away and they are still being served in the Jaipur area. Jayadeva Goswami’s disappearance day is on the sixth day of the waning moon of the month of Paush.
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He had attended darshan arati, gave the English Srimad-Bhagavatam class, went home, experienced chest pains and departed from this world. Prabhu said he will be sorely missed, such a humble and dedicated devotee. Please offer prayers for his successful journey.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta 9.36)
Prabhupada explains that ISKCON is a branch of the Caitanya Tree, of that wish-fulfilling desire tree. So, in this way, it is described how the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is flowing and expanding, expanding through the vaisnavas to the whole universe. This process of harinama sankirtana is a personal process. It is a process about individual devotees taking up devotional service. And as such, that devotional service, which is performed by each and every devotee, then goes from one devotee to another devotee who then takes up devotional service. And again, devotional service will spread. So, this is the way that devotional service is spreading
from person to person. No one can take up devotional service without being touched by a vaisnava.
A vaisnava is vancha-kalpa-tarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca, patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namaha. The vaisnava is a wish-fulfilling desire tree who can fulfil the desires of everyone and who is full of compassion for the conditioned souls. Such compassion is not an ordinary thing. How to actually develop compassion is not so easy, not so easy at all. But compassion is really the driving force of those wish-fulfilling vaisnavas.
On the Navadvipa mandala parikrama, on the Modadrumdvipa island is the place known as Mongachi and this place is the residence of Vasudeva Dutta. Vasudeva Dutta Thakur is the extraordinary personality who somehow or other, wanted to deliver all the living beings in the entire universe. He told Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, “You please transfer all the karma of all the living beings in the universe on me so that they will be able to go back to Godhead now”. Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “ My dear Vasudeva, that is not required. You do not need to take the karma of all the residents of the universe upon your head. Simply by your desire, they will all be delivered because by your desire, you have purchased Me!” So, Vasudeva Dutta had that deep desire to deliver all the conditioned souls. Such a desire of compassion cannot just awaken on its own. Compassion requires that we have something better. How can we really feel compassionate towards others? Genuinely, we can act out that we are compassionate, I am here sharing this great gift, but yes, that is simply a drama. Real compassion means that one is having a better experience, a better quality of life.
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Shri Ramachandra Kaviraja was the disciple of Shrinivasa Acharya Prabhu and the very intimate friend of Narottama dasa Thakura. His father was Chiranjiva Sena and Mother Shri Sunanda. Chiranjiva was originally an inhabitant of Kumara nagar but after marrying the daughter of Shri Damodara Kavi he moved to Shri Khanda. “Chiranjiva Sena was a pure […]
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The record was originally achieved on January 27th 2020, from 5:12pm to 6:25pm in Bellary, Karnataka, South India, and was recognized at that time only in India by the India Book of Records