Websites from the ISKCON Universe
Iskcon Food For Life London: We will be getting a brand new customized electric food van! This will be the first electric van food van in the UK!
Thank you so much for your support in raising the £60,000! Without you, this would have not been possible!
Iskcon Food For Life London Mission is providing nourishing, vegetarian food for people in need, from Monday to Saturday in the UK’s capital city, London.
Ниже расположена небольшая подборка фотографий различных аспектов строительства, которые наглядно иллюстрируют продвижение отделочных работ в Храме ведического планетария.
[See image gallery at tovp.org]
Посетите ХВП: www.tovp.org
Читайте о ХВП: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
Смотрите о ХВП: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo
Смотрите о ХВП в 360°: www.tovp360.org
Загрузите приложение ХВП для мобильного телефона: www.tovp.org/ru/announcements-ru/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/
Подпишитесь на новости ХВП: https://goo.gl/forms/ojJ2WcUUuqWh8bXt1
Новостная Подписка через RSS: https://tovp.org/rss2/
Купите наши сувениры: https://tovp.org/tovp-gift-store/
Поддержите ХВП: https://tovp.org/ru/donate/seva-opportunities/
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Below is a small collection of photos from different sections of the temple illustrating the progress of our finishing work on the TOVP.
[See image gallery at tovp.org]
Visit us at: www.tovp.org
Follow us at: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur
Watch us at: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo
View us 360° at: www.tovp360.org
Phone App at: http://tovp.org/news/announcements/new-tovp-phone-app-goes-live/
Mailing List at: https://goo.gl/forms/ojJ2WcUUuqWh8bXt1
RSS News Feed at: https://tovp.org/rss2/
Buy from us at: https://tovp.org/tovp-gift-store/
Support us at: https://tovp.org/donate/seva-opportunities/
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Iskcon Indonesia Annual General Meeting (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: The leaders from ISKCON Indonesia assembled in Denpasar...
The leaders from ISKCON Indonesia assembled in Denpasar for the annual general meeting of the society. They came from Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lombok, and Bali where we have centres.
There were about 45 or so who attended and reports were given of the preaching activities around the country. The Rathayatra committee said there were 30 Jagannatha Rathayatra parades last year and everyone applauded in appreciation.
The event went for two days and the devotees enjoyed associating with one another and planning for the future of ISKCON in Indonesia.
Invest in rest and let yourself completely relax! Our popular Visualisation Guided Meditation Class is happening end of July. Lie down, melt in to the mat and let your thoughts and problems drift away as our meditation guide Madhupana takes you on a journey through yoga nidra consciousness.
Visualise it for yourself!
Monday 29th July 6.15pm
Enjoy delicious dinner and dessert afterwards too!
$10 at the door or book online through our website
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Invest in rest and let yourself completely relax! Our popular Visualisation Guided Meditation Class is happening end of July. Lie down, melt in to the mat and let your thoughts and problems drift away as our meditation guide Madhupana takes you on a journey through yoga nidra consciousness.
Visualise it for yourself!
Monday 29th July 6.15pm
Enjoy delicious dinner and dessert afterwards too!
$10 at the door or book online through our website
Invest in rest and let yourself completely relax! Our popular Visualisation Guided Meditation Class is happening end of July. Lie down, melt in to the mat and let your thoughts and problems drift away as our meditation guide Madhupana takes you on a journey through yoga nidra consciousness.
Visualise it for yourself!
Monday 29th July 6.15pm
Enjoy delicious dinner and dessert afterwards too!
$10 at the door or book online through our website
Invest in rest and let yourself completely relax! Our popular Visualisation Guided Meditation Class is happening end of July. Lie down, melt in to the mat and let your thoughts and problems drift away as our meditation guide Madhupana takes you on a journey through yoga nidra consciousness.
Visualise it for yourself!
Monday 29th July 6.15pm
Enjoy delicious dinner and dessert afterwards too!
$10 at the door or book online through our website
Beginning as simple home sessions, a program designed to teach young children the Srimad-Bhagavatam will soon be offered internationally via Zoom video conference. The resources are already being shared with parents everywhere on the lightofgodhead.com website and WhatsApp Group. Eventually, the full curriculum will be presented as a book.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 June 2019, New York, United States of America, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9.20)
Duryodhana was working very hard to win people over to his side and he was successful in some cases. Some karmi leaders were coming along with their armies and they were being received very nicely. They thought that they were going to fight for Yudhisthira and Yudhisthira made all such arrangements for them, but it turned out that it was Duryodhana. So then they felt so indebted, that they instead fought on Duryodhana’s side.
He tried to do the same with Krsna. When Krsna was coming as the messenger of the Pandavas, Duryodhana arranged a wonderful palace for Him to stay. And when Krsna came, He was offered an extraordinary treatment, a wonderful palace and a great reception. Then Krsna simply said, “No, I will never stay in the house of one who is envious of the Pandavas.” He refused whatever was offered by Duryodhana. Instead, He went to stay with Vidhura, which was something that even Vidhura did not expect. Vidhura was a dasi putra – he was not really a prince in that sense. He was certainly a son of the king, but with a maidservant. And therefore, although he was treated respectfully within the kingdom, he was not in a royal position and was also considered as a sudra.
So first of all, to stay with Vidhura was considered a bit awkward and second of all, Vidhura was not prepared whatsoever. At this time, all that Vidhura could arrange to offer Krsna were bananas. Then as his wife got the bananas ready, Vidhura offered the peels instead of the bananas. He was so overwhelmed by love of God, that he was so ecstatic, “Krsna is in my house!“, that he was grabbing the peels instead of the bananas. This of course shows why Krsna chose to stay in the house of Vidhura. So in this way, we appreciate that Krsna is purchased by love.
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“The real purpose behind the vow taken during these four months is to minimize the quantity of sense gratification. This is not very difficult.”- Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya Lila 4.169, Purport
In this presentation the focus is on prophecies within the ancient Bhagavat Purana and the Pratisarga Parva section of the Bhavishya Purana. A video by Radha Mohan Das.
New Vraja Dhama, ISKCON’s 300 acre farm in Hungary, is the largest eco village in Europe. It is situated in a small village in the southernmost part of the country, 2 hours drive from Budapest. It was established in 1993 with the purpose of educating people about the values of self sufficiency, cow protection and a natural, God centered lifestyle. It's aim is to put Srila Prabhupada's motto, "Simple living and high thinking" into practice. The entire project has manifest from the heart of Sivarama Swami as an offering of love to Srila Prabhupada and the presiding deities of Sri Sri Radha Syamasundara. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.
A surf photographer, business owner and father of two is seeing more and more plastic wash ashore his beloved home beach. In a bid to discover the route of this problem he embarks on a journey of discovery to educate himself and understand more about the problem. Along the way, he discovers some alarming issues.
What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.
In Calcutta, 1971, the temple was in quite a bad state because the temple president had become preoccupied in an incense business he had started to raise funds. In the course of his absorption in the business, the devotees in the temple were being neglected. He hardly spent any time with them, and they really had no one to look after them. They were barely surviving. A strong-bodied devotee named Sudama Vipra, who had belonged to the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang, was so famished that he would take the remnants of the ghee wicks that had been burned in the arati and squeeze out whatever little ghee was left, just to get a little nutrition.
In Calcutta, 1971, the temple was in quite a bad state because the temple president had become preoccupied in an incense business he had started to raise funds. In the course of his absorption in the business, the devotees in the temple were being neglected. He hardly spent any time with them, and they really had no one to look after them. They were barely surviving. A strong-bodied devotee named Sudama Vipra, who had belonged to the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang, was so famished that he would take the remnants of the ghee wicks that had been burned in the arati and squeeze out whatever little ghee was left, just to get a little nutrition.
The devotees were just waiting for Srila Prabhupada to come so they could explain the situation to him and get some help. There were not very many in India then, and Prabhupada allowed them to meet him quite freely. When he came, the devotees told him about the situation, and eventually he called a meeting to give them all a chance to express themselves. One by one, they spoke about their difficulties. At one stage Tamal Krishna Goswami, the GBC for India, protested: “Srila Prabhupada, my only intention was to execute Your Divine Grace’s will.” And Prabhupada replied a little sarcastically, “Is it My Divine Grace’s will that the devotees should be disturbed?”
Srila Prabhupada listened patiently and sympathetically to what all the devotees had to say, and he formed a committee to manage the temple. He said that they should meet every week and discuss all the programs and problems—how to do things in the best way—write their resolutions in a book, sign it, and then follow what they had decided together.
But at a certain point Srila Prabhupada’s mood seemed to change. He told the devotees, “As long as we are in the material world, there will always be problems, but if we focus too much on the problems, we will forget our real business, which is to become Krishna conscious. Instead of thinking and talking about Krishna, we will think and talk about problems.” Then he spoke about himself, how much he had endured to spread Krishna consciousness. He had suffered two heart attacks at sea on the way to America, and in America he had a buzzing in his ears and terrible headaches. “I do not wish even to tell you how much I suffered,” he said. “But I never complained. My principle was always, ‘Everything for Krishna, nothing for me,” and because that was my principle—everything for Krishna, nothing for me—I never complained.”
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Ratha Yatra at New Govardhana - 07 July 2019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: “One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind, one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila, 17.31)
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Ratha Yatra Cologne Germany 2019 (Album of photos)
One of Europe’s best Ratha Yatras!
Srila Prabhupada: “In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.” (Brhan-naradiya Purana)
By Hari Narayana Dasa This time it was the occasion for the celebration of the 8th annual Rath yatra festival in the capital city of Jakarta, on the occasion of Jakarnaval at the time of the 492nd anniversary of Jakarta. Devotees sang melodious harinaam, and danced and pulled the rath.The excitement kept swelling, in the heart of the Capital City, where the community members had gathered to watch the carnival on Sunday afternoon, June 30, 2019. The costume and ornamental vehicle parade were added attractions. Continue reading "Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Jakarta 2019
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Iskcon Sri Lanka: Foundation Laying Ceremony 16.072019 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: In this age of Kali, intelligent pe...
Harinama in Vilnius 05.07.2019 (3 min. video)
….“On this earth there are many living entities,” the Lord said, “some moving and some not moving. What will happen to the trees, plants, insects and other living entities? How will they be delivered from material bondage?”
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “My dear Lord, the deliverance of all moving and nonmoving living entities takes place only by Your mercy. You have already granted this mercy and delivered them. “You have loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and everyone, moving or not moving, has benefited by hearing it. “My Lord, the moving entities who have heard Your loud saṅkīrtana have already been delivered from bondage to the material world, and after the nonmoving living entities like trees hear it, there is an echo. “Actually, however, it is not an echo: it is the kīrtana of the nonmoving living entities. All this, although inconceivable, is possible by Your mercy. “When loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is performed all over the world by those who follow in Your footsteps, all living entities, moving and nonmoving, dance in ecstatic devotional love.
(C.C. Antya-lila 3.3.67-72)
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Тема отчета архитектурного отдела на этой неделе – «Действо». Архитектурные нюансы, соединенные воедино, создают эстетические формы. Масса, объем, цвет, текстура – все они являются выражением более глубокого нарратива о том, почему здание такое, как оно есть. В этом выпуске мы рассказали о репрезентационном аспекте архитектуры храма.
Данный отчет был посвящен цвету/текстуре, символизму и философии. Архитектором недели стала Аишварья Джадхав.
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The theme of this week’s Architectural Department Report is ‘Spectacle’.
Architecture has its nuances which bind together to form aesthetics – mass, volume, color, texture are all a representation of a deeper narrative of why the building is the way it is. In this edition of our Report we have captured the presentation aspect of our working process.
Topics covered are colour/texture, symbolism and philosophy. The TOVP Architect of the week is Aishwarya Jadhav.
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Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 8.17.17 Not for Mental Agitation But Sometimes for Super Karate 2014-12-03 Los Angeles #ExternalPastimes
Their Smiling Faces (Album of photos)
Indradyumna Swami: On harinam sankirtan and at our festivals here in Poland people smile with appreciation as the devotees chant and dance in great ecstasy. In…troducing the public to the wonderful world of Krsna consciousness is our greatest pleasure!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7)
Do you ever watch Mr. Bean? Well, there is one episode that I like where he comes to a hotel and he checks in. He first rings a bell and someone appears from behind the counter and takes him to a room. He wants a cheap one and he is taken to the top of the hotel building and gets into the room. Everything is there and he proceeds to sit. He opens his suitcase and he takes out a drill and then he begins to drill into the wall. Holes in the hotel room’s wall! Then he takes a painting out of his suitcase, puts a hook in the drilled opening and then hangs the painting onto it. Then he puts some flowers in a vase in the room. After that, he wants to use the bathroom but notices that there is no door, it is not attached. So he looks and finds a bathroom next door. Then he puts a saw blade through the wall and cuts a door out of the wall and that was it! He locks the bathroom from inside and everything is attached. Takes the teddy bear, puts on his hat and off he goes to bed for the night.
This is funny. But why is it funny? It is funny because he treats a temporary situation like a hotel room as a permanent residence. And guess what? We are doing the same. We are also treating this temporary situation like it is permanent. So if we make the enjoyment in this world everything, then we are treating the temporary situation as permanent. Of course, even in the temporary situation, a little comfort is okay, but how much effort are we going to make? How much effort? Why worry so much about such temporary situations? So this is the proper understanding. The real happiness is not in the material world. The real thing is not the pearls, but the real thing is the thread. The real thing is Krsna.
So in this way, we are focusing on that deeper level and we begin to see differently. We are no longer looking at the external things. We are really looking at the essence, which is Krsna – Who is behind everything, Who is the origin of everything and we realize that this is the most important of all things, and everything else is secondary. We can simplify our involvement with matter and we have more time and energy for Krsna. So the more we can simplify our dealings with matter, the more we are free for Krsna, to connect with Him. In this way we can see, matah paramtaram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya (Bhagavad-gita 7.7). There is nothing superior to Krsna, absolutely nothing. Krsna is really the most wonderful, Krsna is the most interesting. Krsna can satisfy us more than anything or anyone. This is what we have to thoroughly realize.
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By Dhira Gaura Das With unimaginable joy and enthusiasm, on the 4th July. 2019 the devotees in Ujjain took Their Lordships Shri Shri Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra and Sudharshan on a trip around the city to make sure all the citizens and visitors were blessed by Their most merciful glance. To grace this occasion His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja was present along with a sea full of devotees whose eagerness to please the Lord was the very life of the entire procession. Continue reading "Ratha Yatra Celebration at ISKCON Ujjain 2019
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“The real purpose behind the vow taken during these four months is to minimize the quantity of sense gratification. This is not very difficult.” – Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya Lila 4.169, Purport In the purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya-lila 4.169, Srila Prabhupada writes that “the Caturmasya period begins in the month of Ashadha (June-July) from the day […]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Srila Prabhupada Uvaca Mahaprabhu’s Ecstasy and our Opportunity 40th Installation Anniversary Radha Govardhanadhari Eight-hour Kirtana Annual General Meeting: Australia’s National Council A Day at the Salon In Focus: Seona Moss Congregational Bliss New Govardhana Conference Gurukula ANZAC Hosts Vaishnavi Youth Group Observing Chaturmasya Upcoming Events 
Meet SEONA MOSS.
By Anasuya dasi
Q: How did you first come into contact with ISKCON New Govardhana?
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