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HH Radhanath Swami speaks about the childhood pastimes of Lord Krishna in his visit to Pune NVCC (video)
RATHA - YATRA Festival by ISKCON Dnipro, Ukraine (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: When one is face to face with the sun, there is no longer darkness for one’s eyes. Similarly, when one is face to face with a sadhu, a devotee, who is fully determined and surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one will no longer be subject to material bondage. (Srila Prabhupada’s rendering of SB 10.10.41)
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Auckland New Zealand, Harinama with Prasadam distribution (Album with photos)
Kalasamvara Das: A dynamic program! Tonight we added something new to our Friday night giving the holy names festival. One of Srila Prabhupada’s favorite programs, free prasadam distribution. To the delight of all.
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Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Cow Sanctuary, letting out the happy cows after a long winter! (1 min video)
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Iskcon Communications Minister: Religious freedom is under attack in many parts of the world!
On May 8, 2018, the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) held a policy briefing on Capitol Hill with government leaders, academics, and experts on religious freedom issues, including ISKCON’s Minister of Communications, Anuttama Dasa.
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They were in aristocratic positions and rejected it all to come live in Vrindavana, we...
ARISE with R.I.S.E!!! (Rupanuga Institute of Spiritual Education). The response at the time of registration was overwhelming, entries were very encouraging. Knowing the fact that this is happening for the first time in Auckland, gave enough confidence as to what could be expected. Even though it was a cold evening on Narsimha Chaturdashi yet devotees were enthralled with the idea, came up for registration and could not wait to attend the three session seminar on “ The Journey of Self- Discovery”, a systematic and scientific presentation on the essence of Bhagavad Gita. Continue reading "To Be or Not To Be- Bhakti solves it all!
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Creation in the Vedic tradition (9 min video)
This is Radha Mohan das’ latest presentation about Vedic Cosmology. It focusing on ‘creation’ as described especially in the 2nd and 5th Cantos of the Srimad Bhagavatam.
HG Jananivas prabhu, head pujari of Sri Mayapur speaks about the pujari department activities and the deity worship in Mayapur.
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Bhagavad Gita class by HH Bhakti Charu Swami at the Hare Krishna Temple of Melbourne (video)
“The More Anxiety the Better” by HG Mahatma Prabhu (5 min video)
Vishnujana: How do we render perfect service to Krishna?
Prabhupäda: By your anxiety. If you are anxious to serve Krishna, that is the real asset. The more you increase your anxiety to serve Krishna, the more it becomes perfect. ‘How I can love Krishna more and more.'Laulyam, simply your eagerness, that’s all.“ So if you have a pinch of that anxiety, "How I can serve Krishna?” you must know you are the most fortunate man.
Lord Chaitanya’s Moon Is Rising by TKG Academy Students (6 min video)
Srila Prabhupada: We are confident what is God, what is His father’s name, what is His name, what is His address – everything. No samsaya, no doubt! Everything complete. Asamsayam. We are confident that we are going to Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead. There is no doubt. -From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.1 – March 9, 1975, London
Wedding of Sudarshan & Rukmini in Mayapur (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: The basic principle is love. So similarly, our full surrender, full Krsna consciousness, can be achieved when we develop our love for Krsna little by little, little by little, and then come to the perfection. When we come to the perfection, then we cannot live without Krsna. Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us. In the last stage of His life He exhibited such manifestation of love that He was dying without Krsna. Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me [Siksastaka 7]. Sunyayitam. Sunyayitam, “everything is vacant.” Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me. “Without Govinda, I see everything vacant.” Sometimes we have got experience. If we lose a friend, a son, at that time everything becomes vacant without my son, without my lover. That is practical. So Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was exhibiting that type of love for Krsna, that He was feeling that “Without Krsna, everything is void.” Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me. This He taught personally, how to raise oneself to the topmost stage of love for Krsna. That is the ultimate aim and object of life. -From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.40 – January 15, 1975, Bombay
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KC presentation in BRICS Alliance Business Forum (Album with photos)
Gaur Gopal Das delivered a keynote speech at first ever B...
Preaching program in Kazan Russia (Album with photos)
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Ratha Yatra in Parramatta, Australia 2018 (Album with photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Preach as much as possible, by sankirtana, big sankirtana. Big sankirtana is book distribution, and small sankirtana is with mrdanga. Big sankirtana is going on all over the world; small sankirtana locally. Overflood the demons’ godless civilization. Our declaration of war against this godless civilization. - December 31, 1976, Bombay
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A path of surrender means attentive chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord. Path of surrender means attentive study of scriptures. Path of surrender means describing the glories of Krishna to other people. Path of surrender means to live in cooperation with the vaisnavas. Because all of these different activities will help to change the consciousness, change our attitude. Continue reading "Path of surrender
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.19.25-32)
We have to be very careful when it comes to sense enjoyment. Even though it is allowed, it must be within the realm of devotional service. For example, many people go watch movies and there are some scenes in those movies that are a little bit inappropriate. They can be sinful. One may say, “Oh, I am not affected by this. I see these things but they do not do anything to me. Nothing at all! They just bounce straight off. It’s just some man and woman doing some things.”
When speaking about illicit sex, it is said: smaranam kirtanam kelih preksanam guhyam asanam sankalpo adhyavasaya. Remembering, hearing, speaking, performing, joking and playing around, looking and so on, all form part of illicit sex and therefore contribute to illicit sexual activity. So even preksanam (looking) comes into play, because when we are watching movies with illicit sex in them, it classifies as engaging in illicit sex. Therefore, one has to be careful. There are boundaries to watching movies. I also sometimes watch movies; however, they are Krsna conscious ones.
Just looking is basically santa rasa (neutrality). You notice that people who watch television or movies all the time eventually become totally passive. These people cannot do anything anymore. Therefore, this whole movie culture is just turning us into passive santa rasa vegetables. So instead, we must be active; actively do service. We have to use our own creativity and determine how we can serve Krsna and ask ourselves, “What can I do for Krsna?”
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