Photos from the GBC Plenary (Album with photos)
Photographs of the first day of the GBC meetings on Organizational Development matters.
To ensure that as ISKCON grows, its organizational systems and process remain relevant to a growing ISKCON, the Organizational Development Committee (or Org Devt) was established. While remaining loyal to Srila Prabhupada’s directions, Org Dev was tasked to study any necessary structural developments and enhancements in order to meet the needs of our expandin
![How I met and accepted Srila Prabhupada as my Spiritual Master. Shyamasundar das: Mukunda met Prabhupada first in the Lower East Side of New York. One of the very first disciples was Mukunda. He came out west to meet me and, at that time, my girlfriend, Melanie, who later became Malati. He convinced us by his example that Srila Prabhupada, who was just called Swami then, was his spiritual master. And knowing Mukunda and Yamuna so well and seeing them so convinced by one man was impressive, but I didn’t accept immediately. I spent about three months skeptically watching them. They had given up meat eating, drugs, intoxication, gambling, and sex. They had given up everything. And I was still doing all of that stuff. I was just waiting for their armor to crack so that I could say, “Ah, you see; he wasn’t the right guy after all.” But after three months of that, I just had to throw in the towel and say, “Hey, if this guy is happy all the time doing what he’s doing and I’m always unhappy, why not give it a try?” So, I accepted Prabhupada through my friend. But the moment I saw Prabhupada I knew that I made the right choice. My first personal interaction with Prabhupada was the day after that dance at the Avalon ballroom. He was living in an apartment above the temple on Frederick Street. Prabhupada had asked Mukunda, I think, “Who has put on this dance? Who was responsible for this dance?” And he said, “Sam.” “Oh, bring him here,” Prabhupada said. So he introduced me at that time. And Prabhupada said, “You have made this money? How much money did you make last night?” I told him I thought it was about $2,000. I wasn’t sure. That was really Melanie’s department. She collected the money at the gate. And he said, “Oh!” In those days that was a lot of money, especially for the Hare Krishnas. And he said, “Well, then, those who make the money should know how to spend it. Do you know bookkeeping?” I said, “The rudiments, not much.” Prabhupada said, “Then I will teach you. Every day you come here.” First he had me come over and sit beside him on his vyasasana, and he had Mukunda bring some paper, and he began to show me double entry bookkeeping—expenses and costs. And meticulously he would have me bring the books up every day. And if they missed by a few pennies, he would be on my case. [Laughs.] He could see my heart wasn’t really into bookkeeping or being a treasurer at all. I’m a spendthrift when it comes to money. But that was his practical aspect. He always associated with us or brought us into his charm, charmed us in a practical way, employed us in Krishna’s service however he could. And sometimes he tricked us, just to get us to do some service.](http://41.media.tumblr.com/a431072ee108d28a1f607d29bb0a9e86/tumblr_nwd3df3RyN1sbj0vuo1_1280.jpg)
How I met and accepted Srila Prabhupada as my Spiritual Master.
Shyamasundar Das: Mukunda met Prabhupada first in the Lower East Side of New York. One of the very first disciples was Mukunda. He came out west to meet me and, at that time, my girlfriend, Melanie, who later became Malati. He convinced us by his example that Srila Prabhupada, who was just called Swami then, was his spiritual master. And knowing Mukunda and Yamuna so well and seeing them so convinced by one man was impressive, bu
Three Basic Views of the World
Radhanath Swami: There are three basic views of the world we live in. One is the very materialistic view wherein people see this world as the only real reality. Another is that world is an entirely an illusion, and the third is the best of view, that the world is the scared property of God. It is real but it is temporary in its manifestations.
Now the conception that the world is the only true reality leaves one with the consciousness that it really doesn’t matte
A course about how to make turbans for Krishna (Album with photos)
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Bhakta das from Iskcon Australia has a message for you (8 min video)
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/TXFvme
October 18. ISKCON 50–S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations. Manhattan: At the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a student of Dr. Mishra’s met Prabhupada as he arrived from Philadelphia and escorted him directly to an Indian festival in the City. There Prabhupada met Dr. Mishra, as well as Ravi Shankar and his brother, the dancer Uday Shankar. It may have been a bit of a shock for Prabhupada to plunge into New York City for the first time and be immediately brought to a non-religious Indian festival whe
Stratford Harinam (Album with photos)
More than 20 Devotees joined us on Harinam in Stratford to help promote the upcoming festival in the town
Find them here: https://goo.gl/50uhYp
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka - New York City Adventures!
Here Brajananda Prabhu sold a young lady both a Srimad-Bhagavatam volume 1 and a Science of Self-Realization. Initially she was not interested in getting a book, but somehow he convinced her to take Science of Self-Realization, and she gave five dollars. He told her if she threw in another five, he would give her the Bhagavatam, and so she did :-)
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/qIzOvE
The month of Kartik in Sri Vrindavan Dham (Album with photos)
The month of Kartik in Sri Vrindavan Dham has such a sublime atmosphere that yearly it attracts large number of pilgrims and devotees from around the world. This may also be due to the benefit of any spiritual activity performed in Vrindavan during Kartik is multiplied thousands of times. This special month is also known as the month of Damodar as it commemorates the pastime of how the Lord allowed Himself to be bound by the love o
October 19. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
Ramamurti Mishra: His Holiness Bhaktivedanta Gosvamiji really knocked me down with love. He was really an incarnation of love. My body had become a skeleton and he really brought me back to life – his cooking and especially his love. And his devotion to Lord Krishna. I was very lazy in the matter of cooking, but he would get up and have ready. Dr. Mishra appreciated that Prabhupada, cooking with the precision of a chemist, would prepare
Three Hundred Thousand Names
The Hare Krishna Japa website recommends “With a little practice, you should be able to chant each round in approximately eight minutes, allowing the full 16 rounds to be done in about two hours and fifteen minutes.”
If Haridasa Thakura chanted at a pace of eight minutes per round, I multiply eight minutes per round times 173.6 rounds. The result is 1392 minutes per day of chanting.
The number of hours would be 1392 minutes div
By Rachael LeValley
tesam evanukampartham
aham ajsana-jam tamah
nasayamy atma-bhava-stho
jsana-dipena bhasvata
To show them special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance. (Bg 10.11)
Last week was Save The Cow Kirtan Mela at the ISKCON New Talavan Farm Community in Carriere, Mississippi. A three-day festival, it is held to bring awareness to animal rights and is an effort to save and to protect Mother Cow.
Across the farm’
By Bhajahari das Adhikari
One of the things I love about our two SKP leaders in London, Parasurama and Govinda Prabhus, is that they are always willing to invite younger devotees to lead Kirtan while out on Saturday Night Harinams. They only request that the Kirtan leader sings simple melodies that all the devotees can follow and that will also be memorable to the public.
Last night the Kirtan in Leicester Square was led by young Madhava Anderson Prabhu, a former Kuli and the son of Krishna Dha
Written by Romapada Swami
Question: I was reading your question and answer section on “Cow’s milk” (Digest 19B), because I recently got some information that the cow’s milk in America comes at the expense of a lot of suffering. The cows are fed hormones and other things so they could give more milk, which makes them suffer a considerable amount.
Now, I know that there are foods that Krishna has sanctioned that we can offer and eat, and milk is one of those. But how do I convince myself that th
With great delight we wish to inform you that we are holding our 13th Sri
Jagannath Rathyatra festival on 28th Nov 2015 here in this
holy city of Amritsar. We cordially invite you to come and join us in this
pleasant festival of chariots. The rathyatra will start at
1:00pm on 28th Nov from Bijlipehalwan mandir Lawrence road and after moving
through different parts of the city will finally end at
Durgiana temple .
A day before the yatra i.e. on 27th Nov in the evening we have Sri
Jagannath Maha
12 things you didn’t know about Krishna Lunch
Halava, the semolina and fruit dessert served with Krishna Lunch, comes in an array of flavors limited only by the chefs’ imaginations. Past flavors have included pineapple upside-down cake, pumpkin pie and banana split. Krishna Lunch volunteers have served up to 1,200 people in a single day. That’s a lot of halava — 35 gallons, to be exact. Preparation of the meal begins at 5 a.m. Krishna Lunch has been served at UF conti
By Subhang Balaram Dasa
Lord Caitanya had predicted, “My holy name will be chanted in every town and village” and the devotees of All India Padayatra have been walking day after day to practically all villages and towns in India to fulfilling the Lord’s desire.
Since the last thirty-two years All India Padayatra has been traveling all over India, distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
The devotees of All India Padayatra have been walking through Andhra Pradesh since the last nine months. Curre
