TEXT 12

anistam istam misram ca 
tri-vidham karmanah phalam 
bhavaty atyaginam pretya 
na tu sannyasinam kvacit

SYNONYMS

anistam--leading to hell; istam--leading to heaven; misram ca--or mixture; tri-vidham--three kinds; karmanah--work; phalam--result;bhavati--becomes; atyaginam--of the renouncer; pretya--after death;na tu--but not; sannyasinam--of the renounced order; kvacit--at any time.

TRANSLATION

For one who is not renounced, the threefold fruits of action--desirable, undesirable and mixed--accrue

A 5,000-year-old Underground City Discovered in Turkey

Photo Credits: Wikipedia

A reconstruction of what the Derinkuyu underground city is believed to have looked like.

Bhakti Yoga Retreat

May 13 — 17, 2015 with Radhanath Swami and Gaura Vani

Sadhu Sanga Retreat Books Up Two Months in Advance; Offsite Registration Still Open

Chanting the Holy Names joyfully

ISKCON South Africa Releases Annual Report

By Nanda Kishor das

Hare Krishna

It is a great pleasure to present to you the ISKCON South Africa Annual report for 2014. The theme for the report is #ISKCONinAction. We pray it reflects the love, dedication, inspiration and compassion that the many members of ISKCON represent in their every day actions along with ISKCON’s many great friends and well-wishers.

This digital publication can be accessed at www.iskconza.com with tablet and phone versions a

Revelations about the Book of Revelation

Revelation.pdf

Keep it up Hema! You have set an example!

By Jaganmohini Devi Dasi

My response to ‘Second Generation Devotee Conferred with a National Legal Award in Kuala Lumpur‘

Few days back as I took a short break to quickly browse through the titles of recent articles in this forum, there was one article that caught our attention. 

Dear Hema, the brief extract narrating your award story intrigued me to read the full article. Being inspired by your story, I felt, I must respond to you and so today I set

Book distribution to Ijtema teacher

By Harikatha Das

It was a Sunday evening and I alongwith another devotee Smita Krishna Das decided to distribute Sri Prabhupada’s books in the new bus stand of Dharwad, Karnataka. So, we packed ourselves with Big as well as small books of Srila Prabhupada. We had apprehensions and shyness as we have not much experience in it. In fact, for Smita Krishna prabhu, it was the first day he went out for book distribution by getting motivated by the daily thoughts fr

By Bhakti devi dasi, Iskcon Communications Officer, Melbourne, Australia.

As part of our ongoing efforts to establish good relations with the wider Hindu Community,
ISKCON’s Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir Temple was honoured to welcome Swami Baba
Ramdev, the famous yoga teacher from India, on Friday 10th April. It was just a short visit
(part of an official welcome to Melbourne) as Swami Ramdev gave his yoga programs
elsewhere.

Swami took darshan of the Melbourne deities Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sr

TEXT 11

na hi deha-bhrta sakyam 
tyaktum karmany asesatah 
yas tu karma-phala-tyagi 
sa tyagity abhidhiyate

SYNONYMS

na--never; hi--certainly; deha-bhrta--of the embodied; sakyam--possible; tyaktum--to renounce; karmani--activities of; asesatah--altogether; yah tu--anyone who; karma--work; phala--results; tyagi--renouncer; sah--he; tyagi--the renouncer; iti--thus; abhidhiyate--it is said.

TRANSLATION

It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. Therefore it is said that he wh

ISKCON Studies Institute Conference 2015

ISKCON Studies Institute Conference 2015 – Registration Information

By ISKCON Studies Institute

The ISKCON Studies Institute cordially invites you to attend its upcoming conference to be held at Radhadesh (Belgium) from May 22-24, 2015. This year’s conference theme is Devotional Ethics, Community, and Practice in Caitanya Vaisnavism.

The ISKCON Studies Institute Conference 2015 features an outstanding array of academic scholars from around the world.

One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by His mercy only. Athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi. Anyone who has received a small particle of the prasadam, mercy of the Lord, he can understand the Lord. Nobody can understand the Lord perfectly. It is not possible because the Lord is unlimited. We have got our senses very limited. Our senses are not only limited, but also imperfect. We commit illusion. We try to cheat. So many defects are there. Therefore simply

Bhaktivedanta Academy Hiring Pre-Kindergarten Teacher’s Assistant

Bhaktivedanta Academy Hiring Middle School Subject Area Teacher

The Bhaktivedanta Academy, a spiritually-centered pre-k thru 10th grade school, located in Alachua, Florida, is seeking applicants for the position of Middle School Subject Area Teacher for our International Baccalaureate 7th through 10th grade Middle Years Programme*.

We are seeking qualified candidates who possess an enthusiasm for working with teens in a highly co

Srila Prabhupada’s Jaladuta Diary entries – APRIL 1965

261626493-Prabhupada-Jaladuta-Diary.pdf

Japa: An Outline

By Ravindra Svarupa dasa

1. We all have a relationship with Krishna.

A. We are fully and eternally related with Krishna on the spiritual platform.
B. The relationship is there whether we are theists or atheists, practitioners or non-practitioners.
C. We may be conscious of the relationship or not, and our consciousness may also be in various manners strong, weak or distorted.

2. If we are not pure devotees, that relationship is to some degree or another broken.

A. The full rela

By Sunanda das

On the morning of Saturday, April 4th after a short stop to the home of Devakinandana prabhu and his family for breakfast prasadam, we made our way to attend a celebration of Jayapataka Maharaja’s Vyas Puja at the home of Sukhada das and his family in Feastieville, Pennsylvania.

Many devotees came including Sikhi Mahiti and Visnu Gada prabhus from the Philadelphia temple. Srila Prabhupada’s disciples spoke in glorification of Maharaja and his achievements in Srila Prabhupada’s se

Was Alexander the Great a

Contempory of Canakya Pandit? – the Puranic Version

This was originally a public email exchange between myself and His Grace Ganesha Prabhu on Jan 16, 2008, while I was in Delhi recoperating from the injuries sustained in acar accident. I have edited and enlarged on it for the sake of completion.

Canakya Pandit

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Bhakti-vighna-vinasa Narasimhadeva Bhagavan ki jaya!

Double voice amplification kirtans and the missing silence

By Chandrashekhara acharya dasa (Cyril Wohrer)

This paper is about what I call “double voice amplification kirtans.” These are
kirtans in which the lead-singer sings into the microphone, after which, on the
response, another devotee also sings into a microphone. The result is an
uninterrupted amplification of two lead-voices throughout the entire kirtan. I think
this type of kirtan is problematic for several reasons, which I explain as

Celebrating the Glories of Our Mothers

By Devaki Devi Dasi

On Sunday, 22 February 2015 the Institute for Spiritual Culture in Mayapur conducted a unique symposium entitled ‘Celebrating the Glories of Our Mothers’.
For the event we had arranged a large pandal in the open area of the Mayapur Goshala. The warmth of the pandal colours and the beautiful flower decorations created a welcoming and festive atmosphere. Guests were received with flower garlands while devotees were chanting in kirtana.

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Introducing unique apartments in Sri Mayapur - Jalangi Dham. Construction started.

Special features:

• Chief Engineer from Switzerland, with more than 20 years of building experience in India
• Ancient European arch brick technology. Expected house life - min. 350 years, as opposed to RCC structure (120 years)
• Thermal and acoustic insulation of walls and ceilings
• Ceiling height – 12 feet (3,7 meters)!
• Legal ownership for everyone, including foreign devotees
• Transparency in dealing with clients – regular re