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
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
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 – 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 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
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
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.
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
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.
HH
Introducing unique apartments in Sri Mayapur - Jalangi Dham. Construction started.
Special features:
Lecture on Don't just see the Provision see the Provider by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)
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Lecture on Spiritual Perfection in Household Life Session by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu on 20 Dec 2014 at Australia
(Since that time he has been regularly traveling and lecturing extensively all over the world for reviving the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all living beings.)
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Love and Lust by HH Lokanath Swami on 09 Aug 2014 at ISKCON Noida
(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Why Men and Women should sit separately by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 16 Jan 2015 at Salem, Tamil Nadu
(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)
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