The Jalangi river near Mayapur
On Monday April 13th, Mayapur author Braja Sorensen’s Lost & Found in India will be released internationally in e-book form on Amazon. And for the first three days, it’s free...
Since Prabhupada set foot on New York soil, “Hare Krishna” has become a household word. What many don’t know, however, is that he wanted, too, that “Mayapur” become simi
Chanting the Holy Names joyfully
The Sadhu Sanga Retreat, to be held from May 22nd to 25th, has been completely booked up since last weekend, although offsite accommodation spots are still available.
The retreat will be held at the Art of Living Foundation’s International Meditation Center in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, whe
Chanting the Holy Names joyfully
The Sadhu Sanga Retreat, to be held from May 22nd to 25th, has been completely booked up since last weekend, although offsite accommodation spots are still available.
The retreat will be held at the Art of Living Foundation’s International Meditation Center in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, whe
Another New E-book from the North European BBT
The book's cover art
BBTmedia is happy to announce that The Path of Perfection by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is now available in all flavors at bbtmedia.com.
In February 1969 Srila Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on the yoga system as it is discussed in the sixth and eighth chapters of the Bhagavad-gita. The Path of Perfection is a collection of these talks.
The perf
By Kesava Krsna Dasa
Atheistic scientists and intellectual cynics rely totally upon their own brains for knowledge. Such brainpower has brought a little comfort for humankind, but at the expense of ruining our earth, atmosphere, and oceans. Human brains alone have caused more damage than good. In defence of this damaging progress, attempts are made to belittle religion.
Atheism Gets Romantic With Mammal Morality
It appears that a number of atheistic scientists have
By Giriraja Swami
A talk presented to the doctors and nurses of San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine in San Diego, California.
It is a great pleasure for me to address you all here, especially because this hospice is recognized as one of the best and largest in the world and as the global leader in hospice education.
In the Bhagavad-gita, which is considered the essence of the Vedas, Lord Krishna informs us:
yam yam vapi smaran bhav
The home is considered to be a dark well covered by grass, and if one falls within this well, he simply dies without anyone's caring. One should therefore not be too much attached to family life, for it will spoil one's development of Krishna consciousness.
This is a dark well into which the man has fallen. For such a man to get out is
Dear devotees and friends, Another new ebook from the North European BBT!
We’re happy to announce that The Path of Perfection by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is now available in all flavors at bbtmedia.com. In February 1969 Srila Prabhupada gave a series of lectures on the yoga system as it is discussed in the sixth and eighth chapters of the Bhagavad-gita. The Path of Perfection is a collection of these talks.
The perfect life - the life that achieves the goal of yoga -
By: Madhumayi Radha d.d.
A few days ago I was on my way to the temple contemplating how we can encourage other devotees to support my Guru Maharaja’s congregational programs. At ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (CDM), we are promoting monthly subscriptions to collect funds for printing more books, hire more devotees and develop new training courses. It is my service to write the promotion articles for Nrsingha Caturdasi so I was worried and nervous as to how to go about it. Knowing that
Lecture on From Me to We by HG Ekalavya Prabhu on 29 Mar 2015 at Richmond Virgina
(Ekalavya Das was born in New York City, USA in 1965, the same year that ISKCON Founder Acarya, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada came to New York. His mother’s younger sister would regularly hear Srila Prabhupada’s Kirtans in Thomkins Square Park in 1966.)
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Lecture on Ram Katha Day 01 by HG Kamallochan Prabhu on 22 Sep 2014
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Lecture on Deity Worship Ceremony by Lokanath Swami on 31 Aug 2014 at Pune
(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.)
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Lecture on Association of Devotees by HH Indradyumna Swami on 24 Dec 2014 at Riga
(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad Gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra.)
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TEXT 10
na dvesty akusalam karma
kusale nanusajjate
tyagi sattva-samavisto
medhavi chinna-samsayah
SYNONYMS
na--never; dvesti--hates; akusalam--inauspicious; karma--work;kusale--in the auspicious; na--nor; anusajjate--becomes attached;tyagi--the renouncer; sattva--goodness; samavistah--absorbed in;medhavi--intelligent; chinna--cut up; samsayah--all doubts.
TRANSLATION
Those who are situated in the mode of goodness, who neither hate inauspicious work nor are attached to auspicious work, have no doubts
HH Chandramauli Swami
Vaisnava guru and author of The Holy Jail
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Dipankar Deb has dealt with a topic which is universally relevant in its revealing the Absolute Truth. In his words, “Love of God is transcendental to any designations pertaining to this body.” Deb has exemplified this comforting truth in the amazing stories of persons from Muslim background who took to the path of Krishna consciousness in search o
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on 6th April 2015 Felicitated Muslim girl Marryam Siddiqui,
She has won first prize in an inter-school Bhagavad Gita competition which was held by ISKCON Mumbai in Jan 2015
Heartiest congratulations to Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha 2013-15 batch for course completion. || All Glories to Srila Prabhupada |
Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha, Govardhan Eco Village Galtare, Hamrapur (P.O), Wada (Taluka), Thane (District) – 421303, Maharashtra, India Email: info@vidyapitha.in
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By Indradyumna Swami
From The Diary of A Traveling Monk,
Volume 3, Chapter 41
June 20 – July 1, 2001
The following morning we went on harinama in Trzebiatow. To the amazement of all the devotees, as we drove into town we passed under a bright orange and green banner proudly advertising the Festival of India. As we descended from the bus into the center of town, several office windows opened and we heard one lady call out to her fellow workers, “They’re here!”
As we sta
By dint of circumstances I have been forced to think of my own welfare this past month. I am now free to travel again and think of the welfare of others. My dear Lord, thank you! I will serve You well.
"'He He Krsna! O ocean of mercy! Protect! Please protect these people. Oh great master! They are burning in the great forest fire of birth and death. O ocean of mercy, kindly bestow Your own devotional service upon them.' His mercy upon the living beings having reached it's zenith, Sri Gaura Hari
TEXT 9
karyam ity eva yat karma
niyatam kriyate 'rjuna
sangam tyaktva phalam caiva
sa tyagah sattviko matah
SYNONYMS
karyam--must be done; iti--thus; eva--thus; yat--that which;karma--work; niyatam--prescribed; kriyate--performed; arjuna--O Arjuna; sangam--association; tyaktva--giving up; phalam--result; ca--also; eva--certainly; sah--that; tyagah--renunciation; sattvikah--in the mode of goodness; matah--in My opinion.
TRANSLATION
But he who performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be do
