All glorries to Srila Prabhupad,   Hare Krishna ........

                                                                                         Sense control,being the only alternative,to rehearsal for the practice of Bhakti Yoga,altogether depends on the conception of 'Bairagya'. And any slight deviation of the exact idea can simply render all the efforts to vain. Therefore it is utmost essential to accumulate appropriate knowledge of Bairagya.

                       "Prapanchaki Taya

ISKCON Ludhiana celebrated NEW YEAR MAHA-SANKIRTANA-2014 in the temple with great enthusiasm. Presiding deities Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baldeva and Subhadra were beautifully dressed up. The program started from 6:30PM and continued till midnight. The temple hall was fully packed with the congregational devotees and they enjoyed the melodious sankirtan which was led by HG Upendra Das. Devotees danced with chanting of the Mahamantra, bhajans and Hari naam Sankirtan.

Later, after first aarti in the

Wonderful lecture and ceremony by HH Bir Krsna Goswami

By His Holiness Bhanu Swami

Lord Caitanya’s movement is a movement of purification and transformation of the individual to reach the level of complete love of Godhead by chanting God’s name. This is most powerfully actualized in a group; thus the yuga dharma is sankirtana, congregational chanting. This is enhanced by continuous association of like-minded persons who are dedicated to spiritual advancement. Such persons associate by friendship, mutual encouragement, spiritual discussion, working to

Hare Krishna

Please come and join us.....!

HOLY NAME RETREAT FOR VAISNAVIS
From 24th to 28th of February 2014
At Ekachakra Dham/India

This retreat will be open for one and all - men as well as ladies!

We especially recommend all the ILS participants to conclude the wonderful Sanga by joining this retreat and receive an unforgettable experience of deepening our relationship with the holy name.

For more info and registration please see www.theholynameretreat.net


YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO JOIN

Prabhupada: No, God has created perfect, but you have become imperfect by misusing your independence. God is fully independent. You are part and parcel of God. Therefore you have got that quality, independence. When you misuse that, you become bad; when you use it properly, you remain good.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

      All glorries to Srila Prabhupad,   Hare Krishna,

                                                                                 The whole human civilization in this anxiety dominated Kali Yug manages on the bodily conception of life. Man just realizes that I am this body,and my business should be to satisfy the bodily necessities. "Eating,Sleeping,Defense & Sex", And if I am somehow capable of doing these acts,then I am O.K. And those who can arrange more scope for better execution of the

When His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada entered the port of New York City on September 17, 1965 few Americans took notice — but he was not merely another immigrant. He was on a mission to introduce the ancient teachings of Vedic India into mainstream America. Before Srila Prabhupada passed away on November 14, 1977 at the age of 81, his mission proved successful. He had founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and saw it grow into a worldwide c

Gaura-Nitai: The Most Merciful

by Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Gosvami Maharaja

[Following is a expert from a new issue of the GOKUL Magazine "The Message of Universal Divine Love". This magazine is a collection of divine sermons of various Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharyas.] "The Supreme Lord Krishna manifests Himself in the material world in four forms as the Vaishnava, tulasi, the Ganges, and Srimad-Bhagavatam . The Deity Form of the Lord becomes worshipable only after it has been consecrated ritually an

What is the relationship between Radha & Krishna?

Even today, right from stones on the road to the trees to temple walls and cows, all that you see in and around Vrindavan have Radhey-Radhey written all over them. Why Radha’s name and not Krishna’s? Well to ask that question is folly itself, for Radha-Krishna are not separate!

Considered an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi, Radha is Sri Krishna’s playmate, best friend, soulmate, & eternal lover: they are 2 sides of the same coin. Being the purest re

The Radha-Krishna amour is a love legend of all times. It's indeed hard to miss the many legends and paintings illustrating the Radha-Krishna affair is the most memorable. Krishna's relationship with Radha, his favorite among the 'gopis' (cow-herding maidens), has served as a model for male and female love in a variety of art forms, and since the sixteenth century appears prominently as a motif in North Indian paintings. The allegorical love of Radha has found expression in some great Bengali po

The Legend of Radha-Krishna

The Legend
Young Krishna is known to be very playful and mischievous. The story goes that as a child, Krishna was extremely jealous of Radha's fair complexion since he himself was very dark.

One day, Krishna complained to his mother Yashoda about the injustice of nature which made Radha so fair and he so dark. To pacify the crying young Krishna, the doting mother asked him to go and colour Radha's face in whichever colour he wanted.
In a mischievous mood, naughty K

If Radha and Krishna aren't married, why do we worship Them together, like Sita-Rama?

Srila Prabhupada is very careful that we understand the relationship between Radha and Krishna very carefully; it's not like some mundane love affair between a young boy and young girl. There are several ways to look at it, but first we must understand this point.

Srila Prabhupada points out in one lecture, that ". . .the love between Radha and Krishna is called parakiya. They're not married as husband and wife.

By His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami

Congregational preaching means Krishna consciousness for the grihastha ashram. Because many people who are involved in family life cannot directly live in the temples, we need a program to offer Krishna consciousness to those people. Since householders are the majority of the population, congregational preaching is one of the first priorities of our movement. We should develop different ways to engage people in chanting the holy name, in reading Srila Prabhupa

Prabhupada: The knowledge should be acquired from the beginning of life, from childhood. But if by circumstances I could not get this knowledge from childhood, then we should begin immediately. Because unless we get this knowledge, our life remains imperfect. We remain animal. The animal does not know this. And after evolutionary process, coming to the human form of body, if we keep ourself in the darkness of animal life, then our this opportunity is lost. This is the first problem. Unfortunatel