Hare Krishna, Dear Devotees,
We are happy to inform you seminar on "Merits of Organized Book Distribution" will be live on Mayapur.TV
Detailed schedule for Seminars Day 1 & 2 (31st Jan & 1st Feb ) :
Day 1 (31-01-2014)
Timings |
Detailed Program |
10: 00 AM to 10: 30 AM |
Vaishanva Bhajan & Kirthan - 1) H. |
Our very dear Godbrother, Shyamlal Prabhu, left his body on the evening of 5th January in Durban, South Africa. I was in Pune, India, at that time. However, as soon as I received that news I decided to go to Durban to bid my farewell to him. I immediately made changes to my schedule and drove to Mumbai to catch a flight to South Africa.
The funeral took place on the morning of 7th of January 2014 and I was fortunate enough to be there in time to attend that ceremony. Thousands of Shyamlal Pr
Prabhupada: That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, that asat-sanga tyaga vaisnava acara. The Vaisnava's behavior is to give up bad company. Who is bad? Next question will be that "I have to give up the bad company. Who is bad?" Then He says, next line: asat stri sangi 'krsnabhakta' ara. Two words. Those who are too much attached to woman and those who are not devotees of Krsna, they are bad. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu says give up the company of these two bad men, that's all. That is Vaisnava. So ev
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Nachiketa's story in the Kathopanishad begins when his wealthy father, Vajashravas, is to perform a special sacrifice. The sacrifice required Vajashravas to give all his wealth, all his possessions, and distribute them to the great seers and Brahmins. It was a rare sacrifice performed only by the most highly advanced aspirants. One who could give up all transitory things would have the knowledge of Brahman, the knowled
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Devotees from all over Ireland and abroad gathered this July 15th, 16th and 17th to celebrate Sri-Sri Radha-Govinda’s 25th anniversary, on the twenty-two acre wooded island in County Fermanagh once known as Inish Rath—and now called Govindadwipa, or Govinda’s Island.
Radha-Govinda were installed here, amidst what looks like a mountain of emerald green trees floating magically on Lough Erne, on J
Vrinda Kunda Fest Parikrama Schedule
By Deena Bandhu dasa
Next month will be 9 years since we opened our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Programs will be going on from 4-19 Feb with the main parikrama days between 8 and 19.
All the festival dates are early this year when the weather i
By Deena Bandhu dasa
In honor of the Sixth Anniverary of Vrinda Kunda Temple Opening, we have planned out and ecstatic program of parikramas and festivals from Feb. 10th to 22nd. This is one of the best times of the year as the weather is very pleasant and it is not so hot like after Mayapur Festival. Since our festival ends on the 22nd, then everyone has time to reach Mayapur for the Maha-abhisheka on Feb. 25th.
We will be leaving almost every morning from Krishn
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that in Krsna consciousness, one must be prepared to change his life and not just a little, not just partial but rather that this Krsna consciousness is a total revolution. So, it means that we have to be prepared to change completely and there is nothing in us that cannot be changed. We cannot say, “This is the way I am.” No, that argument doesn't stand because this is simply the way that we are now conditioned. Because we don’t know the way we are as
Lecture on Disappearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur by Giriraj Swami on 21 Dec 2013 at ISKCON Vrindavan
(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)
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Lecture on The Stringent Laws of the Almighty by Nirantara Prabhu on 05 Jan 2014 at New Dwarka
(In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious "Global Excellence Award" for congregational preaching services from ISKCON.)
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Lecture on How to tell if your Child is a liberated Soul by Sivarama Swami on 21 Jan 2014 at ISKCON New Vraja Dham
(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)
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Lecture on Chanting is for Devotional Service and Nothing Else by HH Niranjana Swami on 26 Dec 2013 at Boston
(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)
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TEXT 24
agnir jyotir ahah suklah
san-masa uttarayanam
tatra prayata gacchanti
brahma brahma-vido janah
SYNONYMS
agnih--fire; jyotih--light; ahah--day; suklah--white; sat-masah--six months; uttara-ayanam--when the sun passes on the northern side; tatra--there; prayatah--one who goes; gacchanti--passes away; brahma--to the Absolute; brahma-vidah--one who knows the Absolute; janah--person.
TRANSLATION
Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in
Next month will be 11 years since the opening of our Vrinda Kunda Temple! To celebrate, we will do special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja. The program will culminate with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Programs will be going on from 14-27 Feb.
The Vrindavan Festival after Gaura Purnima is usually quite hot so better to come to Vrindavan before! One year, a devotee told me that he never knew th
By Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya's infinite mercy, here all the books and material distributed from the Alachua, Florida IPM office in 2013:
Prabhupada’s Books total: 2,717
Magazines (10 to 50 pages): 864
Small: 816
Medium: 242
Big: 311
Maha-Big: 484
Books by other devotee authors: 332
BTGs: 758
Audio tapes: 104
CDs: 343
DVDs: 24
Japa Mala Sets: 97
Neck Beads: 25
GRAND TOTAL of all Books and BTGs in 2013: 3,807 !!!
In 2014, we would like to make more DVDs and CDs available to the inmates. They need to be
Article by Inmate Bhakta Joseph P.
Galesburg, Illinois
The time I spend chanting the Maha-mantra in the quiet early mornings is one of my most favorite times of the day. It is that special time spent in direct association with our dear Lord Sri Krsna. But there are days when I don’t feel anything special, that even in this most auspicious transcendental activity, I feel alone, and oh, so far from my dear Lord. When this happens, it is easy to wonder if I am actually receiving His me
