Happy Janmastami
Devaki Nandan
Keshav Dev Temple at Mathura (Krishna Janma Bhoomi Temple
(See the Muslim Idgah on the left side of the temple)
(See the Muslim Idgah on the left side of the temple)
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ISKCON set for a WORLD STOPPER
14 Lakh Devotees Expected To Converge In 48 Hours For A Glimpse Of The World’s Largest Janmashtami Celebrations
HARE KRISHNA
H.......................HIS DIVINE GRACE SRILA PRABHUPADA
A.......................ALWAYS CHANT MAHAMANTRA
R.......................REAL LOVE & DEVOTION WITH KRISHNA
E.......................ENGAGED WITH DEVOTION SERVICE
K.......................KNOWLEDGE OF BHAKTI BY PURE DEVOTEES(GOD SISTERS AND GOD BROTHERS)
R.......................REALIZATION BY PRACTICE
I.........................INTELLIGENCE FIXED ON KRISHNA
S........................SHIKSHA GURU IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR BACK TO GODHEAD
H......
Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious and evil deeds. The servants of Yamaraj approached him and complained about something they were very concerned about. Here is the conversation between Yamaraj and his Yamaduta servants.
Yamaduta 1: How are you Prabhuji?
Yamaraj: I am doing well. But you look a little tense.
Yamaduta 1: Yeah Prabhu. We are little held with few matters.
Yamaraj: Oh. Let me know your issues.
Yamaduta 1: I am worried about this hell.
Yamaraj: Why? What ha
You could well bump into them at any of the Capital’s many pubs. But you won’t. Instead, you’ll find them earnestly preparing for the festival of Janmashtami tomorrow. These are the five guys we met at the Iskcon temple in East of Kailash. All are in their 20s and all dedicated to God’s mission.
“I really used to be into rock music… obsessed with heavy metal bands such as Metallica and Opeth,” says Natvara Krishna Das (that’s the name he, like his friends, has adopted at the temple), 22, an
But I ask.. who are you?
Could you be the Devil?
You don’t go by that name anymore.. you have several
I think I know you.. you’re so illusive
I’d ask other religions about you, but their answers are always inconclusive
You want me to guess who are huh?
Answer me!
I know how you do it… You create individual fantasies
The devil? You don’t deserve that title!
You get me to want to become my own idol
Guess what?
Now I’m plotting on your demise
Only by true surrender will I remember
Until then I will always be a
Is grass greener on other side?
Migration does not bring happiness: UK study
LONDON: For migrants to the UK from India and elsewhere, the grass might not be greener on the other side, a new study from the University of Leicester has found.
Economic migrants travelling to different shores for greater income could be set for disappointment - because the pursuit of wealth does not equate with happiness. The study, carried out by sociologist David Bartram, is titled "Economic Migration and Happi
RASIKANANDA PRABHU’S VISIT TO GOVARDHAN
Sri Gopijanavallabha Das
Rasikananda Prabhu appeared in this world in Utkala (Orissa) in the year 1590 as the son of Sri Acyuta and his wife Bhavani. The devo-tees in the line of Shyamananda Prabhu con-sider Rasikananda to be an incarnation of Aniruddha, the expansion of Lord Vishnu. The following story adapted from the Bengali book Rasika-magala by Sri Gopijanavallabha Das, a prominent disciple of Srila Rasikananda Prabhu, describe the events that led up to
A HUMBLE APPEAL TO THE MASTER OF RADHA
By the medieval poet Gaurasundar Das
Gaurasundar Das was a Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava poet who lived in the early part of the 18th century. He compiled the famous songbook named Kīrtanānanda, which consists of 651 songs composed by 60 different poets. Gaurasundar Das wrote a similar song to the one below, in which every line also begins with the words, “rādhā-nātha”
(śrī-rāga)
rādhā-nātha dekhite lāgiche bhaya tanu-bala hrāsa āra buddhi-nāśa kakhana ki jāni haya
The seven Purposes of ISKCON:
a) To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world.
b) To propagate a consciousness of Krishna, as it is revealed in the Bhagavad Gita and the Srim
The age of Kali is the most condemned age due to its quarrelsome features. Kali-yuga is so saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest misunderstanding. Those who are engaged in the pure devotional service of the Lord, who are without any desire for self-aggrandizement and who are freed from the effects of fruitive actions and dry philosophical speculations are capable of getting out. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The leaders of the people ar
FRIENDS FROM ANOTHER WORLD -
by Srila Bhaktissidhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada
The servitors of Godhead will always look to our interest. In this material world, our friends sometimes like us and sometimes they turn against us. But in sādhu-saga there is an oppor-tunity of hearing about our original home from the lips of persons who are quite familiar with the same. If we neglect the opportunity we shall repent in the long run. Their words will lift us and change our mentality. All sorts of puz
The next meeting of one of the biggest interfaith gatherings in the world, the Parliament of the World’s Religions, could be hosted in Brussels, Belgium in 2014—and an ISKCON devotee is front and center in the bidding process.
ISKCON’s European Communications Director Mahaprabhu Dasa goes back 117 years to explain how it came to this.
“The Parliament of the World’s Religions was first held in Chicago in 1893 as part of a large fair called the World Columbian Exposition,” he says. “An histori
In one of his past lives, Dr. Paul DeBell believes, he was a caveman. The gray-haired Cornell-trained psychiatrist has a gentle, serious manner, and his appearance, together with the generic shrink décor of his office — leather couch, granite-topped coffee table — makes this pronouncement seem particularly jarring.
In that earlier incarnation, “I was going along, going along, going along, and I got eaten,” said Dr. DeBell, who has a private practice on the Upper East Side where he specializ
OBSTACLES ON THE PATH OF DEVOTION
Śrī Hari Bhakti-sudhodaya 10.46-50
After a minister of Hiranyakasipu preached toBhakta Prahlad to give up the worship of LordVishnu, Prahlad replied:
vtāni vighnai śreyāsi prabho sarvāi sarvadāśreyastamā kathā siddhyen nivirghnā hari-bhāvanā
O my master, there is no doubt that when-ever one does good, one meets obstacles. It isa fact that in order to perform any auspiciousact there will be many difficulties to overcome.So how can the most auspicious hari-bhajanbe pe
Whatever happened, it happened for good.
Whatever is happening, is happening for good.
Whatever that will happen, it will be for good.
What have you lost for which you cry?
What did you bring with you, which you have lost?
What did you produce, which has destroyed?
You did not bring anything when you were born.
Whatever you have, you have received from Him.
Whatever you will give, you will give to Him.
You came empty handed and
you will go the same way.
Whatever is yours today was somebody else’s y
He asked, " Are you Hare Krishnas?"
We replied, "Yes."
He smiled and said, "That's wonderful! Tonight is the anniverssary of our head pr
10 Destiny Questions Everyone Must Answer to know if a transcendentalist is in the platform of Brahman Parmatma or Bhagwan.
These answers will also help one know where one stands in krsna Consciousness/ How our consciousness is situated in Devotional Service.
1. Who am I?
I am not this Body I am Spirit Soul. Part and parcel of Krsna as he is the Supreme personality of Godhead. We the spirit souls are his eternal loving servants. (All the Bhramandis will get terminated in this question
