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Appearance of Lord Nityananda ( Nityananda Trayodasi )

Posted by Anuradha Bhattacharya on January 28, 2010 at 9:30pm

Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and His devotees. He is the Lord's active principle in both creation and lila. He is the second body of the Lord, manifestin

Shortcut to the Spiritual World!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 28, 2010 at 10:20am

"Narottama Das Thakura prayed for a short-cut. He said, "I am so unfortunate, I am so unhappy. It is so difficult for me to control my mind. So Lord Nityananda, please just flood me with ecstasy. Flood me with Your mercy. Then I will be so attracted by the taste of the love flowing from Your lotus feet that automatically my mind will be absorbed. "

This is the devotee's short-cut. If we can get the mercy of Lord Nityananda, then very quickly we taste the ecstasy of pure love for Krishna. Then the

Bhaktivedanta Gurukul and International School, Vrindavan

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on January 27, 2010 at 10:49pm

New Staff and 2010 Admission Openby Parsada devi dasiA team of 7 devotee-graduates from the famous Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) will be joining the staff of Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and InternationalSchool (Vrindavan) this coming school year! This group of creative andtalented devotees is led by Dr.Lila Purusottoma dasa, presently a professorat IIT Kanpur, who will be joining full time in July as Director of theschool.Thus, for those of you keen for your child to be educated in an environme

Constantly Chant The Holy Names

Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on January 27, 2010 at 10:34pm

I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda, the root of the tree of krishna-bhakti, who wandering around in Bengal approached the door of every home. With upraised arms he exclaimed: "O Brothers! Please constantly chant the holy names of Hari. If you do so, I will take the responsibility to deliver you from the ocean of material existence."Sri Nityanandastakamby Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

Like Rising Cream!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 27, 2010 at 4:10pm

"His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has used the appropriate analogy of Cream.Cream naturally rises to the top of the milk, and similarly, if the devotee's Desires are pure, light and free from all material contaminations, that pure desire will pull one higher and higher in Devotional Activities.There is no need to be misled; one should exclude all other desires except one- to be the servant of the servant, in other words, to be a pure Vaisnava."

HH Jayapataka Swami From the boo

ISKCON GURU ,HH Mahavisnu Goswami peacefully left his body

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on January 26, 2010 at 1:49pm

By Kavicandra Swami

At about 3PM IST HH Mahavisnu Swami (91 years) peacefully left his body at the Bhaktivedanta Swami Hospital, Mumbai.He will stay here for two days while disciples come from afar and then go to Nasika for Samadhi.Many devotees were present with Kirtan. His eyes became clear as he looked around at everyone. He mouthed the Holy Name and left Is the end of a glorious lifetime of blissful preaching.The following is cmments by HH Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura upon the departure

His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj's final pastimes

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on January 26, 2010 at 1:45pm

Please accept our humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Photos of His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj's final pastimes in this material worldClick here"Many devotees were present with Kirtan. His eyes became clear as he lookedaround at everyone. He mouthed the Holy Name and left Is the endof aglorious lifetime of blissful preaching."- His Holiness Kavichnadra SwamiISKCON Sannyasi and Guru His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj peacefullyleft His Body yesterday 25th jan 2010 at 3

Maya's Sticky Web!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 26, 2010 at 12:33pm

"When a living being attempts to enjoy separately from the Lord, he enters Maya's Web.Just as an unwitting insect flies into a spider's web and, just as by struggling, the fly becomes increasingly entangled, so the unwitting living being becomes increasingly implicated in illusion the more he struggles to implement his Independent plans.On the other hand, just as a baby spider crawls nonchalantly across the web, so the devotee who is linked with Lord Madhava, the original author of illusion, rem

Representatives of Andal & Ramanujacarya!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 25, 2010 at 6:00pm

When we took our Safari to South India we went to the Sri Rangam temple and there we chanted Hare Krsna for the acarya of the Sri Rangam temple, one of the 64 temples of Ramanuja and that’s maybe the most important that he has. Then he said, "You are all incarnations of Andal, an incarnation of Lakshmi who chanted the holy name and said everyone should go with karatals and drums in the street and chant the name of Krsna." He said, "You are all incarnations or representatives of Andal, you are do

SEMINAR AT ISKCON,LUDHIANA

Posted by bhakta kaplish on January 25, 2010 at 4:50pm

“How to remove Anarthas from our heart” is the topic of four session seminar conducted byHG Vidurpriya Das at ISKCON,Ludhiana. Srila Narottam Das Thakura Das analyzed the various anarthasPresent in our hearts in his book entitled “Madhurya Kadambani” and Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura has mentioned in Sri Caitanya Siksamrta that by hearing and reading about Krsna’s killing of various demons in Vrindavana leads to removal of anarthas, represented by those demons, from our heart. The seminar was based

REAL Test of a Devotee!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 25, 2010 at 9:45am

"In good times anybody can serve Krishna. Difficult times are a REAL TEST of a devotee.Sometimes because of our Karmas or something, the situation becomes very complicated. Krishna is just watching. He allows it to go on. But anyway nothing happens without His permission. When he sees that the devotee, even though in problem, is still thinking of Me and is wanting to serve Me, then he becomes 'purchased' and feels that this devotee is so determined to serve Me.If you want to impress Krishna, you

Cultivating good vaishnava relationships

Posted by Braj Kishore Das on January 25, 2010 at 7:25am

Cultivating good vaishnava relationshipsAnswers by HH Romapada Swami MaharajaQuestion:I live in a devotee community and often feel that I don’t know how to associate with others. I love them and try to serve them but all too often I just don’t feel emotionally safe in their association. I don’t feel free to be open in case they hurt me and thus I am wasting my life constantly holding back (defending like a kicked dog). I am desperate for some clarification on this point.I am a very sensitive per

TRUE ACCOMPLISHMENT !

Posted by Chitra Datta on January 24, 2010 at 6:30pm

True Accomplishment!"There are many transcendental activities a person can do. They can do their profession, whether it is an artist, musician, businessman, housewife, mother, or whether it's producing children.They can do any activity except slaughtering animals or certain forbidden activities or specifically that taking intoxication of a chemical type etc. which cannot be dovetailed in Krishna's service.But the normal kind of activities that we need to do to live in the material world that don

18th annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival @ Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on January 21, 2010 at 5:00pm

On Saturday, January 16, 2010, ISKCON Coimbatore organized its 18th annualSri Jagannath Rathayatra festival, which passes through the streets of theold part of Coimbatore city.Coimbatore, located some five hundred kilometers West of Chennai (formerlyknown as “Madras”) is the second largest city in the Tamil Nadu state inSouth India. At present the population of Coimbatore, also known as“Kovai”, is about two million (twenty lakhs).Lord Jagannath's Rath at Coimbatore with extended canopy stands fo

Lord Jagannath’s Annual Rath yatra on 29 Jan 2010, ISKCON Mumbai

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on January 21, 2010 at 2:16pm

Be part of Lord Jagannath’s Annual Rath yatra on 29 Jan 2010: Lord Jagannath along with Lord Balarama and Subhadradevi shall bless the citizens of Mumbai on 29 January 2010 as part of Their annual Rath yatra procession. For details please visit Mumbai rathyatra website

IMAGINE…Krishna Makes it Perfect!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on January 21, 2010 at 9:57am

Jayapataka: Everything you plan is perfect.Prabhupada: No. I imagine. Krishna makes it perfect. I think, "It would have been nice if it would have been like this," but Krishna... Yei prasade pure sarva asa. Long, long ago, when I was publishing Back to Godhead, one sheet, I was thinking that "What is this sheet? If it would have been like Illustrated Weekly, then it would have been nice." Now they are coming like that.Jayapataka: Now 'Illustrated Weekly' is nothing compared to Back to Godhead.Pr

Standing in Two Boats!

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on January 21, 2010 at 4:00am

Bhaktivinod Thakura gives and example of a person trying to stand with his feet in two different boats. Obviously when the boats separate, the person falls in the water. This is the situation we are faced with.We are trying to accommodate material desires and our spiritual desires too. There is a saying in the west, ‘to have your cake and eat it too’. Someone wants material comforts, sense gratification, and at the same time wants to experience the ecstasy of pure Krishna Consciousness – this is

HH Radhanath Swami - Book Launch in New Delhi (4-7 Jan 2010)

Posted by vibhava krsna das on January 20, 2010 at 2:10am

Dandavats Vaishanavas,PAMHO. AGTSP.(Pls mind the "tense" (past/present) in the blog as it was written during the same time.The wheather in the capital as you all must be reading or hearingabout is freezing. It has created quite a brouhaha in the city. We hada downpour on the 3rd of Jan with almost zero visibility in themorning hours. Amidst all this maelstrom, chaos and confusion thecapital had the great fortune of receiving a very special guest on 4thof Jan 2010.... Srila Radhanath Swami. Mahar

A devotee of Lord Krishna

Posted by Shyama Chandr Das - Sandeep Kuma on January 19, 2010 at 3:00pm

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.149krishna-bhakta -- nishkama, ataeva 'santa'bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kami -- sakali 'asanta'SYNONYMSkrishna-bhakta -- a devotee of Lord Krishna; nishkama -- actually desireless; ataeva -- therefore; santa -- peaceful; bhukti -- of material enjoyment; mukti -- of liberation from material activities; siddhi -- of perfection in yogic performance; kami -- those who are desirous; sakali -- all of them; asanta -- not peaceful.TRANSLATION"Because a

krishna consciosness for kids , iskcon is the only showing path to spirituality for the children

Posted by krishna kant mishra on January 18, 2010 at 7:00pm

Hare krsna , i am krishna kant just nine years old , but i knowed very much about soul and karma yoga means work for krsna , as i study then i can study for krishna , these knowledge taught to me by brother dear bhaiya aditya mishra who is also member of this site , the way of kirtan , nartan, vandan , prasadam is very easy that even a child can perform the bhakti devotion to krishna , by watching 'little krishna ' on nick tv, we can know about the pastimes of god, i think iskcon also should pub

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Appearance of Lord Nityananda ( Nityananda Trayodasi )

Shortcut to the Spiritual World!

Bhaktivedanta Gurukul and International School, Vrindavan

Constantly Chant The Holy Names

Like Rising Cream!

ISKCON GURU ,HH Mahavisnu Goswami peacefully left his body

His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj's final pastimes

Maya's Sticky Web!

Representatives of Andal & Ramanujacarya!

SEMINAR AT ISKCON,LUDHIANA

REAL Test of a Devotee!

Cultivating good vaishnava relationships

TRUE ACCOMPLISHMENT !

18th annual Jagannath Rathayatra festival @ Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Lord Jagannath’s Annual Rath yatra on 29 Jan 2010, ISKCON Mumbai

IMAGINE…Krishna Makes it Perfect!

Standing in Two Boats!

HH Radhanath Swami - Book Launch in New Delhi (4-7 Jan 2010)

A devotee of Lord Krishna

krishna consciosness for kids , iskcon is the only showing path to spirituality for the children

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