By Adikarta das
When I joined ISKCON in 1974, I immediately felt relief from material suffering. I was, and am, to be honest, a real Kali yuga specimen. The first service I had was working in the garden at Bhaktivedanta Manor. It was nice, after some of the other things I had done,prior to my attempt at becoming a devotee, but I may not be still trying to be a devotee, if I had had to do that my whole devotional life.
After about 10 days, I was asked to go out on book distribution, which, right
By Aseem Krishna Das
Sadhu Sanga 2019 with His Holiness Subhag Swami Maharaj was organised in Ayodhya Dham from 26th September to 1st October 2019. This Sadhu sanga event is organised every year at one of Lord’s pastime places with the purpose for the disciples and well wishers of His Holiness to come together to listen to and associate with their spiritual master and amongst themselves.
Devotee association is a very important aspect of devotional life. Devotees eagerly wait for the Sadhu Sang
If you ever go to Solomon Island you have got to check out this fascinating tradition. The island is home to a tribe that have a peculiar way of clearing the forest for harvesting crops. The entire village, about a hundred or so members, gather around a tree they wish to chop. They then hurl profanities and vulgarities at said tree, like a drunken pirate at 3 am. After about an hour, they fell the tree. When discovered by anthropologists, the reason for this custom was posed to their chief. The
Today is the appearance anniversary of Radha Kunda, the bathing pond of Srimati Radharani in Vrndavana. Devotees bathe there especially on the midnight of this day.
To hear a lecture (in English) by Bhakti Rasamrita Swami on the glories of Appearance of Radha Kunda, please click here: https://goo.gl/x15EiF
Run for twenty years by the late Syamapriya Dasi, then relaunched in 2009 by current director Bhakti-lata Dasi, the U.S. branch of ISKCON Prison Ministry has been working hard to give hope to the most desperate.
IPM distributes over 5,000 pieces of literature, including Srila Prabhupada’s books and Back to Godhead magazines, to inmates in prisons all over the country every year. Around 300 inmates receive personal letters annually from volunteers like Bhakti-lata, Srutade
By Bhaktin Anna
So, finally it has happened – the Farm Conference Cycle has come to Russia!
27th September to 3rd of October the Conference was carried out in West Siberia, near the city with an almost Vedic name – Omsk. This city has a temple of Sri Sri Radha Govinda – the only temple in Russia with Radha Govinda Deities.
The Conference proper was carried out in two venues, 30 km away from Omsk – the “Five Truths” family house and the “Planet of Cows” eco-farm. These two places recently hoste
By Aseem Krishna das
Sadhu Sanga 2019 with His Holiness Subhag Swami Maharaj was organised in Ayodhya Dham from 26th September to 1st October 2019. This Sadhu sanga event is organised every year at one of Lord’s pastime places with the purpose for the disciples and well wishers of His Holiness to come together to listen to and associate with their spiritual master and amongst themselves.
Devotee association is a very important aspect of devotional life. Devotees eagerly wait for the Sadhu Sang
"Life is fragile - handle with prayer."
By Giriraj Swami
Kartik is a very auspicious time for spiritual advancement. Another name for Kartik is Urja-vrata. Urjameans power. The supreme power, the original power, is Srimati Radharani. So Urja-vrata, or Kartik-vrata, is for Srimati Radharani. Many important pastimes took place in the month of Kartik. On the full moon night, Lord Krishna played on His flute and enjoyed the rasa-lila, which is considered the best of Krishna’s pastimes. Also during Kartik, Lord Krishna saw that the reside
iskconprisonministry.org
After years of dreaming of a better, more modern IPM website for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, today it finally manifested. I felt like crying out of joy! Kṛṣṇa helped me make this desire a reality by inspiring Svarbhanu prabhu to embrace this project as his service. I am so very grateful to him.
For the very first time, all of the inmates’ artwork is beautifully displayed and easily accessible to all of you. You can double click on any drawing or painting t
Jïānīvimāna nyāyaḥ (airship of wise)
The man on the ground distinguishes between different heights, depths, greatness, and smallness of mountains, valleys, building, etc., but when he boards an airplane, he does not distinguish. Then for him everything is low, insignificantly small, and of even level.
The different duality levels of high and low, great and small, rich and poor, beautiful and ugly, pleasant and unpleasant exist only for those, who are on low level or of a small mind, unnecessarily
Ever “sweetened” a cup of tea with salt or mistaken a chocolate laxative for the real thing? At times being in the company of people can be like that —distasteful and crappy. Negative and overly critical people can be the human equivalent of diarrhea, the shadow in the sunshine of existence. Let's be honest, a lot of the time we are our own worst best friend, the fly in the soup of our life. We can become a cocktail of self-loathing — shaken not stirred — served with the depression of the daily
From Back to Godhead
The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control.
Prayer is the universal language by which the human heart communes with the divine heart. Poetry is an artistic means for verbalizing the heart’s deep emotions. Singing is a popular method to express one’s emotions.
The integration of these three – prayers composed poetically and sung individually or collectively – is a powerful and joyful way to channel human emotions towards the divine. In the world’
The first Australian Kulimela, held from late December 2010 to early January 2011, was a major success, drawing around 300 kulis for seminars, devotional entertainment, kirtan, water sports and nature exploration.
The same team has now scheduled a ten-year reunion event, which will run for five days from October 1st to 5th 2020. As before, it will take place at New Govardhana, the picturesque one-thousand-acre farm at Eungella near Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales.
Now only in its second year, the Goloka Community School in Hillsborough, North Carolina has already drawn eighteen new students and is growing rapidly. Starting in 2018 with a Montessori-style multi-age classroom for three to six year olds, it opened a first through fourth grade class this year, with plans to expand to a larger building in the next school year.
Before becoming a devotee, director and early childhood teacher Audarya Lila Dasi was doing her Bachelor of Scie
The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 1, “Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service,” states, “Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.” And Srila Prabhupada, in a talk in Vrindavan on November 3, 1972, explained, “ ‘Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.’ There is a song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura: manasa deha geha yo kichu mora, arpilun tuya pade nanda-kisora [Saranagati]. The purport of this song is that when we
