The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is celebrating an annual Mega Youth Fest ‘UDGAAR – An Expression of Goodness and Joy’, on October 6th at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Anti-Addiction: Making India Addiction Free’. With this, ISKCON hopes to inspire youngsters to realize their true potential in a clean, green and progressive India. The annual festival will bring in a mix of academics, dignitaries and over 8000 young
Asnehadīpana nyāyaḥ (lamp without an oil)
A gorgeous golden lamp was purchased by a self-complacent poser. He spent all his money for that just to show off, so much so that he had no money left to buy an oil to light a flame in it.
The only reason for everyone here to be, here means in this world of temporarity, is to show one's own great self esteem in whatever way possible. For this reason this simple example of expensive lamp is used. The essence, what makes the lamp to be called a lamp, is o
By Madhava Smullen
Govardhan Ecovillage, ISKCON’s 100 acre farm in the foothills of the Sahyadri mountain range in Maharashtra, has won the 2019 National Energy Globe Award for India.
The Energy Globe Award was founded in 1999 by Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann, and is one of today’s most prestigious environmental awards. Its goal is to present successful sustainable projects to a broad audience, to show that many of our environmental problems already have feasible solutions.
Every
Srila Prabhupada: The bhaktivedantas are impartial in distributing the transcendental knowledge of devotional service. To them no one is enemy or friend; no one is educated or uneducated. No one is especially favorable, and no one is unfavorable. The bhakti-vedantas see that the people in general are wasting time in false sensuous things. Their business is to get the ignorant mass of people to reestablish their lost relationship with the Personality of Godhead. By such endeavor, even the most
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.17 at a home program in Highland Park, Dallas.
“A moment passed in the association of a pure devotee by hearing and chanting the transcendental messages of the Lord is a perfect guarantee for eternal life, for returning home, back to Godhead. Mad-dhama gatva punar janma na vidyate. In other words, a devotee of the Lord is guaranteed eternal life. A devotee’s old age or disease in the present life is but an impetus to such guaranteed eterna
Hare Krishna,
Bhaktivedanta Vidyapeet Research Centre and Govardhan Ecovillage are organizing a 4-day Certificate course on Sri Caitanya Caritamrita (Madhya Lila) (Affiliated to the University of Mumbai)
Dates: 29, 30 September & 1,2 October 2019 (4 Days)
Conducted by: HG Gauranga Das
Language: English
Venue: Govardhan Eco Village, District: Palghar, Maharashtra, India
For bookings: retreats@ecovillage.org.in, +91-9049189171
My earliest memories of religion in this life are of my father (my first guru) teaching me about the Great Spirit worshiped by American Indians (“Wakan-Tanka” Who also undergoes quadruple expansion just like the all pervading yet personal Vasudev). He also taught me that I should be respectful of other people’s beliefs irrespective of race and creed. And never look down upon anyone. Ever.
Even though his mother, my paternal grandmother was a devout Baptist (my maternal grandmother was a devout
By Madhava Smulen
Since 2016, when it was launched as an offering to Srila Prabhupada for ISKCON’s 50th anniversary, the Fortunate People project has seen devotees film people chant the Hare Krishna mantra for the first time “for love and peace.”
The inspiration comes from a 1973 Srimad-Bhagavatam class by Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles: “We are requesting everyone, ‘Please chant, chant, chant.’ And they are replying, ‘Can’t, can’t.’ This is their misfortune. So still it is our duty to mak
Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.17.1-22.
“A devotee’s conclusion is that no one is directly responsible for being a benefactor or mischief-monger without the sanction of the Lord; therefore he does not consider anyone to be directly responsible for such action. But in both the cases he takes it for granted that either benefit or loss is God-sent, and thus it is His grace. In case of benefit, no one will deny that it is God-sent, but in case of loss or reverses one becomes
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
73/08/25 London, Bhagavad-gita 2.19-20
Srila Prabhupada:
ya enam vetti hantaram
yas cainam manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijanito
nayam hanti na hanyate
[Bg. 2.19]
“He who thinks that the living entity is the slayer or that he is slain does not understand. One who is in knowledge knows that the self slays not nor is slain.”
na jayate mriyate va kadacin
nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah
ajo nityah sasvato ‘yam purano
na hanyate hanyamane sarire
[Bg. 2
Dear Vaisesika Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
My name is Caitanya Chandra dasa, disciple of HH Bhakti Dhira Damodhara Swami (BTS). I joined ISKCON in 1992 and my main service is book distribution. I travel in the south of Brazil during most of the year, doing book distribution and trying to spread Krsna Consciousness in small cities.
Few years ago, my Guru Maharaja gave me the mission of distributing books and teaching others about book distribution
Aṇḍa kukkuṭa nyāyaḥ (hen and her eggs)
Farmer hypothesized that inside his hen must be large amount of eggs, because she lays eggs daily. He decided to cut her open, and take all the eggs at once.
Due to greed of a man, the man actually loses. This can be seen in many spheres of today's society, in food production, industry, health care, education, etc. Fruits of one's labor comes in due course of time, when they fructify, according to God's laws, which is supervised and directed by paramātmā. Th
