By Visakha Dasi
Distribution update for HARE KRISHNA! – The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all, the movie on the life of Srila Prabhupada.
INDIA:
– Over the last six months in India, we dubbed the film into the 4 major North Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi.
– The Honorable Vijay Rupani, the Chief Minister of Gujarat launched the DVD of the Gujarati version at ISKCON Ahmedabad onDussehra; the celebration of Lord Ram’s victory over Ravana.
– A donor spo
By Giriraj Swami
We have gathered on a most auspicious day. Srivasa Thakura is one of the members of the Panca-tattva. He lived in Navadvipa-dhama in Mayapur, near the residence of Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi, where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Later, when Lord Chaitanya began the sankirtana movement in Navadvipa-dhama, He and His other most confidential associates would meet at Srivasa-angana, the home of Srivasa Thakura, and have kirtan throughout the night. The kirtans at Srivasa-ang
One of the highlights of the Mayapur Gaura-purnima festival every year is, for some, the theatrical drama directed by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami. Every year, Bhaktimarga Swami works with a diverse cast and crew, many of them second or third generation ISKCON members, to create a dramatic performance for all of Mayapur’s visitors from around the world.
This year at the 2019 Annual Gaura-purnima Festival in Mayapur, Bhaktimarga Swami and his players performed “The Queen’s Secret.” This dramat
I prepare diary everyday.
Make priorities to do things in the day..
Check the checklist and begin my day.
This is my everyday routine and I tries to follow it on daily basis.
Still. Many times..
Despite I complete my work my heart does not satisfies and says still there is something very important missing from my life.
What could it be?.. Why am I still dissatisfied?? Is these are the things I am born to do???
Today I looked at my surrounding with a different perspective...Basically with a curious eye
Today is the appearance day of Srivasa Thakura is one of the most prominent devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and appeared in Mayapur along with Sri Caitanya in the 15th century.
One of the most striking features of the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, ISKCON’s World Headquarters in West Bengal, India, are the Deities of Sri Sri Panca-tattva who preside over the temple. These five Deities are cast of eight different kinds of metal and weigh approximately two tons. At nine feet tall and shining
By Kaisori Devi Dasi
Available on Apple’s App Store/iTunes store:
The BBT’s new Krsna Book app
With the full text in English, Russian, and German, with more languages being prepared.
The text is fully – and quickly! – searchable in each language. Easy-to-read with many customizable features, including the ability to bookmark, highlight, and make notes. Full Sanskrit diacritics on the text and a glossary, just as in the print edition.
Switch easily from one language to another – you can compare
I have been a regular visitor to the ISKCON Temple in Jaipur, Rajasthan for almost an entire past decade. Rajasthan being my ancestral state, we make
it a point to travel here once at least every year. To say then, that I have a personal affinity for this state, and the Jaipur ISKCON temple wouldn’t be an exaggeration… from being a simple
By Jambavati Devi Dasi
Yesterday in Dunedin New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was visiting a local Mosque to comfort and reassure the Local Muslim Community after the recent terror attack in Christchurch where 50 Muslim Worshippers were brutally murdered while praying.
She then made her way to The Otago University Clubs and Societies Building where ISKCON Dunedin holds their Krishna Lunch Program.
Daily feeding at least 250 hungry and very grateful students and staff..delicious nutrit
On the 28th of March this year in the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, a grand celebration will be held on the occasion of the appearance day of Srivasa Thakura. Srivasa Thakura is one of the most prominent devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and was present in Mayapur along with Sri Caitanya in the 15th century.
One of the most striking features of the Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, ISKCON’s World Headquarters in West Bengal, India, are the Deities of Sri Sri Panca-tattva who preside over the te
On March 17 the ISKCON Ahmedabad temple devotees conducted their thirty-third monthly one-day padayatra. Called the Glories of Gaura-hari, a shorter walk this time of just 6km, the padayatra was held to promote the glories of Gaura-purnima, the appearance
day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
We were going to do padayatra after Gaura-purnima but decided it should come first so that we could advertise the festival. The temple devotees wanted to celebrate Gaura-purnima in as opulent a fashion as Janmas
Vrindavan. Recently, I was thinking and reading about Vrindavan. I thought about how it would be to go to Vrindavan. How does it happen? How would I do it?
To learn, I checked and researched. I found the ISKCON Vrindavan website. I saw Visit Vrindavan and Travel Assistance and read.
The information stated, “The most convenient airport for coming to Vrindavan is Delhi.” So, I searched several websites for flights from Jacksonville, Florida to Delhi, India. The flight times varied: 20 hours, 24 h
Sanscrit is one of the oldest and most complex languages. The richer the language, the greater is it’s capacity to formulate elevated concepts. “Vicara” in Sanskrit means “to reflect on oneself”. A similar reflection can prove to be illuminating, if it prompts us to take stock of ourselves and become conscious of our own limits and talents.
It signifies being aware of our personal responsibilities, where they begin and where they end.
It signifies learning to perceive and overcome difficulties,
It is not enough to maintain physical hygiene – we need to take care that our mind and our heart remain pure. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura once said, “Negativity will only control you if you allow it to enter your mind.” In other words, if you think negatively, if you always look into the abyss, the abyss will stare into your face. This is very important. On the other hand, if we think that everything is possible, everything will be possible for us – because we will attract these thi
During difficult times, our mind is usually disturbed, our intelligence confused, and our ego hurt. Of these seven quotes from Radhanath Swami’s book The Journey Within, three are for the mind, two for the intelligence, and two for the ego.
For the mind
Mind has three functions: thinking, feeling and willing.
Keep thoughts positive, be hopeful:
1. Hope can nourish, sustain, and inspire us to grow even in challenging circumstances.
Here is a quote to help you cultivate the right feelings:
2. If
