By Bhakti Chaitanya Swami

The GBC Organizational Development Committee started its meetings on thursday in Mayapur, just before the full GBC meeting starts. Some of the main management experts of the movement are taking part.

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By Chaitanya Charan Das

Some people fear, “If I become detached, will I become emotionless, uncaring, stone-hearted?”
No, detachment empowers us to care truly for others, for it frees us from emotional dependence on them. When we are emotionally dependent on someone, we make decisions based on considerations of their pleasure, without considering any higher principles or purposes. Being driven by such narrow considerations, we often act against their best interests and even our best interests.

Question: In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Lord Siva instructs Citraketu that instead of posing as a devotee externally while lacking in devotional attitude, one should keep one’s bhakti hidden and not pose as a devotee outwardly. In this connection, I sometimes think about how irresistible it is to speak about one’s accomplishments. When talking with friends or others you like to share what you have done and the value of it. In fact it’s normal in one sense. So how do we practically apply this teachi

Today is the disappearance day of Sri Isvara Puri. He was such a perfect disciple of Sri Madhavendra Puri that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Krishna Himself, was pleased to accept Isvara Puri as his spiritual master. Later, Lord Chaitanya visited Isvara Puri’s birthplace at Kumara-hatta and collected some earth from the birth site, which He kept very carefully and ate a small portion of daily. Thus He showed us how a faithful disciple worships a spiritual master who has faithfully served his s

By Sri Giridhari Dasa

19 February 2019, Chennai: Tamil Nadu Government has issued “Best Translator Award 2019” to Sri Giridhari Dasa, for translating Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya Caritamrta into Tamil. The government has recognized that the translation work of over 8,000 pages was done in fine language with elegance. In the function held in Chennai Secretariat Office, the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Edapadi K Palaniswami issued the award along with a certificate, and a cheque

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 21 / 21)

Review and summarization                Part 21 of 21            CONCLUDED 

My Dearest spiritual brothers and sisters,

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY EKADASI....MAY YOU ALL FOREVER STAY BLESSED AT THE LOTUS FEET OF LORD SRI KRISHNA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA.

Countless glories to our most adoring azhwars .  May we forever, at our tiny

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 20/ 21)

Sri Tirumangai Azhwar         Part 20/21   (continued)

4. Our most beloved Sri Tirumangai azhwar, after having visited 98 Srivaishnavite pilgrim centres to pay respects to our dearest divine parents , our lord Sri Krishna and our most beloved Lakshmi amma becomes despondent and fatigued  and begs of our lord to forever carry him unto our

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 19 / 21)

Sri Tirumangai Azhwar         Part 19

 OUR SRI TIRUMANGAI AZHWAR WITH HIS MOST BELOVED WIFE SRI KUMUDAVALLI THAYAR

Our dearest Sri Tirumangai Azhwar has sung more than 1200  holy verses in praise of our lord Sriman Narayana which sums up his divine contribution to more than 1/4 of the 4000 Divya Prabhandham , the other 1/4 pertains to

Dear Readers and Followers of Free Write Journal,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This edition of the Journal begins by discussing how, in my old age, I am accepting personal service from a disciple (vapu) for health reasons, while in my relationship with Srila Prabhupada I chose to serve his vani, even while he was here. I typed his Srimad-Bhagavatam tapes and began the Boston center on his behalf, and even when called to serve as his servant

The preparations have begun!

With great pleasure ISKCON Mayapur invites all of you out there to join the most auspicious Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama!

We are expecting at least 8 thousand devotees all round the world to join the blissful sacrifice of walking in Sri Navadvipa dhama!

“… even the vegetables that grow in Navadvipa are surcharged with Krsna Prema..” HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj”

“…we worship Lord Jagannath by doing Ratha Yatra and we worship the dhama, Navadvipa dhama, by performi

Sri Sri Radha-Londonisvara are some of ISKCON’s famous Deities, in fact Srila Prabhupada’s Lilamrita recalls the story of Their installation with great affection.
Therefore as a result the Deity worship department at our Temple is always striving to serve Their most beautiful Lordships with ever increasing love and devotion. One way in which this endeavour is manifest is through constant training. As such, we recently held the course ‘Introduction to Pujari’, facilitated by the our Head Priest

From Back to Godhead

I said to Sandip, “I read about a form of addiction that is increasingly being recognized by specialists as the world’s most widespread and least discussed form of addiction: sexual addiction.”

“Sexual addiction? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Just as alcoholics don’t have control over their desire for alcohol, sex addicts don’t have control over their sex drive. Drug addicts, for instance, are not necessarily evil or criminal but are in the grip of a habit that makes them

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 17 / 21)

Sri Thondar adi podi azhwar     Part 17 of 21

1. Our dearest Sri Thonda adi podi azhwar  has conveyed the highest importance of NAAMA SANKIRTANA               ( continuous chanting of the holiest of holy names of our beloved Lord Sriman Narayana.).  As mentioned in our most revered scriptures, by all our most reverential azhwars, all t

So you want to become Prabhupada?” These words of a senior devotee rang in my ears, and I started pondering. He had asked me about the purpose of my stay in Mayapur. I told him that I’m attending the Bhaktivedanta Course. Although appreciating his fervor, I have mixed feelings regarding the connotations of his question, some of which I’ll address in this thesis. Reflecting on his undertone, I conclude the topic must be worthy to explore, if it stirs up such a reaction.

As devotees in ISKCON we

Diary of a Traveling Monk

Volume 15, Chapter 1

February 26, 2019

“May Mother Ganges Bless You Today”

Ever since becoming a devotee of Lord Krishna in 1970, I have been fascinated with the Kumbha Mela festival. This year I decided to join millions of other pilgrims in the journey to the Ardha Kumbha Mela where, from January 15th to March 4th, ISKCON devotees were to follow in Srila Prabhupada’s footsteps by bringing his books, the Holy Names and prasadam to the festival.

Kumbha Mela is the large

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday boarded a metro train from Khan Market station on way to attend an event at ISKCON temple in south Delhi’s East of Kailash, officials said.

Modi unveiled a giant Bhagavad Gita, running into 670 pages and weighing 800 kg, at the temple, located near Kailash Colony metro station.

Dubbed the ‘Astounding Bhagavad Gita’, and measuring 2.8 m by 2 m, it is billed as the “largest principle sacred text ever to be printed,” according to ISCKON.

“PM Modi

First, its meaning lies in seeking a happy life on Earth, based on dharma and oriented towards Heaven. May marriage shine for its steadiness. May the union of marriage not be a comet that suddenly illuminates the sky but shortly after disappears into nothingness forever.
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According to the Rig-Veda, the groom and the bride should retreat to their home once the fire ceremony has ended and remain silent until evening, waiting for the stars to come out. And w

The Lord’s Potencies are inconceivable (acintya): That which cannot be thought of, understood, imagined or believed. While taking Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathura, and taking bath in the Yamunā, what Akrura saw in the water was four-armed Lord Vāsudeva. His complexion was dark blue like a fresh raincloud, He wore yellow garments and He lay on the lap of thousand-hooded Ananta Śeṣa. Lord Vāsudeva was receiving the prayers of perfected beings, celestial serpents and demons, and He was encircled by H

Bhaja Hari prabhu asked me to take over his cafe in Watford, then shortly after we were texting each other about a massive Harinam we were organising that evening, he texted me about sound systems and how he planned to distribute 3,000 booklets. Seconds later he suffered a fatal heart attack. Two years on the cafe is going strong. We changed it to a “Pay As You Can” cafe, in other words if you are hungry and have only 2p in your pocket, you can still have a full meal.

We have a great team of su