By Madhava Smullen
On Nrsimha Chaturdasi -- Saturday April 28th– ISKCON’s Child Protection Office (CPO) will commemorate 20 years of service.
On the occasion, its North American headquarters in Alachua, Florida – where the CPO was first established in April 1998 – will put on special events to highlight child protection.
North American director Lilasuka Dasi is requesting ISKCON communities all over the U.S. and Canada to do the same.
In Alachua the Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, the orig
Question to Radhanath Swami: What is the difference between mind and intelligence?
Radhanath Swami: Lord Krishna speaks about his energies in the Bhagavad Gita. “Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.” Out of these, earth, water, fire, air and ether are gross energies, or the gross elements of creation. The other three—mind, intelligence and the ego—are subtle energies, or the subtle elements of creat
Jayananda made his own notes in the jacket of his Krishna book in a list in point form. He wrote:
“As your begin to apply the book’s clearly described principles to your life you will quickly experience a new realm of mental poise and experience an inner happiness even in the midst of the most trying circumstances.
You will worry less and enjoy more. Your power of concentration, memory, understanding and creativity will increase. You will work more energetically, more confidently, and efficient
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
When Srila Prabhupada was lecturing on the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadev in Bombay, he was lecturing immediately after a play and he was glorifying Hiranyakasipu because the part was played so well. Then he explained more about the pastimes of Lord Nrsimhadev and at the end he said, “If I had more time, I would have spoken about the prayers of Prahlad.” These prayers of Prahlad were particular favourites of Srila Prabhupada and in a sense, the most important, because
Lecture on Krishna Attract himself also by Devamrita Swami on 15 April 2014
(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)
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ISKCON Farmington Hills temple is located in the suburbs of Detroit , Michigan.
H.H.Radhanath Swami inaugurated the Iskcon Farmington Hills temple and installed Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Gopijan Vallab deities.
On April 20th, Maharaj participated in Srila Prabhupada installation ceremony and performed Abhishek along with other god brothers and god sisters and attended Arati. There was a wonderful Guru Puja led by temple president of Bhakti Center Virabadra Ram.
H.H. Radhanath Swami preside
By Sunanda Das
The Hungary temple in Budapest and farm have been personally overseen by GBC member, His Holiness Sivarama Maharaja for over thirty years. Through his guidance and care for his disciples, followers and friends He has created a sweet devotional atmosphere of dedicated ISKCON devotees who are well taken care of spiritually and materially. Anyone who has visited these two communities has appreciated that.
We stopped over first at the New Vrajadhama farm after driving from Slovakia w
“My Dear Jayananda,
Please accept my blessings.
I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967 you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare Krsna. You were the first man to give me some contribution ($5000) for printing my Bhagavad-gita. After that, you have rendered very favorable service to Krsna in different ways. I so hope at the time of your death you were remembering Krsna and as such, you have been promoted to the eternal association of Krsna…as you were
The Hungary temple in Budapest and farm have been personally overseen by GBC member, His Holiness Sivarama Maharaja for over thirty years. Through his guidance and care for his disciples, followers and friends He has created a sweet devotional atmosphere of dedicated ISKCON devotees who are well taken care of spiritually and materially. Anyone who has visited these two communities has appreciated that.
We stopped over first at the New Vrajadhama farm after driving from Slovakia without any plans
Today is Rukmini-dvadasi, the appearance day of Srimati Rukmini-devi. There have been wonderful festivities all day, beginning with the special darshan of the Deities in Their flower outfits, and just now a wonderful abhiseka. During the abhiseka I really felt like I was in Vrindavan. There was so much devotion, spontaneous devotion—every time the pujaris poured another substance on the Deities, there would be gasps and cries of ecstasy and approval. It was really wonderful. And that is life in
By Karnamrita Das
I am going to reprint a series from 2010 during late April till May 20th, when I spent time with my mom. [What follows after this introduction is from 10-21-10] She lay in hospital bed in a hospice, basically waiting to die, though she didn't really understand that, and kept asking when she was going home. When both one's parents have left the world in biological death, and moved on to another life, that is a kind of initiation.
"Loosing" one's parents (were they ever really "
By Kadamba Kanana Swami
Dhrtarastra was blind; not just physically blind but also spiritually blind. This is because he did not understand the goal of life. Bhagavad-gita says that we are all also blind in that way:
om ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena
tasmai sri-gurave namah (Bhagavad-gita As It Is – Introduction)
It says that we have taken birth in the deepest and darkest ignorance. It acknowledges that we do not know what the goal of life is. We sometimes think t
Another mesmerizing event recently took place here at the TOVP – Raising of the flagpole and new flag on the main dome!
Previously, because of the crane we were unable to keep the flagpole to our desired height. Now that the crane is no longer present we have raised it to the proper height. From the Kalash to the top the flagpole now stands 20 meters/60 feet! The flag has also been replaced by a full size one 9 meters/30 feet in length.
In addition, we have been able to personally witness the s
When the TOVP Tour sets out to different countries and cities, we don't know what to expect in terms of financial support. Although getting contributions and pledges is our overall aim, we are also pleased to facilitate Lord Nityanada's and Lord Nrsimhadeva's desire to simply bless devotees all over the world with their merciful darshan. Such was the case when we started planning the TOVP 2018 Euro Tour. As a matter of fact, many European countries decidedly dropped out of the tour because they
28 April 2018 - Disappearance Day of Sri Jayananda Prabhu
The test of a theory is in its implementation. While one can spend a lot of time analyzingthe process of bhakti, faith readily comes when one sees the theoryin action. Jayananda Prabhu is such a devotee who exemplified in analmost classical manner the process of bhakti from inception tocompletion. When he left his body on May 1, 1977, Srila Prabhupadainstructed that his disappearance day should be celebrated as that of a great Vaisnava.
Today marks the appearance anniversary of Rukmini Devi, one of Krishna's primary queens in Dwaraka. Rukmini Devi is the eternal consort of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She is the internal pleasure potency of the Lord. Whereas Srimati Radharani is Krishna’s consort in His childhood home of Vrindavana, Rukmini Devi is His chief queen in Dwaraka, His opulent capital. She was betrothed to the envious-minded Shishupala, but Krishna kidnapped her after she wrote Him a letter asking
Rukmini abducted by Lord Krishna Suka Maha Muni then narrated the exciting Story to King Parikshith about Lord Krishna’s abduction of Rukmini and their wedding. Rukmini the elder daughter of Bhishmaka, King of Vidarbha and the elder brother Rukmi fancied Krishna to be her husband since her childhood. Krishna too had a longing for her.But Rukmi convinced his father that Sisupala the King of Chedi was the most suitable bridegroom for her. As this was not agreeble to Rukmini despite the pressure of
Krishna and Rukmini
Bheeshmaka, the king of Vidarbha had two children, Prince Rukmi and Princess Rukmini. Bheeshmaka had heard many stories of Krishna's valor and secretly wished him to be his son-in-law. He knew that it might not be possible as Kamsa's father in law, Jarasandha, was their overlord and he was Krishna's sworn enemy. Now Rukmi was a friend of Kamsa and owed his allegiance to Jarasandha. He wanted his younger sister to marry Shishupala, the crown prince of Chedi, who also was favor
Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 54 Text 10-12 Krishna Marries Rukmini by HH Radhanath Swami on 13 Dec 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty
(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)
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